VOL. LII MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APBIL 13. 1898. CHAPTER XXVI. Ixrd A rleigh felt very disconsolate thai June morning. The world was so beauti ful, so bright, so fair, It seemed bard that he should hare do pleasure in it. If fate bad but been kinder to him! T increase his dullness. Lord Mountdean, who had been staying with him some days, had suddenly disappeared. He bad gons cut early in the morning, saying that bs would have a long ramble iu the woods, and would probably not return until noon for luncheon. Noon had come and pass ed, luncheon was served, yet there was no sign of the earl. Lord Arleigh was not uneasy, but he longed for his friend's so ciety. At last he decided npon going in search of him. He had perhaps lost his way iu the woods, or he had mistaken some road It was high time that they looked aftei him he had been so many hours absent without apparent cause. Lord Arleigh whistled for his two favorite dogs, Nero and Venus, and started out in search of his friend. He went through the woods and dowr the high-road, but there was no sign ' 4 me eari. lie must nave walked home bj another route," thought Lord Arleigh and he went back to Beechgrove. Hi did not find the earl there, but the groom, who had evidently been riding fast, waf waiting for him in the hall. "My lord," he said, "I was directed to give you this at once, and beg of you not to lose a moment's time." Wondering what had happened. Lord Arleigh o;ened the note and read: "My Dear Lord Arleigh Something to ' wonderful for me to set down in wordt hns happened. I am at the Powei House, Winiston. Come nt once, and Ios no time. MOUNTDEAN." "At the Power House?" mused iorf Arleigh. "What can it mean?" "I 'id the Karl of Mountdean send thil himself?" he said to the man. "Ves, my lord. He made me ride as though for life, and ask your lordship to hurry in the same way." "Is he hurt? Has there been any acci dent?" "I have heard of no accident, my lord; but, when the earl came to give me the note, he looked wild and unsettled." Lord Arleigh gare order, that his fleet est horse should be saddled at once, and then he rode away. He waa so absorbed in thout-ht that more than once he had a narrow escape, almost striking his head against the over hanging boughs of the trees. What could it possibly mean? Lord Mountdean at the Dower House! He fancied some ac cident must have happened to him. He had never been to the Dower House aince the night when he took his young wife thither, and as he rode along his thoughts recurred to that terrible even ing. Would he see her now, he wondered, and would she, in her shy, pretty way, advance to meet him? It cou'd not surely be that she was ill, and that the earl, having heard of it, had sent for him. No, that could not be-for the note said that I something wonderful had occurred. Speculation was evidently useless-tie oniyVhing to be done was to hasten as quickly as he could, and learn for him- Self what It all meant. He rode perhaps faster than he had ever ridden iu his life 1 i before. When he reached the Iwei 5 horse was bathed in fnam. lie ' House the thought to himself, as he rang the bell at the outer gate, how strange it was that he the husband should be standing there ringing for admittance. A servant opened the gate, and Lord Arieigh asked if the Earl of Mountdean .. . . i was within, and was told that he was, "There is nothing the matter, I hope," said Lord Arleigh "nothing wrong?" The servant replied that something strange had happened, but be could not tell what It was. He did not think there was anything seriously wrong. And then Lord Arleigh entered the house where the years of his young wife's life had drifted away so sadly. Lord Arleigh was shown Into the din ing room at Winiston House, and stood there impatiently awaiting the Earl of Mountdean. He came in at last, but the master of Beechgrove barely recognized him, he was so completely changed. Years seemed to have fallen from him. His face was radiant with a great, glad light. ! Hp held out his hand to his friend. i .nn.tn!ie me." he said: "I am one f the happiest men in the world." "What has happened?" asked Lord Ar leigh. in surprise. I "Follow me," said the earl; and in si lence Ixrd Arleigh obeyed him. Tbey came to a pretty shaded room, and the earl, entering first, said: "Now, my darling, the hour has come which will repay you for the sorrow of years." Wondering at such words. Lord Ar leigh followed his friend. There lay his beautiful wife, lovelier than ever, with the sunlight touching her hair with gold, her fair face transparent as the inner leaf of a rose Maialine, his darling, who had been bis wife tn name only. What did it mean? by had the eari . . . . . 1 . 1 1 IT f. ....... n-n 1.1 1- led mm urnnwi u ,. or kindness? Hi. first impulse was to , h! "IT," kiss bis wife's hands, his second to ask why he had been led thither to be tor tured so. Madaline rose with a glad cry at his entrance, but Lord Mountdean laid a restraining hand on her shoulder. "Lord Arleigh," said the eari, "tell me who this is." . "My wife. Lady Arleigh," he replied. She bent forward with clasped hands. "Oh, listen, Norman," she said, "lis ten." You looked UDon her as the only wom an you could ever love; you made her your wife; yet believing her to be the , daughter of a felon, you separated from ner, preferring a lifetime of misery to the dishonor of your name. Is it not so, Lord Arleigh?" "Yes," he replied; "it la Indeed so." "Then now learn tie truth. This lady, your wife, is not the daughter of a cons-let In her how happy the telling of it makes me behold my daughter, the child whom for seventeen years I haTe sought incessantly my heiress, Lady Madalins Charlewood, the descendant of a race as honored, as ancient, as noble as your evro." Lord Arleich totened UU one Jn doc-am. ft could not be possible, it could not be true, his senses must be playing him fois he must b going mad. Hit wife the earl's long-lost daughter! II was surely a cruel fate. His dark, handsome face grew pale, his hands trembled, his lips Quivered like a woman's. He was about to speak when Madaline sprang forward and clasped her arms around his neck. "Oh, my darling," she cried, "it is tru quite truel You need not be afraid to kiss ir.e and to krve me now yon need not fct afraid fc call me your wife you need noi we asnamed of me any longer. Oh, my darling, believe me, I am