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THE OONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE UW8.
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VOL. LII
MIFFLTNTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 16.1898.
NO. 11
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CHAITEIt XVII.
T unii r i i.i-t-h
md Madaiine were married at an early
hour.
".ot" said Lord Arleirh. nroudlr. "thai
there U any typed for concealment why
should there he? but. you see. Lady Pet
era. If If Wtfkrw Itiwiwn tlmt It wn mv VM.
ding day, I haTe so many friends, so many
relatives, that privacy would be impossi
ble for us: therefore the world has nol
been enlightened as to when I intended
to claim my darling for ray own."
"It is a strange marriage for an Ar
leigh," observed Iady Peters "the first
of its kind, I am sure. But I think yoi
are right your plan is wise."
AH the outward show made at the wed
ding consisted in the rapid driving of a
carriage from the hotel to the church
Ferriage containing two ladies one young,
fair, charming, as a spring morning, thi
other older, graver and more sedate.
The young girl was fair and sweet, het
golden hair shining through the marriage
Tell, her blue eyes wet with unshed tears,
her face flushed with daintiest roseleal
bloom.
It was a pleasant spectacle to see th
dark, handsome face of her lover as h
greeted her, the love that shone in his
eyes, the pride of his manner, as though
he would place her before the whol
world, and defy it to produce one so grace
ful or so fair. Lady Peters' face softened
ed and her heart beat as she walked up
to the altar with them. This was true
love.
They walked out of the church together,
and when they stood m the sunlight he
turned to her.
"My darling, my wife," he said in an
impassioned voice, "may heaveu send to
us a life bright as sunshine, love as pure
life and death together! I pray heaven
that no deeper cloud may come over our
Uvea than there is now in the sky above
us.
These words were spoken at only eleven
In the morning. If he had known all that
he would have to suffer before eleven at
night. Lord Arleigh, with ail his bravery,
all his chivalry, would have been ready
to fling himself from the green hilltop in
to the shimmering sea.
It was the custom of the Arleigh to
spend their honeymoon at home; they had
never fallen Into the habit of making
themselves uncomfortable abroad. The
proper place, they considered, for a man
to taice his young wiie to was nome; tne ; the famous beeches. Soft Turkish cush
first Lord Arleigh had done so, and each . jong aljd velvet lounges filled it, and near
lord had followed this sensible example. it hung one of Titian's most gorgeous pic
'orman. Lord Arleigh, had not dreamed . tures a dark-eyed woman with a ruby
of making any change. J necklace. The sun's declining rays falling
Bride and bridegroom had one of the ' on the rubies, made them appear like
blithest, happiest Journeys ever made, drops of blood. It was a grand picture.
What cloudbnrst could rise in such a sky , ne ,uat had been bought by the lords of
as theirs? They were blessed with youth, I TVechgrove, and the present Lord Arleigh
beauty, health; there had been no one to! took great delight in it.
Taise the least opposition to their mar-j lle watched the Ion folds of Matalln. '
before them stretched a long goldet,
lurure.
The carriage met them at the station; it
was then three in the afternoon, and the
day continued fair. j
"We will have a long drive through the j
park, Madaiine," said Lord Arleigh. "You .
will like to see your new home."
ck, instead of going direct to the man- i
ston, they turned off from the main ave-'
nue to make a tour of the park. '
"Now I understand why this place is
called Beechgrove, said Madeline, sud i
denly. I have never seen such trees in
my life."
She spoke truly. Giant beech trees
spread out their huge boughs on all sides.
They were trees of which any man would
have been proud, because of their beauty
and magnificence. Presently from be
tween the trees she saw the mansion It
self. Lord Arleigh touched his young
wife's arm gently.
"My darling," he said, "that is home."
The carriage stopped at the grand en
trance. Wishing to spare his young wife
all fatigue and embarrassment. Lord Ar
leigh had not dispatched the news of his
marriage home, so that no one at Beech
wood expected to see Lady Arleigh. He
sent at once for the housekeeper, a tall,
stately dame, who came into the dining
room, looking in unutterable amazement
at the beautiful, blushing young face.
"Mrs. Chatterton," he said, "I wish to
introduce yon to my wife, Lady Arleigh.''
The stately dame curtsied almost to the
ground.
"Welcome home, my lady," she said,
deferentially. "If I had known that your
ladyship was expected I would have made
more befitting preparations."
"Nothing could be better you have ev
erything In admirable order," responded
Lord Arleigh, kindly.
"His lordship wrote to tell me to have
ail the rooms In the western wing ready,"
said Mrs. Chatterton; "but he did not tell
why. They are splendid rooms, my lady
lartre, bright and cheerful. They look
over the beautiful beeches In the park,
from which the place takes Its name. Of
course you will have what is called Lady
Arleigh's suite."
As she spoke Mrs. Chatterton threw
open the door, and Lady Arleigh saw the
most magnificent rooms she had ever be
held in ber life a boudoir ail blue silk
and white lace, a spacious sleeping cham
ber daintily hung with pink satin, a dress
ing room that was a marvel of elegance.
and a small library, all fitted with the
greatest luxury.
When Lady Arleigh bad changed ber .
traveling dress, she went downstairs. Her i
young husband looked up in a rapture of
delight.
