1 m i f ! i ! F. BOHWEISB, THB CONSTITUTION THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE UW8 t t: VOL LII. 1 MIFFL1NT0WN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. SEP! EMBER 14. 1898. NO. 40 .i.-.ti.'!-!.. liitifes LIUITEK IX (Continued.) The awrul shock, the terrible Bonne that the dear., dead woman might have been saved had any one of the household been near her, was too much even for Doro thy's strong vitality. With a deep sigh she sank senseless into Nurse's arms, who waa thankful to assist In taking her back to her own room, where she left her in charge of the children's maid. Iorothy came gradually to her senses nd, as the dreadful knowledge of her sister's tragic death returned to her, she rose up, and attempted to leave the room. "Oh, no, Miss Dorothy," cried the lit tle maid. "Mr. McIIugh said yoo were not to be let go down stairs. She says you'll just be breaking your heart, miss, and yon can do no good. The police and tlie doctor are there now, and Mrs. Mc Hugh, she'll come np as soon as she has an) thing to tell. Do lie down again." "Ah no; I can indeed do no good! Xo one can do any good," cried Dorothy. wringing ner nanus. "Who could have liurt ber? She has not an enemy in the world. Was it some wretch who wanted to rob her?" "I heard Mrs. McIIugh say that all her jewels were gone." Dorothy walked to and fro, remember ing confusedly the event of the last few days the painful scene between her sis ter and herself. At lost Nurse softly opened the dooi and approached her, her own eyes stream ing, her face haggard. "My poor dear," she saiil, in low, hurried tones, "the doe ti rthinks she muat have been dead these f..ur or five hours. The blow, he say. must have killed her at ouce. It somehow struck the spine, though it looks as if it were on the back of the head. I le doesn't thiuk she felt any pain or fright. She looks like a peaceful infant. The master heaven help him! would let BO one touch her but himself. Ilia face Is set like an iron mask. "The coroner's come now, and Mr. Eg erton. Ah! he has a feeling heart! I thought he'd have dropped when he came into the room; for all be Is a tall, strong man, he was trembling like a leaf, and his eyes looked like to start out of his head. Oh! what a day of sorrow! My dear, beautiful angel of a mistress! To think of them foreign devils stealing in on her sweet sleep to take her innocent lifel and it will be hard to catch them! They say the chip waa away at dawn this morn- ing, no one knows where." Here Nurse utterly broke down, and, sinking into a seat, threw her apron over her face, and rocked herself to and fro. "Where are these blessed children? Go. PegsT, "r girl," to the nurnemaiujgo, see to them, they'll be wanting some bread and butter. Oh, here la Miss Oak- eleyj thank heaven r It was Indeed Henrietta, pale and tear ful. She ran to Dorothy, and, kneeling down, clasped ner arms round her. "I have only just heard! Dorothy, my dear Uorotny. Let me stay with yon, It is too too cruel," and, pressing the si lent, half-unconscious girl closely, she burst into hysterical weeping for once, Henrietta Oakeley forgot herself, her "part," her pretensions to originality, ev erything, save the human anguish round her! Dorothy returned her embrace me chanically. "Have they sent for Paul Paul Stand. Ish?" she whispered. "I don't know, dear! bnt Mr. Egerton la with Herbert, and he will do all he can." A convulsive shudder passed through the slight form in Henrietta's arms, and Dorothy clung to her with a sudden movement. "Oh! send for Paul! Do not leave ns defenseless here without Paul Stand ish! He will not have left London yet," and with feverish eagerness she pushed Hen rietta from her. "Has anyone telegraphed for Mr. Stand. Ish?" she asked, looking at Nurse. "I don't know, miss," said the grief stricken woman. "I'll go and ask." "Telegraph for him at once," said Hen rietta. "Yes, miss: Collms knows his address,' and Nurse went feebly from the room. OH A FT EH X. Eastport bad rarely. If ever, been so jhocked and excited as by the murder of the charming and admired Mrs. Herbert Callander. Though she had not mixed much with the local society, she was well known, and everyone who could find etanding room crowded to hear the evi dence given at the inquest. The verdict rendered was "Murder, by some person or iH.rson8 unknown." The first act of this sad drama was closed next day by the funeral of the fair young victim. It was long since Enst port had such a sensation. . Wreaths, crosses, pyramids of flowers hid the cof fin; everyone who had an equipage and the slightest acquaintance with Colonel or Mrs. Callander sent their carriage to swell the long procession. The bells toll cl, and the streets through which the oivrtcce passed were crowded with on lookers. It was a soft gray day, as if na ture mourned tenderly for the brief young life, so ruthlessly cut off for mere base greed. In the midst of its bright morning. T!ie resting place selected by Callan der was the burial ground attached to an old chapel on the hillside between Ford-s.-u and Hookstone; an ancient gray wall, !! a.st -high and lichen-grown, surrounded it; great musses of gorse breathed a per fume of their honey-sweet blossoms in spring from the grassy slops above, while U-neath spread out the restless waters of the hay with the towers and spires of Kastport Inside them. The fresh winds from sea nnd land swept over it, and the hh-ised silence of the quiet country sectn v.l to keep all sounds hushed, lest they should trouble the last sleep of those Weary ones who found rest beneath Its g.