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THE OONQTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. LI I
MTFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 4. 1898.
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chapter v.
It bad been arranged that Agne.
Madge and June were to go up to the!
Hall for tea and lawn tennis the next
afternoon, and that her cousins were to
call for June in the pony carriage. She,
came tripping out of the door aa they
drove np.
Arrived at the Hall, the cousin wert
requested to Join the party in the garden,
and found Mrs. Ellesmere and her guests
sitting under the trees. Tom's big formj
loomed in the distance; he was doing
something to one of the nets. Dallas sat)
on a garden seat beside Mrs. Fetherston,
a guest from London, talking to her In an,
engrossed manner. The moment, how-i
ever, that he became aware of the new
arrivals, he left her and Went forward
to greet them. He looked handsomer
than ever to-day, in his white flannels,
with the pale-blue Eton sash and tie,
straw hat and Brigade ribbon.
"I will start the first party," whispered
Tom to June. "You will play with me,
won't you?"
"Of course I will," answered June, who
had recommenced her tactics of last night,
and was speaking to and looking at her
lover in her softest manner.
So Tom flew off and paired the two
young ladies staying in the house with the
son of a neighboring rector and a man
who was of the Hall party, and returned
in triumph.
Now." he said to June, "you and I will
play Dal and Madge; then we shall be
about equal."
"Cannot we do without Mr. Broker
sked June. "Because, he Is so much en
gaged. It would be a pity to disturb him."
"Oh, he wants to play, and we must
have him."
"Does not Mrs. Fetherston play?"
"No; she says she hates romping. Dal V
shouted Tom.
Dallas looked up, but did not move for
moment. It was evident his companion
was urging him not to play.
"Let him off for half an hour, Mrs.
Fetherston, won't you?" said Tom, going
np to her, and she, raising her eyebrows,
answered stiifly:
"Certainly; altogether, If he likes."
Lawn tennis may be played gracefully
or ungracefully nine times out of ten it
is certainly the latter. In the set now:
made np, the spectators had an opportu-4
nlty of seeing both styles of performance.
Dallas and June were graceful In the ex
treme, moving with the utmost rapidity,
yet never looking awkward; their eyes
sparkled with excitement, there was si
bright color in their faces. A man stand-;
Ing near Mrs. Ellesmere and watching the
game whispered to her that he had rare.
y seen so handsome or so well matched a
couple. She assented to his remark with
smile.
June was quite ready to depart when
Agnes proposed It, in spite of Tom's earn
est entreaties.
"I'm going to get up a bit of a dance
to-morrow," be whispered, aa he waa es
corting her to the pony carriage. "We
can make up about six couples."
June s eyes glistened.
"But you don't dance, Tom!" she said.
"Well," he auswered, his honest face
Illumined by a broad smile, "I'm not such
a dog in the manger that, because I can't
do a thing mj-Belf, I won't let anybody
else."
"But," said June, fearful of counting
In vain upon such in immense pleasure,
"perhaps your mother won't Invite me."
"Won't she?" said Tom, significantly.
"Look out for a note at ten sharp to
morrow morning."
"You really are an angel," observed
June, affectionately, and Tom was, hap
pily for himself, unconscious that this
sudden warmth on her part arose from
joy at the anticipation of a pleasure In
which he could not take part.
June could scarcely sleep that night for
the delicious anticipation of the morrow.
Bhe woke early, and, unable to rest, rose,
dressed herself, and went out into the
garden. It was only seven o'clock then.
June has been twice round the garden,
has gathered a bunch of roses and a dozen
big strawberries in a cabbage leaf for
her mother's breakfast, and, having car
ried them Indoors, has come out again and
strolled a little away down the lane. And,
behold! there is Tom on his big bay horse
riding toward her. .
"Why, June! you are up betimes I" he
cried, in his cheery voice, all his face
aglow with smiles.
She went up to him, put her slim fingers
In his, and stroked the glossy neck of
King Charlie.
"I could not sleep," she said, with ra
diant eyes. "I could not sleep for thinking
of the dance to-night. Oh, Tom! have you
brought my Invitation?"
"My mother Is In bed and asleep a.
yet," laughed Tom, "but, my darling,
what doubt can you have about it, wheu
I got it up on purpose for you?"
"Oh, Tom," cried the girl, suddenly be
thinking of Madge, "is Madge to be in
vited, too? Oh, do try to get her asked
It would be such a treat for her!"
"Of course she shall," he answered,
good-naturedly.
"Thank you, Tom. You are a dear,
good Tom."
And June gaTe him such a smile that
It sent ideas to his brain which she was
far from Intending It to do. He laid his
big brown hand on her little white one
that lay like a lily on King Charlie's neck.
"You are beginning to care a little bit
more for me, aren't your he said, drop
ping his voice.
The color stole to June's cheek, and at.
unonsy sensation to her heart.
"Oood by." she said, "I must be going
In
Tom rode away with a blithe heart; he
vould not have changed places with any
'her man on earth. She had m.l t
- -ered him. but "silence gives consent.
Evening came. Half-past nine sav
June and Madge In the rector's brougham,
driving np to the Hall, the gladdest mer.
riest, most excited maidens possible to
behold. , , , .
"Oh, you darling, darling June! cried
Madge, "if It were not for spoiling your
frock and your flowers and mine too, I
would give you such a hug. Ton. to d me
It was all your doing. Agnes did all she
could to prevent my going, but Tom got
bold of mamma on the quiet and made
her promise."
Tom Is waiting at the door to receive
them. Dancing is to take place in the
kjL srhlch Is lofty and. spacious and has
a polished oak floor of glassy smoothness.
Already there la a squeak of a fiddle get
ting into tune, and the two girls' hearts
throb responsive.
As June was standing beside Tom,
flushed and lovely with excitement, Dai
las Broke came up to her.
"Yog will give me a waits- won't you?"
he said, persuasively; and J una, who waa
too happy to be cold or disdainful to any
on to-night, replied that shs would be
very happy.
"The second r
And she assented.
"Ah, my dear old chap," said Dallas,
laying a friendly hand on Tom's arm, "I
have one pull over you. Miss Rivers, why
don't yon make him learn to dance?"
Happy as she waa, June felt a slight
ens of vexation at Mr. Broke'a manner.
