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B. V. OOHT7SIEB,
THE OONBTITDTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL Lll.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PEN N A.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16 1898
NO. 49
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-IV.
CHAPTER XXIV (ConUnned.)
..effa U "Very KIad t find yon at last," he cried,
in his ns. fnia, pleasant Toic, as be
advanced, with outstretched hand; "I am
Ion King to know "
He stopped, silenced and astonished by
the aspect of Standish, his stern fare, and
the sight of his hand closed and resting
on the table, quite irresponsive to Eger
ton's friendly gesture.
"What is the matter. Standish?"
"I will explain. You must hear me
without interruption, for what I am going
to say is a sufficient strain on my self
control. I have heard the whole truth
which underlay the tragedy in which w
have both played a part. I know the
brutal rillainy of your conduct toward
. . , 11. 0 T, 1 1 TT. .UUV LI Id h U1V ..-- .
tlirfona whieh ahnnM hnVA fallen An VOU '
were directed to me, and I hare it from
Callander himself that be, too, had learn
ed the trnth, that he was aware of the
debt he owed you, and was resolved to
pay H in full; therefore, you are unfit to
touch the hand of a gentleman, to sit in
the room with a decent woronn! Ton took
the heart, the will, of a weak, innocent
child by falsest strategem into yonr iron,
pitiless hands, and for the gratification ol
a base passion, destroyed bcr soul's lift
as certainly as her murderer struck hei
dead!"
While he spoke Egerton's large, dark
yea grew larger, fiercer, and fixed them
selves unflinchingly on those of Standish.
"Yes! he returned, in a hard voice.
Thls is bow, I suppose, a moral, blame
less man like yourself looks upon me, and
this is how I look upon myself: I found
one of the sweetest, fairest creatures my
eyes ever rested on. whose indefinable-
charm fascinated my heart and tfcrilied
my senses as no other woman among the
numbers I have known ever did before.
I found her tied to a cold, half-indifferent
man, whose age, whose dull nature check
ed and repressed hers. She feared him,
she wanted the companionship of a young
er, a more sympathetic man! She was
formed for me, and all that was needed to
secure such happiness as men and women
rarely taste was that she should tnke
courage and burst her bonds. It wonid
have been but a nine days' wonder, soon
forgotten, and I could have given her ev
erything! But she dared uot! Heaven
never created an angel pnrer or more self
denying than Mabel! Whether right ot
wrong, I have but one regret that I did
not succeed In carrying her away from the
oppression of her home to the heaven my
f ve could have created from the cruel
fc.adnian who destroyed her sweet life to
A.. hr-. 'belter of ..ear arms. My love for hei
I3 gave me superior rights!
I shall nevei "
jfc repent or. regret my share la the past!"
' ! "You, too, are Insane!" exclaimed Stan
, l,rK amoroil nt fc's splf-decention end
uot Vtruck by his allusion to Callander.
"Feeling convinced, continued jiger
ton, "from some strange innate convic-
-v t tion mat tjauanoer muroereu uw wue,
-I ) forced myself to endure his company
f rather thaa give cruel tongues any chanft
O Of touching the truth. I bore the bitter
r reproaches of her sister. 1 will bear in
ailence no breath from me shall evei
-I tarnish the pure name of my beloved
deadl But you and I have the honor ot
Callander's name, the safety of his life
: in onr hands, and though we" shall keep
"'"far apart in the future we must guard it
welL"
- "His honor, yes! for the rest no earthl;
1 Judge can touch him now."
"What!" cried Egerton. with a sudden
revulsion of feeling. "Is he dead?"
"I have reason to believe so," and Stan
dish told the occurrences of the day a
rapidly as he could.
"Then that chapter is finished!" ex
claimed Egerton. "We can never meet
again as friends; but for the sake of the
dead we must not seem enemies. Dorothy
may rest satis-lied with her work," he add
ed with a sneer.
. "She has reason to be satisfied," re
" turned Standish gravely. "Better mourn
over her aister's early grave than blush
for a faithless wife, a dishonored moth
er." Egerton stood a moment In silence.
Then he said, more to himself than tc
Standish, "I shall leave England to-morrow."
With one steady, defiant look into
the face of bis accuser he left the room
and the house.
CHAPTER XXV.
When Standish reached Prince's PIac
next morning he fonnd Dorothy alone nl
the breakfast table; she was looking a
little brighter than' usual, and rose to re
ceive him with a welcoming smile.
- "I am so glad' you have come, deal
ml! I am dying to bear how you and
Wbert met.' 1f he is friends with yon
4j ''V trusts to you, he may recover some
. . , .xning Ui UlS Viu iia 111c v& wiuu.
- "Yea. Dorothy., I will tell you every-
"3 5Ljand half-uneonsoiously in both his own
iSvvlTBHt come into the study; we shall I
nnriinrnrbod! Have you finished yom
- - , Drealcrastr j
--'''-? "Oh! yes, quite Henrietta has a henil
jj$The, so she di not come down: but she
'V.; nts to see you before you go."
'2 While Dorothy Bpoke she led the way
Thto the study; small hre was burning,
and the window was open upon a neat
lUtlcpgatfenT the sunshine of an
eafLf spring morning scwuwu i i" um.m
future crop of grass and flowers.
t. ,M .till " Mid Dorothy, closing
f v- the window and turning to Standish, who
-. . i-ii i :innt. -nnmtliintr in bit
SftOOu SI 111 aim - e
face, in bis compassionate eyes, struck hei
heart.
"Pauldear raul how dreadfully ill
you look! Something bns happened! Some
thing to Herbert! Tell me at once."
"Yes! my dearest Dorothy! W e great
ly fear that an accident bathing siwl-
den cramp, perhaps " - Standish could
hardly form his words.
"Oh Paul! say it nt once. Is he deal .'
"Sit down, mr child." drawing her tc
so(a. and holding her hands in his.
cannot say certainly that he Is! bw
I fear we shall never see him again 1
wBI tell you all '
Dorothy listened with wide-open drj
eyes).
"Do you do you think he did It him
self?" and she dung shuddering to him
as she gasped out the words.
"". certainly not!" returned Standish
promptly. "Why be ordered breakfar
'or himself and for me (for he seemed t
ive expected me), and in his letter h
wke of objects to live for! No, Doro
cy-put that thought out of your head.
