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Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. Mil. .
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1899.
NO. 32.
CHAPTER XV HI.
Ancn? il,s not reappear, and though
Pplia fee!" his absence to be the greatest
relief, the day passes as though there hat
been a death iu the house. By the tim
Delia 1S completed her preparations foi
a deeid'd departure, and written the let
ter nhii h shall explain her temporary ah
aence t Aliens (the epistle, by which he
will U iiMi how much his mother is ready
to sa.T'ti. e for him will be dispatehed
from Antwerp), she has fairly wept her
elf dry, ami is waiting in her sitting
rom. helpless and hopeless indeed, but
rainier than she has been all day.
She has been expecting Angus to return
noli hour, and every fresh footstep thai
has sounded in the marble corridor hai
been a fresh disappointment to her, but
now that she believes he has come she
feels as if it were impossible to meet him.
She stands by the door, breathless, un
decided whether to remain or fly, as tht
nianly step strides up the corridor in the
direction of her room. The Flemish
wench appears first, grinning from ear to
ear, as she endeavors to make her under
stand that the Baron Uustave Saxe de
sires to have nn interview with her.
"I cannot see him. I cannot see any
one!' exclaims Delia, hastily, but the or
der comes too late.
The baron has followed the servant to
the door of her apartment; he is even now
ptan. line fa-fore her; she has no alterna
tive but to receive him.
"Kntrcz, monsieur," she says, conrte
oiisiy, but nil the color has forsaken her
check, and she trembles so that she al
most totters back to her seat.
"To my regret I find ma da me on the
eve of departure," says the baron, "but
I trust it is not for lon. Your determina
tion has been sudden, surely. I met
Monsieur Moray yesterday, and he said
antliing of such a plan to me."
He is a tine, soldierly man in appear
ance, this Baron (iustave Saxe, with blue
e.Tf-s and brown hair, and a heavy mus
tache of reddish tini;e. that droops over
his mouth. In age be may have uimilier
d about Cve-and-forty years, but he car-ri.-.tin-ii
bravely, and has all the bearing
of a young and gallant "man. He is an
Austrian, and a colonel in the army, the
Ur-tiiur in lawalso of the Chevalier de
Landry, in whose house Delia has ad-vauceil-u
considerable terms of Intimacy
with him. And his presence has the pow
er to make her quail at the -idea, of the
r'ip she is about to take as aha never
quailed before.
"My. departure Is sudden, monsieur,"
the falters in answer to the baron's quea
tjMu "f have friends In Bruges who wish
on- to accompany them to Antwerp for a
few days. It required no consideration.
It- it -is nothing, you know only a trip
of pleasure."
"Then we shall see yon back again soon
on which day, Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday? I believe my nieces return
from the country on Thursday. You will
te hi re to receive them, will you not?"
"You are very good, monsieur. Your
kindness increases my gratitude. I am
perfectly aware of the difference in out
stations in life, and that I have not even
the commonest claim upon your consid
eration. Hence it becomes all the mor
valuable because undeserved."
"Voti liuve the commonest and yet the
hiu-hest of all claims to myself and every
thing I possess," replies the baron, "the
claim of a woman upon the man who
loves her. Ah, madame! pardon me if 1
am t ibrupt, but for many weeks I
have tried to say this to you, and now
that you are about to leave ua, I can no
longer hold my tongue. You must have
Been my love, my devotion. You will not
despise me when I confess that you fill all
n;y thoughts, and that I have but one
earnest desire in life to make you my
wifel"
In his ardor and foreign sense of chlv
Iry he has thrown himself at her feet,
and Ix lia has no escape from him. Here,
on a level with her own face, are the
Impassioned eyes and glowing visage of
the Ba-on Saxe, while both his strong
arm are clasping her own as in a vise.
A nil the temptation of itl
If this offer had but come a month be
fore, from what suffering might it not
hve saved her! As the wife of thia gal
lant Austrinn soldier and noble, who
would have dared to assail her fair fame,
even though she had been mad enough to
play with it ns a child plays with a vase
of inestimable value, never caring If he
nun. lies it or not in the encounter.
i on are an Austrian noble," says De
lia, drawing her hand away, "a man ol
h:.-ii position, and great wealth. I am
penniless widow, neither young nor hand
Rome the governess of your Bister's chil
dren. Von shall make no mesalliance
for my sake. Baron Saxe."
"And who dnres to say it will be a
mesalliance?' he exclaims. "You are of
g.-tiile birth I can read it in your voice,
y oir shape, your manner and I am no
Ili-ilV."
"It is true I am what you say," replies
iMia, with a touch of pride; "for my
father was an officer in the Royal Navy
of KiiLTland. but I was not educated In
tin- same class as you have been. I was
e.i.-ly left an orphan, to depend on my
ciun resources, and for many years I wae
Hi-thing but an actress on the public stage,
' aging, dnueing and playing, night after
night, for the sake of the bread I put Into
my month. And an actress is no fit per
son to place in the enviable position of
the Caroline de Saxe."
"And I respect and admire you for the
Mr.-ngth of mind you showed In working
for jour independence and that of youi
child. It is your bravery that first drew
i- to youi Ho you think I want a silly
idle girl for my baroness who shall be
' V o:,ly to look pretty and simper, and
dress in a new costume each day? No,
1'elia : I want a friend a companion
a woman: just such a woman as you are
who Las. the strength of purpose to do
what is right, and the strength of mind
to confess it! And now that that matter
is settled between us, you will tell me I
shall have what I want?"
't seems very hard to refuse him very
tarn to shut her ears against the pleading
of his voice, her eyes against the plendin?
of his eyes, but it must be done. So she
turns her face to one side, the better to
eseape his observation, and answers, sad
'y: "No, baron, it is nseless for you to plead
thus any longer. There is an obstacle be
tween us that no arguments could overcome."
