M. F. SOHWEIER, - THE OON8TITDTION-THE UN I ON-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. --rr n in ff
VOL I, II.
MIFFLINTOWJN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1898.
NO.
44.
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CIIAHEIt XVII.
Dorothy shook off ier indisposition
quickly; indeed, slip (seemed to enjoy a
walk with her guardian on the two days
succeeding her attack of faintness. He
had intended making an nttcmpt to draw
from her the secret reason, if any, of the
groat nervous drond from liich she seem
ed to suffer, bnt she hatllcd him by speak
ing more cheerily than unii.nl on abstract
subjects, the only iersnnal matter on
which she dwelt was Kgcrton's intention
of going to Spain, which seemed to Rive
her a certain satisfaction. On the third
afternoon a few linos from Standish tohl
her that his engagement would not al
low of his n-cing her till late the follow
ing day, so I rothy went for n brisk walk
with the children in Kensington Gardens.
On her return Collins told her that Miss
Oakeley was not at home, so Dorothy
went to take off her outdoor garments
before entering the drawing room. On
her way the met Miss Oakcley's maid,
who said her mistress had gone out again
on foot to take some books to the Mis
Illnckhurns, some young ladies In the nea
neighborhood.
With a comfortable sotise of fatigue
Dorothy settled herself to read, but found
her (ran thoughts more Interesting than
the pages before her.
Presently the door opened and she heard
Collins say:
"If you'll sit down a moment, sir, I will
tell Miss Oakeley."
Dorothy was lost to sight In the depths
of a large armchair, and did not perceive
who had come In; but, starting np, with
her usual dread of meeting any stranger,
she found herself face to face with Egei
ton.
Itoth stood quite still, their eyes fixed
on each other a determined, sullen look
gradually hardening Egerton's face, while
I'oromy a large, thoughtful eyes flamed
out with such lire as none had ever seen
In thein before.
Egerton was the first to speak.
"Had I known you were here, Miss
Vyun, I should not have intruded, as you
seem, from some unaccountable reason,
to dislike meeting me."
"No," said Dorothy, advancing very
lowly a step or two nearer, her whole
boul burning with the fiercest hatred
against the foe before her, her veins
throbbing with a tcmiest of anger. "No,
I am ,Jad to meet you, glad to speak to
you, so long as there is no one else to
hear me." She spoke deliberately, her
eyes holding his.
Egerton's c untennnoe changed.
"I am most reedy to listen."
"Yes," she returned, grasping the top
of a high-backed chair near her, as if to
steady herself; "you must and shall listen.
Do you remember," she continued, "one
day, not a week boforeone' was murder
ed,' yotntere talking with Sialyl in the
Teranda, when you urged her to leave her
husband, and swore you would rather
crush out her life than see her live happily
with him? I was near the open window,
and heard you."
She paused.
"Then," exclaimed Egerton, ain a
trnnge, stifled voice, "if you have a hu
man heart, you must have some pity for
the most miserable of men. Nothing but
the dread of the world's references, the
world's talk, the reverence I have fur her
memory, has kept me from ending an ex
istence tlrnt is a curse to me!"
"Itetter you did than pay the forfeit
due to justice," returned Dorothy, with
Indescribable menace. "Knowing all 1
do, what has kept me from denouncing
yon, ssive my love for her consider:! tioii
for my darling's fame? Mere, face to
fnce, I accuse you of destroying her hap
piness for the gratification of the poison
ous venom yon called "Iove, and her life,
either by "
"For heaven's sake, lie merciful! Too
do not know whot tortures my own con
science Inflicts. I know how guilty'l am
I know how base; but," with a despair
ing gesture, "you cannot dream what the
madness of a love like mine was!" He
began to pace the room in profound agita
tion. "If slie would have listened to me,
and left that Insensible tyrant, her hus
band, it would have lecn but a nine days'
wonder, and think of the bliss that await,
ed lis Inith! I could have made her life
one long, bright dream of joy, a palace of
enchantment !"
"Founded on a brave, true man's brok
en heart, and the contempt of her own
children," added Ikimthy. "How dare
you speak such words to me? Has wick
editors so darkened your understanding
that you cannot see the vile selfishness,
tlie unholy degradation rf such a scheme?
Listen! She would never have gone from
him to you! She did not love you she
feared you; you hail, by your base, un
manly tricks, obtained a terrible mastery
over lier gentle. Innocent heart. I have a
letter from her, imploring you to set her
free, to leave her to her true affection and
duty but I found no opportunity to giv
it to you."
"Give it to me now! It was written at
your suggestion," cried Egerton, turning
on her fiercely.
"Then, seeing she was about to escae
from your toils," continued Dorothy, with
deadly composure, "you carry out your
threat and murder her if not by you'
own hand, by "
"Grent heaven," exclaimed Egerton,
with a groan. "Do you believe this?"
He sank into a chuir, and covered hi
face with his hands.
"1 do, as firmly as If I saw the knife
in your'hands, or saw you put it into the
hands of another."
"What do you mean? Not that I would
touch a creature dearer to nie than my
own life a thousand times, to destroy it?"
He grew ghastly white -as he spoke;
his dark eyes, dilated with horror, were
fixed upon the slight figure of his daunt
1 less accuser.
"I mean," she said, with pitiless delilx
oration, "that either by your own hand or
that of another, you murdered hvrl
There was silence for a moment.
"Do not fear," resumed Dorothy, with
bitter contempt; "I shall not publish my
conviction: the forfeit of your miserable
life would but poorly pay for any dis
credit thrown, upon the memory, the char
acter, of the- beloved dead."
"Do you not see yourself the Injustice
,t your accusation? Such an act is Im
possible to me! Don't let your ind.gna
onnd hatred carry you to such Insane
lengths. Don't you see my hand, are
?? I cannot take any steps to prove
my innocence."
