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THE OON8TITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW8.
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MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 31. 1898.
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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
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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
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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.
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