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F. IOHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. LII
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 20 189S.
NO. 19.
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CHAPTEIt t.
-.Innc? June! where are you 7
' ! am here," answers a charming voice,
it M the owner of it trips out from behind
a rosebush, holding a duster of half
lu-jwn crimson blossoms of which she has
d"4HiiltcI it.
June, the month, links spring to sum
i.i.t: in June the birds sing their sweetest,
ti i- eii sen are keenest; June bears the
: f and promise of the year. June hai
hot Cm and cold fits, summer skies and
- i:rry tears, bnlmy airs and chilling winds.
Ji:ne is young and fresh, bright and hope
fi:l. guy and careless in the faith of good
d:iys to come; June, when fair. Is fairest
of the fair; and June the month is a fit
prototype of June the smiling maiden who
answers so promptly.
Madge, a hoyden of sixteen, pounced
nion her cousin, thrust a rigorous hand
through her arm, and cried, in jubilant
accents:
"Tom has come. Of course he asked
for you at once, and Aggie said she
thought you had gone home; but I said I
knew you hadn't, and that I would find
you; whereupon Tom beamed."
By this time they were half across the
lawn, and a big, fair young man came
striding out of the French windows to
inee them. lie looked, as Madge said,
beaming. A joyous light shone in his blue
eyes as he took June's hand in an eager
clasp. No one, seeing the expression of
his face, would hare entertained a mo
ment's doubt as to his feelings for the
youns lady whom he was greeting.
"I am so glad you hare come back, Tom.
It was so dull without you."
June did not blush, nor look coy or em
barrassed, which was, perhaps, rather an
unfavorable symptom for Tom.
"Was it?" he cried, eagerly. "I'm aw-?
fully glad to hear you say that."
"Well," cried Madge, "has aunt found
a duke's daughter for you, and are we go
ing to have a real swell cousin?"
"They won't hare me," laughed Tom.
"I don't suit them. I am not their sort.
Fashionable young ladies don't care for
me. 1 can't dance, and I can't talk their
jargon."
"Never mind, Tom," uttered June, giv
ing him a friendly glance. "You hare
i come bark to people who appreciate you.
And I am sure you are happier here."
"I should think I am!" returned Tom,
with emphasis.
"Poor aunt!" remarked Madge again,
mischievously, pretending to sigh.
"My mother had Dal," answered Tom,
laughing, "and he is exactly after her own
heart."
"But he is not her son," said June.
"What is he like?" asked Madge.
"lie's a very good-looking young chap,
jnd very manly and plucky. And he
dances 'like a seraph,' as some lady re
marked, and looks at every pretty woman
as if he lored her."
"How delightful !" cried Madge. "Oh,
Tom, I wish yon would hare him dows
here.1"
"He has promised to come. He la real
ly tremendously fond of my mother. I
feel quite an outsider when he is there."
At this moment Agnes cam out of the
window, smiling, yet scarcely looking
pleased.
"Mamma says, Tom, will you stay and
hare high tea with us? She la afraid it
will not be a rery good substitute for
your dinner, but we shall be delighted if
you will."
Tom felt himself rather in a cleft stick.
If June were going to stay, he would ac
cept Joyfully; if not, he wanted to walk
borne with her, and he was not altogether
Indifferent to his dinner when there waa
no object to be gained by going without
It. Yet he would not for the world be Im
polite to Agnes and Madge, though they
were his cousins. He hesitated for an
Instant.
"June Is not going to stay to-night," In
terposed Madge, reading his thoughts
with her sharp instinct.
Tom flushed crimson through his fair
akin; June tried to appear unconscious,
and Agnes closed her thin lip together,
and looked as if she would like to pinch
her sister.
"Thanks, awfully," said Tom, after a
moment's pause, "but there are one or two
people I ought to see to-night. I dare say
my aunt will let me come another night
Instead. Is she In the drawing room? I
will go In and see her." And he marched
a.
Agnes wanted to get June away before
Tom came out again. She was eternally
trying te separate this pair, although she
knew that Tom waa deeply in lore with
her cousin. But she had heard that, when
a woman la firmly purposed to marry a
nan, ahe not unfrequently succeeds, and
be bad long ago determined to marry
Tom, if there waa any truth In the aaying.
June saw through this and was proroked
at it. She waa not in lore wren xom; but,
when any one attempted to put obstacles
between him and ber, her regard lor mm
went up with amazing rapidity.
She particularly wanted him to walk
home with her to-night, but, as she was
far too proud to run after him, ahe said:
"I must be going. I did not know It
waa so late."
"Gire my lore to auntie," Agnes called
after her, sweetly.
June did not reply or so much aa turn
her head, which she held rery straight up
In the air. She would not condescend to
linger eren when she got Into the road, be
ing possessed of that strong Instinct of
elf-respect which prerents a proud wom
an from seeming to make the smallest ad
rance to a man. She had not, however,
rone three hundred yards before she
beard rapid steps behind her, and in an
other moment, Tom, flushed and breath
less, waa beside her.
"Why did you go without saying good
by to met" he asked, reproachfully.
"It Is late, and mamma will be waiting,"
answered June; not that she desired to
screen Agnes from Tom's displeasure, but
because her dignity forbade her to tell him
bow ahe had been hurried away.
"I can't tell you," he said, with immense
emphasis, "how utterly delighted I am te
get back.'
-I am delighted," answered June, smil
hi up In his face. .
"And hare you thought," trying to
ebeck hlB erie.s-"have n tJ"uht
whether whether you could give uie
hope?"
"You promised," returned June, flush
ing a little and affecting an air of dis
pleasure, "not to say another word about
that for at least six months. Tell me
about London. I am sure you must hare
seen plenty of lorely and charming womes
there to make yon forget all about me."
"There was not one who could hold a
canule to youl" swore Tom, with f error.
By this time they had nearly reached
the rose-covered cottage where June and
Ser nagier "
"May I come in and see Mrs. Kivers?
be asked, and June gare permission.