not a thief's daughter. My father is here -an honorable man, you see, not a convict. Norman, you may love me now; yon ueed not be ashamed of me. Oh, my love, my love, I was dying, but this will make me well!" Her golden head drooped on to his breast, the clinging arms tighuticd their hold of him. The earl advanced to them. "It is all true, Arleigh,"' l.e said. "Ycu look bewildered, but you need not hesi tate to believe it. Later on I will tell you the story myself, and we will ssrwy a!I doubts. Now be kind to her; she has suffered enough Remember. I do not blame you, nor does she. Believing what you did, you acted for the best. We can only thank heaven that the mystery is solved; and you can take a fair and nobis maiden, who will bring honor to your race, to your home." "My love," said Madaline, "it seems to me a happy dream." When Lord Arleigh looked around again the earl had vanished, and he was alone with his fair young wife. CHAPTER XXVII. PhiKppa, Duchess of Hazelwood, was Kitting in the superb drawing room at Vere Court. It was some time since she bad left town, but she had brought some portion of the gay world back with her. The court was filled with Tisitors, and nothing was thought of but brilliant fes tivities and amusement. The duchess was queen of all gayety; tie time that had passed had simply added to her beauty she was now one of the handsomest wom en in society. It was a warm day, the lest day in June, and Vere Court had never seemed so brilliant. The lovely young duchess had withdrawn for a short time from her guests. Most of them had gone out riding or driving. There was to be a grand ball that evening, and her Grace of Hazelwood did not wish to fatigue her self before It came off. As for driving or riding in the hot sun simply because the day was fine and the country fair, she did not believe m it. She had retired to her drawing room; a soft couch bad been placed near one of the open win dows, and the breeze that came in was heavy with perfume. On the stand by her side lay a richly Jeweled fan, a bottle of sweet scent, a bouquet of heliotrope her favorite Bower and one or two books which she had selected to read. She lav. with her dark, queenly head on the soft chion 5Ttoon relT?t m an "itude 5 h"T i!? paj5te- . ? not wasting the light of Jr I" a She had clos- tha. as a flower close. .It. leave, m Jh- heat of the suiu As sh Uj there, beautiful, languid, graceful, the picture " Jv JT if v J color- thought the duke, who, un- heard by her, had entered the room. Everything had prospered with his Grace. He had always been extremely wealthy, but his wealth had been increas ed in a sudden and unexpected fashion. one ,u t,DOT a vem i.f ,vva1 hurt hpn nijwivervwf whioh wa. of coal had been discovered, which was one of the richest in England. The pro ceeds of it added wonderfully to bis in come, and promised to add still more. No luxury was wanting; the duchess had all that her heart, even In its wildest ca prices, could desire. The duka loved her with as keen and passionate a love as ever. He had refused to go out this morn ing, because she had not gone; and now he stood watching ber with something like adoration in his face the beautiful woman, in her Bowing draperies of amber and white. He went up to her and touch ed her brow lightly with his lips. "Are you asleep, my darling?" he ask ed. "No," she replied, opening her eyes. I have something to read to you something wonaerrui. SfTiL-..., - V. What Is the wonder?" "Listen, Philippe." And the duke scan- ned the newspaper In his bands. "Ah, here it is! I am sure yon will say that this Is wonderful. It explains all that I could not understand and for Arleigh'. sake I am glad, though what you will say to it I cannot think." And, sitting down by her side, he read t oher the newspaper account of the Ar leigh romance. He read it without Interruption, and the queenly woman listening to him knew that her revenge had failed, and that in stead of punishing the man who had slighted her love she had given him one of the sweetest, noblest and wealthiest girls . , . . v 1,. 7. b.d .imn v cd - LoMTrieigF. - UXe - with the loVe of a devoted wife. When the duke looked up from his pa- Eer to see what was the effect of his news, o saw that the duchess had quietly faint td away, aud lay with the pallor of death mi her face. He believed that the heat tins the cause, and never suspected hi. aife's share in the story. She recovered after a few minutes. She did not know whether she was more glad or orr at what she had heard. She had said once before of herself that she was nt strong enough to be thoroughly wick rd and she was right. A year had elapsed, and Lord Arleigh and his wife were In town for the sea u, and were, as a matter of course, the objects of much curiosity. He was sitting one evening in the drawing room of his wn hnnae. when one of the servants told him that a lady wished to see him. , He ordered her to be shown into the room where he was, and presently there enter- , ed a toll, stately lady, whose face was closely veiled; but the imperial figure, the . stately grace were quite familiar to him, "Phlliial" he osied. SB astasjiehmenC Then tde rawed her vail, and once again he saw the grandly beautiful face of tit woman who had loved him with auch pas sionate love. "Yes," said the duchess, calmly. -And do you know why I am here?" "I canmot even guess," he replied. "I am here to Implore your pardon," she announced, with deep humility "to tell you that neither by night nor by day, since I planned and carried out' my re venge, have I known peace. I shall neith er live nor die in peace unless you for give me, Norman." She bent her beautiful, haughty bead before him her eyes were full of tears. Leaving her standing there, Lord Ar leigh drew aside the velvet hangings and disappeared. In a few moments he re turned, leading his wife by the hand. "Philippe," he said, gravely, "tell my wife your errand; hear what she says. We will abide by her decision." At first the duchess drew back with a haughty gesture. "It was yoo I came to aee," she said Tn Weigh' and then the sweet face touched her and her better self prevailed. "Madaline," she said, quietly, "you have suffered much through me will you pardon me?" The next moment Lady Arlelgh'a arms were clasped round her neck, and the pure, sweet lips touched her own. "It was because you loved him," she whispered, "and I forgive