"Tell me what it is."
"I cannot, because it involves others at
well as myself. You must take my word
for it that reasons exist against the idea
f anything like marriage between us that,
if yon knew them, would make you shrink
from me aa if I were a snake with the
power of ating."
"I arc willing to take yon, Delia, with
out learning these terrible reasons, which
have ne concern for me."
"I cannot be your wife."
"Then you have ruined me!" he ex
claims, as he paces with agitation about
the room. "You have smiled uikjii me and
given me hopes, only that you may have
the delight of crushing them!"
"Oh! no, not do not judge me too hard
ly. I thought I was not aware I did
not suppose " abe stammers.
"You women are all the samel" he in
terrupted her, angrily; "you encourage
our attentions and return our glances, and
tueu, when we ask you for that to which
we suppose you have entitled us, you turn
about, and say, 'You thought you were
not aware yon did not suppose And
so is the child not aware, as he plays with
the butterfly, that each touch of his lin
ger maims a limb or creates a wound.
Madame, I thought higher things of you.
I believed you to be above the usual tri
fling of your sex. I saw in you noble ac
tions unselfishness, bravery and perse
verance and I credited you also with
perfect truth."
"Indeed, I have been true to you!"
Too true, I think so! But nut true tc
yourself.' But I will go, madame; you
hall no more be subjected to the discom
fort of my presence, and I pray you to for
give me for the inconvenience I have un
wittingly caused you. Farewell, and may
the good heaven bless youi"
And without a second look at her, the
baron seizes his hat and rushes from the
apartment, and down the corridor into the
open street.
CHAPTER XIX.
Angus frets and fumes over Ielia's ab
sence, and has half a mind to follow her
to Antwerp, and tell her all that is in his
heart, so much does he miss her daily
offices of care and affection. But on the
third day he receives her letter a letter
to tell him that she ia gone from him, and
that he will never see her in this life again
that he may give out to the world that
she is dead, and wear mourning for her
if he chooses, since a separation like death
will be between them henceforward.
In a moment he has seized his hat, and
ia on his road to the house of Dr. de Blois.
Delia has mentioned in her letter that she
haa written to her old friend to claim the
fulfillment of a certain promise he has
made to her, and that Angua will hear all
about it upon application to him. He
rushes impetuously into his consulting
room. The first sight that catches his
eye is the portly figure of Mr. Wiliiau)
Moray.
Angus makes as though he would fall
ipon bim thtni and there.
"It ia well I have met you," he ex
claims, angrily, aa, with disordered hair
and flaming eyes, he marches up to his
uncle's side; "for I should have followed
you until I bad, in order to make you
answer for the infamous lie you told me
the other dayl"
"Dr. de Blois, I do not understand the
attitude this young man has assumed to
ward me, and I appeal to your protection,"
saya Mr. Moray, as he gets behind a chair.
"Angua! Angus! be reasonable, and re
member where you are," interposes the
calm voice of the Abbe Bertin, and then
Angus looks up, and sees that he is sur
rounded by old friends.
The doctor and his cousin, the abbe, are
seated together at the table with Wil
liam Moray, while near them lounges the
Baron Saxe, looking very thoughtful and
perturbed, and pulling his long mustache
continuously with his hand. In the doc
tor's grasp Angus perceives an open let
ter, and recognizes the writing of his
mother.
Dr. de Blois, and you, Monsieui
IAbbe, I beg your pardon if my words
Lave appeared unreasonable; but they art
true, and I cannot but be glad that 1
have had the opportunity of saying them
before witnesses."
"Courage, my child V says the abbe:
"there is not a soul here who does not
believe yonr mother' story. She is un
fortunate, but ahe is not criminal. I foi
one would stake my life upon it."
"Thanks, mon pere, and you, too, bar
on, for the kindly expression of your feel
ing in thia matter. I understand by it
that Dr. de Blois baa heard from my
mother, and that you know all; how she
has left me, and the home to which sb
ia so much attached, forever, rather than
bring a stain upon my name and mar my
happiness."
"Left you forever!" exclaims William
Moray.
"Yes, air!" replied Angus, fiercely. 'She
has left me, or rather she has been driven
away by the cruelty with which you need
lessly raked up thia old atory against her."
At this moment the door of the surgery
opens, and the sunny head of Gabrielle
appears in view. She baa also been weep
ing, poo' child, for the events of the Inst
few days have told hardly upon her; but
at the sight of her young lover her face
brightena. although she does not venture
to advance further into the room.
"Gabrielle, come to me," saya her fath-
eghe comes forward then, though timidly,
not knowing what ia about to happen,
and standa there, encircled by her father .
riu- .
Angus turns his head away. He is
afraid to face the sorrowful eyes and
downcast visage of his little .ost love, lest
bis courage should break down and add
another laurel to the malicious triumph of
his uncle. . .
"When your matier came here. Angus
ays Dr. de Blois. speaker as lnnly
a. though he were alluding to the dead
she asked me if she were the obstacle
to your engagement with my daughter,
and I was compelled to answer Yes.
"Then I don'ithlnk you had any right
to do o," interposes the Abbe Bertin.
"Do7oa me.T1Ta.-ert. mon cousin
that I ahould have been just.hed i
Z poor lady a lie upon the ' MbJcrtT de
mands the doctor with mild
"I think you might have held youi
tongue altogether." grumble, the bbe
he pulls Gabrielle toward blm,
her disheveled trea.es.
"If you knew more of women, mon
cousin, you would not have suggested
such an impossibility. Madame Moray
would not permit me to hold my tongue.
She put to me a question: Were she gone
out of sight, so that her boy would never
hear of nor see her again should he marry
Gabrielle T I could not imagine to what
she was alluding, except her death; and to
pacify her I said 'Yes.' "
"Then you're bound to keep your oath."
ays the Abbe Bertin.