Then they went into the house together
A lady rose from a low chair aa they en
tered the little drawing room a lady
whom one had no difficulty in recognizing
a June'a mother, although her eyes and
bair were sereral shades darker. She
waa rather tall, with an almost girlish fig
ure, but her face had a worn and suffer
ing look. For the moment, as she greeted
Tom, this died away in a smile, and, for
bis part, he looked almost as pleased to
see her as he had looked at sight of June.
"Is it you, Tom?" she asked, in a voice
that waa own mother to June's. "What!
tired of London already?
"Yes," he answered, heartily. "I have
come back, and I never was so glad in all
tny life to get away from a place."
"But, my dear boy, what does youi
mother say?"
"She Isn't extra pleased, but she saw I
shouldn't do any good, howerer long I
stayed. I'm not fit for London life. I
bate itl It makes me feel like a bird in a
cage. It is getting late," remarked Tom,
though he waa dreadfully loath to take
bis leare. "I'm afraid I must be going."
"I wish we could ask you to stay," said
Mrs. Rivers, "but our modest little tea
would be a rery poor substitute for your
dinner."
Tom did not say bow fain he would
even go without dinner to stay another
hour in the company that be lored; he
had delicate instincts; he was afraid of
putting these dear women, of whom ha
was so heartily fond, out of the way.
"I am coming in the afternoon," he told
Mrs. Hirers, and added: "I hare brought
you and June a little reminder from Lon
don." Tom bade a lingering good-by and walk
ed off with a buoyant step and a light
heart.
CHAPTER II.
Tom was a trial to his mother, the Hon
orable Mrs. Ellesmere. If Tom had been
a brilliant, dashing scapegrace, she would
hare Idolized him, and could hare forgiv
en him anything; but Tom was honetit and
mediocre, and she had nothing to forgive.
He waa not in any way what she wanted
him to be, not eren In appearance. He
was a fine young fellow, with frank blue
eyes, a trifle blunt of feature; he looked
like a gentleman, but a country gentle
man. He made a capital squire, but
among the gilded youth of the cities he
did not shine.
On the day after bis return from town
Tom came to call at the Rose Cottage
punctually at the time appointed. But
June was not there. She had been sent
for to the rectory, as the singing master
bad unexpectedly changed his day, and
came orer on the chance of its being con
venient to his pupils.
June waa educated with her cousins.
Mrs. Bryan Ellesmere, wife of Tom's un
cle, the Reverend Bryan Ellesmere, was
sister to Mrs. Hirers, and when Captain
Hirers died, tearing his widow indiffer
ently provided for, Mrs. Bryan at once
suggested that her sister should come to
the Rose Cottage, then vacant, and that
June should hare the benefit of her cous
ins' governess and masters. And for five
years the programme had been success
fully carried out with fewer differences.
Jealousies and heart-burnings than miht
have been expected, considering that
June so far outshone her companions in
beauty and talent. But Mrs. Bryan was
a placid, easy tempered woman, and Mrs.
Rivers bad an immense amount of tact.
and was, besides, thoroughly conscious of
and grateful for the advantages winch
her sister's kindness gare June. Tom
might hare been a stumbling block but
that Mrs. Bryan had a rooted aversion to
marriages between first cousins a feeling
which, aa we know, was not shared by her
eldest daughter.
Tom arrived at the Rose Cottage, and,
finding Mrs. Rivers alone, was for a mo
ment conscious of a pang of disappoint
ment, when he suddenly bethought him
self how a tete-a-tete might be turned to
advantage.
"I want to say something to you may
I?" he asked; and Mrs. Hirers looked up
at him with the sweet smile which mnde
ber sad face ten years younger all at once.
"You may say anything you like."
Then Tom broke into his discourse:
"Yon know I'm sure you know how I
lore June. Going away, and seeing all
these other women of whom my mother
thinks so much, has only made me love
and admire her ten times more; she is as
far beyond them as as anything can be."
"That is Indeed praise," said Mrs.-Kiv-i
who, in her heart of hearts, thought
It no more than her darling'a due.
"lt'a true! it's gospel true!" cried Tom.
with energy. Then he faltered a bit. but
fighting with hia dllBdeqce, half conquered
it, and went on. "I am getting so unset
tled. I did not feel it so much before I
went away, but now I feel as if I must
bare something to go upon. Do you da
you," Imploringly, "think she cares at all
for mc? do you think she will marry m
some day?"
Tom had the most sympathetic listener.
Mrs. Rivers felt for him, and knew whal
he felt, but ahe would not aay a word
more than she conscientiously could.
"My dear boy," ahe anawered him, not
without a certain amount of hesitation In
her tone, "I know exactly how you feel.
What yon say la perfectly Just and fair.
I don't think I need tell you how glad I
should be to hare you for a son; there Is
no man In the world to whom I would so
gladly give my darling. You bare not
i a .nk!n9 n Inn since you came
mu - ,
back, hare you?" I
"I tried to last night, but ahe wouldn II ,,,
i. i I m mum I
nare li; maw wiy
Mrs. Hirers paused moment, then,
teeklac DP at bit. fM
"Will you leare It to me? Shall I try
and find out what her feelings for you
are? You know girls, especially girls who
hare been brought up quietly in the coun
try like June, require rather delicate
treatment in the nature of their affec
tions." "Yes," replied Tom, ruefully.
"Then take my advice, and do not
breathe a word to her on the subject this
afternoon. I will talk to ber to-night,
and you will come and see me to-morrow
at twelve, when she will be away."
And here the form of Miss June wu
seen tripping by the window, and the next
moment she came in like a flood of sun
shine. "Hare you brought my present, Tom?"
the asked, as soon as she had greeted him
and kissed her mother. "I bare been
quite absent all the time of my singing
lesson, wondering and trying to guess
what it could be."
Then Tom, a little bit nervous how hii
offering would be received, produced a
mall parcel from his pocket. Miss June,
chattering all the time, deftly unfolded
the various wrappers, and then Drought
ber Up to a rery round O, and looked
up with glistening- eyes.
