i I &k fin i yfiifft a , n ' THg OONBTii u AlON-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. TT.T1l.ai mm Ti M f VOL LIII. MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8.1899. NO. 13. Bg--- " i III! WW ! -aaanaanaanaaat HTuni TTmn... . . . By Tlie Ducftess. CHAPTER II. (Continued.) "Now that you hare been to London," ray she. "you will find our poor Ireland duller than ever." "Po you rail this place dull?" inter rupts he. "Then let me tell you you mis Judge your natire land. I think It not nly the loveliest, but the liveliest place on earth." "Yon are easily pleased," says she. "He isn't f says Tommy, breaking int the conversation with great aplomb. "He; hates Miss Maliphant, nurse says, though: Lady Baltimore wants him to marry herj and she's a fine girl, nurse says, an' real mart, and with the gift o' the gab an' lots o" tin " "Tommy," .ays his aunt frantically. It la indeed plain to everybody that Tommy i now quoting nurse au naturel, and If betraying confidence in a reckless manner. "Don't stop him," says Mr. Dysart, flancinu at Joyce's crimson cheeks with something of disfavor. "What la Hecuba to me, or I to Hecuba? I defy you," a little stormily, "to think I care a farthing for Miss Maliphant or for any other wom an on earth save one!" "Oh, you mustn't press your confidences a me," suys she, smiling and dissembling rather finely: "I know nothing. I accuaa you of nothing. Only, Tommy, you wera a little rude, weren't you?" "I wasn't," says Tommy, promptly. In whom the inborn instinct of self-defens. has been largely developed. "It's true. Nurse says she has a voice like a cow. Is that true?" turning unabashed to Dy sart. "She's expected at the castle next week. Tou shall come up and judge for your self," says he, laughing. "And," turning to Joyce, "you will come, too, I hope?" "It is manners to wait to be asked," re turns she, smiling. "Oh, as for that," saya he, "Lady Balti more crossed last night with me and hei husband. And here is a letter for you." lit pulls a note of the cocked-hat ordet from his pocket. "An Invitation from Lady Baltimore," says Joyce, looking at the big red crest nd coloring. "How do you know?" saya she, rath el suspiciously. The young man raises his hands an ryes. "I swear I had nothing to do with it," My he; "I didn't so much as hint at it Lady Baltimore spent her time crossing the Channel in declaiming to all who were well enough to hear her that she lived only In the expectation of seeing you again soon." CHAPTER III. The visit to the Court being decided on. Miss Kavanagh undertakes life afresh with a joyous heart. Lord and Lady Bal timore are the best host and hostess in th. world, and a visit to them means un mixed pleasure while it lasts. The Court Is indeed the pleasanteet house in th. county, the most desirable In all respects, and the gayest. Yet, strange and sad to add, happiness has found no bed within its walla. This is the more remarkable In that the marriage of Lord and Lady Baltimore has been an almost idealistic one. They had been very much in love with each other, tnd they grew so strong in their belief in the immutability of their own relations, one to the other, that when the blow fell that separated them, it proved a very lightning stroke, dividing soul from body. Lady Baltimore was at no time a beau tiful woman. But there is always a charm la her face, a strength, an attractiveness that might well defy the more material charms of one lovelier than herself. With a soul aa pure as her face, and a mind at tlrely innocent of the world'a erll ways, and the sad and foolish secrets she Is com pelled to bear upon her tired bosom from century to century, she took with a bitter hardness the revelations of her husband's former life before he married her, related to her by, of course, a devoted friend. Unfortunately the authority was an un deniable one. It was impossible for Lady Baltimore to refuse to believe. The past, too, she might have condoned; though, be lieving in her husband as she did, it would always have been bitter to her, but the devoted friend had not stopped there; she had gone a step further, a fatal step; she had told her something that had not oc curred since their marriage. As a fact. Lord Baltimore had been the hero of several ugly passagea in his life. U'.a early life, certainly; but a young wife who has begun by thinking him Immacu late, would hardly be the one to lay stress upon that. And when her friend, who had tried unsuccessfully to marry Jord Baltimore and had failed, had in the kind'! liest spirit, of course, opened her eyes to his misdoings, she had at first passionately refused to listen, then bad listened, and then was ready to believe anything. ', tme episode in his post history had bee: made much of. The young heroine of i naa been an actress. . This was ba enough, but when the disinterested friend went on to say that Lord Baltimore had been seen in her company only so long go as last week, matters came to a cli max. That was many months ago from to-day, but the shock, when it came, shat tered all the sacred feelings in Lady Bal timore's heart. She grew cold, callous, in different. Her mouth, a really beautiful feature, that used to be a picture of se renity and charity personified, hardened. Khe became austere, cold. She was still good hostess, and those who had known her before her misfortune still loved her. But she made no new friends, and she sat down within herself, as it were, and gave herself up to her fate, and would probably have died or grown reckless but for her Uttle son. Ann it was alter tue mrta of tnis De loved child that she had been told that her husband had again been seen In company with Mme. Istray, that seemed to add fuel to the fire already kindled. She could not forgive that It was proof positive of his baseness. He thought her heartless. There was no scandal, no public separation. She eald a word or two to him that told him what fit had heard, and when h tried W ex plain the truths of that last llhai th.t h. declared him unfaithful to her since her marriage, she had silenced him with so coia, so scornful, so contemptuous a ; glance and word, that, chilled and anger- eu in nia tnriL ha hail laft hw - ' Twice afterward ha had sought to ex plain matters, but it waa useless. She would not listen: the