"Mon cousin! you are very hasty with
me thia morning. It was just what I wan
about to say. Of course I know I am
bound to keep it. As soon as I received
Madame Moray's letter I guessed the rea
son of her expatriation. She has sacri
ficed her own happiness to obtain that ol
her son; and I cannot go back upon my
word to so good a mother. Angus, mon
fils. I give you' Gabrielle! She is your
mother's parting gift to yon. Take her--and
be happy! In giving be? to you, 1
give the best thing I have."
He draws the young girl away from the
abbe's embrace as he speaks, and hnvinp
kissed her fondly on the forehead, pushes
her gently toward Angus. But the yonns
man makes no advance to meet her, am'
the doctor thinks he could not hare t:n
derstood his meaning.
"Do yon not hear me, Angns? Yonr
noble-hearted mother's sacrifice is not
made In vain. She has devoted the re
mainder of her life to an expiation of the
sin she committed by telling a falsehood,
and it ahall not be without its reward.
You shall have Gabrielle for your wife,
and may the happiness of your married
lives exceed that of your parents!"
Still Angus does not move nor speak;
and Gabrielle's eyes, which have been
dancing with delight, begin to assume a
perplexed and troubled expression.
At tnis juncture Mr. William Moray'
voice make, itself once more heard..
"Gone for good is she?" he exclaims.
"Well, I don't wish to say anything un
pleasant, but I really think it's the best
thing she could have done, and I'm will
ing to renew the old offer, and place you
in the position of my son, with a share in
the partnership, on whieh to maintain
your wife now, and a good lump in pros
pect when I shall be gathered to my fath
ers. And that'a all I have to say upon
the subject."
"A noble offer, monsieur!" exclaims the
doctor, elated at the prospect of his
daughter's good fortune, as he shakes
bands with the wool merchant, "and for
whieh you muBt allow me to thank you
in the name of Gabrielle, as well as that
of Angus."
"Let ua bear what our children have
to say," says the abbe, dryly.
"Speak, Angus! Your good nncle waitu
yonr answer," says Dr. de Riv'tm.
Gabrielle says nothing, but clings th
closer to her father. Her feminine In
stinct warns her of what is coming.
"My answer!" cries Angus, starting aw
from a dream "it la soon said it ia con
tained in one word, 'No.' "
"No. No, to whatl" asks his would-be
father-in-law.
"No, to everything. I do not despise
ease nor affluence, and I love Gabrielle de
Blois more dearly than she will ever
know, but I prize my mother's love before
everything else in the world, and I will do
nothing to make her ashamed of me."
"Bravo! bravo!" cried the abbe, patting
the young man on the back. "You are a
son to be proud of, Angus; and your
worth raises your mother's to twice its
value."
"Mon cher, Angus, I honor and respect
you for your noble words," says the Bar
on Saxe, grasping his hand afresh; "and
every one of them is true. You do right
to be proud of your mother. I, too. am
proud of her proud of her friendship
and I wish to say before ail these gentle
men that, had she but consented to my
suit, I should have been proud to make
her my wife."
"Your wife, baron?"
"My wife, Angus! I asked her, over
and over again, but she refuse1! I non
know on whose account. Judge, then,
mon cher, what thia mysterious disappear
ance ia to me."
"Let me thank you, baron not so much
for the offer you made her as for the
generous avowal you have given it here.
The woman who has not been deemed un
worthy of the noble position of the Bar
onne Saxe may well afford to laugh at the
aneers of a William Moray."
(To be continued.)
Didn't Recognize Gould,
rtnoo whan the lnte Jav Gould went
to Margaretvllle, N. Y., with his phy-
aiclan and private car, ne caxiea on n.s
old friend, George Decker, a retired
merchant of the village, who was form
erly a clerk with Gould in Roxbury.
Every one who knows Mr. Decker well
calls bim "G," and this was what Mr.
Gould said to bim:
"Hello, G,' I guess you know tie
this time, don't your
A few years before Decker, while in
New York on business one afternoon,
was suddenly confronted on Broadway
by a dapper, black-eyed little man, who
grasped bim by the hand, exclaiming:
"How are yon, Mr. Decker? I am glad
to see you."
Mr. Decker looked the little man over
from bead to foot, and hurriedly an
swered: "Yes, so am I; but I don't know you,
sir. Good day."
"But, hold up," said the other, "aren't
you George Decker, of Margaretvllle?"
"On, yes; that'a all right," responded
Decker, "but I am In too great a hurry
to be interviewed to-day. my friend.
You have struck the wrong man."
"Yes, perhaps," said the little man,
"but my name Is Jay Gould; don't you
know me?"
"Jehosapbotr exclaimed Decker, "I
took yea for a confidence man."
THEATRICAL AMUSEMENTS.
Keith's, the only theatre In Philadel
phia open 52 week, a year, t. enjoying
the most prosperous summer season In
its history.
Te entertainment lasts from noon to
10.30 P. M. daily, and the acts that may
be witnessed at 5 or 8 P. M. are as en
joyable a. those presented at S or 9
P. M. The conservative Public Ledger
says: "There Is no pleasanter place of
entertainment at this time of the year..
Equable temperature.. .Entertainment
always of a high character." The au
diences that gather daily Include peo
ple from a hundred nearby cities. Wo
men on shopping tour, and business
men. spend a delightful hour at this
resort. The entertainment consists of
It acts, and the programme consist, of
comedies, farces, dramas, singers,
dancers, bicyclists, living pictures (blo
ajraph), trained animals, etc The scale
of prices Is: Orchestra, 50c; balcony,
25c: second balcony. 15c For the
Week of July 10th. one of the most en
joyable entertainment, ever offered In
Philadelphia will be given, and many
of the residents of this town will doubt
less be among the spectators;
Many theatre parties from this place
have visited. Keith's.