,'He wrote to you, then?"
' Yes, very kindly and frankly, just Hk
fc'ol4 self." ,
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"Ah! how good he was, how kind h
was how gentle, how true why. whj
has one bad man been allowed to destroj
our happiness? My head feels on fire '
"Think of those poor little children, at
unconscious of their desolation," begat
Standish, at his wits' end to draw tean
to the poor strained eyes, when the dooi
bunt ecen and Henrietta, her eyes rec
with weeping and a handkerchief in hei
hand, came in.
"Oh! Have you told her? Isn't it tot
dreadful! Oh, poor, dear Dorothy, how I
feel for you! Yet what can your grief b
to mine? I loved him all my life, quite al.
my life," and sitting down, she covered
ber face, and sobbed aloud.
"How did you know?" asked Standish
"I did not say anything in my note, tc
save murdering sleep for one nigbt."
"It was this morning. Collins read h
in the papers and told Celestine, and ah
ran, of course, to me. I kept out of tb
way In my room, for I knew I should talk
to Dorothy, and I told them to keep al
the puper below. Now you mot U-V '
the whole dreadful story."
Standiau complied noticing the con
srant fits of trembling that shook Doro
thy's slight frame.
"Now," said Henrietta, rising, "I hopi
you will not mind being left alone. Doro
thy, but I am going off almost immcdi
.itcly to catch the mid-day Calais boat. I
feel I ought to break the dreadful new
to my aunt. In losing her son she lose
everything, and nobody seems to think ol
her."
"I certainly do!" said Standish, grimly
"Had it not been for her " He stop
ped. "Oh, yes, I know; she growled and
Krumbled and made herself disagreeable,
but then she meant well. At any rate.
Iorothy, I feel I ought to go to Aunt
Callander."
"Yes, Henrietta, I don't mind staying
with Nurse, I am so fond of her, and Pou!
will come and see me. I think I will gc
and lie down; my bead and eyes acht
d read fully."
"Well, do, dear,
tied before I go."
I shall see you set-
"Good-bye, raul.
How good and kind
you always are to me!" A; last the gra
cious tears came, and Dorothy hurried
from the room.
"Thank heaven, she can weep at last!"
cried Standish to Henrietta. "For heav
en's sake, come back as soon as you can.
I feel certain she is going to be ill. But I
dare say Mrs. McHugh will take good
care of her.
"I declare you don't seem to have
thought for any one but Dorothy,' saic
Henrietta, impatiently.
"Not many," he replied, tersely.
Henrietta stared at him as he left the
room.
Standish returned to his chambers on
his way to the Foreign Office, and found
a telegram from Brierly:
"Body cast up by tide on western spit.
Shnll do all that is needful. Come as soon
as you can."
Dispatching this by a messenger to Mist
Oakeley, Standish perforce continued on
his way, that he might clear off some
work, and make what arrangements he
could to attend the funeral of his unfor
tunate friend.
CHAPTER XXVI.
It was all over. The mortal remains ot
poor Callander were laid to rest beside
those of the wife he loved too well.
The only members of bis family who fol
lowed him to the grave were a couple of
distant cousins. Mrs. Callander was in
a strange state of nervous depression.
Henrietta in Paris. Dorothy laid np with
n severe attack of low fever, Egerton
no one knew where. Of all the pleasant
party that used to assemble at The Knoil.
Stnnddsh was the so'.e representative.
A few days after he bad once more
settled to the ordinary routine of his life,
he paid a visit to the lawyer at his re
quest, for Col. Callander, a few days be
fore his unexpected death, had by a cotli
ril revoked bis appointment of Egerton as
executor, and named Standish in his
place, requesting that so long is Dorothy
was unmarried she should remain with
his children.
After examining the will Standish lef
the lawyer's and walked toward his out
lodgings in somewhat deep thought.
He was uneasy about Dorothy, who had
uot left her room since the day he Iind
broken the news of Callander's disappear
snce to her. She was very weak. Mrs.
McHugh reported, and apparently quite
content to lie still, without a desire for
anything.
"What an age it Is since I've seen her.
ind nurse snys she will not be downsiair
tgain for three or four days." Then his
houghts wandered to Dil.'on. IPs i
!iice and non-appearance puzzle.! S.an
linh; "but I shall hot seek him. lie wi"
be sure to present hiu!-clf. He lias Iic-mi
.veil paid so far. but I should like to Im
sure of his silence. The awful trnt'
must never come out. It is huiuiliniiu t.
think that we are at the mercy of such :
'camp ns Dillon. But he umst le s;
enced."
S'andish here hai'ed n hansom niid
Irove to his own :i1m1c. Ar so'uetin;c
happens, he fonnd his thoughts bail bceii
l-rophetic. The servant or the hois.-,
hearing his latchkey in the lock, came om
of the front parlor. "If you please, sir,"
presenting a card, "the gentleman said he
wonld call again."
"If he does, show him up," returned
Standish, reading the inscription "Luke
C. Dilion." "I shall be at home most of
the afternoon."
He began a letter to Henrietta, for he
was anxious that she should return to her
temporary home and to Dorothy.
His lucubrations were cut short by the
announcement of "Mr. Dillon," and the
detective entered, fresh, cool, self-satia-Eed
and red as ever.
"Thought I'd look you np," he began.
"You'll have been wondering what has
lx-come of me?"
'Well, no! You see, there is nothing
more to do, as " Standish paused.
".lust so! Nothing more to do and a
pretty tidy job I made of it, eh, Mr. Stan
dish?" "I readily acknowledge your remarka
b e ability," returned Standish cautiously.
"Well, sir, the poor gentleman made
away with himself sooner than I expect
ed." "How do you know he made away with
himself?"
"Why, Mr. Standish, you and I, who
know the whole truth, need not beat about
the bush when we are face to face and no
witnesses by. I dare say there's doubt
enough to Intention to entitle you to
I deny it was suicide, but what you think
wuiiT pair or snoea. Between you
and me, it's the beet thing the poor fellow
could have done! His life was over any
life worth living so he was right to get
shut of It."
"We need not discuss the question," re
turned Standish haughtily. "We are not
likely to agree on abstract questions."
