itiiila S p Ilk i ufiOW IL , P. HOHWE1ER, THE GONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAW8 VOL. 1JI MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 18. 189S NO. 23 " D CHAPTER IX. Mrs. Trevanion and Dallas had lunched lid wore Bitting in the pretty, shady drawing room la London. Dallas had nnliosonied himself entirely to his dear friend had told her all his story, some parts of it twice over. "Have you told me all?" says Mrs. Tre vanion, presently. "All." He had not sd anything about having kissed June; but, after ail. that was mere detail. "And you did not tell her that you -v- nr . 7 I ' m marr'ager ' manner that " "Of course," smiles Mrs. Trevanion, thinking how very unmistakable Dai's manner is when he is in love. "And you think that she " Pnllas nods, and looks the least bit shy. "Does it sound very conceited to say so?" "It is just possible," observes Mrs. Tre- imon, with a lurking smile, "that she may have taken a fancy to you. But if you have given your word to your cou sin " Pallas frowns aud opens and shuts his cigarette case with a snap, which is a trick of his when worried and perplexed. "Hut she assured me positively that she never, never would marry Tom." "What made her tell you that?" "Oh, something I said about hoping she would let me come when she was mistress at the Hall." "And, after that your cousin went away, and you two were thrown together, and by the way, Dal, what was his mother thinking about?" "She doesn't want Tom to marry Miss Kivers." "Oh!" Mrs. Trevanion sees at once how the land lies. "Why not?" "My aunt is a very ambitious woman, you know; she wants Tom to marry whut she rails well! Tom has lots of money, and this girl is the sweetest, most charm ing creature in nil the world, and a per fect lady, and yet his mother don't think her good enough." "Then what would your mother think7" asks Mrs. Trevanion, quietly. "She would be dead against it, of course. But one doesn't marry to please one's mother." "Well, dear boy, your mother would only think what was perfectly right and true. You cannot marry her." And Mrs. Trevanion looks Dallas straight in the face. "Oh, my dearest friend, don't you say that!" he cries, his blue eyes growing dim. "If you only knew what I feel for that girl: she would make a different man of me. I could give up the life I am leading now like a shot for her sake, if I could only hope things would come right some day." "Hut things could not come right, short of your father dying, and he is not the least likely to do that Let us look mat ters in the face," urges Mrs. Trevanion. "Could you keep a wife on seven hundred a year? You know yon cannot live on that alone now." "She has been brought up very quietly, and I could give up anything for her." Mrs. Trevanion feels she haa made a mistake. What man in love is not ready to give up everything (in theory) for the sake of the woman he is dying to possess? "Then I must put it to your honor. You promised your cousin not to stand in his way." "But," cried Dallas, getting up and walking excitedly about, "she says she never will marry him." "Hut she will," remarked Mrs. Tre vanion, calmly, "as soon as she haa for gotten you." "You may be right," "ays Dallas, pull ing up suddenly in front of her, "but I don't think so." "She was fond of him 'before she saw you, and when she has got over her pass ing fancy for you she will be fond of him again; it will be an excellent match for her; your cousin is a good creature, and you will have forgotten her existence by the time he marries her." "What a bad opinion yon have of me!" exclaims Dallas, dejectedly. "Do you think so?" And she smiles and holds out her hand, which he clasps warmly. "My dear, you are young; you have been a little bit spoilt; you have an affectionate nature; you cannot exist with out loving some one." "That's quite true," assents Dallas, gravely. "But what will she think of me?" "Very badly, I hope. Because then she will soon get over her heartache." "Hut you surely wouldn't have her think me a blackguard! I must write to her and explain." "You must not do anything of the sort," rejoins Mrs. Trevanion, quickly. You must on no account write her one 1 n J line. Dallas looked aghast. "You are not serious?" "I am; most serious. If yoo write to her, she will cling to a hope of seeing yon again and that something may come of it; but, if you are silent, her pride will rise np in arms; she will be miserable at first, then she will hate yon, and your cousin will catch her at the rebound." Dallas sits down and buries his face in bis hands. "You are awfully hard on me," he says, presently "on me and her, too." "You used to have faith In me," ' serves Mrs. Trevanion, quietly. "So I have now, Implicit faith. But I cannot see that I ought not to write to her." "Yet rou have given your word to Mr. Eliesmere. And, if I tell you that it is for her good, cannot you make a little sacrifice for once?" little sacrifice?" groans Delias. to act in a way to make the dearest, sweet est girl in the world, whom I love with all my heart, think me a mean bound!" "My dear, she will only think of you as a gay young Guardsman, given to the pastime of breaking hearts. She will 'probably be much mo? angry with her self for having been deceived by your se ductive ways than with you. I expect she has heard your character before this. . i . n cur vou devoted your- sel, at first to Mm Fctherston. she would probably have a pretty good idea of your ... U. MRS. pDRRflTffCl Dallas throws her a glance of deepest reproach. "As if my feelings for those two could be named in the same breath !" To return to this poor girl, for whom I am dreadfully sorry," said Mrs. Tre vanion. "You must promise me not to write on .0rd to tier." It, however, took at least another nair hour, during which she brought every possible argument to bear, before he could be persuaded; but ultimately, Mrs. Trevanion got her own way. and Dallas. looking very mournful and with aome- hing like tears In his blue eyes, rare her his word of honor and his hand on It not to write to June. Once he had made np his mind that the case was hopeless, and talked it over again and again with his friend,he be grn gradually to recover nia spirits, and was able to re-embark on his flirtation with Lady Dangerfield. At the end of a fortnight har-mc luutn mnAk : phip-9 society at Goodwood and Cowes, he ha1 come to the conciusion at to mar- ry at his