treacherous friend. whom she never betrayed, had done her work well. Lady Baltimore, though she never forgave her. never forgave her hui band, either; aha would make no formal attempt at a separation. Before tha world I aha and he lived together, seemingly on tne beat terns; at all events t on quite as god terms as most of their acquaint ances; yet all the world knew how it was with them. So long ss there are servants. so long will it be impossible to conceal our most sacred secrets. As for Lord Baltimore, he well, he y aa know bow to console himself. So ciety, tks crudest organization on earth. laughed to itself about him. He had known j how to live before his marriage; now that the marriage had proved a failure, he : would still know how to make life bear- i able. J In this they wronged him. ! CHAPTER IV. Luncheon is st an end and the day still i heavy with heat, the desire for action that , lies in every breast takes fire. They ere : all tired of doing nothing. The tennis courts lie invitingly empty, and rackets j thrust themselves Into notice st every turn: ss for the bails, worn out from ennui, they insert themselves under each arched Instep threatening to bring "the . owners to the ground unless picked up snd f made use of. "Who wants a beating?" demands Mr. Dicky Brown at last, unable to pretend lassitude any longer. Taking up a racket, he brandishes it wildly, presumably to at tract attention. This is necessary. As a ! rule, nobody pays sny attention to Dicky Browne. He is a nondescript sort of ' ronng man, of the negative order, with no feature to speak of, and a capital opinion of himself. Income vague. . . Age un known. ' "Well! That s one way of putting It," says Miss Kavanagh, with a tilt of her pretty chin. "Is it s riddle r asked Dysart. "If so I know it. . The answer is Dicky Browne." "Oh, I like thatr says Mr. Browne un abashed. "See here, I'H give you plus fif teen and a bisque, and start myself at minus thirty, and beat you i a canter." ' Dear .Mr. Browaa, voaelder tha day 1 -1 believe there are such things ss sun- strokes," says Lady . Swansdows), in hei sweet treble. "There ae. But Dicky's all right," aayi Lord Baltimore," drawing up a garden chair close to hers and seating himself up on It "His besd is so hard. The aun makes no Impression upon granite!" "Ah, granite! that applies to a heart, not a head," says Lady Swansdown, rest Ing her blue eyes on Baltimore for just a swift second. It is wonderful, however, what her eyes csn do in a second. . Baltimore laughs lightly, returns her glance four-fold, and draws his chair a quarter of aa Inch closer to hers. To move It more thsn that would have been an impossibility. ' Lady Swansdown mskes a alight move ment With a smile seraphic as an angel's she polls her lace skirts a little to one side, aa If to prove to Baltimore that he baa encroached beyond his privileges upon her - domain. "People should not crush people. And why do yon want to get so very close to me?" This question lies within tha serene eyes eke one mors raises to his. She la a lovely woman, blonde, serene, dangerous! In each glance ehe turns upon the man who happens at any moment to be next to her. Ilea an entire chapter on the "Whole Art of Flirtation." Were she reduced to penury, and the world a little more advanced in its fashionable ways, she might really make a small fortune in teaching young ladies "How to Marry Well." No man could reaist her pupils, once properly finished by her, and turned out to prey upon tne stronger sex. iuai Complete Angler wouia u a uue uiej might filch with perfect honor and call their own. She is a tall beauty, with soft limbs, graceful as a panther, or a cat Her eyes are like the skies in summer time, her Hps sweet and full. The silken hair that falls In soft masses on her Grecian brow is light ss corn in harvest, and she haa hands and feet that are absolutely faultless. She has even more than all these a most con venient husband, who is not only now, but apparently always, in a position of trust abroad. Very much abroad. The Fiji ot the Sandwich Ialands for choice. On can't hear from those centers of worldly dissipation in a hurry. And, after all, it really don't very much matter where he is! There had been a whisper or two in th county about her and Lord Baltimore. Everybody knew the latter had been a little wild since his estrangement with hi wife, but nothing to signify very much nothin one could lsy one's finger on, until Lady Swansdown had come down lasl year to the Court. Whether Baltimore was In love with her was uncertain, but all were agreed that she was in love with him. "Whose heart?" asks Baltimore, apro pos of her last remark. "Yours?" It is a leading remark, and something In the way it is uttered strikes unpleas antly oa the ears of Dysart. Baltimore is bending over his lovely guest and looking at her with an admiration too open to be Suite respectful. But she betrsys no re r.. She smiles back at him Indeed tfllLUicuu ' - In that little aloe, seductive way of bees, i and make, him an answer in a ior "ow for even those nearest to her to hear It is a sort of challenge, a tacit acknowl ia thev two are alone even In the midst of sll these tiresome people- . rst'eirctancns. bee- too much rr him He bss gone under. The per :"tentmco.dne.. of hi. to hear or believe in him. ha. badt we r. feet A man ot a naturally wrm End'ly disposition, thrown th Uckupon himJlf. he ha. -fw gW.n ajon the caretessn. ; . . . I : mother gave him n:s nature wme , , .r , .,)-. or the world, and allow. WmwKtc , swim or . worm , . -- - - . bta ,ife go down who i" wanown I. lovely -nd WJ She lean, toward BaHb-oreber Jovely eje-aJjAfc hjraofJ mooU - whispered words, her onlv hnir.9vrt glances, all told their tale. Presently it is clear that a rery fully developed flirtation m weii in nana. Lady Baltimore coming across the grass with a basket in one hand and her little son held fondly by the other, sees and grasps the situation. Baltimore, leaning over Lady Swansdown, the latter lying back in her lounging chair In her usual In- y. r .u.er isn ..,t depend8 npon clrcumBtncea to a from aid-to aide, and with her white lids , largo extent." he replied. SLSL uVh a?J," .k 1 "But 'dcr unquestionably a term seeing it ail. Lady Baltimore's mouth . . , . hardens, and a