" i y ...-v. "-1 i lite I D. F. BOHWEIER. THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW8. VOL MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31. 1898. NO. 38 si limte Jpfil i filing' 1 sifiv IE 1 A. CIIAPTKlt VI. Next morning the sun shining. Mabel declared herself hotter. She prom ised to ilrive with Paul fctandish when he ame as usual after breakfast. Poro tl.y set off to keep her nppointmont with Miss Oakeley, ami, their diligent prac tice over, several idlers drnpcd in to lunch, among theiu Major St. John and Blandish. innu finished. Dorothy refused a pressing invitation to drive with Miss i Oakeb-y. "Well, if yon wrill not come, pray take thin programme to your Muter, and the ad vert iscmeut. I have Jut put down what I want to nay; she must polish them up, I have no turn for grammar! There," training her neck to look out of the win dow, "there goes Aunt Callander In state. Iitdy-in-w-aitins, lap-dog and all! I know she in Koing to Inquire for Mabel, and in spect her nroeeedlnirs- TVhern la Mr F! n - - CJ 1 erton to-day? I have seen nothing of ' buu Hinee, oh! since yesterday! "eu, yon warned us all ofr the prem- Ises as yon wanted an uninterrupted I morning. I was afraid to show myself ! even at one o'clock, until Standiah gave me a lead," returned St. John, "Well, I must run away now! I am go ing to drive over to Bench Hall. I want to persuade Lady Geraldine to play the violin at my concert, ahe would be a great mteh. Will you come with me? Do do, ..iMrotny." "1 am very sorry, bat I cannot. Miss Oakeley. I must go back and support Mabel." "I will walk across the common with you," said Standish, following her into the hall. , "Yes, please." she' returned, feeling a sen.se ojitrcngtb and comTort in his cruiipauionLirr, and longing. to be able really to pour oat her heart to him if it were possible to put her vague uneasiness Into words. Even if she were but Stand in!! was speaking. - "Yon are quite rrght'to hurry back to poor Mabel's rscue. She Is by no means equal to encounter her mother-in-law sin gle handed." "' 1 ou are riglil. I don t think she le equal to anything," said Dorothy, 'snd.i-iv returned Callander; eoldly. "Of 1.. . '1A Jj'WU; I should like her to be a daughter V- . ... T-.'i,. til- ..I..I.-,J i 1 "What! he exclaimed, stmckjrei tone, "you are not seriously uneasy about her?" "There is no reason I should be, but oli! I can't explain my indefinable anxiety I .dare say you would laugh at me if I could." Here they were interrupted by a yonng li. utennnt of St. John's regiment, a warm. fLough' silent, admirer of Dorothy, who L returned with them . unasked under the plea of Imparting the project of a rcgi mfatal ball, for which lie hoped Miss "A-'j-nn would hold herself disengaged. They were almost at the gate of the Knoll before he left them, and they did not resume their conversation. "Is Mrs. Callander In?" asked Dorothy of the man who answered the bell. "No, miss. Mrs. Oallander-the Dowa ger Mrs. Callander called before she had finished luncheon she and Mr. Egerton and they all went out in the carriage together. "Did not my sister drive this mern- '""No, miss. The mistress went out with nurse' and the children. Mr. Egerton came linck w ith her." "It i prolwible she will not be back for some time," said Standish. "Let u-s go down on the beach, Dorothy, you look as if you too, wanted to be taken care of. nnd the pen air willdo you more good than sitting In a room." "Very well." and she turned from the house to go through the garden. "But 1 am quite wkell. only a little worn out with my practice and two whole hours of M. Oakelej's enthusiasm." "I can imagine It. nigh pressure hey ?" M "Yes, very high." They walked en si lently till they reached the water's edge. Alien Dorothy instinctively turned h back on a more frequented part of the ..minion and exclaimed: l..-t us get as far from the madding crowd as possible." "lly all means, espec,tt,,T 8 1 want little private talk with you." ' "Do you?" in an alarmed tone, "I hope not a scolding!" Do I ever scold you?" reproachfully. "Well, not Itut Just now I always an ticipate evil." "The terrors of an awakened con science, I suppose?" I think I am more imperfect than wicked," said Dorothy, with a sigh. Standish laughed. Conscience is hard at work, I see. No, I am not going to scold why should I? You are really a Very good girl, so fai as I see. I am going to cross-examine r "That Is bad enough," and Dorothy bent her head, her naturally pathetic little foc looking so sad, that Standish Involun Uirily drew closer to ber. "Vou don't imagine, my dear Dorothy, that I would willingly distress yon? I think you can trust met Now, with a change of tone "Tell" me, are you aw art that I have received overtures for a matrl- . . .. f.v -iimwt hkninnlnff Wil rd riioniid alliance uu iuj "vj -----from nn unexceptional . parti r , "I am," very seriously. "It seems you have .-refused Egerton. May I ask you the why and wiereforer T don't like him." ' xt . "But why?" urged . Standish, , "I think," began Dorothy, thoughtfully and slowly, "that Mr. Egrton .might be charming perhaps hresistiblo if he loved but somehow or other I feel rtute con vinced that he does not love nfe!',v "My dear Dorothy, what an absurd impression. Why should he asfcTMi t marry him? Why seek you at aH,..were he not strongly attracted?- Voo have no particular advantage of rank or wealth indeed, Egerton wants nojjiing.ofthat VI1..1 "Yes, it Is all very curious. Linaw. it seems absurd to say so, but I fcfl sure he does not care a struW.for me.v "How do you know? What is at. the In.Moiii f this preposterous conviction? "Nothing at all that any seiisHile per son would consider proof." returned Iw- dwelling- her words, "but there is no loveiin his I voice or his touch or oh, nor Mkuis off suddenly, "there is no love in hint for me, or I could never be so tndiflerfeafr o him!" "Do you mean to say," looting rather sternly, "that yon would lovny oue whom you felt or fancied loved you r" "No, raul; but if I felt that a man wae really a love wit me, J Bhyuld be sorry for him. and feel kindiy towards him, and wish I could make him happy and she stopped. "You feel none of these amiable emo tions toward Bgerton?" "Not one! I do not like him. And now you will promise not to trouble me any mure about Mr. Eaertou -that is finish ed." "I suppose so. I will not trouble yon. Dorothy, but Kgcrton will; and Callander, be t" rather keen about the affair. For my part, I am a little disposed