age and under his circumstances j would be to tie a millstone ronnd his neck j and drown himself in the depths of the social sea. But he still thought that, if he did marry, he would like to marry June. Meantime, Mrs. Trevanion' prophecy with regard to June bad been absolutely verified. Her despair had given way to a sense of stinging shame and anger. Pride, of which she had no small share, came to her rescue; she resolved to pluck Dallas from her bleeding heart, ay, though it bled to death. Although June smiled and dissembled before others, the anguish she suffered in secret told upon her, and, with a mother's quick instinct. Mrs. Uivers saw that something was not well with her darling. She never dreamed of Dallas being the cause of June's altered looks; she was convinced that Tom was responsible for the change. Did June really care for him, and was she piqued because he had j suddenly gone off on a yachting trip, or . had they quarreled, and was that the reason of Tom's abrupt departure? She could not bear the thought of her child having a secret from her; she could not even realize such a possibility. As for June, what would she not have jriven to fling her arms round her moth er's neck and sob out all the agony of her wounded spirit on that dear breast? If it had been anything but shame dead ly, disgraceful shame, as she, poor child, regarded it the task would have been easy enough. But this dreadful secret she could never, never confide. Mrs. Kivers turned over in her head fifty ways of broaching to June the sub ject of her altered looks. She had so delicate and sensitive a miud that she could not ask a blunt question even of her own child. At last she summoned up resolution to say one evening, as Bhe and June Bat in the twilight: "My darling, I do not think yon are looking quite yourself. Does anything vex or trouble you?" The dim light kindly hid the burning blush which covered June's face. "No, mamma, dear," she answered, try ing to speak naturally. "You and Tom have not been quarrel ing, have you?" "Oh, no; indeed we have not." "Are you vexed with him for going away?" "Not in the least." Then silence fell on the pair. Mrs. Kiv ers was conscious of a sense of disap pointment. She felt certain that some thing was amiss with her child, and it was bitter to know that June was con cealing it from her. CnAPTER X. A month passed. Tom was home again; things were going on much in the usual groove. June smiled at and was kind to him, yet all the time longed for Christ- as, when she would tell him definitely that she could never be more to him than a friend, and, after that, there would be no more talk of love making or marrying. In November, Mrs. Kivers caught a se vere cold, which settled on her lungs. She was obliged to remain in one room, and suffered from a harassing cough. Tom came each day to inquire after the in valid, and to bring her every delicacy that was procurable, and the choicest flowers. One day Mrs. Kivers felt so alarmed about herself that she resolved to speak. She wrote and fixed a time for Tom to come to her, and made an excuse to send June out. And, when he came, she said all to him that was in her heart between tears and sighs and gasping sobs wrung from her by the thought of her darling's sufferings and of the futunre which Bhe would not be there to know or guide. And Tom, the tears coursing down his kind face, his manly breast rent with sighs and groans, promised all and more than fondest mother could ask, if if only June would let him be the shield an huckler of her life. Ah! what more ot earth did he ask than to do everything for, be everything to, sacrifice all he bad In the world for her? "My darling," Mrs. Rivers said to June that night, "come and sit by me; I want to talk to you. And try not to cry and ngitate yourself, because it will make It so hard for me, and I ought to keep as quiet as possible. Tom is so good, so true, no devoted to yon oh, my darling, I think I could die happy If I knew he was going to care for your future, that you were go ing to be his wife." In June's heart for the last month all thoughts of love, of passion, of romance, have slumbered slumbered as though they were dead. She has no passioa for Dallas, no repugnance for Tom; nay, to him all her feelings are chainged; she feels a trust in, an affection for him that makes him dearer to her than any one hut that adored mother. Why put them in a breath? She feels comparatively nothing for any other being than her mother. Marriage with Tom neither shocks nor disgusts her; it seems to he that nothing which shall happen to her after that mother as gone from her will matter And she looks up with the calm, whit face of a second Iphigenla, and says. quietly: "I wiD marry Tom, If you wish It, darling mothf'-V LfihrWrsM wianiam the morning of the day when June was to have given her answer to Tom. That evening Tom spoke to his mother on a subject which had occupied him for several days past. "Mother," he abruptly began, "I have a fuvor to ask of you." Mrs. EUesmere knitted a little faster, kept her eyes on her work and did not reply. She waa waiting, of course, for ier son to make his request known. "I want you," Tom proceeded, having given his mother an opportunity, of which she did not avail herself, to express her readiness to serve him, "I want to ask June to come her after the funeral. Ttmw wiak he' to co to the rectory; but but In her dreadful affliction i tntnn Jack and Madge would be too much for her, however kindly they meant; and here here she could have her own rooms and do Just aa she liked." And Tom looked eagerly at his mother, banging upon her answer with the deep est anxiety. Mrs. EUesmere was a woman who, in society, had Immense tact, and generally aid and did the right thing by instinct. She waa in reality thoroughly selfish, ab horred being put ont of her way, and had very little sympathy to bestow even on those who stood most in need of It. "I do not quite see how such an ar rangement is possible," she answered in a cold, strained manner. Tom's heart, so ready to expand, froxe np and contracted. He felt bitter against hir. moter. "Why not?" he asked. In so altered a voice that it ought to have warned her. "Because" (still speaking In the same collected, unsympathetic voice) "if she were to come here now it would be tanta mount to publishing to the world that you are going to marry her." "And I am going to marry her," re