i
F. BOHWEIBB,
TUB OONBTITUTION-THE DNION-AKD THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS
VOL LI II
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1899
NO. 10
" 11 Tf
By Marion V.Holli?
CHAPTER XXV.
Foiled, l-allled, desperate, Beatrice
Lady Ilcntrii-e no longer returned to her
room. f-he fastened the door, she secured
herself from all observation, and thes
gave loose to the hot, angry passion that
raced within her. Her eyes gleamed with
fury: her face, in its livid passion, wu
terrible to see. She set her teeth, aha
clinched her strong white hands: hate and
murder ran riot through her vein.
She stood there like a beautiful, sullen
fiend, forced to own that the Nemesis aha
had laughed at and scorned had overtaken
her at last. Further than that she would
not go. She would not say to herself that
her i-in had found her out, and heaven
Itself had punished her. She scoffed al
the notion. "Her fate," she said to her
self with a sneer, "was in her own handBt
and she might win yet!"
Not until evening was that hateful se
cret to be made known. She had still
many hours, and it was, perhaps, in het
power to sweep the woman she hated from
her path to slay her as she would fain
have slain her son. The vaJue of a human
life was as nothing to her in her moody
madness. What did it matter if, after
death, the secret were known? It would
be hushed up then. Lord Selwyn would
do anything to keep it from the worldi
After death its revelation would not in
jure her. Hi lordship would then, in all
probability, look upon her as deeply in
jured. They would have to go througli
the marriage ceremony again, and there it
would end; no more would be heard of the
matter!
As for the sin bah! what mattered sin!
"If a man sees a tigress ready to spring
npon him and rend his heart, he sees no
harm in shooting it down," she cried.
"Why should my heart, my honor, my
fair name and that of my son be rent I
Why should I not destroy the one who
would so rend it?"
With flushed face and gleaming eyei
she paced up and down her magnificent
Toom.
"The first thing," she cried, "1 will
drive to Redruth and get what I want
Before the sun sets we shall see who
wins!"
She never thought of going to sleep: het
brain was too excited, her heart too much
agitated. Sleep while she lived that hat
ed, loathed woman!
I
Her purpose gained strength every
hour. No need to enter into its terrible
details no need to darken a memory that
was never too fair. When the sun rose
she had regained her outward calm, she
was herself again; stern, cold and pj-ond.
She was the first to descend to the break
fast room. The morning was beautiful,
s some of the darkest days in life often
are serene and bright, the skies blue, the
air fragrant, the birds singing, bees and
butterflies hovering round the sweetest
blossoms, a morning that reminds one of
Paradise. Lord Vivian bad not yet left
his roiim. Beatrice went to the window,
opened it, stretched out her hand idly and
gathered one of the large white roses that
came peeping in. She stood idly watching
the sky, the trees, the flowers, and no
warning came to her of what that bright,
tunny morning might bring forth; there
was no cloud in the sky, no dirge in the
sweet, joyous music of nature, no knell
in the g!ad song of the happy birds.
And no remorse came to her either. She
thought quite calmly of the fact that be
fore that same bright sun set she should
have taken her revenge she should be to
ali intents and purposes Lady Selwyn,
with no rival to fear, no fair-haired wom
an to dread. Before the sun set!
The cry of a little child aroused her. It
was pretty, imperious Lance, led in by
his nure.
"I beg a thonsand pardons, my lady."
she said; "but Master Lance will not be
dressed until he has been in to kiss his
mamma."
She turned and took him from the wom
an's arms. Wicked, cruel, mad as she
was, there was unbounded love in her
heart for this her only child.
She kissed his beautiful face, she ca
ressed his bonny curia, she twined the
soft, loving little arma round her neck, she
called him by every endearing name she
could Invent.
Then to herself she murmured:
"It is all for you, my darling all for
you:"
And again no warning came to her that
the soft little hands caressed her for the
last time that for the last time that beau
tiful head was nestled to her heart that
never more would the baby lips kiss her
or lisp her name; no warning, although
even at that moment a dense, dark
ihadow hung over her, a stern angel, with
drawn sword, stood by her side.
"Take him away now, nurse," she said;
"I hear Lord Selwyn coming."
And long afterward the woman told
how, when she reached the door, the babe
looked back and cried, "Mamma!" and
her mistress took him again, lavishing the
sweetest caresses upon him, calling him
by the most endearing names.
"Poor lady!" said the nurse afterward,
when she told the story; "it really seemed
as though she knew what was going to
happen, for she never kissed the baby
gain!"
CHAPTER XXVL
"Papa," whispered a faint voice, "I am
much berter, I feel life at my heart again;
do you think I shall get well now?"
"Yes, my darling," said his father;
"heaven has been very merciful and has
pared you to me this time."
There was a smile on Rupert's face as
be listened a smile that had not been seen
there for many long, sad weeks.
I.ord Selwyn turned to the gentle, pa
tient woman who knelt by his son's side.
"Rupert," he said, "you must always
remember that, after God, you owe your
life to the careful nursing of Mrs. Riv
ers." "I know that," said the boy gratefully;
"I shall never forget. I shall love her as
long as I live."
She bowed her head as he spoke. It
they knew if they only knew, that the
nour was drawing near! Before sunset
Lord Selwyn would know that she was
"ing. Rupert would know that the moth
er whose memory he had worshiped had
aeceived the whole world, and had nursed
him. Before sunset and it waa now near
noon.
Then his lordship told her that lady
Beatrice had been suffering all night and
resting in her own room. While the
word were still on his Una there came a
gentle tap .a.t ths ante-room door. Fearing
3W
Rupert might be oisturoed, Lord Selwyn
went himself to answer it. There stood
the butier with a white, terrified face.