"Oh, Tom I eh, mammal" carrying it to
ber mother. "It la too handsome. 1 must
not hare It, must It"
"I do not know what to say," answered
Mrs. Hirers, smiling. She felt that it de
pended entirely on circumstances wheth
er June might keep and wear so valuablt
a trinket.
The present waa a large gold locket,
with a hieroglyph intended for June ia
diamonds In the center.
"Why not?" cried Tom, who had been
expecting a remonstrance. "It Is quit
simple. Besides, you must bare it. It
wouldn't do for anyone else. It has got
'June' on It, and nobody else ia called
June but ou."
"It is beautiful," smiled Mrs. Rivers,
"and does the greatest credit to Tom'i
taste."
Tom was looking at his beloved's eye
and lips; nothing could embellish her U
his mind.
"I suppose I must take It off again,"
said the girl, wistfully; but Tom cried,
"No, no, no!" and ber mother said:
"You might, at all events, wear It a
little longer."
"And all this time," uttered Tom,
"you," to Mrs. Rivera, "hare not seen
your present." And he dashed out Into
the little ball, and produced a good-sized
parcel this time. It waa a pretty relvel
and gilt screen for photographs, and Mrs.
Rivers waa aa much pleased with bet
offering aa June bad been.
"Now, Tom," cried the girl, with danc
ing eyes, "I want to bear all about Lon
don all -ererything." -
"I tell you what it la, June, I hate Lon
don society there ia so much sham and
make-believe about It; no one seems to b
sincere, or to care to be real and honeati
they only want to take each other in by
pretending.
"And your cousin, Mr. Broke, ia a most
accomplished pretender r
"My mother sr.ys he's perfect."
"I know I shall bate him," said June,
emphatically.
"Oh, no, you won't. He's a thorough
good chap. Besides, lt'a different with
him. He's a Guardsman, and goes In foi
society, so he must make himself popular,
And, by George! he does, too. I only
hope to goodness," looking suddenly at
June, "that that "
Then he flushed crimson, and turned
away his face.
"That what?" inquired June, with aa
Innocent air.
"Nothing," replied Tom.
(To be continued.
How to Be Great.
We are all born but once. Most of us
marry but once. We certainly can die
b.:t (nee. And If we look at life "aa a
small bundle of great things," we shall
certainly not think It worth while to
practice small courtesies. Bt If we
regard It, far more truly, as "a big
bundle of small things," we shall
certainly feel that few things In life
are better worth doing. It may nerer
be In our power to sare anybody's life,
make for anybody a fortune, shed lus
ter upon the family name, die for our
country, or set the smallest river on fire
In any way whatever. But If we con
scientiously and sweetly give our
selves to the practicing of small courte
sies, only the recording angel can ever
set down the good we shall do In our
day and generation to hundreds and
thousands of our fellow creatures in
the course of a lifetime.
Most people despise them as not
worth doing. Few people perform them
with any degree of consistency or lov
ing kindness. Fewer still are content
Mio them In the best way, unnoticed.
unremembered, really feeling It to be
emphatically a virtue that la Its own
reward. Yet it Is a wonder that preach
ers do not urge It upon their congrega
tions from a thousand pulpits.
If the inhao.tants of the fixed start
I ml Miweiful enough telescopes to sec
us, they would not see us us we are to-
lay, but as we r. era fifty, too years, ot
even lunger ago, for it would t:ike light
(hat long to travel to them.
I'riinon has set up snout three huii-
iikmi monument to morn or Jess dis
tinguished Hvnchnicn during the last
twenty-live years, anil there are. now 127
Committees collet tint money for more.
,-In ls!7 Ohio furnished alaiost 37,000
tons of grindstones.
Tho British army rifle has eighty-two
component parts, in the production of
which machines are employed, as well
as various processes which do not require
machinery.
It Is estimated that over 80 tons of
diamonds have been unearthed in the
South African fields during the last 1
years. These represent a total value of
tO.OOO.OlH).
The only surviving daughter of John
I!i own, of Harper's Ferry fame, is livinp
in a small town in California, in nearly
destitute circumstances. She is a tern
perance advocate.
One of tho attractions of the Paris
Exposition in 11X0 will be a huge pic
ture of ti e coronation of the Zsar. The
canvas will contain 200 nearly life-size
portraits, and odd devices will be re
sorted to in an effort to produce an at
mosphere, of realism.
Marriages in India during the yeS
ended June .10 lost numbered 23,1)90 and
the divorces 30S0.
The spiders that spin webs are in an
infinite minority compared with those
which do not. J round spiders, us the nmi
spimicrs are called, altound everywhere,
and deend on agility and swiftaess of
foot to catch their prey.
Ilarlier, the great authority on fish,
says that every square mile of the sea
is inhabited by 120,000,000 fish.
The spindles at work in the cotton
mills in the United States have increased
from 10,679,000 in 1883 to 17,300,000 at
present.
M-Jn more easily renounce their inter
ests than their tastes.
All men lore freedom; but the just man
emands it for all mankind, the uuinst
man for himself alone.
It Is estimated that the nerves, with
branches and minute ramifications con
itectlng with the brain, exceed ten mill
ion. It Is said that In thn sandy deserts of
Arabia whirling winds sometimes ex
cavate pita two hundred feet In depth,
and extending down to the harder
stratum on which the great bed of Baud
rests.
In a communication to tbe Paris
Academy of Sciences, M. Grelinnt says
that the surface of cast Iron kept at a
red heat Is capable of transforming car
bonic acid Into carbonic oxide that is,
Into a poisonous gas.
It bas been demonstrated that while
here Is no especial difficulty In using
petroleum as a fuel for locomotives,
there would be trouble In obtaining a
supply of the fuel. It has been estl
t.iated that the entire petroleum sup
ply of the country would not furnlsb
fuel enough for the use of tbe locomo
tives employed on tbe Pennsylvania
it ml New York Central systems alone.
