' - - y vSa? x tt ni I ll l Si I h ill ill ll I iiXr K. ROHWEIBR, THE OON8TITUTION-THE ONION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. VOL LII MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY, PE1MINA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1898 NO. 53. wi By Marion V.H0U9T: CHAPTEIt VI. Mrs. Selwyn and Beatrice LIgh sat in the Kruno drawing room or ppiwjd vai he rand drawing room of Selwyn Ca, j le. aa.t.ug the bride. Ixrd Irian bad! , .ritten to say that he should be at homei , tie. on the evening of the ninth of November j He requested, too mat mere suou.u u Dublie weleome. "no gathering of the" ; clans"; that only a few of the upner ser- vanta should be told of his return, for kis wife, be said, was timid, and unused i to all demonstration. ... . ' "A new kind of Lady SelwynT said , Beatrice Leiirh. with curling lips. "You have had all kinds of heroines brare women, warlike women, who have held the Castle agninst n siege; diplomatic women who have played the role of em buRoadress; women with a mission, who have been the life of the Tories. A timid Ijidy Selwyn will be a novelty in the family annals." We must make the best of it." said Mrs. Selwyn, plaintively. "To tell the truth. Beatrice, I do really begin to feel nervous as the time draws near. 1 hope she will not be very much amiss. Vivian seems as infatuated as ever." "Let us hope his infatuation may last," raid Beatrice. "It will be sorry days for Vivian when it wears away, and he un derstands the reality." Beatrice Leigh had made her resolve; she had whispered no vow of vengeance to herself: she had not ranted like a tra gedy queen; 6he had not. eTen to her own elf. whispered the word "revenge." None the less skillfully had she mads her plans. Nothing kills love like ridi cule, and she said to herself that under the guise of friendly liking she would be merciless to Vivian's wife; she would nev er spare her; she would lay traps to draw out and expose her ignorance, her want of savoir vivre; she had resolved to make Vivian writhe again under the infliction, while all the time she preserved the friend liest fare and the kindliest smiles. "Then we shall see what conies." she said to herself; "he will soon tire of bis gauche vilhice love, a girl who bad noth ing but a pretty face. Then the law is kind, and there will be ways and means of getting rid of her, were she twenty times Lady Selwyn." So deeply was Miss Leigh engrossed in her thoughts that she did not hear the arrival of the carriage, or anything else, until the door opened, and Mrs. Selwyn ottered a faint cry of astonishment. Then Beatrice Leigh raised Jier eyes, and they rested on a vision so radiant in youth, and beauty, and grace, that her face grew pale with jealous env as she gazed. Lord Vivian entered first, and he led by the band, as one leads a shrinking, frightened child, a lieaiitiful girl, a girl whose movements were soft and harmo nious, whoe figure was all grace and symmetry even the traveling costume of velvet and fur could not conceal it whose face, in its bright, shy. dimpled beauty, was wondrous to behold. Lord Vivian led her proudly to bis mot her. "Mother." he said, in his grave, chival rous fashion, "the happiest hour of my life is this, in which I bring to you my wife." Mrs. Selwyn's face flushed; then a voice, clear and soft as the sweetest mu sic, said; "My own mother has been in heaven so long. I hardiy remember her; will you let me give you the love I should have given ber'f ! And before she could answer, two ten der arms were clasped round her neck, sweet, warm lips touched her face, leav- ' ing her at a loss what to sny or do. i She had intended to be very stately; to l T CAln-vn 1 1 11 f Hlfrnltv u ii a Vu. fore ease, but the loving touch of those ' eei up u.w.wC.. . i disarmed ber. Nature will speak occasionally; when she does bo. no ! one can be deaf to her voice. So all Mrs. i " f . , .,..,,.. ,,-j : har ,. Selwyn's grand resolves ended iu her say ing. "You are welcome home, my daugh ter." Then her voice faltered, and she kissed the sweet face with tears in her eyes. "Beatrice," said Vivian, "let me intro duce you to my wife." Miss Leigh executed a stately courtesy that would have done honor to Marie An toinette for its imperial grace. Again it was wasted dignity. Violante went up to her softly and very shyly. "I am so glad to see you." she said earnestly. "I hope you will like me. Viv ian has talked so much of you." "Violante is a true child of nature." said Lord Selwj ii, laughingly ; "she hopes you will like her, Beatrice, and she is not ashamed to say so." Io as she would. Miss Ieigh could not repress the sarcastic smile that curled het beautiful lips. "Lady Selwyn does me infinite honor." she said. Then Vivian laughed again. "What a society speech, Beatrice," he said; "you will frighten my little wife." Violante looked from one to the other with some trepidation. "I I hope I have not said anything wrong," she stammered, her face blush ing crimson. "Truly It seems so natural when one comes to live with fresh people, to ask for liking." "Natural: Yes," said Miss Leigh; "that I. what amused me. This is such an arti ficial world." And for the first time Lord Vivian look ed at his wife, and wondered whether the natural, simple manner that he bad al ways thought so charming, was, after all, a defect. "Now." said Mrs. Selwyn, "I am sure you must require both rest and refresh ment, Lady Selwyn." The girl looked up at her with a sudden, ha If-wistful glance. "Do not call me Lady Selwyn," she said quickly; "my name is Violante." "I must try to remember it," said Mrs. Selwyn. coldly. "It Is not an English name. I think; I do not remember to hav heard it before." "It is the most musical name in the world." interrupted Vivian, "Now, my darling, you will not have much time for dressing. Mind, Violante," h. whisper ed, "a recbrche toilet. You moat not lat Miss Leigh eclipse too." "A recherche toilet," thought the yo;i-. jrL "Ah, then 1 had better wear s:sii! and diamonds." She tried to remember what Miss Leich wore, but ehe had been too much excited to notice. She retained only a vivid im pression that the lady In question looked beautiful and graceful. She teaaad her maid, aad perplexed her elb. U taxmU a4itLattK.au thftt (be maid's ideas were belter than tl.e i-!-"1- tro8B - ..,ndeej ,Bd t,.e waiti,.. womini ladyship Ui... but j thiuk white am, ,,iu. mond ont of ,ace t a ,mal, famii. Jiu. ner. ,t ,g nQt a tfa h WBg a par. t h.