to he on your side. Still, I think the fellow ia In love with you." "And I though-1 ran not argue about It feel sure he Is not." . CIIAPTfcn VII. A few days later Callander presented himself at the hotel, when bis mother was resting after her drive before retiring to her room to dress for dinner. Why, Herbert! I did not know yon bad I returned," she exclaimed; "yon were not expected till to-morrow. "I thought I bad better break away, as I have had a reminder from my old ene- mles, fever and ague, and every day some- thing turned up to delay me." "I thought you were feeling much bet ter. I can't say yon look It." "I was greatly better, but the bad nights I get now are against me. I found an empty house, so I came on here." , - "Exactly! any port In storm," said Mrs. Callander, with a dry laugh. "Yes, the whole party are out in Mr. Kgertou'i yacht. They are coming back to some sort of supper at your bouse. They gen erally end their very Bohemian excur sions there." "I suppose so," he returned. "Mabel ought not' to send her friends empty away." "You are a most Indulgent husband, my dear so a; Indeed, Mabel ought to think herself the happiest of women; probably she does. We have seen somewhat more of each other since yon were away. I have frequently taken her out to drives, and I thliift if she were away from that flippant sister of hers, she " . I see no room for improvement In my to you. Ins mother sighed obtrusively, "I am sure I am ber truest friend if she would lielleve it." Then Mrs. Callan der wisely digressed to some other topic connected with friends and acquaint ances, and got little more than monosyl labic replies to ner questions. The children were at tea when the Col onel reached The Knoll, and received hhn with rapture. Little Dolly was made quite happy because "Father, sat damfr beside her, and took some sips out of ber eup. Then the new toys were prodneed, and Cullnnder seemed a very different man from Mrs. Callander's taciturn visit or of half nn hour before. . When, after dunk, Mabel and her guests reached home, Callander was most warm ly greeted by the whole"parry, and much desultory conversation ensued in which he took his part. Then Miss Oakeley took possession of his, declaring she had some business matters to discuss, and they, or rather she, talked for a consid erable time In a dim corner of the draw ing room till Standish announced that he was quite ready to escort Miss Oakeley to her hotel. Callander seemed to have communicated his talent for silence to his friend Egerton, for he scarcely spoke. Dorothy felt Infinitely relieved when they were alone. As soon as she had made a few affectionate inquiries as to Callander's health, she bid them good night, hoping that a little private talk would clear away any shadow of misun derstanding between husband and wife. Next day Callander produced some trinkets for each sister, and, after looking at the papers, went off to Join the children on the beach. As soon as Dorothy was a'one w ith her sister she asked, 'Ts It all richt with Herbert T' "Yes, quite right. I told you he would not mind. We will try and make him as comfortable as possible now." "Yes, of course! but, Mabel, he looks awfllllv bad. "He does, poor dear fellow. It is this horrid ague. When I bid mm rooa-mgni he was trembling all over. It Is some time since he had had such an attack. We must get his old prescription made tip. I will join him presently on the beach. What are you going to do, Dorothy?" "Oh! there is the everlasting practice m-ith Henrietta.' "Then I will tell Paul tQ (9 And take at one o'clock. Herbert would like to see you at luncheon. Dorothy ened away wltn m light heart. The clouds she fancied ao threatening w ere breaking, and behind them lay clear tit it a nlrv The holiday so much enjoyed "by Paul Standish was nearly over. jgcrton con trived to prevent anything like tete-a-tete interviews between him and his ward dur ing the last few days, to uorotny s great There was such thorough sense of companionship between the two that any third-person apoiieo. ineir irana intercourse, and Egerton's third was par ticularly anpleasant to Dorothy. It was, then, a great relief to her mind Pnnl n reseated nimsen, uuaww panied, In Mies Oakcley's sitting room at 1 . . 1 a,V.a nib a A lata- the time appointea. ana wj -' nrelv back to "The Knoll," talking pleas- nntlr of manv things. rv. lhin. lcr took his disappointment aljout his intended second edition of the honeymoon' very calmly," said Standish. "Vv kindly and calmly, though I "... . ,. .1l.u, mutinied. Per- .tnina iic;wbs : ----- - - bans he14etter at home, as he has had , fever and ague. lie dear. I.tliink Mabel is so lucky to have found such a husband!" "I think she is. What shall I do when . 1r neennation will be you mtirr.r, w" .ifcnt n willful ward to manage. rr.1...- t.ibini thev reached the house. and In the halUhcy found Mrs. McIIugh, .the nurse. - " - , mit.... irM nllnniler come in I ..vl wie was going out to meet the"ColonelVarly. but Just . ahe ww Duttihg on her hat. in w -- puiung , tn .the -front door by iood luck I hadn't gone out. so Iw tith the mbsns. for 1 n - T they lapaisn nw r.LT-- T Ued were belong to that Respectable people. One was . great Ull wild-looking fellow with eyes likes tiger, in a manner of making: the other, ffi jlttl. chap. S as dark as niggers; "tte little one epoM a queer sort of English. "Wnat did they want, NnrseT aeaes Stand Uh- - - - - "'ell, sir, they came inside the door ai jold as brass, and the little fellow, h asks for the other young lady.' So I uf and says, 'What young lady? for I saw my missus was frightened, and he says. 'The yonng lady as came to the ship w ith the gentleman what speaks Spanish.' 'She's not at borne,' says L Then,' say he, 'maybe this lady would look at what my comrade here has to show.' With thai the tall one pulled off his red cap, an! took a little bag all sewn wkn gold and silver, but very dirty, and took out queer green stone all covered over wits figures. This is a something,' I can't re member the word, 'a charm,' says the lit tie man, that belonged to the Moors.' Now i knew that was a lie. for the Moore are an old Irish family, my mother's peo ple, and no such things as that ever cam out of Ireland." "What did my sister do?" asked Dor otliy. "Oh. she took It, and looked at it, and asked if the young lady wonted It. Sc the little man said the young lady wanted curiosities, and they had none, for tliej bad forgotten this thing, which hun. round one of their filthy necks, it seem anyhow, Mrs. Callander was taken itt it, tint when the little man asked twt pounds for it, I just told her It was throw ing awn.' vood money. So we bargained a bit, and they agreed to let us have 11 for twenty-five shillings. Then the miasm says, 'Stay here. Nurse, I'll go fetch inj purse.' Ten back she comes, and glvei the gold piece and five shillings, with ( sweet smile, and says she, so gentle an! sweet, I hope It will bring me good for tune, says she. 