you." The Duke of Hazelwood did not under stand the quarrel between his wife and Lord Arleigh, nor did he quite understand the reconciliation; still he is very pleased that they are reconciled, for he likes Lord Arleigh better than any friend be has ever had. In the gallery at Verdun Royal there is a charming picture called "The Little Lovers." The figures in it are those of a dark-haired, handsome boy of three, whose hand is filled with cherries, and a lovely little girl, with hair like sunshine and a face like a rosebud, who is accept ing the rich, ripe fruit. Those who under stand smile a. they look at this painting, for the dark-haired boy la the son and heir of the Duke of Hazelwood, and the fair-faced girl is Lord Arleigh' s daughter. The Earl of Mountdean and his wife, nee Lady Lily Gordon, once went to see that picture, and as they stood smiling before it, he said: "It may indicate what lies In the fu ture. Let us hope It does; for the great est gift of heaven is the love of a good and pure-minded wife." (The end.) THE SERVANT GIRL'S HERO. Why Is It She Like, the Man in a Uniform? Why la tt that you never meet !n Lon don an even passably good-looking sol dier? Privates, I mean, of course. Whence come these toweringly tall fellows In their Jackets of furious red, with their caps worn so aslant as to seem toppling; from their temples? Are there none In the whole British army more personable than these? One re calls those witty and touching words of the poor country wench in Mr. PInero's play of "The Squire:" "Our Queen puts paddln' In their chests, and we poor girls think if s 'arts." The Queen may put padding In their chests, but her Majesty Is not responsible, I am sure, for their long, calfless legs, their coarse, florid faces, their bulging ears, their small, bullet-shaped heads, their gen eral lankness and lack of grace. You marvel what makes the nursery maids care for them as they do, for In the parks a baby carriage, a nursery maid and a soldier are common sights. To the women of their class It Is curiously true that these homely fellows, embla zoned In their showy uniforms, are of ten quite Irresistible. Once, when In London, I heard Indirectly of a house maid's frank confession. She was a pretty young blonde, far more attract ive to the eye than any gaudy coated recruit I have ever seen. "We don't kuow what it Is," she avowed, "but we can't help liking soldiers, and I've got one for a sweetheart, though I'm not sure If he cares for me half so much as I care for him!" In New York the policemen are said to Inspire a similar passion In certain feminine breasts. But that seems as natural as the "cadet fever" at Wert Point among young women of higher grade. "Buttons" and like braveries on the male figure have always fascinated the softer sex. Scores of New York policemen, how ever illiterate and common, are never theless very handsome men. Many an ortist would be glad enough to have them pose as models. If their American dignity were not haughtily above such a concession. But, In all candor, one can better compare the majority of young English soldiers whom one meets In the London thoroughfares to nothing save a troop of gigantic red bodied spiders. En masse, I nil mi t. they make an admirable showing. But Individually they are devoid of every virile charm. Collier's Weekly. What a Recent Discovery Reveal. The Smithsonian Institution has re ceived a collection which is of impor tance to the archeologlst. It Is known as the Seton-Karr con tribution, having been discovered by this Englishman In Sorualiland, on the eastern coast of Africa. The imple ments were purchased from the discov erer by the Smithsonian Institution. There are about fifty pieces in the col lection, made of flint or quartide, aud ranging In size from an inch or so in length to half a foot, some weighing several pounds. The objects are sup posed to be spear heads, battle axes and wedges, truncheons, bludgeons, ot whatever they may be termed. The discoverer hnd this to say on the subject of his find and the locality where the objects were unearthed: "Certain landmarks as to the four rivers mentioned in Genesis led me to think that the Garden of Edon, if It ever existed, may have been here, and that these very tools had been made and used by Adam and bis numerous descendants. At any rate,, my discov eries In Egypt and Somaliland lead me to the Idea that man's original home, or the place where be was gradually evolved, must have been in Africa, or, at least, In a tropical land, where clothes were unnecessary and food plentiful to hand." F'owers g ow out of the rocks and ea-th so all the leantyand sweetness of life grow out of the ten commandments. A big error shrinks into nonentity wlien placed beside a small truth. Self-conceit mak es some men wiser than God. Every ton of Atlantic water, when evaporated, yields eighty-one pounds of salt; a ton of Faclflc water seventy nine pounds; Arctic and Antarctic waters yield elghty-flve pounds to the ton, and Dead Sea water 187 pounds. An electric company proposes to rua a trolley cable along the Champiala Canal, between West Troy and White ball, for the purpose of driving 'canal boats. The power Is to be supplied to motors, which will take the place ol mules or horses In hauling the boats. Photographs have recently been sue cessfully taken under water at a dis tance of ten or twelve feet. The camera was carried by a diver, the light was supplied by an electric lamp carried in the diver's headpiece. The experiments were carried out In the bay of Rio di Janeiro, Brazil. A German firm, It la reported, hai placed upon the market samples of pure ingotin, derived from coal tar, which promises to supplant the vege table indigo, as other dyes have been Iupplanted by the same source. Vege able Indigo Is consumed to the extent of $13,000,000. chiefly derived from India. The number of asteroids discovered op to the present date is 423. A nuni- f-er of these small phi nets have not een observed since their discovery and fre practically lost. Consequently It is ow a matter of doubt, until the ele ments have been computed, whethei f lie s n posed new planet Is really net tr only an old one rediscovered. What Is believed to have been th argest snake ever contained In the rep He house of the London Zoological Garden died there last November, after having lived more than twelve years In captivity. It was a python from