-j -.i.t, x -A, H.m.-. Ured with Lady Hemyp and 1 never mi in tun dress on sucii oeras:os.s. L'sunliy Viola :te. Ijl!y felwyn. r.ilin-il i by Pauline's hints, but now she said hur- ,ii Lord Selwyn wishes it. Yon do not understand." So the polished shoulders and the beau tiful neck were bared. The slender, girl ish figure w robed in white satin ih ' might have done tor a court dress: n suite of magnificent diamonds completed a loiict admirably suited for a slate ball or a ' grand fete, but qu'ne out of place at a small family dinner." Violante was in blissful ignorance; h looked at herself in the large mirror, and thought with a smile of girlish pride in her own beauty, that she should surely el lipse Miss I.eish. She was somewhat startled on entering the drawing room at the difference be tween herself and the two ladies waiting . there. She looked at Miss Leigh's dress, j It was of rich, simpie black lace, drawn up around the white throat, and relieved by a few "rich red rubies:" the beantirul shoulders gleamed l:!;e marble through the lace: it whs twice as effective as any low dress could ever be; and it sudden'y Unshed across Lady Selwyn that in choos ing white satin and diamonds she had ninde a great mistake. The consciousness that she mad made a mistake caused Violante to lose much of the grace that was natural to her. "Will they notice it? will even the ser vants laugh?" she thought to herself. Mrs. Selwyn looked iu calm disapproval of the gorgeous toilet. "I am afraid you will be disappointed, Ijidy Selwyn," she said. "You evidently ex.e t visitors, and by Vivian's wish we are quite alone." The fair young face flushed so deeply that Mrs. Selwyn could not pursue the subject. She did not understand why, but she saw that her daughter-in-law was ill at ease. Nor did Violante feel mneh more comforted when Vivian entered the room, and opened his eyes In wonder at her dazzling splendor, theu glanced quick lv at the quiet, graceful figure of Miss Leish. There was a smile on the haughty, beau tiful lips of that young lady, that made the young wife, she scarce knew why. uncomfortable. "Dinner is served," said the butler, and then they went to the-dining room, Lady Violante detesting the rustling flow of her rich white satin as she swept along. The dining room nas a superb apart ment In rue. lofty, brilliantly lighted: the huge sideboards were one blaze of gold and silver plate: the table was maguiti cently set out; servants in livery were all iu attendance. The young girl, to whom this was all new and strange, felt her heart sink within her, and longed for the familiar aspect of home. There was a chair at the head of the table and one at the foot. For a moment, there was some little embarrassment, then Mrs. Selwyn said: "Ijidy Violante, will you take your place?" , It was no wonder that, dazzled by the unusual splendor, she shrank back, and said timidly: "Oh, no; pray not now. Indeed, I would rather not." Again that quiet smile on Miss Leigh's face, aud Vivian looked at bis wife with 'Sht expression of impatience. '"J !, l,l not rfre. nt .ng your place. Already nervous with the conviction ! of the mistaKe sne nao. maae over ner j dress; confused, and afraid she had erred I still more by her hesitation in accepting ber rightful place, the young girl sat down, and the dinner began. It would have been kinder under the circumstances to have allowed her to have her own way, and to have sat quiet ly by. until the routine became familiar lo ber. What should she know, poor chilil, of French dishes, of rare wines, of entrees? She, who had been accustomed to the little dining parlor at home and the, attendance of one maid servant. She. who had herself superintended the cook ing of the homely little dinners that pleas ed her father best. She grew awkward and confused. She felt that she was not filling her place with the dignity suited to a Lady Selwyn. Her husband noticed it, and tried by kindly words and kindly smiles to put her more at her ease. Yet. when he saw Mibs Leigh's quiet eyes scrutinizing her, be felt his own face grow warm, and he half wished "Violante had been more formed." There was another ordeal before her. The ladies withdrew, and she dreaded the prospect of an hour's tete-a-tete with the stately mother-in-law and the beautiful, haughty lady, whosdark, bright eyes seemed to read the seciets of all her little fears. She tried in her simple way to talk to them. Mrs. Selwyn was not unkind she was too ladylike and. well-bred to make the young girl feel the difference between them: but it was not quite iu human na ture to get up all at once an affection for the one who bad thwarted every plan and wish and hope of her life. Violante felt more and more humbled. Who was she, to take her place among such brilliant and accomplished ladies it How was she to hold her own? She felt more like an ignorant, untrained school irl, than as the mistress of that gor geous home should feel. It was a relief to her when the ' 'ifcded. "You made a little mistake o-nizht about the satin and diamonds, did you not, my darling?" asked Vivian, when tie were alone. She looked up at him with glisivniu.' eyes. "Oh, Vivian, I was so ashamed and so distressed," she cried. "What would they think of me? But you told me a -.-cherche toilet." "Hecherche does not always mean de collete, or yet fine," he replied: "it meaiis what Miss Leigh's dress was distin guished, graceful and so contrived as to look beautiful without attracting atten tion." "When shall I learn all these things?" she said despairingly. "Oh, Vivian, it is bard to he a fine lady!" CHAPTER VII. The Christmas of that year was a very .r y one at the Castle. Lord Selwyn de clared himself lo be greatly in arrears over hospitality he had given neither ;ar ty nor fete worth naming since his acces sion to the title; all that must be altered now that he had a lovely wife to please and consult. So that Selwyn Castle became the very center of gaiety. Large relays ot guests came from London, and once there, liked to remain. There were dinner parties, fetes, balls, charades and tableaux; the whole neighborhood seemed to be aroused, and one family vied with another as to who should be gayest. . It was a newlvorld for Lady Violante a world she would have enjoyed exces sively had she been a spectator instead of leader. She was very much admired, and much liked by all the guests. They thought her graceful