"That I quite believe, as I believe the
search you have undertaken for the sup
posed murderer will not be successful.
Avith so bitter a prejudice, so extraor
dm.ry .A accusation, it I. impossible
deal, said Egerton, resuming Ms troubled
'walk. "I deserve almost all you say, but
not this! You always hated me, and I
confess you had reason. If you knew
more of life of men's lives, you would not
think me no unparalleled a ruffian I With
this fixed Idea you will never be able to
i keep silence. You will gradually let out
your susolelpne V
' "Mj conviction," Interposed Dorothy.
i "Your conviction, then, and I shall be
I blackened with the blight of Indefinable
j calumny."
' "My motive, for keeping silence are too
strong "
I Dorothy was beginning, when Collins
suddenly threw the door open, exclaim
ing joyously:
"'Iere's the Colonel himself coming up
with Miss Oakeley 1"
"For heaven's sake, be composed,"
whispered iHirothy In a quick, emphatic
vt-hlsier. The next moment Henrietta,
radiant, exultant, entered, followed by a
gentleman, slightly bent, with gray hair
and mustache and beard of a darker
tinge, all wild and untrimmed, a pair of
dark, dull eyes, very quiet and dreamy,
his clothes thrown on unbrushed, and a
general air of negligence about his ap
pearance. Could this be the well set-np,
carefully attired, soldierly Callander?
Dorotjy, already dazed by the fierce emo
tion of her scene with Egerton. felt dizzy
and almost unable to speak. She wus
overwhelmed at the sight of such havoc
as a few short months had wrought.
merer cried Miss Oakelev. I was
driving down Piccadilly when I saw Her
' bert turning out of Dover street, so I
. pounced upon him at once, and here he
Is! I think he needs a little home care.
Hasn't he grown gray?"
Dorothy, still quivering with the cruel
shock which had shaken her nerves, flew
to embrace Callander as she used in her
school days.
"Dorothy! now do you do. my dear?"
said Callander kindly, but by no means
moved. "It seems a long time since we
met. Ah, Egerton; I did not know yon
were in town" he held out his hand.
How horrible it seemed to Dorothy that
Callander should touch him.
"Sit down by me, Dorothy," he contin
ued; "I am pleased to see you again, and
Henrietta "
"And we have longed for yon to re
turn," said Dorothy, bravely, choking
down her tears. "You will want to see
the children, Herbert. They have looked
for you; they are such dears!"
"Yes," he said, with a heavy sigh; "I
must see them. My little Dolly, my poor
boy "
"I will bring thein," cried Dorothy,
hastening to the door, but passing Eger
ton, who looked stunned, and, tt seemed
to 1W,- guilty, she looked Into his eyes
a look at once warning and defiant. She
ran to her room and seized the moment to
, i nit in uiMiiuig c.i c, r iiivu wen; tear
less, bnt felt like balls of fire. Then sh
summoned Mrs. McIIugh to bring the
boy, while she herself led Dolly.
n-l, . 1, jt n -i i
air;; ncil at. U1Q uw(. Aorowiy piutn-
ed it open. To her infinite relief Eger
ton was gone. -
"Go, darling; run to father," she said,
loosing the little hand. But Dolly hesi
tated. To her, the gray-haired gentle
man was a total stranger. She looked
at Callander, and Callander at her. Then
she said, low and soft:
"Dolly; my little Dolly," and held out
his hand.
The child went to him, but slowly, an
awestruck expression lit her big, blue
eyes.
Callander lifted her on his knee, then
slowly, gently, pressed her head to him,
one hand covering her soft cheek, while
he bent down his own till his grlzrlcd
lieard mingled with her golden locks. .Ys
lie sat thus, his dark eyes woke up from
their dull apathy, and looked wildly away,
ns If at some distant dreadful object,
with a strained, agonized expression. In
finitely distressing. Dorothy gazed nt
rather and child with an aching heart,
while Henrietta burst out crying, and tlie
boy too young to remember, to fear, to
mourn called out noisily, "Pa pa
papa!"
Then Callander, roused from his vision,
clasping his little girl tightly to his breast,
kissed, her passionately over and over
again, till the child looked half-frightened
to her aunt for protection. Then the boy,
thinking his sister was having more than
her share of notice, struggled from nurse
to his father, who, laying his hand on the
child's head, looked intently at him am'
kissed his brow.
Then setting Dolly down, he stretched
forth his hands, palms out. In token that
lie wished to be alone.
"It is altogether the most heart-rending
ight!' gobbed Henrietta, as the) left the
room. "How awfully aged he ia!"
CHAPTER XVIII.
Egerton found that he could not leave
London as soon as he Intended, and Col
ouel Callander's return further delayed
him.
Cal'.ander constantly sought him, as con
stantly as he avoided Stcndish. The lat
ter soon perceived this, and relinquished
his visits to Frroee's Place, Kensington,
although riallaoator continued to live at
the hotel In Dover street, where be went
on his arrival.
Egerton, meantime, betrayed to Paul's
keen eyes a remarkable degree of Imi n
tlence to get away. He was obliged to
wait for one or two introductions to the
local authorities in that part of Spain
where he Intended to pursue his re
searches, but so soon as he obtained these
he would start. He was evidently reluc
tant to be with Callander, Standish
thought, and counted the days until he
could turn his back on London.
This was a very trying time to Stan
dish. He had an uneasy sense of being
surrounded and played upon by forces he
did not understand and could not con
trol. Unless Callander was absolutely In
sane, there must be some color of reason
under his sudden and extraordinary en
mity against himself, and, seek aa he
might in all the holes and corners of hi
memory, Standish could not find the faint
est shadow of a cause, even for fancied
offense. Then, although not a little
ashamed of giving heed to the whims of
young creature like Dorothy, he could
not quite steel his mind against the ef
fect of her profound dislike and distrust
of Egerton. What could have caused it?
