.- . ; - f .:' 7 -Y B. F. BGHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION TfiE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWH. VOL LIT. MIFFLINTOW1N. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBERS 1898. NO. 43. amglcd ,OU 1L-111 1 CHAPTER XV. I Egerton went with Standish to Water loo, and they accomplished the journey almost in silence. The porter at the hote: informed him thot the detective had been there that morning, and would probably call the next, but his coming and going were extremely nneertnitt. Kgerton had therefore left a note for him. When they reached Iistport the well known common was half hidden by thick sheets of rain sweeping before a wild aonthcastcr, while the heavy, le.nlen-col-ored, threatening waves thundered along the beach. Neither uttered the thoughts which the sight of the familiar place conjured up In loth. Once a sigh so deep as to be al most a moan, broke from Kgerton, and he said in a hoarse tone: "What an end Jug to it all!" After a short halt at the hotel they drove to the office of the lawyer who had been instructed to act for Col. Callander, should his offer of a reward produce any resirft, Mr. Rriggs was a abort, dumpy man, with whiskers meeting under his chin, and a round, jovial face. He rolled some what in his walk Indeed, gave strangers the impression of being a sea-going so licitor. He was a little exalted In his own es teem by being mixed np with such swells as Standish and Egerton, and by the sort of halo the whole business had cast around him. He received them cordially. "Very glad to see you, gentlemen I The man Tom Ritson about whom I wrote, has not come yet, but he will be here presently. I don't know that what he has to tell is of much Importance. Step Into my private office." As he threw an inner door open, sailor of ordinary type presented hiruseli t the entrance of the office. "Oh, there you are, Kitson! Com along." They all went Into the private room, where Standih at once took a chair. Eg erton remained standing, and the lawyer retreated to his usual fortress, the arm chair behind his knee-hole table. The sailor, holding his cap in both bauds somewhat nervously, but with aa air of gome importance, kept rather clo9 to the door. "Come, Ritson," said the lawyer, "tell these gentlemen your story." Kitson shifted from one foot to the other. "Well, sir," he began, "this was the way of It. Yon see, I'm an East port man, and I shipped aboard the Macedo ' nia, one of -the Commercial Steam Navi. .ga-bioa V" rally's ti ia, London Dock In Septetnb.-r last. We put in here for a day and a night, and I had leave to go and see some of my friends as live out Westdene way, but I wus to be at my post at seven next morning, -ma we were to soil with the tide." Egerton muttered a half-inarticulate ex clamation of impatience, and llriggs said aloud, "Come, get on, my man." "I must tell you it all from beginning to end," he said, "or I can't do it no way." "(.live him bis head," murmured Stand teb in a low tone. "So," continued Ritson, "as my aunt's husband was a jovial, hospitable chap, I thought I'd not stay there all night, for maybe I'd drink a drop too much and oversleep myself. We sat talkln and chattin till past midnight. Then I says good-by and started to walk into East port. I. had had a drop, but only a drop. I knew what I was about. It was dark when I set out, but by an' by the moon rose, and by the time I struck the top of the common there was plenty of light, though every now and again a big cloud would come sailing across the moon. When I pot alongside a pretty bit of a house, the first you come to after crossing the sand hills from Westdene, I thought how quiet and comfortable everything looked, and thought there wm a faint glimmer of light in one of the lower win dows, nigh the near end of the house. While I was looking and thinking a figure comes out of a gate at the side of the house, carrying a short ladder on hia boulder. He put It down and stood with ue arm round it, through the rungs, as If thinking what he'd do next. There was something so n"U't and steadfast In his way that It never struck me he could be after any mischief, though it did seem a bit queer his being there with a ladder at that hour. Just then the Eastiiort clocks chimed out three-quarters I guessed it must be quarter to two, and tlmt I had best make for the town as fast aa I could. When I got a few paces off I turn ed and looked back, but not a sign of the man or the ladder could I see. I got Into the old Mermaid Tavern, and to bed. Next morning we sailed." "Io you remember the date of this oc currence?" asked Briggs. "I sir. It was the twenty-second of September and the birthday of my aunt's youngest boy, so wc drank an extra glass of grog to his health. Of course I thought no more about it. We had an uncommon rough iissage across the bay, and were obliged lo put Into Gibraltar to relit. Then we went on to Constantinople, from that to Tort Said, and back, and I was left behind in hospital. Altogether I have been over six months out of England, for I came borne as third officer of a email sailing ship, an it was a terrible slow tub." "When did yon land here?' asked Standish. . . . "Four days ago, sir. Then 1 heard o. the murder, and the reward, so I came along hote to tell what I had seen that niffJ and you can take K all for what it Is woh " "wist ws tc man hk--te raan yon saw ntth the ladder?" continued Stand- k"A tall, straight kid of a elm., about " lie paused snd red b",J erton. "About that ken4lnan s height and build." . . - Ege.ton drew .Une!f up to h"V -rtntute and Wkrd strht at tie aea -wilh a stern, set expression, as if nervi:ig himself to face some Imminent danger "Ixx-k well," he said. "Much may de pend on the apparent height and size 01 the figure you saw." TT "Yes," returned Ritson, slowly. was about your height, but a Irttle broad er, it seems to me now.' w,,.:h "How was he dressedT' "k.a;9h- "In a longish jacket-something likea seaman's jacket; but what I noced ,os was that he had neither hat P Clothes and hair an' ail looked course I could not see "ry cl.