-asy mounds. The spectators were t-reatiy moved by the scene, and deeply iti'pr-ssed by the dignified self-control "f Colonel Callander, by the deep despair 'Ji ills set law. Also by the pallid grief f t he friend who stood beside him, whose, 'inMi-aly step as he approached the grave, sliowe.ihow hard was the struggle not to break down. Standish devoted himself to support rorothy. but she bore np better than he expected. It was all over at last, and! Dorothy drove back, her hand in Hen ri. tta Oakeley's, she felt indeed alone ' worse than alone burdened widi a se cret conviction which for potent reasons he must not speak, with a bitter sense of wrong for which she must seek no 'ynipathy. Standish found a detective awaiting " on his retnru from paying the last "ihnte of respect to the dead. As soon . Colonel Callander, with a hastily ex pressed desire to be left alone, had re tired to his own room, the two men, ac- companiea Dy .Mrs. McHugh, began the examination which the former had been so anxious to make. . "We have lost too much time," he said, in his peculiar drawling nasal voice, with every here and there strongly Irish tones. "In cases oX this kind. tW la everything. It ouW Lave done the poor lady no harm if I had rummaged about a bit while she lay there; she was pest being disturbed." "It would have been offensive to her sister and to Colonel Callander " returned Standish. "And a day or two more or less don't matter," put in Mrs. McHugh, "when them cruel devils have got clean off r' "We are not sure yet who is guilty," said Dillon, dryly, and, walking to the window, looked intently at the bank op posite. "Come here, he said to Nurse, "now was the window fastened when your mis tress went to bed that night?" "It was Mary, the housemaid, waited on her not me." "Call Mary." Mrs. McHugh went In search of her. "The top of the bank is lower than :his window," observed Dillon, "and you see the holes made by the ends of the lad der are a good bit lower still; the ladder sloped enough for a man to climb np easy." "I see that," returned Standish. Here Mrs. McHugh returned with Mary looking very uncomfortable. "Now, my girl, come along, tell me all yon can remember about your mistress when yon last saw her." "It was close on eleven, sir. Just aftet Mr. Egerton left. I had been shutting; master's windows, as look out to the front, and I saw the light of Mr. Eger ton's cigar when he walked past." "Which side did be pass?' "Right, sir, by the Beach road!" "Ha! Where did Mr. Egerton put np?" asked Dillon. "At the Beach Mansion notel," said Standish. "That Is not to the right?" "No, sir. I suppose he went for a turn while he smoked, for when I went to put np the shutters to the side door I saw the red of the cigar going down by the sunk fence as if be were going round by the beach. "Yon went to your mistress lmmedl ately after?" "Yes! sh rang the bell just as I was turning back from the door." "Did she seem the, same as, usual?".- "Woll, yes: I think she had been cry ing. Her eyes looked like crying, now and again, lately. She was weak-like and poorly." "Do yon know of anything to vex her?" "Bless yon, no, sir. Everyone loved her, poor dear lady. Everyone tried to please her, from the Colonel down," cried the girl, tears coming to her eyes. "Well, how did you leave her?" "She had put on her dressing gown, and said she would not have her hair brushed, because she was tired. She told me to light the night light." "The night light? Where did yon put It? Could it be seen from the outside?" "I don't know; I stood It here by this window," going over to one which opened on the east side of the house. The bed Intervened between the place indicated and the window by which the murderer had entered. "If the light were visible from without c-f course it would have been a guide. Tut a similar light in the same place after dark and I will test it. Well, your mis tress told yon to light this watch light?" "She says, 'Mary, I think IH have a night light. I feel so nervous and fev erish, says she, 'and open a bit of the volets' (that's what she called those shut ter blinds) 'as well as the window say she, T don't feel able to breathe.' ' And yon opened tnem "I did. You see, the middle piece folds back, and I set it a tiny bit open, fasten ing the bar across the inside. You see it goes right across. I'll show you "StopI" cried Dillon, grasping ner arm as she made a step towards the dressing table, "don't touch that. Has it been touched or stirred since the murder?" 'No, not that I know of," said the girl, little frightened by his vehemence; "Mrs. McIInsh kept the key to the room ever since the coroner came, and would never let none of us come next or nigh it." "I did that, sir." added Mrs. McHugh. "for Mr. Standish warned me you wanted to see the place as it was." "Right ma am. Ah! ' going carer;iny to the side of the dressing table. "There is not much room for a man to come iu here without moving this. How come the outer blinds open if this," touching the table, "has not been moved 7' "I made Collins open uiem irom me ontside," said Nurse. Dillon then looked carefully at the car pet, the portion of the painted flooring left uncovered along the side of the bed where the murderer must linve stood; ne J 5 ..1, A 71 A1. .A even stooci mm i uu - -r.- i.f the cariet which lay beside it. Stimd- Lsh saw that one of his nanas was cioseu an he rose op. "Have you found anything? he ashed. Dillon shook his head. "Onlv a pin." he said. "I always re member that he who sees a pin, and lets it lay, may live to want a pin another dav'"' "Well, and that's true." said Nurse, emphatically. For some minutes Dillon continued to search under wardrobe and chests of drawers, in comers and all dim nooks every possible spot where the smallest article could have been dropped or for eotten by the murderer or murderers. "Now, my girl. III not keep you nor Mrs. McIIugh any longer; yon ve been verv helpful, and I'm obliged to yon. "I'm sure you are welcome, tbey saio in ohm-us, and retired. Dillon followed them to tue door, and moving it backwards and forwards, -ob- "'"It'goes easily and silently!" Then stepping over the threshold, he seemed to 7k most intently on the other side He stood in the owning, so that Standish could not pass. u "Ay." he said, "it has not been touch ed It's jnst thick with dust," and draw & out his P-et handkerchief, nib bed it with some force: finally, re-en": ing the room. Je closed the door and stood a moment, his thick eyebrows almost meeUnTwith a frown of Intense thought. Ten, looking np. a. If "Vd ?n light had come to him, he walked again 5? tie window, and pnlllng the table a little aside, closed the outer shutters and put tip the bar, leaving the center or tion slightly open. "Will yon stay here, while I get the lad der and see if I can enter without noise?" Standish nodded. He felt curiously affected by the ex haustive search Dillon was making. He almost shuddered at the possibility of his discovering some unexpected depths of horror greater even than what was pat ent. At last Standish heard the scraping of the ladder as Dillon fixed it against the window-ledge. Next the shntter opened softly, then the bar was lifted cantiously, and as cautiously let down, but not with cut a certain amount of noise. i"'iiion ap peared at the window, and, stepping iu, came against the dressing table. "There," .he said, restoring it to Its place, "I