turned Tom, stung ont of his resolution not to say a word to any one which could commit June's future. "It was Mrs. Riv ers' dying wish, and Jnne promised her. Though," already repenting hia rash con fession, "I do not wish it to be known yet. for her sake." And so, on the afternoon of the funeral, Mrs. EUesmere came down to the cottage in her brougham and fetched June. She kissed the girl with great kindness, held her hand in silence all the way home, and led her at once to the rooms which had been prepared for her, and which were as pretty and cheerful aa good taste could make them. It was infinitely to June's benefit that she took up her abode for the time at the Hall; here there waa nothing to jar upon her sensitive feelings. Her aunt and cousins came to see her, she could be with Mrs. EUesmere when she pleased, and, best of all, she could be alone when she desired the solitude which grieved hearts always court. But. strange to say (and yet not strange, for, in trouble, he who sorrows with ns comforts us most), it was in Tom's company that she took the most pleasure Tom who used to bor her, whom she used to find so dull! In the evening, while Mrs. EUesmere dozed or worked, June would sit with her hand in Tom's and they would whisper together about that dear one who was gone, or sit quite, quite silent. Tom's delicacy toward her was perfect; never once did he enter the precincts of her sitting room; never once, whatever he may have felt, did he offer in those first weeks of grief to kiss her; never, by so much aa one word, did he remind her that be had any claim upon her, any hopes for the future; she was free as air, free to do what she would, except to suf fer. And so June grew to love him. Had he been Macchlavelli, backed by a woman of the world, be could not have adopted better tactics to win her; but there was no scheming or plotting in Tom; be was only acting from the dictates of his own heart with the instincts of a true and chivalrous gentleman. (To be continued.) How Would He Spell It? R. A. Barnet tells a good story at the expense of Bernard Shaw, the English critic. It seems that the latter was commenting upon the limitations put upon him In the Saturday Review work and complaining that he really had no opportunity to express his opinions In the English press. It was at a club in London that he started upon a tirade against tbe narrowness of the publish ers of England their unwillingness to sanction his socialistic notions. It was to Max Beerbobm that he broke out as follows: "I am going to publish a magazine some of these days which shall print my opinions on all the topics of the day. I have enough of them and to spare. On art, literature, philosophy, music, the drama, socialism, religion and every other subject, this magazine shall reflect my opinions. I shall write every line of It, too. The experiment might fall lnstanter, but It shall at least have a trial." "What will you cail your periodical?" asked Max Meerbohm. "I'll give it a concise and appropriate title by naming It after myself," said Mr. Shaw. "How will you spell it?" Mr. Beer bohm Inquired, innocently. New York Telegram. THINGS WORTH. KNOWING. Finger marks can be removed from var sished furniture by rubbing with a cloth sliRhtly wet or dampened with sweet oil; they can be removed from oiled furniture in a similar manner with kerosene oil. Oilcloths or linoleum should not be washed with hot soap suds; lukewarm water is better for the wear of same. Occasionally ink is spattered in incon venient places, as, for instance, on the papered wall. When such is the case and the remedy is applied promptly the ink can be removed. Pour over a teaspoon ful of chlorinated lime just enough water to cover it. Moisten a piece of soft linen with this mixture, and gently dab or pat the stain, and it will gradually disappear. Sometimes one application will not whol ly take out the stain, in which case the paper should be allowed to dry and another application given. A few drops of alcohol on a cloth arc better than soap or water to clean a lamp chimney. Use the soap and water first and apply the alcohol for any spots remaining anu 10 give uhu iumu hiciui wuiik i of a lamp can be rubbed bright with its j own oil. I To make lime water get some lumps ot anslacked lime, and put them into a jar ' of water. The quantities make no diuer ence, as the water will only absorb a cer tain portion of lime, leaving the rest as a sediment on the bottom of the jar. Usual ly a piece of lime as big as a hen ecg is enough for a two-qnart jar. For awhile the water will look milky, but it gradual ly clears. When it is quite clear it is ready for use. It is well sometimes to strain if there is much scum on the top. It is stated that sharks have l.een penetrated intottin Mediterrant in through ha Suez canal from the lUi 1 sev A Dutch chemist in Java clai to ! have discovered a process by which starch j may lie converted in sugar at half the nr.ent cost of suear. The. two substances i-re conipoaed of the same chemical ele- j PHENOMENA OF SLEEP Experiment Prove that the Nerve Are Awake. Considerable attention has been paid tf lute years to the nature ef the proc fssea which occur In sleep, and some leiinlte results bare been obtained by modern experimental science. It baa oug been known that respiration and ;be action of the heart are both modi led In sleep. Breathing Is slower and ibailower, and the amount of carbonic icld eliminated Is less than In the wak ng state. The pulse Is also slower. But Morso and other observers have .ecently shown that more profound changes take place. Tbe character as well as the depth of respiration Is al tered, and tbe circulation undergoes an important modification, which changes :be distribution of blood in tbe body. I'he limbs are found to increase in vol ume, owing to the relaxation of tbe blood vessels in the skin, which per mits a larger flow of blood over the surface of the body. This quite ac cords with the common experience of l lessened power to resist cold during sleep. The blood is more distributed In the skin, and, therefore, more expos ed to chills. At the same time this re laxation of the cutaneous vessels i-auses a general fall of arterial pres sure by diminishing the resistance. The result is a lesseneTl blood flow hrotigu tbe brain, which shrinks In volume. This has been corroborated by the dl- fect observation and measurement of iralns exposed