contemptuous azpression I AfY Z destroys tha calm dignity of her face. For And et he 8a'rte1- nt baence the moment only. Another moment and i lnajr make n endearing phrase love It la gone; aha haa recovered herself. The message. It you will doubly oignlfl- one sign of emotion she hss betrayed is j cant." wallowed op by her stern determination "I fail to see bow." she returned, to conceal all pain at all costs, and, if her blushing prettily merely because of the v" tifht,n omWB convulsively on course the conversation was taking. "1 those of nsr boy's, why, who can be the should aay rather that It became the m.. w..al-TY'e , . I more significant a. one approached the Dysmrt, however, who Is honestly fond , ,,.?. . "z, of hi. cousin, ha. mistered th.t firai awift Uve degree." -Inroluntary contraction of the calm brow. I In measure It does," be admitted; and a sens of Indignant anger against i I"1 much depends upon the circum BaltUnor and his somewhat reckless com- . Btances and the persons Involved. If an panlon fires his blood. He springs quick- ly.toJxls.tos, dy Baltimore, notina- the action. though not understanding the motive for it, turns and smiles at him so controlled a smile that It quiets him at once. ' "I am going to the gardena to try and cajole Mclntyre out of some roses," says she. In her sweet, slow way, stopping near the first group .he reaches on the lawn 1 the group that contains, among others, her husband and her friend. She would not willingly have stayed where they were, : but she is too proud to pass them by with out a word. "Who wilt come with me? "' "-"' - ?- in., though rather faintly. "It is not com - pulsory even though 1 go alone, I shall feel that I am equal to Mclntyre." -if , u 0red"t,rtHabf k 81 words fell upon his ears. He had been so preoccupied that her light footfall, com- ing over the grass had not reached him. snd her voice, when it fell upon the air. gave him a shock. He half rises from his seat. "Shall I?" he la beginning, and then stops short; something in her face cheeks nim- . . - our she conquers herself half s see- eredVshee and tone, and .he goe. on a. clearly nd aa entirely without emotion a. though she were a mere machine a thing .he had taught herself to be. "Not you," she says, gayly, waving him lightly from her. "You are too useful here" a. .he say. this she give, him the softest, if fleetest, .mile. It is a masterpiece. "You can amuse one. here and there, while-I want a girl. If you are going to the gardens. Lady i Baltimore, let me go with you," says Miss ' Maliphant, rising quickly snd going to ward her. She is a big, loud girl, with money written all over her in capital let- ters, but Dicky Browne tells himself ah. haa a good heart "I should love to go there with you and Bertie." "Come, then," says Lady Baltimore, graciously. She makes a step forward; little Bertie, although bt like, and be - II eves in her. thrusts his small fist Jnto tswhane of tlw Birmingham heiress, and thus all three pass out ot sight. (To be continued.) Tene.selaa Monamenl to Americano Venezuela has erected a beautiful granite abaft to the memory of tea Americana who embarked In an expe dition from Baltimore under General Miranda, in 1806 to fight for the lnde - pendenco of the colony. They were captured by a Spanish warship off the ! Venezuelan coast, and beheaded July 81, 1806. These men had served under Washington and Lafayette in the war of the revolution, and were willing to wage another war for liberty. Their names were: Captain Thomas Donohue, Lieutenants Thomas BIllop, James Garner, Gustavo Burguel, Charles i Johnson, Paul T. George, Daniel Kemp- J ner. Miles T. Hall, and John Ferris, and sub-Lieutenant Francis Farquhar- son. Tne monument nearing meir names and the arms of the United States and Venezuela was unveiled at Maracay, State of Miranda, In the early part of September. Household; RECIPES, ,' cit.-A a larre onion and ! fry it in a tablespoonful of butter until soft. Then add a teaapoonf ul u';: 1 m water Take two or three tea- Snnfuls of mashed potato and stir wen into a quart of scalded milk: add SS&Fni- atatey This quantity is sufficient for four. andEgg Sandwiches.- hardened I eggs coarsely with abut half their bulk of scalded nnd skinned sardines. Mix well Ket" and season J'KSot be too thin, brHW"if iosslWe of the day's baking f-a'a liberal filling of the egg nd, dine mixture and press tne a" fother between two plates. Serve on a doyley with a garnish of parsley. Fineer Crisps.-Rub four ounces of butter into 12 ounces of flour and edd -" ounces of granulated sugar. Mix inch thick fd scatter over "tore " r,t be paste into strips two wide and four long and bake WIM When cold spread with a little butter and serve. Hints About. Eggs. Boiled eggs a-lassy and smooth of shell. title , out rroiri me , m E?aV which have been packed in lime fcgga -how the action of tSL for a long time, egg. acquire a musty smell. . ,,ijr f La rab, Roman vay. Boe shoulder of lamb without r SovTn? the thip end bone: season ln mI .nii out. Chop five ounces of . reaJc " baSm into small dice: mix wluTit two tablespoons of chopped Jnlon. fowsuncea of mushrooms and rteWoX chopid parley; then add tw tondfuls of bread crumbs soak in stock and well pressed from 5quo SeaWUie preparation highly ISd when well mixed stir in two ports Snd stuff the shoulder, sew it up. "T" . -ante pan, oiled and spread w- fcedgeUa Moisten to half the heigh with stock, let the liquid boil, aid push the saute pan to the France of the oven. 80 braise tha mVatTblXg frequently. When done atock will be reduced to a half tas? Remove tbe string, dish the Soutder and pour on th. bottom of the dish a sanoe made of the stock mixed with ooe-thlrd of tomato sauc. SHADES OP MEANING. a. Proatabl DIkbmIoi to What la Implied y Tarloa. Formalities. "I never have been able to get 1J trough my head," she said aa the 1ghts burned low. "which la the more ! formal In beginning a letter 'Dear or My Dear.' Of course, I mean preced xig name." old gentleman writing to you addresses 1 you as 'Dear Miss Brown,' that la dis tinctly formal, while If be says 'My Iicsr Mian Rma-n it sMmR a. trifle '. patronizing and fatherly, and to that extent Is more friendly. But if a young man uses 'Dear and 'My Dear' the con ditions seem to be reversed." . "I don't see how." "Then