defy any one to unfasten that bar and let it down without making noise enough to waken a light sleeper. Then the dressing table would be another source of disturbance. As to getting up here on the ladder, it was perfectly easy, hut I am amazed to think the fellows left it there." "They were so sure of getting awar early next morning, I suppose, they were reckless. Now, Mr. Dillon, what do yoo think?" "Well, sir, I do not know what to think. It is quite possible that a murderous thief might have got in that way; I wist the poor lady had had a bit of a noisy pet terrier." "Ah, I understand. Well, it so happens there is no dog about the premises. Whit do you propose to do next?" Dillon stood silent, in deep meditation. Then looking np straight into his In terrogator's eyes, he said: "I've a bit of a plan forming In my mind, sir, but I don't like to talk aliout it yet. Will you trust me for a while, and ask no questions? Ay. ami trust me with a gooduth bit of money, for I may have to cross the channel and disapiear." "Thank you, sir. Might I si-ak to Miss Wynn the yonng lady who heard, or thought she heard, the bar fall?" "Of course only I should like to I present." "Just as yon like, Mr. Standish, but you must remember nobody ever speaks out her thoughts and impressions quite easy. To do this I just want to come on her unawares, like uot to ask to see her formally. If you are there, well and good, but I don't want to lose an opportunity waiting for you." "What is he at?" thought Standish; "he does not want me, that is evident. Oh, very well," he said aloud, "only pray re memlier that Miss Wynn is in a terribly low, nervous state. Be careful not to shock or startle her." "Bless your heart, sir, do yon think I never spoke to a lady before?" "Have you studied the room sufficiently, or would yon wish it to be kept still un touched?" asked Standish. "I have learned all it can tell. I hav quite done with it." (To be continued.) Chinese as Mathematicians. Cambridge JTJnlversity has just had a f amarfcsrtrte "p roof vt tSe mathematical genius of the Chinese. Some time ago much surprise was caused among the mathematicians generally by the d's covery among the papers of the late Sir Thomas Wade, of Chinese fame, of evidence that In the time of Confucius the Chinese knew an equation which only became known in Europe durlug the last century, when it was discov ered by Fertuat, and has since been known as Fcrtuat's equation. But the Ohrnese version recently discovered stated that the equation did not hold with regard to certain numbers. This puzzled the mathematicians, and all ef forts to solve The point have hitherto failed. Now, however, a young under jraduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, has demonstrated that the Chinese were right and his solution Is frankly admitted by the experts to be perfect The correspondent understands the re sult Is shortly to be published at Cam bridge In an authoritative way. Man chesteT Guardian. New Method of Taming Lions. rerzon. the creat French lion tamer. owed his success to the use of electric ity in taming his beasts. When a wild lion or tiger was to be tamed, live wires were first rigged up In the cage be tween the tamer and the animal. Aftet a time Perzon would turn his Kirk, and the wild creature would invariably make a leap at him. but encountering the charged -wires, would receive a par alyzing shock sufficient to terrorize It forever. This lesson would rarely have to be repeated, as the mysterious shod was not readily forgotten. A combined walkinz-stlck and tnble has been placed upon the market, hav ing the cane spilt in three longitudinal sections which are hollow at the ton and contain the braces which prevent the pivoted lef? from opening beyond a certain point. The table top is form ed of heavy fabric stretched over the distended frame. A process -f )l:itin iiluini iinni with roH'i lv a t Miiig method Ins Ih-cii invented in ( triiiany. It is :i glorious ni'ivilcirc to have one s memory y.lorioiisl y handed down to after files, and to stand upon record to the latest pernids of time. Harvard Pniver.dty is the possessor of the highest meteorological station in tl,i- worlil, it Im-iiii; located at the summit of Kl Misti, near Hie town of Areiiiiia, i'eru. it is 1!',200 feet iiIm.vo the sea level. Milk is not' rendered less favorable to digestion by licing sterilized The increased list of aluminum in the arts is liciug recorded constantly Hie tH-hnieal press, and possibly ils most recent application is for printers' tyie. - Aceonlinir to a New Yorker who recently returned from Home a promi nent Italian newspaK-r gravely announc ed that Ceneral (icorge Washington would tako comni'iiid of the American army iu Cuba. A person walking at the rate of four miles -r hour consumes '2.'lu0 cubic inches of air kt minute. Fine coal or slack coal lias proven very effective in Filmland us a filtering material for sewage. Kxpcrlmenls have lieen niniln show ing that a dark hair will bear a weight of 112 grammes, while a bloudn hair tears if seventy-five grammes aro at tucliil. A simple motnod of cleaning iron from rust, suggesUnl by M. Carl Her ing. is to immerse it with a rod of zinc in an acid bath, the two metals Wing electrically coupled. It is a strange fact that injuries to the tongue, whether of a man or animal, heal more quickly than those of anv othor part of the system. The tip of the tongue is chiefly sen sible to pungent and acid tastes, the iriddle portion of sweets or bitters, while the back i confined entirely to the flavors of roast meat and fatty substances. PHILIPPINE VOLCANO. OarlBst Kxslratlen of the Crater of Tsel by Ir. Kane, the Arctic Hero. Prof. Charles W. Shields writes of "The Arctic Monument Named for Ten nyson fcy Dr. Kane," and incidentally gives a sketch of the latter in the Cen tury. Prof. Shields says: It was at Luzon, the largest of the Falllplne Islands, that his adventurous spirit, though under a scientific Im pulse, passed the limits of prudence in his far-famed esptorattoB of the crater of Tasl, a volcano en the Pacific coast of the Island, la a region Inhabited only by savages. Crossing over to the capital city of the island daring one of the lone delays of Chinese diplomacy, (is procured an escort of natives from lis Archbishop of Manila (by means of letters from Americas prelates which he had aacnrsd before leaving heme), and, In company with his friend Baron poe, a relative of Metternich, pene trated the country to the asphaltlc lake In