-ar-tt light was shifty, and there was the g den and strip of common between me ana him," ... - " Did he look like a seafaring niauT" asked Briggs. "Weil, sir, he wnrn't unlike one. You see, I dnln't take time to look much, for, as I said before, it didn't strike me as lie hadn't a right to be there he moved de liberate like." "It sounds rather corroborative of our susbicioua." said Stand ish. "You ar osr. tai-.ly lit; tti;' Spanish wi'ilor in height and figuie! He would not lme worn hia red cap on such an errand, either!" Eger ton bent hia head in ncquiesi-ence, but did not speak. "I heard tell of tlmt Spanish chap," re sumed Ritson, "and I well remember pass ing a. foreign looking craft a couple of hours after we weighed anchor. She was on much the same tack as we were, bat the breeze had failed her, and we boob showed her our heels. I read her nam. as we passed, Veloz." "I'm afraid we can't get much help out of this," said Briggs, as he made a note or two on the paper liefore him. "Not at present, but it may come m usefully hereafter," olmerved Standidh. "I should Hke this good fellow's evidence taken down and duly sworn to, that it may be available in hia absence." "Tlmt is quite right, Mr. Standkh. I'll see to it." "Can you reaiemlr anything else that might possibly lead to the identification of this man?" "I don't think I can, sir. I did fancy when he was turned half towards me that there was something reddish under bid jacket, or facing the Jacket." Egerton compressed his lips anil made a slight movement, fes if going to tl towards the speaker, but cheeked himself and continued profoundly still. "Hal" cried Briggs, "I remember those vagabonds generally wore red bands or sashes under their jackets. I think this thickens the ease a gamut the Spaniard." "Yes, It looks like it," said Staudish, thoughtfully. "All I hope and trust Is tli at the poor girl never caught a glimpse of her murderer that she never woke. It is too terrible to think of!" he added, with sudden deep emotion. Egerton grasped the back of a huge high-backed chair near him, saying, in a low, fierce tone: "And he still lives!" He drew out his purse and put some money in Ritson's hand. "That's for your trou ble," be added. "Standish, there is no more to learn. You will find me at the hotel," and hastily left the room. CHAPTER XVI. When Standisb reached the hotel, he found Egerton impatiently awaiting him. He was- w alking- np and down the room, where luncheon was laid, and on the table stood a carafe of brandy, more than half empty. The sight of H reminded Standlsh that he thought Egerton had drank an unusual amount of wine the night before. "We shall scarcely catch the train," said Egerton, as they sat down to a hasty meal, of which he hardly ate anything. He waa very silent during the hour which ensued, and scarcely seemed to 1 hear the comments Standlsh made on Rit- I son's story, his assertion that there was but one man about the premises. lie only remarked abruptly: "No, I never thought there was mors than one In It, and I fear I feel sure he will not soon be caught." The first pnrt of the return journey was passed in nearly complete silence. Then Egerton, who had been looking at a con tinental Bradshaw, exclaimed: "Standlsh, I will go to Spain and hunt up this Fedro myself." "Indeedl What has " "I have frequently thought of doing It," Interrupted Egerton. "The fact is, I have not felt strong enough to undertake the journey hitherto. But I am the right man to look for him; I speak the language; and he is probably lurking In my mother's country. I knew most of the influential families In Valencia when I was there, not many years ago. They will not have quite forgotten me. Yes, I think I can get ofl the day after to-morrow. Too much time has been lost already." "My dear fellow," cried Standlsh, "do not be rash. Consult your medical ad viser. Even your success will not bring poor Mabel to life, will not restore the charm of bis existence to Callander, cor " "Give back the color and savor to mine," Interrupted Egerton Impulsively. "I assure you, 8tandih, that In my pres ent mood I see little or no charm In life. If I could bring this " There, I cannot talk about It. You do not dream of the extraordinary mixture of feelings which distract me." He stopped abruptly, and tlien went on In a forced tone: "I am not quite an Englishman, yon see; I feel more acutely; none of you quite consider me an out-and-out Englishman. See how Dorothy Wynn refused me; she couldn't bear me." "The whim of a very young girl," urged Standlsh. Egerton shook his head. "There Is wonderful ripeness and decis ion about Miss Wynn," he snid. "She Is more like twenty-nine than nineteen. She disliked me with her intellect as well as her heart. However, I shall never again offend m the same way. Yes, I'll go to Spain. It has no associations with the immediate past, and I shall go alone." "You had be.ter go with Dillon. fancy he is free Just now." Egerton made no answer, nor did Stand ish press the question. They discussed Egerton's plans till they nearod the metropolis, and Stamlish re marked how clear and defined they were. They had