"Like enough!" with careless superior
ity. "Now, the reason I have called la to
show you that I have a good deal of what
I believe you top-sawyers call delicate
consideration, mixed with a due regard
for my own Interest." He paused.
"Pray continued. I am much interest
ed." "You II be more so presently. When
last yol and I had a talk, Mr. Standish,
we differed about one or two trifles. One
was the amount due to me for informa
tion which would certainly lead to the
discovery of the murderer, and also for an
undertaking to hold my tongue as to tire
same. Now, on reflection, I decided rut
to trouble you. You were not of the fam
ily, you could not be exactly a Judge of
how far their feelings would urge them;
so I just crossed otver to Paris and asked
the old lady, Mrs. Callander, to graut
me the honor of an Interview."
"You did!" cried Standish. "This it
exactly what I shoaid have wWhed tc
have spared her"""
"I dare say, but I suspect the old lady
would rather do business with me. Any
way, she saw me pretty quick. Lord,
what a state she was in shaking like an
aspenl She is just fifteen years oldei
than when I last saw her. She's dying
by inches, of fright. She soon let out
that her son had confessed his crime, and
that she was ready to pay me any amount
If she could only ensure my silence. But
I am a man of principle, Mr. Standish,
always was; so I kept down the figure,
and told her that two thou, was heavy
enough to sink the whole business deep
down out of sight forever. She was
quite amenable to reason, not to say In a
hurry to draw me a check, and wished
to add a trifle for traveling expenses.
However, I directed her bow the matter
wns to be done; not all in a lump, to cre
ate suspicion. That's neither here noi
there any way, I have bagged the cash.
Fortunately I got the matter settled be
fore the news of the Colonel's death reach,
cd her." Dillon paused, but Standish did
not rpeak. Had he opened his lips, he
fell sure his words would not have been
complimentary. After waiting with ex
pectant eyes, Dillon resumed once more:
"I thought it right to tell you this, and
as I am just going to start for Australia
n a curious lay to let you know that
all's square. I needn't tell you, as I am
a man of honor, that you may make your
minds easy, Hie family secret is safe with
me."
With a nod, Dillon left the room, and by
an instinctive action, Standish threw up
the window as if to breathe purer air.
CHAPTER XXVII.
"The day drags on, though storms keep
nut the sun," and spring was now fat
enough advanced to make Standish think
it was time that Henrietta Oakeley too'
Dorothy to Switzerland or North Italy.
SI e bad been full .of the scheme at first,
but for the last week or two seemed dis
posed to postpone their departure till
Standish determined to go and settle the
date at which they should start for Brus
sels, a town Dorothy wished to visit.
It was a fine, bright Saturday, In mid
April, when Standish drove up to th
well-known house In Prince's Place.
"Miss Oakeley was Dot at home," said
the mournful Collins, "but Misa Wyiin
is in the drawing room.
The room looked delightfully home-like,
the bright sunshine tempered by outside
blinds, the atmosphere redolent of vio
ets. Dorothy was at the piano when
Standish came in, and rose with a quiet
-mile to shake hands with him. She look
A less delicately pale than formerly;
there was a pale, shell-like, pinky tinge
in her cheeks, but her great dark-gray
yes were more pathetic than ever.
"I am glad to see you at the piano once
more, Dorothy," said Standish. "You are
a good girl to try and get over your mor
bid feelings."
"Yes, I must conquer my dread of hear
ing music." she said with a sigh, "though
I don't like to think it is morbid. But if
I do not resist, it will take too strong a
hold on me. It will not do to be melan
choly with those poor dear children."
"No, certainly not. You are looklnr
better, my dear ward," still holding bet
hand.
"I am gaining strength," she returned,
gently withdrawing it.
Standish leaned on the end of the sofa,
and looked at her with tender regret for
the young days which sorrow had so deep
ly shaded.
"It is time yoi were away In some sun
ty new place. Where Is Henrietta? I
iru determined to put matters en train
to-day, and we can do nothing decided
a ithout her."
"I am afraid you will not see Henrietta
:o-day nor to-morrow either; she has just
irone to stay with Lady Kilruddc-ry a'.
Twickenham, till Monday."
"Lady Kilruddery? I did not know she
ivas a friend of Henrietta 'sP
"She is going to be more tbnn a friend,"
aid Iorothy, with a gleam of her former
fun in her eyes. "Sh? told me a wonder
ful tale this morning. She has accepted
Major St. John."
"This is indeed a piefc of news! I hope
die will be happy. She is a good soul,
thouch a little flighty." said Standish
"We roust arrange something for yon,
Dorothy," he said, in an odd, absent man
ner. "I shall not go for a month or six
weeks." He paused; Dorothy rose up
and went to the window, as if to escape
his eyes.
"Though you will not confide In me,
Dorothy," he resumed in a low, earnest
tone, "do you care to hear a confession of
well, I fear I must call it weakness
from me?"
"Of course I do," she said, while an aw
ful thought flashed across her. "Is he go
ing to say he is in love with Henrietta?"
She believed he was.
"To you I dare say it will seem folly In
a man who has left youth behind him,"
continued Standish, grasping the top of a
chair near him with a nervous grip, "but
I have fallen, no, rather grown. Into love,
deeper and more Intense, perhaps, than
many a younger fellow could feel, with a
girl almost young enough to be my daugh
ter. I see her sweet, sad eyes brighten
when I come near, but dare I hope it it
anything beyond the almost filial affec
tion which might be her natural feeling
for me, that speaks in them? Shall I ask
ber to be my wife? Is it not possible that
for kindness, gratitude, pity's sake, she
might say Yes, when nature might dictate
No? Can I trust her to be true to herself
as well as to me?"
"Let me confess, too, before I answer,"
returned Dorothy, clasping and twisting
her fingers nervously, while her heart bea
so fast it stirred the folds of her black
dress. "I, too, have been foolish, for I
have let myself fall in love with a ms
older, wiser, better oh, a thousand timet
better than myself, and I have been very
onhappy because I was ashamed of loving
one who could only think of me as a half
forjnfl locqn<t jBMtarc to -'"'mwi
however good be might be, I could be only
an object of charity in the way of affec
tion or regard. To know he loved me
Breath and utterance failed her.