She wished 'je wuld not always look and
speak aa though she were Tom's prop
erty. The quadrille was over, the music of
the first waits had commenced. June's
partner this time waa the son of a neigh
boring rector. He was a little rough in
his paces, but June bad an extraordinary
facility for adapting herself to almost any
step and any partner. When they made
their first pause, Dallas and Mrs. Feth
erston had the floor to themselves. Ev
eryone was watching them. Their move
ments were the perfection of ease and
grace; such a lover of dancing as June
could not look at them without admira
tion, even though it occurred to her that
there was rather more abandon In Mrs.
Fetherston's style than was quite decor
ous. They stopped. Dallas looked dowt
into his partner's eyes and whispered
something; she answered him In kind.
June felt a sudden spasm of anger flit
through her heart; she told herself that it
was due to a sense of outraged propriety.
Exquisitely as Dallas danced, she decid
ed with a audden impulse that she did not
want to dance with him. He was not
nice; she would rather not dance, talk,
or have anything else to do with him.
Tom came to her when the waltz was
over; the rector's son made way for him.
"Tom," she whispered, "take me into
the conservatory. I want to get another
: flower. These are crushed."
"All right, come along," said Tom, giv
ing her his arm.
He gathered her a rich cluster of crim
son geraniums, and she fastened it in her
dress.
"How are you enjoying yourself T" he
asked, and June replied:
"Immensely."
"You are going to dance the next with
Dal," he said. "I shall come and have a
look at you. I hear the music beginning."
"I don't particularly care about dancing
with Mr. Broke, uttered June, loitering.
At this moment be came to look for her.
Seeing Tom, he half paused, and again
that smile hovered in his eyes and mouth.
"Would you rather dance another one
Instead of this'" be said, and June an
swered coldly, putting her band on his
arm:
"No; I think this is ours."
"Was I wrong to come for you?" he
whispered as they passed out of the con
servatory, and she replied, more coldly
still:
"Certainly not"
A minute later bis arm is round her. Is
it possible that erewhile she was angry
with him? Now one soul seems to ani
mate tliem; together they fulfill the per
fect poetry of motion; never in her eigh
teen summers has June been conscious of
such ecstasy as this.
When at last they pause, he looks down
at her with a glance which she no longer
resents.
"Waa not that perfect?" he whispers.
She answers him by a look.
"Let us go on. It is a sin to lose a mo
ment of this!" Dallas says, and again they
Boat along the polished floor.
Alas! alas! it is over! the piano ha.
banged the final chord; perforce they
stop.
Mrs. Rivers waa sitting up for her dar
ting, anxious to hear all the events of
the evening, and, as June made her re
cital, a sudden consciousness came to the
girl that. Instead of pouring all her heart
out to her mother as was her out, she
was talking almost as insincerely as
' though she had been speaking to a strang
er. It was a relief to ner wnen tier story
was finished and she bad kissed her moth
er fondly and bidden her good-night. The
maid who acted as parlor maid, house
maid and lady's maid at the Rose Cottage
unfastened her dress and lingered a little
deeply interested in the doings at thr
Hall.
When at last she went, June stood im
movable for a moment. Then she flung
herself down by her bedside and cried ait
f her heart would break.
CHAPTER VI.
June, scarcely knowing how it happen
;il, found herself in the bout in the garden
like, while Mr. ISrokc wos leisurely din
dug the sculls into the wuter and rowing
ter awny to the furthest Doint from th
'.onse. And when be came to the big
Mm, whose branches overhung the water
and made a canopy above their heads, lit
quietly shipped bis oars, and, bending a
little forward, said, quite simply am'
frankly:
"I am going to take the liberty of ask
ing you a question. May I?"
A little nervous flutter crept from
lime's heart to her throat; a shade of
lovely color, that could scarcely be called
i blush, came into her face, and she an
wered with a slightly embarrassed air:
"Oh. certainly."
"Why won't yon, who are so charming
o everyone else, be a little bit kind t
aicT'
His tone was so deferential, and hii
blue eyes looked so humble and pleading,
that June felt all her coldness and dis
pleasure melt away to nothing.
"Am I not kind to your' she said, dip
ping her white fingers into the water and
apparently Intent on watching them
"What have I done?"
"You have hardly looked at or spoken
to me since I came; Indeed, I have fancied
that you purposely avoided me."
To utter a polite disclaimer was June a
first instinct; but a second coming swiftly
on its heels, she followed that Instead.
You have taken his mother love from
Tom," she said. "And, whenever you
are together, yon always stand in his light
and make him sum sssra r
Bnt Jon cannot tea the words she
wants. - - - -
"At all events, there Is one' brilliant ex
ception to the rule," answered Dallas, la
a piqued tone, losing for a moment his
almost Imperturbable good temper. Then,
with a flash in hia blue eyes eminently be
coming to them, "I sBSure you, you are
completely mistaken about my aunt's feel
ing for me. She likes me, and I amuse
her; but it la hardly probable that a wom
an would care more for her nephew than
her own son."
June is more attracted to Mr. Broke it
this mood than in any in which she has
ret seen him. It Is her turn to assume
that charming tone and manner which she
pejsesses In almost as great a aegree as
Dallas himself.
"I did not mean to say anything un
kind." And aha looked at him so softly
that, his momentary wrath melted away.
"But It Is a little hard on Tom." .
"Tom la th best fellow living," cried
Dallas, "and no one knowa It better than
Aunt VL She is a woman of the world,
and wonld like him to have a little
more "
"Polish T' suggested June.
"That Is hardly the word; something ol
:hat sort, I suppose. But she knows his
sterling worth as well as anyone."
Sterling worth I yes, how appropriate
those two words are! Yet they have a
dull sound in June's ears this summer af
ternoon whilst young Apollo's eyes are
meeting hers.
"I imagine," he said, "that you will
very soon have all th as here." .
'J'be c A'ift b3od new to June's cheeks.
"You are mistaken, then," cried June,
aotly. "I am not going to marry him. I
am not engaged to him. I love him as my
Jearest friend, as my brother, and noth
ing, nothing more."
Then she sank back in her seat, and a
cold, shamed feeling crept over her that
he had betrayed Tom, ay, more cruelly
than mother or any other living being had
power to do. Dallas was so astonished at
this confession that he let go the bank,
and the boat drifted out into the sunshine.
He had to rise, take a scull and punt back
to the Bhore.