evidently not been thought out on the spur of the moment. Then they spoke of Callander's probable return, and Stamlish fancied he could trace a cer tain reluctance on his companion's part to meet his friend. "He shrinks from the pain of seeing him," thought Standlsh. "It is natural, esccinl!y as he is evidently weakened and depressed." At Waterloo they parted, each going their own way. Stnndish found various letters, iuvitations and notes awaiting him, amongst them oue from Miss Oake ley. "Do come and see us as soon as you can. We have heard that yon went down to Eastport, and are dying to know the reason why. Have yon found out any thing? "Imagine! Mrs. Callander is to arrive the day after to-morrow. I had a letter from Miss Boothby. The poor old thing seems quite worn out, for my aunt has been very nnwell, and yon may imagine what that means to her attendanta. "If Mr. Egerton if with you, pray bring him. He Is more Interesting than ever. Yours truly, "HENRI ETTA OAKELEY." "I hope Miss Oakeley has not communi cated her knowledge or suspicions to Dor othy," said Stamlish to himself, when be finished this epistle. "I do not want her to be disturbed with any fresh informa tion; she is in a pitiable state of nervous depression as It is. I wish Henrietta Oakeley would take her and the children abroad, to some place quite unconnected with the past. I most talk to her about this." Looking; at hia watch, he found it would not be toe lata to pv saint himself after dinner. Be felt ami what nneaay nntU. he had see j Dorothy, and was certain the first glance at her face would tell him bow much she knew. "The ladies had left the dinner table and were in the drawing room," Collins Informed the late, but welcome, visitor when be opened the door. Miss Oakeley was at the piano when Standlsh was shown In, and Dorothy sit ting on a low chair by the tire; the danc ing light played upon the red golden brown of her hair, the pale oval of her delicate, pensive face; she waa more dressed than he had yet seen her, that is, her black dress was oened in a long V, an inner edging of white crape almost filling up the space, her elbow sleeves showed her slight white arm. Standish waa almost frightened to see how fragile, how fairy-like aha looked; she ought now to be looking more like her own bright self. The recuperative powers of youth ought to assert themselves by this time. At the first syllable of his name, she started up and ran to meet him. "How good ol you to come at once, Paul! I know yon would." "Mr. Standish! This Is delightful! I am dying to hear what took you away to that wretched place," cried Miss Oake ley, coming over to shake hands with him. "Yes, Paul, tell us everything," echoed Dorothy, "but first for uiy piece of good news. I had quite a nice letter from the Colonel. He will be home in a week or two." "Ha! that Is good, indeed! Now I have a little, a very little, to tell you. It leads, well really to nothing, and It Is painful do you still wish to bear it?" "I do!" said Dorothy iu a stifled voice. "Yes, of course we do," cried Henrietta, drawing a low easy chair by the tire. Dorothy nestled into the corner of a sofa, which was partially in the shadow, while Standish placed himself on an ottoman at Miss Oukeley's left. He described the meeting with Ritson, and gave a brief summary of his commu nication. He could not well make out what effect the narrative bad uion Dor othy, as her face waa almost hidden from him, but when he came to that part of the story where Ritson said the man ht had seen with the ladder was about the same height and size as Egerton, she ut tered an inarticulate exclamation and leaned forward as if startled. "How extraordinary!" cried Henrietta Oakeley. "I call this very important; it proves to me, that the deed must have been done by that dreadful, horrid sailor. He certainly was Tery like Mr. Egerton. It seems such a shame. . How dreadfully 111 and worn he looks, poor fellow! I feel quite sorry to see him. Do you know, I feel so convinced It was one of those bloodthirsty monsters who committed the murder, that I have told Collins to take that wretched parrot and sell it for what he likes? Don't you remember, Dorothy, how I exclaimed at the strange likeness to Mr. Egerton? Dorothy, what Is the matter, Dorothy? Oh, Mr. Standish, what " But Standish was already beside her. Her bead had fallen back among the cushions, her hands, cold and deathlike, lay helplessly at either side. "She is gone! She has fainted!" cried Staudish, In despairing tones. "Kor heaven's sake, call Nurse! I do not know what to do for her!" and he began to chafe her bands gently. Henrietta rushed first to the bell, which she rang furiously, and then to the door, where she called loudly for every servant In the house, till the room was half full. "Just stand back, every one of you, and leave the room this minute," cried Mrs. Mcllugh, authoritatively; "all she wants la air and quiet." (To be continued. His Reason. Senntor Sorghum had been doing his best to carry on a conversation with the extremely sentliiieiit.il girl, and wan becoming discouraged. She was gazing through the window and ex claimed: "See those distant stars! Did you ever pause to think that they may be worlds?" "Ycs- l believe I have." "And that they may be peopled with Ix-iiigs that hope and struggle as we do? Oh, did you ever think of those people?" "No," he answered. "I never thought of them." Turning abruptly so as to face him, she eiclalined: "Why not?" Then Senator thought for a moment and then answered, coldly: "For the simple reason, miss, that they dou't vote in my district." Wash ington