'How long ore yon to bi here?" and the little man answers that they might sail any day. All this time thi big, black-looking sailor never took hii eyes off her. I saw him glance at hei lieautiful rings. I can tell you I was right glad to see the liack of them." "I must show you your amulet," saW Mabel, when they retnmed to the draw ing room, and she took it from the drawet of her work table. It was a dark greet stone, roughly shaped In the form of 1 licetle, and covered with tiny hierogly phics, and some square, priinitivc-look ing characters. One end was jierforatef from side to side, as if for a chain. "It looks Egyptian; it Is very curious, said Standish, examining it. "Y011 ougtr to wear it constantly, Dorothy. It maj bring you untold good fortune." (To be continued.) Household. RECIPES. Haddock Fillets. Procure two largo, frusn haddocks, wash and dry them care fully, and cut oil the head .tails and fins, and remove the backbone. Divide euch fish into four portions, dust with flour, and dip them In woll-boaten egg. Cover thickly with brown broad crumbs, and when ouie fat Is boiling hot in a fry ing pan put the piece In and fry them carefully. Beef uet will be found quite the best fat in which to cook any fish. In cooking turn the pieces several times. to that they mar be brown on both side. Drain on blotting paper when finished, aad serve with a shrimp tauce if desired. Fairy Loaf. Four egg, one-half pound N VUw .Ugar. .(Ml. pui w Mini uiciua two teapoouful of coda, flour to make a stiff bailor. Beat sugar and egg li-lit. then add soda anil Jlour, one cupiui 01 grated cocoanut and almond extract to i..j. In louf. icn with j-loiir tit.-m. uu.u . . - - , -. icing and sprinkle thickly with cocoa- nut. Veal Curry. Cut two pound of lean veal in pieces, put in a pan with a piece of butter ize of an egg, and let ii ley to a nice brown; then mix in a Urge tiible spoonful of Hour, a teuspoonful of curry powder, alt and pepper. When all are well mixed, add a pint of hot water and let it boil about twenty minutes, skim ming oil all fat. Rice croquettes are nice served with this dish. Chocolate Ice Cream. Take a quart of cream, half a pound of chocolaie, ont tublespoonful of extract of vanilla and one pound of ugar, and put on to boil, stir and beat (inooth, strain and add a quart of raw cream, cool and freeze. r?et aside for one hour to mellow. Pressed Chicken. Stew slowly two chicken, cut up small until moat drop from bones; take out and chop fine; let liquor boil down to cupful; add to it but ter size of an egg, teaspoon pepper, little allspice and a beaten egg; tir through the meat; slice hard-boiled eggs lay in mould and pre with your meat. Serve very cold, garnished with a little pars ley. Itaked Chowder. This is a nice dHi for luncheon. Cut four good-sized cold boiled potatoe into dice. Tick into shred sufficient cold cooked fish to make one pint. Make a pint of cream sauce. Chop an onion fine, also a table pwnful of parsley. Put a layer of auce in bot tom of a baking dih, then n layer of fish, one of potatoes, a Rprinklo of sail aiul' pepper, onion an. I parsley. Socon tinuu until dish is full, having l-t layei Sauce. Sprinkle with crumbs and b:ike in moderate oven 20 minutes. General Sports. Tho probabilities are increasing thai ihe field for the Futurity this year will be -larger than ever U-fore. The Harvard fiotlall squad will begin practice on September IS. Hilly Smith ha signed to box Andrew Walsh again. The bout will take place at the Coney Island Club on I-abor Day night. , Some of the rrarses at theSaratopa only mount to $300, and thn. under the rule a jockey only gets $15 for a winning mount and $3 for a losing mount. P. V. Saunders, of Toronto, who is con idereil the most scientific batsman in Canada, and alo the best wicket keeper in the Dominion, will act a captain of the Canadian cricket eleven in the coming international match. It is reported at Cambridge that consid erable difficulty i being experienced at Harvard to secure a capable football trainer for the coming season. Several who have been approached decline on ti e ground that they cannot afford to submit 10 graduate interference with their nieth- ""'in a swimming race at San Francisco Cal R V. Cornell, the California cham pion, was defeated by Sydney Cavill. of Australia, who made 220 yards in 2 nun ut and 20 second. Thi i aid to be new world' record. Bicycle. Owing to the fact that the memberships ,f over 2700 person, who joined the L. A. V. a year ago, si we w - ".". National Meet. ln; this city, expire this week, Pennsylvania takes quite a drop in Secretary ttuMett't weekly membership 'tu total membership of tho league is now 81.109, of which 20.102 i in Mew yorkri7.74 i Itenn.vlvania,1242 in Mftettt and 632fn. New Jersey. During the past week 808 new application were reCelVed, of which Pennsylvania onTlwTNew tor. 104, Massachusetts 71, Indiana 327, Illinois SO, New Jersey 2s. iviscnliichigan 15. Ohio 14. Rhode fliand 8, Connecticut 4 and Maryland 3. Tho royal -crown of Persia, which dates back to remote; .ages, is in the form of a pot of flowers,, surmounted by an un cut ruby tho size 6fa hen's egg. ROUGH'ON THE BIRDS riio Story ef na Otd Kan Who Hod Bad ; 7uck talking l'eafowla. ' "Xo, rua'r.ra," said lli? huckster at tho ll.