let me Illustrate," be said "Suppose I should address you as Mj Dear Girl.' That woul dseem rather patronizing, would it not, as if I were about to point out some Uttle error or bit of foolishness? But if 1 should say Dear Girl.' bow about that? Does it 1 aot mean more than the other Id my ;ase?" . j "While you are about it." she aug blushing; "why might m , ",i ' r ' ot M peare8t Glrl? , - ' Tne superlatives are used so much T oaie Americans,' he said, "thai ' they lose much of their force and often i do not seem to have the strength found In lesser degrees. As love terms, 'Deal j Heart' and 'Sweetheart have stood th ' test for years, and any attempt to put them ,n ,be 8uperlatiVe. as 'Dearest "J """i T?' . "f being mow effective would be im. P' farcical, and would detract from rather than add to their significance., j "But bow about withdrawing the ( word 'dear' entirely?" she asked, for being a woman,. It was only natural tnat 8he would wish to make a studj jf tne ntrCacies of these terms." "You ! . . , rn b ,.. "Certainly," be answered, "and I can prove the truth of what I said. Again let me illustrate with you. I say to you. My Dear Mamie.' It may mean much; , !t may mean little. It depends upon cir- ; ;umstances. It may seem 'patronizing j r It may not. That also depends upon circumstances and the tone,- But,ws take away tne word .dear,', and 'then I . to 'M Mamie.' Wbldo jo. ;. -iv - . w-- -5r" W'J.t"V ..1L ,J.L - ,.t lij, i i jui m am, nut; evjijcu. Hushing a deeper red than before, "but you might have found out whether 1 was or not without adopting any such roundabout method." Nevertheless, having proved bis case ind accomplished bis purpose, be pro ceeded to take possession. Chicago . Tost, Water Is a rery good transmitter oi iniinil A Dnlnnttat h, (ha noma Af Pnl- . ,don made some esper,ment8 on T,,ke Geneva, Switzerland, to demonstrate the power of sound to travel a long way In water. A clock was made to strike under the water, and was heard to a distance of twelve miles. In a see and experiment the striking of a clock was heard to a distance of twenty-sev n miles. J. G. Goodchild, president ot the Roy al I'byslcal Society of Edinburgh, Is bis calculation on the age of the world, has determined that 93,000,000 years 1 nave eiapSed since the beginning of Its Tertiary period, 700,000,000 years since ' the beginning of the Cambrian period. an(1 tUat the beginning of life on tbt j Mr,h wag kely 700.OOO.OOO years tx e says the world i. roUi:g. Official statistics show that the man afacture of silk goods in the United ' states has grown rapidly since 1860. Kt tnat t,me only 15 per cent. of th Uk used In. this country was home made. In 1870 the percentage of home manufactured silk bad doubled; in 188( it had become more than 50 per cent. in 1890, 70 per cent, while at present I is estimated to be not less than 85 pei ' cent. ' I The reeeptly published report of th astronomical observatory at the Cap of Good Hope contains an account ol the discovery of a little star of only the 1 eighth magnitude, and consequently far too faint to be seen wltb the naked eye, which Is nevertheless the swiftest traveler that has ' as yet been found 1 among the stellar hosts. Its motion In ' a year amounts to about nine seconds of arc. In 200 years it would move an apparent distance about equal to th diameter of the moon. But its real ; velocity Is probably so great that i travels hundreds of millions of mllej ' every year. j In Southern Arizona tbe water o: many rivers, and most of tbe creeks ( sinks below the surface of tbe ground , during spring and early summer, ap pearing again when the rains begin It July and August. The disappearance of tbe streams would be fatal to man of tbe insect tribes abounding In that couutry but for the fact that tbe in sects. In the form of larvae, follow th , moisture underground, and emerg ' 1 gala, togetner witn the creeks, later en be season. . 1 Tbe most striking feature of a totai rcllpse of tbe sun la the corona, a halo f light which la seen Just aa tbe son' lisk la completely obscured by the noon. The spectrum of this light waa shown in 1869 to contain as Its moat iromlnent feature a green line, whlcl lad not been found In tbe apectrnm v my known element, and which wai arefore assigned to aa umluaewa ele . SHADES 3F MEANINGL I "coronlum." Heltam, obwrrH . ... EARLY FIRE I fs-pmmv w avaarsixn aa u -vas-ss aj neat, "coronlum." Heltam, observes' in the aun the year before, was roans' n the earth In 1895, and now this oth it solar element baa just been discor red In on of the gasea which stresn forth from the ground in certain parti ot Italy. Prof. Naslnl, of the TJnlver Ity of Padua, has for some time beet engaged In the study of these gases li search of argon or helium. In the spec tram of the gas from the Solfatara d! Pozzuoli, he found not only the argon lines, but also the characteristic line of coronlum. What makes. this discovery of especial . Interest Is the fact that wronium Is probably by far the light ;st of the elements, for It occurs In tb xrona. at least 600,000 miles dlstan from the sun's surface. . 3HASINQ HIS WIFE'S MANTLE -oont Potocka a.Long;-iinerina; as as American Husband. The American husband may step Sown from the throne where bis gener osity and Indulgence have placed liim, says the New York Co&miertial Adver tiser. Tha Count Potocka has proved himself a worthy successor. This gen tleman Is at the present moment scour ing Europe for the sable mantle whicl the careless Countess left on a chair it the Hols de'BoIogue. The Count hat spent .much of his time chasing tha' mantle : ever since it came into hit wife's possession some years ago. The way. In which it came into hei possession Is one of the proofs of tin Count's worthiness to occupy the Amer lean husband's throne. Some years asc 'i Russian princess was forced to sl U her belongings, among them a su erb sable mantle which had been glr n to her by an amorous sovereign and a as said to "be worth 1100.0X). The Jountess Potocka decided to have this Barrel and promptly sold one of In t tstates in Sicily, including a beam if u ld palace which had been In her fain ly for years. Bat she bad not yet nion ty enough, so the Count stopped on hi.' rcay to St Petersburg, mortgaged one f his domains in the heart of old Po