It was provoking of her not to confess all
her reasons, if she bad any, to him.
Finally, that somewhat tricky fellow
Dillon was playing "fast and loose" with
hhn in an audacious manner. At any
rate, he would, bring bjjg to book J once.
line to Dillon brought that wily per
sonage to Paul', lodgings in St. James'
place one evening, soon after the conver
sation last recorded.
Standish bad returned from dining at
his club In at bad a temper as his strong
elf-control would allow to take posses
sion of him. lie bad an irritating notion
that Dillon was the worst man be could
hate employed, that be bad not taken any
Interest in the case, and had let any
thread which might have led to detection
slip through his fingers. He had hardly
taken off his coat and begun to look at an
evening paper when Dillon was ushered
i.
"Well,- began Standish, rather Impa
tiently. "I suppose that, as usual, you
bave no new. for me?"
"No, sir not yet," returned Dillon, giv
Ing a quick, searching glance.
"Tell me, have you tracked this seoun
drel, Pedro, through his wanderings?"
"Yes; I have tracked the murderer, and
I can put my finger ou him; but there it
no use in doing that till my evidence i
complete."
"Then why did yon let Egerton under
take this wild-goose chase to Spain?"
"Why shouldn't I?" with a sneering
mile. "If. Just a play for a rich, I II
man like him. What he'll find out is
neither here nor there. He'll not find
Pedro, and he knows it."
"Knows it?" echoed Standish. "What
do you mean?"
"That Mr. Egerton was glad to get
away from the talk. and the bother of this
wretched business, just to lie quit of it
all, and so he has shown you a clean pair
of heels."
"Well, then, Dillon, I am stiii to leave
matters in your bands, unquestioned, un
til you are pleased to reveal all you
know?"
"Just so, sir. It won't be long; but I
cannot fix a time. I may get at what I
want to know to-morrow or next day; I
may not hit it off for three weeks or a
month; but, sooner or later, I'll have tbe
whole story clear."
"Do you expect us to be greatly sur
prised?' "Well, I would rather not say, sir."
"Have you seen Colonel Callander since
is return?"
"Yes; Just once."
"He is terribly broken."
"Ay, that be is," and something like
? learn of compassion shot across his hard
ace. "lie will never be the same man
again."
"I fear notl lie la thinking of going to
Fordsea, I find."
"Is he?" with sharp, suddenly roused
attention. "That's a trip won't do him
much good. Do you know when he goes
down?'
"I am not sure; he may take the whim
any day."
Dillon thought for moment In silence,
and Standish said: "You did not think
the evidence of that sailor, Itilson, of auy
consequence T'
"Not much," replied Dillon, rousing
himself from bis meditations. "He only
told us what we knew before. We cer
tainly got at the size and look of the man
who laid the ladder across, but if it was
tbe Spanish chap, why, you all say he
was like Mr. Egerton in size and build."
"Truer and Standish did not speak
gain for a few seconds; then be exclaim
ed, "I hare detained you long enough, and
ought to dress and gojtat," - -- -'
""All right, Mr. Standish; it's me that Is
keeping you." He rose as he spoke from
the chair where be had been sitting at
what might be termed a civil distance
from Standish. "Good evening, sir. I'll
let you know the minute I hnve anything
clear and satisfactory to tell."
fTo be continued
A t't;h Itailway.
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railway enterprise liefore very long,
the Utah American and Foreign IH-vel-opmeiit
Company of London having
undertaken the development of A large
section of the country, through which
they intend to build an electric, road
eighty-two miles In length. This will
ConiHi-t Ogden, Salt Lake City and
Provo, Utah. The district through
which the road will rim Ik said to be
very rich, both agriculturally' and in
the line of minora! resources. Tlie riKiil
will reach Frovo ennyon, which forms
the only natural outlet for railroads iu
that direction, and It Is expected that
steam railroad extensions will 1k built,
the traffic being handled electrically
over the eighty miles of tlie company's
lines. Tlie power-house will be locah-d
between Snlt Lake City and Provo ami
three miles from the former, so that
the maximum distance between the
power plant and either end of the line
will be forty-two miles The plant Is
dtwigned for 20,0fi0-liore power. There
are anld to le very extensive Iron and
coal depoalts along the line of the rond
which can be successfully developed by
means of electric power obtained from
the trolley feeder.
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squash. Cleveland Leader.
Genius is never commonplace, though
t duals with the commonplace.
A SOLDIER'S TARGET." 1
E
ACH man, as he
signed his name on
C Yjt 1 the enlistment roll,
(L &b& " "eal,led that
"ttfSj&r) I meant fight, and
V that fight meant
SWfci' k,1L TnU Ma WM
ZSFVep?- further drilled into
us In camp; It form
ed the basis of the
j colonel's address as
we marched to the front; It
brought onr muskets to an "aim" ns
we caught sig'it of the enemy for the
first time. Wj had become soldiers to
march, fight and kill. It was to be look
ed upon as a matter of business, as
w. li as a patriotic duty. The sooner
tin strength of the enemy was exhaust-'
ed the sooner we would have peace.