"Will yon please come out, my lord?" he
aid. "I want to apeak to you."
tie went, with a heavy foreboding as
of some coming sorrow at his heart.
"What is It, H.wson ?" he asked. "Is
anything wrong?"
"My lord," aald the man, turning
abruptly, "I do not know how to tell you.
I cannot find words."
"I do not like suspense," aald Lord Sel
wyn. "My lady went out thia morning, my
lord," aald the man; "I cannot say whose
fault H was, but she took the chestnut
ponies and "
"Oh, heaven V cried the unhappy hus
band. "What has happened? tH me the
worst."
"There haa been an accident, and my
lady haa been brought home in Dr. Ar
gent's carriage from Shllton."
"Ia she is she " then Lord Selwyn
topped short, Ma white lips could not
form the word.
"No," was the reply; "the groom was
killed on the spot; my lady still lives."
"Where hare they laid her 7 'he asked.
In low, hoarse tones.
"In her own room. Let me tell you the
worst, my lord; she will never leave it
again."
With a cry that resembled no human
sound. Lord Selwyn hastened away. He
met strange men and weeping servants in
the corridor and on the broad staircase;
they made way in silence for him.
He entered the room where she lay
proud, beautiful. Imperial Beatrice, proud
no longer the color and flush of health
and strength all gone. They had laid her
upon the sumptuous bed, and the two doc
tors stood on either side. They made way
for him as he entered. He knew by the
expression on both grave faces that for
the hapless lady lying there hope had van
ished. He went cm to her, but for the first rims
her lips were mute when he called her
name.
r
"It ia useless, Lord Selwyn," said Dr.
Danvers. "Lady Beatrice will never see
you or hear you again.
"Is there no hope?" he asked.
None," was the grave reply. "Hei
ladyship haa sustained two Injuries, either
of which would be fatal. Her spine ia ter
ribly injured, and there la concussion of
the brain. It is merely a matter of a few
minutes; but she will never know you
again. She may continue ia thla aiata u '.
hour or two no longer; nor can we render
any assistance by remaining."
His distress was terrible to witness. He
knelt down by her side, and took the
white, helpless hands in his. It waa not
that he loved her so dearly; but the man
ner, the suddenness of her deals' bewil
dered him. He bad been so happy a few
minutes since, because Rupert was better,
and now he stood by his wife's deathbed.
The shock seemed too much for him.
One by one the servants came, all anxious
to render some assistance, but he waved
them away. Nothing could be done for
the doomed lady whose life was so nearly
over.
"Will she not know me? Will she nev
er be able to speak to me again?" he cried;
and the reply was, "Never in thia world
never again."
Some one he never knew who It was
brought in little Lance, the beautiful,
blooming boy, who cried with joy at the
sight of his mother, then cried again, be
cause he was frightened at the stillness
of her white, death-like face. But neith
er joy, nor sorrow not even the voice of
the child she loved so dearly, and foe
whom she had sinned so terribly had
power to move her.
They laid the child by her side. Its lit
tle warm hands touched her; but never
again would a mother's kiss soothe it, and
Lord Selwyn, unable to bear the sight,
motioned the child away.
A few minutes more, and the solemn si
lence of that death chamber was broken
by the entrance of Mrs. Rivers. She made
no apology, but went up to Lord Selwyn.
"Is there anything I can do?" she ask
ed gently; and when be shook his head
for all words failed him instead of leav
ing the room, she went round to the other
side of the bed, and looked earnestly at
the changed face.
Then Dr. Danvers came up to the bed
and looked at the white face. He laid
his hand gently on Mrs. Rivers.
"You can pray no longer for the living,"
be said; "she is dead."
She was dead. When the soul passed to
its judgment none of the three kneeling
there ever knew! There was little change
in the face, save that the gray shades
deepened. Lord Selwyn's grief was piti
ful to witness.
"I could almost believe," he said, "that
a curse rests on me and mine. My first
wife died a terrible death. What have I
done that I am so terribly punished V
A gentle voice whispered in his ear:
"Heaven's decrees are not always or
dained in punishment; they are always
wise, and always merciful."
(To be continued.)
Tree Irregularity.
A naturalist pointed out the reason
for trees growing In their Irregular
shapes. Their irregularity serves a
,s imnnrtant ourDose. When a gale
is blowing the branches will be seen to
away in all directions, ana tneir niur-
-.o .n . .nuince the tree. Were
they to sway In 'he ssme direction the
tree would be uprooted or oroaeu
The love of country is universal
the love of home is innate-thls shows
that nature is changeless.
The strongest friendships come trcm
udversity. A friend then Is a friend
to bTcherished, and no friendship of
prosperity can ever ".PP" the te
nacity of that begun when In trouble.
Pain fertilises the soil ot them IndL
Asthe summer daisy springs from de
caying leave, of the Pous a utumj,
sr. manv of the most helpful acts,
beautiful thought- and inspiring
words spring from a great hunger, an
overpowering sorrow.
The noblest Question m ine .
ia
what gooa mw -- ---
. think- nf laxxe
It is a great .. - --,
matters, even n - "
thinking cannot oe
1 anteed. for It creates intellectual
iwWth and exercises the mental Us
5 w'r . . that makes over to them
push and resolution.
SIDE SPLITTFRS
Wheeler I see they have been trying
bicycle ambulances. Walker I thought
these scorchers would make something
k'nd necessary. Cincinnati En
quirer. Suburbs I am not at all good enough
for you, dear. Miss Boston I'm glad
you confess It before we were married,
rou're not the fellow for me. Boston
Courier.