and and arrived just in time to save ie mantle from the money lenders. " ' Shortly after this the pretty Couutesi ost the wonderful pelisse on the sane f the desert In Algeria. She had Iv.ft '6 an embassy ball, and as the weathe: was not cool did not put it on. and onl; when at the gates of the town mlsset t She sent the Count back to look foi It, and after a search of many hours lit meekly returned with the treasure. Or mother occasion the Countess lost hoi -ostiy garment, and the Prince sold a country bouse to pay the reward for Its return. ' The Countess is a familiar figure In the Bols, where she drives three thor oughbred Jet black horses. They are placed three abreast, fan-shaped, and hafnessed with white, tinkling with sil ver bells. The'fhmous mantle has twice been painted; the owner baring worn 11 whaobe-'posed- fov her- portrait by ?ergnon and Bonnat ' - Word, front tbe War. ' ' The war gave rise to a number 01 words which will undoubtedly find :helr way Into the dictionary. The reconcentrado has become an Ameri can colonist, and the trocha figures In .he official reports of the operations in Cuba. The uniforms of an Important lart of the United States army will bt uade of khaki cloth from now on, and :he word will undoubtedly become a lart of the language. "One of tbe many slang words of thf year which seem destined to remain it the American English," said a wort expert. "Is 'rubber.' Rubber as a noui Is nothing new, but the word "rubber neck' as applied to an Inquisitive per son bas become popular In the slan& world, and has given rise to the verb rubber.' " . ' A Soldier's Blanket. This story, told of Sir Ralph A her jrombie, tbe victor of Aboukir, showt that even In death be did not forget consideration for others. After th battle at which he was mortally wounded, he was carried on board a ship, and a soldier's blanket was placed under bis head to ease It. He felt tht relief, and asked what It was. .."Only a soldier's blanket." was tbt eply. -. "Whose blanket Is It?" "Only one of the. men's." "I wish to know the name of tbt man." "It la Duncan Roy's, of the Forty second. Sir Ralph." "Then see," said the dying General "that Duncan Roy gets his blanket this very night." Japanese Dentists. Tbe Japanese dentists perform al heir operations In tooth drawing witt :he thumb and forefinger of one hand The skill necessary to do this is ac ured only after long practice, bul ivlAn once It Is obtained the operatot s able to extract half a dozen teett n about thirty seconds without one removing bis fingers from tbe patient'i uouth. .Poker. "There Is something - burglarious about four aces,", said the man who sometimes plays poker. : "They are almost like robbery," said tbe man who sometimes tries toplay. "Yes, and tbey are safe openers." Indianpolis Journal. - Of Historical Importance. The Heard family, of Washington, Gav. preserved unchanged In their old bouse the room in whicb the Confeder ate 'cabinet held ha last meeting. ' -- Good Explanation. "Papa, why do they call languages the 'mother tongue? " "Because the father so seldom gets a chance to use It." Fun. Perhaps. Brown I wonder who originated the Idea that It la unlucky to begin any thing on Friday? Robinson Perhaps it waa the name lazy Individual who preferred to wait until Saturday. Puck. Pleaaant for tne Pa.lust Mother What la the mater, my dear Why are you crying? Harry (between eoba I left my toffy on that chair and the mlnUvbar'a a-atttin' APPARATUS. Boston Had th. First BlaM-FIBb.tias) Knslsra oat Tkla Continent. ' For a great many years the United States has led the world In the acienca f flre-figbting and the invention and Improvement of fire apparatus and equipment Boston baa cither led In the adoption and use of the latest fir 'machinery or it baa been among the Drsf to do so. Boston possessed the first fire engine ' n this continent, which It Imported from London In 1678. It bad six en gines when Philadelphia, the second .slty to possess one, purchased its first In 1718. New York was third In 1732, ,'Balenv fourth In 1749 and Baltimore flfth In 1769. All of these engines were Umall affairs, without either suction or leading hose, and were built by Rich ard Newsham of London, who built nearly all the fire engines used In the 'world at that time. Only one of these engines is known to be in existence at the present time, the one built In 1749 for Salem, or, rather, foi Richard Derby of that place, who presented It to the town. It was in active service there for many i years, and a number of years ago was 'presented to a Philadelphia fire com pany, and Is now In possession of the ! Veteran Firemen's Association of that city, and Is on public exhibition at tbelr ! headquarters. It Is the oldest piece of fire apparatus on this continent. The first American fire engine was j built by John and Thomas Hill of Bos ( ton In 1733, the next by Anthony Nich ols of Philadelphia In 1735, and by William Lindsay of New York in 1737, none of which was a success, and none j was ever in the service of either of the places named. As early as 1654. Bos jton, then twenty-four years old, gave Its selectmen authority to purchase of Joseph Jenks of Lynn five engines, but there Is uo record that the engines were purchased or tnat Mr. Jenks ever built an engine. The first successful American fire en gine was built by Thomas Lote of New York In 1743 and was used by No. 3 engine company for a number of years. Other fire engines of that city were also built by him. Boston Globe. Neuralgia occurs more frequently In women than in, men. owing to their more delicate organization. A tea spoonful of elixir of bypophosphite taken after each meal will build up the strength materially. Where supposed blood trouble de pends upon constipation and excessive acidity, 2 grams of cream of tartar and 83 centigrams of flowers of sulphur, taken after each meal, forms an excel lent combination for Increasing the cir culation. The best tonic pill for Improving the blood of anemic girls or women Is as follows: Dried sulphate of iron and carbonate of potash, each 15 centi grams; aloln, 5 milligrams; extract of nux vomica, 8 milligrams; sulphate of quinine, 15 milligrams. Take one after meals. Painters and a great many people brought In contact with paint, com plain of chronic lead poisoning. This causes constipation, weakness of the muscles, pains, simulating rheumatism, and debility. Five drops of a saturated solution of Iodide of potash In a wine glass of water after meals will help sufferers of this class. There Is no virtue in the color of flannel gray, blue or any other color Is equally useful. Where children are subject to bronchitis, flannel should al ways be worn. The baby should have no medicine except where there Is fever; an elder child afflicted should have the ch-.'St and back rubbed with ammonia liniment night and morning. Thorough rubbing of the back with chloroform liniment will greatly ease tbe pain and stiffness of the muscles Involved In lumbago, but the avoidance of intoxicants and late hours, and a Turkish bath every four days, will help still further. Lumbago is really mus cular rheumatism affecting the lumbar muscles. A mixture of salicylate of soda. 8 grams; oil of wlntergreen. 