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
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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
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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
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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.
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