"Oh, Madaime, ne saia, -now jong
have vou been away from me? It seems
like a hundred hours, yet I do not sup-
nose it has been one. And how fair you j
t rr. . 1 A I. .' . V-
look, my love I mat ciouoy wwie rooe
suits your golden hair and your sweet j name for one of her class but the moth
face, which has the same soft, sweet, ex- er had lived among well-to-do people, and
r-ression as when I saw you first; and i had caught some of their Ideas. I looked
those pretty houWers of yours gleam like at the girl her face was fair, sweet, pure,
polished marble through the lace. No I felt the power of Its beauty, and only
Iress could be more coquettish or pret- wondered that she should belong to such
tier." people at all; her hands were white and
The wide hanging sleeves were fastened shapely as my own, her figure was slen
back from the shoulders wirth buttons of der and graceful. I began to talk to her
pearl, leaving the white, rounded arms and found her well educated, refined, in
bare; a bracelet of pearls Lady Peters' teUigent all, in fact that one could wlah.
gift was clasped roand the graceful neck; "Little by little their story came out
the waves of gulden hair, half loose, half it waa one of a mother's pride and glory
carelessly fanned, were like a crown on to her only child. She worshiped her
1,. beautiful head. literally worshiped her. She bad net filled
-I am. proud X my wtfa h said. "I
I mt do fairer Lady Arleigh
T t Beechgrove. When we hare
tunao. aiadaline. I will te-keyoe to the
picture gallery, and Introduce yen to my
: ancestors and anoetree "
Gorman, she said, a sudden steam of
memory Drlghtening her face; "I had al-
" . . lOTKen tn aucnese rare me
lnis T ou: 1 w to be sure to fire it to
' Jou befor the sun set on our wedding
"
She held out white packet sealed i
cureiy, and he took It wonderingly. He
. tore off the outer cover, and saw, written
. on the envelope:
"A wedding present tram Fhilinoa.
iucoesa ui Etezeiwuuu, to lxru a.....u.
To be read alone on his wedding day."
CHAPTER XVIII.
Lord Arleigh stared at the packet which
his wife had given him, and again and
again read the words that were inscribed
on It: "A wedding present from Philippa,
Duchess of Hazelwood, to Lord Arleigh.
To be read alone on his wedding day."
What could It mean? Philippa at times
took strange caprices Into her head. This
seemed to be one of the strangest. He
held the letter in his hand, a strange pre
sentiment of evil creeping over him which
he could not account for. From the en
velope came a sweet scent, which the
duchess always used. It was so familiar
to him that for a few minutes it brought
her vividly before him he could have
fancied her standing near him. Then he
remembered the strange words: "To be
read alone." What could that mean?
That the letter contained something that
his young wife must not see or hear.
"Madaiine, my darling," he said, sinking
on to an ottoman, "you have taken no
tea. You would like some. Leave me
here alone for half an hour. I want to
think."
She did what she had never done volun
tarily before. She went up to him and
clasped her arms round his neck. She bent
ber blushing face over his, and the caress
surprised as much aa it delighted him
she was so shyly demonstrative.
"What are you going to think about,
Norman ? Will it be of me?"
"Of whom else should I think on my
wedding day, if not of my wife?" he ask
ed. "I shall not be tong," said Madaiine.
"You will find me here," he returned.
"This is a favorite nook of mine. I shall
not leave it until you return."
The nook was a deep bay window from
which there was a ma imi Scent view nt
hite dres, as she pass, along the gal j
lerv. and then the li.mirfnir fell hohln
her. Once more he held up the packet,
"A wedding present from Philippa,
Duchess of Hazelwood, to Lord Arleigh."
Whatever mystery it contained should
be solved at once. He broke the seal; the
envelope contained a closely written epis-'
tie. tie looked at it In wonder. hat
could Philippa have to write to him
about? The letter began as follows:
"A wedding present from Philippa,
Duenese of Uaxelwood, to Norman, Lord
ArMgn. xou will ask what It te?
My
answer is, my revenge well planned, pa
tiently awaited.
"Fire, fury and hatred rage now in my
heart aa I write this to you. You have
scorned me this Is my revenge. I am a j
proud woman I have lowered my pride J
to you. My lips have never willfully ut- j
tered a false word; still they have lied to
you. I loved you once, Norman, and on ',
the day my love dieu I knew that nothing
could arise from its ashes. j
"Y'ears ago we had a maid whom my
mother liked very much. She was gentle, '
well-mannered and well-bred for her sta- j
tion in life. She left us and went to '
some other part of England. She married i
badly a handsome, reckless, ne'er-do- j
well, who led her a most wretched life. !
"I know not, and care nothing for the
story of ber married life, her rights and
wrongs. How she becomes of interest
to you lies in the fact that shortly after
my marriage she called to see me and ask
my aid. She had been compelled to give
up her home hi the country and come to
London, where, with her husband and
child, she was living in poverty and mis
ery. While she was talking to me the
duke came in. I think her patient face
interested him. He listened to her story
and promised to do something for her hus
band. You will wonder how this story
it Margaret Dornham concerns you. Read
on. You will know in time.
"My husband, having promised to assist
this man, sent for him to the house; and ,
the result of that visit was that the man,
seeing a quantity of plate about, resolved
upon helping himself to a portion of it. I
To make my story short, he was caught, j
after having broken into the house,
packed up a large parcel of plate and
filled his pockets with some of my most I
I valuable jewels. There was no help for
. it but to prosecute him, and his sentence
I was, under the circumstances, none too
j heavy, being ten years' penal servitude.
"Afterward I went to see hie wife Mir
, garet, and found her in desperate circum-
i stances; yet she had one ornament In her
house a beaiatiful rouna airl- br dauxh
er. so fair of face that she dazzled me.
The moment I saw her I thought of your;
description of your ideal eyes like blaej
byacinths, and nair or goia. orinwun .
a plan entered my mind which I have ,
most successfully carried out.
"I asked for the girl's name, and waa
. .... ... r , i - .
told Unit it was Aladanne an uncommon
the sid'a mind with aaj
I did noTipa(TarayVaS!biMtfc.
er had been aa old friend of mine. Then
I told him that my whim wm te bring
Madaiine home and make a eompeoloo of
ber; he allowed me to do Jnat aa I pleas
ed, asking no questions about her parent,
or anything else. I do not believe It ever
occuned to him aa strange that the name
of my protege and of the man who had
robbed kirn was the same Indeed, he
seemed to haTe forgotten all about the
robbery. So I brought Madaiine home to
Vera Ooort, and then to London, wtoere
I knew you would ace her.
"I bought my husband the yacht on pur
pose that be might go away and leave me
to work out my plana, I knew taat ne
could not reaiat the temptation I offered.
I knew alao that If be remained in Eng
land be would want to know all about
Madaiine before be allowed you to marry
ber.