4 grams; fluid extract of cascara sagrada. 15 grams; wine of colchlcum seed. 15 grams, and simple syrup up to 90 grams form an admirable prescriptiop for those seriously affected. Marble. An artificial marble, which can lie applied to walls and furniture while lu n soft or plastic condition, bas been brought out. The "marble" hi delicate ly veined, like tbe natural varieties, while being bard and durable. The fact tbat it can be applied like stucco permits of its fitting easily to Its place and being as easily repaired when broken- He Waa Anziona. "Tour wife Just met with an a cel. dent, Wilkina," said a man who rushed Into tbe grocery. "She ran over a dog while riding her bicycle, and they've carried her to tbe hospital." The man sitting on tbe cracker barrel rose to bia feet excitedly am his face turned pale. "Did you notice?" he asked in a trem bling voice, "whether it was a liver colored dog with two white spots on his fore afaoulder or not?" Detroit Free Press. It Wasn't IVIke Her. Husband What's that yon are rend ing? . Wife If a a letter from mother. Husband And wbat doe she say? , . Wife Oh, not much of anything. HnabaDd-rYon are trying to deceive me. It'a a cold day when your motheg amythmg much to aay. SEJ.M0NS OF THE DAY. Brr. Dr. nfcdeeti "Advtc. to Commercial lram mars" Many Are the Temptation. That Brnat Travail a Mea Chriitiaa a simulation. Kecneaarjr. TaxTf "The chariots shall rage la tha streets: they shall Justle one against an other in tbe bread ways; tbey shall seem like torches: they shall run like the light- oings. Hannm 11., 4. j It baa been fonnd out that many of the I arts and discoveries which we supposed 1 were peculiar to our own age are merely tbe restoration of tbe arts and discoveries j of thousands of years ago. I suppose that , the past centuries have forgotten more 1 than the present century knows. It seems j to me tbat tbey mui-t have known thou sands of years ago tn the days of Nineveh ; of the uses ot steam and Its application to j swift travel. In my text I hear the rush of the rail train, the clang ot tbe wheels nnd ; the jamming of tbe ear couplings. "Tne , ebarlota shall rage in tbe streets; they shall justls one against another In the broad ways; they shall seem like torches; . they shall run ltke tbe lightninirs." i Have you ever taken your position in tbe ' night far away from a depot along tbe track waiting to sen the rail train come at ' full speed? At first you beard In the dls- : tance a rumbling, like tbe coming of a storm, then you saw the flash of the bead- , light of the locomotive as It turned tbe urve; then you saw tbe wilder glare of tbe fiery eye of tbe train as it came plunging ! toward you; then you beard the sbriek of . the whistle that frenzied all tbe echoes; then you saw the hurricane dasb of cln- , ders; then you felt tbe jar ot the passing j eanuquaite ana you saw tne snot tuunuer bolt of tbe express train. Well, it seems that we can hear tbe passing of a midnight xpress train In my text, "The chariots shall rage in tbe streets; tbey justle one agaiDst another In tbe broad ways; they shall seem like torches; they shall run like tbe lightnings." I bait tbe train long enough to get on board, and I go through the cars, and I find three-fourths ot the passengers are commercial travelers. They are a folk peculiar to themselves, easily recognized, at borne on all tbe trains, not startled by tbe sudden dropping of tbn brakes, familiar with all tbe railroad signals, can tell yon what is tbe next station, bow long tbe train will stop, wbat place tbe passengers take luncheon at. can give you information on almost any subject, are cosmopo Itan, at borne everywhere from Halifax to San Francisco. They are on tbe 8 o'clock morning train, on tbe noon train, on the midnight train. You take a berth in a sleeping car. and either above you or be neath you is one of these gentlemen. There are 100,000 professed commercial travelers In tbe United Htates, but 500.000 would not inclide all those who are some times engaged In tbis service. Tbey spend millions of dollars every day in the hotels nnd in tbe rail trains. They have tbeir official newspaper organ. They have tbeir mutual benefit association, about 4000 names on the rolls, and have al ready distributed more than 1 200,000 anions families of deceased members. They are ubiquitous, unique, and tre mendous for good or evil. All tbe ten dencies of merchandise are toward their multiplication. Tbe bouse tbat stands back on its dignity and waits for customers to come, instead of going to seek bargain makers, will bave more and more unsalable goods on tbe sbelf and will gradually lose Its control of the markets. While the great, enterprising and successful house, will have meir agents on all tne trains, and "tbeir chariots will rage In the streets, tbey shall justle one against another In the broad ways. They shall seem like torches, they shall run like tbe light nings." I think commercial travelers can stand a ermon ot warm hearted sympathy. If yon have any words of good cheer for them, you bad better utter them. If you have any good, honest prayers in tbeir behalf, they will be greatly obliged to you. I never knew a man yet who did not like to M prayed for; I never knew a man yet that did not like to be helped. It seems to me this sermon is timely. At tbls season ot tha year there are tens of thousands of men