"Had we not better be going in?" sug
gested June, coldly.
"No, not just yet," he answered. "Do
rou know you have positively taken my
hreath away?"
"Have ir' said June, with averted eyes,
remorseful and ashamed, and yet feeling
a sort of satisfaction that she had struck
off her chains and declared her freedom.
"I do not know why you should have
thought I was going to marry Tom. I
do not suppose that he told you that I
was."
"Most certainly not."
Since she was not going to marry Tom,
and it waa not therefore high treason, he
allowed a tender inflection to steal into
his voice. Dallas could not help It; it was
born In him; If he waa with a pretty
woman, he must make love to her, unless
a sense of honor to some friends who had
positive claims deterred him.
"Let us be friends!" he whispered,
bending forward and stretching out his
band; and she let him take hers. There
was a magnetism in his touch that was
utterly wanting in Tom's; involuntarily
her eyes met his and stayed a moment
longer than was wise, and straightway,
lune knew that imagination may forestall
reality, and that the dreams she had cher
ished in summer starlit nights with long
ing eyes strained heavenward were not
inly dreams, but that this gross material
rarth holds raptures as great as the prom
'se of the skies.
Tom, all unsuspicious, was awaiting
.hem at the landing place, and, as he put
both his hands out to help June from the
boat, he said, with a cheery laugh:
"Well, have you two made up?"
June could not answer, but Dallas re
plied gayly:
"Yes, I thVuk Miss Rivers has forgiven
jie."
Then he walked up the slope to join
Mrs. Fetherston, who was coming to meet
them, her face wearing anything but a
llcused expression. A pang of jealousy
shot through June's heart. Tom was
hurrying her toward a sequestered part
af the garden, and she felt as though he
were taking her away from the flowers
tnd the sunshinea.
(To be continued.)
Just What She Wanted.
"O, uiy friends, there are some spec
tacles that one never forgets," said a
lecturer, after giving a graphic de
scription of a terrible accident he bad
witnessed.
"I'd like to know where they soils
'em," remarked an old lady In the au
dience, who Is always mlslayl.ig her
glasses.
Heir-Protect Ion.
A chopper of wood In Mllo, Mo., was
found at work recently with a huge
;owbell attached to his back In such a
manner that every motion of bis ltody
caused a clangor likely to drive away
timid wildcats and shatter the stillness
jf the forest. When nsked why he per
sisted In creating such n disturbance,
he remarked: "No fool shoots pie for a
leer."
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
Store pulverized sugar in wooden kegs.
For a burn take sweet oil and lime
water (equal parts), mix, and keep the
burn well covered with it.
If sweet oil is applied to the skin im
mediately after a blow or bruise it will
not turn black and blue.
While traveling, a good way to carry
bottles to prevent their being broken is
to carry them in the shoes in the trunk.
A mucilage that proves satisfactory is
made of equal parts of gum arabic and
gum tragacanth dissolved in sutlieient
water to make a thick pasta.
Fat will not burn if it has something to
do, so if it has to be left idle for a few
minutes put a crust of bread or a slice of
raw potato into the kettle.
The cleanest way to drive water bugs or
roaches from bureau drawers or closet
shelves is to sprinkle powdered borax
over and around the shelves, and cover
with clean paper.
For a stiff neck, pains in the chest:
Wnrm some sweet oil and rub on thor
oughly with the hands, then cover wiih
1-1.4 H wadding, the shiny side out. Wear
it until you feel comfortable.
Lmilon has 10 miles of streets; Paris
600 miles and New York 575 miles.
One hundred and forty-eight British
soldiers are in possession of the Victoria
Cross.
It is said that in sr.me of the farming
districts of China pigs are harnessed to
small wagons ami inu.l.i lo draw them
What is probably the most veneraMe
piece of furniture, in existence is now in
the British Museum. It is the throne of
Queen llatsu, who reigned in the Nile
valley somo 16C0 years before Christ.
Th Belgium Government is contem
plating the establishment of an overhead
single rail between Brussels and Ant
werp. It is expected that a speed of
uhout ninety miles an hour will be ob
tained. Alaska has a seaeoust of 26,000 miles,
exceeding that of the remainder of the
United States two and a half times.
In the jungles of Sumatra the largest
spiders are found. Some of the largest
8eituens measure eight inches across the
back and have seventeen inches of leg
pread.
SHIPLOADS OP BRIMSTONE. '
tnormona Amount of Crude Bulphnt
Received In This Country.
Alfred S. Malcomson has published
in interesting statistical table. In
rhich the world's consumption of brim
itone la shown for seven years. This
iumercial commodity Is of great iiu
lurtaiice in many branches of uianu
iicture, but the fact is not generally
mown in business circles that 118,137
ous came to the United States from
Sicily In 1S97, and that the yenr before (
he Importation was even larger.
This commodity cornea excluslvclj
Vom Sicily, and to a great extent from
he port of Palermo. It Is shipped In
ulk like coal, and looks. In Its raw
:onditlon, .'ike pieces of broken stone
ibout the size of those which are used
n macadam roads. It is a dull gray,
ind from that to a bright yellow, ac
ttrdlng to its quality; the higher the
rradi the vellower the stone. It la
Handled by the large Importers In Its
;rude form only, and these dispose of
It to the manufacturers, by whom It la J
lubjected to processes which eliminate
:he dross and bring to the surface Its
raluable properties. It is used by th '
iianufacturers of fertilizer materials!
ind sulphuric acid, and large quantl-j
lies are consumed by the manufacture
rn of wood pulp and paper. I
The brimstone goes In great quantt
lea, also, to the sulphur refiners, ant
tfter It becomes sulphur it plays an
jnportant part In the manufacture of
rulcaulzed rubber. The addition ofj
tulpliur to plastic rubber, vulcanising
Ehe mass between two tin sheets as an ,
experiment, gave to the world the valu
ible commodity known as hard rub
ber; and no substitute has yet been
round for the yellow dust In the proe
fss. The brimstone statistics show that
:he United States receives more of the
Material than any other country. For
:he same time that 118,137 tons reach
d the ports of New York, Baltimore,
hllmlelplila, Charleston, Boston, Wil
tilngton and Norfolk, the following ex
wrts were made from Sicily to other
arts of the world France, 84,895
ins; Italy, 73,052 tons; United Klng
lom, 24,520 tons; Russia, 17.532 tons;
Portugal. 7.054 tons; Germany, 19,721
ns; Austria. 15,993 tons; Greeoe-Tur-toy,
13,St5C tons; Belgium, 9.253 tons;
Sweden, Norway and Denmark, 11.22!
na; Spain. 4.039 tons; Holland, 3.51
xns.