"I often experience a shock of disap
pointment when I get np close to some
apparently beautiful woman." "Prob
ably they feel the same way about
you." Chicago Record.
Hungry Higglns As fur eight hours
being enough for a day's work
Weary Watkins It ain't Any man
who'U do a day's work orter git six
months. Indianapolis Journal.
"Julia had her husband's photograph
taken with his head stuck In a news
paper." "Why did she do that?" "She
aid that was the way he always look
ed to her when be was at home."
He Did you tell your father that I
would kill myself If I couldn't have
ou? She Tea. He What did he say?
She Ho said that settled It You
couldn't have me. Chicago News.
Jack Where's Bill now? Jill Out
West "What doing?" "Raising
ralms." "Doing what?" "Raising
palms making the tenderfeet throw up
their hands." Tonkers Statesman.
"History repeats Itself," said the man
who Is full of wise saws. "I know It
does," replied his morose friend.
"That's why I'm beginning to kind of
lose Interest In base-ball." Washing
ton Star.
"Sad about the Duzenstlckers."
"What's the matte. 7" "They've lived
together fifteen years, and they never
bad a quarrel until lately, when they
bought bicycles of different makes,"
Chicago Record.
"What In the world Is Smlthers build
ing on the lot next door?" "A cold stor
age house." "To ket.p his meats and
groceries from spoiling?" "No; to keep
his dally supply of Ice front melting
away." Cincinnati Tribune.
"Marriage," ' said the puffy man,
"made me what I am to-day. Marriage
Is the mighty engine of civilisation."
"Then," remarked McCorker, "you are
not self but machine made, I suppose."
Philadelphia North American.
"Thought you said Frank and George
agreed in politics?" "So they do."
"Well, they argue over It every time
they meet" "That's because they don't
know what it la they agree on." New
York Sun.
City Man This must be a very
healthy place. Judging from the num
ber of old people I have seen here! Na
tiveHealthy? It's so blamed healthy
that I guess a good many of 'em will
have to be shot on the Judgment day. .
ruck.
"Women are naturally Incredulous,"
remarked the whist player. "That
contrary to the common Impression."
"I don't care; It's true. Ton never can
make one believe you the first time
you tell her what are trumps." Wash
ington Star.
Wheeler Have you learned to make
the repairs on your wheel yet? Sprock
No; I never shall either. I haven't a
bit of mechanical genius. "Oh, yes,
you have." "Indeed I haven't I could
not even Invent a car coupler." Cincin
nati Enquirer.
. Mrs. Wlckwlre Don't you ever make
even the slightest attempt at manual
labor? Dismal Dawson Mum, I am
Uvin' he way I am on a bet I got a
wager of $50,000 up that I kin live
eighty years without workln'. Indian
apolis Journal.
First Thespian When I was playing
Hamlet In Omaha and getting my fifty
a night I Second Thespian Hold
on there, Jack! make that five. First
Thespian No, Tom, 'pon me honor,
fifty a night regular. Eggs are cheap
out there. Harper's Weekly.
"It's three-quarters of an hour since
I ordered that turtle soup," snapped
the angry guest at the restaurant "Tea,
ah," said the waiter, with an obse
quious bow, "but do turtle done make
his 'scape, sab, an aey naa to cnase
him 'bout a mile, sah." Detroit Free
Press.
v.f touched him: "It looks Uke
rain to-day," said the affable milkman,
as he dumped the regular quart Into
the pitcher. "It always does," said the
woman, and the milkman drove on
wondering why some people take such
gloomy views of everything. Detroit
Free Press.
Kir. air." said the Kansas editor,
-your services are no longer required."
"May I venture to ass. way m un
charged ?" "You're too Diamea runny.
That style may do In the blase and
..ii.a Rant, but when you refer to
a death In a cyclone as 'a terrible blow
to the family, you overoo u out nere.
Detroit News.
"What In the world's the matter,
mar asked Arabella, aa her mother
turned from the telephone and sake
for her bonnet and wraps. "I'm going
right down-town," said Mrs. High
rocks, and there was a cold glitter In
her eyes aa she spoke. "I Just tried to
call your father np, aad I heard him tell
the boy to say he wasn't "-Cleveland
Leader.
TJataooosratable.
Among the several unacconntabU
things which one sees in Russia, one It
struck forcibly with the differences In
shop algns In be large cities. It ap
Vr that the Jews are made to writt
their names out In full, giving the Jew
l.h form of their given names Instead
of those actually In use by them. whll.
the signs of the Gentiles bear only thf
Initials.
When a girl writes her namt
"May me" or "Mai," she puts a label
anon herself that contains the word
Cheap. She may be sensible In som
ranects. but no one seeing the label
win believe It The "Mai's" and
"Mayme's" are not good daughters
and they will not make good wives
They are silly. Irresponsible, and ro
mantic Show us a girl who change:
her nam from Mary to . ' "
t P B ihw a iotiubv
If
FOR HIS
THE jury had retired to consldei
their verdict and those remaining
in court were discussing In ex
cited whispers what would be the re
volt of their decision.
At length It came: "Guilty!"
The prisoner at the bar turned paler,
and clutched the dock for support;
while the Judge assumed the black cap
and pronounced sentence.
"Richard Olood, you have been found
guilty of murder upon evidence which,
I think, can leave no doubt In the mind
of any person who has been present In
the court and heard It"
Then followed the last dread sen
tence. "Could there be a fairer daughter of
Eve? If I could only win her!"
Clarence Bolton gazed with eyes of
passionate love upon a beautiful, girl
ish figure. Just retreating with a tea
tray from the ruBtlc arbor In which be
was seated.