Star. Transparent leather is made in France. The Roman bride, when being dressed for the wedding, invariably had her hair arted with the point of a spea r Ornithologists have discovered that crows have no less than twenty-seven cries, each distinctly rcferrable to a different action. Simla, India, is biii't n the side of a steep hill, ami the roof of one house is often on a level with the foundation of one in the next tier. Switzerland ms a deaf and dumb Salvation Army corps. Naturalists have ascertained that scorpions and certain kinds of spiders are able to make K'uliar noises to warn an enemy that an attack is at tended by danger. The percentage of dark or black eye is 20.7 per cent, among women, while among men it is 12.3 that is, of the whole number. The Tartars have a qnalnt custom of taking a guest by the ear when invit ing him to eat or drink with them. Chileans never enter or leave a coaf-h, street ear or other public con cle without bowing to all its occupants. There are 10,000 camels at work in Australia. There is a well in West Virginia which discharges natural gas with a roar that can be heard six miles away. In the United States thirty-seven per cent, of children under three years of age die from gastro-intestinal disor ders. A new tllament for incandescent lamps has been discovered in osmium, the densest and most refractory of all metals, being infusible except at the highest attainable temperature. What we call forces are only Ood's methods, and they are as secret as He is. "No man hath seen force at any time." UAPT.; DREYFUS' CASE TERRIBLE. PUNISHMENT OF A POVSIBbY INNOCENT MAN. a. flceaa at Oisce Patbetle ud Trasjlo Wall He Proclaimed Bis Inno cence the Mob 8kouted "Traltorl" Jmdaa4" "Wrotchl" Now that the Dreyfus case Is once tore prominently before the world a world by the way, which In the main has always considered the French cap tain Innocent, a brief glance at the aw rul scene attending hia degradation may be interesting. Dreyfus was a captain In the French army and, in secret court, was convict ed In 1894 of selling plana of the min ister of war to the German govern ment. Among them were plana for the mobilization of the French army on the eastern frontier In the event of war. He was sentenced to every con ceivable degradation that military men could Inflict on a soldier, and to life Imprisonment on the terrible Devil's Island. Surrounded by a guard of fonr artil lerymen, accompanied by a lieutenant at the Republican Guard, Alfred Drey fus was brought out from the small building In which he bad been con fined. Gen. Darras lifted hia sword and . uttered the command "Carry arms!" which waa repeated from com pany to company. The troops executed the movement. Hearts almost ceased to beat, and all eyes were directed to ward the disgraced soldier. Between the forms of the artillerymen could be seen clearly the gilt stripes nnd glit tering sword of the captain, distin guished at a distance by the black sword knot at the hilt of the sword. Dreyfus walked with a firm step. The group started toward Gen. Darras and clamor went up from the crowd. The group stopped. Again there was si lence, this time tragic. The cannoneers accompanying Prey- mbs. DBEtrua. fus stepped back a little; the con demned man appeared detached from the group. The clerk saluted the gen eral in military fashion and, turning to Dreyfus, read In a distinct voice the sentence condemning him to exile and imprisonment In a fortified spot and to military degradation. Then the clerk turned to the general again and made the military snlute. Dreyfus listened MILITARY DEGRADATION In alienee. Than, In distinct voice, but with a touch of emotion, Gen. Darras said: "Dreyfus, you are unworthy to bear arms. In the name of the French people, we degrade you." Dreyfus raised both bis arms and holding his head high cried in a loud voice, tn which there was not the slightest- tremor: "I am Innocent. I swear I am Innocent, Long live "crancer "Death to him!" shouted the crowd. Meanwhile the adjutant had swiftly torn the bands from hia cap, the tripes from bis sleeves, the buttons from his dolman, the numbers from bis collar, and from his trousers the red band which he bad worn aloce he entered the polytechnic school. The word remained. The adjutant drew it and broke It across hia knee. A After ch-a Prnpssat For several minutes tfae young man did set speak. His heart was too full. It was enough for htm to know that this glorious creature loved him; that she had premised to share bis fate. With a new and delighted sense of owner ship he feasted his eyes once more upon her beauty, and as he realised that hsMtfortB ft weuM be his.fjrlrtlece to snapping sound and the two pieces fell with the rest to the ground. The sword belt jras next detached and the scab bard fell in its- turn. It was finished. The seconds seemed a century. Never was there an Im pression of acute anguish. Again, with out sign of emotion, the voice of the condemned man rose: "Yea degrade an Innocent man!" Next he had to pass before his for- CAPTAIN DKKYFUS UNDER mer comrades and subordinates. He strides over what were the insignia of his office, which two gendarmes will presently pick up, and places himself before the four cannoneers who lead him before Gen. Darras. The llttlo group, with the two officers of the Re publican Guard at the head, start to ward the band placed before the pris on vehicle and begins to march along the line of troops, at a distance of about a yard. Still Dreyfus walked wfth head erect. The crowd shouts: "Death to him!" Dreyfus Is handed over to two gen darmes who put him In the prison ve hicle. The