JAPANESE. MAUI 0.
Boa Tricks that Typify the Praaj
res of the Coaatry.
I strayed Into a small theater la Yo
kohama last year following a throng of
rather common Japanese, who seemed
deeply Interested and anxious to crowd
In, drawn by the fierce ringing of an
ordinary boarding-house dinner bell in
the hands of a piratical-looking chap in
front, who harangued the passing pub
lic In stentorian tones. His words
seemed to catch the attention of at
least half the people who heard blm,
and they were drawn Into the building
as the children followed the Pled Piper
of Hamelln, without seeming to have
voice In their own movements.
Going along with the stream I fonnd
myself in a square room, on one side of
which was a rough stage. I learned
afterward that I had entered In the
middle of the performance, and, there
fore, I saw only the latter half; but it
was this second half that seemed to me
almost allegorical In Its application to
the Japan of to-day.
All eyes were fixed upon a cellular
subdivision of the stage, at the farther
end of which, under a soft, pleasing
light, stood a skeleton of a woman. The
bones were perfectly articulated; they
were not white, as they usually are In
this country, but seemed like hnlf-pol-shed
sleet. I was wondering what
there was In the skeleton to attract
lut-h rapt attention from the crowd,
ind my eyes wandered over the faces
f the audience. When I again glanced
t the skeleton a change seemed to
have come over It. The bones were
less steely and less sharply defined.
Thenceforth I did not look away fro as
the fascinating optical delusion that
was taking place before me.
More and more distinct grew the out
lines of the skull, and less and less
forbidding grow the color of the other
bones. Then, as they seemed half
fading Into gloom, I became aware that
(round all the bones was gathering a
cloud, aa though a fog was clinging to
them. This nimbus became more and
more noticeable, until I saw that It was
taking the general human form. Still
faded the bony framework nnttl the
shape of a real flesb-and-blood woman
could be distinguished In a graceful
pose. Gradually, as the head, body
and limbs became more clearly defined,
another dim gathering outside the fig
ure appeared, and the kimono and oth
rr external raiment of the Japanese
belle declared themselves. At last a
wax-like statue stood before ua. Then
It began to take color In the hair, eyes,
cheeks. Hps and dress, until without
warning the figure thus evolved from
charming girt. full. of Ufa, and M i ' '
walked to the front of the stage, made
two or three Inimitably demure Jap
anese courtesies and passed out of
light In the wings.
I felt that I bad seen represented the
change that Is going on In new Japan
to-day. On the bar bones of a dead
feudalism the flesh and blood and ap
parel of a new civilisation have been
taking form, hardly noted In the transi
tional steps, yet continuing toward its
goal unerringly, until a new creator
will be the result Chicago Record.
from Gen. Jackson.
A hitherto unpublished story of
Ktonewall Jackson la told by former
Gov. Thomas G. Jones. Qov. Jones
was a student at the Virginia Military
Institute when Jackson was president
there at the outbreak of the war be
tween the States. Jackson was a rath
r stern disciplinarian. Jones bad been
it the Institute for two or three years
tnd had come to be a sergeant of the
:adcts. He had one day to drill an
IWKWaru tquou uuu ue iubi uio tciuitri
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I or..,. I anrl ha lnt 111. lmn
in bis work, whereupon be made the
ooys "double-quick" around a tree. He
bad them "going It bard" when aud
lenly he heard from behind him the
short, sharp command "Double-quick
there!" "Double-quick." repeated the
vrathful future Governor of Alabama.
"No! you, sir! Halt!"
Jones looked behind him and there
stood "Old Jack." as Jackson was call-'
ed by the boys.
"You. sir! Yoa double-quick your
elf!" Jones looked at his superior officer in
tnia semen t.
"Doublejqulckr was the stern com-
mand. and Instantly Sergt Jones -vas
trotting sand the tree at a great rate.
hot, thoroughly indignant and furious-
ly angry- His awkward squad looked
Within an hour Jones bad sent In bis
resignation. In answer he received an
Invitation to sup at Jackson's house.
He declined. Then came an order for
him to report to Jackson Instantly.
That order was obeyed. After some
talk Jones said: "But yon, sir, huniil
la ted me before my men!"
"You lost your temper," said Jack
ion, calmly, "and, besides, you forget
that you are not an officer at all!" That
ended the trouble and now nobody
more reverences the memory of "Old
lack" than Gov. Jones. Birmingham
Age-Herald,
Hunting Tigers In Persia.
The people of different countries
save different ways of hunting the
tiger. Traps, pitfalls, spring-guns and
,u.ta mrm naiuul into tlav. The Chinese
are said to employ the mirror to lead : There are Innumerable hatching estab
.k tm.i into . tr.i. The tiger's Hshmenta aU through the empire.
curiosity Is excitea wnen ne sees wa
Image In the glass, and he Immediately
proceeds to Investigate the mystery.
The Persian manner of conducting the
hunt as this Is described In Chambers'
Journal ia more aportaman-Uke.
A spherical, strongly woven bamboo
cage with Intervals of a few Inches be
tween the bars, la erected In some spot
near the haunts of the tiger. The cage
Is firmly and securely picketed to the
ground. Inside, a man provided with
several sharp and powerful stabbing
spears, or with a keen and pointed
sword, takes his post at night. With a
dog or a goat as his companion. Ttoere
he wraps himself In his blanket and
goes to sleep.
In doe time the tiger makes his ap
pearance, the man Is wakened by his
four-footed companion, and after vain
ly snuffing and prowling round the
cage to find an entrance, the tiger rears
against toe walls.