Some persons associate particular col
ors with particular sounds. Dr. W. 8
Colman, discussing this phenomenon In
the Lancet, says there are two form
of it. In one case the pen-on has a sen
ration as If a transparent colored film,
like a rainbow, appeared before his
eyes when certain vowel, or musical,
sounds strike his ears. In the other
rase letters or written words, represent
ing the Hounds heard, appear la colored
tints. Tbe tints are very definite and
characteristic, and do not vary -wttb
lapse of time; but two persona seldom
associate tbe same colors with the stmi
OUtlds.
The fanciful notion which men used
sometimes to entertain, that the earth
is. In some sense, a living thing, would
probably have derived support from the
.ecent observations of Prof. John Milne,
and others, on the shivers and quivers
that frequently run through Its rocky
frame, but escape notice, except when
watched for with specially constructed
and exceedingly delicate apparatus.
Prof. Milne reports that apparatus of
this kind has now been mounted In
Canada, British Columbia, the United
States, South Africa, New Zealand,
lava, India and Argentina, as well as In
England and at various places on the
continent of Europe.
On one occasion steel rail, after
twenty-two years' continuous service
h the Great Northern Railway, actu
ally disintegrated under the wheels of
s passing train. So complete was the
breaking up that scientists thought it
worthy of Investigation, during which
It waa determined that the metvl had
become exhausted and had broken
down, Just as an overstrained animal
might be expected to do. This h is led
to further Inquiry, and scientists are
latlsfled that metals do become tired
out. Tbe Idea that metals beoome
weary, while not altogether a new one.
Is to an extent a plausible one, and un
der the careful scrutiny of scientific so
Me ties will probably be satisfactorily
explained and settled.
At a recent meeting of the Royal Dub
lin Society Prof. J. Joly presented a
new theory of sun-spots. He suggested
that there may be certain levels In the
brilliant shell of hot vapors constituting
tbe visible surface of the sun, where
the temperature, although very high,
falls below the critical temperature of
the elements there present. In that
;ase those elements would be preclpl
!nted Into liquids. If the pressure were
sufficiently great. Such liquefied mass
's, floating In gaseous matter of great
er density, would, he thinks, present
:he characteristic appearance of sun
Ipots, for If the liquid were opaque. It
(could look darker than the surround
ng photosphere. When the HquM re
vaporates, the spot disappears. Thin
:heory that the sun-spots are the first
visible beginnings of a change of state
In the sun.
One of the Kaiser's Jokes.
There-are many good anecdotes about
:he German emperor, and It must
wned that they all prove the kaiser
o have no small amount of humor.
The following, whicb comes from Mr.
Bhlers, the traveler, Is smarter than
most. The emperor and Enters were
college chums from Bonn, and the em
peror never forgot his old college stu-)
dent. At Bonn on special occasions
the different corps used to drink to one
another, and the following set form
was always used: The president of
the Palatlo corps raises his glass, say
ing: "I bave tbe great honor and
pleasure to empty my glass In drinking
o the corps of Borussia." The presi
dent of the latter corps then replies.
"The corps thanks and drinks."
On the birth of one of the sons of the
emperor Bhlers telegraphed him: "I
bave tbe great honor and pleasure to
empty my glass In drinking to the
youngest Hobensollern." The emperor
promptly wired back: "The youngest
Uohenzollern thanks and drinks." To
ronto Chronicle.
Free Traveling; Libraries.
For many years Melvil Dewey, di
rector of the New York State Library,
bas advocated a scheme of State distri
bution of books by the way of loan to
Institutions and to groups of taxpayers
on payment of a nominal fee. His plan
Includes a system of central control
and supervision nnder which small col
lections of popular books are to be sent
from point to point, kept In charge of
responsible persons, and circulated
freely among the residents of each lo
cality. The State of New York made
an appropriation for sucb a system of
library loaning In 1802. and has ai
preprinted annually sine. In tbe first
40 libraries were sent out; a tbe sec
ond, 139; in the third, 212; In the fourth,
371; and In tie fifth year. 447. - Books
have been purchased to supply tbe con
stantly Increasing demand, until now
there are nearly 86,000 volumes owned
by the State and available for this pur-,
pose.
I These libraries are carefully chosen,
by expat: llbrarlinsj, and axe made up
of tbe choicest and freshest publica
tions. A large proportion of the books
must necessarily be works of fiction if
the Interest of the average borrower Is
to be sustained. Care Is taken to pro
Tide only the very best and most
wholesome stories, and to adapt thyn
to the age and requirements of those to
whom they are sent. In this respect
the influence of the traveling libraries.
If not distinctly educational. Is at least
uplifting and Invigorating. A growing
I Interest In biography, history, eco
' nomlcs, science, and art bas been noted
I and fostered by the management, and
j many books In these departments are
I continually being purchased and sent
out. Some entire libraries are made up
of these subjects, to the exclusion of
Action altogether, and the special col
lections sent to study clubs throngh-
i out the State are doing a real educa
tional work. American Monthly Re
view of Reviews.
Bla Maiden Speech.
. The malady known aa "stage fright"
is by no means confined to the stage or
to people deficient In self-confidence.
It la one of the peculiarities ef tbe
House of Commons, aa related by Mr.
Michael MacDonagh In tbe "Book of
Parliament," that It not only expects,
but demands, a certain amount of stajre
fright In a member's maiden speech a
an Indication of a "becoming awe of
the augnst assembly listening to hi
words."
When Mr. Joseph Chamberlain was j
first elected, an old friend, who was
also an old member of the House of j
Commons, came to him and gave him
this bit of advice:
"You know you hare come Into the
House rather isvte, and you have some
sort of reputation outside. The House
of Commons does not like outside repu- j
tatton. It to aecuatomed to make and j
unmsuce Its own. As you are going
shortly to make your maiden speech,
if yon could contrive to break down a
little, I tntak the House of Commons
would take It as a compliment, and yon
will be all tie better for It."
There are occasional failures to get
off one's maiden speech, though M may
have been conned hundreds of times.
