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VOL LIII.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8.1899.
NO. 13.
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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.
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