and lovely; yet iu some vague way, she never seemed to be the real mistress of the brilliant revels. If one put a question about the charades, the tableaux, the music or dresses, site had a way of raising her ahy, sweet eyes aud saying: "I do not know; pray ask Mrs. Selwyn or Mlaa Leigh." With kindly encouragement Lady ii wyn might in time have taken cour se and have learned to fulfill all the oncr': duties of her station. As it wa '-e - more timid and more mint for them eve day. Then came another minor trouble- li'e incident upon which the strange event f her life turned. Pauline, the timid wi. was engaged at her wedding to atieud u; on her. was suddenly obliged to return home, and Lady Selwyn had to adv. rilse for another maid. . Theresa Fowden pleased Lady Selwyn at first sight. She had a soft, graceful, pleasant manner, a clear voice, with a perfectly refined accent. She seemed anxious, too, and had brought with ber some excellent testimonials. She had lived with Lady DunroVin, whose sad death every one remembered; afterward with the Countess of Strathmere, who bad gone abroad. "If you think I should be likely to suit yon, my lady," said the woman, "1 will try so hard to do my duty. I would do anything almost for a home. 1 am one of "the very few who are quite alone in the world. I have no relations living, aud few friends." These words afterward bore fruit. Idy Selwyn engaged her, and a week afterward Theresa Bowden was at the Castle. Then, and for the first time, Beatrice Leigh saw her. She entered Lady Vlo lante'a room one morning with some mes sage from Mrs. Selwyn, and saw the maid engaged over her lady's wardrobe. To send her from the room on some slight pretext wss but the work of a minute, and then Miss Leigh turned to Lady Sel wyn with a smile that had in it a tinge of malice. "Is that your new maid?" she asked. "Yes," was the reply. "She came yes .er.lay, and she seems to understand ber duties pretty well." "I should never have engaged her." said Miss Leigh emphatically. "Do you not perceive anything strange about her?" No," replied Lady Violante. "I thought her very pleasant and graceful in her manner." "Do you no .it," irUd Beatrice, "how much she is like yon? Her hair Is of the same shade, she is of the same height the same complexion. It is a grave mis take to have engaged such a person. Only im.-'.gine what remarks people may make!" "I did not notice It I never thought of it." said Lady Violante, distressed aud dismayed, as she always was when Miss Leigh found fault. "It cannot matter, though." "That depends upon taste," was the quiet reply. "For my part, I should uot like a maid who might be mistaken for my sister." Yet Ijidy Violante liked Theresa Bow den, and she remained at Selwyn Castle. Had she not done so, this story would never have been written. (To be continued.) Couldn't Think of It. "Hand up!" yelled the train robber as he entered the car. "Pardon me," coldly returned the young woman from Boston, who occu pied the first seat, "but I do not recall that I have bad the pleasure of an In troduction. Then she raised her lorgnette to her eyes and gave him a haughty high-bred stare that made him retire In confu ion. Chicago Post. remlne Intuition. Mr. De Blank (10 p. m.) If you don't want Clara to see that thing you are making for her you'd better put It out of sight, for she'll be up pretty soon. I hear ber In the front hall. Mrs. De Blank She won't be up for an bour at k-ast. She's bidding good night to Mr. Nicefello. New York Weekly. HI. Frond nascent. O'Brien And so Jaykers Is proud av his devcint, is he? McTurk YIs, be Is turrlbly stuck up about It. O'Brien Well, begorra, Oi've a nit av a desclnt mesllf to boast about. Oi desclnded four stories wanst whin the ladder broke and nlved aphllled a brick ! Inform. tlon from Headqaarlpm, Mrs. Crowley How does It feel to bo the mother of a countess? Mrs. Seaddsleigh It seems Immense as long as you're In this country, but. somehow, I can't help thinking that the old family servants are giving me an all-around Josh when I'm over visiting Sadie. In business, three things are neces sary, knowledge, temper and time. Feltham. The right neei?s no apology. If we did but know how little some enjoy the great things that they pos it.s, there would not be much envy in the world. Jt is always best to avoid contro veisy with two kinds of people: those ho cannot understand you and those uhn will not. - In reading the future remember but two livinB occurrences you can fore cast: birth and death: all others are visionary. We pity the misfortunes of others, no more from charity than from the satisfaction that it ain't us. The defiant mob at Calvary caused the display of the greatest heroism the Christian world has ever seen. Mourning; over present troubles makes us forget past blessings. How queer it Is that those ho op pose us are always obstinate, while we are simply firm. Whatever society adopts becomes right and must be approved no mat ter what our objections may be. Skepticism Is not an end. but a be- . ginning, is as tne aecay or old ways i of believing, the preparation afar off I tor new. wider and better. There's no reduction of "the wages of sin" in hard time. AMERICAN RAILROAD RATES, wer Than la Any Othir tonntrv an J Service Better. Not quite but very nearly one-half of the railroad mileage of the world Is la North America. If to the railroad m le- agc of North America be added that o Rrnzil and Arrcntlna. the total will exceed the mileage of all the rest of the world Euioi;e. AslJ. Africa. Au;- tralia and the other South A merit an countries Included. Mov - or, rnihvad building la bcins carrtert t much more rapidly in the Vnltcd States thau else where. But it is not only In respect of the extension of their railroad system thnt the United States take precedence, for some recent computations show that the United States furnish to trav elers and shippers the best service at tbe lowest cost. In many States of the country there re laws fixing the maximum charge for passengers at 3 cents a ni;le. while in some European countries, notably j France, the average rate charged is in i excess of that figure. The minimum of Borne European count! ies is higher than the- maximum allowed In the United Siatrs. According to the computations referred to the average rate charged for passenger service in the Untied ?tnles !s 2.15 cents a nvle, and the fact Is that in many Eastern States where railroad systems have been loug eslab lis:ed, a rate of lVj cents a mile is the Jrenrral rule. It is Southern and far Western railroads chietly which keep up the average rate. In Missouri, for instance, 4 cents a mile is a lawful ch-irge. and in Arkansas the maximum is ." cents. Some Colorado rallronds chsirjro (J or 7 cents a mlie, and 4 and 5 cents a mile on local trufiV in the South Is not nnnsnnl. but. taking the country thiough, the average rate, as stated, is 2.1.1 cents. In England, where th aae-! clwiuical obstacles In railroading art fomparatlvely few. the average rate la 2.