The most extraordinary breakdown
that ever occurred in the House hap
pened some years ago. The ad.-l.Tess In
answer to tbe Queen's speech was to
be seconded by a young eourvtry mem
ber In a maiden speech. He came at
tired, as is customary on the occasion,
In uniform in the gorgeous attire of a
captain of mounted yeomanry. He
stood up in his place, and grasping the
hilt of bis sword with his left hand in
dulged in seme graceful gestures with
bis right; but though his Hps were seen
to move, not a sound could be beard by
the House.
For nearly five minutes the honorable
and gallant gentleman continued this
dumb show, and sat down. The most
remarkable feature of the 1 art dent was
that the honorable gentleman did not
himself miss the sound of his vocal or
gans; all through the Incident be seem
d to be under the Impression that the
House waa listening, with rap atten
tion, to his eloquent periods, set to the
xqulslte music of his voice.
Thirteen aa Twelve.
Everybody knows that thirteen V
Jailed a "baker's dozen," but how can
the phrase Into existence? Well, I
seems that once upon a time the bake
used to give for nothing to the retail
dealer who sold the bread a thirteenth
loaf with every twelve loaves that
were ordered. How this custom grew
up It la bard to tell, except It waa to
help the shopkeeper to earn his living a
trifle easier and to encourage him to
take more bread. One explanation has
It that the custom dates from the time
when heavy penalties were Inflicted
for short weight, and that the thirl
teenth loaf waa thrown In to make
jure the weight waa right; but this id
perhaps doubtful, for there is a like
custom In the publishing trade. In
which the booksellerTisually gets an
extra copy without charge for every
twelve book he buys from the publish
er. In short, we might Just as well
talk of thirteen being a "publisher'
dozen" aa a baker's.
Matters of Money.
Titles axe now merely a matter ol
money that la, on the continent. Sonut
of the minor orders can be obtained for
$500. The Austrian order of the Iron
Crown Is Just a little expensive. Il
costs $15,000. But you can be a baron
or a count In some of the minor Ger
man states for (5,000. One hundred
dollars will secure tbe title of court
dentist, which Is almost as cheap aa tb
title rf colonel In America.
Microbe Destroyer.
It is said that lemonade la a microbe
destroyer, since the bacilli of cholera
cannot resist tbe acids, especially the
powerful citric acid of tbe lemon. One
grain, declares an authority, will de
stroy all the microbes In a quart of
water.
Bow to Knle a Man.
"Yon can never tell in advance what
men are going to do," says Aunt Phl
lenda Broadbend m Puck. "There is
a proverb which says that tbe way to
a man's heart Is through his stomacn;
but some men are dyspeptic, and their
inner nature cannot be reached by that
road. You can win one man's everlast
ing subservience by the successful ap
plication of a mustard plaster, should
he require one, and the same action
will make a tyrant or a misanthrope, or
both, of the next man. One man can
be subjugated by making him afraid of
you, and another by making blm think
you are afraid of him. You must talk
to one man and listen to another. All
In all, about the only Infallible rule re
garding men folk that I have gathered
from my experience with them Is that
the man who before marriage loves a
woman the most extravagantly, after
marriage loves ber tbe most economi
cally. The average man's Ideal of a
wife Is one who knows bow to dress on
nothing a year and always looks well."
Dr. Johnson's Walking; Stick.
Dr. Samuel Johnson's -walking stick
Is exhibited In a book store In Cincin
nati, and la the property of John Thorn
dick, of that city.
Tbe man with a grievance alwayi
proves r grieraace to bis friends.
MAXIMILIAN'S REIGN.
fa Closing- Tays of the Ill-fated Htv
lean Km pi re.
Mrs. Sara Y. Stevenson Is contribu
ting to the Century a series of papers
an the French Intervention In Mexico.
In a late number of tbe magazlue Mrs.
Stevenson writes of "Mexican Society
lu Maximilian's Time. I860." She says
of the last days of the empire:
The pomp und dignity of the court
had vanished, and social life In the capi
tal no longer centered about the im
perial palace. Even previous to the
departure of the Empress, the Monday
receptions bad been discontinued, with
out their loss being seriously felt. "At
best they bad never been other than
dull, formal affairs. The ball-room was
i large hall, always Insufficiently light
ed, and narrowed in the middle by the
platform where stood the Imperial
throne under a canopy of velvet. Here,
after their new guests had been offi
cially presented in an adjoining ball.
tbe Emperor and Empress seated them
pelves, lierore supper they made a
solemn tour of the ball-room. The
' (lancing then ceased, and tbe crowd
stood In chilled expectancy, and made
iway for them, each In turn receiving,
ns they passed, a smile, a nod, or some
commonplace word of greeting.
Maximilian was happy In bis re
marks on sucb occasions. Naturally
affable and kindly, like most princes
trained to this sort of thing, his mem
ory for names and faces was remark
able. We were presented at court on
the first of the imperial fortnightly
Mondays, and with us, of course, tbe
Inrger number of guests present; and
I yet, some weeks later, when making
ills tour of the ball-room, the Emperor
I stopned before us. and Innnlreil about
an absent member of tbe family, ap
parently placing us exactly. Many
other Instances of his memory and
power of observation In such small
matters were related by others.
He was tall, slight and handsome,
although the whole expression of his
face revealed weakness and Indecision.
He looked, and was, a gentleman. His
dignity was without hauteur. His man
ner was attractive; be had the faculty
of making you feel at ease; and he pos
sessed far more personal magnetism
Man did the Empress.