The mam instantly takes ad vantage
af the brate's unprotected position.
and with a resolute stroke of tho
srtiuMrdatahm to
CYPSYIHO COTTAQKBa.
Dr. HearjroVaa Dyke em fhm Dollahts
f Llvlaaj Oat of Boors.
One of the digressions that are of the
essence of tho Rev. Dr. Henry Tan
Dyke's "Fisherman's Lock.' In the
Century, is devoted to tho pleasures of
camping oat.
- Mnch of tho tedJonsneu of highly ctv
nixed life comes from Its smoothness
and regularity. To-day la ttko yester
day, and wo think that we can predict
to-morrow. Of course wo cannot really
do so. The chances are still there. But
we have covered them up to deeply
with the artificialities of life that wa
lose sight of them. It seems as If
everything In onr neat little world
were arranged and provided for, and
reasonably certain to come to pass. The
best way of escape from thia tedinm
vltae la through a recreation Ilka
angling, not only because it Is so evi
dently a matter of lack, bat also !
cause It tempts us oat Into a wilder,
freer life. It leads almost Inevitably
to camping out, which la a wholesome
and sanitary Imprudence.
It Is curious and pleasant, to my ap
prehension, to observe how many peo
ple In New England, which has been
called, at least In part, the Land of
Steady Habits, are sensible of the Joy
of changing them out of doors. They
turn ont from their comfortable farm-
bouses and their snog suburban cot
tages to go a-glpsylng for a fortnight
among the mountains or beside the sea.
'You see their white tents gleaming
from the pine aroves around the little
lakes, and catch glimpses of their bath
ing clothes drying In the son on the
wiry grass that fringes the sand-dunes.
Happy fugitives from the bondage of
routine! They have found out that a
long journey Is not necessary to a good
vacation. Yoa may reach the forest
of Arden In a buckboard. The Fortu
nate Isles are within sailing distance
In a dory. And a voyage on the river
Tactolus Is open to anyone who can
baddle a canoe.
The people who always live In
houses, and sleep on beds, and walk on
pavements, and buy their food from
butchers and bakers and grocers, are
not the most blessed Inbabltanta of
this wide and various earth. The cir
cumstances of their existence are too
mathematical and secure for perfect
contentment. They live at second or
third hand. They are boarders, in the
world. Everything Is done for them by
somebody else.
It Is almost impossible for anything
very" Interesting to Happen to them.
They must get their excitement oat or
ho newspapers, reading of the bMir-
thaf befall WSUtf In real llfoi What
.. 7. . . ,, i
OO tnese tame uucks rrauy mow v m
adventure of living? If the weather Is
bad. they are snugly housed. If It la
cold, there la a furnace In the cellar.
If they are hungry, the shops are near
at hand. It Is all as dull, flat, stale
and unprofitable as adding up a col
umn of figures. They might as well be
brought up In an Incubator.
A Curloaa Case of Somnaballam.
The modern novelist la very prone to
found his plots on the doings of sleep
walkers and hypnotists; but, as usual.
"trutSi Is stranger than fiction," and his
efforts are outdone by actual occur
rences. Here, for example, to a true
story from France of a gentleman miss
ing from his bedroji a packet contain
ing more than ten thousand dollars'
worth of bonds. The thief could not
be traced; but shortly afterward the
mistress of the house, who had taken
the robbery to heart even more than
her husband, was taken to a doctor, for
r - .
w uuu," "
trntlon. The doctor, a firm believer in
hypnotism, was told of the robbery;
and, putting two and two together,
hypnotized bis patient and extorted a
confession from her that she had taken
the bonds and buried them In the gar
den. Thereupon search being made,
they were found; but the lady Is as
yet quite Ignorant of the fact that she
herself was the person who hid them.
A Klaat of Precloos Btoaea.
A New York Jeweler has combined
patriotism with a very fine advertise
ment by making a copy of the Stant
nil KtrinM Which Is DrobablV the
expensive flag In the whole world,
onl T ,nchel
" , en
pea f precious stones. It
! w . ' , ' ' mA
has thirteen stripes and forty-swo
stars. The white stripes are of small
diamonds, 800 of which go to make
them up. The red stripes are rubles,
the same In number and size as the dia
monds. For the blue field there are
about 800 sapphires, with forty-two
large diamonds for stars. This unique
flag Is displayed in the Jeweler's win
dow on the Broadway, and attracts a
constant crowd.
Tne Land of Daoka
There are more ducks in the Chinese
Empire, says an authority, than in aU
the world utalde of It. They are kept
up by the Celestials on every farm, on
the private roads, on the public roads,
on the streets of cities, and on all the
takes, ponds, rivers, streams and
brooks In the country. Every Chinese
boat also contains a batch of them.
many of which are said to. turn out
about 50,000 young ducks every year.
Salted and smoked duck, and ducks'
eggs, constitute two of the most com
mon and Important articles of diet In
China.
One O renter.
"Gen. Grant," said Farmer Early
peas, throwing down his weekly paper,
"was the greatest of 'em aU."
"How can yoa say it, Htrasn," ex
claimed his wife, "when onr boy hi
flghtln' like sin In the FUyplnesr
Philadelphla North American.
a . r
Lightning Anticipate!.
M. Ducretet, the French selenti-t
has constructed an automatic recor'
Ing receiver to register the Intergattten
atmospheric disturbances praduce
during storms. In one cane. AH attnos
pherle discharges were registered dor
Ing a storm lasting one boor nod tei
minutes. The discharges. It la stated
were registered before the sf sarano
of tbe llghrntf and (be fka
tali af alap.
IMAGES. ON ITS LEAVES.
alarveloa. Tree That Is One of the
Wonders of My .ter Ion. Thibet.