going out to gather tbe spring trade. Tbe bitter curse of Almighty God will rest upon tbat commercial establishment which expects Its employes to breax the Sabbath. Wbat right bas a Christian merchant to sit down In church on the Sabbath when bis clerks are traveling abroad through the land on that day? Get up, professed Christian merchant, so act ing. You have no business here. Oo out and call tbat boy back. There was a mer chant in 1837 who wrote: "I should bavt been a dead man had it not been for the Sabbath. Obliged to work from morning nntll night through tbe whole week, I felt on Saturday, especially on Saturday after noon, tbat I must have rest. It was like going into a dense fog. Everything looked dark and gloomy as If nothing could be saved. I dismissed all and kept tbe Sab bath In tbe old way. On Monday It was all sunshine, but bad it not been for tbe Sab batb, I have no doubt I should have been In my grave." Be ashamed to sell foreign fabrics or f ruitt unless you know something about tbe looms that wove them or tbe vineyards tbat grew them. Understand all about the laws that control commercial life, about banking, about tariffs, about markets. about navigation, about forelga people .,. characteristics and tneir poiuioai revolutions as they affect ours; about the 1 barveats of Itussla, tne vineyaraa 01 Italy, I tbe teaflelds of China. Learn about the ! neat commercial centres of Carthage and Assyria and Phoenicia. Bead all about tbe Medlol of Florence, mighty in trade, mightier In philanthropies. You belong to the royal family of merchants. Be worthy of tbat royal family. Ob, taks my advice and turn tbe years ot weariness intc years of luxury. But you have come now near the end ol your railroad travel. You begin business. Now, let me say, there are two or three things you ought to remember. First, tbat all the trade you get by tbe prac tice of "treating" will not stick. If you cannot get custom except by tipping a wineglass with somebody, you bad bette! not get bis custom. An old commercial traveler gives as bis experience that trade got by "treating" always damages the bouse tbat gets it in one way or tbe other. O commercial traveler, though your firm may giv you tbe largest salary of any man in your line, though tbey might give you ten per cent, ot all you sell, or twenty per cent, or fifty per cent, or ninety-nine per cent., tbey cannot pay enough to make it worth your while tn ruin your aoull Besides that, a commercial bouse never compensates a man who bas been morally ruined In their employ. A young man in Philadelphia was turned out from his em ploy because of inebriation got in the service of the merchant who employed him, and here is the letter he wrote to his inployer: "Sir I came into your service uncor runt in principles and in morals, but the rules of your bouse required me to spend my evenings at places ot publio entertain ment and amusement in search of custom ers. To accomplish my work in your ser vice I was obliged to driuk with them and Join them in tbelr pursuits of pleasure. It waa not my choice, but tbe rule of tbe bouse. I went with them to t be theatre and the billiard table, but it waa not my choice. I did not wish to go; I went lc your service. It whs not my pleasure so to do, but I was the conductor and compan ion ot tbe Mnrpla one.", void alike of under standing and ot principles, tn tbeir sinful pleasures and deeds of deeper darkness, that I might retain them as your custom ers. Your interest required it. I hav added thousands of dollars to tbe profits o your trade, but at what expense you now tee, and I know too well. Ton have be come wealthy, but I am poor Indeed, and now this cruel dismissal from your employ I. tbe recompense I receive for a character rained and prospects blasted In helping to make you a rich man!" Alas for the man who a-ets snob a letter aa that! Again. I charge you, tell tbs whole truth about anything you nil. Lying commer cial traveler, will precede you. Lying commercial traveler, will soma right attar you into tne same .tore, uo not let their unfair competition tempt you from tbs straight line. It is aa awful bargain tbat a man makes when he sells his goods and his soul at tbe same time. A young man in one of tbe stores of New York was selling some silks. He was binding them up when he said to the lady customer, "It is my duty to show you, tbat there Is a fracture In tbat silk." She looked at it and rejected the goods. The head ot tbs firm, hearing ot it, wrote to the father of tbe young man In tbe country, saying: "Come and take your son away. He will never make a merchant." The father came In agitation, wondering wbat his boy bad been doing, and tbe head men of the Arm said: "Why, your .on stood here at this counter and pointed out a fracture In the silk, and of course tbe lady wouldn't buy it. We are not responsible for the Ignoranoe of cus tomers. Customers must look for them selves. Your son will never make a mer chant." "Is that all?" said the father. "Ah! I am prouder of my boy that I ever was. John, get vour bat and come home." But It la almost nlgbt, and you go back to the botel. Now eomes tbe mighty tug for the commercial traveler. Tell me where be spends bis svenings, and I will tell you where he will spend eternity, and I will tell yon whst will be his worldly prospects. There is an abundance of choice. There your room with the book. There are tit Young Hen's Christian Association rooms. There are the week night services of the Christian churches. There is the gamb ling saloon. Thereto the theatre. There Is the house of Infamy. Plenty of places togoto. But which, O Immortal man, which? O God, wbioh? "Weil," you say, "I goes. I will I guess I will go to tne theatre." Do you think tbe tarrying in that place until 11 o'olock at night will Im prove your bodily health, or your financial prospects, or your eternal fortunes? No man ever found the path to usefulness, 01 honor, or happiness, or commercial suc cess, or heaven through tbe American the atre. "Well," you say, "I guess, then, I will go to I guess I will go to tbe gambl ing saloon." You will first go to look. Then you will go to play. You will make 100, you will make C500, you will make 1000, you will make tlSOO. Then you will lose ail. Then you will borrow some money so aa to .tart