We thought that every man in com-i
pany ' had the same feeling to kill
hut we had not been long at the front
when we found an exception. A score
of skirmishers were ordered down In
front of the regiment to feel the
strength of the enemy In the fringe of!
bushes along a creok. Ambrose Davis)
was one of ns. He was a man of 30 j
a plain, every day man who had laid
down the tools of a mechanic to take
np the musket of a soldier. He was not
given to enthusiasm, but he was an obe
dient soldier and the best shot In the
company. As we clambered over the
fence and took "open order" on the
bread field which dipped down to the
creek, the enemy In the fringe had a
dead rest on every man. War with
them also meant kill. To kill ono of
half a million men means little, and yet
It means kill. Zip! Ping! Zip! It was
not tiring by file it was not firing by
vo!'eys into a battle line half hidden
In the smoke, but every bullet that came
longing was meant for an individual
scldier.
We crouched down and ran forward.
We zlg-zagged to right and left. We
took tlie shelter of every knoll, brush
and stump. Tbe enemy had to develop
bis s:rength to check us. In front of
Davis was an opening In the fringe
a spt where a farm road crossed the
creek. The enemy- to the right and left
f this road was using the bank of the
stream as a breastwork and we were
tiring a good deal at random. An officer
suddenly appeared in tbe center of this
opening, and raising a pair of glasses
to his eyes he took a cool survey of the
regiment far back of ns on the hill. He
was within pistol shot of Davis and
he must hare known It, and yet he
stood there as cool and calm as you
pleas to take bis chance. It was
sheer bravado. Four of onr .twenty h?d
been killed, and 'thsj ncttij was seek
ing the lives of the rest. I was to the
right of Davis and could have almost
hit the officer with a stone; the man
a his left had Just as fair a target
He was not our "game," however he
belonged to Davis. We saw our com
rade thrust forward a barrel of his
musket and bring his eye down to the
sights. Then we watched the officer to
see him throw tip his hands and fall.
Thirty seconds passed away, and we
glanced back at Davis, ne had lifted
his head and was looking at the of!icer
over bis gun. At the end of a quarter
f a minute he dropped It again. It
was bis duty to kill, but this was kill
ing In cold blood, and he had to have
a few seconds to nerve himself np.
Back went our eyes to the officer. He
was slowly sweeping the glnses
across a front of half a mile, and I
wouderod If he would drop them as
the bullet struck him, or whether his
fingers would clutch and hold them the
tighter. My heart came crowding into
my throat as t watched and as the see
ends passed, and at length I heard the
man on Davis' left shouting at htm:
"Hhootl Shoot! Why the devil don't
you drop that officer?"
I turned to look at Davis, and as I
dll so he slowed the muzzle of his gun
to the right and fired into the bushes.
A few seconds later tbe officer lowered
his glasses, and swinging them in his
hand and perhaps humming a tune,
he slowly disappeared Into the bushes.
Later In the day, when Davis' singular
action had been reported, the captain
said to him:
"Davis, I can't believe you are a cow
ard, because you went down on the
skirmish line to be shot at, bnt when
you had an enemy fairly under your
gun, and an officer at that, why didn't
you bring him down?"
"I was going to, sir, but I I
couldn't," was the reply.
"But they were shooting at you to
kill."
"Yes, I know."
The captain could hardly reprimand
a man for not killing an enemy as he
would have shot down a rabbit, and
there was no one to hint that Davis
lacked courage. The incident was for
gotten after a little, and such was tbe
soldiery conduct of the man that he
was made a corporal. When the enemy
withdrew behind the works at York
town to bar MoClellan's road to Rich
mond he covered bis wings with
sharpshooters, and our officers were
their special target One day, as three
companies of us were dragging up some
of the heavy slege-gnns to be put in
poltlon, a major and a private were kill
ed by a sharpshooter who was located
in a tree top. He could be plainly made
out, but the range was too far for our
army muskets. A Berdan rifle was sent
for, and when it arrived our captain
put it into the hands of Corporal Davis
and said:
"You are by long odds tbe best shot
In our company. With a dead-rest over
that log you can tumble that man out
of his tree."
Davis hung back and turned pale.
Just then a brigadier rode up to give
an oraer, ana nis norse naa scarcely,
come to a halt when a bullet from the!
sharpshooter passed through the genj
eral's hat He was not only a bltj
startled, but Inclined to reprimand that
the fellow had not been disposed of.
When he saw the heavy rifle In thq
hands of the pale-faced and hesitating
corporal he shouted out:
"Hurry up, man, and tumble him oat
f that before he ca faleadl If yon
bring hui dorn I'll ask your captain
to make a sergeant of you five minutes
later!"
Davis advanced to a stump a few
feet away and knelt down and sighted
his rifle across tt We who knew bis
marksmanship felt sure that his bullet
would speed true. He took a long aim,
aud we were holding our breath to hear
the report of the rifle, when he drew
bsefc, rose up and 9a id:
"I I can't shoot that man!"
The words were hardly out of his
mouth when the man In the tree fired
again, and his bullet struck down a
lieutenant within fire feet of the briga
dier. "You Idiot bnt why don't you shoot r
shouted the Indignant general, as be
stepped forward.
"It Is cold blood, sir cold blood r
whispered Davis, who trembled In ev
ery limb, aud was as pale-faced as a
dead man.
"You poltroon, you coward I" raged
the general. "Hore, you man cut the
stripes from his sleeves, and you, cap
tain, see that he Is reduced to the ranks
on the company roll! He ought to be
court-martialed and driven out ol the
army In disgrace!"
A soldier stepped forward and with
his pocket-knife cut the chevrons from
the porporal's sleeves, and Poor Davis
sluuk away In disgrace. Here was a
strange thing. A soldier who did not
hesitate to put himself In a position to
be killed could not be Induced to fire
upon the enemy. His soldierly quali
ties were such that he had been tnken
out of the ranks, and yet he refused
to carry out a soldier's first duty to
kill. We could not call him a coward
no man is a coward -who will face death
but we called him strange and won
dered what was back of It alL The
men of the company fell away from
blm, and in a few days he stood almost
alone. When we followed up the ene
my after Yorktown there was some
heavy skirmishing with the rear guard.