Of all the wonderful sights reported
by the Jesuit missionaries. Hue and
tiobet, during their explorations of
Thibet, by far the strangest is what
they have to say of the Tree of Ten
Thousand Images. They had heart!
about this wonderful tree long before
they reached the locality of Its growth,
and, as they approached the spot, their
curiosity regarding It Increased a thou
sand fold. Here Is their narrative of
the result of their examination of the
tree:
"It will here be naturally expected
that we say something aboji this tree
Itself. Does It exist? Have we seen it?
Has it any peculiar attributes? What
about Its marvelous leaves? Yes. this
tree does exist. At the foot of the
mountains on which the Lamasery
stands, and not far from the principal
Buddhist temple. Is a great square lu
closure, formed by brick walls. Upou
entering this we were able to examine
at leisure the marvelous tree, some of
the branches of which had already
manifested themselves above the walL
"Our eyes were first directed with
earnest curiosity to the leaves, and we
were filled with an absolute consterna
tion of astonishments at finding that,
in point of fact, there were upon each
of the leaves well-formed Thibetan
characters, all of a green color, some
darker, some lighter, than the leaf It
self. Our first Impression was a sus
picion of fraud on the part of the
Lamas; but, after a minute, examination
of every detail, we could not discover
the least deception. The characters a J
appeared to us portions of the leaf it
3e!f, equally with Its veins ami nerves;
the position was not the same in all;
In one leaf they would be at the top of
the leaf; In another. In the middle; iu
a third, at the base, or at the side; the
younger leaves represented the charac
ters ouly In a partial state of forma
tion.
"The bark of the tree and its brandi
es, which resemble that of the plane
tree, are also covered with these char
acters. When you remove a piece ot
the old bark, the young bark uuder it
exhibits the Indistinct outlines of char
acters in a germinating state, ni:il.
what Is very singular, these new char
acters are not Infrequently different
from those which they replace. We ex
amined everything with the closest at
tention. In order to detect some traces
of trickery, but we could discern noth
ing of the sort." " .
The-missionaries. Hue- and Golx-t,
ailght have remained In Thibet as long
?V
asfthey wished bad It not been for the
I "iir-
.1 . . w .Kama asvaa.n MuBAnM .1.1.. In If
mvi iumvi . v. , , u .wu iui. u,J-
vidual took a dislike to them, and ulti
mately caused them to depart. The
Lantas were willing tbat they should
remain, but It appeared to tbe mission
aries that their presence might cause
disturbance, so they quickly withdrew,
biking with them some of the first facts
ever gathered In that mysterious land
- San Francisco Call-
Immuring Prisoners A ive.
That the ancient custom of executing
prisoners by Immuring them alive has
been continued by the Spaniards at
Manila appears evident from the fol
lowing discovery reported by MarCn
J. Eagan, war corresjiondent of the Sau
Francisco Chronicle, who says: "An
Immense cavern, the use of which ia
problematical, has been discovered iu
the north wall of old Fort St. I'li'.llp.
Some of the members of the heavy bat
tery detected a crlnk In the wall, which
Is nearly twenty feet thick and twenty
five feet high, and by Inserting a pick
pried out one of the large stones. Cant.
Geary was sent for, and under his di
rection a targe opening was made In
the wall. It revealed an L-Bbaped
chamber with a depth of twelve feet,
a height of fifteen feet and a greater:
width of ten feet. Ou the damp gruiinJ
were found fragments of human bones,
and the explorers were forced to the
horrible conclusion that some unfortu
nate prisoners had been walled up and
left to die. In "the rear wall was a
niche used for a light, and there were
still traces of the blackening due to the
flames. A meat-tin of modern make
was the only thing besides the bones
found in the cavern. None of the
Spanish prisoners and none of the in
surgents could offer any explanation as
to the place. None of them had ever
heard of It, and those who were per
mitted to enter examined it with uu
felgned curiosity. The suggestion that
it was barbarously made the living
tomb of some unfortunate offender
against the Spanish rule seems tenable,
as It Is Isolated from the other dun
geons and distant from the regula?
burial ground. There is another uncan
ny place inside the stockade of Fort St.
Philip. It Is the wall against which
condemned prisoners stood to face
their executioners. It is dotted and
furrowed with hundreds of bullets, an.l
stands as an unlnseribed taltlet to a
reign of blood. Volley after volley lias
been sent against It, and countless vic
tims fell before It to die in their own
blood. Near the wall stands a groini
of old brass mortars that were cast
over a century ago, and a long row .'
old smooth rifles."
New York and Connecticut now have
taws requiring police official, to ac
cept bicycle, as security In case of ar
rest for violation of bicycle ordinances.
The other divisions of tne a. w.
will have similar bill, jpaseed by the
next Legislature..
The L. A. W. ha. renewed 27,878
memberships since December 1 laat.
The Nebraska Division of the L. A.
W. has succeeded in having repealed
an obnoxious ordinance, which dis
criminated against wheelmen and fa
vored owners of other vehicles). 3
He who remains tranquilly on the
ground and watches, often get. better
apple, than the man who climb, up and
shake, them all from the tree.
Mrs. Kllsa Lynda, of Peacham. Vt..
has a cake of maple sugar that was
made in 1834. The sugar is well pre
served yet. I
Hail to Relna Mercedes! It is a
strange name for a .hip of the Ameri
can Navy, but we are getting higniy
cosmopolitan in these days.
During the hearing of a rase r
arls arising out of a disputed rr.nilnr
bill It was stated, that the defendant
expended 500 a year on her hats.
SERMON
BY
Rep. Br. Calmagc
MMtt A WartdwIjtKvll KhMmwi In
tltola CmdmaMd WkolmnM lain.
mm That iuimd Ufa In a Private
fat Children GC In Bad Compmnr.