-y gate to the lady of the liousa, who j uiul vetne out there to ask him a qurs tlfcu, "uo, uia'aiu, I liavoo't got a pen-1 fowl oil the place, and I don't think I j tver will have." ! "I thought you had a lnrga flock," said the lady, apologetically. "That wus two years ago, ma'am. You see, I bad bad luck with them. A little, the worst luck I ever had with auy poultry I ever raised, and It was so rough on the peacocks, ma'am, seelug as how the peacock Is such a proud and haughty btrd. I know peacocks, mn'ain, and I am willing to testify that the American eagle bird Is poor white trash compared with the peacocks I bad on my place. They were beauties, too, I can tell you, ma'am, and they bad tall en them that would fade a fresh rain bow. They were as long as the trail ol one of your best silk drcssee, and drag ged the ground behind them like the wake of a ship. That was the kind oi loo loo birds they were, and I was at proud of them as they were proud ol themselves, ma'nm. Tut cne nJsht l" the late winter ol DO the blow fell that done for my birds and give me a set-back la peacock rais ing that I RUeM I'll never get over. Mt and my wife used to always take care of the peacocks, and one day in ("ebru :iry we come to town, expecting to got home by 4 o'clock In the evening, fot there wasn't anybody tbere to look af ter things, except a. half-witted darkey ly we kept to do chores. It was a nice, warm kind of a morning, but by noon It Uad taken a turn, like the weather Is pt to do at that season, and there wa 1 cold rain failing that had turned t lrlvlpg sleet by 2 o'clock. At S, when we started to go borne, the street were slick our horse couldn't stand tip, ind by 4 the tliei moniotor had dropped way down below freezing, and U was cettinir colder every minute. I left my wife In town with her sister, and, put ting np the borne, I went home by tfaTn nnd a walk of two miles from the sta tion. "When 1 got home I was that neat froze I eoMd hardly stand up, but the boy had a big fire going, and as soon as I got the chni on t went out to see nbout the fowls and Animals--on the place. Everything was looking pretty well, nnd there wa8 no harm done until I got back to the yard, and there I found my whole flock of fourteen spread, over tb,e ground like an If a lot of frozen rajnbowa had been dumped Into the yard and scattered around. You see, the sjeet hod canght the birds ns they stood around watting fog some body to drive them into shelter, and as It fell upon their lopg and beautiful tails It trickled eff and froze the feath ers to the ground. That done for the Mrda, ma'am. They couldn't move after that, and when I got to them every nroud bird was frore to the ground, and loo dead to ekln. Io you wonder now, na'am, that I have gone eut of the pea cock business?" And the hnckster niped a tear from his eye. 'Washlng :on Star. iTATISTIOS ABOUT THE SEA, "arlons Flaore. Abont It. Weight, Depth and Volume. I Intend to take my revenge on the ;ca for tbe past lndlgnltlos suffered 10m him and to deal deliberately In iiorsonalltleB about him. Inviting tw my side his many victims who have suffered the like Indignities, I propose that we weigh, measure and gauge 'aim, battle blm, play games with him ud show him up generally for, like -lost bullies, he Is a bit of a humbug. For our attack on the sea we shall .ant a few facts to start from, and iere they are: We take the statements of four good nea of science, a geographer, an as ronomer, a physicist, a statistician, .dd tbe statements, divide by four, and rrlve at tbe result that the surface of he sea is 130V6 millions of square miles, lis weight l,8S2,O(X,0O0,000,000,0O0 one, and his volume 822,000,000 cubic jiilcs. A like process will tell us that he average depth of the sea Is 12,000 .'eet (more .than two and one-quarter .niles). and wc know that one cubic foot ..f him weighs over sixty-four pounds ivolrdupola, L e., about four and one- linlf stone, or as much-as a small child or 10 years of age. From these fig- ires Mr. Schooling deduces that tbe sea la simply nowhere When we com pare It with the land of this planet as regards the solid quantities of weight depth and volume: "Only In the superficial quality of sur face does the sea beat the land. As to beauty, there Is Infinitely more ef It and in. much greater variety, on the land than on the sea. To further em phaslze tbe magnificence of the sea we will now pour it Into a jelly mold one of 'those tjjln, ornamental, tin shapes you see In the kitchen dresser. For this experiment I bare dug eut .all tbe Inside of the United Kingdom of Great r.rltaln and Ireland, from Its surface all the way down to the center of tbe enrtb (3,060 miles), and bave thus made the largest Jelly mold known or rather two of them, for Ireland forms a shape by Itself, although, at bottom. It Is firm ly Joined to England, Wales and Scot land, Now, this Jelly mold would be large enough to bold Just one-half of all the sea of this placet, so that a pair of these tin shapes would dispose of .the whole seaj" Person s Magazine. jr Nervous O peats. It Is often tbe little things which jiake life happy or the reverse to the "stranger within our gates." A night light Is much appreciated by the nerv ous guest whe does not like to sleep In total darkness, and naturally objects to iho bright glare of gas or electric light all night Without this bit of lllumlna tion she would probably be sleepless ind miserable. Quite ornamiattal night .tghts and clocks combined are sold thai would cheer the weary watches of a vic tim of InsomAla even. The light Is fur nished by one of the round, fat candles used In fairy (amps, set safely in a disc of metal. Tbe porcelain face of the clock to vtjHfed as a shade, and If one prefer 1 3t be ef blue or green or yel low iaStfM f white, thus subduing the light te a TSfje gUrnmea, AaeUM MStik fetf KfeM ta w pant of the "guest chamber" will blese his er her hjstcss every time be uses It Is a compact and pretty writing stand lu the shape of a Ions bronxe leaf. Tbe steam curls np over the leaf, one ten dril ormlng a taper, another twining about and supporting a receptacle for settling wax. An Ink well of cut glass, 11 curled leaf holding matches and a couple bent twigs forming a pen rack complex the appointments. A stand for paper and envelopes Is of bronze leaves laced together with little twigH. riitladclplila Press. rrvm ass racptTrrvi - & Fish, as a rule. Increase In weight and length every year up to their death. From the cocblueal Insects are obtain ed the gorgeous carmines, the crimson. Scarlet and purple lakes. Matter weighing one pound on th moon's surface If transferred to the earth would weigh six pounds. According to tbe computations ot Prof. Hams the black nice embraces about one-tenth of tbe living members of the human species, or one hundred nd fifty million Individuals. In the great volcanic district of Ice bind there Is a whole uiouutaln com posed of eruptive clays and pure white Sulphur. A beautiful grotto penetrates th western slope to aa unknown depth. Pelajr bears have bee a1 knowu to live la captivity for a great number of rear; Two are ald to have teen in tbe sootfjfleai' Qardens for tweuty-three fears