coachman whips up his horses, and the wagon starts off. sur rounded by a detachment of the Repub lican Guards, preceded by two with drawn revolvers. - The condemned man was rich, cul tivated, a favorite with many officers, and the head of a charming household. From this position he fell In the eyes of Frenchmen lower than the vilest criminal that ever went to the Jail or to the guillotine. -" - Other TrlaW. But the case did not end with the conviction of the Hebrew soldier. Doubts existed as to his guilt and final ly his brother Mathieu accused Count Esterhazy of being the author of the memorandum. A court martial acquit ted Esterhazy. Then came the sensa tional charges preferred by M. Zola against the officers of the French army, in which he claimed that Dreyfus was Innocent and that the officers had con spired to injury him. Zola waa prose cuted by the government and sentenced 4 ... OF CAPTAIN DREYFLS. to a year's Imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 francs after one of the most re markable, unjust and scandalous trials ever held In any country. He appealed, waa again tried and again convicted. Then be fled to Switzerland to escape the penalty. Meantime the matter bad been dis cussed In the French Chamber of Dep uties. It seemed as though the affair would excite the mercurial Frenchman to civil war and the situation was crit ical when M. Cavalgnac, minister of war, sledged his honor as a soldier that Dreyfus was guilty and that there was unquestionable documentary evidence to that effect. This acted as quietus on the public mind. Cavalgnac then began an lnvestlga Hon on his own part of the documents in the case. One of them waa assigned provide for her welfare and happiness, he could have almost wept with Joy. His good fortune seemed incredible. Finally he whispered, tenderly: "How did it ever happen, darling, that such a bright, shining angel as yourself fell in love with a dull, stupid fellow like met" "Goodness knows!" she murmured, absently? 1 must have a screw loess wfcoro." Ttt-Blts and he called Lieut. Col. nenry, whs was one of the main wHnesscs against Dreyfus, for an explanation. Henry then confessed that the document was a forgery, and afterward he committed suicide. It transpires that the forged document was the chief reason why tar court martial found Dreyfus guilt. The members of the court were unde cided as to the man's guilt or Innocence when the forgery by Henry was intra- GUARD ON DEVIL'S ISLAMJ. duced. It turned the scale and the un fortunate soldier was condemned. Up to the time of Henry's confession the people In the main were opposed to the opening of the Dreyfus ease, be lieving that there could be no wrong LIEUT. COL. HENRY In their beloved army. But after that there was a revision of public sent! ment. Educating; Farmer. The Danish Government aided by lo cal agricultural societies, has begun or ganizing excursions among the "house men," or farmers of moderate means, to model farms and creameries In dif ferent parts of the country. It Is believ ed that this form of education will tend to elevate the standard of small farms and be a welcome aid to many who can not afford to travel for educational, or, in fact, for any other purpose. Money spent In the interest of agriculture and of the farmer's education Is wisely ap proprlated. A Queer Fhrob. The people of Honolulu are very much Interested In a natural curiosity which there exists in the shape of an algaroba bush, or honey mesqulte, which Is growing upside down. This remarkable plant Is the property of O. B. Reynolds, who drove an algaroba branch into the ground, small end first, as a support for a vine. To his surprise the branch threw out other branches and leaves, all inclined toward the ground, and it is still growing luxuii antly. . Wood Aohen The land loses fertility every time It Is cleared of timber. The remedy is to apply wood ashes freely to the land, which restores the mineral matter tak en away. Nerwly cleared land contains humus and nitrogen, the top soil some times being very rich, according to the kind of timber grown on the land. If more trees are to be grown It will be an advantage to select some variety different from that which prevlousl; occupied the land. Serving a Good Purpose. Caller I sent you a poem about three weeks ago. What have you done with It? Editor I'm holding it Every little while lately I get to thinking that we are not getting out as good a paper as we ought to, and then 1 take that poem and see how much worse the sheet might be, and that makes me cheerful again. Say, how much'll you take tot it? If a woman is a good cook and man ager, her husband prospers and soon gets so well off that they are able to hire a girl to do the cooking, and then they have poor things to eat and suffer like the rest of us. A few years ago, women refused to "talk" before a girl as old as eighteen; now girls of sixteen are regarded old enough to hear the gossip and girls of twelve are not ordered out of the roonr when they stray In. After a girl reaches sixteen, she be gins to advertise by the parties and picnics she gives how much money her father has, and how little sense ho mother has. A man never has as much trouble with his mother-In law as his wife has with hers. Electric Lights Aid Singers. Singers, actors and public speakers since the Introduction of the electrl light have less trouble with thelt voices and are leas likely to catch co'd; their throats ace not so parched and they feel better. This Is dne to the air not being vitiated and the tempera ture mora aren. SERMONS OF THE DAY Subject: Kneinles Overthrown" In th Cbnreh