by injuries to the head, it Is found that they always contract n nd grow pale as sleep goes on, re gaining their color and size at the mo ment of awakening. Additional proof Is afforded by Morso's Ingenious bal ance, which permits a subject to go to sleep when lying horizontally In a per fect state of equilibrium. In sleep the head tips up and feet go down, Indicat ing the distribution of blood In that direction. Awakening is accompanied by the reverse. The same experiments have also proved that the nerves of sense are awake during sleep. They transmit Impulses to the brain and recall It to activity. Thus a sound or a light will cause the pale, anaemic brain of the sleeper to flush, and tips down the head end of the balance, and It does this before the sleeper awakens, even without awakening him If the stimulus be only slight. These observations show very prettily how the senses keep watch for the sleeping brain and how awkenlng Is effected. They also show that sleep does not affect the whole body. PROLIFIC LIFE IN ALASKA. Pull of Far-bearing Animals and Feathered rousMtere. John Mulr, who has summered and wintered In the Alaskan lauds, toward which all men's eyes and many men's feet are now turniug, says t'n tbe At lantic: Nowhere on my travels so far have I seen such warm-blooded, re joicing life as in this grand Arctic res ervation, by so many regarded as deso late. Not only are there whale In abundance along the shores, ana In numerable seals, walruses aud white bears, but great herds of fat reindeer on tbe tundras, and wild sheep, foxes, hares, lemmings, whistling marmots snd birds. Perhaps more birds are born here than In any other region of equal extent on tbe continent. Not only do strong-winged hawks, eagles and water fowl, to whom the length of the continent is only a pleasant excursion, come up here every summer in great numbers, but also many sbort-wtuged warblers, thrushes and finches, to rear then young In safety, re-enforce the plant bloom with their plumage and sweeten the wilderness with son. fly ing all the way, some of them, from Florida, Mexico and Central America. In thus going so far north they are only going home, for they were born here, and only go south to spend the winter months, as New-Englanders go to Florida. Sweet-voiced troubadours, they sing In .orange groves and vine clad magnolia woods in winter, in thick ets of dwarf birch and alder In sum mer, and sing and chatter more or less all the way back and forth, keeping the whole country glad. Oftentimes in New England, Just as tbe last snow patches are melting and tbe sap In the maple begins to flow, the blessed wan derers may be beard about orchards and the edges of fields, where they hava topped to glean a scanty meal, not tar rying long, knowing they have far to go. Tracing tbe footsteps of spring, they arrive in the tundra homes In June or July, and set out on their return tourneys m September, or as soon as their families are able to fly well. Discovering the Unseen. Tbe most remarkable bit of calcula tion ever done by human being Is that attributed to the famous British as tronomer, Prof. Adams. Tbe scientist had observed certain peculiar perturba tions of the planet Uranus. He could explain the phenomenon only by the presence of another great planet, un known to science, somewhere in tbe heavens. Then began the "figuring" referred to. When the calculation had been completed Dr. Galle, of Berlin, pointed his big telescope at the place In the heavens indicated, and there was tbe gigantic planet Neptune sixty times as large as the earth and 2,600, 000,000 miles away from It Scientific achievement like this seems to border on the supernatural. Pittsburg Dis patch. Hoodooed by Black Hen. "There goes my Jonah," said Capt CardweU, tbe L. & N. conductor, one day as the O. & N. passenger train was entering the yards at Central City. When asked what he referred to, the popular old railroader said: "I mean that old black hen you saw fly across tbe track in front of the en gine back in the edge of town. She la a bird of 111 omen If ever there waa one, and every time sbe flies across this track in front of my train I bavt had Inck before I finish my trip. "I first noticed the hen about thret fears ago on the trip over from Rua sellville to Owensboro, and we struck In a snowdrift before we got back, and were held out nearly all night. The next time the evil portent worked its bad effect on me waa when the large tunnel at Twin Tunnels caved in, com- ttiyrs tm to transfer baggage, and stay out all night Again he appeared, and I fell from tbe train later on, spraining my ankle. So It was on every occasion when 'old black ey,' as I used to call her, appeared upon the scene. She belongs to an old negro woman, and after trying In vain to kill her I tried to buy ber, but the ben's owner said, 'Naw, suh; dut's a pet an she wndn't bahm nobuddy.' But I always felt a strange fear seise me when my train approached Central, after I found what a bad luck brlnger 'old blackey was." Louisville Ever Ing Post. An average star of the first magni tude Is one hundred times as bright as one of the sixth magnitude. There are several varieties of fish tba. cannot swim. In every Instance they are deep-sea dwellers, and crawl about the rocks, using their tails and fins as legs. I Tbe faintest stars visible to the nakefc eye are of the sixth magnitude; the faintest telescopic stars are reckoned . of the sixteenth or seventeenth magni tude. A case of pulmonary tuberculosis In t goat upsets the belief in the immunity of this animal, and shows that tbe milk ' of goats should be used with the same care against infection as that of cows. Remains of the skulls of two wild aorsea have recently been discovered In Ireland. They Indicate that tbe animals were very much smaller than the horses of to-day. The remains were found in the gravel underlying a bog. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany has recently worked direct, as It Is called, from New York to Mexico City, a distance of 3,490 miles. This means that a message was sent this great distance without repetition. The oscillations of a needle, suspend ed from the apex of the dome of tbe national cnpltol, made by the contrac tion due to heat on the Iron structure, made a regular series of tracings on pa per, varying with the temperature Id breadth. The European hornet Is shown by Dr. L. O. Howard to have existed near New York City for at least fifty years, yet It has spread 150 miles. In Europe the species usually Inhabits outhouses, but In America the nests are almost In variably built in hollow trees. The wings of birds are not only to aid locomotion In the air, but also on the ground and water. One bird even has claws In the "elbows" of Its wings to aid It in clluiblng. The clothing Is a modification of the skin. Just as hair and nails are, and sometimes it closely resembles hair. J. Carter Beard shows how, by draw ing an Imaginary line from the beel through the ear, the characteristic atti tudes of various mammals may be il lustrated. Man alone habitually stands erect, with his head toward the zenith. Tbe exact antithesis of man In this re spect Is the bat, which, when at rest, habitually remains suspended In a ver tical direction, with the bead toward the center of the earth. Between these two extremes all tbe other mammals are ranged, apes and monkeys ap proaching nearest to man, moles being horizontal, and sloths approaching the reversed position of the bat. Off the coast of Norway Inst year was captured a specimen of the shark tribe which, in the form of its teeth, and In other characteristic features, closely resembles a species of shark that In habited the ocean In that Immeasurably remote period called In geology the De vonian age. A similar shark was cap tured by the Prince of Monaco's yacht off the Maderia Islands in 1SS9. These two specimens, with a few others found In the Japanese seas which are re markable for the number of survivals of ancient forms of life that they con tainconstitute the only known repre sentatives now on the earth of the Do vonlan sharks. Condition of tbe lobby. What more particularly attracts th attention of tbe stranger when visiting the Capitol Is the decayed, worn-out and unclean appearance of the lobby of the House, and tbe shoddy furniture that is supposed to decorate it, says the Washington Times. The walls are begrimed, the gilding is turning black, and tbe frescoing, which at one time was a "thing of beauty," now falls far short of being a "Joy forever." The cheap woodwork of the furniture, the shoddy red plush that covers It, and the badly displayed portraits of some equally bad statesmen, the emanatlont of Inferior artists, create the impres sion that the lobby is a weak Imitation of a hotel corridor, instead of a loung ing place (or the law-makers of tb nation. MHnnaer Stones' of the Rhine. "Hunger stones" have been seen in the Rhine this whiter. They appeat only when the river Is very low, and the date of their appearance Is then cul into them. They are believed to fore bode a year of bad crops. Stade in Parts. In view of the exhibition of 1900 a ronderful fan is now being made In Paris. It Is to b composed of leaves f Ivory, all of which are to be painted by tbe most celebrated modern artists. Serome, Cazih, Carolus-Duran, Jules Breton and Jules Lefevre are contrib uting already. Tbe round center Is to be signed by Maurice Leloir. This ex tremely novel idea Is being elaborated tor America. Gold In South Africa. South African gold mining compan ies last year took out $55,472,000 in gold, of which 00 per cent, wa obtain ed In the Wltwatersrand district The greater part of this amount waa pnv fluced by a few companies which paid enormous dividends, ranging from 10 to CO per cent, and in two Instances 100 per cent, of the capital. There la always room at the bottom the eftri Strawberry bQJ, Household. RECTI PEa Making Fotpies. Take one quart o. flour and three teuspoonfnls of bakin powder and one teuspoonfnl of salt; mix thoroughly; add enough sweet milk to make a stiff batter. About an hour be fore your meat is done drop in the batter in large tablespoonfuls all over the mest: cover closely and never remove the cover or let the pot stop boiling until the mo ment you wish to serve. He sure there is sufficient water on the meat, as the pot oie will absorb considerable. Kidney Stew. Soak kidney in sal let rater half an hour. Drain off the water, wipe dry and cut into bits. Fry brown with a tablespoonful of butter and one of -hoped onion. Season with salt and pep per, and mix with a tablesMKiiful of flour. Cover with boiling water and stew gently for about fifteen minutes.. Servo hot at once. Children's Cake. One cupful and a halt it soft white si gar, one-half a cupful of butter, one cup. ul of sweet milk, four :upfuls of sifted Hour, four eggs, five tea ilioonfuls of good baking powder. Cream. butter and sugar; add the yolks of the iges all together. Now add the flouWinto which the baking powder has been sifted) gradually. Flavor with lemon, venilla or autmeg to tasle, and add the whites of the eggs well beaten. Cover the bottom of i large bread pan with well-greased writ ing paper. Four in the batter and buke in a moderate oven. Test the cake with a broom splint before removing. This is an excellent cake for luncheon, and very good for children, as it is not too rich. Clam' Patties. Procure two dozen freshlv opened Little Neck clams, drain them in a sieve; melt one ounce butter in i saucepan, add two tablespoonfuls finely shopped onion, cook until the onions are lone but not brown, then add one-half tablespoonful flour; stir and cook two oiintites; add one enpful boiling water, sne-half teospoonful beef extract.one even leaspoonful salt, one-half even teospoonful white pepper; stir until smooth; then add the c-lams, cooking slowly six minutes. Add the juice of one-half lemon; stir well; add lost one-quarter cupful cream, anil lerve in patty shells. Ham Salad. For ham salad, cold Joiled or baked, smoked ham is the best, although unsmoked may be used. Mix to gether and put into a fine dredger a small Quantity each of celery salt, cayenne and black pepper, white sugar and allspice. have the lean of the ham and squeeze lemon juice over the pieces; then slightly iredge them with the above mixture. ?have up some white onions and celery and put them in the salad bowl with a few white lettuce hearts. Add the ham next then pour several spoonfuls of oil over all and a dash of vinegar. Serve quickly. In the country where oil is not procura ble, the gravy from the fried fat of the ham may be used while it is warm enough to pour. Brown Hashed Potatoes. To a pint of coarsely chopped cold boiled potatoes add half a teaspoonful of salt, half a saltspoon of pepper and half a teaspoon of celery salt or a teaspoon of