and thirty-four years, respec tively. The normsjl pumping cnpsclty of the heart Is seventy strokes a minute, that Is, 100.S00 strokes In twenty-four hours, by which It sends about forty thousand pounds of blood through the lungs and body. Sir Benjamin W. Ilichnrdson consid ered good sleepers an the best possible patients, certainly the most curable. He says: "1 would alvrnys rather bear that a nick person had slept than that he bud taken regularly the prescribed medicine during sleeping hours." The li'TosIyphlc writings from which some persons suppose an al phabet was derived were la use at least three thousand years B. C, but the re cently discovered inscriptions at the city of JS'lpur. In Assyria, carry back the origin of Writing to a point seven thousand years B. C. At the Geological Society's meeting In London last April Prof. II, 0. Sceley ex hibited the upper bone of the leg. or paddle, of a plesiosaurus which bad been almost completely turned Into npnl, the mineral having replaced the substance of the bone. The fossil was found In an opal mine In New South Wales. The plesiosaurus was a long- necked Inhabitant of tbe sea In the Age of the Great Reptiles, or Jurassic rime, and sometimes attained a length ,f thirty feet It is said that lightning may be recog nized at a distance of two hundred nil'f-8 when the clouds among winch It :'.lnys are at a high altitude, but that thunder can seldom be beard at a great er distance than ten miles. The sound t thunder Is also subject to refraction by layers of different density in the at uirsphere, as well as to the effects of "sound shadows," produced by hills anil other Interposed objects. These are among the reasons for the existence of the so-called "sheet" or "summer," lightning, which seems to be unattend ed by thunder. Dr. 3. II. Gladstone, discussing at the Royal Institution the question of the metals used by tbe great nations of an tiquity, said rocently that gold was probably the first metal known to man, because It Is generally found native. The oldest metallic objects to which we can assign a probable date were found In a royal tomb at Nngud.i In Egypt supposed to have been that of King Mencs, In one of tbe chambers were some bits of gold and a bend, a button and a fine wire of nearly pure copper. If tbe tomb has been properly Identified, these objects are at least Sj00 years old. Nearly all the ancient gold that has been examined contains enough silver to give it a light color. It was gathered by the ancients In the bed of tbe Pactolus and other streams of Asia Minor. . Seductive M.rigu.na. . . Jail and prison otliclals In Southern Arizona have their hands full In trying to prevent the smuggling Into their In stitutions of tho seductive mariguaiia. This Is a kind of "loco" weed, more powerful than opium. It grows from e?d by cultivation In Southern Ari zona and in Mexico. The Mexicans mix It with tobacco and smoke It in cigarettes, inhaling the smoke. Used iu this way It produces a hilarious spirit in the smoker that cannot be equalled by any other form of dissipa tion. When smuggled Inside the prison walls its devotees readily pay four dol lars an ounce for It, but free men buy It on the outside for fifty cents an ounce. A Purrle Ptcturfc. 5" ' Cm:' Find the other hunter. Every woman's letter contains an Apology for not writing sooner, though her friends, who bave to answer, think ahe should apologize for writing so BOB. . Free advice la very often wortb-lesa Atlnn Mr I I I AXV ir?U(iTVL iii a tsmmmi - r n - r v Af INGLE JOY WITH SORROW. traage Fwneral Castes. mi the Italian, ta New York. One of tbe most remarkable ef funer al customs, according to American Ideas, is one that has growa up In the Italia a quarter la New York. Tbe 20, fXK or more Italians in the city forTn a separate community In the heart "of the, metropolis and occupy the region about the historic Mulberry Bend. They are mostly bootblacks, pushcart men or day laborers! nearly all of theia are poor, but when one of their num ber dies be Is apt to receive a funeral that la more elaborate than most of the residents of 6th avenue have. It Is no unusual thin 4 to see a funeral proces sion of twenty-fire te thirty carriages starting from one of the crowded tene ments 61 the Italian quarter. Behind the hearse, which Is sometimes drawn Vy totir hersea, eemea an open carriage tiled with lowers. There are pillows and cresses and wreaths that fairly overflow the aides ef the carriage. All the ftower that do duty at the funeral ire ceaveyed te the burial ground, and fhey are arfalvgei to make as brave a display es possible. A let the leaders comes a motley pro ceMKih ef vehicles. nmty-Ieeklng hacks. drawn by skeletonized horses and oc cupied by persons ef all ages, who laugh and chat and gar.e about as though they were having the pleasant ear kind of time Imaginable. In fact the roar of at) Italratk funeral proces sion In New Tork might easily be mis taken for a pldhtc party. Sometime the eoctege W beaded by a brass baud. tt 'tnis' Is' at always the case. The A!ea et hiring a brass band to pay re spect to a corps Is one that will not appeal ta one brought p with Ameri can notions on this subject but the band, as a part of tbe funeral proces sion. Is a eight too common in New York to attratt special attention. T.ha ' OirJnltlateO. person whs vlewt th.W strange cavalcade of fruit and pea nut rcnd.ers doubtless believes thai so oi person Jf note In the Italian col Qny Is dead. Ipqulry often reveals thi. fact, Voweyt k-at H is only some pool bootblack or street laborer. New, It Is a fnct theft hsotblnetts and laborers art not ordinarily burdeaed with wealth, it is equally true carriages, flowers and brass bjnus, Vfvu tii variety to In found ou the Beweryand Mulberrj street, cost money. Se the Italian fu neral remained a mystery until it was explalUfJd by tbe undertaker himself. Tljo undertaker rs a person of stand ing In the Italian colony. To tbe dola ful Importance which ordinarily attach es to his office he adds a weight of so cial Influence which cannot be claimed by any of his fellows. "It Is the custom among my peopl when a person dies," said the under taker, "to send out an announcement of the fact and Invitations to the funeral. If the death occurs In a family of posi tion they prepare the invitation list and I send out the cards; If it Is a man in poorer circumstances I make out the list myself. Each person who receives a card understands that if he comes to the funeral be Is expected to pay $1 fot the privilege, and It Is considered an honor to be Invited." "Like it Is to be of what you call the 100," explained the undertaker's as sistant. "All the actions of med are explain ed by tho circumstances that surround them," says a modern philosopher. So I. I ... I W T . 