which the Island volcano Is situated. Both gentlemen at first descended to gether until they reached a precipice overhanging the cavernous gulf of the crater, when the baron saw further progress to be Impossible. But the doc tor. In spite of the remonstrances of the whole party. Insisted upon being low ered over the ledge by means of a rope made of bamboos, and held In the hands of the natives, under the baron's nifectlons, until he reached the bottom, 200 feet below. Loosing himself from the cord, ho forced his way downward through the sulphurous vapors, over the hot ashes, to the green boiling lake, dipped his specimen bottle Into Its wa ters, returned to the rope, several tlmvs stumbling, almost stifled, and with one of bis boots charred to a coal, but suc ceeded in again fastening himself, and was hauled up by his assistants, and received Into their hands exhausted and almost Insensible. Remedies ; brought from the neighboring hermit- ago were applied, and he was so far restored that rhey could proceed on their journey. But rumors spread be fore them among the pygmy savages on the Island of the profane Invasion which had been made Into the myste ries of the Tael, and an angry mob gathered about them, which was only dispersed by one or two pistol shots aud the timely arrival of the padres. The trophies of this expedition were some valuable mineral specimens, a bottle of sulphur water, a series of graphic views, from recollection. In his sketch book, and a written description of the volcano by one of the friars, which, after many wanderings, was put In his hands as he sat at the home dlu. ner table, twelve years afterward. HOLIDAYS IN MANILA. .t Oaa Tlsaa There Were Over Forty lores holidays. At one time there were over forty in -each year. The number has been sadly diminished, though there are still thirteen left. I understand. Each pueblo has Its saint, and on that saint's day the inhabitants give themselves over, as they do on the great holidays of the church, to music, fireworks, cock-fighting, -processions. Almost all these processions took pkace at night, and the effect was most plcturusque. There would be a line of marchers, men, women and chilldren, walking In single file on each side of the street, every one with a lighted candle In his hand. At intervals. In the middle of the road, would come Images of the Savior, the Virgin and the saints, borne on the shoulders of from ten to thirty men, surrounded by priests, and preceded by a baud of mu sic. Some of the images were covered with diamonds and other precious stones, said to be enormously valuable. In these cases there was always a guard of soldiers with fixed bayonets about the Image. Often there would be thousands of people walking in these processions; and all the while It was moving, tens of thousands of rock ets and bombs would be fired. These rockets and bombs are hctne-made. The rockets consist only of a Joint of bam boo filled with powder, exploding with great noise, but with little light. The bombs are simply a handful of powder tightly wrapped with hemp. They cost a mere trifle, but make a great noise, and no fiesta Is complete without plen ty of them. The most curious procession Is par dclpated In only by natives and the poor er mestizos. It takes place. If I remem ber rightly, during Holy Week, and Is a high solemnity. Every one walking In the procession Is robed in his grave clothes. The garment is a long, loose gray robe with a hood, and it comes to the ground. The effect is very strange, and as the people go they repeat contin ually: "Santa Maria, Madre de Dlos, ora pro nobis!" It may seem strange that grave clothes are provided before they are needed; but in Manila they are considered a prime necessity, and every native owns those clothes, even if he Is bare of all others. The ordinary dress of the native man is trousers and shirt of "piece-goods" (calico), the shirt be ing worn outside the trousers. On holi days they wear a shirt made of plna, which Is an expensive material. Native servants wear the same articles, but they must be of spotless white, and very suitable and nice-looking K Is, though I suppose that the Idea of being driven by a coachman so dressed would shock the habitues of Central and Hyde parks. A cnrlous freak of custom was that native servant- were required to serve barefooted, while It Was an Insult If a Chinese servant appear before his superior without his shoes. Cen tury. flwapped Couples in Oklahoma. A sensational case with a fanny side is reported from El Reno. A couple ar rived at the principal hotel and regis tered themselves a man and wife. In fact, they were elopers, one having run away from a wife and the other a hus band. In the coarse of a week the In jured husband and the Injured wife ar rived frem Kentucky and caused the arrest of the pair. The deserted man and woman Jad never seen each other before, but while waiting for requisi tion papers from Kentucky they stop ped at the same hotel, and farmed aa ioqualntance. . Having a common grief, they became interested In each other. and on th day ths requisition papers cers hr eloping on their own account. going to Texas; where they are now supposed to be. The first pair of elop ers were released from Jail, and the Kentucky officer returned home, after Informing the local paper that he "hoped a rattlesnake would bite him If he even traveled a thousand miles again to help a couple of men tiade wives." Kansas City Journal. TV It Is said by a SL Petersburg paper that an amateur botanist of Voronezh, Mr. Fetisoff, has succeeded In cultivat ing roses of a pure black color. His persistent experiments lasted mere than ten years, and he Intends shortly to exhibit his new black rose In Loo doa. According to Prof. Agasnlz. there Is a sea worm or annelid, ths "Bololo," at Levuka, In Fiji, which arrives In myri ads on the coast an a certain day. The Waters arm in rnll nf Hum oa a VABom- ble vermicelli soup. After laylBg their eggs nothing is left of them but empty skins. Sound is a vibration of the air, som other gas. or of a liquid or solid, set up by the vibration of some sounding body. Sound is not transmitted by a vacuum, but light Is. The number of vibrations which occur with the shrill est of audible sounds is 8A.0O0 or 40, 000; with ths deepest tones, only about 24 to 30. Experiments have recently been tried In England with a projectile for can non. It Is provided with a ring at the base which completely closes the bora so that no gases can escape past the balL