Ma lacca, and measured a trifle more than twenty feet in length. Its principal food was ducks, and It was fed, usually, once a week, although sometimes it re fused food for a month. . As a rule the scent of flowers does not exist In them as in a store, or gland, but rather as a breath, an exhalation. While the flower Uvea tt breathes out Its sweet nois. but when It dies the fra grance usually ceases to exist. Th method of stealing from the flower its fragrance while It is still living is no Dew thing, and it is not known when it was discovered that butter, animal fat or oil would absorb the odor given off by living flowers placed near them, aif would themselves become fragrant. Vice President. Schoonmaker, of tb Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, has a private car which is fitted up in a nov el manner. All Its chair cushions and bed ma tresses are constructed on ths pneumatic principle. At night the seat cushions are emptied of air, folded and racked snugly away, and the larger cushions for the beds are brought out of their place of concealment in tb sides of the car, and pumped full.-It It fald that these pneumatic cushions greatly reduce the jar of a railway Journey, and that In time they may cause a revolution In the building ot wlace and sleeping cars. Most of us no doubt have experienced the discomforts of being seized with a fit of coughing or sneezing at the most Inconvenient times and places, and It Is not usually supposed that any exer cise of the will power can be made ef ficient In checking either a cough or a sneeze. Dr. Brown-Sequard, however. In one of his lectures, said that cough ing can be stopped by pressing on th nerves of the lips In the neighborhood of the nose. Sneezing may be Mopped by the same means. Pressing In th neighborhood of the ear may ntop coughing. Pressing very hard on the top of the mouth is also a means ol (topping coughing. A Floating Home. Practically the captain and his wife oiake their home in the cabin of the bark; and a comfortable home, too, says New York Sun. Upon the walls of the nintn room of this cabin, which Is a room of spacious dimensions, there are two pictures of the bark itself. These ire distinctly nautical; but, aside from them, the furnishing of the room Is inch as might be seen In any room de voted to like purposes ashore. In an ilcove ou oue side is a piano; upon the other side is a sofa. In the center of the room Is a table, upon which there tre books and sewing, and here In port, where the ship stands on an even keel, t wase of flowers. The room Is lighted it night by a lamp like a piano lamp, Fvlth a broad, spreading shade, but which. Instead of being upheld by a itandard with feet resting On the floor, s here suspended from the deck beams running across under the skylight over head. There are here deep upholstered irmchatrs and other easy chairs, and there are rugs on the floor. It Is a homelike and attractive room. Forward of this room Is the forward rabin, which is also the ship's dining room. The mizzeumast comes down through that end of the fixed tabic, giv ing to this cabin a decidedly marine touch. Opening off the main cabin there tre a number of rooms, including the taptaln's room, which is of ample size. There Is here also a room for the cap tain's daughter, who sometimes sails with him. As Is customary on Ameri can deep-water ships, there are two or three staterooms for p. angers, who iro carried when they off.n-. On her last voyage to Africa this vessel carried three passengers. The captain sailed for many years: be Is acquainted in ports all around the R-orld, and wherever he goes there Is no lack of social life for himself and his wife. They have more invitations ashore than they can accept, and they entertain guests aboard the ship, which l.s Indeed their floating home; but that tiiey do not forget their home ashore uny easily be Imagined from the fact that the ship's name Is made up In part )f the name of the captain's home town You cac't always judge a man by his appearance, btit you can Judge somt men by their disappearance. THE SOUTH'S MANY COLONELS A PoMlble Explanation of Tnelr Nan ber SuMeated. For many years, indeed, since the dose of the war. It has been a stand ing Joke among the paragraphers and in variety theaters that the Confeder ate army was composed almost wholly of staff officers and that the number of colonels distributed throughout the South and In the States of the South west, was materially greater than the number of male adult civilians. It It certainly a fact, as all travelers attest, that there are more colonels, majors and generals In the Southern than in the Northern States, and this Is a fact, despite what Is a matter of general knowledge, too, that the Southern army was materially smaller throughout th war than the Northern forces. An explanation of the apparent an omaly has lately appeared In a state ment which shows In detail, that the number of Southern officers was rela tively larger than the number of Northern officers during the civil war. The official Confederate army list shows one general-in-chlef, Robert E. Lee, and seven full generals, as follows: Cooper, Albert Sidney John ston, Beauregard, Joseph E. Johnston, Smith, Bragg and Hood. The number ot lieutenant generals In the Confed erate army. Stonewall Jackson, Hill, Early, Buckner, Wade Hampton and Gordon among them, was nineteen, and there were besides 81 major gen erals and more than 200 brigadier-generals. This was very much larger than the army roll In respect of staff officers on the Union side at a corresponding period. Before the establishment of the office of lieutenant general there were 4 major generals and 11 brigadier gen erals In the regular army and 20 major generals and 1D0 brigadier generals la the volunteer service. There were cor respondingly, a larger number of col onels and majors In the Southern than In the Northern army, and the reason for this was to be found In the fact that the commands of the Southerners were generally smaller and more wide ly separated. The Northern forces con stituted the attacking army; the South ern forces, after the battle of Gettys burg, were on the defensive and much of the conflict which continued during the closing years of the strife was, so far as the Southern men were engaged In It, of a desultory, guerrilla character. The services of sharpshooters, or smad attacking columns, of