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THE OON8TITUTION-THE ONION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL LII
MIFFLINTOWIS. JUNIATA COUNTY, PE1MINA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1898
NO. 53.
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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.
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