-U cents a mile; In Belgium, a country In which there are practically no mechanical obstacles, the rate Is 2.0. In tleruiany it is 3.01 cents, in Austria Hungary it is 3.05. in France it la 8 88 au 1 in Spain It U 4.50. In no other country in tha world are the facilities for passengers so many as In the United States, and the in crease of these facilities and conven-1 iences Is constant. On many Western roads Beats in chair cars, corresponding 1 with parlor cars on Eastern lines, are furnished gratuitously. Tbe sleeping car service is more general and better . in the United States than In any other ! country, and light and heat, two essen-; tials of up-to-date railroad travel, are better furnished here than In any other country. i The freight charges, too, estimated on the basis of carrying a ton of freight a I mile, are lower here than in other coun tries. In England the average rate Is 2 cents. In Belgium It is 1.60, in France i happy." 1.66, and In Germany 1.85 cents. In ; "Well, well!" said the store-keeper, the United States It is 0.97 cents, or less sympathetically. "Don't be too hard than 1 cent a mile per ton of fre!gHron the boy, neighbor. Lota 'f them city moved, taking the whole country detectors makes a heap wuss mistake through. If the average of American freight rates was as high as It Is In Ger- many, the people of this country would have paid the railways last year about S350.000.000 more than they did. If tbe rates bad been as high as tbey are In England, the people of this country would ha ft- Dald the railways about $9r.0,000,0Oo more than they did. An Illustration of the excellence of the ser- vice on American railroads is furnished by the fact that although the collec - tlons from freight are larger In Europe than they are in the United States, and the number of passengers carried Is ma tei tally greater than In this country, the expense of maintenance of American railroads Is $100,000,000 more In a year than for those operated In Europe. An l the American railroad system Is im proving all the time, the freight and passenger rates are being reduced, and the c'-arnctcr of the service given lux urious passenger travel and quick freight Is better every year. New York Sun. The loftiest cliff on tbe coaat of Eng land Is Beachy Head; height, S64 feet It Is said that 4.200 species of plants are gathered and used for commercial purposes in Europe. The anuual Increase of the German nation during the last five years has 7een more than five times that of the French. German experimenters hare succeed ed iu producing an alloy of aluminum, the precise composition of which Is not revealed, that is said to be superior In many respects to aluminum. The state tiu nt is made that this alloy, which goes under the name of restadlum, weighs only one-third as much, bulk for bulk, as aluminum. It Is white, can be easily polished, and does not tarnish on exposure to tbe air. , ! An unmanned balloon which started from Paris and dropped In Westphalia reached a height of about ten miles and recorded a minimum of 83 degrees F. below zero. A balloon carrying Dr. Berson from Berlin attained an eleva tion of about eighteen thousand feet, more than two thousand feet higher . than the summit of Mont Blanc. The lowest temperature that he experienced . was between 10 and 11 degree below ! zero. j la South Dakota moat successful re- : suits are being achieved with artesian wells. Their use for supplying water for Irrigation doubles and triples the yield of the land. A single well over one thousand feet deep Is cited, which gives sufficient water for nearly two square miles of land. Other wells are 1 but one hundred feet deep. Evea the j climate of a region may be modified by the surface distribution of such quantities of water, and th conse quent vegetable growth covering the otherwise almost barren areas. Louis Robinson, In a recent number of Blackwood, gives the result of some of his Interesting investigations. He observed that th pupils at a fox terrier, when teased beyoas tnduraavo, j jecame preatly dilated, and that thi 1 """' reuecieu nBni in exacciv the same way as that of a huin:m being under the dilating influence of bella donna. He discovered the same phe nomena extended to cats and aionkeyi when enraged and meditating mischief, but that when making an attack th , PUDll suddenly contracted. It is announced that the Trans-Slberl- .in Its Broad will be opened to tbe pub lic In 1004. When completed, a period of thirty days will be sufficient to trar el around the globe. Itussla has devel oped a giant colonization scheme fbi the new regions opened up. It involve the transportation of a million per sons, two hundred thousand families, to the various localities selected. Tt each family there will be assigned fifty acres of land, with tools, seed and the requirements for cultivation. Th government will see them safely through the first year. A RURAL VIDOCQ, farmer Jason Tell. About HI. fon'i Kxperienc. a. a Plentn. ' "I hear your son Jabe has gone Into the detectln' business," cheerfully re marked the country storekeeper tc Farmer Jason, as he added up th amount of the latter's purchases. "Yep: he has," answered the farmer. "He sees an advertisement in a city ps per where he kin jire a detector aglrrcj a-sendlng' ou $5. So he sends the live, which, by the way, he was a savin' up t' spend at next year's country fair, in answer he gets a tin badge an' a dip lomy which autberlzets him t roam th' wide world an" detect. The mornln after he becomes a detector he toni-i down t' breakfast late an' says In a mysterious voice: 'I detects someth'n' wrong with th' way this yore bacon nr, fried! His mother takes a clothe; tlck an' shows him where he is on a false clew. After breakfast he thinks ne detects somethln' un:ler th' burn. an' allows he'll investigate. There is a polecat under that barn, an' until we flu th' clothes