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, P. HOHWE1ER,
THE GONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAW8
VOL. 1JI
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 18. 189S
NO. 23
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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.
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capacity for flirtation.
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