Clarence Bolton was a pedestrian,
and devoted his Saturday half-holidays
to tramps In the country. In the course
Df one of these be had entered a rustle
cottage In Kent where teas were pro
vided for travelers and pedestrians.
Here he had met his fate, Nellie Gould.
Clarence had resolved over and over j
again to declare bis passion, but his
courage had as often failed him at the
critical moment That one moment in
the lover's calendar advantageous
above all others came at length, and he
seised It 1
He had met with an accident and
ripped the sleeve of his Jacket He
asked Nellie for needle and thread. She
not only brought both, but offered to
do the stitching for him. t
The compact was sealed In the little
arbor. ;
Many happy weeks passed. There al
ways seemed to be one shadow, how
ever. In their pathway Mrs. Gould,
She wore an air of perpetual sadness .
and .gloom, from which not even hei
daughter's happiness could arouse her,
"Why Is your mother always so sad?"'
Clarence one day asked. i
"Poor mother I Haven't you ever
heard? I never like to speak about It
but but ray father was murdered." ,
"Murdered!" exclaimed Clarence In
horror. '
"Murdered. It's many years ago now
I was only a little child at the time
and my mother never speaks of It now.
But can you wonder at her sadness?"
"No, Indeed. But who was the mur
derer?" "A wvtched mmm hum il-'ha JS'l-
was tried, found guilty and hanged."
"Thank heaven for that Well. Nel
lie, wbea we are married we must have
famr mother always with us and try to
make up for the sorrow she haa
kmowo."
When he left the cottage that even
ing Nellie Gould had promised to be
his bride In a month's time.
A happier man than Clarence Bolton
when he entered the shop of bis guar
Ban on the evening following It would
have been difficult to find.
William Seex was a --prosperous
tradeaman who had taken a deep inter
eat In the young fellow's career, and
Clarence bad therefore considered It bis
first duty to acquaint him with the
step he had Just taken.
"So long as you are happy, my boy,
that's all I care for," said the old man,
heartily, when Clarence bad told his
story. "You've been a good lad and
serve a good wife. But what's ber
name? You haven't told me her name."
"Oh. I kept that till the last." said
Clarence with a laugh. "It's a very
pretty name, I can tell you. What do
pen think of Nellie?" .
" Tain't bad sounding. What's the
other part of It?" I
"Gould Nellie Gould. Hallo, what's
P?" I
Mr. Seex had started from his chair, '
his pipe bad fallen to the ground.
"Gould? You didn't say that Has
she a father?"
"Na poor glrL He was murdered
years ago by a man named Clood. Ter- ;
rlble. isn't it?"
"Terrible yes."
Mr. Seex strode up and down the
CLAREXCK BOLTON MISTS BIS FATE,
room In a state of great agitation. Then
he paused and looked pltlngly at
Clarence.
"Poor boy poor boy," he said.
"What 1s there to pity? Why. I'm
one of the happiest men in creation."
"Listen, Clarence. I must tell you
chough, heaven knows, I would rather
cat out my own tongue your real
name Is Olood, not Bolton, and
and "
"Go on; quick, man, quick. Let me
hear It all," cried Clarence.
"And the man who murdered Gould
was your father."
Clarence covered his face with his
hands, while Mr. Seex told him the rest
of the story told him bow he, out of
deep pity for the boy, had changed his
name, educated him and brought him
op more as a son than the child of i
stranger.
"Don't take It too much to heart lad
What your father did is nothing to d
with you. There's no disgrace resting
en you."
No disgrace resting on him! Clarenc
shuddered, but took bis guardian'!
hand between his own and pressed It
tratefully.
How waa he to act? Steal ke mar
FHTHER'S j
ry Nellie and say nothing of his se
cret? Were be to do so, she might som
day discover It and then she could
only curse him. Should he, on the other
hand, confess to her everything, and
leave her to the responsibility of decid
ing whether or not the tie between
them should he broken? No; that was
a responsibility be had no right to
place upon her shoulders.
A couple of days later Nellie Gould
received a registered letter In which
was enclosed $1,500. The letter accom
panying It was brief:
"Dear Nellie I am compelled to leave
the country through no fault of my
own. I shall never see you again, but
my affection for you will always be the
same. I shall love you until the day of
HI LOOKED P1TYI.1SLT AT CLARKNCC.
my death. The money I send Is yours.
Have no hesitation In taking It for It
was to have been expended on out
home. Marry some happier man than
"CLARENCE BOLTON."
Fifteen years had passed. Nellie
Gould was now Mrs. Elliott a middle
aged matron, with three bright-eyed
children. The Ios sof her lover yeart
ago had come upon her at first with
crushing force, and she had hoped U
hear from htm again. Then, after a
further lapse of time, she had followed
her old lover's request, and married
another. With the $1,500 they started
a little shop ' together. It grew and
grew until it became one of the most
flourishing businesses In Elton.
When the shop was closed In th
evening her husband would usually g
to the Chequers Inn, at the end of th
town. In order to discuss the events ol
the day with his brother tradesmen.
Returning one evening, he found a
shop. His hair and beard were quite
white, his skin wrinkled, and his
cheeks hollow. He appeared to be quite
worn out
John Elliott was a kindly hearted
man, and now be was touched with
pity. He invited the man Into the
bouse and gave htm some supper. This
the wanderer scarcely touched, but fol
lowed with eager eyes the figure of
Mrs. Elliott.
Then he adroitly gained from John
particulars about bis family- He had
two sons and one girl, John told him.
The eldest boy was named Clarence.
"He Is named after an old sweet
heart of the wife's. It was her wish,
and I respected It; for he seems to have
been a good sort of fellow. We owe
whatever fortune we have to him. His
money gave us our first start In mar
ried life."