commands or ganized for foraging purposes, or to cover a retreat, were In detail, and tha commander of each detail took, by cour tesy and under military usage, a title Si high In Its way as a Northern com mander would receive if in charge of a force perhaps eight or ten times larger. It is a well-known fact that military men having titles are as slow to surren der them and to forego their use as officeholders are to retire from the hon ors and emoluments of public station. The rule "once a colonel always a col onel," still prevails In the South, and it applies In like manner to generals, ma jors and captains as well. A man who may have acted for a few hours, per haps at tha head of a detachment as its colonel, though actually a corporal, has since the close of the war continued t be known as colonel. Bell. Rum to the Heathen. The recent voyage of a certain brig from Boston to the gold coast of Africa, as described for publication by her cap tain. Is interesting reading. It will doubtless Interest the temperance aud missionary societies to know that the brig left Boston Laden with 170 hogs heads of rum for the little-known gold coast. Although she took some othet article, most of the profits of the voy age were to come from the rum. So utterly primeval la this Isolated part of the African coast that the cargo had to be landed through the surf from ths vessel. Through some remarkab't aboriginal Instinct the natives scented the cargo almost before the brig was In sight, and as soon as she was at an chor dived through the waves like hun gry sharks. Among the Interesting facts about the African natives related by the cap tain la that since there are no beasts ol burden and no conveyances on the gold coast the barrels of rum are rolled in land by baud, so that liquor has thin been rolled hundreds of miles Into t tie country. It is further related that the natives have become so infatuate J with rum carried from various coun tries to their coast that a vessel whlca proposes to have cargo landed must carry It as currency, or no business can be done. Gold Is a depreciated currency as against rum on the lonely coast. Tha wonderful 4,000-mile voyage of this brig to the gold coast with 170 hogs heads of New England rum offers soma most Interesting suggestions for mis sionaries and temperance reformers tf fonder. Boston Globe. Crow Shattered a Headlight. A peculiar accident happened to the engine on passenger train No. 1 at Mo Arthur. Junction, ChlUlcothe, Ohio, re cently. As the train was passing along through the darkness the engineer and fireman were startled by a crash to front, and then the headlight went out. They thought at first that a stone had been thrown at It, but an Investigation showed that a big crow had flown straight Into the light, shattering the glass. The light theateoed to explode and finally burned out. The crow, which had broken Its neck, was fished out in a badly singed condition, and was hanging up in the roundhouse la the morning. Due to the Electrio Light. Since the introduction of the electric light, singers, actors and public speak ers have less trouble with their voices, and are less likely to catch cold, their throats are not so parched, and they feel better. This Is due to the air not being vitiated and the temperature more even. To Be Knv ict. "I envy her complexion," said Maud. "But ahe has freckles and tans so easily," replied Mamie. "That's Just It, She can go to tha seashore or mountains for a few days at the end of the season and look ex actly aa If she had been away all aun '."Washington Star. SAGACIOUS HORSE. Noble Aniaaal Raved Ita Owner frost - Drmlsc Those who have owned a favorite horse will readily understand the af fection which grows between the faith ful beast and the master. Tales of tha sacrifices made by the Intelligent ani mate to save the master suffering or peril are well authenticated, but It re mained for a cayuse of this place to leap Into the "Big Muddy" to rescue it. master from drowning. The rescue was accomplished not without difficulty and danger to the horse, for the current is very swift and extremely treacherous here. Billy Collins la the owner of the pony, which he calls Ned. The two have been together from the time several years ago when Ned was a frisky colt, care less of everything but the desire to toss a pair of heels into the air and dash across the commons to the west of tha town. Even before the colt was old enough to carry bis young master h displayed an evident fondness tor him. If Billy called, no matter bow wild NeJ might be so far as others were con cerned, the pony always ran to his mas ter. If Ned neighed Billy flew to his succor. So horse and .master becama almost bed mates. The other day Billy decided to go u& the river a ways and do some fishing. He took along the usual accoutrements and mounting Ned set his face to the north. There is a fine place for tae catching of channel cat up that way and Billy on arriving turned Ned loose to crop the grass while he pushed out a small boat Into the stream and an chored It with a big atone. All w-ent well for a time. Billy was landing a fair number of fish and Ned was enjoying unwonted liberty. But the boat tripppd Its anchor unknown to the boy and be gan to travel slowly down stream. Finally the boatman snared a bis fish. He tugged mightily and succeed ed In bringing his quarry to the up stream aide of a snag. Here there was a fight and the boat was overturned and the boy tossed into the wild cur rent. He was in imminent peril, as he could not swim well. But Ned could, be knew, and even as he was clutching at any protruding branch of the snags with which the river is lined he yelled loudly for Ned. Ned heard the call and galloped to the bank. He seemed to realize the dan ger of his master and ran down the steep bank and plunged into the water. He swam rapidly out to the drowning boy and seized him by the collar of his coat. Thm he headed for the shore, holding bis head and bis master's well out of the water. He struggled in the swift current bravely, while they drift ed down stream. Tbey passed a point In the river and the faithful pony was dragged under the water In the eddies But he held on tightly and at last, al most exhausted, drew his young mas ter to shallow water. Then be walked a short way and lay down in a foot of water to rest. Ned Is prized by Billy beyond all price. His exploit has been told