"So I hare takes my revenge. I, Phfl
fppa. Duchess of Hazelwood, on this your
wedding day, reveal to you the first stain
on the name of Arleigh unvail the first
blot on one of the noblest escutcheons in
the land. Ton have married not only a
low-born girl, but the daughter of a felon
a felon's daughter is mistress of proud
Beech wood I"
He read the letter with a burning flush
on his face, which afterward grew white
aa with the pallor of death; a red mist
was before his eyes, the sound of surging
waters in his ears, his heart beat loud and
fast. Gould it be true oh, merciful heav
en, could it be true?
They must part. The girl be loved wkb
all the passionate lore of bis heart, the
fair young wife whom he worshiped, must
go from him, and he must see her no more.
She must be his wife hi name only.
Looking up. he saw her she was at th
other end of the gallery; he saw the tall,
slender figure and the sweeping dress
he saw the white arms with their grace
ful contour, the golden hair, the radianl
face and be groaned aloud; he saw het
looking up at the pictures as she passed
slowly along the ancestral Arleighi oi
whom he was so proud. If they could
have spoken, those noble women, what
would they have said to this daughter of
a felon?
She paused for a few minutes to look
up at her favorite, Lady Alicia, and then
she came up to him and stood before him
in ail the grace of her delicate loveliness,
in all the pride of her dainty beauty. She
was looking at the gorgeous Titian neai
him.
"Norman," she said, "the sun has turn
ed those rubies into drops of blood they
looked almost terrible on the white throat
What a strange picture! What a trag
ical face!"
Suddenly with outstretched arms she
fell on her knees at his aide.
"Oh, my darling, what has happened 1
What is the matter 7"
She had been away from him only baM
an hour, yet it seemed to him ages since
he had watched her leave the gallery with
a smile on her lips.
"What is It, my darling?" she cried
again. "Dear Norman, yon look as though
the shadow of death had passed over you.
What is it-T
in another moment she had flung her
self on his breast, clasped her arms round
his pale, changed face as she bad never
done before.
He looked at the sweet, pleading face.
How could he dash the light and bright
ness from it? How could he slay het
with the cruel story he had to tell. Then,
in a low, hoarse voice, he said:
"You must know all, and 1 cannot say
It. Read this letter, Madaiine, and the
you will understand."
(To be continued.)
Took a Long Header.
Last week Miss Pearl Baxter and
Miss Agnes Rogers, the latter from
Coos Bay on a visit to friends In Co-
wheels "thTbm on tEe westdde
of the long new bridge down to and on
I the bridge in Coqullle city. W. E. Mc
! Duffe was on the bridge close to a aide
railing, and Miss Rogers was also keep
ing close to the railing till they were so
near together that neither could with
safety turn out. Miss Rogers did take
the chances, however, and turned, but
was going at such speed that in turning
the corner on the bridge, where the
roadway runs south, the wheel dashed
under the railing, which la three feet
high, while the rider went circling
through the air over the railing, land
ing on the soft, marshy ground 22 feet
below.
Besides this great fall, Mlsa Roger
struck between two stakes, standing
abont three feet apart, and missed them
entirely, or she would certainly have
been killed or very badly hurt. Tha
accident was witnessed by McDuiTee,
Miss Pearl Baxter, Mrs. D. F. Dean
and Sam Nosier. The last named has
teted to the young lady's rescue, who
seemed to be stunned by the fall, and
raised ber from the ooze of the marsh.
She proved to be all right, except some
badly rent clothing, and was quickly
heard from in the ejaculation, "Well,
j but what's become of my wheel?" She
thought It must be broken to pieces,
and It seemed to occupy first considera
' tlon In ber mind. If the fall had been
, Just a few feet further along, the lady
l would certainly have been killed on
' striking the hard earth. Morning Ore-
gontan.
An Old Phonograph.
The antiquity of modern Inventions
has often been the subject of remark,
by way of commentary upon the old
saying that "there la nothing new un
der the sun." An extreme case la re
ported by the London News.
A peripatetic exhibitor of the phono
graph In Holland, seems determined to
distance all competitors. He was ex
hibiting the machine In. the streets of
Utrecht, and a number of customers
were listening to a selection of tunes.
Suddenly the music ceased and there
was a panse. Then In a loud, clear tone
was heard the one word, "Halt!"
"What la that?" asked one of the
listeners.
That," waa tha reply.
'Is the voice
of Napoleon Bonaparte giving the order
at the battle of Waterloo I"
Any Oae Can Sign Them.
Blgga They say that old man who
sella newspapers over there on the cor
ner can sign bla cheek for $50,000 any
day In tbe week.
XMgga Indeed! Then why does he
continue to sell papers?
Blgga Oh, signing a check and get
ting It cashed are two different things,
you know'.
In order to raise church funds, a
Georgia minister charged admission to an ( llgbt In BngUab OOUXta, Soma mafia
entertainment where tbe contestants en- , tietea l rfn. in mnt th 1 . 1 rtm
gaged in a ginger cake eating competi- 1 . . L. 'T"
tion. amsenjen. mmmtom i wrmr mom n
A full-grown man exhales seventeen
ounces of carbonic acid gas every twenty-four
hours.
A new discovered spot on the sun,
which Is visible Just now, la said to be
30,000 miles In diameter.
Acetylene is now used for lighting
Paris omnibuses, generator and carbide
weighing about thirty pounds.
A substance believed to be a new
element has been obtained from cast
iron and boiler dust by G. O. Boucher,
an English chemist, and baa been sub
mitted to Prof. William Crookes for
spectroscopic Investigation. Another
assayer. F. U. Ruddock, has noticed
like material in steel drillings from the
Continent.
The modern office building was sub
jected recently to a severe test in a tire
in Pittsburg. It was found that the
sleel frame resisted the fire admirably.
Metallic lathing and plaster was found
Ineffectual as a protection for wooden
partitions. Wooden shutters covered
with thlu sheet-Iron gave good tem
porary protection; large glass window
were an eleiueut of danger.