The stranger's hand wandered to his
eyes. Had the other been watching he
would have seen a tear trickling down
the furrowed cheek.
"As you have been kind enough te
give me a bed for the night may I ask
one other favor? I would like to see
that boy of yours Clarence. I mean
before I go to-morrow. May I?"
The next morning the three children
were introduced to the stranger. H
took them In his arms and kissed them
In turn. At Clarence he gazed long and
earnestly, sat him upon his knee and
fondled him; and then, while Mrs
Elliott's back was turned, seised a pail
ef scissors and cut off a piece of tht
boy's curly hair, which he secreted In
his pocket
Two days after a body was found
close to the cottage where Nellie had
lived with her mother so many yean
ago. It was that of the beggar. An in
quest was held, but there were no
means of establishing It sldentlty.
The undertaker found, suspended
over the heart in a little silk bag, twe
locks of hair one evidently that of a
woman, the other that of a child; and
though a parish undertaker Is not sup
posed to have much sentiment he did
not disturb them from their resting
place.
Checking- Babies.
In some of the New York department
stores babies can be checked like so
many umbrellas, . while their mothers
pursue the elusive bargain from coun
ter to counter. A small boy is detailed
to stand guard over a certain numbea
of Infants. The small boy and thf
Infants have not been asked an opin
ion, but the mothers are enthusiastic
In their approval. In Brooklyn th
checking system as applied to bablei
has appeared In a new form. Rev. Dr.
Wiley, of the Nostrand Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Is the origina
tor of the scheme, and the mothers art
once more gainers. A Urge room has
been fitted up with hammocks and
cribs, perambulators and toys. Here
a volunteer committee of yomng women
assembles every Sunday morning, and
here the mothers, who would otherwise
be kept home, leave their babies, white
they themselves attend the regulai
church service. The plan la a novel
one, bat promises, and deserves, to be
popular Harper's Basar.
Plaa-ae of Spldere la alapaau
Spiders are a serious plague In Japan.
They spin their webs on the telegraph
wires, and are so numerous as to cause
a serious loss of Insulation. Sweeping
the wires does little good, as the spi
ders begin all overagaim.
.tHrfr tea
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LAW AS INTERPRETED.
Notice of an Incident causing death,
given to an Insurance company twenty
nine days after knowledge of the factt
was obtained. Is held, in Foster vs. Fi
delity and C. Company (Wis.), 40 L. R.
A. 833, to be too late to be "Immediate"
within the meaning of the policy.
The right of a servant to rely on tht
promise of his master to repair defect!
In the place where the labor 1b to be per
formed la held. In Illinois Steel Com
pany vs. Mann (III.), 40 L. R. A. 781, t
exist for so long only as Is reasonably
necessary to make the repairs, and af
ter that period the servant Is held tc
have waived the defects and to havt
assumed the additional risk. With tbii
case Is an extensive note on the right!
of a servant continuing work on the
faith of the master's promise to re
move a specific cause of danger.
Notice to an employer that one whe
Is employed to manage a brake con
trolling the passenger cage connected
with a mine has become incompetent 1
held. In Walkowskl vs. Penokee & G
Consolidated Mines (Mich.), 41 L. R. A.
B3, not to be Implied from the fact thai
the engineer thought he ran the cage
too fast if there was nothing to show
that the Information has reached the
employer. With this case is a remark
ably elaborate note on the subject of
knowledge as an element of an employ
er's liability to an Injured servant
Publication of a delinquent tax list li
the English language, but In a news
paper which Is otherwise printed in the
German language. Is held not to be suf
ficient In state, Goebol vs. Chamber
lain (Wis.), 40 L. R. A. 843. wben-the
statute provides In general terms fot
publication In a newspaper printed In
the county, as the English language U
the language of the country to be used
In all official proceedings. In the ab
sence ef statute authority to the con
trary. The drainage of seepage or surplus
water from Irrigated lands Into a canal
from which water is supplied for do
mestic purposes as well as for Irriga
tion, Is held. In North Point Consolidat
ed Irrigation Company vs. Utah and
Salt Lake Canal Company (Utah), 4C
L. R. A. 851, to be wrongful, when tb
drainage renders the waters unfit elth
er for domestic or for irrigation pur
poses, and to constitute a nuisance, al
though a prescriptive right to do sc
might be acquired by twenty years' un
interrupted use.
The purser of a steamer who lives oo
It Is held. In Jones vs. Skinner (Md.),
40 L. R. A. 752, to be unable to acquire
by such residence the right to vote In
a district at which the steamer ties up
at her home port, where he had for
merly acquired a residence In anothei
part of the city. Substantially the
same rule Is enforced In Howard vs.
Skinner (Md.), 40 L. ft. A. 753. In th
aje of a clerk who slept In a room on
w-gtfaer r
or place to live, and who was unmar
ried. . .
STRANGE, BUT TRUE.
Pretty Woaaea Feldoaa Make Band
aonte Plctarea.
"It is a curious fact" aald an experi
enced New Orleans photographer, "that
it isn't the handsomest women who
make the handsomest pictures. I'll
venture the assertion that nine-tenth
of the women who are noted for tbclr
beauty are poor subjects for the cam
era, and It Is undeniable that the more
striking and attractive photos are those
of people who seem plain and Insignifi
cant In life.
"Why Is It? Well, a beauty nearly
always owes her charm to something
beyond reach of the lens to her com
plexion, her hair or the vivacity of her
expression. Very few such women
have regular features, and when they
are reproduced In plain black and
white they are at a great disadvantage.