1 1 ... I ft .1 . .! 1 .. means A pleasant ride through the i greenery of the Long Island fields, but mere pleasant than the day's enjoy ment Is the feeling of the grjests that they are assisting at a function for an Italian funeral, viewed in the only cor rect light. Is a social function. And tbe bereaved family and friends! No doubt their grief Is sincere enough, but per haps It is rendered less poignant by the knowledge of tho long procession and the silver bandies on the coffin. The system really rests upon the undertak er, and It pays him well, so he wil' scarcely be the one to change it."- .ishlugton Star. Re Natural. Folowlng Is a bit of social philosophy from a Maine village: "One reason why so many girls and boys, men and wom en, too. are uninteresting common la because nearly everybody tries so hard to lie like somebody else rather than to be content to remain himself or herself lu life. In nature you don't see an oak tree posing as a willow, or a black duck as a yellow leg, or a horse as a cow, or lily as a rone, or a lilac as a peony, or a dog ns a cat Be natural and you'll be all right Many a girl, without the slightest talent for music. Is ruining a piano who should be making bonnets or brend; many a boy Is studying for a learned profession whose proper sphere is In the machine shop or the mill; many a man Is splitting up churches who ought to be doing good service In some Institution of learning, teaching, or on some farm farming, and many a wom an Is. trying to be, in vain, a leader of society, when she could be a model housewife In ber own borne. Of the human flowers, how few successfully bloom!" New York Commercial Ad vertiser. - To Brine Ilatn. It Is a fixed belief among the Russian peasantry that throwing the dead body of a drunkard into the river Is a sure cure for lack of rain. A case exhibit ing this gross superstition was recently brought before tbe Criminal Sessions Court at Samara. Elx peasants were tried and sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment for deliberately disinter ring tbe body of a woman who bad died of intoxication, and floating it down th Volga, aa a means of causing rain. Rain SIa-bA. Tulips And dandelions close up before rain. If It rains when tbe sun shines It will rain the next day. A piece of sea weed banc up will become dans' pre vious to rain. When the waIIi m more than usually damp rain Bay be expected. Unusual clearness in toe atmosphere, objects being sees very distinctly, Indicates rain. Wl)en the sun appears of a light, palo Color, or goes down In a bank of clouds. It Indi cate tbe approach r continuance ef bad weather. etJlfli to a am wiss an .riant der ene wer SERMONS OF THE DAY Subject: "People of Many Trouble." A Certain Amount of Persncntlon and Tribulation AmmM the Rwt That 1. In a Man Woman In m Crlfln. Text: "There was a sharp roete on th one side, and a sharp rock on the other." I Sam. xiv., 4. The cruel army of the Philistines must be taken and scattered. There Is just one man, aooompanled by his bod veil ard, to do that thing. Jonnthan Is the hero of the scene. I know that Travtd cracked th skull of the giant wtth a few pehbles well slang, and that three hundred Oldeonltns scattered ton thousand Amalnkttm bv thn crash of broken cronkery: but here Is a more wonderful conflict. Yonder are the Philistines on the rocks. Here Is Jonathan with his bodyguard In the valley. On the one side Is a rock called Bozes; on the other side Is a rock called Beneh. These two were as famous In olden times as In modern times are Plymouth Bock and Olhraltnr. They were preelottoui, unscalable and sharp. Between these two ro"ks Jonathan must make his ascent. The day comes for tho sealing of the helirht. Jonathan, on his hands and foot, begins the ascent. With strain and slip nnd bruise, I supposo, but still on and up, first goes Jonathan, and then goes hls bodysnard. Bozok on one side, Reneh on the other. After a sharp tug. and push, and clinging, I sen the head of Jonathan above the hole in tnn moun tain, and there Is a challenge and a light, and a Supernatural consternation. These two men. Jonathan and his hodvenard. drive back and drive down the Philistines over the rocks, and open a campaign which demolishes the enemies of Israel. Isnn pose that the overhanging and oversha l owlng rocks on either side did not balk or dishearten Jonathan or his boil vtriiar l. bnt only roused and filled thorn with enthusi asm as they want np. "There was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side." My frlonrts yon have been, or are now. some of yon, in this crisis of the text. If a man meets one trouble he can go through with it. He (rat hers alt his energies, con centrates them on one point, and In the stroneth of Ood, or bv bis own natural de termination, iroes throucii It. But thn man who lias trouble to the rieht ot him. and tronhle'to the left of him. Is to be pitied. Ild either trouble come alone, he mlcht endure It, bnt two troubles, two disasters, two overshadowing misfortunes, are Bores! and Seneh. Ood pity him! "There Is s sharp rock on the one side, and a sharr rock on the other side." In this crisis of the text is that man whose fortune nnd health fall him at thn same time. Nine-tenths of all onr mer chants capsize in business before they come to forty-five years of age. Thorn Is some collision In commercial circles, and th stop payment. It senms as If every man must pnt his came on the back of a note before he learns what a fool a man Is whr risks all his own property on the prospect that some man will tell the truth. It seornf as If a mnn must have a larso amount ol unsalable goods on his own shelf before 1m learns how much easier It Is to buy than tc sell. It seems as if every man must be com plotely burned out before tin learns the bn- fiortance of always keeplns fully Insured t seems as If every man mnt be wrecked In flnnncinl tempest before he Inarns tt keep things snug In case of n sadden euro clvilon. When the calamity does come. It U awful. Tho man goes home In ilnspalr, and he tells hU family, "We'll have to go to the poor-house." 