ofTn th' boy an' berries them annyone in th' county could a detected him! "Then he puts on his best cloth' s an' goes out t' detect th' feller that s:ol( Jabe Wilson's bay mare las' week, lit rides our ole roan horse and takes a ex try bridle to put on the bay mare after he has caught the feller an' put him in th' lockup. Up the pike he meet a feller what says he knows where th' mare is an' If my boy lends him th' bridle he will go an' get her. My boy lends him th' bridle an' ain't seen th' feller since. I thinks he was th' boss thief!" "Do tell!" said the open-mouthed store-keeper. "Yep. Th' boy Is home now a-wear- In' that tin badge, an' we-ve put blm f detectln' hens' nests, an' he's puffectly than he did!" Cincinnati Enquirer. A Bridle for People Who Snore. At last a genius In Tennessee has dis covered a way to stop the snoring hab it. It consists of tbe simple bridling of the mouth by means of bandages which force the wearer to sleep with ' hls mouth shut. Most snoring Is caused I UJ opening the mouth in sleep. Th Jaws relax and the base of the tongue, 1 tonsils and the air passage sag Id : the larynx, making it difficult for th respiratory organs to operate with fa cility. The device of the Tennessean Is cal culated to close the mouth and to fore the wearer to breathe through the nasal channels, which, according to tb laws of health and the very physical construction of the throat and larynx. Is the only way to breathe properly. Those who have tried the bridle say It is uncomfortable at first, butwhen on gets accustomed to it there are suffi cient benefits to Justify the pangs ol the first few nights. It Is also advan tageous to people who are troubled with catarrh, but Its prime advantage to civilization Is the rapidity with which It suppresses the mar vho snores and keeps tbe entire botist awake. New York Journal. Victoria". Pagoda. It is not generally known that at Os born there is a garden cottage In tbe shape of a pagoda, where none may enter except her Majesty. This cottage holds nothing but mementos of the lati Prince Coneort and relics of the Queen's youth, as well as the toys and games of all her children, many of which the Prince Consort made him self, for be was no mean carpenter. There are also here wonderful fishes caught by the Duke of Coburg In Cana dian seas, birds and tigers shot by the Prince of Wales while In India, a mum my case brought from Egypt, and other precious cariosities that are dearly prized by the Queen, who visits this family museum every day while at Os borne, and sits among the remains of her own and her children's youth. Tools Used by Pyramid Builder. The laborers who built the pyramids did not work under such disadvantages as have long since been attribute) to them. Recent research shows that .hey had solid and tubular drills and lathe tools. The drills were set with Jewels and cut Into the rocks with keenness and accuracy Lighting Mia. Th extending nse of electricity Is well illustrated by Ha ns for Ugh ting nines. Th candle or ell laxap of form er days was not only dangerous In coal mines, where there I likelihood of an explosion, but it furnished a very Im perfect laht and compelled th miner to work In semi-dark nes. Small electric lamps, to be carried by the miners, wert larrodnoed tn France; but they were bjecttooable on account of theii wtcvt nearly five pound and also because they would born only a few hours wttnoot Being recharted. The lamps are new being attacked t the reow of the sjalVerle, enrreats being ea f Hhrhrfl by mean of wire. By thi aneaas am abandaaoe of continuous Ucht is obtained, but ears vast be ex errJsed tn lnralsMas; tbe wires, to pre vea firletlea or spark which might er Ignite ear SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT IRON Wero rr.v.lent In Ancient Tint, and t till Have Local KxUtence. In Egypt Iron was nominally accurs ed, even when people used It all day long and every day. It was "the im pure metal" "the bones of Typhon." father of evIL No man could touch It without sin; be must do penance and make atonement. That was tbe theory as long as the Egyptian race endured; In practice Iron had been handled free ly for several thousand years. The only piece of metal found U the great pyra mid was an Iron bar. The same con flict of ancient faith with growing con venience was urged everywhere, diubt; but the record does not exist. It was lost before the classic time, and so Greek and Roman sages puzzled over odd little customs handed down from days of old. Cicero asked In vain why tool of iron must not be brought In to the sacred grove of theArvals or if brought by accident, must be expiated by the sacrifice of a pig or a lamb; aud Plutarch wondered why the Arcbon ot riataea might not touch Iron except at the yearly festival commemorating the triumph of Greece. There is no end to such Instances. The sacred old Pons Subllclus had to be repaired without using Iron; so had the ancient temple of Jupiter Liber In Imperial times, when the meaning of such rules was lost, a special law abrogated them. One may survey mankind from China to Peru and find the same superstirion everywhere. Iron tools were forb'd jen In the building of the temple at Jeru salem. The late Rajah Vizanagratn. a member of the council, a man of great learning and enlightenment, would not allow Iron to be used In any building throughout his territory. He believed that an epidemic would follow. Ne groes of tbe Gold coast must remove any particles of iron on their persons when consulting the fetish. Upon thi other hand, a slkh must always have a piece of steel or iron about hi in. Bur ton tells how "tbe pious Moslem stretcho. ont 9 flnirer pvclnlmintr 'Iron! oh, thou Ill-omened one!" when a dust storm approaches the caravan believ ing It to be directed by a DJinn. In Scotland many traces survive. Tc use iron in kindling the "needtire" was awful impiety. When a hsherman swears during bad weather at sen his comrades still grasp the nearest bit of metal, crying "Cauld Iron." It is not so long since people thrust a nail or a knitting-needle through each article of food In the house, or dipped it in the liquor, when a person died. This is enough persons Interested In the sul Ject will find reams of evidence in books devoted to folk-lore. We may credit that tbe superstition arose every where at the time when fierce invaders, armed with iron, overran the country, massacring the helpless people and destroying the antique