Hers was a strong. Intelligent face,
the lines of which were somewhat hard
at times; and her determined expres
sion Impressed one with the feeling
that she was the better equipped of the
two Intelligently to cope with the diffi
culties of practical life. It Is probable
that, bad she been alone, she might
bave made a better attempt at solving
the problems than djd Maximilian; at
least such was Marshal Bazalne's opin
ion, as expressed before me on one oc
casion, during her brief regency, when
she had shown special firmness and
clear Judgment In dealing with certain
complicated state affairs.-
She, - however, was reserved, some
what lacking In tact and adaptability;
nd a certain baugbtlness of manner, a
dignity too conscious of Itself, at first
repelled many who were disposed to
feel kindly towards her. It Is more
than likely that under this proud mien
the concealed a suffering spirit, or, at
least, the consciousness of a superior
ity that must efface Itself. Who will
ever know the travail of her proud
heart and the prolonged strain under
which heruilnd finally succumbed? For
notwithstanding the prudence and de
cided ability with which she bad con
iucted the difficult affairs of tbe realm
during the Emperor's absence In 1SJ4,
It was hinted that on his return site
has allowed little say In public affairs,
and that her advice when given was
Eeldom followed. After her departure
ivea the semblance of a court disap
peared. Snnb Not at All.
Don't snub a boy because be wears
shabby clothes. When Edison, tbe In
ventor of the -telephone, first entered
Boston he wore a pair of yellow linen
breeches In the depth of winter.
Don't snub a boy because his borne
la plain and unpretending. Lincoln's
early home was a log cabin.
Don't snub a boy because of the Ig
norance of his parents. Shakspeare,
the world's poet, was the son of a man
who was unable to write his own name.
Don't snub a boy because he
chooses a humble trade. The author
f "Pilgrim's Progress" was a tinker.
Don't snub a boy because of his phys
ical disability. Milton was blind.
Don't snub a boy because of his dull
ness In lessons. Hogarth, the cele
brated painter and - engraver, was a
stupid boy at his books.
Don't snub anyone; not alone be
cause some day they may outstrip you
In the race of life, but because It Is
neither kind, nor right, nor Christian.
Great Thoughts.
The Naog-hty Little Olrl.
She is homely. She is tricky;
And I'm greatly grieved to tell.
Her hands are always sticky
With a chocolate caramel.
Her dolly's battered features
Speak of many a frantic hurl.
6he's the terror of her teachers
That naughty little girL
Sh can whoop like a Comanche,
You can hear her round the squat
Further like an Indian she
Often creeps and pulls my hair;
And she steals into my study.
And she turns my books a-whirl.
And her boots are always mm' ' -
That naughty little girL
She dotes upon bananas.
And she smears them on my k;icc;
She peppers my Havanas,
And delights to hear me sneeze;
Yet why, I can't discover
Spite of every tangled enri.
She's a darling, and I lore her
That naughty little girll
-Saturday Evening Post.
If tliere U anything which to particu
larly Inexcusable In a woman, it to te
look untidy when boarding and free
From household cares.
Our Idea of a bright man is one who
has a trouble, and can talk about any
thing toe.
When our rainy day does come. It
wlU begin raining at daylight, and thi
downpour will continue until midnight
No on treats the worries at other
a an lnxeUigent mannetv
The man who Is subject t bay feve
koould txr t avoid graM wldsnre,
SERMONS OF THE DAY.
The Rev. George H . Hep worth's Sonfltj
ltaeourse In the Mew York Herald U
Entitled "Heresy" Dr. T. DeWitt Tel-Bnag-e
Preaches on the Evil of Qamblioa
Text: "My heart shall not reproach m
so long as I lire." Job, xxril., 6.
It Is rery important that your heart Ol
conscience shall not accuse you. Youl
happiness does not depend on anybodj
else s eoiiscienoe or heart, but on your own.
God gare you & conscience, with the com
mand that you shouiii t'oilo It i&ts.
and when you get into the other world that
conscience will be your judge. In otbei
words, God will not judge you, but you will
Judge yourself.
It is your conscience that makes you an
individual, which spiritually Isolates you;
and Its approval Is worth more than th
approral of all tbe world beside. You can
not go far wrong if you always do what you
think ia right. You may ask adrice, but
you should decide for yourself what it It
best to do, and then do it, whether people
blame or praise. If every one were to fol
low this rule we should hare a large differ
ence of opinion among men, but store It a
dirine harmony of purpose. When thj
millennium comes we shall not ail thin!
alike, neither shall we allow any one to da
our thinking for us, but we shall think fot
ourselves until thinking changes to con
viction. Then we shall follow our eonrlc
tlons as we follow the flag of our country
and hold to them and be true to them, and
so win the smile of God.
What you need most of all is to be youi
best, truest and noblest self. For that
end you came into the world, and unless
you accomplish that end your life will b
essentially a failure and tne requirements
ot the Almighty will stand neglected.
Men may call you heretical, but what
men say of you is of no Importance in com
parison with what God will say. Your
business is to be on His side, and to be sun
In your heart that He is on your side. If,
after that, people agree with you, you mar
well rejoice, but if they do not, that is theli
affair and not yours. Your duty Is what
you think your duty is after the enlighten
ment or illumination which always comes
to him who is In accord with the Holy
Spirit of the universe, and thus breathes
tbe atmosphere of tbe spiritual life. To
that duty you should never be false, for it
Is what makes you a living soul, what
forges nobility of character, what opens
the door of communication with the other
world, what gives you a claim to the as
sistance of the angels and assures you of
tne neipmg nana ot tno most Higu. Noi
be Is religious, in any wide sense, who I
merely the shadow of some one else':
mind, but be who casts his own shadow.
because he is a solid substance on which
the sun shines.
This is a rery queer world In one respect
We like to be sheep and follow a bell'
wether. Even in matters of dress we must
needs be told what to wear, and whether il
is comely or uncomely we wear It. In th
matter of religion there Is as much fashion
as there is in dress. What the majority be
lieve we try to believe, because it Is so easy
to go wltb the majority. It It does nol
commend itself to our judgment we secret
ly dissent, but openly approre. This In
troduces an element of hypocrisy into tta
Holy of Holies, demoralizes mind and heart,
forces from us oar self-respect, and de
prives us of heavenly recognition and ap
proval. Our vital energy Is sapped, out
manliness and womanliness are Injured, un
less we can Bay of an opinion, I made It my
self, and it is therefore mine.