Ambrose Davis was with the company,
and upon one occasion, when the hun
dred charged and captured a gun, he
led us all In the rush and was the first
man to put a hand on It After that we
said It was a case of "nerves," or that
he had a hereditary fear of shedding
blood, and he was looked upon morr
favorably.
We saw nothing more of the "strange
ness" of Ambrose Davis until the battle
which drove McClellan to make a
change of base. For half a day ouf reg
iment stood In battle line, waiting to at
tack or be attacked, and during this In
terval ourcompany lost two men killed
and three wounded. .It required an the
"BLEWED Tnn MUZZLE
nerve the vaen nulil work up to stand
there and he shot at without firing -a
shot in return, but Davis showed ne
more nervousne" than any of the rest
When at lengta we moved by the left
flank for a quarter of a mile and then
dropped down to open fire and bold out
ground, Davis was the man on my left
and as I loaded my musket I noticed
that he was firing high. Five minute
later a lieutenant came creeping ajong
In rear of us and warning each man to
aim low. I heard him cursing Davis,
and twice after that ere we fell back,
I saw the man firing Into the tree tops.
The enemy crowded us back day by
dsy and mile by mile, and there was
fighting over every foot of the high
ways. We had a fierce grapple at Fall
Oaks, and again at Savage Station, but
all I knew of Davis was that he was
with us. It was only when weturned at
bay at Malvern Hill that I found my
self beside htm again. He bad been
three times grazed by bullets, and that
was proof that be had stood up to a
soldier's work. Our regiment was sta
tioned at the base of the hill, strung
along In tbe bed of a dry creek, and the
banks gave us protection and a rest foi
our muskets. Aa the enemy came
swarming across the open every mas
was a fair target I had fired three 01
four times when my musket fouled, and
as I waited to clear it I watched Davis.
He was firing over the heads of tb
enemy by thh ty feet Our position was
one which could not be carried. The
nemy realised this at last and the
battle began to die away. On our front
we had only dead and wounded men,
as far as we could see, and all firing
bad ceased, when a man suddenly rose
up from tbe ground about a pistol shot
away and stood staring at us. A thou
sand men shouted at him to come and
surrender, but after a moment he turn
ed his back and becan moving away. I
do not know why any of the bundredfi
01 uteu wuo uau mm ia i"S
fire, but they did net Some were even
cheering the man, when an officer of
artillery Jumped down among ua and
shouted:
"Shoot him shoot him why don't
some of yon bring hhn downT"
His words were beard by fifty men,
bat not a son was raited. The officer
was storming at uvs when Davis sua
denly lifted his musket and fired. an
the retreating man flung up his arms,
whirled about and sank down. Curse
and groans followed, and Davis threw
down his gun and hid his fane In hi
hands and sobbed.
"A splendid shotl" cried the officer,
"and if I were your captain yon would
be a corporal to-morrow P .
Davis had done a strange thing. Wi
looked at him and wondered over It,
The heat of the battle was yet strons
upon us, but the killing of the man
seemed little short of cold-blooded mur
der. "Did I kill klU him?" asked Davis ot
a man beside him when he could con
trol himself.
"Yes, you shot blm dead, the pool
devil. Why didn't you let him ge
away?"
"You have all been down on me bet
cause I wouldn't kill," moaned tb
shooter, as he hid his faoe again.
That night we fell back to the Jame
River. In the darkness and confuslos
commands were mixed up, and It wai
night again before the company roL'
was called. Private Davis was among,
the mlaslng. ne had survived the bat
tlethe retreat was unmolested II
alive he was bound to find his command
within a few hours. And yet be nevei
found It When the returns were mad
up bis name was placed among th
dead. He had been disgraced because
he would not kill. He bad nerved him
self up at last to fire upon a human
target and then? We spoke his nani
in whispers after that and said onlj
good words for him. Charles B. Lewis,
In Denver News.
PETRIFIED BODY
of
Wontn Pound v
Hontera in
Mimoari.
Oscar Cobb and John Shackelford,
while hunting on Dr. F. Shackelford's
farm, near Fayettevllle, lu Hazel HUI
Township, this county, discovered the
body of a petrified woman. While trav
ersing a small ravine one of the boys
found under the roots of a tree, where
the water bad hollowed out the bank,
what he supposed to be human feet On
Investigation he discovered that they
were solid stone, and attached to some
unyielding substance. Securing assist
ance the boys returned, and the tree
and earth removed, exposing the body
of a nude woman in a perfect state of
petrifaction. The discovery was taken
to Fayettevllle, where It was measured
and weighed and viewed by hundreds
of people. The moid to that of a volup
tuous woman, 5V& fee high, and the
weight 253 pounds. The features an
perfect, faoe round and full, and It If
claimed could be easily fecognlsed U
any one were living to-day who had
known her In life. Dr. Shackelford has
owned the farm for fifty yearn, and no I
one was ever burled neat the spot The !
tree growing loin edately over the body, j
however., pkee the date of the buria! I
at some treiaotcrpertod In the settlement
ot the county. If not prior to our present
OF HIS GUX TO THE niGHT."
civilization. Those who have inspected
the petrifaction critically say that 11
Is not an Indian. The only abrasion
or marks on the body are a hole in the'
right side and a protruding arrow head
on the left indicating that death re
sulted from the wounds. Several cjti-,
zens from this city have viewed the
body and claim that it Is as perfect V
the work of a sculptor, tjie toe and
finger nails being as distinct as those o4
a living person. Warrensburg (Mo.'
Cor. St Louts Globe-Democrat
Typewriting Barred.
Typewritten manuscripts are stilt
barred out qt the House of Commons.