religion. It was the accursed metal. Afterward, by a natural process, the evil thing often came to be regarded as a protection against other evil things witches and demons and charms aud death Itself. English babies were defended from fairy kidnapers by putting a key, knife, pair of tongs, above all. scissors. In the cradle. In many of these pretty talcs dealing with a "swan maiden," the girl cannot tecover her plumage because it Is locked In a chest with an Iron key sometimes she gets a mortal to open the chest, and flies away upon the In stant. In other stories she Is released by a touch of iron; In one favorite ver sion by the husband throwing h's bridle at or to her the iron bit Is fatal w London Standard. When Welcomi Is Worn Ont. An Ohio host, wearied out of ail en durance by the persistency of his guest, chose as his medium the family prayer after breakfast, and said: "O Lord, bless out visiting brother, who w1il leave us on the 10 o'clock train this morning." I prefer the subtler and more reverent method of another Ohio an, the father of William Dean How ells, the novelist. His practice was, when a visitor had worn out his wel come, to le called away on business and to say to his guest: "I suppose you will not be here when I return, so I will wish you good-by." Excellent and highly appreciated by the boys was the formula used by Dr. Vaughn, when, as headmaster of Harrow school, he had to entertain the highest form In the school In batches at breakfast. Com miserating the bashfulncss of the lads who did not leave and yet wanted to do so, the doctor would say apropos of nothing: "Must you go? Can't you stayT This was the signal for de parture. I admire very brartlly tin transposition of a blundering narrator, who, in telling this story, gave the for mula as "Can't you go? Must ycu stay?" A fellow feeling makes on wondrous kind to this revised vers on. A Oar ljoad. Very often you desire to know what constitutes a car-load. Well, paste this In your hat and you will And an answet handy. It is 70 barrels of salt, 00 oi flour, 60 of whisky, 200 sacks of flour, 10 cords of wood, 18 to 20 head of cat tle, 60 to GO bead of hogs, 90 to 100 head of sheep, 6,000 feet of boards, 17, 000 feet of siding, 13.000 feet flooring, 42,000 shingles, one-half less of Joists jscantllng and other large timbers. 3C0 bushels of corn, 400 bushels of wheat, 600 of oats, 166 of flax seed, 200 of ap plea, 350 of Irish potatoes and 8,000 of bran. IMfllcnlt to Htop. Experiments seem to show that a .large ocean steamer, going at nineteen knots an hoar, will more over a dis- 1 tanc of two mflea after Its engines arc stopped and reversed, and no authority gtres less than a mile to a mile and a half as the required space to stop It progress. Tbe violent collisions n some cases during fogs may thus be accounted for. "I bar had dreadful luck. This morning I dropped my spectacles and my wife stepped en them." "That's what I call good duck. If I had drop ped mine I should have stepped on them myself." Chicago Becord. Fresh raw oysters are stwaye good, because they at aet spelled by poot SERMONS OF THE DAY Subject: "Ood. Second Gilt" The Worl.l 1. Too Much With Vn Tim Iteltel Idf. and th. Advmnt.se. of Kellci4n Th. Story of Caleb and Otbrlr!. Taxv: "Thou hast given me a south land: give me also springs of wstej-. And he gave her the npper springs aud tbe nether springs." Josnna xv., 19. The city of Deblr was tbe Boston of an tiquity a great plaee for brain and book.-. Caleb wanted it, and he offered his daugh ter Acfasah as a prise to any one who would capture that city. It was strange thin? for Caleb to do, and yet the man who could take the eity wonld have, at any rate, two elements of manhood braverv and patriot ism. Besides, I do not think that CnleS was as foolish In offering his daughter to the conqueror of Deblr as thousands in this day who seek alltances for their chil dren with those who have large means without any reference to moral or mental acquirements. Of two evil I would rathur measure happiness by tbe length or the sword than by the length of the pocket book, la one case there Is sure to be one good element ot character; Id the other there may be none at all. With Caleb's daughter as a prize to light for, General Otholel rode Into the battle. The gates of Deblr were thundered Into the dust, and the city of books lay at tbe feet ot the con querors. Joe work done, utonlel comes back to claim his bride. Having conquered the city, it is no great job for him to eon- ! . ... V - . . ! quer the girl's heart, for however faint hearted a woman nerselt may be she al ways loves courage tn a man. I nerer nw an exception to that. The wedding festivity having gone by, Othnlel and Acbsab are alout to go to their own home. However louiWy the cym bals may clash and the laughter ring, par ents are always sad when a fondly cher ished daughter goes off to May, aud A'-ii-sah, tbe daughterof Caleb, knows that now is the time to ask alir.ost .uythfDi; she wants of her father. It seems that Cale, the good old man. bad given ns a wed-llng present a piece of land that was mountain ous, and, sloping southward toward the deserts of Arabia, swept with some vei v hot winds. It was called "a south l.iud." But Achsah wants an addition of propeny; she want a piece of land that is well watered and fertile. Now it is no wonder that Caleb, standing amid the bridal party, his eyes so full of tears herau"e site was going away that that he could hardly see her at all, gives ber more than she n?ks. She said to him: "Tbou hast given iuk n south land: give me aiso springs of w.