onion juice. Spread the potatoes in a shallow, buttered dish, cover them with a pint of cream sauce, sprinkle the top with buttered crumbs, bake to a light brown. Potato Puff Prepare as for mashed po tatoes. To every pint add thre table spoonfuls of milk or cream, then the yolk of two eggs well beaten by themselves and add them to the potatoes to make the lat ter light. Lastly, stir in the whipped whites of the eggs, heap the preparation n a dish which can be sent to the table, bake ten minutes, or until the mass has risen and browned nicely. A Delicious Carrot Pudding. Beat well three eggs, add one-half of a teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of vanilla and one-half of a cupful of grated carrot, us ing only the outer deep-colored portion. Beat well with a spoon, stir in slowly one quart of milk, turn into a battered pud ding dish. Set the dish in a pan of hot water, and bake in a very slow oven for one and a half hours. Serve cold. Puffed Muffins. Two teacupfulsof sifleU lour, two cupfuls of sweet milk, two eggs; beat the eggs separately. One teaspoonful of salt. Beat yolks light, add to them part of the floor with part of the milk to make a batter that will not lump. After using all your flour with part of the milk beat the batter light, then add balance of milk, Have the whites of the eggs lieaten very stiff, and stir in the whites. Urease vour muffin rings; let them get warm, Half fill your rings, and bake one-half hour in a very hot oven. It takei one half of an hour to bake them done. Bicycle Some races in which the distance will be told off in kilometers are promised for the coming season. A kilometer is 62-100 of a mile or 1093 2-3 yards. Kaces of this kind will give soi.ie of the foreign riders a chance to travel their favorite distances in meeting American riders, and may do considerable toward making the metrical system popular. Negotia tions are now under way for a 100 kilo meter race (02 miles) between Linton and some other long-distance rider. An English writer who is an accepted authority on cycling matters says that all tourists and long-distance riders should carry chocolate with them on account of its nourishing and sustaining virtues. This might be worth trying during the century run season. The Tours and Runs Committee has be gun to map out tours for the week of tbe national meet. There will be at least four runs every day, including one centurv. The cycle paths will be used for hourly trips. The committee now expects to have one Hundred hardy riders on duty to pi lot the riders over the roads. Jaap Eden is looked upon by the. Frenchmen as the best man of the Euro pean string of riders now in this coun try. A prominent Frenchman says that, providing Eden trains faithfully, be will rank with the very best of the American sprinters before the season is far ad vanced. The arrangement of a match race be tween Tom Linton and "Major" Taylor is talked of for the national L. A. W. meet at Indianapolis. Charles S. Henshaw, of Brooklyn, and r . f. Kent, of Boston, have formed a tan dem team within the ranks of the Na tional Track Association team, and Man ager Ducker, in order to settle the ques tion of supremacy between the tandem teams in the association, has decided to inaugurate a series of match races amorg them. One of the Interesting events of tre meet to be held May 14 at the National Cycledrome, Ambrose Park, New York, will be a five-mile exhibition by Jimmie Michael, paced by 10 foreign and Ameri can riders, each of whom will take the little fellpw half a mile. The introduction of a lock for the bolt of a chain by an Indianapolis chain com pany, the first of the year, has set many makers at work experimenting in the same direction, and there seems to be a general tendency toward getting rid of the chain bolt nut absolutely. The ad vantages of a bolt that cannot work loose and has no nut to catch on to things is ob vious. Philadelphia and vicinity is now well supplied with official referees for race meets. They are A. G. Powell, Harvey Uhler, C. A. Dimon and A. H. Allen. "Jimmy" Bowler, the Chicago handi cap rider, has now found his opportunity for work in the East, being signed to ride on a prominent team this season. Bowler will be a team mate of Gardiner, and is looked upon by the knowing ones to de velop championship form. He has had long experience upon the tracks of the West, and has a mile mark for the Chi cago half-mile cement track of 1.40 1-5 in exhibition, tying the best mark of Job S. Johnson oa the same track. A Londoa general omnibus is supposed to earn per week. THE DAY. Aa Appropriate Topic The Great Need of Jtelorm Churches Must Change to Work for Good Keliglon That Will Make m Involution In the Family. Text: "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also." Acts xvli., 6. There is a wild, bellowing mob around the house of Jason. In Thessalonicn. What has the man done so greatly to offend the people? He has been entertaining Paul and his comrades. Tbe mob surround the house and cry: "Bring out those turbulent preachers! They are Interfering with our business! They are ruining our rollgionl They are actually turniug the world upside down!" Tbe charge was true, for there is noth ing tbat so interferes with sin, there li nothing so ruinous to every form of estab lished iniquity, there is nothing that ha such tendency to turn the world upside down as our glorious Christianity. The. fact Is, that tbe world now is wrong side! np, and it needs to be turned upsida down in order that it may be right side upj The time waa when men wrote books eo. titling thorn "Apologies for Christianity.'