1I tafces a doloroin view of everything. It seems as if ho never could rise. Bnt a little time passes, nnd be snvs, "Why. I am not so badly oil after ari; I have my family left." Before the Lord turned Adam out of Para llse, He gave him Eve, so that-whon he lost Paradise ho could stand It. Per mit one who has never read but a few novels In all his Hto, and who has not a jrreat deal of romance in bis composition, to ssy, that tf, when a man's fortunes fail, he has a good wife a good Christian wife he ouijht not to be despondent. "Oh," you say, "that only Increases tho embar rassment, since you have her also to take care of." You are an Ingrate, for the woman as often supports thn man as tho man supports the woman. Tho man may brini; all the dollars, but tho woman iren er.iHy brings tho courage and the faith In Ooi. well, this manor whom I am speaking and he finds his family ft, and he rallies, and the light come-i to his eyes, nnd tho smile to his face, nnd the courage to tits nenrt. in two years no is ouite over It. He makes his financial calamity tho first chapter In a now era ol prosperity. He met that one trouble con quered It. He sat down for a little while under the grim shadow of the rocfe Bozez; yet he soon rose, and began, like Jonathan, to clinii. But how often is it that physical nilnient comes with Uniincinl embarrassment! When tlin fortune failed It broke the man's spirit. His nerves were shattered. HI- brain was stununil. I can show you hundred ot men in our cities whose fortune nnd health failed at the same time. They came prematurely to the staff. Their hand trembled with Incipient paralysis. They never snw a well day slnee tho hour when they called their creditors touether for a compromise. If sueh men are Impatient, and peculiar, and irritable, oxeusn them. They had two troubles; either one of which they could hnve met successfully. If, when the health wont, tho fortune had been re tained, it would not have been so had. The man could have bought the very best medical advice, and he conld have had the very liest attendance, and lonir liws of carriages would have stopped at the front door to iuipiire as to his weltare. But poverty on one side and sickness on tho other lire Itozcz ami Heneh, and they inter lock their shadows, aud drop them upon thn poor man's way. Ood help him! "Thete Is a sharp rx-k on the one side, and a sharp roes on thn other side." Now. what is su"h a man to do? In the nam" of Almighty Ood, 1 will tell him wiiat to do. lo as Jonathan di I ilinil; cliii up into tho sunlight of Ood's favor and consolation. lean gothrough the churches, and show you men who lost fortune an. I health at the sain s time, and yet who sin all ilny ami d-ciiin of Heaven all nfirht. If you have nny l.lea that sound dit;-stiou, ftntt steady nerves, and clear eyesiirht, nn-t goo'l tienrintr, and plenty of trieiuls, am neee.-snrv to make a man happy, yon hnve miscalculated. It is a dilllciitt thing for a man to feel his dependence upon ilod when he has ten thou.' and dollars in thn bank, and fifty thousand dollars in Oovernmenl soeurili-s, and a block of stores and three ships. "Well," Ihn mnn saysto hlinsef,"It Is silly for inn to pray, -Oive me this day my daily l-.read,' when my pantry is full, and the -.nulls from the West are crowded with .readitnlTs deitine't for my storehouses." Oit, my Irieiius, if the co-nbinnd mt-for-luitcs and disasters of life have mvle y.in clftnh up Into thn arms of a sympathetic an. I com passionate Ood, through all eter nity you will bless Him that in this worl I "there was a sharp rock on the one siin and a sharp rock ou the other st-le." Aaln, that man is in the crisis of the text who tins home trouMes and outside persn- ciMioti at the same time, 'ihe world treats a man well just as loiig as tt pays to treat hi in well. As long as it can manufacture success out of his bone and I. rain and muscle, it favors lilm. Tho world fattens thn horse it wants to drive. But let a m;i;i sni it is his duty to cr.iss the tr ick of the world, theu every bus i is full of horns anl tiislis thrust at him. They will belittle him. Tle-y will caricature him. T ley will call li's eneroHity self-ntrrandizement and hl piety sanctimoniousness. Tun very worst persecution will sometime.) come upon Mm from those who profess to be CliiU tiuus. John Milton great and good John MI1 :on so far forcot himself as to pray. In so nany words, that his enemies might bo iternally thrown down Into the darkest and leepest gulf of Hell, and be the undermost nd most dejected, and the lowest down rassals of perditionl And Martin Luther io far forgot himself as to say. In regard to lis theological opponents: "Put them In whatever sauce you please, roasted, or 'rled, or baked, or stewed, or boiled, or lashed, they are nothing but asses!" Ah, ay friends. If John Milton ox Martin Luther ould come down to such scurrility, what -nay you not expect from less elevated op ponents? Now, a certain amount of persecution rouses a man's defiance, stirs his blood for magnificent battle, and makes him fifty times more a man than he would have been without the persecution. 8o it was with the great Beformer when ho said, ''I !ll not be put down, I will be heard." And so It was with Millard, the preacher. In the time of Louis XI. When Louis XI. sent word to him that unless be stopped preach ing In that style he would throw him Into the river, ho replied, "Tell the king that I rill reach Heaven sooner by water than he will reach It by fast horses." A certain amount of persecution Is a tonic and in spiration, but too much of It, and too long continued, becomes the rook Bozne throw ing a dark shadow over a man's life. What Is he to do then? Oo home, you say. Oood advice that. That Is just the place for a man to go when tho world abuses him. There are many homes In which there Is no sympathy, and no happiness, and no good cheer. The clamor of the battle may not have been beard outside; but Ood knows, notwithstanding all the playing of the "Wedding March," and all the odor of the orange blossoms, and the benediction of the officiating pas tor, there has been no marriage. So sometimes men have awakened to find o,n one side of them the rock of persecution, and on the other side of them tho rock of domestic infelicity. What shall such a one do? Do as Jonathan did climb. Oet up the heights of Ood's consolation, from which you may look down In triumph upon outside persecution and homo trouble. While good and groat John Wesley was be ing silenced by the magistrates, and hav ing his name written on the board fences of London in