Their photographs are generally unsat
isfactory and are really not correct like
nesses. On the other hand, a woman
who is regarded as homely may have
singularly perfect lines, but attracts n
attention through lack of animation ot
color. I'll cite you a queer Instance.
"A dozen or so years ago Maude
Branscombe was the most populai
model In the United States for photo
graphic 'art studios.' Her best post
K-as as a nun, and her pictured fact
as strikingly beautiful. Thousands
upon thousands of people have raved
over her loveliness, but the real Mlsi
Branscombe, whom I had the pleasure
of knowing, was a demure, pale little
Woman who would never In the world
attract the slightest attention in s
crowd. Without a doubt she was pass
ed unnoticed by many a person whs
treasured her portrait as a marvel."
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Property of the City.
Bicycles play an Important part la
business aa well as In social life. The
distribution of bicycles to the employes
of German towns laKreaeea from day
to day. In the cities of Hanover and
Ludvlgshafen.and In some towns ot
less Importance, machines have been
distributed to the municipal employe
In order to facilitate their work. Tht
municipal council of Cologne has Just
decided that bicycles shall be reckoned
In with the communal budget and
placed at the disposal of the following
city employes: Tax collectors, police
men, foresters, commissaries of police, ;
sergeants de vllle, watchman, men ol
the health department and In the de
partmenta of water, gas and electrical
supply controllers, and all clerks In tht
employ of the city. The machines re
main the property of the city. The
are simply loaned to the employes
Forty marks a year are allowed to tht
borrowers for each machine, to keep h
In order. It ia expressly forbidden tt
use the bicycles except In the perform
a nee of the city's service.
People do not appreciate the 1 sapor
taace of difference In disposition. Thai
which la polsoa to one man Is agree
able to another. Because like i
certain thing, do not Insist Jkat other
enjoy It People like anarchy becaust
the first principle Is, "I want to do as I
please."
It is all right for parents to compart
prima donnas with their daughters, tc
the prima donna's discredit bat la It
right for thorn to expect their friend
SERMONS OF THE DAY
BahjMt: "Th of SellWhnaaa" Help
Others to Bear Their Bardeas It Is sj
Obriatlaii's Daty to ICneonrajr and
AM His Comrade ia Life's Battle.
Tsxt: "Bear ve one another's burdens
and so fulfill the law of Christ." Oalatlans
vl., 2.
Every man for himself I If there be room
for only one more passenger in the lifeboat
get in yourself. If there be a burden to
lift, yoo supervise while others shoulder it.
Ton be the digit while otbers are the
ciphers on the right hand side nothing in
themselves, bat augmenting you. In oppo
sition to that theorv of setflwhnessPaul ad
vances in mv text the gospel theory. "Bear
?re one another's burdens and so fulfill the
aw of Christ."
Everybody ban burdens. Sometimes
they oome down upon the shoulders, some
times they come down upon the head,
sometimes they come down upon the heart.
Looking over any assembly, they all seem
well and bright and easy, but each one has
a burden to lift, and some of them have
more than they oan lift. Paul proposes to
split np these burdens Into frair- mts. Ton
take part ot mine, and I must tx.t part of
yours, and eaoh one will take part of the
others, and to we will fulfill the law ot
Christ.
Mrs. Appleton, of Boston, the daughter
.fti..i.l nr.k i i
llinsV ThTeaV WP ,
an important case in tne courtroom on nts
way home ptopped at the house of his
daughter and went Into her sickroom. She
said to him, "Fnthf, why are yon on t to
day in this cold weather without an over
coat?" The greaflawver'wsnt into the next
room and wa" in a flood of tears, saving,
"Dying herself, yet thinking ODlyof me."
Ob, how much mora beautiful is care fot
others than this everlasting taking care of
ourselves! High up In the wall of the tem
ple of B.ialbe" there are three stones, eact
weighing 1100 tons. They were lifted up bj
a style ot machinery that Is now amona
the lost arts. Bat in my text Is the gosoe'.
machinery, by which the vaster and tht
heavier tonnage of the world's burden I tc
be lifted from the crushed heart of the hu
man race. What you and I most need to
learn Is the spirit of helpfulness.
Encourage the merchant. If he have a
superior style of poods, tell him so. If be
have with bis clerk adorned the show
windows and the shelves, compliment his
taste. If behave a good business locality,
if he have bad great success, if he have
brilliant prospects for the future, recognizf
all this. Be not afraid that be will become
arrogant and puffed up by your approval.
Before night some shopgolng person will
come in and tell blmthat his prices are ex
orbitant and that his goods are of an in
ferior quality and that his show window
gave promise of far better things than he
fonnd inside. Before the night of the 1av
In which you say encouraging words to
that merchant there will be some crank,
male or female, who will come into the
store and depreciate everything and linul
down enough goods from the shelves to fit
out a family for a whole winter witiiont
buying a cent's worth. If the merchant
be a grocer, there will be some one before
night who will come Into bis establishment
and taste of this and taste of that an-l
taste of everything else. In that way steal
ing all the profits of anything that he may
Enrchae buying three apples while he
i eating one orange!