This not only prevents erosion, bnt It enables good results to be attain ed With eroed guns. A new six-Inch gun waa recently tried there which fired eight shots In fifty-six seconds. Some remarkable specimens of Swed ish steel were shown in the Stockholm exhibition. One was a ribbon of steel, extremely thin, and over 4.000 feet long. It was so thin as to weigh only forty-three pounds. The sample was produced at the Sandvlk works, where a very large proportion of the paragon umbrella ribs of the world are pro duced. The steel Is so valuable that. In order to maintain Its standard, every piece Is examined, and workmen cut out any parts that are burned, and re move the last particle of scale. Dr. Lydckker, In Konwledge, points out the error of the widespread belief that deserts, like the Sahara., are the bottom ir4aclivt' otas- v.i.ch "haVaVWan Dpiumci$ been lifted above their original eleva tion by geological forces. It is absolute ly certain, he says, that the sands of all the great deserts of the world have been formed on the spot by the disinte gration of the solid rocks on which they rest. "Desert sands correspond in all respects, so far as their mode of origin is concerned, to the dust and sand which accumulate on onr highroads In summer," All deserts are situated where the winds from the ocean, before reaching them, are exhausted of their moisture by passing over mountains or across extensive tracts of land. Along our Pacific coast there Is gen erally found a "platform," about ten miles broad, sloping away from the shore until It reaches a depth of 106 fathoms, and then dropping more rap Idly. The edge of this platform. Prof. George Davidson says. Is broken by twenty-seven submerged valleys, some of which are In line with rivers enter ing the sea. But at least two of them have mountains as the shore opposite their heads. One of these, called the King Peak Chasm, has been the scene of a shipwreck under peculiar circum stances. The ship ran on the rocky coast and was lost In foul weather, when the rocks could not be seen. It Is believed that tne doomed vessel un knowingly followed the line of the sub merged valley, or chasm, and her cap tain, finding that his soundings showed no bottom,- believed he was at a safe iistance from the coast Dlsoovers Old Spanish Coins. A baker residing In a very old house at Malines, In the province of Antwerp, Belgium, has Just made an Interesting discovery In his garret, where it had often been noticed that the rafters, when tapped, emitted a hollow sound. A vigorous search brought to light a rusty lock In the corner of one of the rafters, and on Its being forced the cav ity was found to contain Spanish gold coins of the sixteenth century to the value of nearly 1,000. Further search In the house disclosed some highly val uable Cordova leather paper concealed under successive layers of ordinary bouse paper, some of which had been placed on the walls at least two cen turies ago. : 1" none Whatever. Flustered Old Lady Does It mak any difference which of these cars take to the brldgo? Polite Pedestrian Makes no differ snce to me, madam. Brooklyn Life. Crashed Him Again. He (timidly) May I er presa ray suit? Miss Bullion Certainly. (Presser butler button.) James, show this gen tleman to the kitchen and give him a flatlron. New York Journal. Ragged Haggard (at the doorfui wlllln' to work, maddlm, but I can't get nuthln' to do at my profession." Mrs. Bnapperton "Hm! What Is yonr pro fession?" Ragged Haggard "I am an anglomanlac." Harper's Bazar. "Great Scott, woman."' exclaimed Mr. Wlckwlre, to whom his wife was try ing to explain something. "Ton could n't do worse at trying to make your point if yon were attempting to sharp en a lead pencil I" Indianapolis Jour nal. No man should have stomach aeh after ha reachsa an age of dlacietio:i But as a rule the older a man la th c sense ha has In eating. Whan a woman compliments you. s. nxpacta you to throw K rUbt back THINOS WE NOW KNOW. OBfe?aatlea that Has Beaa Broht ut a im war. That George Washington' bead was vel when he said: "in peace prepars Br war." That talking peace and refusing ta prepare for war Is not the best way ta ivold war. That the slse of a country's popula ion or the extent of Its wealth Is not :he measure of Its strength; but Its ca aclty for prompt action In war. That the combination of a gun, tuts and a uniform does not neceeaarl j maks a soldier. That no country has better raw ma. ierlal for aoldktra, or more of It, but mat ths spent for training and disci rime la an essential factor la ths fer Ba stion of an army. That man for man, the American l( lot out-classed as a fighter by any for eigner. That pluck and energy and a cool, calculating disregard of danger Is not feerely an Individ sal but a national characteristic. That, Judged by their product, ow aatlonal educational establishments foi the navy and army have no superior lhd the seope of their education should 88 widened so as to prepare for the nee sssary increase of oar military aa4 aval establlghmeats. 'That In proportion to Its slse th American navy has no superior ta ship and gun. That the American navy retains the superiority in gna practice that It showed In the revolution and in the war of 1S12; indeed, wherever It hat seen bronght tato contrast with forelga a vies. That American shipyards, Americas ordnance factories, American armoi plat factories, can be depended upon for honest and thorough work, and out ardnanos officers for efficient Inspec tion. That ths collisions, accidents and misunderstandings so common In for eign naval maneuvers are not the nec essary accompaniment of Joint actios by vessels of war properly handled. That ths "sweet little cherub wha Jits up aloft to watch over the life oi poor Jack" has a peculiar penchant for the Tankee sailer. That the Injuries done to the Maine were entirely unlike those produced by an internal explosion such as destroyed the Vlzcaya, which waa torn to piece by the explosion of one of her own tor pedoes. That the regular army of the TJulted States Is an army of native Americans, and not of fo-elgners, as Is so often falsely asserted. This Is Indicated pj the name apt a ring fn the lis's of killed and wonnded and is proved by tke statistics pnti-eheannnallyhy th That it la, moreover, aa we have al ways declared, composed of a body of young men ranking high, as compared with the average cttlsen. In Intelligent and manly characteristics. They are a picked body of men. Even now one half of those applying for