"And his name?" cried Standish, Impe
riously, seizing her cold, trembling bands.
is x-aui, wowperea isoruuiy,. as am
gave her soft mouth to his and leaned un
resistingly against hia breast, locked in s
tender, loving embrace.
(The end.)
JloustlioM.
Crystal Coffee. One need never havs
muddy coffee if she imitates the fol
lowing: While the water is coming to
a boil grind the coffee and beat the
white of an egg. Put coffee in cleu.n
coffee pot, pour on boiling water, stir
ring all the while; immediately add
the beaten white of egg and give a
vigorous stir for a minute or two.
Let it come slowly to a boil; then set
aside for a few minutes. Do so again,
and keep on r epeating the proL-e?s
until serving time. The crffee will be
a beautiful color and clear as crystal.
Dolly Varden Cake. Ingredients:
Whites of three e ggs, one teacup?' ul
powdered sugar, half-teacupful but
ter, two teacupfuls flour sifted with
two teaspoonfuls baking powdi r.
Cream the butter and sugar, add the
beaten egg, mix in the flour with half
teacupful sweet milk and flavor with
lemon. Make a frosting of the yo'.ks
of the eggs and one teacupful of sugar.
Baked Squash. Cut up a winter
squash in pieces the size of an ordinary
potato, bake and eat as you would
musk-melon leaving the rind.
Baked Currant Pudding. One-h"lf
pound of currants well washed and
dried, one-haif pound suet finely chop
ped, ten tablespoonfuls of flour, one
quarter pound sugar, a little spie.
three-quarters pint milk, two eggrs.
Chop the suet finely, mix It with t"ie
flour, currants, etc.; add the eggs, well
beaten, with the milk, beat for tn
minutes, pour into a pie-dish, and ba'.ce
for one hour in a brisk oven.
Creamed Ham on Toast. Warm one
cup of finely chopped boiled ham In one
pint of hot milk. Stir into it quick'y
two well-beaten eggs, add a saltspoon
ful of pepper, a little salt, if needed,
should the ham not be salt enough
to season. Turn over slices of nicely
buttered toast.
i-arm Notes.
For experimenting to determine tr
benefits of charcoal feeding, if an,,
four turkeys were confined in a pen
and fed on meal, boiled potatoes and
oats, and four others of the same brood
were at the same time confined In
another pen and fed daily on the same
articles, but with one pint of very fine
ly pulverized charcoal mixed with their
food. These had also a plentiful sup
ply of broken charcoal In their pen.
The eight were killed the same day,
and there was a difference of one and
a half pounds each in favor of those
supplied with charcoal. They were the
fattest, and the meat was superior in
point of tenderness and flavor.
It Is astonishing how much better a
man knows how to do a thing after h?
has learned the reason why he does It.
It pays to get right down into the first
principles of agriculture, and to learn
how plants grow, what the soil is
made of and how the animals are built.
A roan who has Borne knowledge of
this kind Is not likely to get carried
away by hasty theories which look
ridiculous at once to one who has gone
below the surface of things. Farming
is like a great building in that it ought
to rest on a rock foundation of facts
that are facts.
It is claimed that within the past fif
teen years there has been a decrease of
fullly 46 per cent, in the number of our
native birds. Surely this is appalling
when we consider the vast increase in
the number of injurious insectii. Strin
gent measures should be adopted to
prevent the wanton destruction of our
feathered friends.
Bring your hogs to 200 pounds on
clover, and it is then an easy matter
to finish them off quickly on corn in
the fall, without the expense of feeding
long through the cold weather. Feed
ing corn in order to keep up the ani
mal heat, while putting on fat, does not
pay. Although you may not have
quite such heavy weights in the
end as by other methods, there will bo
more money in the pursa.
Nut growing is profitable, but it re
quires years to bring a nut tree to a.
stage of growth where it will pay well,
hence only young farmers are induce !
to devote land In that direction. Wal
nuts, chestnuts and butternuts would
improve with cultivation. In a few
years walnut trees will be so scarce
that the farmer who has a grove will
secure his own price therefor, the tim
ber being valuable.
When does the farmer make a profit?
There are hundreds of farmers who
have become wealthy, yet they have
handled very little money and have
had difficulty in meeting their obli
gations. There is one bank account
which they do not draw upon, and the
deposits accumulate for years, and
that is the soil. A farmer takes a poor
farm, works it, adds manure, and re
ceives but little over expenses, but ev
ery year his farm has become more
fertile and also increased in value. Tn
ten or more years the farm may be
worth five times the original cost, and
it represents Just as much profit as
though the farmer had received money.
All farms are, to a certain extent,
banks of deposit, where the profits of
tbe farm slowly accumulate.
the management of bees will find much I
to learn before they can succeed. The
winter care is important, for the bees
must not be kept too warm, and if ex
posed they may perish. A special
house should be provided, which should
be kept at a uniform temperature.
When foods are fed on the farm and
sold in some other form the valuable
elements of fertility are retained nt
home, and as long as this is done the
farm may be cultivated to its highest
limit of capacity, and becomes more
valuable every year.
Long articles have been written on
the Importance of feeding liberally, but
farmers are progressive an-1 are dis
posed to go to extremes. It may be
safely claimed that at the present day
most farmers overfeed instead of cur
tailing the supply, which accounts
largely for milk fever In cows, weak
liners ox pies ana diseases or me
bowels.
Compliments are said to cost noth
ing, yet many pay what they value
most to secure them. . j
A mother's iove. In a decree, sancti
Ties the most worthless offspring. 1
Greece has a 110-year-old woman. I
In propotion to its size, a fly walks
thirteen times as fast as a man can
run. '
Croesus, of ancient times, possessed I
about $20,000,000. j
No deep-sea sounding is now con- '
sidered trustworthy unless a sample of .
the bottom is brought up by the sound
ing apparatus, as evidence that the
lead has reached the solid ground. 1
A rhinoceros bird, about tbe slse
of a turkey, which was recently shot
on the island of Java had in its craw a
rim from a small telescope and three
brass buttons, evidently belonged to
tbe uniform of British soldier.
CORONATION OATHS.
Folemn Promise. Mad by Knlen on
Ascending; the Throne.