Before the night of the day when you
approve that merchant he will have a bad
debt which he will have to erase, a bad
debt made by some one who has moved
away from the neighborhood without giv--iDg
anv bint of the place of destination
utteren' enccft rafnVor?SflV fg,
ehant there will be tome woman who will
return to his store and say she bad lost
her pnrse; she left it there Id the store, she
brought it there, she did not take it away,
she knows It Is there, leaving you to make
any delicate and complimentary inference
I" . i.i. . L L n.f... nbht i,.i I
merchant will bear that some Myle ol !
goods of which he has a large supply if
going out of fashion, and there will be
some one who will come Into the store and
pay a bill under protest, saying he tins
fiald it before, but the receipt has been
ost. Now, encourage that merchant, uol
leariUK " y.
puffed up. tor there win oe Detore utgnt
enough unpleasant words said to keep him I
from becoming apoplectic with plethora !
il nri j
&. newspaper men. If von
knew how many annoyances they have, II J
you understood that tneir most elaboratf
article is sometimes nung ont oecausc
there Is such great pressure on the col
umns, and that an accurate report of a
speech Is expected, although the utteranc
be to indistinct the discourse lb one lona
stenographic gues, and tbat the miunighi
whloh finds yoo asleep demands that the
be awake, ana that they are sometimes
ground between the wheels of onr great
brain manufactories; sickened at the oftcr
approach of men who want complimentary
newspaper notices or who want newsi ap.-i
onedYy 7ent7o naTo" !
the next day to report a pugilistic eneoun-.
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ter; shifted from place to place by sudder
revolution which Is liable to take plact
any day In our great journalistic establish
ments; precarious life becoming more anii
more precarious if you understood it yon
you would be more sympathetic. Be affa-
fl. L kawA mA n mw Ia Ha d!iu .i-
1" j i j.aa ni.AA.. ia
mind what the nineteenth century would
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be without tne newspaper and give en
couraging words to all who are engaged it
thia Interest, from the chief of editorial
department down to the boy tbat throws
the morning or evening newspaper into
your basement window.
Enoourage mechanics. They will pluml
the pipes, or they will calcimine the ceil
Ings, or tbey will put down the carpets, oi
they will grain the doors, or they wlli
fashion the wardrobe. Be not amougthos
Who never say anything to a me-lmulc ex
cept to find fault. If lie has done a job
well, tell him it Is splendidly done. The
book Is well bound, the door Is well grained,
the chandelier Is well swung, the work if
grandly accomplished. Be not among tlms-n
employers who never say anything to theii
employes except to swear at them. Do not
be afraid you will make that mechanic sc
puffed up and arrogant he will never again
want to be seen with working apron oi
In shirt sleeves, for before the night comes
of tbat day when you praise him ther
will be a lawsuit brought agniust liim
because be did not finish bis work its soon
as he promised It, forgetful of the fact that
bis wife baa been sick and two ot his chil
dren have died of scarlet fever and he has
had a felon on a finger of the right hand.
Denonnced perhaps because the paint is
very faint In color, not recognising the
fact that the mechanic himself has been
cheated out of the right ingredients, mid
A A A I A AA tl A A Allf tiM t-,tlll,lM It,
time, or scolded at because beseems to
bave lamed a horse by unskillful shoeing,
when the horse baa for months bad spavin
or ringbone or springhalt. You feel that
you have the right to nnd fault with a me
chanic when he does ill. Do yon ever
praise a mechanic when he does well?
encourage tue larmens. luoj cunie in-
to yourstores. jou meet them in the city j
In the summer months. Office seekers go j
lUnfUKU III? HUU , H l llicj r-1 U ' I VU pillll
cal platforms, and they tell the farmers
tne story about tne inaepenaent lite ot i,
farmer, giving natterv wnero tbey
ought to give sympathy. Independent ol
what? I waa brought up on a farm, I
worked on a farm, I know all about
It. I bardly saw a city uutil I
was grown, and - I tell you
there are no class of people In
country who bave it harder
'but
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woo mu u jour
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eurcullo that stings the peach trees, or
tho rust In the wheat, of the long rain with
t'je rye down? Independent of the grass-
hopper, of the loonst. of the army worm, ot
tie potato bag? Independent of the
drought that burns np the harvest? Inde-
pendent of the cow with the hollow horn,
or the sheep with the foot rot, or the pet
horse with a nail In his hoof? Independent
ot the eold tbat freezes out the winter
grain? Independent ot the snow bank out
ot which he mast shovel himself? Indepen
dent of the eold weather when he stand
thTiMng bit MBaid, .flexor tia"" bis
body to keep them from being frosted? In
dependent of ths frozen ears and the
frozen feet? Independent of what?
Faney farmers who have made theit
fortunes in the olty and go out In the
country to build houses with all the
modern Improvements and make farming
a luxury may not need any solace, bnt the
yeomanry who got their living out of the
soil and who that way hsve to clothe their
families and educate their children and
pay tneir taxes and meet the Interest on
mortgaged farms suoh men And a terrtflo
struggle. I demand that office seekers
and politicians fold up their gaseous and
Imbecile speeches about the Independent
life of a farmer and substitute some word
of comfort drawn from the fact that tbev
are free from olty conventionalities and
citv epidemics and city temptations.
Encourage the doctors. You praise ths
doctor when he brings you np from an
awfnl crisis of disease, but do von praise
the doctor when, through skillful treat
ment of the Incipient stages ot disease, he
keeps you from sinking down to the awful
crisis? There is a great deal of cheap and
' eartless wit about doctors, but I notice
mist cue people who get off the wit are the
first to send for a dootor when there Is any
thing the matter. There are those who
undertake to say In our day that doctors
are reallv useless. One man has written a
book entitled, '- Every Man His Own Doc
tor." That author ought to write one more
book entitled, " Every Man His Own Un
dertaker." "Oh," says some one. "phy
sicians In constant presence of pain get
hard hearted! " Do they ? The most cele
brated snrgeon of the last generation stood
in a clinical department of one of the New
SSS'S
ered in the amphitheater to see a very
painful operation on a little child. The old
surgeon said: "Gentlemen, excuse me if
I retire. These surgeons can do this as
well as I can, and as I get older it gives ma
more and more distress to see pain."