anew. You will make GO, you will make tlOO, you will make 600. Then you will lose all. These wretches of the gambling saloon know how te tempt you. But mark this: All gamblers die poor. Tbey may make fortunes great fortunes but tbey lose tbein. "Well," you say, "if I can't go to the theatre, and if I can't go to the gambling saloon, then I guess I guess I will go to tbe house of Infamy." Commercial trav elers have told me that In tbe letter box at tbe botel, wltbln one bour after tbeir ar rival, they have bad letters of evil solicita tion in that direction. It is tar away from home. Nobody will know it. Commercial travelers have sometimes gone in I bat evil patb. Why not you? Haiti There are other gates of ruin through which a man may go and yet come out, but tbat gate bas a spring lock which snaps him in forever. He who goes there is damned already. He mav seem to be comparatively free for a little while, but he Is only on tbe limits, and the Sa tanic pollee bave their eyes upon him to bring bitn in at any moment. Tbe hot curse ot God Is on that crime, and because ot it there are men whose heaven was blotted out ten years ago. There is no danger that they be lost; they are lost now. I look through their glaring eyeballs down into the lowest cavern ot bell. O destroyed spirit, why comest tbou in here to-day? Dost think I bave tbe power to break open the barred gateway of the penitentiary of the damned? There is a passage in Proverbs I somewhat hesitate to read, but I do not hesitate long: "At the win dow of my bouse I looked through my casement and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among tbe youths, a yoaaer maa. valt of nnaMtandlsa', paa- ing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to bir house in tne twilight, in tbe evening, in tbe black and dark nlebt. Ho goeth after ber straight way, aa an ox goeth to tbe slaughter or as a tool to tbe correction ot the stocks, till a dart strikes through bis liver." But now the question is still open Where will you spend your evening? O commercial travelers, bow mttch will you give me to put you on the rli;ht track? Without charging you a farthing I will prescribe for you a plan which will save you for tbls world and tbe next, if you will take it. Go, before you leave borne, to the Young Men's Christian Association of, tbe city where you live. Get from them letters of introduction. Carry them out to tbe towns and cities where you go. If there be no such association in tbe place you visit, then present them at tbe door of Chris tian churche, and band them over to the pastors. Be not slow to arise In tbe devotional meeting and say: "lam a com mercial traveler. I am fur away from borne, and I come in here to-uight to seek Christian society." The best bouses and highest style of amusement will open be fore you, and instead of your being de pendent upon tbe leprous crew who bang around tbe hotels, wanting to Hhow you alt the slums of tbe city, on the one condition that you will pay their expenses, you will get the benediction of God in every town you visit. Remember tbis, that whatever place you visit bad Influences will seek you out. Good Influences you must seek out. While I stand here I bethink myself ot a commercial traveler who was a member of my church In Philadelphia. He was a splendid young man, tbe pride cf his wid owed mother and of bis sisters. It was his i Of to support them, and for tbat purpose is postponed his own marriage day. He thrived in business, and after awhile set up his own household. Leaving that city for another city, I bad no oppor tunity for three or four years of mukini; inquiry in regard to him. When I maie such inquiry, I was told that he was dead. The story was, he was largely generous and kind-hearted and genial and social, and be got into the habit of "treat ing" customers and of showing them nil the sights of tbe town, and be began rapid ly to go down, and he lost bis position 111 tbe church ot wbioh he was a member, and be lost his position in the commercial hcuse of which be was the best agent, and his beautiful young wife and his sick old mother ana nis sisters went into destitu tion, and be, as a result of his dissipation, died in Kirk bride Insane Asylum. O commercial travelers, I pray for vou tbe all sustaining grace ot God. There are two kinds of days when you are especially In need of divine grace. Tbe one, the day when you bave no success when you fall to make a sale and you are very much disappointed, and you go back to your bo tel discomfited. That night you will be tempted to go to strong drink and rush in to bad surroundings. Tbe other day, when you will especially need divine grace, will be when you have bad a day of great success and tbe devil tells you you must go and celebrate that success. Tnnn you will want the grace ot God to restriiin you from rollicking indulgences. Yes, there will be a third day when you will need to be Christians, and that will be the last day of your life. I do not kuow where you will spend It. Perhaps in your house, more probaDly In a rait car, or a steamer, or the strange hotel. I see you on your last commercial errand, xounave bidden good by to the lamily at borne for tbe last time, i ne train 01 your ennui y existence is nearing tbe depot of the grave. Tbe brakes are falling. The bell rings at tbe terminue. The train atops. All out for eternity. Show your ticket now for get ting into tbe gaVe of tbe shining city the red ticket washed In the blodol tbe Lamb. Tbe heart of an adult horse beats 30 to 40 times a minute, of an ox 45 to 50, of a pig 70 to 80, and of a sheep 70 to 80 times. Tavelara is the smallest republic as to population, having only S3 men, women and children. It Is 12 miles from Sardinia. The Tyrol had an extraordinary mild autumn. On November 15 flowers were blooming, and ripe strawberries were picked, some at an elevation of 3000 feet. There were alpine roses in blom and plenty of June bugs'. The latest theory Is that all death is suicide; that a man who takes care of hla health can live as long as he de sires. I An inch of rain falling upon an area lof one square mile Is equivalent to nearly 17.500,000 gallons, weighing 145, 250,000 pounds, or 64,844 tons. If ' 1 , . 1 t Itf1 ! iiii I u 5 r. 1 ? i '4
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