In this matter of belief , of religious be
lief, you are to search tor the troth God'l
truth miriwt'a truth rfdMtl truth Vn
ttt-A t rt HfvA Intn thA Hentha if -, a I I
and what you bring therefrom Is to lie th i
fonndation on which to build your Hfe and
character. Tbe world may say nay or it.
maysayyea.it makes no difference; yool
are to be governed solely by God's yea and j
nay as the words aro whispered In youreai
by Him who reveals Himself to every man, 1
during every day and hour of his life. Yon
may not get at the whole truth eteroitj
mut unfold itself before you can know that) I
but you will get at that much of truth at '
will serve your purpose, be it great oi!
small.
Men may tell you te believe this or that j
It is nothing. You may believe as others ;
do, or you may not; but if you believt
what God shall teach you when you and ,
He are together In the sad and glad ex-j
periences which will fall to your lot, then
your days will be radiant and you will b
at peace.
The oulr real heresy is the heresy of an
evil life. Honest belief Is never heresy,
but dishonest living Is al ways heresy. To
be false to a high Ideal, to grovel when
you ought to soar, to be entangled In th
delusive ambitions of this world when you ,
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and pure, to unmake yourself by immor
alities when you should be building foi
eternity, to be mean when you should be
great these constitute a heresy which is
abhorred in heaven. Ho who lives nobly II
no heretic, whether his creed be long oi
short. He who lives on a low moral level
is the true heretic, though his creed be a
furlong In length.
I say, therefore, be yourself, and make
youi 'If all you are capable of becoming.
High living alone Is orthodox, and high
living is the result of pure feeling and
lofty thinking. If your conscience tells
von you are right you hare nothing to
fear, either here or hereafter.
GEOBOa H. HaPWOBTH.
OR TALMACE'S SERMON.
The
Dfvivud Path of the
Gamestei
Serves as a Subject.
Tzxt "Aoeldama, that is to say, tbe field
I blood." Acts I., is.
Ths money that Judas gare for surren
aerlng Christ was used to purchase a
graveyard. As the money was blood moner.
the ground bought by It was called In the
Syriac tongue, "Aceldama," meaning "the
field of blood." Well, ttere Is one word I
waat to write to-day orer erery racecourse
where wagers are staked, and every pool
nora and every gambling saloon and every
table, public or private, wbere men and
women bet for sums of money, large oi
small, and that is a word Incardined wltb
tbe life of Innumerable victims Aceldama.
Tbe gamblingsplrlt, which is at all timet
a stupendous erer and anon sweeps
over the country like an epidemic, prostra
ting uncounted thousands. There has
never been a worse attack than tnat from
which all the villages and towns and cities
are now suffering.
Some years ago, when an association for
the suppression of gambling was organ
ized, an agent ot the association came to a
prominent citizen and asked lilm to patron
ize tbe society. He said: "No; I can have
no interest In such an organization. 1 am
In no wise affected by the evil." At that
very time his son, who was bis partner in
business, was one of the heaviest players In
a famous gambling establishment. Another
refused his patronage on the same ground,
not knowing that his first bookkeeper was
losing from 5 to tlOO a night. Directly
or indirectly this evil strikes at the whole
world.
Gambling is the risking of something
more or less valuable in the hope of win
ning more than you hazard. Tbe Instru
ments of gambling may differ, but the
principle is the same. The shuffling and
dealing of cards, howerer full of tempta
tion. Is noi gambling unless stakes are put
op; while, on tne other lianj. gambling
may be carried on wittiout cards, or dice,,
or billiards, or a tenpin alley. The ran
who bets on horses, or elections, on bat--tles,
the man who deals in "fancy" stocks,
nr conducts a buMness which liazarJs extra
sapitnl. or goes Into tnnuacMons without
foundation but dependent upon what uiei
:ali "luck." is a gambler.
Wtiatever you expecf to get from yout
neighbor without offering an equiralent in
money, or time, or skill, is either the pro
duct of theft or gaming. Lottery tickets
and lottery policies come Into tha same
category. Bazars for the founding of hos-
nitals. schools and churches, eonauctea
on the raffling system, come under tbe
same denomination. Do not, therefore,
associate gambling necessarily with any
Instrument, or game, or time or place, or
think the prinolple depend upon whether
von pav for a glass of wine or one hundred
shares of railroad stock. Whether yon
patronize "auction pools," "Frenon mu
tuals," or "book-making," whether you
employ faro or billiards, rondo and keno,
cards or bagatelle, tbe very Idea of the
thing is dishonest; for it professes to be
stow upon you a good for which you give
no equivalent.
Men wishing to gamble will find places
Just suited to their capacity, not only In
the underground oyster-oellar or at the
table back of the curtain, covered with
greasy cards, or In the steamboat smoking
eabin, where tbe bloated wretch with rings
In his ears deals out his pack, and winks
In the unsuspecting trareler prorlding
free drinks all around hut In gilded par
lors and amid gorgeous surroundings.
This sin works ruin, II ret, by providing an
unhealthy stimulant. Excitement is pleas
urable. Under every sky and in every age
men bare BCght J- we must nt times
hare exoltement. Aousand roioes in
our nature demand it. it right; It Is
heathful; it is inspiring; it Is adeM Qd
given. V
A young man having suddenly inhorltau
a large property, sits at the hazard tallies,
and takes up In a dice-box tbe estate won
by a father's lifetime sweat, and shakes it
and tosses It away. Intemperance soon
stigmatizes Its victim, kicking him out, a
slavering fool. Into the ditch, or sending
him, with the drunkard's hicoougb, stagger
ing up the street, where his family lives.
But gambling does not In that way expose
Its victims. Tbe gambler may be eaten up
by the gambler's passion, yet you only dis
cover It by the greed in his eyes, the hard
ness of his features, the nervous restless
ness, the threadbare coat, and bis embar
rassed business.