of God and la All Style ol Kefonnatory Work What im Meedec Most Is a Battle Cry. Text: "Let God arise, let His enemlet oe scattered." Psalms Ixvill., 1. A procession was formed to carry th ark, or sacred box, which, though onlj three feet nine inches In height and depth was the symbol of God's presence. As th leaders cf the procession llfed this orna mented and brilliant box by two golder poles run through fonr golden rings, ani started for Mount Zion, all the peopl chanted the battle hymn of my text, "Let Ood arise, let His enemies be scattered.' The Cameronlans of Scotland, outragec by James I., who forced upon them relig Ions forms that were offensive, and by th terrible persecution of Drummond, Dalzla and Turner, and by the oppressive laws o! Charles I. and Charles II., were driven tc proclaim war against tyrants, and went forth to fight for religious liberty; and the mountain heather became red with car nam) ami u t HnthvAll Itrl.ffA ntul A 1 i-.i 't Mma nml Tlrnmp ni tliA tiHttln hvmn a the battle shout of those glorious old Scotchmen was the text I have chosen: "Let God arise, let Ills enemies be scat tered." What a whirlwind of power was Olivet Cromwell, and how with bis soldiers named the "Ironsides," ha went from vic tory to victoryl Opposing enemies melted as be looked at them. He dismissed Parlia ment as easily as a schoolmaster a school. He pointed his finger at Berkeley Castle. and It was taken. He ordered Sir Balnb Hopton, the general, to dismount, and he ' 9on0B ot Perdition," "Conscience Rtupe dlsmounted. See Cromwell marching on "Five Drachms of Heart-ache." with bis army, and hear the battle-cry oi "Ironsides." loud as a storm and solemn ai a death-knell, standards reeling before it, and cavalry horses going back on theii haunches, and armies flying at Harston Moor, at Wlnceby Field, at Naseby, at Bridgowater and Dartmouth "Let God arlbe, let His enemies be scattered!" Ho you see my text is not like a compli mentary and tasselled sword that you ! . . . . I sometimes see nung np in a parlor, a sword that wa? never in battle, anil only to be used on general training day, but more like some weapon carefully hung uf In your home, telling Its story of Patties, ' for my text bangs in the Scripture armory, telling of the holy wars of three thousand years in which it has been carried, but still as keen and mighty as when David first unsheathed it. It seems to me that tc the Church of Ood, and in ail styles of re formatory work, what we most need if now a battle-cry. We raise our little stan dard, and put on It the name of some mar who only a few years ago began to live and In a few years will cease to live. Wc go into conquest against the armies ol iniquity, depending too much on human agencies. We use for a battle-cry the name of some brave Christian reformer, but nftei awhile that reformer dies, or gets old, oi loses his courage, and then we take an other battle-cry, and this time perhaps we put the name of someone who betrays the cause and sells out to the enemy. Want we want for a battle-cry is the name ol iomn leader who will never betray us, nnd will never surrender, and will never die. All respect have I for brave men and women, but If we are to get the victory all along the line we must take the hint of the Gldeonltes, who wiped out the Bedoujn Arabs, commonly called Midlanites. These Gldeonltes had a glorious leader ip Gideon, but what was the battle-cry with which they flung their enemies Into the worst de feat Into which any army was evertuiubled! It was "The sword of the Lord and ol Gideon." Tut Ood first, whoever you put second. If the army of the American revo lution Is to free America, It must be "Th sword of the Lord and of Washington." It the Germans want to wintlte day nt Sedan. It must be "The sword ot the Lord and Von Moltke." Waterloo was won for the English, because not only the armed men at the front, but the worshipers in the cathedrals at the rear, were crying "The sword of the Lord nnd of Wellington." The Methodists have gone in triumph across nation after nation with the cry, "The sword of the Lord and of Wesley." The Presbyterians have gone from victory to victory with the cry, "The sword of the Lord and of John Knox." The Baptists bnve conquered millions after millions for Christ with the cry, "Tbo sword of the Lord and of Judson." The American Episcopalians have won thctr mighty way with the cry, "The sword ot the Lord and of Bishop MTlvaine." The victory Is to those who pnt God first. But as we want a battle-cry suited to all sects of religion ists, and to nil lands I nominate as the battle-cry of Christendom in the approach ing Armageddon the words of my text, sounded before theark as it was carried to Mount Zion: "Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered." As far as our finite mind can judge, it seems about time for God to rise. Does It not seem to you that the abominations of this earth have gone far enough? Was there ever a time when sin was so defiant? Was there ever before so many lists lifted toward God telling Him to come on if H dare? Look at the blasphemy abroad) What towering profanltyl Would It be possible for anyone to calculate the num bers of times that the name of the Almighty God and of Jesus Christ are every day taken Irreverently on the Hps? Profane swearing Is as muoh forbidden by the law as theft, or arson, or murder, yet who executes It? Frofanlty is worse than theft, or arson, or murder, for these crimen arc attacks on humanity that Is an attack on God. This country Is pre-eminent for blas phemy. A man traveling In liussia was sup posed to be a clergyman. "Why do