Thin sheets of wood are guled togeth
er. In a factory of WarsowL Russia.
so that the grain crosses, an elastic
plate which cannot be twisted out of
shape being thus obtained. These
plateB are used for rootling tiles. Tbey
stand the weather well after being
patched, and can be made fireproof by
saturation with potassium silicate (sol
uble glass). The roofing weigha twelve
pounds a square yard.
Aluminum Is now cheaper for equal
volume than brass. Steel and alumi
num tubing of equal external diameter
and equal weight have been tested
against each other. The aluminum
tubing had 16 per cent, less rigidity,
but resisted buckling and crushing bet
ter. In France tt has been found that
a great saving In the weight of railroad
cars, one and one-half tons per car,
can be effected by substituting alumi
num for brass wherever possible.
According to experiments made in a
cold storage establishment In Washing
ton, by Dr. A. M. Read, an alteration
of a low temperature, say 18 degrees
Fahrenheit, with a comparatively high
one, say 40 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit,
Invariably kills the larvae of certain in
jurious Insects, although they are not
Injured by a continuous exposure to the
lower temperature. This confirms an
old belief, long held by farmers, that a
steadily cold winter la followed by an
abundance of Insect pests, but that,
during an Irregular winter. When the
temperature Is alternately high and
low, insects are killed off.
A curious Instance of the effect of the
shape of the ground upon the wind
blowing over it was recently noted by
Monsieur Batut as he was experiment
ing with kites in France. When a north
wind floated the kite the latter kept Its
balance easily, but when the wtod came
from the south or southeast the kite
pitched and bobbed In a very Irregular
manner. The explanation was fur
nished by the character of the surface
over which the wind had passed. Com
ing from the north It had a plain conn
try to blow over; but. coming from the
south and southeast. It passed across
broken hills, which set It into Irregular
puffs and undulations.
DISEASES IN COURT BIBLES.
Microbe. Poison tbe Books Kissed by
tat Tbouaand. or Vt ltnea.es.
Queen Victoria's magistrates are re
volving the question whether or not
tbe Bibles used in administering oatha
can carry infection and spread disease.
Tbe matter was first brought op by a
physician summoned to testify In a
London court. When the clerk band
ed him the Bible he kept for the admin
istration of oaths, he refused to take
It. He explained that In bis Judgment
the cover of that book, long In nse m
the court and having been kissed by
thousands of lips, was pregnant with
thousands of microbes and thus mlgtit
be the means of conveying Infection.
He asked permission to disinfect the
cover and then expressed his entire
willingness to take tbe oath in the usu
al manner.
The magistrate waa at first startled
at this novel proposition, but finally,
seeing that tbe witness was a sensible
man of science, he consented. There
upon the physician took from bis satch
el a small vial of phenlc add, opened
It and poured some drops therefrom on
the dingy leather cover of the Bible.
He then spread the liquid over the en
tire cover by means of his handker
chief and, having rubbed it well in, he
took the required oath.
The Incident created widespread com
ment and the physician was bombard
ed with letters and. queries on the sub
ject. He made a public statement in
which he maintained that the time
honored custom of administering an
oath In courts of law was contrary to
the elementary principles of hygiene,
ind that It was, In fact, one of the most
dangerous practices of modern times.
"No one," he Insisted, "would consent
to drink In a pnblic house where only
one glass la used, and wijy, then,
should anyone consent to kiss a book
Whlcb thousands have kissed before
hlmr
Naturally, many persons have fol
lowed his example. Almost daily soma
witness asks tbe Judge If be may dis
infect tbe Bible before be puts bis Dps
to tt, and vials contarnina; diatnfect-
ants are Oecotulng qutte a common
the court la eteaa and aa tt afceaM bet
therm, on the contrary, grant permis
sion, though they grumble a little at
what they consider a wilful waste of
time. Scientists approve ef the phy
sician's conduct, and the general pub
lic la so worked tip ever the matter
that a league ia being formed with the
object of purifying all the court Bibles
fes Bfl-lasd. Ghleage Chronicle.
BUYS AN ANCIENT HOUSE.
Aa Aatienariaa Bceares the
Ma
Stra.tar. In America.
The oldest house In America has re
cently Chan gad owners the fourth oc
cupant sines it was built. 333 years
ago. It was built In 1504 en the settle
ment of 8t Augustine, Fla., by the
Spaniards. This solid structure was
built of coqulna, a formation ef sea
shells, mixed with mortar, and was in
tended for a monastery? and was occu
pied by the monks of the order of St
Francis for about twenty years, when
a large edifice was built nearer the
church building, which occupied tho
site of the present cathedral, from that
time until Florida was acquired by the
United States It was occupied by the
Spanish "governor general" of Florida
as bis military headquarters. Durlnif
the brief English occupation the oli
building was the headquarters of th
commanaanc lne coortag Is also o
coqulna and la a solid as when laid,
I more than three centuries age,
On tho
first floor are the dining and reception
rooms and the family rooms, with
small kge cut out of the aorta side fer
afternoon siestas, In front of which Is
a railing upon which fragrant plants
were twined aa a screen.
The second story was partitioned n
to cells for the monks, the council hall
being in die center. These cells remaltt
as they were originally constructed.
Bach baa a small Jail-tike window, el
ther looking out upon the broad Matan
as River or upon the Indian village of
Setory, Just beyond the City gates. The
partMona are of Spanish cedar, brought
over from Cuba.
Tne wood ia In a good state of preser
vataon ana is almost aa durable as
rock. The tiling for the roof was also
brought from Spam. This picturesqne
red roof waa supplanted In late years
by one of wooden shingles. The cedar
"mantelpiece" In the reception-room
on the first floor was recently removed
to admit of certain repairing, and tht
carpenter was surprised to see several
Spanish doubloons roil out upon the
flooring. A general bnrrewtog m and
around the boose followed without
gratifying results.