The wine-growing districts of Europt
ise large quantities of the material to
lestroy the Insects which attack the
'lues, and although many substitutes
ire employed, the most careful grow
ers never abandon brimstone for that
purpose.
The supply In Sicily ready for trans
jortatlon Is larger than It has ever beet,
tefore, there being no less than 240,307
ons In storage.
tOUSED THE IRISHMAN'S IRE.
fealonav of HI Own Pro we
Loses
Him Hi Cue.
A group of Congressmen were tell
ng stories In the cloakroom of the
louse the other day. One of them, a
awyer, told this experience:
"In the town where I first began the
tractlce of the law there was an Irish
nan, Patrick McDonald, whom every
uie called Pat. Now, Pat waa a good
learled fellow, but he didn't get along
'vry well with his p.elghbors.
"There was an eay-goIng fellow In
he same town by the name of Wheel
K k. He was born In 1S40 and his pur
ines named him llarrisou. In country
owns the people are familiar with one
mother to the extent that names aru
ibbrcviated or paraphrased. Every
me knew this man as 'Hat' Wheelock.
"Well, Wheelock and Pat had some
fords over a horse trade. The lan
uage used was more expressive than
tlegant. According to Pat's version of
Oie affair Hat threatened to break hU
!ace. Any way, Pat went before u
lustlce of the peace and made affidavit
that he was afraid that Hat would do
Um bodily injury.
"Hat, of course, was arreated. He got
me to defend him. When the case was
called Pat took the stand and related
the story of how Hat had threatened to
Injure him. When he was turned orer
to me for cross-examination I began:
" 'Now, Mr. McDonald, you say you
are afraid of your lifer
" 'I am, sor,' was the prompt reply.-
" Then you admit that Mr. Wheelock
tan whip you, do your
"His Irish waa up in a flash.
" 'Not by a d n sight, sor; I can
a? hip half a dozen like him.'
" That's all, your honor,' I said to the
Justice, and he dismissed the case
again Wheelock." Washington Star.
Brlftaodaa-e In Italy.
Italy Is a land of secret societies
formed for the purpose of defeating
the end of Justice, and all attempts to
root ont the evil have been unsuccess
ful. The Mafia, whljh has often pur
tued Its victims even across the ocean,
baa just given another evidence of Its
vitality in Sicily. The daughter of an
Englishman was kidnaped and ran
lomed for $20,000 by her father. Four
of the conspirators, being dissatisfied
with their share of the booty, were
"executed" buried alive by order of
Ihe "coune'l." Chance led to the dis
covery of their bodies and of some cir
cumstantial evidence which enabled
the authorities to make some impor
tant arrests. But It is not likely that
this will bring about a change.
Oldest Cities In the World.-
The city of Marseilles has been li
existence 2,497 years. It was foundeu
I by a colony of Greeks when Rome, the
future conqueror of both It and Greece,
was nothing but a tiny village. Rome
Is about 2,650 years old. Of all the
cities that were In existence when it
began, and still retain their places on
the maps, Rome Is the most flourishing
and best preserved. But Rome Is by
no means the oldest city on the globe
r even In Europe. Athena, the capi
tal of Greece, Is about 8.453 years old
-older than any other European city.
Tangier, In Morocco, la probably over
t.700 years of age. Peking, the capital
f China, Is said to be about 3,000 year
U1, or more; Jerusalem la 8,900 years
Id. at least.
But there is one other city, and prob
ably only one, that surpasses even Je
rusalem in antiquity. This la Danius-'
cus. once famous for Its manufacture
of silks, jewelry and arms. A Damas
cus blade was prized as superior to all
others. They are no longer made, the
method by which the armorers of Da
mascus tampered the steel bctug one ol
the lost arts. The exact date of tl.o
founding or Damascus Is not known,
b-.i ii is said to have beer begun by a
grent-fttandson of Noah. It is prob
ably 4,200 years old, at any rate, and
the oldest city In the world. London
Mall.
The sound of a bell which can be
heard 43,000 feet through the water
ban be heard through the air only 456
Ifeet.
Front the 140 pounds of ga tar ex
tracted in cooking a too of coal over
2,000 distinct shade of aniline dye art
Cnade.
A process has recently been perfect
ld by which thin sheets of absolutely
transparent celhiioM are silvered simi
larly to the procee formerly used oo
felass.
A determination of Prof. Barnard
jrith the Lack telescope places the di
ameter of Neptune at 32,000 miles
from 2,000 to 4,000 miles less than Is
stated In text books.
It is said experiments made recentlj
by scientific men In France have devel
oped a curious and altogether unex
pected fact, namely, that certain per
sons possess) a magnetic polarity that
is, they are found to act after the man
ner of magnets.
There has been a competitive test ol
fire engines in Philadelphia, in which
It was proved that the type with piston
bad superior advantages over the rot
ary. The piston engine consumes less
coal, does better work and keeps it up
longer than the rotary.
A gold-dredging boat, fitted wit..
elaborate machinery, has recently been
put to work on the Yuba River, In Cali
fornia. The chain of buckets connect
ed with the boat the latter being 90
feet long and 23 broad brings np grav
el from the river bottom, and la capable
of acting at any depth up to 60 feet.
The gravel, sand and mud are passed
through screens and over tables, being
thoroughly washed with water supplied
by a centrifugal pump, and gold In
grains so fine as to be Invisible to the
naked eye U thus recovered. The cost
of dredging is said to be only three
rents per cubic yard.
Tests have recently been made at the
Lighthouse Depot on Staten Island of
an electric light beacon which, it is ex
pected, will be set up at somo !mport-j
aut point on the Atlantic coast The
Illumination Is furnished by an arc
light of 9,000-candle power, but this Is
refracted by a series of eccentric pris
matic segments, so that the light Is
projected in a parallel beam nine feet
In dlumeter, which Is estimated to be of
no less than 90,000,000-candle power!
Such a light would be risible lu a
straight line at a distance of 1U9 miles,
but owiug to the curvature of the earth
the actual distance at which It could be
seen would depend on Its elevation
above the sea.