and the country rings with praises of ths ungainly, ugly, but brainy animal. Kickapoo (Kan.) correepondence of thf Chicago Ohronlcle. SO PRETTY AND SO MUCH ALIKI the Das' Mra. Sherman Broaght Horn the Twins. An old acqualntat.ee of John Slier, man sends the following: As most of os know, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman were childless. A time came when, after much consideration and thought, they decided to adopt a child and heir. Mrs. Shurman requested some of her inti mate friends to assist In the search of a desirable infant, one honestly and gen tly born, and without parent, to fol low on afterward and embarrass. A friend In New York subsequently telej graphed her to come at once and take her choice of two beautiful babies. There was great excitement in tha Sherman home pending Mrs. Sherman's trip to New York after the baby. On the next day she telegraphed to her husband: "Will be home this afternoon. Send carriage to the depot." The car riage went, and the Senator remained at home, walking the floor, looking at his watch, watching each carriage as It came In sight j. be train was a little late. He was becoming nervously anxious. Finally the carriage hove in sight; he marched out to meet it at the curb, threw open the door. There was Mrs. Sherman and a nurse, each stepping out with a baby In arms. Such an expression as came over that stern Sherman face wag never seen before. It could not be de scribed. He was at a loss for words for a minute or two and finally was ible to stammer: "Wife, what does this mean?" She replied: "Husband, they were so pretty and so much alike that I could not make a choice and so I selected both." They were twin girl babies. For the next few day. it was a show to watch Mr. Sherman as be enjoyed and ca ressed the newcomers. One of the twin, sickened and died iritnin a few weeks and the other is now "bis daughter," Mrs. McCullom. Farm Telephones. Here Is an Idea for the boys to thins. tt. If It can be made practical, it would be very convenient In a neighborhood where the houses were not near each ocher, and would bring one of the luxuries of city life to tue Inmates, sayf American Farmer. To make a good and serviceable tele phone, good from one farm house ta another, only requires enough wire and two cigar boxes. First, select yout boxes and make a hole about a half an Inch in diameter in the center of .h bottom of each, and then place one la each of the houses you wish to connecti then get five pounds of common iron stove-pipe wire; make a loop in one end and put It through the hole In yout ;Igar box and fasten it with a nail; then draw It tight to the other box, support ing It, when necessary, with a stop! cord. You can easily run your line into the house by boring a hole through tbi glass. Support your boxes with slati nailed across the window, and youi telephone is complete. The writer ha one that Is two hunded yards long, and cost forty-five cents, that will carrj music when the organ, la played thirtJ 'eet away In another xwn, SERMONS OF THE DAY The Rev. George H. HepwortU. Sunday Sermon In tlio New York Herald I. En titled, "Thing. Not Worth While" Dr. Talinago I'reaclte. on Unfair Conduct. Text: "Thou hast sinned against thy soul." Habakkuk. il.. 10. The obieut of religion Is to make life l sweet and satisfactory. When a man has done the heat ho could under the clrcum i stances lie hasdoneall that God requires or mm. Heaven lb not for those who l-e-lieve things, but for those who do things. Christ was a working man in its largest aud most divine sense, while we nreall working meu in a small sense. He worked for others, and was therefore divine; we work for ourselves, and are therefore pitifully human. His religion teacher us to become a part of the life of those who need our bel; our tendency in to take from others for our own ease and comfort, and to give as little as possible. He emphasizes the value of the soul, gives it a dignity and a grandeur, the gait and bearing of a king. our philosophy of life minimizes spiritual pleasures and oingnitles what Is sensuous. I never tire of the New Testament, be- ! cause it is such a desperately sensible book ana Decause tt llatly contradicts the ideas which worldly society puts into my head. It is always new, therefore, and almost al ways start ling. It the soul is what Ha tells me it 1, then I must have a large plan. If I am really little lower than the angels, then I must cense to be childish, and the small cures of life must not be allowed to tease aud fret me. la that case I should look life in the faco and say to my soul that it niunt busy Itseif about great things and keep in tniud that petty things are not worthy of attention. For example, it is not worth while to be Impatient because what happens is not to our liking. We are apt to make a hot re ply when an ill-natured remark is made. Homebody else's bad mood excites a bad mood in us. We catch the disease Instant ly, and then there are two persons in a bad mood instead of one. Passiou Is heat ed to the exploding point, we give rein to our tongue, un I a pitched buttle of words takes place. We loosen the bonds of a friendship, we wound the heart of affec tion, for what we say is a consuming lire. If we bad a pi-rfect control of ourselves we should not be powder to anyone's torch. A little patience, very difficult to attain, I admit, would Kcp us from striking when we are struck. It is noble to keep still, and the rebuke of siience is like a keen sword. It is not worth our wnile, not worth the soul's while, to step down to a lower level because some one addresses us from that level. We should maintain our dig nity though others lose theirs. Then, again, it is not becoming In a princely soul to allow the habit of fault fludingto get poso-sion of it. It rouders one uncomfortable, it untltsone for theen joyrr.ents which cross our path, it dulls the edge ef happiness. It is like eating a lemon instead of an orange. The man who finds fault with others seldom has time to find fault with himself, which is his chief duty, lnstea 1 of being charitable he is censorious. Not even the Iiord can pieaso him, and if he ever gets to heaven he will insist that things shall be arranged to suit his personal taste. Fault finding is simply self-conceit In a subtle disguise. Su.