The house la situated about
blocks from the Uatajaaas River and
near the present United States bar
racks and parade ground. It was the
center of military and social life dur
ing the entire Spanish occupancy. It
was the only bouse left staadtng when
the buccaneer, Francis Drake, s.icked
and burned the town. Being bulit of
coquina. ne could not corn K. its re
cent purchaser, J. W. nendWsoe, Is a
traveler and antiquarian of note, and
states that he has purchased It for a
winter residence and will preserve the
ancient structure in all of Its plctur
esqueness.
WON A WIFE WITH AN EGO.
Oklahoma Farmer Made Haspy br s
Ktadoa Love UcMagc,
Ross Williams of EsJd. O. T wrote
a lovelorn message oa an egg ready
for shipment Beveral weeks ago, and
as a result be won kimseif a brfde.
What the young maa said on the
egg was tWs:
"On a farm In the Cherokee strip I
sit a sad and lotiely bachelor, think
ing sadly over my fate and weuld love
to come off the nest and Join my life
with that of some comely young lady
of not too many summers' growth.
Should tbe message on this egg meet
with the eye of a fair one who ts ma
trimonially Inclined an short acquaint
ance, and who thinks she could en
joy a prairie life with a student of
nature's beauty, address Ross Will
lams, Enid, O."
In due course of time this reply
came:
"Dear Mr. William From the quiet
prectnets of my boudoir I write thee.
I am lonely, too, and bave often long
ed to ovjMa ctty Mfe and go west, where
tbe tall, wild grass sways In the wind
aa If Mstealng to the sweet songs of
the cinch bugs. After chopping wood
to kindle the kitchen fire and after the
Are was ready for bnslnees and the
pan was slanting In the sparkling fat,
I waa about to break aa egy Into the
pan, when, behold! yonr message
meets my gase. It seemed like a dream
of a lost, unknown lore. I am comely,
but not fair. Age, twenty-three, no
money, but plenty of grit Let as ex
change photographs. It may all end
In another American union, long to be
preserved. Me thinks I know you
now. "BESSIE CARROLL.
"Chicago, ID."
Further correspondence resulted,
and a few days later the young people
were married. New York Herald.
Tbe Ball Before Waterloo.
Wellington's conduct Is a riddle.
About the middle of the afternoon he
was Informed, through the Prince of
Orange, aa to his enemy's movements.
With perfect calm, be commanded
that bla troops should be ready In their
cantonments; at five he Issued orders
for tbe divisions to march with a view
to concentration at Nlvellea, the east
ernmost point that be Intended to oc
cupy; at ten, Just as he was setting out
for the Duchess of Richmond's ball, he
gave definite Instructions for the con
centration to begin. About twenty
minutes after the Prince of Orange had
reached tbe ballroom Wellington sent
him quietly away, and then, summon
ing tbe Duke of Richmond, who was
to bave command of the reserve when
formed, be asked for a map. The two
withdrew to an adjoining room. Wel
lington closed tbe door, and said, with
an oath, "Napoleon baa humbugged
me." He then explained that be bad
ordered bla army to concentrate at
Quatre Bras, adding, "But we shall
not stop bint there; and If so, I must
flght bin hers," marking Waterloo
with his thumb-nail en tbe map as be
spoke, Century.
We wtah glrla were politicians; poll
fldm tiwiji aqueese a ntn'i
. .W rr "BSn i - is? 'si a ' " i I isa, i mmm mf . , -" - -
, y,;. "'k r.tfr jfahfin i Mr j--'"-- fA-w-.lhSjsn , mm'i a Illinliiiina' ' iatsahaawaiieai Hi.ja.ri i I mi was m ' o.g- yT -'"- "V" -' " - -v-rr :'"-
DOCTOR AND NEPHEW.
rka Kiaer Ku Tniit laUu Train,
la Verm sf arables.
Tbe old doctor's nephew Tern ru
town the ether day to tha village with
ais gun and dog for a month's shooting
la the marshes. His nncls always has
i warm welcome for the lad, whose
mind la eager and bold, tall of the same
queries and doubt, which tormented,
and were solved by, tbe older man In
bis youth.
Torn read to the doctor one morning
an account of tbe late tcntble fire In
Paris. He laid dowa tbe paper and
aid hoarsely:
"What was tbe good In a berrer Eke
that? Can you tell me? These were
not criminals who deserved death, but
fair, kindly, gentle women, the very
flower of France, doing a charitable
act for tbe poor la OoaTs name: and
while they are busied with It, smiling
and happy, they are all awept Into
death, and In a few mlnutta are hid
eous, blackened corpses. What does
Providence mean by permitting such
cruelty or perhaps you call tbe power
that did It destiny V
"I call It God," said the doctor quiet
ly, but made no other answer. He. too.
was moved by the terrible story.
Later in the day the two men strolled
out Into the fields, while Nep. the set
ter, dashed to and fro through the
bushes.
"He Is wild with deflght at getttna
Into the country," said Tenx "A hunt
ing dog Is often miserable tn town. I
take him out once or twice a year, and
It gives him new life; but he suffers
agonies of terror on the train from tha
noise and the motion. Although tt U
but a short Journey from the city here,
and he baa made it a dozen times, bis
far of it Is as great as at first. One
would think the poor brute would un
derstand by this time."
"Yes," said the doctor; "but If he la
ao afraid, isn't tt cruel to make him
take the Journey?"
Tom looked at him surprised.
"What! when he Is to have the country
for a month? But I suppose," be said,
laughing, "Nep thinks me a demon of
cruelty."
"Doesn't It occur to you," said his
uncle, "that the passage of death,
which lasts but a moment, may seem
to God of no more importance than the
railway Journey does to you? We
shudder when we read of a hundred
women hurried to what appears to be
premature death, or thousands of Chi
nese drowned in a flood, but It seems to
me that God has only ordered them to
make a brief Journey to Uve in another
place."
"Ton mean,"" said Tom. "that I un
derstand God and His ways as little
as Nep understands me and my ways?
Yon are a seerular old Aesop, with your
fables ef beasts and men."