-iter. And be gave her tbe upper springs and the nether springs." The tact is that as Caleb, the father, gave Acbsah, the daughter, a f-ou'h land, so God gives to us His world. I a-n verv thankful He has given it to u. But I am like Achsah in the fact that I am not satis fied with tbe portion. Trees and flower and grass aud blue skies are very well in their places, but he who bus nothing but this world for a portion has no portion at all. It is a mountainous land, sloping off 1 . I... A .. . F i. . I... flery siroccos: it is "n south laud." a poor portion for any man that tries t-j put. hU trust in it. What has been your exjieil. ence? What has ben the experience of every man, of every woman, that ha trie 1 this world tor a portion? yueeu r.ttxuoetli. Wl 7.ji i. 1 .miu,, ., H .,,". ) XLZpS&oX. .'"n1uVt"iVk.W llkenlas without any shadows!" Hogarth". at the very height of bis artistic i triumph. Is stung almost to death wlt n chagrin -, t7aStP"i?t'DSl hnalhtd,CBe1K.0t,h9 king does not seem to be acceptable for , HkJ fhu trn J,fit M Li n" I garth? Take bis trumperyoutot my pres. Brlnsley Sheridan thrilled the earth with I write, says to bis daughter: back to my room! There is no rest for Sit 1 Walter but in the grave!" Step en Girard, the wealthiest man in his day, or at any rate only second in wealth, says: "1 live ; tbelifeofa galley slave. When I arise in the morning, my one effort is to work so hard that I can sleep when It gets to be ' night." Charles Lamb, applauded of all . the world, in the very midst of bis literary ; triumph says: "Do you remember, Bridget, when we used to laugh from the shilling gallery at the play? There are now nc good plays to laugh at irom the boxes. But why go so far as that? I need to go no farther than your street to find an illustra tion of what 1 am saying. Pick me out ten successful worldlings and von know what I meau by thoroughly successful worldlings pick me out ten successful worldlings and you cannot find more than one tbat looks happy. Care drags him to business; care drags bim back. Take your stand at 2 o'clock at the corner of the streets and see the agonized physiog nomies. Your high officials, your bankers your insurance men, your Importers, youi wholesalers and your retailers as a class as a class, are tbey happy? No. Cure dog their steps, and making no appeal to God for help or comfort many of them are tossed everywhither. How has it been with you, my hearer? Are yon more contented In the honse of fourteen rooms than you werr In the two rooms you bad in a house whet you started? Have you not bad more can and worrlment since you won that voO.OOC than you did before? Some of the pooret men I have ever known have been tbose of great fortune. A man of small means may be put in great business straits, but the ghastliest of all embarrassments :s that ol tbe man who has large estates. Tbe men who commit suicide because ot monetary losses are tbose who cannot bear tbe bur den any more because they have only f 50.- ooo left. : On Bowling Green, New York, there is a honse where Talleyrand used to go. Hewas a favored man. All tbe world knew him, and be bad wealth almost unlimited. Yet at the close of bis life he says: "Behold, eighty-three years have passed without any practical result, save fatigue ot body and fatigue of mind, great discouragement for the future and great disgust for the fiast." Oh, my friends, this Is a "south and," and It slopes off toward deserts ot sorrows, and the prayer whloh Achsah made to ber father Caleb we make this day to onr Father God: "Thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs." Blessed be God. we have more advan tages given us than we can really appre oiatel We have spiritual blessings offered us In this world which I shall call the nether springs and glories In the world to come which I shall call the npper springs. Where shall I nnd words enougn threaded with lig. t to set forth the pleasure of religion. David, unable to describe it in words, played it on a harp. Mrs. Hemans, not finding enough power In prose, sings that praise in a canto. Chris topher Wren, unable to describe it la lan guage, sprung it into the arches of St. Paul's. John Bunyan, unable to present It in ordinary phraseology, takes all tbe fas cination of allegory. Handel, with ordi nary music unable to reach the height of thetbeme, rouses It up to an oratorio. Oh, there Is no life on earth so happy as a really Christian life! I do not mean a , inam Christian life, but a real Christian i Ife. Where there is a thorn there Is a whole garland of roses. Where there is ne groan there are three doxologies. Where there is one day of cloud there is a whole season of sunshine. Take tbe bumblest Christian man that - you know ingels of God canopy hi in with their white wings: th' lightnings of heaven ire bis armed allies; the Lord is his they herd, picking out for him green pastures ty still waters. If be walk forth, beavev is his bodyguard. If be He down to sleep, ladders ot light, angel blossoming, are let into his dreams. It he be thirsty, th potentates of heaven are his cupbearers. If he sit down to food, his plain table blooms Into the King's banquet. Men say: ' Look at that odd fellow with the wornout coat." The angels of God cry "Li'l up your beads, ye everlasting gates, and let him come In!" Fastidious people cry. "Get off my front steps!" The doorkeepers of heaven erv, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, Inherit the kiugdoml" Whea he comes to die, though he may be carried out in a Din boa to that potter's auite that bis eloquence nut nail ror nis last words. enou(?u to "h(Jar the rumbling of the . i i . "" '-". nal orchestra, though not near enou rntnhlini nwMimt Inn inl-Glnml Irvltitf ti . . 1 . a W 1J . lbko lilt; : pottsr'c Del-: the chariots of Christ will come down, and tbe cavalcade will crowd all the boulevards of heaven. I bless Christ for the pnwent satisfaction of religion. It makes a man all right with reference to tbe past; it makes a man all right with reference to the future. Oh, these nether springs of comfortl They are perennla1. The foundation of Godstaudet'i sure having this seal. "The Lord knowetti them that are His," "The mountains shall depart and tbe bills be remove,!, bnt My kindness shall not depart from thee, neitbor shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the Lord, who bath mercy upon thee." Oh, cluster ot diamonds set in burnished gold! Oh, nether springs of comfort bursting through all the valleys of trial and tribulation! When you see, you of the world, what satisfaction there is on earth In religion, do you not thirst after Has tbe daughter of Caleb thirated after tbe wnter springs It is no stagnant pond, scummed over with malar. b. but springs nf wnter leaping from the Hock of Aues! Take np onecnp of that spring water nnl across th. too of the ehlie will float the delicate shadows or tbe heavenly wall, the yellow of jasper; the green of emerald, the blue of sardonyx, the Dreof jacinth. I wish 1 could make you understand tbe joy religion is to some ot us. It makes a inn ii happy while he lives ami glad when he dies. With two feet upon a chair and burxtliig with dropsies, I heard an old man in the poorhouse cry out, "Illess the Lord, oh, my soul!" I looked around and said, "What has this man got tothantc Oo.l for?" It makes the lame man leap a a hurt, and I the dumb sing. They say tii.it the old I Puritnn religion Is a juleeless and joyless religion, but I remember reading of Dr. Goodwin, the cele.ir.iteit ruritaii, who in i i . A . t i. . . I . .1.1- 1 : . n'u.. ins ial uiomeui iiini iiyiiiK. "uy, ' my bow abides iu strength! I am swai- lowed up In God!" "Her ways are ways of pleaaautness, an t all ner patns lire pence. Oil, you who have been trying to satisfy yourselves with the south land" of this world, do you uot feel that you would, this morning, like to have acees t- the nether springs ot Fpiritual comfort? Would you not like to have Jejius Christ handover your i:radle and bless your ta')le and heal your wounds and ft rew flowers of consolation ill up and down the graves nf your dead? 