doggerel at that very time his wifn was making him as mis erable as she could acting as though she were possessed by the Devil, as I suppose she was; never doitig him a kindness until the day she ran away, so that he wrote In hto Hlnrv these worts: "I did not forsake her; I have not dismissed her; I will not re call her." Tlanting one foot upon outside persecution, and the other foot on home trouble, John Wesloy climbed up Into the heights of Christian joy, and after preach ing forty thousand sermons, and traveling two hundred and seventy thousand miles, reached the heights of Heaven, though In this world he had It hard enough "a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other." ... Attain, that womnn stands In thn crisis of the text who has bereavement and a strug gle for a livelihood at tha same time. With out mentioning names, I speak from obser vation. Ah, It is a hard thing for a woman to make an honest living, even whon her heart Is not troubled, and she has a fair cheek, and the magnetism of an exquisite presence. But now the husband, or the fnther. Is dead. The expenses of the obse !qufc have absorbed all that was left In the pavings bank; and, wan and wasted with weeping and watching, she goes forth a grav, a hearse, a coffin lmhlnd her to contend for her existence and the existence ,of her children. When I seo such a battle as that open, I shnddor at tho ghastlluess of the spectacle. Mon sit with embroidered slippers and write heartless essays about women's wages; but that question Is mads up of tears and blood, and there Is more blood than tears. Oil, give woman free nc eess to All the realms where sho can get a livelihood, from the telegraph office to the pulpit! Ljt mnn's wages be cut down be fore hers are cut down. Men have Iron In their souls, and can stand It. Make the way free to her of tho broken heart. May Ood put into my hand the cold, bitter cup 'of privation, and give me nothing but a wlndowless hut for shelter for many years, rather than that after I am dead there should go out from my borne Into the piti less world a woman's arm to fight the Ont. tysburg, the Austerlltz, the Waterloo of life for breadl And yet, how many women there are seated between the rpek of be reavement on the one side and the rock of destitution on the other! Bozoz nnd Honeh interlocking their shadows and dropping them upon their miserable way. "There 1 a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on tho other sldo." What are such to do? Somehow, let them climb np Into the heights of the glorious promise: "Lenve the fatherless children, I will preserve thorn alive, nnd let thy widows trust In Mn." Or get up into the heights of that other glorious promise: "The Lord presorveth the stranger, and rclleveth the widow und the fatherless." Oh, ye sewing women, on starving wages! Oh, ye widows, turned out from the once beautiful home! oh, female teaehers, kept on niggardly stlpendl Oh, ye despairing women. Bonking In vain for work, wandering along the docks, and thinking to throw yourselves Into the rivet last night! Oh. ye women of weak nerves, and aching sides, and short brenth, and broken heart, you nood something more than humnn sympathy; you nee I the sym pathy of Ood. Climb up Into His arms. He knows it all, and Ho loves you mora than father, or mother, or husband ever could or ever did; and, instead of sitting down, wringing your hands In despair, you had bettur begin to climb. There are heights of consolation for you.thouirh now "there Is a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side." Oh, then, accept the wholesale Invitation which I make this day to all the people! Come up from between your Invalidism and financial embarrassments. Come up from botweon your bereavements ard vour des titution. Come up from bnt woen a wasted life and an unillumincd eternity. Like Jonathan, climb up with all your might, instead of sitting down to wring your hands in the shadow and In the darkness "a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side." A NEW CONFEDERACY. Central American States Organize "The United States of Central America. Delegates to the convention to form a constitution for tho States of Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, nc Manairua. Nicaragua, have discussed the first eleven of the articles, numbering about lifty-livn, in the printed form of a const Itution, and have decided on the following principal features: First The organization Is to bn a confed eracy Instead of a central union of the three States. Second The nnmeof the confederation Is to be "The United States of Central America." Third There is to le a Federal district, oomposod of the civil departments of Chln andega. In Nicaragua; Choliitcea, In Hon duras, and La Union, in Salvador, all bor dering on the Oulf of Fonseca. Fourth The organizing capital is to be Amapala, on Tiger Island, in tho Hepart mont ot Cholutoea. Honduras. The perma nent capital is to be deterininno by tlin llrst Congress, and will be located at either Amapala, Cuoluteea or Chlnandega. Fifth There Is to bn ono President, In stead of a triple-headed tribune, as at llrst proposed. It Is thought probable that either Presi dent Bonllla, of Honduras, or President Zelaya. of Nicaragua, will be chosen nsthe first Tresidont of the proposed confederacy. Kinperor William' Invitation. Emperor William of Oer-nany has ex tended an Invitation to representative's of Evnngnlloal churches In the United State9 to attend the ccrcinony of dc. Healing tlm Church ot the Itedoemer, at Jerusalem, uu October 31. Halibut and liolibut are n lnies as old as the Knglish language. "Hill'' signifies fat fish, and the pi-i-lix refer to the deep and wido holes in which the fish is found. Tho Queen's bodyguard for Scotland, the Koyal Company of A reliei-s, contains the pink of Scottish nobilily, whose es tates are in the l,oUiiaiis or on the bor dor. After a record free of marks for al senoo or tardiness for nearly live years, a school girl of ricdmonl, V. Va., fell a victim to mumps and had to slay ut home. A man who li-i-s on tbe Sabatis road near Ijcwisfon, .Me., sells small fish for bait from a well in tlie door vard. When a customer comes along a pail is lowered into tlin well and a large uuiuber of lit tle shiners are broutrlil up. Trim love is rally ono of tlio scariest qualities of tho human heart. ll i m.s 111 a1.--. i'VJf.mi i. - --y..vjt:'rv-'v - '-4-y-':' a ix i i i. mi i,?.
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