Charles E. Trlpler, of New York, the
Scientific American says, has accom
plished the economical llqucfactlou of
air In large quantities. He recently
M-nt two and a half gallons of liquid
air to Trof. Barker, of the University
of Pennsylvania. The latter found that
a piece of tin thrust Into the Intensely
cold liquid 311.8 degree below zero,
Fahrenheit became as brittle as glass,
but that copper and platinum were not
thus affected. This suggests the proper
metals from which vessels Intended to
contain liquid air should be made. The
nitrogen of the air liquefies at a tem
perature several degrees below the
point at which oxygen becomes liquid;
consequently when liquid air Is allowed
to evaporate In an open dish the nitro
gen vaporizes first, and what remains
Is mostly liquid oxygen, which posses
ses a characteristic blue color. In Mr.
Triplet's apparatus the air, after pass
ing through three colls, each colder
than the preceding, finally flows from
the end of the last coll' in a liquid
stream.
Tbe Maine' Men.
Death came out of the black night's deep
And steered for a battleship's side;
But never a man of the sailor clan
Looked on the Deathman's ride.
Tse Kansan lad and the Hampshire boy
And the boy from Tennessee,
With never a fear that death was near.
Swung into eternity.
Nor flag, nor hot. nor battle cry,
Nor strain of the nation's air,
Broke into the gloom of the sailor's doom
Nor yet a priestly prayer.
There looks a face from far-away home,
With eye bent on the sea.
For the Hampshire Jack who'll ne'er coin
back.
Or the lad from Tennessee.
Not theirs was the glory of battle.
No victory crowned tbe day.
But a nation weeps that the dark sea
keeps
Her dead beneath the bay.
-Mexico Two liepnhlics.
Girl In Sicily.
In some parts of Sicily tbe birth of a
girl Is looked upon as such a misfortune
that a black flag is hung out of tbe
window to proclaim the sad event.
Having to be supported by the family
as long as they are unmarried, and be
ing obliged to dower the 'bridegroom,
girls are looked upon as expensive
luxuries. Boys, on the other hand, are
very soon self-supporting, and when
tbe time comes for marrying Increase
the family wealth by bringing home a
bride and ber dot. The girls live In
seclusion, are most kindly treated, and
at the age of fourteen or alxteeen they
are disposed of In marriage on a purely
financial basis.
Though every one claims to be font!
of poetry, we never yet saw a volume
of poetry with the back worn off.
Tbe Cincinnati bootblacks' nave or
ara tilaed a trust but tuejr don't.
Household.
gRKCTPES.
Coffee Frosting. A coffee frosting thM
ran be used for cream cakes, eclairs
light cakes is made by steeping op
quarter of a cupful of coffee in half a
cupful of water and straining it. Two.
labk spoonfuls of this liquid with a cup
ful .f powdered sugar produces the
frosting. It mav be said in this connec
tion thut a bottle of coffee extract is an
excel lent addition to the summer outfit.
If one is camping out or living picnic
fashion in a summer cottage, the extract
will serve many useful purposes. It has
been found to do admirable service, too,
in supplementing the very weak coffee ot
the average village boarding house.
Banana Shortcake. Banana shortcake
is a dish the materials for which arre
usually at hand, and it is, therefore, one
that may be written dor.-n in the emerg
ent y notebook. The formula as put out by
the Boston Cooking School requires the
dough to be made by mixing in a pint of
prepared Hour two tablespoonfuls of but
ter and two-thirds of a cup of milk, or
enough to make a light mixture that can
be handled. This pastry is divided, half
put into a pan, the top buttered, and the
second half laid upon it. When baked,
the splitting of the cake is easily ac
complished with a knife. Meantime, a
few bananas are cut up and put in a hot
syrup made of a cup of sugar and the
mice of one lemon. This filling is spread
between the layers; and if the dish ia
intended to be particularly toothsome
and elaborate, whipped cream may be
served with it.
Fruit Loaf.-This is the way to make s
delicious fruit loaf: Cut candied cher
ries, dates, figs, citron, raisins and pine
apple into fine bits and roll them into
cream paste, previously prepared. Shape
the paste anil fruit like a loaf of bread
and coat lightly with melted chocolate.
Cut into slices when it hardens. Nut loaf
is made by the same recipe, omitting the
li uit and using nuts.
Imperial Cake. Rub to a cream one
pound of sugar and three-quarters of a
pound of butter, add ten well-beaten eggs,
a pound of flour, a pound of almonds
blanched and cut fine; one-half pound of
toned raisins, one-half pound of citron
sliced fine, rind and juice of a lemon and
one grated nutmeg, ilix all well together
and bake slowly.
Buttered Eggs and Kidneys. Cut t
iheen's kiHnpv intn thin ui;a.
three
into
StriliA- Thist nrith coll n .l 1
- -- - - auu i ll"- BIIU
saute in a little butter or fresh beef drip
ping. When browned set aside where
they will keep hot. Into a shallow sauce-
i'"." .-.. oeai just enougn to
mix, add three tablespoonfuls of butter
cut into bits, one-quarter of a teaspoonful
of white pepper, one tablespoonful of
finely-chopiKid parsley and four table
spoonfuls of cream. Stir over the fire un
til nearly set, add the fried kidneys, turn
out on a hot platter and garnish witk
toast points.
Broiled Sardines Broiled sardines make
an admirable spring dish for luncheon or
supper. Drain the oil from large sardines,
place them on a broiler and put over a
clear, hot fire long enough to heat the
dish thoroughly, bat not dry them. (Have
ready finger pieces of hot, delicately
browned toaxt and place a sardine on each
piece. Have some of the oil hot and brush
each piece over with it. .Place a half
teasoonful of sauce tartare on each sar
dine and garnish the platter with small
bunches of parsley.
Chocolate Cornstarch Pudding. Seal!
one and one-half cupfnla of milk. Scrape
or grate two squares of chocolate, and
melt over hot water: mix with a little of
the milk, then stir all together. Dissolve
four level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch in
enough cold milk or water to blend it,
pour into the hot milk and stir until thick
and smooth: cover and cook slowly for ten
minutes. Beat together two eggs, three
tablespoonfuls of sugar and a pinch of
salt; add to the hot pudding, and stir for
two minutes; take from the lire, add one
teaspoonful of vanilla and pour into wet-
nl moulds. Serve cold with cream.