! x nope mat aay nas passed. ve want no more apologies for Christianity. Let the apologies be on the part of those who da not believe in our religion. We do not mean to make any compromise In the mat- tel. we do not wish to tilde tbe fact tbat Christianity Is revolutionary, and that its tendency is to turn the world upside down. Our religion has often been misrepre sented as a principle of tears, nnd mild ness, and fastidiousness; afraid of crossing people's prejudices; afraid of making somebody mad; with silken gloves, lifting the people up from tbe church pew into glory, as though they were Bohemian glass, so very delicate that with one touch it may be demolished forever. Men spenk of religion as though it were a refined Im becility; as though it were a spiritual chloroform, that the people were to take until the sharp cutting of life were over. The Bible, so far from this, repre sents tbe religion of Christ as robust and brawny ransacking and upsetting ten thousand things that now seem to be set tled on firm foundations. I hear some man In the house say, "I thought religion was peace." That is the final result. A man's arm Is out of place. Two men come, and with great effort put it back to the socket. It goes back with great pain.1 Then it gets will. Our world is horribly distorted and out of joint. It must come under an omnipotent surgery, beneath which there will be pain and aiiguish be fore there can come perfect health and quiet. I proclaim, therefore, in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ revolution! ' The religion of tbe Bible will make a revolution iu the family. Those things that are wrong in the family circle will be overthrown by it, while justice and har mony will take the place. The husband will be the bead of the houcsliold only when be is fit to be. I know a man who spends all the money he makes tn drink, as well as all tbe money that bis wife makes, and sometimes sells the children's clothes for rum. Do you tell me that he is to be the bead of that housohold? If the wife have more nobility, more courage, more consistency, more of all that Is right, she shall have tbe supremacy. You say that the Bible says that the wife is to be subject to the husband. I know it. But that is a husband, not a masculine caricature. There is no human or divine law that makes a woman subordinate to a man un worthy of her. When Christianity comes into a domestic circle It will give the ilo minaucy to that one who is the most worthy of it. Again: Christianity will produce a revo lution iu commercial circles. Find me llfty merchants, and you find tlint they have fifty standards of what Is right and wrong. You say to some one aoout a mcrcnarit, "Is lie honest?" "Oh! yes," the man says, "lie is honest: but he grluds the faces of bis clerks, lie is honest; but he exaggerates the value of his goods. He is honest; but he loans money on bond and mortgage, with the understanding that the mor(Kai; can lie quiet for ten years, but us soon as he gets the mortgage, he records it and begins a foreclosure suit, nnd the Sheriff's writ comes down, and the day of sale ar rives, and away goes the homestead, and the creditor buys it in at half price." Hon est? When he loaned the money ho knew that lie would get the homestead nt half price. Honest? But he goes to the insur ance office to get a policy on bis life, and tells the doetor that be is well, when be knows tbat for ten years he has bad but one 'wig. Honest? Though he sells prop erty by the map, forgetting to tell the pur chaser that the ground is all under water; but it Is generous in him to do that, for he throws the water into the bargain. Tbe fraudulent man piles up his gnins, bond above bond. United Htates security abovo United stales security, emolument above emolument, until bis property has become a great pyramid; and, as be stands looking nt it, he thinks it can never bo destroyed; but the Lord Oo-l comes, and with His little finger pushes it all over. You build a house and you put Into it a rotten beam. A mechanic standing by says: "It will never do to put that beam in; it will ruin your whole building." But you put it in. The house is completed. Boon it begins to rock. You call in the mechanic and ask: "What Is the matter with this door? What is the matter with this wall? Everything seems to be giving out." Hays the mechanic: "You put a rotten beam into that structure, and tho whole thing has got to come down." Here Is an estate tbat seems to be all right now. It has been building a great many years. But fifteen years ago there was a dl.siioiie.-t transaction in that commercial house. That one dishonest transaction will keep on working ruin in the whole structure un til down the estate will come In wreck nnd rain nbout the possessor's ears oue dis honest dollar In the estate demolishing all Ids poj-sesMon. I have seen It again and ntr?ilii; and so have you. You have an old photograph of the sign o:i your street. Why havethosesigns near ly nil changed within the last twenty years? lioi-s the passing away or a generation ac count for it? Oil, no. Does the fact that thercare hundreds of honest men who go down every year account for it? Ob, no. T.'iis is the secret: Tbe Lord God has been walking through the commercial streets of our groat cities; and ho has been adjusting t holts according to the principles of eter nal reetltu ic. Tae time will como when, through the revolutionary power f the Gospel, a false hood, instead of being culled exaggeration, equivocation, or evasion, will be branded a lie! And stealings, that now sometimes go under tho bead of percentages aud commissions, and bonuses, will be put into the catalogue of Htnte-prison offenses. No.-iety will be turned inside out and up side down, and ransacked ot God's truth, until business dishonesties shall come to an end, and all double-dealing; and God will overturn, nnd overturn, and overturn: and commercial men In all cities will throw up their bunds, crying out, "These that have turned the world upside down ar come hither." Tbe religion of Jesus Christ will product a revolution in our churches. The non committal, do-nothing policy of tbe Church ot God will give way to a spirit of bravest conquest. Piety in tills day seems to mi to be salted down just so as to keep. It seems as if the church were chiefly anxious to take care of itself: and if we hear ol want, and squalor, and heathenism outside we sny: "What a pity!'" and we put out hands in our pockets, and we feel around for n two-cent pioce, and with a great (lotirish we put it upon the plate and arc btii.i-wI that tbe world Is not converted ir six weeks. Suppose there were n great war and there were three hundred thou sand soldiers, but all of those three hum dred thousand soldiers, excepting ten men, were in their tents, or scouring tbelr musk, ets. or cooking-rations. You would sayt "Of course, defeat must come in thai ease." Is is worse than that In the churoh. Millions ot the professed soldiers of Jesus Christ are cooking rations, or asleep in their tents, while only one man here and there goes out to do battle for the Lord. I saw in some paper an account of a churoh in Boston In which, it is said, there were a great many plain people. The