On Sept. 0, 1898. the coronation of
Queen Wilhelniina of Holland occurred,
when she took the following oath:
"I swear to the people of the Nether
lands to always maintain and observe
the constitution of the kingdom. I
swear to defend and preserve with all
my power the independence aad integ
rity of the territory of the kingdom, to
protect the public and private liberty
and the rights of all my subjects, and ts
employ for the maintenance and pro
gress of public and private prosperity
all the means which the laws may place
at my disposal, as a good queen ought
to do. So help me God."
Before the king of Belgium tnkes pos
session of the throne he swears In the
presence of the united chambers "to ob
serve the constitution and the laws of
the Belgian people, to maintain the na
tional independence and the integrity
of the territory."
The king of Denmark, in the presence
of the council of state, swears to ob
serve inviolably the constitution of the
kingdom. And the king of Italy, be
fore the cssemliled chambers, swenrs to
observe loyally the present constitution.
In Portugal the sovereign oath is: "I
sweat to be faithful to the Catholic,
apostolic and Roman religion; to pre
serve the integrity of the kingdom; to
observe, and cause to 1m? oliserved, the i
;.V.ltlcal constitution of the Portuguese
nation, the ether laws of the nation, .
cud to provide for the general good of 1
the kingdom, to the best of my ability."
"I proai'se and swear to govern the '
kingdom of Norway In conformity with"'
the constitution aul Uie laws. So help
me God, and His holy word." This is
Ihe oath which the king of Norway
makes before the storthing.
The President of the United States,
before he enters upon office, takes the
following oath of affirmation: "I do sol
emnly swear (or airirm) that I will
faithfully execute the office ef President
of the Veiled States and will, to the
best of my ability, preserve, protect and
defend the constitution of the United
States."
Finally, to quote but one other exam
ple of royal oath taking, there Is the
oath which our most gracious sovereign
took at the time of her coronation.
This ran as follows:
Archbishop Madam, Is your majesty
willing to take the oath?
Queen I am willing.
Archbishop Will yon solemnly prom
ise and swear to govern the people of
this United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland and the dominion thereto
belonging according to the statutes in
parliament agreed on, and the respec
tive laws and customs of the same?
Queen I solemnly promise to do so.
Archbishop Will you to your power
cause law and justice In mercy to be
executed in all your judgments?
Queen I will.
Archbishop Will yeu to the utmost
yt your power maintain the laws of
God, the true profession ef the Gospel
ind the Protestant reformed religion es
tablished by law? And will you main
tain and preserve Inviolably the settle
ment of the United Church of England
ind Ireland, and the doctrine, worship,
jisclpllae and government thereof, as
by law established within England and
Ireland and the territories thereto be
longing? And will you preserve unto
the bishops and clergy of England and
Ireland, and to the churches there com
mitted to their charge, all such rights
and privileges as by law do, and shall,
appertain to them, or any of them?
Queen All this I promise to do. The
:hlngs which I have herebefore promts
d I will perform and keep. So help me
Sod. London Mail.
Massachusetts claims to have more
fliffercnt kinds of native trees than any
kingdom in Europe, the number exceed
ing fifty, among them being nine large
oaks.
In order to preserve the colors of
p'auis it is necessary to kill the speci
mens quickly, and this can be effected
by plunging them for a few seconds in
boiling water. If a plant Is allowed to
die slowly, the colors of Its leaves and
flowers will gradually fade. A writer
in Meeban's Monthly says that some
succulent plants will lire for months
after being placed between the drying
leaves of an herbarium, and finally dry
np and turn black.
A new form of electric lamp, from
which important practical results are
anticipated, has boen devised by Prof.
Nernst, of the University of Gottingen.
It has a filament composed of magnesia
mixed with rare earths In place of tbe
ordinary carbon filament, and no vac
uum Is needled as in other incandes
cent lamps. But the filament is non
conducting when cold, so that it must
first be warmed before a current will
pass and cause It to glow. Tbe chief
practical difficulty Is the original warm
ing of the filament.
Iu consequence of some experiments
made In England, shopkeepers are
warned of the danger of allowing in
flammable goods to get Into contact
with the bulbs of incandescent electric
lumps. The wide-spread notion that
such lamps are practically free from
heat Is erroneous. A sixteen candle
power electric lamp Immersed in half a
pint of water will cause the water to
boll within an hour. If burled In cotton-wool
it will set the latter aflame.
Celluloid placed In contact with an elec
tric lamp bulb was set on fire in loss
than five minutes.
In northern Russia the month of Oc
tober is characterised by features so
remarkable that it is reckoned as a
drth season, coming between autumn
and winter, and called the rasputnya
season. It is nearly coincident In time
with onr Indian summer, but Is more
regular in its occurrence, and lasts
ionger. The word "rasputnya," says
Mr. Trcvor-Battye, a recent trave'er In
Uussla, means "the separation of the
ro::ds." During tbe season- ten ring this
name the country is Impassable, owing
to the thawing of the first frosts and
the blocking- of the streams with b okei
ice. The land resembles a quagmire
and even the government postal sarici
is suspended for a month.
The idea of Admiral Makaroff, th
Russian explorer, that a powerfu
steamer can be forced directly to thi
north pole Is rather startling, yet It ha:
i basis of experience. Ice-breaken
have been used since 1864 in Rutsla
and, la their Improved American form
with two screws at the stern and om
at the stem, have been made very pow
srful, so that the Ste. Marie, of threi
thousand horse power, easily sail
through ice two and one-half feet thick
sierclng Ice-walls fifteen feet high. Ad
enlral Makaroff believes that an Ice
breaker of twenty thousand horse paw
er shonld penetrate to the pole li
twelve days from latitude 78 degree!
north, forcing a passage through let
from four to seven feet thick.
Winning Prise,
An odd example of the caprice of for
tune came to light at the last great
Spanish lottery, says Tit-Bits. A grocei
in Lyons thought he would give soma
Df his customers a chance, and also par
tially secure his own outlay in a ticket,
so he offered all the servant girls whe
traded at his shop a two-shilling share
in a ticket he held. If It won anything,
tbe prize was to be equally divided be
tween himself and the girls who took
a shore. Some one hundred of them
paid him their two shillings, and,
strange to relate, that ticket won the
second prize of fifty thousand pounds,
ao that there came a nice little sum of
nearly five hundred pounds each tc
deal out to these lucky servant girls! It
need not be told hew delighted they
were with the result.