He walked en thoughtfully,. no longer
tn tbe mood to censure God or question
the mysteries of His goverometrt. but
rather to accept the spirit of the In
spired words that bave given hope and
rest to many generations of men, "HI
mercy emiureth forever."
Acemracy Carried Too Fart.
A ship once went ou a cruise, and
the captain determined to keep an ac
curate account of the voyage In bis
logbook. One morning the first mate,
who had been oti a lark the day be
fore, looking over the logbook, found
this entry: "The 8rt mare was drunk
all day yesterday."
He at once appealed to the captain.
saying to him: "Why in the world
did you want to write that in tbe log
book r
."Is It not truer"" questioned the enp-
tain.
'Yes, but there was ao nse to state
IT."
'Oh, yes. there was. I IJitend n keep
full and accurate record of what
goes ou on board this ship during the
entire voyage."
The first mate was compelled to sub
mit, but his turn came. Next day he
was In charge of tbe ship, the captain
taking off a day.
When he turned up the next morn
ing, he found written on the logbook:
i'be captain was sober all day yester-
uav. or course, ne eurerea a protest.
Well, weren't you sober all day?"
asked the mate.
"Of course, but there was no use of
statin it."
Oh, yes. I was merely oarrying out
your instructions ana Keeping an ac
curate record of what occurred on
board." Glasgow Wevkly Mail.
("erraebi.
The likeness ef Fran-kCn upon oiir
postage stamps Is taken from a bust
made of htm by Cerrachl, and not by
the artist whose name irsaally Botrws
In postofflce reports. Osrracbl was a
Ccrslcan. and eie of the party who
attempted to assassinate Napoleon
while on his way to tbe theater one
evening at the tttae when Napoleon
was plotting to be made Emperor. Cer
rachi was guillotined. lie had Btade
the acquaintance of Frau-klin when the
latter was tbe Americas envoy to
France, and on Franklin's Invitation
had visited America, and here made
busts of many eminent men. New
York Post.
Collection Boxes Ran by Eletrtrlctcy.
The minister of a progressive church
has recently Introduced aa electric con
tribution box. By pressing a button
several small sliver cars lined with vel
vet run along a miniature railway plac
ed at tbe back ef each pew. As tbey
pass along the members of the congre
gation drop their offerings. All the
cars concentrate at one point and the
collection is taken out.
A Dilemma.
There waa a young lady of Del.
Whose garments were uannlah I'm wd.
The young men now query
She makes them so weary
"If she wears those, what shall a feLI"
Exchange.
Something ia eure to be aeeompllSnea
by the man who sticks to one thing.
If we see nothing good In others, they
will not be likely to see much good In
us.
Not until we know a man's hear)
bave we any right to say that we know
him.
We would ail bave leas cause to blame
others tt we had fewer faults c of
SERMONS OF THE Mr
Kv. George II. Hepworth I'rrachc in th.
"ew York Herald's Column, en "An
Knnobltnc Faith" Kev. Ir. Talmas
Tell. About "The Kara Arm of God."
With the return of Bev. Oeors. H. Hen-
worth to New York from bis Armenian mis
sion theHeralil closed its series otcompeti
tivesermons, fifteen altogether having ap
peared in its columns on consecutive Sun
days. Dr. Hepworth resumes hl regular
Hnnday sermon as the leading editorial in
the Herald's columns. The first one is en
titled "An Ennobling Faith," and appears
bulow iu fui.
Text: "Now faith Is the snhstitnce ot
things hoped for, the'evidenceof things not
seen." Hebrews, xi., 1.
On a bitterly cold day I was recently rid
ing with a comrade through one of the
most exquisite hits of scenery on the fae
of the earth. We were toiling np the Inst
spur of a mountain so high that theelnnds
would have rested on its summit had there
been ay in tho sky. But the heavens were
cloudless, the sun shone ia dazzling splen
dor on the snow covered ridges which sur
rounded us en all sides, and we seemed to
have loft onr little globe behind us and to
be on our way to another world.
Naturally we talked of that Great Be
yond, which was apparently not far distant.
Conversation under such circumstances
must needs be serious. One cannot be tri
vial when he is looking on the grandest of
God"s great works. It was h time when
souls were fa close relations to each other;
wiien inmost thoughts came to the lips and
uttered themselves utmost unconsciously,
as in soliloquy.
My comrade spoke freelv of a loss he had
suffered. A little child had been called
from the family circle, had sped away in
thu night and gone where no human eves
could follow her. With a broken heart, but
still in somewhat stoical language, he re
ferred to that vacant chair. "Gone! gone!"
was his despairing exclamation. I listened
to tne story, and at its ciose quietly re
marked: "Yes, gone, bnt not gone far! In
the brighter land you will see her again."
Then we lapsed into silence, a feilenee only
broken by tho sound of the horses' iron
shoes on the crisp and frozea snow.
"If I could believe that," he said after a
little, "nine-tenths of the burden would be
removed. But to feel that such farewells
are forever, that is very hard." and the
strong man trembled with suppressed emo
tion, while tears made it impossible to con
tinue the compenation.
I thought to myself tht after all this
world is of very little importance unless we
have another world to "look forward to.
What makes the present life endurable is a
flm and uneiuken belief in another life.
If love can die, tnen love is only prolonged
agony: but the conviction that love can
never die strengthens, broadens and eu-
nonies the soul.
It would be an act of unspeakable cruelty
on the part of God to teach us how to love,
to place ns amid circumstances in which
love develops all that is chivalrous aud
grand, and then tell us in the supreme mo
ment of parting to say goodby for time ami
eternity. The Lord's Prayer would become
an impossibility, nay, more than that, a
grim sort of farce, and in his innermost
depths a man would not only renel, bnt
lose his self-respect and his respect for the
lawsot the unlverss. It is clear that it
would have been so much better to make
him Incapable of affection than to annihi
late the object of his affection, and bid him
go home from the churchyard a despairing,
hopeless creature.