Copyright. Louis Kloiweh. ISW.
Washisotox. D. C. (Special). Home lift
versus hotel life Is the theme of Dr. Tal
mage's sermon for to-day, the disadvan
tage, of a life spent at more or less tem
porary stopping place, being sharply con
trasted with the blessings tbat are fonnd
la the real home, however humble. The
text Is Luke x., 84, 85: "And brought him
to aa inn and took care of blm. And on
the morrow when he departed, he took oat
two penee and gave them to the host and
said onto htm. Take care of him; and what
soever thou spendeet more, when I eome
again I will repay thee."
This Is the good Samaritan paying the
hotel bill of a man who bad been robbed
and almost killed by bandits. Tba gooc
Samaritan had found the unfortunate on a
lonely, rocky road, where to this very daj
depredations are sometimes committee
upon travelers, and bad pat the Injured
I .an Into the saddle, while this raerolfu:
and well-to-do man had walked till they
got to the hotel, and the wounded man wa
put to bed and eared for. It mast have
been a very superior hotel In its accommo
dations, for, though In the country, tbe
landlord was paid at the rate of what In
our country woald be 4 or C5 a day, a
penny being then a day's wages and the
two pennies paid In this ease about two
days' wages. Moreover, It was one of those
kind-hearted landlords who are wrapped
up in the happiness of their guests, be
cause the good Samaritan leaves tbe poor,
wounded fellow to his entire care, promts
log that when be came that way again be
woald pay all the bills until the invalid got
welL
Hotels and boarding houses are necessl
ties. In very anrlent times they were un
known, because tbe world had compara
tively few Inhabitants, and those were not
much given to travel, and prtvnte hospital
ity met all the wants of sojourners, at
wxM Ahrnhsm rnshml ont at Mamrn to In
vite tne turee nteu to sit Uuvn to a dtnnei
of veal, as whon the people were p ssttlv
ly commanded to be given to hospitality
aa In many places In the east these ancient
enstonis are practiced to-d.ty. But we have
now hotels presided over by good land
lords and boardiDg bouses presided ovei
by excellent host or hostess In all neighbor
hoods, villages and cities and it Is our con
gratulation that those of our land surpass
all other lands. Tbey rightly become tbe
permanent residences of many people, snob
as those wbo are without families, such ae
those who business keeps them migratory,
such as those who ought not, for various
reasons of benltb or peculiarly of clrcnm
stuncer, to take upon themselves the care?
ol housekeeping.
Bat one ot the great evils ot this day ii
found In the fact that a .large population
of onr towns and cities are giving up and
have given np their homes and takes
apartments, that they may have more free
dom from domestic duties and more time
for social life and because they like the
whirl of publicity better than tbe quiet
and privacy ot a residence ther can eall
their own. Tbe lawful use of these hotels
I . 1 . I.
. vniw rnirr
terminus they are In many eases de
moralisation, utter and complete. Tbat Is
the point at which families Innumerable
have begun to disintegrate. There never
has been a time when so many families,
healthy and abundantly able to support
and direct homes of tbelrown, have struck
tent and taken permanent abode in these
pnblie establishments.
In these pnbllo caravansaries, tbe demon
ol gossip is apt to get toll swav. All tbe
boarders run dally tbe gantlet of general
inspection now tney look wnen tney come
down in the morning and when they get In
at night, and what they do for a living,
and who they receive as guests In their
rooms, and what tbey wear, and what tbey
tbey eat, and" bow mnch they eat, and how )
little tney eat. if a man proposes In such I
a place to be Isolated and reticent and 1
alone, they will begin to guess about him:
Wbo Is her Where did be come from? How
long Is be going to stay? Has he paid hie
board? How much does he pay? Perhaps
ne nas committed some crime ana does not
want to be known. There must be some
thing wrong about him or he would speak.
The whole bouse goej into the detective
business. Tbey mu-t find ont about him.
Tbey must find out about blm right away.
If he leave his door unlocked by accident,
be will And that bis rooms bave been In
spected, h s trunk explored, his letter
folded differently from the way they were
folded when he put tbem away. Who it
he? Is the question asked with Intenser In
terest, until the subject has become a
monomania. The simple fact Is that he If
nobody In pat ticular, bat minds his own
business.
One of tbe worst damages that eome
from the herding of so many people Into
boarding-houses and family hotels is in
flloted upon children. It is only another
way ot bringing them npon the commons.
While you bave your own private bouse
you ean, for tbe most part, control tbelr
companionship and their whereabouts, bat
by twelve years of age In these public re
sorts they will have picked np all tbe bad
things tbat ean be furnished by the pruri
ent minds of dosens of people. They will
overhear blasphemies, and see quarrels,
and get preooclous In sin, and wbat the
bartender does not tell them the porter or
hostler or bellboy will.
Besides tbat tbe children wlU go out intc
this world without the restraining, anchor
ing, steadying and all controlling memory
ot a home. From that none of us wbo bave
been blessed of such memory bave es
caped. It grips a man for eighty years.
It he lives so long. It pulls him back from
doors into which he otherwise would enter.
It smites him with contrition In the very
m1.tat of Ma rilaslnatlons. As the flsb, al
&eMtiy tfurrouuueu by the long wide nit,
swim out to sea, thinking tbey can go as
far as tbey please, and with gay toss ol
silvery scale they defy tbe sportsman on
the beach, and after awhile the fishermen
begin to draw In tbe -net, nar.d ovet
hand, and hand over hand, and It
la a long while before the captured
fins begin to feel the net, and then they
dart this way and tbat, hoping to get out,
but And themselves approaching the
shore, and are brought up to the very feet
of the eaptors, so the memory of an earlj
home sometimes seems to relax and let
men out further and farther from God, and
farther and farther from shore, five years,
ten years, twenty years, thirty years; but
some day they And an irresistible mesb
drawing them back, and they are com
pelled to retreat from their prodigality
and wandering; and though tbey make
desperate effort to escape the Impression,
and try to dive deeper down in sin,
after awhile are brought clear baok and
held npon the Rock of Ages.