Rome years ago, In a large English
town, yoang man who hud some lit
tle capital heard two experienced bulk!
rs talkla-g about a shop that was to be
let In one ot the chief streets of that
town. "Tea," said one of them, "it will
be valuable some day; for when the
railway company brings their station
approach out into this street and they
trill do It, within ten years! that shop
Will be right in tho middle of their pro
jected front, you'll see!" The young
man heard the remark. He went away
and thought. As the shop had never
prospered, be took It on a long lease at
a very low rental comparatively to its
position. He worked hard, and by
atrlctly atending to business got up a
good connection. Six years later his re
ward came. The railway people want
ad bis shop. They were surprised at
the sum he asked aa compensation for
being driven out, but after much hag
gling they gave It to him, and the
young man "cleared out," with a for
tune of five thousand pounds.
How He Got HU Divorce,
A good story Is told of Judge M. F.
Randolph, one of the Wading lights of
the bench in Kansas. A divorce suit,
in which a gray-baired veteran of the
savil war was plaintiff, came before
him. The court-room was filled with
spectators, and the old man seemed un
willing to go on the stand in his own
defense. "I am not going to grant di
vorces without good reasons," an
nounced the judge; and the plaintiff
went to the, chair tJhat served as a wit
ness box. "Now," said the attorney,
Hell us Just what your wife did to
make you leave her." The witness
looked appealingly at the judge.
"Answer the question," waa the or
ier. "Well, she called me names."
"That is not ground enough for a di
vorce," said the Judge sternly.
"And she neglected me."
"Is tihat all?"
"And she said that I was a coward
and a sneak because I went to the war
and came back alive. She said that all
She brave and worthy men died in bat
tle, and only the traitors and cowards
came home; and "
"That will do, sir. The decree pray
d for in your petition Is granted," in
terrupted the Judge. "I want you to
understand, sir, that this court went to
that war, and spent four years there
and the court came back, too."
Ao Honest Ring.
Whoever reads the following must
iwn to a feeling of respect for the hon
ist king. King Frederick VI. of Den
aaark. while traveling through Jutland,
mm day entered a village school, and
round the children lively and intelli
rent, and quite ready to answer his
ue8tions.
'"Well, youngsters," he said, "what
are the names of the greatest Kings of
Denmark?"
With one accord they cried out, "Ca
aute the Great, Waldemar and Chris
dan IV."
- Just then a little girl, to whom the
icboolmaster had whispered some
:hlng, stood np and raised her band.
"Do you know another?" asked the
ting.
"Yes; Frederick VI."
"What great act did he perform?"
Tbe girl hung ber head and stammer
id out, "I don't know."
"Be comforted, my child," said the
ting; "I don't know, either."
To De Quincey.
When we read great names, name'
"to conjure with," It Is sometimes hai
to believe that the men to whom the)
belonged were ever browbeaten by pub
Ushers or crushed by critics. Even D
Quincey had to be brought to a sens
of the realities of this earth, hazy phil
osopher as he was, and while he was
yet a new contributor to Blackwood'i
Magazine the publishers addressed tc
him this sharp appeal. In the light oi
his literary glory, it is interesting read
Ing:
"Jan. 6, 1821.
"I must tell you frankly, at once, thai
your mode of furnishing articles wll!
neither answer your own purpose not
mine. For Instance: This article which
you hare not yet finished, yon positive
ly promised to have with me complete
on Tuesday by 2 o'clock.
"No doubt you may have had man;
unavoidable causes for tbe delay; still
this Is nothing to a man of business
who, as he adheres to his own engage
ments, expects equal punctuality ir.
those who engage wltb him.
"It Is quite unnecessary, as I hare
again and again told you, to make anj
Inquiry as to whether an article will be
in time, A good article is always Is
tlmsV
SERMONS OF THE DAY
abject: "Improvamsnts in Heaven"
Bt.ven Has Improved in Numbers,
Society and Knowledge A fjrt Con
solation to Good People.
Text: "And I saw a new heaven." Rex,
xxl-.L
The sterotyped heaven does not make
adequate impression upon us. We need
the old story told in the new style in order
toiouse our appreciation. 1 do not snp
post that we are compelled to the old
phraseology. King James's translators
did not exhaust all the good and graphio
words in the English dictionary. I suppose
if we should take the Idea of heaven, and
translate It into modern phrase, we wonld
find that Its atmosphere is a combination ol
early June and ot the Indian summer In
October a place com bining the advantages
of city and country, the streets standing
for tbe one, and the twelve manner ol
fruits for the other; a place of musical en
tertainment harpers, pipers, trumpeters,
doxologles: a place of wonderful architec
ture behold the temple! a place where
there may be the higher forms of animal
lite the beasts which were on earth beaten,
lash-wbipped, and galled and unblanketed,
and worked to death, turned out among
tbe white horses which the Book of Revela
tion describes as being in heaven; a place
ot stupendous llterntnre the books open;
a place of aristocratic and democratic at
tractiveness the kings standing for the
one, all nations for tbe other; all botanical,
pomologlcal, ornithological, arborescent,
worshipful beautv and grandeur.
But my idea now is to speak chiefly of the
improved heaven. People sometimes talk
of heaven as though it were an old city,
finished centuries ago, when I have to tell
you that no city on earth, during the last
tlfty years, has bad such changes as heaven.
It is not the same place as when Job, and
David, and Paul wrote of it. For hundreds
and hundreds of years it has been going
through peaceful revolution, and year by
year, and month by month, and hour by
Lour, and moment by moment, ft is chang
ing, and changing for something better.
Away back there was only one residence in
the universe the residence of the Al
mighty. Heaven bad not yet been started.
Immensity was tbe park nil around about
this great residence; but God's sympathetic
heart after a while overflowed in other
creations, and there came, all through this
vast country of immensity, inhabited vil
lages, which grew and enlnrged until they
joined each other, and became one great
central metropolis ot the universe, st retted,
gated, templed, watered, inhabited. One
angel vent forth with a reed, we are told,
and he measured heaven on one side, and
then be went forth and measured heaven
on the other side; and then St. John tried
to take the census of that city, and he be
came so bewildered that he gave It up.