Planked Shad. Split the shad open in
the back and spread out on an oak bnard
and fasten it securely, stand it up before
a bright fire and broil.
Bisque Ice Cream. To three pints of
cream add one-hulf pound macaroons,
dried and pounded to a dust in a mortar;
mid si gar to taste, and one-half pound of
ttliniiiuls, blanched, washed and choped.
Put in freezer and when half frozen add
two wineglassfuls of sherry; freeze and
u-rve in a mold.
Track and Turf.
It is officially announced that the Little
Rock meeting made some money .and that
Ihe experiment will ba repeated next
year.
"Tod" Sloane recently purchased
Queen Nubia, by Calvados, from Mr. Cor
rigan.for $t00 and gave her to his brother
Fremont.
Lady Bunker, dam of Guy Wilkes,
M5 1-4; William L., etc., by Mambrino
Patchen, has been bred to Heir-at-Law,
J. 05 3-t.
According to late quotations in ihe
Kentucky Derby, Lieber Karl is favor
ite at 3 to 1, While Plaudit dropped from
S to 4 to 1.
The Russian stallion Boyets trotted four
tiles in a race in 10.07 3-4 in Russia re
cently, lie was driven by Sam Caton, the
American driver.
Don O'Loid, 2.14 3-, by Coralloid, died
In New York recently. He was to
save been a member of Barney Demarest's
itahle.
B. E. Kies, Wichita, Kan., has sold the
fine young horse Merrick Diver, brother
of John R. (ientry, 2.00 1-2, to Joel Haws,
Magnolia, III.
Jockey Thorpe, considered one of the
best jockeys ever developed in the West
has been severely criticised of late for
lome very erratic riding.
Joe Piggot has signed with Johnny
Campbell to ride for the Montana stable
f H. L. Frank, and Mike Hennejsy is
snder engagement to Marcus Daly.
H. Eugene Leigh's Black Venus, win
aer of the Duncan Hotel Stakes, Nash
ville, is a filly of a good sort in fact, one
f the best that raced at the meet
ing. Florence B. (the dam of Roseleaf, 2.14,
and Gold Pebble, 2.29 1-4), by Atlantic,
has arrived at Silver Spring Stock Farm,
Ticonderoga, N. Y., lo be bred to Po
tential. George Dustin will train for C. II. Nel
ton, owner of Nelson, 2.09, this year. Mr.
Nelson himself was recently quite se
verely hurt by a kigk from by a kick of
verely hurt by a kick of a vicious horse.
H. H. Rndd, of Vermillion, a D., has
purchased from Sherwood Farm, Sheldon,
la., the brown colt Roy Woodford, by
Woodford Wilkes, dam Missie, sister to
La Belle, 2.09.
Although the attendance at the Califor
nia tracks still keeps good, the betting
hs fallen off considerably, owing to the
departure East of many of the plungers
and big speculators.
The 3-year-old Murillo, by Mbrello
Snowdrop, who gave great promise as a
2-year-old, has had a severe attack
of catarrhal fever, and it is feared
that his wind will be permanently af
fected. A Correspondent of the Westminster
Gazette calls attention to the curious jux
taposition of twotinger posts attached to a
public house near Bridgend. One roads,
"To the Asylum," and the other "To the
Cemetery."
The one cohired member of Congre
is named White.
The Japanese have a gigantic colouiza
tion scheme .n foot in Mexico. '
Indian ink come from China, and
onsist of lampblack and glue.
The Massachusetts militia will dis
dena with the bayonet.
SERMONS OP THE DAY
Martyrdom of Stephen the Them
Fur an Able Sermon Cillmpses ol
Heaven Through ihe Kyea ol the
Great J'rrnrher The Kternal Sleep.
Tbxt: "Behold I seo the heavens
opened," etc. Acts vii., 56-60.
Rtepben had been preaching a rousing
sermon, and the peo lo could not stand it.
They resolved to do as men sometimes
Mrould like to do In this Uhv, if tbey dared,
with some plain preacher of righteousness
kill him. Tho only way to silence this
nan war to knock the breath out of him.
Ko they rushed Stephen out of the gates ol
tho city, and with curse and whoop and
bellow they brought him to the cliff, as was
the custom when they wanted to take away
life by stoning. Having hrought him to
the eds of the cliff, they pushed him off.
After he had fallen they came and looked
down, and seeing that he was not yet dead
tbev began to drop stones upon him, stone
after stone. Amid this horrible rain of
missiles Stephen clambers up on his knees
and folds his bands, while the blood drips
from his temples to his cheeks, from his
cheeks to his garments, from his garments
to the ground, and then, looking np, be
makes two prayers one for himself and
one for his murderers. "Lord Jesus, re
ceive my spirit;" that was for himself.
"Lord, lay not this sin to their charge;"
that waa for hia assailants. Then from pain
and loss of blood he swooned away and feli
asleep.
I want to show you to-day five pictures
Stephen gazing Into heaven, Stephen look
lug at Christ, Stephen stoned, Stephen In
his dying prayer and Stephen asleep.
First look at Stephen gazing Into heaven.
Before you take a leap you want to know
where you are going to land. Before you
climb a ladder you want to know to what
point the ladder reaches. And it was right
that Stephen, within a few moments of heav
en, should be gazlng!into ft. We would all do
well to be foundin the same posture. There
is enough in heaven to keep us gazing. A
man of large wealch may have statuary in
the ball and paintings in the sitting room
and works of art In all parts of the house,
but he has the chief pictures in the art gal
lery, and there hour after hour you walk
with catalogue and glass and ever increas
ing idmiration. Well heaven is the gallery
where Ood has gathered the cmf treas
ures of his realm. The whole universe is
his palace. In thi9 lower room where we
stop there are many adornments, tessella
ted Boor of amethst, and on the winding
cloud stairs are stretched out canvases on
which commingle azure and purple and
saffron and gold. But heaven is the gallery
In which the chief glories are guthered.