For copying quill pens are used, aud
the paper employed la tbe same as
that manufactured for the departments
of tbe Government centuries ago. Tb
communications made by our Govern
meQt to those of foreign countries ar
In longhand, although if Mr. BlaJn
bad lived tbene would bave been n
change, as be wee making arrange
ments to Introduce tbe typewrite, i
Singing Soldiers,
A French general baa inaugurated aj
plan of permlttinf soldiers to slna
when on the march, a privilege which
has beep strictly denied until recently.
It has also beep arranged that any eol-j
dier who can play on any of the smaller!
musical instruments shall be provided
with such instrument at the expense
of tbe state. Boston Traveler
Some women attract attention aim-i
ply because they make no effort to atj
tract tt.
In a woman's novel the firs shouldj
be lost and the last Bras,
When a man desires to drees np, he
rvnt-m a ihtva and a ahlnA Tf fia itaa4na
to look particularly fine, he gets a naif'
cu( j addition.
when a man Is continually f,)Hnf
bout Ws troubles, his neighbors never
trouble very much about his talk.
Loud conversation is hardly necesW
sary, and frequently annoylns; to otlv
era. -
SERMONS OF THE DAY
object: "Enough Batter Than Too Mneh"
- Certain Buperflultie-, Both Physical
and Mental, Are a Hindrance Bather
Than n Haip In Ufa.
Text: "A man of great stature, whose
lingers and toes were four and twenty, six
in each hand, and six on each foot; and he
also was the son of a giant. Bat when be
defied Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shlmea,
David's brother, slew blm." I Chron. iz.,
i, 1.
Malformation photographed, and for
what reason? Did not this passage slip In
by mistake Into tbe sacred Rcri.tures, as
sometimes a paragraph utterly obnoxious
to the editor gets into his newspaper dur
ing his absenoe? Is not this Scriptural er
rata? No. no: there Is nothing hanhazard
about the Bible. This passage of Scripture
was as eenainiy miennea io ne pui in ino
Bible as tbe verse, "In the beginning God
created tne Heavens and tne earth," or,
"God so loved the world that Ho gave His
only begotton 8on."
And I select it tor my text to-day beoause
it isoharged with practical and tremendons
meaning. By the people of Clod the Phllfx
tlnes had been conquered, with the eim.p
tion of a few giants. The race of giants Is
mostly extinct, I am glad to sity. There Is
no nse for giants now except to enlarge the
Income of museums. But there were many
of them in olden times. Oollath was, ac
cording to the Blblo, eleven feet four and a
half Inches high. Or, if you doubt this,
the famcus Pliny, declares that at Crete,
by an earthquake, a monument woa broken
open, discovering the remains of a giant
forty-six cubits long, or sixty-uine feet
high. Ho, whether you take sacred or pro
fane history, you mnst come to th. conclu
sion that there were In those times oases of
human altitude monstrous and appalling.
David had smashed the skull of one of
these giants, but there were other giants
that the Davidenn wars had not yet sub
dued, and one of them stands in my text.
He was not only of Alpine stature, but had
a surplus of digits. To the ordinary fingers
was annexed an additional finger, and tbe
foot had also a superfluous addendum.
He had twenty-four terminations to bands
and feet, where others have twenty. It was
not the only Instanoe of the kind. Tavgr
nier, the learned writer, says that the Em
peror of Java had a son endowed with the
same number of extremities. Volcatlus;
tne poet, unit six lingers on each hand:
Haapertuis, fh his celebrated letters, spenka
of two families near Berlin similarly
equipped of band and foot. All of which f I
can belleve.for I have seen two eases ot the
same physical superabundance. But this '
giant ot the text is in battle, and as David, i
the stripling warrior, had despatched one
giant, the nephew of David slays this mon
ster of my text, and thero he lies after the
battle in Oath, a dead giant. His stature
did not save him, and bis eaporfluous ap
pendices of hand and foot did not pave him.
The probability was that in the battle his
sixth finger on his hand made htm clumsy
in the use of his weapon, and his sixth toe
crippled bis gait. Behold the prostrate
and malformed giant ot the text: "A man
of great stature, whose fingers and toes
were tour and twenty, six on each hand
and six on each foot; and be also was the
win of ,r t n f 1 1 Tint vltnn hit 1 n II ml
Jonathan, the son of Shlmea, David's) ,
promer. stew mm.
Behold how superfluities are a hin
drance rather than a help! In all the bat
tle at Oath that day there was not a man
with ordinary hand and ordinary foot and
ordinary stature that was not better off
than this physical cariosity ot my text A
dwarf on the right side Is stronger than a
giant on the wrong side, and all the bodv
and mind and estate and ooDortunftv that
you cannot usefor Ood and the better
ment ot tne world is a sixth finger and a
sixth toe, and a terrible hindrance. The
most of the good done in the world, and
the most of those who win the battle for
the right are ordinary people Count the
fingers of their right hand, and they have
Just Ave no more and no less. One Doo- i
a- r.. n . i i .. i.... .1 I
tor Duff among missionaries, but three
thousand missionaries that would tell you
thev have nnlv enmmnn nlimtiii An. '
Florence Nightingale to nurse the sick In
conspicuous places, but ten thousand
women who are just as good nurses,
though never hoard of. The "Swamp
Angel" was a big gun that during the Civil
War made a big noise, but muskets ot ordi
nary calibre and shells of ordinary heft
did the execution. President Tyler aud
and bis Cabinet go down the Totomac one
day to experiment with tho "Peace
maker," a great iron gun that was to
affright with its thunder foreign navies.
The gunner tenches It off, and it explodes,
and leaves Cabinet Ministers dead on tbe
deck, while at that time, all np and down
our coast, were cannon of ordinary bore,
able to be the defonse of the nation, and
ready at the first touch to waken to duty.