That brings me to the tlrst thought of
my theme that beaven Is vastly Improved
in numbers. Noting little under this head
about the multitude of adults who have
gone Into glory during the last hundred,
or five hundred, or thousand years, I re
membor there are sixteen hundred millions
of people In the world, and that tbe vast
majority of people die in infancy. How
many children must have gone into heaven
during tbe last Ave hundred or thousand
years. If New York should gather in one
generation a million population. It London
should gather in one generation four mil
lion population, what a vast increase! Bat
what a mere nothing as compared with the
five hundred million, tbe two thousand
million, the "multitude that no man can
number," that have gone Into that city!
Of course, all this takes for granted that
every child that dies goes as straight into
heaven as ever the light sped from a star;
and that is one reason why heaven will
always be fresh and beautiful the great
multitude ot children In it. Put Ave hun
dred million children in a. country, it will
be a blessed and lively country.
But add to this, if you will, tbe great
multitude of adults wtio have gone into
glory, and how tbe census of heaven must
run upl Many years ago a clergyman
stood In a New England pulpit, and said
that he believed that the vast majority of
the race would finally be destroyed, and
that not more than one person out of two
thousand persons would be finally saved.
There happened to be about two thousand
people in the village where he preached.
Next Sabbath two persons were heard dis
cussing the subject, and wondering which
one of tbe two thousand people in the
village would finally reach heaven, and
one thought It would be the minister, and
the other thought it would be the old
deacon. Now, I have not much admiration
for a life-boat which will go out to a ship
sinking with two thousand passengers,
and get one off In safety, and let nine
teen hundred and ninety-nine go to tbe
bottom. Why, heaven must have been a
village when Abel, the first soul from
eartb, entered It, as compared with tbe
present population of that great cityl
Again: I remark that heaven has vastly
Improved in knowledge. Give a man
forty or fifty years to study one science, oi
all sciences, with all the advantages ol
laboratories and observatories and philo
sophic apparatus, he will be a marvel ol
information. Now, into what intelligence
must heaven mount, angelhood and saint
hood, not after studying for forty or fifty
years, but for thousands of years study
ing Ood and the soul and immortality and
the universal How the intelligence ol
that world must sweep on and on, with
eyesight farther reaching than telescope,
with power ot calculation mightier than
all human mathematios, with powers ol
analysis surpassing all chemical labor
atory, with speed swifter than telegraphy!
What must heaven learn, with all these
advantages, In a month. In a year, in a
century, In a millennium? The difference
between the highest university on earth
and the smallest class in a primary school
cannot be a greater difference than heaven
as it now Is and beaven as It once was.
Do you not seppose that when Doutor
James Himpson went up from tbe hospi
tals of Edinburgh into heaven he knew
more than ever the science of health; and
that Joseph Henry, graduating from the
Smithsonian Institution into heaven,
awoke Into higher realms of philosophy;
and that Sir William Hamilton, lifted to
loftier sphere, understood better the con
struction of the human intellect; and that
John Milton took up higher poetry in the
actual presence of things that on earth he
bad tried to describe? When the first
saints entered heaven, they must have
studied only tbe A B C of the full litera
ture of wisdom-wltb whl;h they are now
acquainted.
Again: heaven is vastly improved in its
society. During your memory bow many
exquisite spirits nave gone into Itl If you
should try to make a list of all the genial,
loving, gracious, blessed souls that you
have known, it would be a very long list
souls that have gone Into glory. Now, do
you not suppose they have enriched the so
ciety? Have they not Improved beaven?
Tou tell of what heaven did for them.
Have they done nothing for heaven? Take
all the gracious souls that have gone out
of your acquaintanceship, and add to them
11 tbe gracious and beautiful souls that for
five hundred or a thousand years have
gone out of all the cities and all the vil
lages, and all the countries of this eartb
into glory, and now the society of heaven
must have been Improved! Suppose Paul,
the apostle, were introduced into our so
cial circle on earth; but heaven has added
all the apostles. Suppose Hannah More
and Charlotte Elizabeth were introduced
Into your social circle on eartb; but heaven
has added all the blessed and tbe gracious
and the holy women of the past ages. Sup
pose that Robert M'Cheyne and John 8am
m 6s field should be added to yoar earthly
circle; but beaven has gathered up all the
faithful and earnest ministry of the past.
There is not a town, or a city, or a village
that has so improved in society In the last
hundred years as heaven has improved.
Again: I remark t iiat heaven bas greatly
improved in tbe good-cheer of aunouueed
victories. Where heaven rejoiced over one
soul. It now rejoices over a hundred or a
thousand. In the olden times, when the
events of human life were scattered over
tour or five centuries of longevity, and the
world moved slowly, there were not so
I many stirring events to be reported In
heaven; but now, I suppose, all the great
events of earth are reported in heaven. If
; there is any truth plainly taught in thi
1 Bible It is that beaven is wrapped np la
syiapattiy 'ith human nistory. and we
look at those inventions of the day tic
telegraphy, at swift communication by
steam, at all these modern improvements
whloh seem to give one almost omnipres
enceand we see only the secular r-ia.ion;
but spirits before the throne look oat and
see the vast and the eternal relation. While
nations rise and fall, while the earth is
shaking with revolution, do you not sup
pose there is arousing tntelllg&nce going
np to the throne of Ood, and that the ques
tion is often asked before tbe throne,
f'What Is the news from that worlJ that
worm mat reoeueu, out 19 cuiinug uao iu
its allegiance?" If ministering spirits, ac
cording to the Bible, are sent fortn to
Rilnlster to those that shall be heirs of
heaven, when tbey come down to us to
bless us, do tbey not take the news back?
Do the ships of light that come out of tbe
celestial harbor into tbe earthly harbor,
laden with cargoes of blessing, go back
unfreigbted? Ministering spirits not ouly,
but our loved ones leaving us, take np tne
tidings. Suppose you were in a far city,
and bad been there a good while, and you
heard that some one bad arrivei' -
your native place rome ens who baa
reeutlyBen your family and friends
vou would rush up to that man, and you
would askali about the old folks at home.