-h a man hints that the universe is wrong, but that he can pnt it right. It is not worth while to peer at the defects ct others and " to ignore their vir tues. It is better to look for good things, because you are sure to find them If you look long enough, than to look for bad things and then waste your time in grumbling because they are bad. If Qod were dethroned such a man would try to take His phfe; but since God reigns it would be well for the fault finder to retire to the bai-kgrsund and try to be thankful for mercies received, rather than criticise the Almighty for not giving him what he thinks he ought to have. Once more, it is not worth your while to look on the dark side of life, for that de stroys your power of resistance and endur ance. There I? sometimes a hard side to God's providence, but never a dark side. He does undoubtedly ask us to do some strange things, and to go through some strange experiences: but it He goes with us we are cot only la good company but are sure to derive some benefit from it ail. Strong characters are wrought by tears, and afflictions are stepping stones to heaven if we view them from the right standpoint ami put them to their proper use. Life is not all gladness, but sadness is the hot fire in which the Toledo blade is forged. Wo may not always know why we suffer, for no explanation has ever been given, but somehow or other the suffering Bonis are alwavs the noblest, provided they suffer under the shadow ot God's sym pathy. To be unconscious of His presence makes life very heavy and laden, but to be conscious of it is like catching a glimpse of the distant home when the weary traveler Is ready to drop by the wayside. Yes, a soul, an immortal soul, with heaven and heavenly things all about, is a magnificent mystery. It must live up to its destiny, and put under its feet the fenrs and doubts which are so intrusive and so persistent. Think of yourself as God's child, to whom no real harm can possibly come, and the clouds will part and your depression will be lightened. There are still stars overhead, and a blue sky. It will be all right by and by. In the mean time be patient, and, above all, keep your faith bright and pure. Oeoboi H. Hepwobth. DR. TALMACE'S SERMON. An Impressive Discourse Entitled, "Men nred by Tour Own Yard Stick." Text: "With what measure you mete. It shall be measured to you again." Matt, vli., 2. - In the greatest sermon ever preached a sermon about fifteen minutes long, ac cording to the ordinary rate of speech a sermon on the Mount of Olives, the Treacher, sitting while He spoke, accord ig to the ancient mode of oratory, the people were given to understand that the same yard stick that tbey employed upon others would be employed upon them selves. Measure others by a narsh rule and yon will be measured by a harsh rule. Measure others by a charitable rule and you will be measured by a charitable rule. Give no mercy to others, and no mercy will be given to vou. "With that moasurn ye mete, it shall be measured to you again." There is a great deal of unfalrness'in crit icism in human conduct. It was to smite that unfairness that Christ uttered the words of the text, and my sermon will be a re-echo of the divine sentiment. In estima ting tbo misbehavior of others, we must take into consideration the pressure of cir cumstances. It is never right to do wring, but there are degrees of culpability. When men misbehave or commit some atrocious wickedness we are dispose Indiscriminately to tumble them all over the bank of con demnation. Hnffer they ought and sutler tbey must, but in a difference of degree. Iu Great Britain and in the United States, In every generation, there are tens of thou sands of persons .who are fully developed criminals and incarcerated. I say in every generation. Then I suppose there nre tens of thousands of persons who, not positive ly beooming criminals, nevertheless have a criminal tendency. Any one of all those thousands, bythe graceof God may become Christian, and resist the ancestral influ ence, and open a new chapter of behavior; but the vast majority ot them will not, and it becomes all mon, professional, unpro fessional, ministers of religion, judges of courts.philanthropists and Christian work ers, to recognize the fact that there are these Atlantic and Pacific surges of heredi tary evil rolling on through the centuries. Agaiu, I have to remar, that In our es timation tbs misdoing ot people who have !a!len from high respectability and useful, lesa we must take into consideration ths sonjunction ot circumstances. In nina ;oses out ot ten a man who goes astray Iocs not intend any positive wrong. Ho las trust fumU. no risks a part of thesa lunds iu iuvestment. He says: "Now. it I ihould lose that investment I have of my wn property five times as much, and if this investment should go wrong, I could sasily make it un; I could five times make It np." With that wrong reasoning ha toes on and makes the investment, and it loss not turn out Quite aa well as he ex- looted, and he makes another Investment, ind, strange to say, at the same time all lis other affairs get entangled, and all his it her resources fail, and his hauls are tied. Sow he Wants to extricate himself. Ha goes a little further on in the wrong In vestment. He takes a piunge further head, for he wants to save his wife and Sbildren; he wants to save his home; he wants to save his membership in the church. He takes one more plunge and all Is lo3t. In the study of society I have come to ;his conclusiou, that the most ot the people want to be good, but they do not exactly know how to make it out. Thy m ike snough good resolutions to lift the n iut ingelbood. The vast majority of th pj ple who fall are the victims of cir-a'n-itances. They are capturol by a nbuscn le. tf tteir temptations should come -out iu s regiment and tight them in a fair Held they would go out in the strength and triumph t David and Goliath. But thay do nots9 the giants and thsy do not see the regi ments. Temptation comes anl says: "Take these bitters, take this nervine, take this aid to digestion, take tills night sap." The vast majority of men and women who are destroyed by opium and Dy rum first take thorn as medicines. In making up your dish of criticism in regard to them, take from the caster ami the cruet )f sweet oil and not the cruet of cayenne (wpper. Do you know how that physician, that lawyer, that journalist, became the victim 5f dissipation? Why, the physician was kept up night by night on