enlistment In the country are rejected ano three quarters of those who apply at the re cruiting offices In onr large cities. That saving common sense and some administrative ability has been behind all this, and that It Is only simple jus tic that It should be acknowledged. That the spirit of American patriot ism was never more ardent than It U now, and that those were true prophets who declared that at the first threat of foreign war all Internal disputes should be forgotten and North and South, East and West should be united as one man. That the snarling critics, whose mis sion it has been to depreciate every thing American In comparison with what was foreign, have no place In this country aud should be deported. A rmy and Navy Journal. Message In a Shark's Stomach. While strolling along the shores ol the Delaware Bay, near Fishing Creek. five years ago. Miss Beulah Bate and three young women companions wrott their names and addresses on four sllpi of paper, sealed them in as many bot tles and cast them far out Into tb bay. For days and weeks they watched and waited for tidings of the bottles, but none came, and they had almost for gotten the Incident. A day or two ags Miss Bate received a long letter from the captain of an English man-of-war. stating that while coasting along tht coast of England one of the neamco fell overboard and narrowly escaped being devoured by a huge shark. Af tei hauling the man aboard the sailors se cured the shark and found In Its stom ach the bottle containing Miss Batc'i message. Miss Bate Is now a student at the State Normal School at Trenton, and has become quite a heroine among the mot romantic of ber classmatea Phlladelphla Record. Long Australian Telegraph Line. Among the most remarkable works in Australia Is the overland telegraph from Port Darwin to the south of the continent, which was completed in 1872. Almost the whole 2,000 miles of Its length was through uninhabited country much of It a waterless desert The wooden poles were prepared at th nearest available places, but some bad to be carried Into th Interior, and thr total cost was 11,850,000. Then Ho 'Went, She Have yon ever tried to flgun out what Shakspeare meant by tht words, "Stand not upon the order of yonr going?" Ha No. Have yon? 8be Tea. Th definition Is, "Don't wait (or a house ta fall on you." OITlaad Leader. Already Drilled. Mrs. Peque There seems to be ' preference for unmarried men for th ajrmy. I don't see why that should br the case. Henry Peque Neither do L Married men might not amount to much for ag gressive fighting for their own part, bnt they would be Just the fellows to stand without complaining any number of slegas or constant harassing from th snemy. New Tork World. t Three bundrcxl years ago any mac absent from church on Sunday was ftnad a stUUtng. What a war rsvaaaf SERMONS OF THE DAY Honeafy Enlogised Ruinous Modes nf netting Money Why Polities Has Be come a Synonym For Tracalency and Turpitude The Morals of the Gospel. Text: "They that will be rlnh fall into a temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, whtoh drown men In destruction and perdition." 1 Timothy vl., 9. That Is the Niagara Falls over whloh rush a multitude of souls, namely, the deter mination to have the money anyhow, right or wrong. Tell me how a man gets his money and what he does with it, and I will tell you his character, and what will be his destiny in this world aud the next. I pro pose to speak to-day about the ruinous modes of getting money. In all onr city, state and national elec tions large sums of money are used in brib ery. Polities, from being the science of good government, has often been be draggled into the synonym for truculency and turpitude. A monster sin, plausible, Jiotent, pestiferous, has gone forth to do ts dreadful work in all ages. Its two hands are rotten with leprosy. It keeps its right hand hidden in a deep pocket. The left hand is clenched, and with its Ichorous knuokln it taps at the door of the court-room, the legislative hall, the con gress and the parliament. The door swings open and the monster enters, and glides through the aisle of the council chamber as softly as a slippered page, and then It takes Its light band from its deep pocket, and offers it In salutation to judi;e or legislator. If that hand be taken, and the palm of the intruder cross the palm of the official, the leprosy crosses from palm to palm In a round blotch, round as a gold eagle, and the virus spreads, and the doom Ls fixed, and the victim perishes. Let bribery, accursed of God and man, stand up for trial. The Bible arraigns it again and again. Samuel says of his two sons, who became judges, "They took bribes and perverted judgment." David says of some of his pursuers, "Their right hand is full of bribes." Amos says of some men in his day, "They take a bribe, and turn aside the poor In the gate." Ellphas fortells the crushing blows of Coil's indignation, de claring, "Fire shall consume the taber nacle of bribery." It ls no light temptation. The mightiest have fallen under it. Lord Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, founder of our modern science, author of "Novum Organum," and a whole library of books, the leading thinker of his century, so precocious that when a little child he was asked by Queen .Elizabeth, "How old are you?" he responded, "I am two years younger than your Maajesty's happy reign;" of whose oratory Ben Jonson wrote, "The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end;" hav ing an income which you would suppose would have put him beyond the temptation of bribery thirty-six thousand dollars a year, and Twickenham Court, a gift, and princely estates in Hertfordshire yet nnder this temptation to hrilwry, falling fiat Into ruin, and on his confession oi taking bribes, giving as excuse that all his predecessors took them; he was fined two hundred thousand dollars or what corre sponds with our two hundred thousand Qotiara and imprisoned In Londoa 7wer. If a veu neamenism ana tne vara Agi l nae furnished specimens of innorruptibllldi . A cadi of Smyrna had a case brougf V-.