next week the trustees of that church oame ont in the paper, and said it was not so at all; "they were elegant people and highly, conditioned saojtla that went there," Ihu nous of 1 laughed octrlght; and when I laugh, I laugh very loudly. "Those people," I said, "are afraid of the sickly sentimen tality of the ohurches." Revolution! The pride of the church must come down. The exclusiveness of the , churoh must come down! The financial j boastings of the church must come down! If monetary success were the chief idea In j the church, then I say that the present I mode of conducting finances Is the best. If It is to see how many dollars you can gain, I then the present mode Is the best. But If I It is the savinir of souls from sin and death. and bringing the mighty population of our i cities to the knowledge of God. then I cry. I Revolution! It Is coining fast. I feel It In the air. I hear the rumbling or an earthquake that shall shake down. In one terrific crash, the arrogance of our modern Christ ianity. The talk Is, whether Frotestant churches or r.omau Catholic churches nre coming out ahead. I tell you, Frotestants, this truth plainly: that until your churches are as free as are the Homan Catholic cathe drals they will beat yon. In their cathe drals the millionaire and the beggar kneel side by side. Aud, until that time comes in our churches, we can not expect the favor of God or permanent spiritual pros perity. Where and when will that Revolution be gin? Here, and now. In your heart nnd mine. Hia must go down, our pride must go down; our worldlincss must go down, that Christ may come up. Revolution! "Except a man be born again, he can not see tne Kingdom of God." Why not now let the revolution Degin? Not next Sab bath, but, now! Not to-morrow, when you go out into commercial circles, but now! Archlas, the magistrate of Thebes, was sitting with many mighty men, drinking wine. A messenger enmo In, bringing a letter informing him of a conspiracy to end his life, and warning him to flee. Archlas took the letter, but. Instead of opening It, put it into his pocket, and said to the mes senger who brought it: "Business to-morrow!" The next day he rea-i It. Before he ojiened the letter, the Government was captured. When he read the letter It was too late. To-day I put Into the bands ot every man ami woman, wno he:irs or reads these words. a message of life. It says: "To-day, !f ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart." Do not put away the mcssnge nnd snv: "This business to-morrow." This night thy soul may bo required of thee! ANECDOTES OF STANTON. How the Great War Secretary Helped an Injured Man In 1'lttaburg. The school children of Steubenvllle, 0.. have contributed the money for a u.i morlal tablet to be placed on rhu louse where the great war secretary was born, says the Boston Evening Transcript. One of the Steubenvllle people who knew him In his early man hood tells of an Incident that occurred while he was practicing law in Titts burg. His mother lived in Steuben vllle. Stanton was accustomed to re turn home frequently by boat on the Ohio. One evening when be caui; on board he saw a poor fellow lying on the forward deck. lie Investigated, aud learned that the poor fellow had fallen through a hatchway and broken bis iejj. The fracture remained unset and tin ea red for. The young lawyer went to the captain and asked what the neg lect meant. The captain replied that the man lived In Pittsburg, and could be attended to when h got home. Mak ing no comment on the Inhumanity, Stanton went to the boat carpenter's chest and borrowed a saw and ax. He took a stick of wood, cut such a length as be wanted, then be whittled out a "(t of splints. Then he went to hi stateroom, tooi a sheet from the bed. and tore it Into bandages. He ordered three or four of the crew to assist. The fracture was reduced, the splints and bandages were applied. Stanton went to the cookrooni and ordered pre-paic-d a jug of vinegar and water with which to steep the swollen parts. Dur ing the ninety miles of tbe trip from Steubenvllle he sat by the injured man applying the bath. When the boat reached Pittsburg he hired a back aud took bis patient t his home. Without Advcrtia'n -, Tom "All, good morning," said the early bird to the worm. "Looking for a job?" "That's what. Anything I can do for you?" "Y'es, you'll nliout fill the bill, I think." Harlem Life. fhe Knew. Little Elsie in her reading aloud came to the words "painful pause," and her mamma asked her what the expression meant. "It means' cat's paws, mamma," said Elsie, who bad been scratched by her pussy earlier In the day. New York Journal. One More Unfortunate. Mamma (a widow) I want to tell you something. Tommy. You saw that gen tleman talking to grandmamma iu the other room? He is going to be your new papa. Mamma Is going to marry him. Tommy (who has a memory) Does he know it yet, mamma? New York Trib une. One Difference. Mr. Blower It doesn't make any dif ference to me what kln'. of man my party puts up. My motto Is, "Not men, but principles." Mrs. B. You are more fortunate than we women. We have to content ourselves with the man, and w-e gen erally get him without any principles worth mentioning. Boston Transcript Same Old Persecution. "Mabel, wouldn't it be jolly If could ride through life like this w to- gether?" "Now, George, If you're going to be spoony, for goodness' sake turn df.wo the lamp." Cleveland Plain Dealer. With a piece, of string and a littlo sand and grease some Hindoo convi.-ts recently sawed through an iron bar two inches in diameter in five hours ana escaped from jaiL A twenty-years' record shows about fourth of the days at vjroenwich obser vatory to be sunless, while only fourteen per cent, of tho days from May ta September have ten hours of sunshine. The Romans used a circular fan on occasions of state, ami tho Greeks made fans of tho flat leaves of the lotus. If we moved our legs proportionately as fast as an ant, it is calculated we could travel nearly 8u0 miles an hour. Certain buttcrlies hav ery trans parent wings, aud these are tnoiigbt by tlaase to liu even more effectual for pro tection than conspicuous "warning" striiies or other markings. jL Cobczt di Vaca explore 1 tho Gila river country in 1 Jj. anil reported mat the natives were dressed iu cotton garments. ,( capacity for flirtation. i 9 t -TV- . -v -'
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