The Infernal spell is on him; a giant Is
aroused within; and though you bind him
with cables, they would part like thread,
and though you fasten him seven times
around with chains, they would snap like
rusted wire; and though you piled up in his
path hearen-high Oihles, tracts and ser
mons, ana on tne top should set the cross
of the Son of God, over them all the gamb
ler would leap like a roe orer the rocks, on
bis way to perdition. "Aceldama, tbe Held
of blood I"
Notice, also, the effect of this crime upon
domestic happiness. It has sent its ruth
less ploughshares through hundreds of
families, until tbe wife sut in rags and the
sons grew up to tbe same Infamous prac
tices, or took a short cut to destruction
across the murderer's scaffold. Home has
lost all charms fer the gambler. How tame
are the children's caresses and a wife's de
votion to tbe gambler! How drearily the
Are burns on tbe domestio heartbl There
must be louder laughter, and something to
win and something to lose; an excitement
to drive the heart faster, fillip the blood
and Are the Imagination. No home, how
erer bright, can keep back the gamester.
Tke sweet call of love bounds back from
his iron soul, and all endearments are con
sumed In the fire of his passion. The
family Bible will go after all other treas
ures are lost, and If his crown In heaven
were put into his hands he would cry:
"Here goes; one more game, my boys. On
this one throw I stake my crown of heaven."
The Church of God has not seemed will
ing to allow the world to hajt'e all tho ad
vantage of these games of chance. A
church bazaar opens, and toward the close "
It is found that some of the more valuabis
articles are unsalable. Forthwith the con
ductors of the enterprise conclude that
they will raffle for some ot the valuabis
articles, ana, under pretense of anxiety to -make
their minister a present or please
eome popular member of the church, fasci
nating persons are dispatched through the
Iroom, pencil in hand, to "solicit shares,"
tor perhaps each draws for his own advant
age, and soores of people go home with
(their trophies, thinking that it is all right,
for Christian women did the embroidery
and Christian men did tbe raffling, and the
proceeds went toward a new communion
set
15ut you may depend on it that as far
Is concerned, you might as
well hare won by tbe crack of the billiard
ball or the turn or tbe dice box. Do you
wonder that churches are built, lighted, or
upholstered by such processes as that come
to great financial and spiritual decrepitude?
All this I style ecclesi.istical gambling.
More than one man who is destroyed can
say that his first step on the wrong road
was when he won something at a church
fair.
' Shall I sketch the history of the gambler?
Lured by bad company, he finds his war
into a place where honest men ought
nerer to go. He sits down to his llrst
game, but only for pastime and the desire
of being thought sociable. The players
deal out tbe cards. Tbey unconsciously
play into satan's hands, who takes all tbe
tricks and both tbe players' souls for
trumps he being a sharper at any game.
A alight stake Is put up, just to add inter
est to ths play. Game after game Is
played. Larger stakes and still larger.
They begin to move nervously on their
chairs. Tbelr brows lower, and eyes flash,
until now tbey who win and they who lose,
flred alike with nation, sit wltb set jaws.
ana com pressed ups, ana clenched lints,
and eyes like fireballs that seem starting
from.'-eir sockets, to see the final turn
Mlo.o t comes; If losing, pale with envy
and tremulous with unutterod oaths cast
back red-hot upon the heart or winning
with hysterio laugh "Hal ha! I have It! '
A faw years have passed, and be is only
the wreck of a man. Seating himself at the
game, ere he throws the first card, ha
stakes tbe last relic of his wife tbe mar
riage ring which sealed the solemn rows
between them. The game Is lost, and. stag-
fering back in exhaustion, be dreams,
he bright hours of the past mock his
agony, and in bis dreams fiends with eyes
of fire and tongues ot flames circle about
him with Joined bands, to dance and slog
their orgies with hellish chorus, chanting:
"Hall, brother!" kissing his clammy fore
bead until their loathsome locks, flowing
with serpents, crawled Into his bosom, and
sink their sharp fangs and suck up his
life's blood, and, coiling around his bead,
pinch it with ohllls and shudders unutter
able. Take warning! You are no stronger than
tens of thousands who bare by this prac
tice been orerthrown. No young man in
our cities can escape being tempted. Be
ware of the first beginnings! This road is
a down grade and erery instant increases
tbe momentum. Launch not upon this
treacherous set. Split hulksstrow tbe beach;
Everlasting storms howl up and down,
tossing unwary craft Into the Hell-Rate.
I speak of what I have seen with my own
eyes. To a gambler's death-bed there
comes no hope. He will probably die
alone. His former associates come not nigh
bis dwelling. Wben the hour comes, his
miserable soul will go out of a miserable
life into a miserable eternity. At his poor
remains pass the bouse where he was
ruined, old companions may look out for a '
moment and say: "There goes the old
carcass dead at last;" but they will not
get np from tbe table. Let him down now
into his grave. Plant no tree to east Its
shade there, for the long, deep, eternal
gloom that settles there is shadow enough.
Plant no "forget-me-nots" or eglantines
around tbe spot, for flowers were not ui;t le
to grow on such a blasted heath. Visit it '
not in the sunshine, for that would be
mockery, but In the dismal night, wa n no
stars were out, and the spirit of darlcuess
comes down, horsed on the wind, then
visit the grave of the gambler.
If stolen dollars would burn there
would be gome hot xx-kets.
Sympathy is the channel in which the
current of a man's thoughts runs.
If you wish to make home happv take
time for all things; never fume or fret.
No one can d"lase you but yourself.
Slander can never rob you of manhood.
If there were no cowardice there would
be little insolence.
The wheat crop of India is harvested
usually in February.
Thinkers are fie pioneers; thev go be
fore to prepare the way for those "that are
to come after.
Some men blow their own tnnuXts by
praising in others what is most conspicu
ous in themselves.
Life is like a nutmeg grater. Von
have to rub up against the rough side of
it to accomplish anything.
Brooding over trouble is like surround
ing one's self with a fop; it magnifies all
the objects seen through it. 'Occupotion
of the mind prevents this.
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