professional iuty. Life and death hovered in the bal lace. His nervous system was exhausted. There came a time of epidemics an 1 whole families were prostrated and his nervous itrengtb was gone. He was all worn out In the service of the public. Now be must Draoe himself up. Now he stimulates. The life of bis mother, the life of this child, the life of this father, the life of this whole family, must be saved, an 1 he stimulates, ind be does It again and agaiu. You may iriticise his judgment, but remember the process. It was not a selfish purpose by which be went down. It was magnificent jenerosity through which he fell. My friends, this text will com to ful flllment In some cases la this world. The huntsman in Farmsteea was shot by lome unknown person. Twenty years later after the son of th ) hunts la was !n the same forest, and he aivMou'.ally ihot a man, and the man in dying said: '-God is just; I shot your father just here twenty years ago." A bishop sal 1 to Louis Xt. of Franco: "Make nu Iron ;ai;o for all tlfse who do not think as we lo an iron cage in which the captive can neither lie down nor stand straight up." It was fashioned the awful instrument of punishment. After a while the bishop of fended Louis XI., and for fourteen y.wirs he was in that cage, and could neither lie lown nor stand up. It Is a poor rul-j that will not work both ways. "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to fou ogaiu." Oh, in v friends, let us be rrsolvc I tos?old iC-- ai:1 pray infirm! What headway will we make in the ju I5 nent if in this world we have bena hard on ihose who have gone astray? What head way will you and 1 make In the last great udg:nent, when we must have mercy or perish? The Bible says: "They shall have judgment without mercy that showed no nercy." I see the scribes of heaven looking up in ;o the face of such a man, saying, "Whatl vou plead for mercy, you, who in all your life never had any mercy on your fellows? Don't you remember how hard you w irj la four opinions of those who ware astray? Don't you remember when yoa ought to save given a helping hand you employed a hard heel? Mereyl" You mu-it mis-speak fourself when you plead for mercy here, iferey for others, but no mercy for you. Look," say the scribes of heaven, "loo'c it that Inscription over the throne of judg ment, the throne of God's judgment." See It coming out letter by letter, word by word, sentence by sentence, until your itartled vision reads it ami your remorse ful spirit appropriates it: "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to rou again. Depart, ye cursed!'' Bicycle. Otui Zigler, the Western racing man, has not signed with any manufacturer, and may not be seen in the Knt. New Vorkei-s are asitatiiiK the scheme to establish a National Circuit liundicap por, to travel with the circuit riders. It is ha-dly expected that I-red I.oug head, the Canadian, will leave his busi ness at Sarnia for the track this year. Princess 1! den, wife of the Prince of Naples, may daily lie seen on the ter race of the royul palace at Naples teach ing her sitel and brother to ride. Arthur tiardiner, Karl Kaser. the Swiss, and C. W. Miller, the Chicago long-distance man, are reported to hav discovered a triplet team of rare seed in themselves. Desire Kurt, the Antweipian Kck, will Iierhaps sail f n- America w ith l.auriks, ami probably SI. Hubert and lloulieii. The matter is not a certainty as yet and awaits confirm:!! inn. Senator Lo ig has introduced a bill in the hio Legislature that provides a line of from $5 to $'i for any cyclist w ho does not turn to the right when passing any Ierson on the public highway. Everybody interested in seeing the lat est developments iu high-grade wheels should send a postal to the John P. I.ovell Company, Boston, Mass., for heir new catalogue. It contains valuable informa tion. The Waltham liiryfle track ontsic'o of Boston will In- rebuilt. The corners will be construct ! of cement, with a board S surface on t ie straights, a lombiuaiion that has never licen used lx-fore on a bi cycle track. Jimmy Michael, who is riding the thor oughbreds at i I'avesend, is displaying re markable acuteness as to pace. Instruct ed to give a horse a mile in two minutes the other day, the little fellow brought him under the wire in a.tli 1 4. W. C. Lmerich and Ld Somers, two Cleveland riders, intend making a novel experiment this summer. They will ride lor ten consecutivo days allernntinu on one bityle, with the intention of cover ing 'la centuries within th?t time. Jackson, the nouro rider, who made such a reputation with Hume on the black-and-white tandem acoutdeof veara ago, has beaten out Major Taylor iu the trip abroad, having just landed at Paris with Hume, prepared to give tandem ex hibitions. 2 Household. Portuguese Jelly. Peel ar.d cere f nio apples, boil them fender ami press tliein through a sieve; then put tl.1111 over a tire again for about three pnnrtei-s of an hour with some syrup made from cbout a IMiiind of suar (these iiHiitiies may , lull veil) udd the z st ! one Ii 111011, r.nd the juice of two oinii(.rs; pour this into a mould and put it in a cold place to set; a little of the lust crlatir. will lie an improvement ami assist the ceding. When the mould is turned out, serve with a sauce made with some .f the syrup lo which two or three tablcsi-oiuifuls of rum have been added. Swiss Tartlet. Make a lilit pastry with some Hour, a litile butter and half h tumblerful of nearly lukewarm salted water; let this stand in a warm place for a little while, covered with a Inbled Manuel fold the iaste into four, covering it with fresh butter here and tl:ere, roll it out once or twice; with it line some small tartlet tins, fill with cream whipieil rather slit! with some grated cheese, bake a good color aud serve very hot. Spaghetti, Mexican style. rut two tea spoonfuls of butter in a porcelain or granite saucepan; when hot add a quarter of a pound of spaghetti broken in desired lengths half a medium sized onion.c hopped a teaspoonful of canned tomatoes, half a teaspoonful of salt and six shakes of red pepier. Stir to prevent burning and brown lightly. Then odd one large rup of hot water and simmer until the water is all absorbed and the paste tender. We must be divorced from error be. for we can be married to truth. t'i f. ' 'I 1 i i '3 .5 . vwr J . i . : y - V ,V-i'-!
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