you take me to be a clergyman?" said the man. "Oh," said the Russian, "all other Americans swear." The crime is multiplying in Inten sity. God very often shows what He thinks of it, but for the most part the fatality is hushed np. Among the Adlrondacks I met the funeral procession of a man Trho two ! days before had fallen under a flash of ! Hghtning, while boasting, after a Sunday of work In the fields, that he had cheated God out of one day anyhow, and the man who worked with him on the same Habbath Is still living, but a heirless Invalid, under the same flash. Years ago. In a Pittsburg prison, two men were talking about the Bible and Christi anity, and one of them, Thompson byname, applied to Jesus Christ a very low and vil lainous epithet, and, as be was ntterlng it, he fell. A physian was called, but no help could be given. After a dny lying with distended pupils and palsied tongue, he passed out of this world. In a cemetery In Sullivan County in Mew York Htate are eight headstones in a line and all alike, and those are the facts: In 1861 diphtheria raged in the village and a physician was remark ably successful In curing his patients. Ho confident did he become that he boasted: that no case of diphtheria could stand be fore him, and finally defied Almighty God to produce a case of diphtheria that he could not cure. His youngest child soon after tock the disease and died, and one child after another, until all the eight had died ot diphtheria. The blasphemer chal lenged Almighty God, and Ood accepted the challenge. Do not think that because God has been silent in your case, O pro fane swearer! that He Is dead. Ls there nothing now in the peculiar leelingof yout tongue, or nothing in the numbness of your bruin, that Indicates that Godjmay come to avenge your blasphemies, or is already avenging them? But these cases I have noticed. I believe, aro only a few cases where there nre hundreds. Families keep them quiet tojavold the horrible consptcuity. Physicians suppress them through proles donal confidence. It is a very, ve.y long roll that contains the names ot those wbc died with blasphemies on their lips. mill the crime rolls on. up through par lars, np through chandeliers with lights all ablaze, and through pictured corridors of club-rooms, out through busy exchanges, where oath meets oath, and down through all the haunts of sin, mingling with the rattling dice and crackling billiard-balls, and the laughter of her who bath forgotten the covenant ot her God; and round th city, and round the continent, and round the earth a seething, boiling surge flings its hot spray Into the faee of a long-suffering God. And the ship-captain curses his crew, and the master-builder his men, and the haok -driver his honaiand the traveler the stone that bruises bts toot, or the mud that soils bis shoes, or the ildfwtlve time- piecetnat guts htm too lateto thn mil train. I arraign profane swearing ami hla8phmy, two names tortus same thing, as belngono of the gigantto crimes of this land, ant for Its extirpation It does seem as if it were about time for Ood to arise. Then look for a moment at the evil of drunkenness. Whether you livs In Wash ington, or New York, or Chicago, or Cin cinnati, or Savannah, or Boston, or In any of the cities of this land, count up the sa loons on that street as compared with tlio Baloons five years ago, and see they are growing far out of proportion to the in crease of the nonulntion. You people who ! nre so precise nnd particular lost there should bo some Imprudence and rashness in attacking the rum traffic will have your son some night pitched into your front door dead drunk, or your daughter will come home with her children because her husband has, by strong drink, been turned Into a demoniac. The drink has despoiled whole streets of good homes In all our cities. Fathers, brothers, sons on the funeral pyre of strong drink! Fasten tighter the victims! Stir up the flames! Pile on the corpses! More men, women and children for the sacrifice! Let us have whole generations on lire of evil ha!!t, and at the sound of the cornet, flute, harp.sack- hut, psaltery, and dulcimer let all the peo- I'll! IHII oowu nun Kilniy ioK n.i'3Mi'o, u( dersome political platfonul - I "Indict this evil as the regicide, the fratricide, the patricide, the matricide, the uxoricide of the century. Vet under what Innocent and delusive and mirthful names alcoholism deceives the peoplel It is a "cordial." It is "bitters." It Is an "eye opener." It Is an "appetizer." It Is a "digester." It is an "lnvigorator." It is a "settler." It Is a "night-cap." Why ilon t they put on the right labels "Es- "Tears of Orphanage," "lilood of Souls," "Scabs of an Eternal Leprosy," "Venom of the Worm that Never Dies.' ' Only once in a while is there anything in the title of liq uors to even hint their atrocity, as in the ?ase of "sour mush." That I see adver tised all over. It Is an honest name, and anyone can understand It. "Sour mash!" That H, It makes a man s disposition sour. his associations sour and his prospects 1 ,1. .. I. 1- .. . . .... i. f.i., I I sour; aim then It is gonit-to maau bis body. and mash Ills soul, ami miisli In business, and mash his family. "Sour mash!" Oue bori'-st niune at Inst for an intoxicant! Hut through lying label of many of the apothecaries' shops, good peoile, who are only a little under tone in heiilth, and wanting some lnvigor.