-fore hi 9 trial. AmMB.T-S.Mvi- JJWi Mocrt., in WinrT Th. m J. Thrf mine on. The: briber had many wttne--v$. The poas man oa the otnet- side had-no Witnesses. At the close of the case the cwdl said: ThM poor man nas no witnesses, ne ttiinKs; i snau produce In his behalf Ave hundred witness es against the other side." Then pulling out the bag of ducats from nnder the otto man, he dashed it down at the feet of the briber, saying: "I give my decision against you." Epamlnondas offered a britte, said: "I will do this thing if it be right, and if it be wrong, all your goods cannot persuade me." The President of the American Congress during the American Revolution, General Reed, was offered ten thousand guineas by foreign commissioners if he would betray this country. He replied: "Gentlemen, I am a very poor man, but tell year king he is not rich enough to buy me." Hut why go so far, when you or I, if we move in honorable society, know men and women who by all the forces of earth and Hell could not be bribed. Tbey would no more be bribed than you would think of tempt ing an angel of light to exchange Heaven for the pit. To offer a bribe is vllltany, but It is a very poor compliment to the man to whom it is offered. My charge ls to you, in all departments of life, steer clear of bribery, all of you. Every man and woman will at some time be tempted to do wrong for compensation. The bribe may not lie offered in money. It may be offered in social position. Let us remember that there is a day coming when the most secret transaction of pri vate life, and of publio life, will come up for publio reprehension. .We cannot bribe death, we cannot bribe sickness, we cannot bribe the grave, we cannot bribe the judgment of that God who thunders against this sin. "Kiel" said Cardinal Beaufort, "He! Can't death be bribed? Is money nothing? Muse I die, and so rich? If the owning of the whole realm would save me I could get it by policy or by purchase by money." No, death would not be bribed then; he will not be bribed now. Hen of the world often regret that they have to leave their money here when they go away from the world. You can tell from what they say In their last hours that one of their chief sorrows ls that they have to leave their money. I break that delusion. I tell that bribe-taker that he will take his money with him. God will wrap it np in your sbroud, or put it in the palm of your hand in resurrection, and there it will lie, uot the cool, bright, shining gold as it was on the day when you sold your vote and your moral principle, but there it will lie, a hot metal, burning and consuming your hand forever. Or, if there be enough of it for a chain, then it will fall over the wrist, clank ing fetters of an eternal captivity. The bribe is an everlasting possession. You take It for time, you take it for eternity. Home day in the next world, when you are longing for sympathy, you will feel on your cbPek a kiss. Looking us, you will find It to be Judas, who took thirty pieces of silver as a bribe, and finished the bar gain by putting an infamous kiss on the pure cheek of his divine Master. Another wrong nse of money is seen in the abuse of trust funds. Nearly every man during the course of his life, on a large or smaller scale, has the property of others committed to his keeping. He is, so far, a safety deposit, he is an adminis trator, and holds in his hand the interest of the family of a deceased friend. Or he is an attorney, and through his custody goes the payment from debtor to creditor, or he is the collector of a business house, which compensates him for the responsi bility; or he is treasurer for a charitable Institution, and be holds alms contributed tor the suffering; or he is an oSlc-ial of the city or the Htate or the nation, and taxes and subsidies and salaries and supplies are in his keeping. Another remark needs to be made, and that Is that people ought not to go into places, into business, or into positions where the temptation is mightier than their character. If there be large su:ns of money to be handled, aud the man is not sure of his own integrity, you have no right to run an uaseaworthy craft in a hurricane. A man can tell by the seuse of weakness or strength in the preseucoofa bad opportunity whether he Is la a safe place. How many parents make an awful mistake when tbey put their boys in bank ing houses and stores and shops anil fac tories and places of solemn trust without once discussing whether they can endure the temptation! You give the boy plenty of money, and have no account of it, and make the way down become very easy, and von may pnt upon him a pressure that he cannot stand. There are men who go into positions full of temptation, consid ering only that they are lucrative posi tions. An abbot wanted to buy a plena of ground, and the owner would not sell it, out the owner finally consented to let it to hjm until he eoold rals on oroo. and ths abbot sowed acorns a crop of 200 years! And I tell you young man, that the dis honesties which you plant In your heart and life will seem to be very insignlflcart, but they will grow up until thev over shadow yoo with horrible darkness, over shadow all time and all eternity. It will not be a crop for 200 years, but a crop for everlasting ages. I address many who have trust funds. It Is a compliment to you that you have Deen so entrusted, nut 1 c nurse you, in tne presence of God and the world, be careful; be as eareful of the property of others as ou are careful of your own. Above all, keep your own private account at the bank separate from your account as trustee of an estate, or trustee of an Institution. That Is the point at which thousands of people make shipwreck. They get the property of others mixed up with their own property, they put It Into Investment, and away it all goes, and they cannot re turn that whloh they borrowed. Then romes the explosion, and the money mar ket is shaken, and the press denounces, pnd the Church thunders expulsion. I A blustering young man arrived at a ho tel in the West, and he saw a man on the sidewalk whom he supposed to be a labor er, and in a rough way, as no man has a right to address a laborer, said to him, "Carry this trunk upstairs." The man carried the trunk upstairs and came down, and then the young man gave him a quar ter of a dollar which was clipped, and in stead of being twenty-five cents it was worth only twenty cents. Then the young man gave his card to the laborer and said, "You take this up to Governor Grimes; I want to see him." "Ah," said the laborer, "I am Governor Grimes." "Oh," said the young man, "you I exouse me." Then the Governor said: "I was much impressed by the letter yon wrote me asking for a certain office in my gift, and I had made up my mind you should have it, hut a young man who will cheat a laborer out of hve cents would swindle the government of the Stale if he got his hands on it. I don't Want you. Good morning, sir." I do not suppose there was ever a lietter specimen of honesty than was found In the Duke of Wellington He marched with his army over the French frontier, and the army was suffering and he scarcely knew how to get along. Plenty of plunder all about, but he commanded none of the plunder to be taken. He writes home these remarkable words: "We are overwhelmed with debts, and I can scarcely stir out of my house on accout of public creditors, waiting to demand what is due to them." Yet at the very time the French peasantry were bringing their valuables to him to keep. A celebrated writer says of the transaction: "Nothing can be grander or more nobly original than this admission. This old soldier, after thirty years' service, this Iron man and victorious general, es tablished la aa enemy's country at the head ot an immense army, is afraid of bis c.