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B. F. BGHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION TfiE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWH.
VOL LIT.
MIFFLINTOW1N. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBERS 1898.
NO. 43.
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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.