Encourage the lawyers. They are often
cheated out of their fees, and so often have
to breathe the vlilalnoos air of courtrooms,
and they so often have to bear ponderous
responsibility, and they have to maintain
against the sharks In their profession the
dignity of that calling which was honored
by the fact that the only man allowed to
stand on Mount Sinai beside the Lord was
Moses, the lawyer, and that the Bible
speaks of Christ as the advocate. Encour
age lawyers in their profession of trans
cendent importance a profe-sion honored
bv having on the bench a Chief Justice
Story and at the bar a Rufus Choate:
Encourage the teachers In our public
schools occupation arduous and poorly
compensated. In all the cities when there
comes a fit of economy on the part ot offi
cials the first thing to do Is always to cut
down teachers' salaries. To take forty or
fifty boys whose parents suppose them
precocions and keep the parents from
finding ont their mistake: to take an empty
head and All it; to meet the expectation of
parents who think their children at fifteen
years of age ought to be mathematicians
and metaphysicians and rhetoricians; to
iwork successfully that great stuffing ma
chine, the modern school system, is a very
'arduous work. Encourage them by the
usefulness and the everl.istingness and the
.magnitude o! their occupation, and when
your children do well compliment the In
structor, praise the teacher, thank the ed
ucator. Encourage all invalids by telling them
how many you have known wltn the same
ailments who got well, and not by telling
them of their sunken eye or asking them
whether the color of their cheek is really
hectic or mentioning cases in which that
style of disease ended fatally or telling
them how badly they look. Cheerful
words are more soothing than chloral,
more stimulating than cognac, more tonic
than bitters. Many an invalid has re
covered through the Influence of cheerful
snrronndlncpn.
4 ; En5tAfty,r ,,-BJ r
enants, nyieiung mes yTung muroniin
when you got your first cgstomer.and how
you sat behind the counter eating your
luncheon with one eve on the aoor. Es
tablished lawyers, enoourage young law-
u 113 irat i
dovn in your first speech. Established
ministers of the g ospel. encourage young
ministers by merciful examination of theo
logical candidates, not walking around
with a profundity and overwbelmlngness
of manner as though you were one of the
eternal decrees. Doctor established, by
telling young doctors bow you yourself
once mistook the measles for scarlatina.
.A h..hln to s.v Ih.t I. en
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couraglng.O man, put your teeth tight y
together and cover them with the curtain
of your lip, compress your Hps and put
nan over J0" moutn and keBi
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Encourage the troubled by thoughts cl
release and reassooiation. Encourage the
aged by thoughts of eternal juvenescei.ee.
Enoourage the herdsman amid thetrougbs
of sin to go back to the banquet at tiia
father s Homestead. Ulve us tones In tee
major key instead of the minor. Give us
"Coronation" instead of "Naomi." Yoa
have seen cars so arranged tbat one car
going down the hill rolled another car up
the hill. They nearly balanced eaca other.
And every man that finds life up hill ought
to be helped by those who have passed the
height, "and are descending to the vale.
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A trnntlnmnn In Encland died leavlnir his
fortune by will to two sons. The son that
staid at home destroyed the father's will
and pretended that the brother who was
absent was dead and buried. The absent
brother after awhile returned and claimed
his part of the property. Judges and
jurors were to be bribed to say tbat the re-
h., .,rl . BAA Of .11
but only an Impostor. The trial came on.
Sir Matthew Hale, the pride ot the English
courtroom and for twenty years the pride
ot jurisprudence, heard that that injustice
was about to be practiced. He put off
his official robe. He put on the garb of
a miller. He went to the viliage where
that trial was to take place. He entered
the courtroom. He somehow got empan
eled as one of the Jurors. The bribes came
around, and the man gave ten pieces of
gold to the other jurors, but as this was
only a poor miller the briber gave to him
only Ave pieces ot gold. A verdiot was
brought in rejecting the rights of this re
turned brother. He was to have no share
In the inheritance. "Hold, my lord!" said
th miller. "Hold; we are not all agreed
on this verdiot. These other men have
received ten pieces of gold In bribery,
and I have received only Ave." "Who
are you? Where do you come from?" said
the judge on the benob. The response
was: "I am from Westminster Hall;
my name is Matthew Hale, lord cblet
justice ot the king's bench. Off of that
place thou villain!" And so the injustice
was balked, and so the young man got his
Inheritance. It was all for another that
Sir Matthew Hale took oft bis robe and put
on the garb ot a miller. And so Christ took
off His robe of royalty and put ou the attire
of our humanity, and in that disguise He
won our eternal portion. Now are we the
sons of Godl Joint heirs! We went off
from hr.me sure enough,
'n "ceive our et
but we got bacli
ernal inheritance.
And if Christ bore our burden, surely we
can afford to bear each otber'B burdens.
Despondency unnerves a
invigorates him.
Unnav (a Ka . Y.
r.nn, hope
manufae-
turj p,ant
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Happiness is a roadside flower bloom
ing on the highway of usefulness.
The courting of an heiress is a busi
ness suit but the courting of a flirt
is merely a masquerade suit.
We never heard of husbands and
wives auarrelinar about which IhvmI
the other most.
Most natures
are insolvent; can
not satisfy their own wants, have an
'ambition out of all proportion to their
practical force, and so do lean and beg
jay an(j night continually,
when people voluntarily speak 111 it
,noWB a diseased organization that
nothlng. wtI1 correct but affliction,
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Strip everything off a person down
to the very soul and character ia there
and then wealth is where?
Sooner or later the world comes
round to see the truth and do right
We are sent into this world to make
it better and happier, and in proportion
as we do so we make ourselves both.
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