Faith can do so much for a man. Is so
necessary to his spiritual and even to his
physical well being, that if yon take it awnv
he is in a worse pligiit than the animals of
the fields and forests, for he appreciates his
loss and they do not. To be born a dog and
to die a dog is one thing, but to be born a
man and then die like a dog is something
which a just and omnipotent Creator will
not ask of us. It is so unlike what we
have learned of His methods that we are
quite right in pronouncing such a state
ment libellous.
Your faith in Trovidenee is the best of ail
your possessions. It is worth more to you
muo your iame, your social position or
your wealth worth more than ail else
combined. Give me iu my relations with
Goil that mysterious something which the
child has for its mother a feeling that Ho j
knows who and what I am. that at mv cai
He will come to me that every day He
leads me and every night protects me and
there is very little more than I can ask or
desire. I have the one best thing in the
world, and therefore am content.
The plant that has sunshine and dew
will blossom before the frost comes, and
with God, the sun of my soul, to shine on
me, I shall not only blossom into nolde
thoughts, but bear the fruit of good deeds.
A man becomes a miracle worker from the
moment who-i ho is conscious of God's
presence and love. Life, may be hard, but
at tile same time it is glorious. Even sick
ness and death are the only miry spots
which lead to the eternal upland. There
is a repose in the soul, a vigor, an enthu
siasm and a power of endurance whiei
nothing else iu this wide world can give.
Tell me how to doubt that is, how to
cut loose from my trust in Providence and
yon tell me how to be miserable. On the
ether hand, confirm ray belief in God, in
the ministration of His angels, in the pos
sibility of a continuous, and unbroken
C mmunioatlon with heaven, and you make
my life more beautiful than words can ex
press. As long as I dread the future, mv
f resent is leaden; if I am sure ot tbe fi.
nre, and know that my dear ones will
greet me there with undlmlulshed love, my
t ars are like the rain cloud on which the
san shines and makes a rainbow.
Tsk. from me what you will, but leave
me my faith, for it is my only real posses- j
sion. All else will pass like adr.-am a
pleasant dream, but still a dream. To-day
x mm ricu, 10-morrow i may ne poor,
well to-day, to-morrow I may be ill.
I nm '
But
faith remains with me. is clos
to mv i
hPHrt than the closest friendship, and gives
me good cheer wlien I walk in darkness.
It is all I have, all I can keep throughout
eternity, tbe one thing of which death can
not rob me, the prophecy of a better borne
on high when this earthly home is broken
up. It is God who has given that gilt, and
it must be jealously guarded. In their last
analysis faith is heaven and doubt is hcil.
George H. Hepwobth,
"THE BARE ARM OF COD."
Kev. lr. Talmage Tells What It Will Ac
complish. Text: "The Lord hath made bare Bis
holy arm." Isaiuh iii., 10.
"It almost takes our breath away to read
or tne Bible Imagery. There Is such bold
ness of metaphor in my text that one must
rally bis courage to preach from it. Isaiah,
the eva igelistic prophet, is sounding the
jubilate of our planet redeemed, and cries
out: 'The Lord bath made bare His holy
arm.' What overwhelming suggestiveness
in that figure of speech, 'the bare arm of
God!' The people of Palestine to this day
wear much hindering apparel, and when
they want to run a special race, or lift a
special burden, or fight a special battle,
they pnt off the outside apparel, as in our
laud when a man proposes a special exer
tion he puts off his coat and rolls up his
sleeves. Walk through our foundries, our
machine shops, our mines, our factories,
and you will find that most of tbe toilers
have their coats oft and their sleeves
rolled up.
"Isaiah saw that there must be a tre-nen-dous
amount of work done before this
world becomes what it ought to be, and he
foresees it all accomplished, and accom
plished by the Almighty; not as we ordi
narily think of Him, but by the Almighty
with the sleeve of His robe rolled back to
His shoulder.
"Nothing more Impresses mi In the
Bible than the ease with which God does
most things. There is such a reserve of
Cower. He has more thunderbolts than Ha
as ever flung; more light than He has ever
distributed; more blue than that with
which he has overarched the sky; mora
green than that with which He has enter
aided the grass; mora crimson than that
with which He has burnished the sunsets,
t say it with reverence from all that I can
tee, God has never half tried.
"J tftXt makes It nJa -
jauuu ot tnts world is a stupen loi. under,
taking. It talcs more power to make tlili
world over again than it took to make It at
first. A word was only necessnry f-ir tli
first creation, but for the new creation tin
unsleeved and unhindered forearm of the
Almighty. The reason of that I can under
stand. In the shipyards of Liverpool, t
Glasgow, or New York, a great vessel It
coiuttruoted. The architect draws out tin
plan, the length of the beam, the capacity
of tonnage, tbe rotation of wheel or screw,
the cabin, the masts and all the appoint
ments of this great palace of the deep. Th
architect finishes his worlf without any
perplexity, and the carpenters and anisans
toii on the craft so many hours a day. each
one, doing his part, until, witii flags flying
and thousands of people cheering on the
docks, the vessel is launched, lint out on
the sea that vessel breaks her siiuft nnd Is
limping slowly along toward bnrier, when
Caribbean whirlwinds, those, mighty hunt
ers of th. deep, looking nut fur prey of
ships, surround that wounded vessel and
pitch it on a rocky coast, and she lifts ami
falls in the breakers until every joint is
loose and every spar is down, ami every
wav. sweeps over the hurricane derk as
she parts amldship. Would it nut require
more skill and power tn gH that splintered
vessels off the rocks and reconstruct it than
it required originally to build her? Aye!
"Our world, which started out with all
the 'flags of Kdenle foliag and with the
chant of Paradisaical bowers lins been six
ty centuries pounding In the skerries of sin
and sorrow, and to get her out and off, ami
to get her on the right way again, will re
quire more of omnipotence than it required
to build her and launch ber. .So I am not
surprised that, though in the drydock of
on. word our world was made, it will take
the unsleeved arm of God to lift ber fm:n
the rocks and put her ou the right cour-e
again. It is evident from my tct, ami its
comparison with other texts." that it would
not be so great an undertaking to mn!e a
whole constellation of worlds, an 1 a whole
galaxy of worlds, and a whole -tr .noiny
of worlds, and swing them in their right
orbits, as to take this wounded world, litis
stranded world, this bankrupt world, this
destroyed world, aud make it as good as
when it started.