-eilitorsl This is a kind of fear that has seldom troubled conquerors and invaders, and I doubt if the aunals of war present anything comparable to Its sublime sim plicity." Oh! is it not high time, that we preach the morals of the Goapel right beside the faith of the Gospel? Mr. Froude, the cele brated English historian, has written of his own country these remarkable words: "From the great bouse in the city of Lon don to the village grocer, the commercial life of England has been saturated with fraud. So deep has it gene that a strictly honest tradesman can hardly hold his ground against competition. You can do longer trust that any article yea buy Is the thing which nt ir4-"2.1s Up im. We UJ.V" false weiuuts, false measures, cheating, anJ shoddy everywhere. 1 And yet the eiergy 3.lt'OT tt.ii'wwt. ttau- - j, waee. Many huba'ws oi sermons nave say I I heard in England on the divine mission of the clergy, on bishops, and on Justification, and the theory of good works, and verbal Inspiration, and the efflaaey of the sacra ments; but during all these thirty wonder ful years, never one that I can recollect on common honesty." My hearer, what are you doing with that fraudulent document in your pocket? My other hearer, how are you getting along with that wicked scheme you have now on foot? Is that a "pool ticket" you have In your pocket? Why, O young man, were you last night practicing in copying your employer's signature? Where were you last night? Are your habits as good as when you left your father's house? You had a Christian ancestry, perhaps, and you have had too many prayers spent on you to go overboard. Dr. Livingstone, the famous explorer, was descended from the High landers, and he said that one of his ances tors, one of the Highlanders, one day called his family around him. The Hfgtilnndei was dying; he had his children around blc death-bed. He said: "Now, my lads, I have looked all through onr history as far back as I can And It, and I have never found a dishonest man in all the line, and I want yon to understand you Inherit good blood. Von have no excuse for doing wrong. My tails, lie honest." Ah, my friends, be honest before God, be honest before your fellow-men, he honest before your soul. If there be those who have wandered away, come back, come borne, come now, one and all, come Into the Kingdom of God. I am glad some one has set to music that scene in August, 1431, when a young girl saved from death a whole rail train of pas sengers. Someof you remember that out West in that year on a stormy night a hur ricane blew down part of a railroad bridge. A freight train came along and It crashed into the ruin, and the engineer and con ductor perished. There was a girl living in her father's cabin, near the disaster, and she heard the crash of the freight train, and she knew that in a few moments an express was due. She lighted a lantern and clambered up on the one beam of the wrecked bridge on to the main bridge, which wus trestle work, and started to cross amid the thunder and the llghtniug of the tem pest,and the racing of the torrent beneath. One misstep and it would have been death. Amid all that horror the lantern went out. Crawling sometimes, and sometimes walk ing over the slippery rails, and over the trestle work, she came to the other side of the river. Hhe wanted to get to the tele graph station, where the express train did not stop, so that the danger might be telegraphed to the station where the train did stop. The train was due In a few min utes. She was one mile off from the tele graph station, but fortunately the train was late. With cut and bruised feet she Hew like the wind. Coming up to the tele graph station, panting with almost deadly exhaustion, she had only strength to shout, "The bridge is downl" when she dropped unconscious, and could lie 'ill y be resuscitated. The message was sent from that station to tne next station, and tue train baited, and that night that brave girl saved the lives of hundreds of passengers, and saved many homes from desolation. But every street is a track, and every style of business is a track, and every day is a track, and every night ls a track, mi. I mul titudes under the power of temptation some sweeping on and sweeping down to ward perils raging and terriltc. God help us to go out and stop the train! Let us throw some signal. Let us give some warning. By the throne of God let us flash some Influence to stop the downward progress. Bewarel Beware! The bridge Is down, the chasm is deep, and the light nings of God set all the night of sin on tire with this warning: "He that, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall sud denly be destroyed, and that without rem edy." When subjected to great pressure wood pulp takes an cxti'Hordi nurv hard-in-st. It has lieen fuund available as a material for paving bricks, drain tiling and conduits for electric rubles. The oldest piece of wrought iron in existence is tielievod to lie a roiiglily fanhiinil sickle blade fuund in lgypt. It is now in the British Mum-urn, and it is believed to lie nearly 4IMMI vears old. Thin bamboo tubes aro fastened to carrier pigeons in China, to protect them from birds of prey. When the bird is iu motion, the action of the air through th tulies causes a whistling sound, which alarms prodaccous birds, and keeps them ut a rcsicctful distance. The total area of the coal fields In the world is estimated at 471,we'i ouara The eyes of tlm birds that fly by night aro generally about double the sizo of those of day birds. f, r. h 1 1 V .a " -if. rT T 'jV"; ; ".. 6'
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