The curse of the world Is big guns. Aftor
the politicians, who have made all' tho
noise, go home hoarse from angry discus
sion on the evening of the first Monday In
November, tho next dny the people, with
the silent ballots, will settle everything,
and settle it right, a million of tho white
slips of paper they drop making about as
much noise as the fall of an apple-blossom.
Clear baok in the country to-day there
are mothers In plain aprons, and shoes
fashioned on a rough last by -a shoemaker
at the end ot the lane, rooking babies that
are to be the Martin Luthers and the Fara
days and the Edisons and the Bismarcks
and tbe Gladstone and the Washingtons
and the George Whitoflelds of the future.
Tbe longer I live the more I like common
folks. Thev do the world's work, bearing
the world's burdens, weeping the world's
sympathies, carrying the world's consola
tion. Among lawyers we see rise up a
Rufus Choate, or a William Wirt, or a Sam
uel L. Southard, but society would go to
pieces to-morrow if there were not thou
sands of common lawyers to see that men
and women get their rights. A Valentine
Mott or a Willard Tarker rises up eminent
in the medicai profession; bat what an un
limited sweep would pneumonia and diph
theria and scarlet fever have In the world
It it were not for ten thousand common
doctorsl The old physician in his gig,
driving nn the lane of the fnrmhouse. ot
riding on horseback, his medicines in the
saddle-bags, arriving on the ninth day of
the fever, and coming (n to take bold of the
nnlae n f the nnHent wlilln t h 1, ftimllv nnln
with anxiety, and looking'on and waiting 0,1 X human mechanism that was ever con
for his decision in reeard to tho mitlent trived, I charge you to use it for Ood and
i pat
and hearing him say, "Thank God, I havt
mastered tne case, he is getting Weill" ex-.
cites in -me an admiration quitn equal ta
tbe mention of tho names Of the great
metropolitan doctors ot the past or the il
lustrious living men ot the present. !
Yet what do we see in all departments
Feople not satisfied with ordinary spheres
of work and ordinary duties. Instead ol
trying to see what they can do with a hand
of five fingers, tbey want six. Instead cf
usual endowment of twenty manual and
pedal addenda, they want twenty-four. A
oertain amount ot money for livelihood '
and for the supply of .those whom we leav
behind nn after wo hnve denarted thl life !
is Inmortant. for we havetho best authorltv i
for saving. -He that orovidoth not for his
own, and especially those of his own house
hold, is worse than an Infidel;" but the
large and fabulous sums tor which many
struggle, if obtained, would be a hindrance
rather than an advantage.
The anxieties and annoyances of thosf
whAUnitalMK.,. Hanwnm nl.lk.,1. ...... .
only be told by those who possess them. It
will be a good thing when, through youi
industry and prosperity, you can own tbe
house In whlcb yoa live. But suppose you
own fifty houses, and you have all those
rents to collect, and all those tenants tc
please. Huppose you have branched out in
business successes until In almost every di
rection you have investments. The Ore
bell rings at night, you rush upstair to loos
ont of the window, to see If it is any ot
your mills. Epidemic of crime comes, and
there are embezzlements and absconding
in all directions, and yon wonder whether
any of your bookkepers will prove re
creant. A panto strikes the financial world,
and you are like a ben under a sky full ot
hawks, and trying with anxious cluck to
get your overgrown chlakens safely under
wing. After a certain stage of success has
been reached, you have to trust so many
Important things to others that you are apt
to become tbe prey of others, and von are
" d nui defrjjcjecl.anl tbejtnxjety
yo bad on Jour brow When yon were earn
ing yonr first thousand dollars Is not equal
to the anxiety on your ;brow now that you
have won your three hundred thousand.
Disraeli says that a king of Poland
abdicated bis throne and Joined the people,
and became a porter to carry burdens. And
some one asked him why he did so, and he
replied: "Upon my honor, gentlemen, the
load which I east off was by far heavier
than the one you see me carry. .The weighti
est Is bnt a straw when compared to that
weight under which I labored. I have
slept more in four nights than I have dur
ing all my reign. I begin to live and to be
a king myself. Eloot whom you choose.
As for me, I am so well it would be madness
to return to court."
"Well," says somebody, "suoh overloaded
persons ought to be pitied, for their worrl
ments are real and their insomnia and their
nervous prostration are genuine." I reply
that they eould get rid of the bothersome
surplus by giving It away. If a man has
more houses than he can carry without
vexation, let him drop a few of them. If
J bis estate is so great he cannot manage it
i wmioui iuik uui.a -i"'---- wu
I having too much, let him divide, with thosa
1 wuo nuvo ucrvuun uyunm ucunueo iuj
cannot get enough. Nol they guard their
sixth finger with more care than they did
the original Ave. They go limping with
what they call gout aud know not that,
like the giant ot my text, they are lamed
by a miMirlluons toe. A few of them by
charities bleed themselves of this financial
obesity and monetary plethora, but many
of them hang on to the hindering super
fluity till death; and then, as they are com
pelled to give the money up anyhow. In
their last will and testament tbey gener
ously give some of It to the Lord, expect
ing, no doubt, that Ho will feel very much
obliged to them. Thank Ood that once In
a while we have a Peter Cooper, who, own
ing an Interest In the Iron works at Tren
ton, said to Mr. Lester: "I do not feel quite
easy about the amount we are making.
Working under ono ot our patents, we have
a monopoly, which seems to me something
wrong. Everybody has to come to us tor
It, and we are making money too fust."
Ho they reduced tbe pri"e, and this while
oar philanthropist was building Cooper In
stitute, which mothers a hundred Institutes
of kindness and mercy all over the land.