'Tis religion that can give Sweetest pleasures while we live, 'lis re.igion can supply 'Sweetest comfort wlicu we die. But I have something better to tell you, suggested by this text. It seems that old Father Caleb on tbe wedding day of his daughter wanted to tnaUe her just as happy as possible. Though Othniel was taking her away aud his heHrt was almost brokeu because she was going, yet he gives her a "south land;" not only that, hut the nether spriugs; not only that, but the upper springs. O Goi, my Fattier, I thank Thee that Thou hast given me a 'south laud" lu tiiis world aud the nether springs of spir itual comfort iu this world; but, more than all, I thank Thee for the upper springs la hcavenl It is very fortunate that we cannot sea heaven nutll we gut into it. O Chris tian man. if you could see what a place it is we would never get you lm:k aain to the ohlce, or store, or shop aud the duties you ought to perforin wo.ild go ne- . ,,,, 1 am giad I shall not see that world until I enter it. nuppose we were allowed to go on an excursion In to that good land with the idea of re turning. Wbeu we got there and heard tbe song and looked at their raptured faces aud mingled in the supernal socie ty, we would cry out; "Let us stay! iv. we wouni cr We are coming here auvhow. Why take 2aVAnd It'woTd taTe "XS? t , w" & w got tuere, but as people who cannot j d , ' f Aainment gome- come' around it aud look through tn d aj of lhrJU?u the 0ienln " h o k through the crevices Into that good land which ,.tch . lilmmu, ot ... w. omH ' eter- gh to ugers tbe harp. My soul spreads out both wing and claps them iu triumph at tbe thought ot those upper springs. One of them breaks from beneath the throne. Another breaks forth from beneath the altar of tbe temple. Another at the door of "the house of many mansions." Upper springs of gladuess! Upper springs of light! Upper springs of love! It Is no fancy of ' uiioe. "The Lamb which is in tbe midst of tbe tnrone shall lead them to living foun tains of water." 0 Saviour divine, roll in upon our souls ' one of those anticipated ruptures! Tour around the rools of the parched tongue one , drop of that liquid life! Toss before our 1 vision tbose fountains of God, rainbowed i with eternal victory! Hear It! They are ; never sick there; not so much as a headache or twinge rheumatic or thrust neuralgic. The inhabitant never says, "1 am sick." They are never tired there. Flight to farthest world is only the p ay of a holiday. They never sin there. It is as easy for them to he holy as it is for us to sin. They never die there. Yon might go through all the outskirts ot this great city and find not one place where the ground was broken (or a grave. The eyesight of the redeemed is never blurred with tears. There is health Iu every cheek. There is spring in every foot. There is majesty on every brow. There is joy in every heart. There is hosanna on every lip. How they must pity us as they look over aud look down aud see us and say: "Poor things away dowu in that world!" And when some Christian Is hurled into a fatal accident, they cry: "Good!" He is coming!" And when wn stand around the coucb of some loved one whose strength is going away and we shake our heads fore bodingly they cry: "I'm glad he is wore. He has been dowu there long enough. There, he is dead! Come home! Come home!" Oh, If we could only get our ideas j nbont that future world uutwlste.1, our : thought of transfer fro.n hern to there would be as pleasant to us ns it was to a . little child tbat was dying. Hlin said: "Papa, when will I go bo ne?" And he said: "To-day, Florence." "To-day? So boon? I am so glad'.' 1 wish 1 could stimulate you with these thoughts, O Christian man, to the highest possible exhilaration! The day ot your deliverance is coming is coming, rolling on with tbe shining wheels of the day, and the jet wheels of tbe night. Every thump of the heart is only a hammer stroke striking off another chaia of clay. Better scour the deck and coil the rope, for harbor Is only six miles away. Jesus will come down the Narrows to meet you. "Now Is your salvation nearer than wbeu you believed." Man of the world, will you not to-day make a choice between there two portions, between the "south laud" of this world, wbicU slopes to tbe desert, aud this glori ous land which thy Father offers I life, run ning with eterual watercourses? Why let your tongue be consumed of thirst when there are the nether springs nii.l the up per springs comfort here and glory here after? Utility of llamont Circular Saw. The nse ot the diamond circular saw for cutting stone is facilitating the erection of tbe Paris Exposition buildings. The dia monds which form the cutting teeth of the saw are worth about 43 a karat, and are fixed in a steel disc over six feet in dia n ter. l.ove of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours which come lo every one, for hours of delight. To give strengthens a man ; to receive weakens him. Knots In religion may excite pity, but never anger, in a wise man. It is the man who is trying to give th" cttrth away who gets It for him self. Lo not despise the small talents; they are needed as well as the great ones. A candle Is sometimes as use ful aa the sun. Knvironments are the settings to the diamonds nf virtue and mercy. About two-thirds of infidel philoso phy is merely fool-osophy. " td that is capable of a real sorrow Is capable of good. Professional infidelity does less harm than ordinary unfaithfulness. An affected fool Is a great deal more uncomfortable to meet than a natu ral one. we1- ' -TVSWi.'StF'
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