-Uion, have unwit tingly got on their tongue the fitugs of this cobra, that stings to deitth so large a ratio ot the human race. Others arc rufne,l by the common nnd nil-destructive habit of treating customers. And it Is a treat on their coming to town, anda treat while the bariiinini; progresses, and a treat when tin) purchn-ie is made, and a treat as he leaves town. Others, to drown their troubles, submerge themselves with this worse trouble. Oh, tlio world Is battered and ItiiIhoJ and blunted with this growing evil! It Is more and more en trenched and fortifle I. They have millions of dollars subscribed to marshal nml ad vance the alcoholic forces. They nominate, and elect, nnd govern tlio vast majority of the officeholders of this country. On their side they have enlisted the mightiest political power of the centuries. Anit be hind them stnnd nil the myrmidons of the nether world, Siitaiic, Apollyoule and Diabolic. It is beyond all human effort to overthrow this IS.istile of decanters or capture this Gibraltar of rum jugs. And while I approve of all human ageucle of reform, I would utterly despair if we had nothlngetse. But what cheers me is that our lst troops are yet to come. Our chief artillery Is In reserve. Our greatest com mander has not yet fully taken the llebl. If all Hell is on their side, nil Heaven is on our sido. Now "Let God arise, and let His nnomios te scattered." Then look nt the Impurities of these great cities. Ever nnd anon there are in the newspapers explosions of soclnl life that make the story of Sodom quite re spectable; "for such things," Christ says, "were more tolerable for Sodom and Go morrah" than for the Cbornzius and U. t Li sniiliis of greater light. It is no unuiual thing in our cities to see men In high po sitions with two or three families, or re lined laities willing solemnly to mnrry the very swine of society, if they be wealthy. The Bible all allame with denunciation against nn impure life, but nviny of the American ministry uttering not one polnt blnnjc, word against this iniquity lest some " old libertine throw up his chnn'h pew. Machinery organized in all the cities of the United Htntes and C'nniiiln by which to put yearly in the grinding-mill of this iniquity thousands of the unsuspecting of the country farm-houses, one procuress con fessing In the court that she had supplied the infernal market with one hundred and fifty victims in six months. Oh! for five hundred newspapers in America to swing open the door of this lazar-house of social corruption! Exposure must come before extirpation. While theeity van carries the scum of this sin from tbo prison to the police court morning by morning. It is full time. If we do not want high American life to become like that of the court of Louis XV., to put millionaire Lotharios and the Pompadours of your brown-stone pnlitees into a van of popular Indignation, and drive them out of respectable associations. What prospect of social purification can there lie, as long as at summer watering plnces It is usual to see a young woman of excellent rearing stand and simper and giugie and roll up her eyes sideways before oneof those llrst olass satyrs of fashionable life, ami on the ballroom floor join him lu the iliiuce, the maternal chaperon meanwhile bca-ning from the window on the scene? Mutches are made in Heaven, they say. Not such matches; for the brimstone indicates the apposite region. The evil is overshadowing all our cities. By some these linmoralties nre called pec cadilloes, gallnntrles, eccentricities, and are relegated to the realms of jocularity, and few efforts nre being made against them. Ooa bie?s the "White Cross" move- ment, as It is called an organization mnlc- Ing a mighty assault on thlsevil! Ood for ward the tract societies of the land! Ood help the parents In the great work they are doing. In trying to start their children with pure principles! Ood help all legislators in their attempt to prohibit this crime! But is this all? Then it is only a question of time when the last vestige of purity nnd home will vanish out of sight. Huinno arms, human pens, human voices, human talents are not sufficient. I begin to look up. I listen for artillery rumbling down the sapphire boulevards of Heaven. I watch to see if in the .aorning light there be not the flash of descending scimitars. Oh, for God! Does it not seem time for His appearance? Is it not time for all lands tc cry out: "Let God arise, and let His en emies be scattered.'" Largest ftlel Hull on the Mllftippl. The largest steel hull ever floated on II t Mississippi was launched at the shipyard o; the Iowa Iron Works at Tubuq(ie, Ion a The boat is 303 feet long, fifty-six feet In a c and eighty-seven feet over all. 8he coven a spac-i of 2.,000 square feet, or about live eighths of an acre. Sim was built for the Texas A I'.i'illc ltnilway Company, and will bo used at New Orleans in transferrins curs. o The application of the motor to the bicycle has Iscn tried, Iml as yet with no great success. It seems to Is evident that a vehicle that cannot stand alone is not adapted to self-propulsion. Under the laws of t'liina the man who discs his temper in a discussion is sent to jiil for five days to cool down. The heaviest sulistnnce known is the metal asmium, whose sccific pravitv is 21!.447, while that of gold is 111. I'd, lead 11.3ti7, iron 7.7'J and lithium the light est solid is only n.SMI. Cameron, Mo., has a four-legged chicken. When liquid air, containing from forty to fifty -r cent, of oxygen is mixed with powdered charcoal it forms -an explosive which is said to Is' coiupar able in power to dynaniile, and can be exploded by means of a detonator. It is estimated that sii ce the lw gin ring of the historical era 13,(i(iii,n00 per sons have perished by earthqi a ken.
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