But the world had to wait five thousand
ight hundred years for Peter Cooperl
I am glad for benevolent institutions
that get a legacy from men who during
their lite were as stingy as death, but who
lu their last will and tas.tam.eut bestowed
money on hospitals and missionary socie
ties; but for such testators I have no re
spect. They would have taken every cent
of it with them if they could, and bought
up halt of neaven and let it out at ruinous
rent, or loaned the money to celestial citi
zens at two per cent, a month, and got a
"corner" on bnrps and trumpets. Tliey
, uvea lutms world Ufty ami sixty years in
j tho presence of appalling suffering and
I want, nnd mnde no eflorts for their relief.
, Tho charities of such people are in the
I'uulonost future" tense, tuny are going
to do them. Tho probability in that if such
a ono la his last will by a donation to
benevolent societies tries to atone for his
life-time close-flstednoss, the helrs-at-law
will try to break the will by proving that
the old man was senile or crazy, and the
expenso of the litigation will about leave
in tbe lawyer's hands what was meant for
the Bible Society. 0 ye over-weighted, suc
cessful business men, whether tills sermon
reach you ear or your eyes, let mo say that
if you are prostrated with anxieties about
keeping or investing those tremendous
fortunes, I can tell you bow you can do
more to get your hoalth back and your
spirits raised than by drinking gallons ot
bad tasting water at Saratoga, Homburg,
Carlsbad: Give to Ood, humanity and the
Bible ten per cent, of your income and tt
will make new man ot you, and trout
im i
3tl." walking of the floor yo an hart f
hours' sleep, without tbe help of
bromide of potassium, and from no appe
me yon win nardiy do a Die to awatt your
regular meals, and your wan oheek wtil Oil
np, and when you die the blessings of those
who but for you would have perished will
bloom all over your grave.
remaps some ot you will take tnfs ad-
Wce but tuo most of vou will not. And
vi i fl will trv tn cure vour AVfillnn hnnil l,v
yon will try to cure your swollen hand by
getting on it more lingers, and your rheu-
matlo foot by getting on it more toes, and
lut-ro mil ikj n bik" reiiei wuea yuu are
gone out of the world; and when over your
remains the minister recites the words:
"Blessed are the doud who die in the Lord,"
fiersons who have keen appreciation of the
udicrous will hardly be able to keep their
faces straight. But whethor In that direc
tion my words do good or not, I am anx
ious that all who have only ordinary equip
ment be thankful tor what they bave and
rightly employ It. I think you all have,
figuratively as well as literally, fingers
enough. Do not long for hindering super
fluities. Standing in tho prosence ot this
fallen giant ot my text, and in this post
mortem examination ot him, let us learn
how much better otT we are with Just the
usual hand, the usual foot. You have
thanked Ood for a thousand things, but I
warrant you never thanked Him fwr those
two Implements ot work and locomotion,
that no one hut the Inflnfteaud Omnipotent
Ood could have ever planned or made the
hand and the foot. Only that soldier or
that mechanic who in a battle, or through
machinery, has lost them knows anything
adequately about their value, and only the
Christian scientist can have any apprecia
tion of what divine masterpieces they are.
Sir Charles Bell was so lm prised with
the wondrous construction of tho human
hand that when the Earl of Itridgewater
gave forty thousand dollars for essays on
tho wisdom and goodness of Ood, and
eight books were written, Sir Charles Bell
wrote his entire book on tho wisdom and
goodness of Ood as displayed lu the human
hand. The twenty-seven bones In the
band and wrist with cartilages and liga
ments and phalanges of the fingers all
make just ready to knit, to sew, to build
up, to pull down, to weave, to write, to
plow, to pound, to wheel, to buttle, to give
friendly salutation. Thotlps of its lingers
nro so niauy telegraph offices by reason of
their sensitiveness ot touch. The bridges,
the tunnels, the cities of the whole earth
are the victories of the hand. The hands
are not dumb, but often speak as distinctly
as the Hps. With our hands we Invite, we
repel, we Invoke, we entreat, we wring
them In grief, or clap them In joy, or
spread them abroad iu benodletlon. The
malformation of the giant s band fn tne text
glorllles the usual hnnd. Fashioned of Ood
more exquisitely and wondrously than
iuu luting ok mo worm out o its moral
predicament. Employ it In the sublime
work of Oospel handshaking. Vou can see
the hand Is just made for thut. Four fingers
just set right to touch your neighbor's hand
on ote side, nnd your thumb set so as to
clench It on the other side, liy nil its bones
nnd joints and muscles and cartilages and
ligaments the voice of Nature joins with
the voice of Ood commanding you toshake
hands. The custom U as old as the liilile,
anyhow. Jehu said to Jehonndab: "Is thine
heart right as my heart Is with thine heart?
If it bo, give me thine hand." When hands
join in Christina saliitntloa a Oospel elec-
trlclty thrills across the palm from heart to
heart, and from the shoulder of ono to the
shoulder of the other.
Modefy is a f lni'in Jtt liii h no beauty
s Complete wit limit .
We k r.illy find the new leaf we turn
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blotted lliriumh by the records pre-
Sonie men count it C"in to take dis
honesty from their heuils to put iu their
pu i-ses.
The sweetest pleasure is in imparl
ing it
War is the high road to eacc.
War is the iron crown of -aee.
In war, sternness is truest kindness.
Heroism cannot Is- estimated by the
dollar:
lie who can dim-nurse philosophy in
be simplest language is a philosopher at
o:irt.
It is generally the man who is striv
' illg to lo ll'lll, nil' it ui!in.-ii ui iuu
opportunities to do wroni!.
Some men like to mistake the echoes
' of their desires for the voire of cou
i science.
I What we call forces are only Cod's
methods, and they are as secret as He is.
"No man hath seen force at any time."
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