There are the brightest robes. There arc
the richest crowns. There are the hiirhcst
exhilarations. John says of it, "The kings
of the earth shall bring their honor and
glory into It." And I see the procession
forming, and in the line come all empires,
and the stars spring up into an arch for the
hosts to march under. The hosts keep
step to the sound of earthquake and the
pitch of avalanche from tbe mountains,
and the Aug they bear is the flamo of a con
suming world, and all heaven turns out
with harps and trumpets and myriad voiced
acclamation of angelic dominion to wel
come them in, and so the kings of the earth
bring their honor and glory into it. Do
you wonder that good people often stand,
like Stephen, looking into heaven? V
have many friends there.
There is not a man in this house to
day so isolated in life but there is someone
in Heaven with whom heonce shook hands.
As a man gets older the number of his
celestial acquaintances very rapidly mul
tiplies. We have not. had one glimpse of
them since the night we kissed them good
by, ami tuey wont away, but still we stand
gazing at heaven. And when some of our
friends go across the sea, we stand on the
dock or on the steam tug and watch them,
and after awhile the hulk of the vessel
disappears, and then there is only a patch
of sail on the Bky, and soon that Is gone,
and they are all out of sight, and yet we
stand looking In the same direction, so
when our friends go way from us Into tho
future world we keep looking down
through the narrows, and gazing and gaz
ing, as though we expected that they
would come out and stand on some el. .nil
nnd give us one glimpse of their blissful
and transfigured faces.
I'ass on now and sec Stephen looking '
upon Christ. My text says ho saw the Son
of Man at theriglit hand of (ioil. Just how
Christ looked in this world, just how Ho
looks la heaven, we cannot say. A writer ,
in the time of Christ says, descriMng the !
Saviour's personal nppearance, that Ho j
had blue eyes and light complexion, and a '
very graceful structure, but I suppose it
whs all guesswork. The painters of the '
different ages have tried to imagine tin;
features of Christ and put them upon cau
vas, but we will have to wait until with
our own eyes we see Him and with onrown
ears we can hear Him. And yet there is a
way of seeing and hearing Uim now. I
have to tell you that unless you see and
hear Christ on earth you will never see and
hear Him in heaven. I.ookl There He isl
Behold the Lamb of God! Can you not see
Him? Then pray to God to takethe scales
off your eyes. Look that way try to look
that way. His voice comes down to you
this day comes down to the blindest, to
tbe deafest soul, saying, "Look unto Me,
all ye ends of the earth, and be ye saved,
for I am God, and there is none else."
Proclamation of universal emanoipation
for all slaves! Proclamation of universal
amnesty for all rebels! Belshazzar gath
ered the ifabylonish nobles to bis table;
George I. entertained the lords of England
at a banquet; Napoleon III. welcomed the
Czar of liussia and the Sultan of Turkey to
his feast; the Emperor ;of Germany was
glad to have our minister, George Ban
croft, sit down with him at bis table, but
tell me, ye who know moat of tbe world's
history, what other king ever asked the
abandoned and the forlorn and the wretch
ed and outcast to come and sit beside him?
Oh, wonderful Invitation! You can take
it to-day and stand at the head of tbe
darkest alley in any city and say: "Cornel
Clothes for your rags, salve for your sores,
a throne fyr your eternal reigning." A
Christ that talks like that and acts like
that and pardons like that do you wonder
that Stephen stood lookiiur at Him? I
hop to spend eternity doing the same
thing. I must see Him.
I pass on now and look at Stephen
stoned. The world has always wanted to
get rid ot good men. Their very life Is an
assault upon wickedness. Out with
Stephen through the gates of the city.
Down with him over the precipices. Let
every man come up and drop a stone upon
bis head. But these men did not so much
kill Stephen as they killed themselves.
Every stone rebounded upon them. While
these murderers were transfixed by the
scorn of ull good men, Stephen lives in the
admiration of all Christendom. Stephen
stoned, but Stephen alive. So all good
men must be pelted. All who will live
godly in Jesus Christ must suffer persecu
tion. It is no eulogy of a man to say that
everybody likes him. Show me anyone
who is doinnll hisduty to state or church,
and I will show you men who utterly
at. nor him.
If all men speak well of you, it is beeanse
you are either a laggard or a dolt. If a
steamer makes rapid progfess through the
waves, the water will boil and foam all
around it. Brave sc Idlers of Jesus Christ
will hear the carbines click. When I see a
man with voice and money and influence
all on the right side, and some caricature
him, and some sneer at biro, and some de
nounce him, and men who preteud to be
actuated bv right motives conspire to crip
ple him, to'cast him out, to destroy him, I
av, "Stephen stoned."
Pass on now and see Stephen in his dying
prayer. His first thought was not how
tbe stones hurt his bead nor what woulD
become of his body. His first thought wai
about his spirit. "Lord Jesus, receive mj
spirit." The murderer stauding on tbe
trap door, the black cap being drawn ovei
his head before tbe execution, may grimace
about tho future, but you and I have nc
shame in confessing some anxiety about
where we nre going to come out. You an;
not all body. There Is within you a soul.
I see it gleam from your eyes, ami I see it
Irradiating your countenance. Sometimes
I am abashed be tore an audience, not be
cause I come nndr their physical eyesight,
but because I realize the truth that I stand
before so many immortal spirits. The
probability is that yonr body win at inn,
llnd a sepiilchcr in some of the cemeteries
that surround your town or city. There Is
no doubt that your obsequies will be
decent and respectful, aud you will be able
to pillow your head underthe maple or the
Norway spruce or tho cypress or the bloom
ing fir. ltut this spirit about which
Stephen prayed what direction will that
take? What guide will escort it? What
gate will open to receive It? What cloud
will be cleft for Its pathway? After it has
got beyond tho light of our sun will there
be torches lighted for It the rest of the
way? Will the soul have to travel through
long deserts before It reaohes the goo I
land? If we should lose our pathway, will
there be a castle at whose gate we may
ask the wny to the city? Oh, this myste
rious spirit within usl It has two wings,
but It is in a cage now. It is locked fast to
keep it. but let the door of this cage open
the least and that soul is off. Eagle's wing
eould not catch It. The lightnings are
not swift enough to take up with it. When
the soul leaves the body, it takes fifty
worlds at a bound. And have I no anxiety
about It? Have you no anxiety about it?
I do not care what you do with my body
when my soul is gone, or whether you
believe In cremation or inhumation. I
shall sleep just as well fn a wrapping of
sackcloth as in satin lined with eagle's
down. But my soul before this day passes
will And out where it will land. Thank
God for tbe intimation of my text, that
when we die Jesus takes us. That answers
all questions for me. What though there
were massive bars between here and the
city of light, Jesus could remove them.