And do you not suppose when your child
went up" to God, your glorified kindred In
heaven gathered around and asked about
you, to ascertain as to whether you were
gntting along well in the struggle of life;
to find out whether you were in any espe
cial peril, that with swift and mighty
wing they might come down to intercept
your perils? Oh, yesl Heaven is a
greater place for news than it used to be
news souoded through the streets, news
ringing from the towers, news heralded
from the palace gate. Glad news! Vic
torious news!
Now, I say these things about the changes
In heaven, about the new improvements in
heaven, for three stout reasons. Flr-t, be
cause I find that some of you are impa
tient to be gone. You are tired of this
world, anil you want to get Into that good
land about which you have been thinking,
praying, ami talking so many yearn. Now
be patient. I could see why you wonld want
to go to an art gallery if some of tho best
pictures were to r.e taken away tins weeK or
next week; but If some one tells you that
there are other bemittfnl pictures to come
other Kensetts, IlapliHels, nul Kubens;
otiier masterpieces to bo added to the gal
lery you would say, "I cnu afford to
wait. The place is improving ait tbe
f iu.e." Now, I want you to apply the same
rineipie in tnis matter oireacmng ucaven
aud leaving this world. Not one glorv is
to be subtracted, but many glories added.
Not one angel will be gone, not one hier
arch gone, not one of your glorified friends
Koue. By tbe long practicing the muslo
will- be belter, the proeession will be
longer, the rainbow brighter, the corona
tion grandor. Heaven, with mngnillcent
addenda! Why will you complain when
you are only waiting for something better?
Another reason why I speak iu regard to
tbe changes in beaven, and the new Im
provements in heaven, is because I think It
will be a consolation to busy aud enterpris
ing good people. I see very well that you
have uot much taste for a heaven that was
ail done and finished centuries a?o. Aftnt
von have been active forty or liily or ?lxty
years it would be a shock to stop you sud
denly and forever, but here is a progressive
heaven, an ever-accumulative heaven, vast
enterprise on foot there before tbe throne
of God. Aggressive knowledge, aggressive
goodness, aggressive power, aggressive
grandeur. You will not have to come and
sit down on the banks of the river of life
in everlasting inoccupation. O busy men,
I tell you of a heaven where there is some
thing to do! That is the meaning ot the
passage. "They rest not day nor night," in
the lazy sense of resting.
I do not think it was superstitious when,
one Wednesday night, I stood by a doath
bed within a few blocks ot the churot
where I preached, and on the same street
and saw one of the aged Christians of thf
church going into glory. After I had
prayed with ber I said to her, "We have
nil loved you very much, and will always
cherish your memory in the Christian
church. You will see my son before 1
see him, and I wish you would give him
our love.'' She said, "I will, I will;" and
In twenty minutes she was in heaven
tbe last words she ever spoke. It was
swift message to the skies. It you bad
your choice between riding in a heavenly
chariot and occupying tbe grandest palace
In heaven, and sitting on tbe throne nexl
highest to tbe throne of God, and not see
ing your departed loved ones; and on thf
other hand, dwelling in the humblest place
in heaven, without crown or throne, and
without garland, and without sceptre, yel
having your loved ones around you, you
would choose the latter. I say these tbingf
because I want you to know it is a domes
tic heaven, and consequently It is ail the
time improving. Every one that goes up
makes it a brighter place, and tbe attrac
tions are Increasing month by month and
day by day; and heaven, so vastly more ol
a beaven, a thousand times more of s
heaven, than it used to be, will be a bettei
beaven yet. Oh, I say this to intensify
your anticipation!
I enter beaven one day. It is almost
empty. I enter the temples of worship,
and there are no worshipers. 1 walk dowt
tbe street, and there are no passengers. 1
go into the orchestra, and I find tue Instru
ments are suspended in tbe baronial ball!
of heaven, and tho great organs of eter
nity, with multitudinous banks of keys, art
closed. But I s9 a sliiniug one at the
gate, as though he were Btauding on
guard, and 1 ay, "Sentinel, what dcestblf
mean? I thought heaveu was a populoui
city. Has there been some great plaguf
sweeping off the population?" "Have
you not heard the news?" says the sen
tinel. "There Is a world burning, there
is a great conflagration out yonder, and
all heaven bas gone out to look at the con
flagration and take the victim out of the
ruins. This is tbe day lot which all otbet
days are made. This Is the Judgmentl
This morning all tbe chariots, and tbe cav
alry, and the mounted infantry rambled
and galloped down the sky." After I bud
liDtened to the sentinel, I loo'ced off ovei
the battlements, and I saw that tbe fields
of air were bright with a blazing world. I
said, "Yes, yes, this must be the Judg
ment;" and while I stood there I heard tbe
rambling of wheels and tho clattering of
hoofs, and tbe rearing of many voices,
and then I saw the coronets and plan es
and banners, and I saw that all
heaven was coming back again com
ing to the wall, coming to the gate,
and the multitude that went off In
tbe morning was augmented bv a vast
multitude caught up alive from tbe eartb.
and a vast multitude of the resurrected
bodies of tbe Christian dead, leaving the
cemeteries and the a'jbeys acd tbe mauso
leums and tbe grave) ards of the eartb
empty. Procession movlu; in tbrougb tbe
gates. And then I found out that what
was fiery Judgment Day on eartli was
lubi ee in Heaven, and I cried, ''Door
keepers of heaven, shut tbe gates; all
heaven has come In! Doorkeepers, shut
tho twelve gates, lest the sorrows and the
wotsof earth, like handles, shoi.ld some
day come up aud try to plnr-der the Cltvl"
UsetuI Hints.
Cut glass, washed In warm soap
suds, rinsed in hot but not boiling
water and stood in a pan of dry saw
dust till dry, then brushed with a
soft brush and rubbed with a piece
of chamois, will have every bit of its
brilliant beauty dazzlingly brought
out.
If you suffer from canker boll a
carrot and hold the water in the mouth
frequently; it will soon afford relief.
If recommended by a physician to
take any medicine containing iron,
drink it through a straw or glass
tube, as it is very Injurious to the
eeth if allowed to come in contact
.rith them.
A nice way to keep wax for the
orkbasket is to fill half shells of Kng
sh walnuts with melted wax, fasten
.g the two half shells closely together
at one end. There will then be a
small space at the other end, through
which the thread will slip when the
wax is being used.
The egg Is currency in South Afrl
iu'b interior.
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