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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
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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.
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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.
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