What though there were great Saharas of
darkness, Jesus could Illume them. What
though I get weary on the way, Christ
could lift me on His omnipotent shoulder.
What though there were chasms to cross,
His hand could transport me. Then let
Stephen's prayer be my dying litany,
"Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
We may be too feeble to employ either
of these familiar forms, but this prayer of
Stephen is so short, is so concise, is so care
ss t, Is so comprehensive, we surely will be
able to sav that "Lord Jesus, receive my
jplrit." Oh, If that prayer is answered,
how sweet it will be to die! This world is
:levor enough to us. Perhaps It baa
Ireated us a great deal bettor than we de
serve to be treated, but if on the dying pil
low there should break tbe light of that
oetter world we shall have no more regret
ibout leaving a small, dark, damp house
Tor one large, beautiful ami capacious.
That dying minister in Philadelphia, some
rears ago, beautifully depicted It when in
:he last moment he threw up his bands
ind cried out, "I move into the light."
Pass on now, and I will show you one
nore picture, nnd that is Stephen asleep.
iVitli a pathos and simplicity peculiar to
:he Scriptures the text says of Stepheu,
'He fell asleep." "Oh," you Buy, "what a
jlaoe that was to sleep! A bard rock under
aim, stones falling down upon him. the
nlood streaming, the mob howling. What
1 plnee It was to sleep!" And yet my text
:ak- that symbol of slumber to describe
i's departure, so sweet was It, so con
:eiitod was It, so peaceful was it. Stephen
lud lived a very laborious life. His chief
ivork had been to care for the poor. How
nany loaves of bread he distributed, how
nany bare feet he had sandaled, how many
jots of sickness and distress he blessed
vlth ministries of kindness and love, I do
lot know, but from the Way he lived, and
he way he preached, and the way he died
! know he was a laborious Christian. But
hat Is all over now. He has pressed the
up to tbe last fainting lip- He has taken
he last Insult from his enemies. The
ast stone to whose crushing weight he Is
lusceptible has been hurled. Stephen is
lead. Tbediseiples come. They take him
ip. Th-y wash away the blood from the
rounds. They straighten out the bruised
imbs. They brush back tho tangled hair
rom the brow, aud then they pass around
o look upon the calm countenance of him
vho had lived for the poor and died for
he truth.
Stephen asleep! I saw such a one. He
ought all his days against poverty and
igainst abuse. They traduce.! his name.
They rattled at the doorknob while he was
lying with duns fordebts he could not pay,
ret the peace of God brooded over his pil
ow, and while the world faded heaven
Inwned, and the deepening twilight of
iarth'3 night was only theopening twilight
f heaven's morn. Not a sigh, not a tear;
tot a struggle. Hush! Stephen asleep!
I have not the faculty to tell the weather,
'can nevertell by the setting sun whether
here will be a drought or not. I cannot
ell by the blowing of the wind whether
t will be fair weather or foul on the mor
ow. lint I can prophesy, an I I will
roplie-y. what weut her it will be when you,
he Christian, come to die. You may have
t very rough now. It may be ttiis week one
innoyunee, the next another antioyunee.
t may be this year one h-T.'av.-ineiit. the
ictt auotlier lere:iveneut. I: -fore this
'ear Iris passed you may have to beg for
read or ask for a s. -111110 of coal or a pair
f shoes, but nt the last Christ will come
n and darkness will go out, and though
hern may be no hand to close your eyes,
ind no breast on which to rest your dying
lead, and uocundlo to lift the night, the
dors of God's Imaging garden will regale
rour soul, and at your bedside will halt
he chariots of tho Kiug. No more rents
o pay, no more agony bcauso Hour has
fone up, no more struggle with "tho
vorld, the flesh and the devil," but peace
long, deep, everlasting peace. Stephen
isleepl
You have seen enough for one morning.
io one can successfully examine more
ban tlve pictures In a day. Therefore
ve stop, having seen this cluster of divine
Raphaels Stephen gazing Into heaven,
Hephen looking at Christ, Stephen stone 1,
Itephen in his dying prayer, Ht v ; -u
isleepl
ICREAT COAL PRODUCTION.
ill Records Were Broken, But the Price
Per Ton Decreased.
The total output of coal In the United
Hates in 1897 amounted approximately to
98,250,000 short tons, with an aggregate
ralue ot $193,100,000, a fraction less than
H per ton.
Compared with 18, this shows an In
irease in tonnage of 6,270.0)1 tons, or
tbout 3.3 per cent. The Increase In the
ralue ot the product was only 1,700,000,
tttle less than nine-tenths of one per cent.
The amount of coal produced in 1H97 was
ihe largest on record. The average value
er ton was the lowest ever known, oon
dnulng tbe declining tendency which has
een shown without any reaction for the
ast six years.
J0VEL ARMOR FOR THE NEWARK.
Inner Coating of Cement to Be Ced WUL
Cellulose Tacking.
The big protected United slates crusioi
Newark, which fias buu at the Norfolk
Va.) Navy Yard for some wionths under
going extensive repairs, has beeu selected
is the subject for a navnVexperltnent. The
aftleacj of cellulose on worships it is be
lieved can be Increased by the use of a
heavy coating of cement all the way around
the hull of the vessel.
This will really form an additional bell
of protection, which it Is believed will
prove effective against rapid-lire guns. The
Newark Is now being prepared for ber uove.
armor. r
IVware the fury of a putienl man.
It not your tongue cut your tin. at.
You cannot rivet a nail in a potato.
'Tis the frog's tongue that b -trays him.
lie who lives with cripples, learns to
limp.
Fools do at least what Ihe wis- do at
first.
lining is the crest thing. For if. rc-
s. Intel v, (tropin do what is right, in time
th 'y come to like doing it.
If a man will tell nn what he thinks of
his neighbors, I can tell him what his
neighbors think of him.
When some people nuike a great deal of
you, you may lc sure they mean to make
acre.it deal nut of you.
Work is the fraud cure of ull tbe
iialndiim and miseries that ever lieset
! mankind honest Tork, which one in
tends to get done.
When the talo of bricks is doubled,
then comes Moses.
It is exercise alona that supports tho
spirits and keeps the mind in vigor. -. a
Me-
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