"But I have no time to sneeifv th mani
fold evils that challenge Christianity. And
I think I have seen In some Christians, and
read In soma newspapers, ami heard from
some pulpits, n dishearteument, as though
Christianity were so worsted tnat it is
hardly worth while to ntteuit to win this
world of God, and that all Christian work
would collapse, and that it is no use foryo'j
to teach aSabbath class, to distribute tra"-ts,
or exhort in prayer meeting, or preach in
a pulpit, as Matan is gaining ground.
To rebuke that pessimism, the Gospel of
Hmash-up, I preach this sermon, showing
that you are on the wiuning side. Go
aheadl Fight on! What I want to make
out to-day is that our ammunition is not
exhausted; that all which has bei-n ac
complished has been only the skirmishing
before the great Armageddon; that not
more than one of the thousand fountains
of beauty in tho King's Park has begun tn '
play; that not morn than one brigade of
the innumerable hosts to be marshaled by
the Kider on the White Horse has yet takeii
the Hold; that what God has done yet has
been with arm folded iu flowing robe but
that the time is coming when he will rise
from his throne, and throw of! that robe,
and come out of the palaces of eternity,
and come down the stairs of heaven with
ail-conquering step, and halt iu the pres
ence of expectant nations, anil flashing
his omniscient eyes across the work to be
done will put back the sleeve of bis right
arm to the shoulder, ami roll it up there,
and for the world's final and complete,
rescue make bare his his arm. Who can
doubt the result when according to my
text Jehovah do-'S his best; when the last
reserve force of Omnipotence, takes the
field; when the iastswotd of Eternal .Iight
leaps from its scabbard! ,
"Do you know what decided the battle
of Sedan? The hills a thousand Teet high.
Eleven hundred cannon on the hills. Ar
tillery on the heights of Givonne, and
twelve German batteries ou the heights of
La Moncello. Tiie Crown Prince of Sax
ony watched tho scene from the heights
of Jfairy. Between a quarter to C o'clock
in the morning aud 1 o'clock in the after
noon of September 2. 1S70. the hills
dropped the shells that shattered tho
French host in the valley. The French
Emperor and the rSli.O-IO of his armvean-
tured by the hills. At the close of that
battle of Kedau the Emperor sai broken
hearted in a poor woman's cottage, nnd
when she said iu sympathy, "What can I
do for you?' he replied, 'Nothing, except
pull down those blinds so that they can
not stare at mel' Sedan decided i.y th.
hills. 8o in this conflict now raging I.
tween holiness and sin 'our eyes are unto
the hills.' Down here Iu the vallevs of
earth we must be valiant soldiers of tho
cross, but the Comiuand t of our host
walks the heights, nnd views the scene
far better than we can In the valleys,
and at the right day and tbe right hour
all heaven will open its batteries o.-i our
side, and the commander or tho hosis of
sin, with all his followers, will surren
der, and it will tako eternity to fully
celebrate the univer-al victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ. 'Our eyes nr unto
the hills. It is so certain to be ne-om-plished
that Isaiah, in my text, looks down
through the lleld-glass 'of pr oniiecv and
speaks of It as already accomplished, nnd
I takv my stand where the propaet took
bis stand, and look at it as all done. See!
Those cities without a tear? Look! Those
continents without a pang! IlehnM! Those
hemispheres without a sin! Why, those
deserts Arnbian desert, Amor'ean desert
and Great Sahara desert are nil irrigated
into gardens where God walks in the cool
of the day. Tho atmosphere that eneir -les
our globe floating not one groan. All the
rivers and lakes and oceans di nnlod with
not one falling tear. Tho eilma! v ot the
earth have dropped nut of theni the rigors
of the cold and the blasts of the heat, and
it is universal spring. Let i;s change the
old world's name. Let it no mor bec.-ille.l
the earth, as when it was r-'eking'with
everything pestiferous and malevolent
senrleted with batMe-flelds nnd gashed
with graves, but no v so changed, so aro
matic with gardens, and so resonant with
song, and so rubescent with beauty, let us
call it Immanuel's Land, or let us call it
Beulah, or Millennial Gardens, or Paradise
Regained, or Heaven! Hallelujah, for tho
Lord God Omnipotent reigueth! Hallelu
iah, for the kingdoms of this world have
become the kingdoms of Christ!"
l! N not what , !,::. (
il m's which expresses the
b it what he is.
even v ! :ii lie
"I'f h ! a man
There, is a deportnio;
!i."jTV and talents of i
vhii !i -o:i
' il P-T-oli:
- the
it is
'so tne
n'ways lost when we
t hat of another.
The one who will be
quit II to
mill
n ?r:.i! enpa-
1I of creat acts- of I
who is always doing
ver i he
con ;'!! -.iiile miiuI I
ones. -
Some of the !f lo.-o
learn wc learn ftoni our i
failures. Tho error of the
wisdom and success of I lie fu
ever
ikes
and
I' -me.
s the
You must try to Ih poo I io .1
everybody, and do not think t
anitv consists in a meian'.ho'v
life.
He that lives on hoiie 1ms
diet.
ihiMe lo
( 'in i-t i-
'y and morose
!i;!: a slender
ralili sells his
He that mnrrictli for
lilw-rtv.
lie that promises too much means noth
ing. The secret of making one's self l ires one
is, not to know when to stop.
The noblest moiive is the public good,
learning makes a man (it company for
himself.
The true art of memory is the art of
attention.
One cannot always be a hero, but one
can always be a man.
An extreme rigor is sure lo arm every
thing cgain-st it.
He that looks too niceiy in'o things
never lives easy.
He that is well sheltered is a foo! if he
sliiis out into the ruin.
He hufh riches sufficient who hath
enough to be charituble.
If a man be endowed with a generous
mind, this is the best kiad of nobility.