If It be possible, O father and mother!
let yonr sons and daughters go out intc
the world under tbe seralomnlpotent mem
ory ot a good, pure home. About your two
or three rooms In a boarding house, or a
family hotel, yon can cast no such glorious
sanctity. Tbey will think of these public
caravausaries as an early stopping place,
malodorous with old victuals, coffees per
petnallv s eaming an.l meats In everlast
ing stew or broil, tbe air surcharged with
c.irbnni- acid, and corridors, along which
drunken bonnier eome staggering at 1
o'clock In the morning, rapping at the
doo till tlm affrighted wife lets them in.
10 not be guilty of tbe sacrilege or blas
phemy of calling such a place a home.
A home is four walls Inclosing one
family with Identity of Interest and a
priva.-y from outside inspection so eom
let that it Is a world In itself, no one en
wring except by permission bolted and
larred and chained against aU outside in
raUltlvenesa. Tbe pbrase so often used
a the law books and legal circles Is might
ily suggestive every man's bouse Is his
iastle, as much so as though it had draw
bridge, portcullis, redoubt, ba tlon and
armed turret. -Even tbe officer of the law
na not enter to serve a writ, except tbe
door be voluntarily opened unto him; bur
glary, or the Invasion ot 1- a crime so
offensive that tbe law clashes Its Iron jaws
on any one who attempts it. Unless it be
necessary to stay for longer or shorter
time In family hotel or boarding house
and there are thousands of instances
hi which It Is necessary, aa I
howed you at the beginning unless
hi this exceptional ease, let neither wife
oor nuaband consent to such permanent
residence.
The probability Is that the wife will have
x divide her husband's time with pnbllo
smoking or reading room or with some
coquettish spider in search ot unwary flies,
and, If you do not entirely lose yonr hus
band, it will be because be is divinely pro
tected from the disasters that bave
whelmed thousand of husbands, with aa
good Intentions as yours. Neither shonld
the husband, without imperative reason,
consent to suoh a life unless he 1s sure bis
wife ean withstand the temptation of so
cial dissipation whloh sweeps across such
places with the force of the Atlantic Ocean
when driven by a September equinox.
Many wives give up tbelr homes for these
? ablio residences, so that tbey may give
belr entire time to operas, theatres, balls.
receptions and levees, and tbey are In a
perpetual whirl, like a whip top spinning
round and round and round very prettily
until It loses Its equipoise and shoots off in
to a tangent. But the difference is. in ont
ease It Is a top, and In the other a soul.
Hesiae. tms mere is an a stduous accu
mulation of little things around the pri
vate home, whloh in tbe aggregate make a
great attraction, while tbe denizen of one
of these public residences is apt to say:
"What Is the use? I have no place to keep
them It I should take them." Mementos,
bric-a-brao, curiosities, quaint chair or
eosy lounge, upholsteries, pictures and a
thousand things tbat accrete in a home are
discarded or neglected because there Is no
homestead In which to arrange them. And
yet they are the ease in which the pearl of
aomesnn nappiness is set. iou can never
become as attached to the appointments of a
boarding-house or family hotel as to those
things tbat you can eall your own and are
associated with tbe different members of
yonr household or with ssenes of thrilling
Import In yonr domestic history. Blessed
Is tnat nome in which for a whole lifetime -
tbey have been gathering, until every
figure in toe carpet, ana every panel of
the door, and every casement of tbe win
now nas a cnirograpny ot its own, speak
ing out something about father or mother.
or son or daughter, or friend tbat was with
ns awhile. Wbat a sacred place It becomes
when one can say: "In tbat room such a
one was born; In that bed such a one died:
In tbat cbalr I sat on the night I beard
suoh a one had received a great public
honor; by that stool my child knelt for her
last evening prayer; here I sat to greet my
son as he came back from sea voyage; that
was father's cane; tbat was mother's rock
ing chair I" Wbat a joyful and patnetlo
congress ot reminiscences!
Tbe pnbllo residence of hotel and board
ing house abolishes the grace ot hospital
ity, lour guest aoes not want to eome to
suoh a table. No one wants to run sueh a
gantlet of acute and merciless bypercritic
Ism. Unless yoa have a borne ot your own
you will not be able to exercise the best
rewarded of all the graces. For exerolse
ot this grace what blessing came to the
Sbnnammite In the restoration of her son
to life because she entertained Ellsha, and
to the widow of Zarephath in the perpetual
oil well of the miraoulons cruse because
she fed a hungry prophet, and to Bahab In
the preservation of her life at tbe demoli
tion ot Jericho because she entertained the
spies, and to La ban In tbe formation of an
Interesting family relation because ot his
entertainment ot Jacob, and te Lot in bis
rescue from the destroyed city because ot
This entetalnraentor the- angels, and to
atary ana Martna ana zaocnemstn spiritual
blessing because they entertained Christ,
and to Publlus In tbe Island of Mellta In the
healing of his father because of the enter
tainment of Paul, drenched from the ship
wreck, and of innumerable houses through
out Christendom upon which bave come
blessings from generation to generation
because tbelr doors swung easily open In
the enlarging, ennobling. Irradiating and
divine grace of hospitality!
Young married man, as soon as you ean
buy such a place even if you bave to put on
It a mortgage reaoblng from base to cap
stone. The mnch abused mortgage, which
Is ruin to a reckless man, to onepmdent
petenoy and a fortune for the reason he
win not ne satisnea until ne nas paia it on,
and all the household are put on stringent
economies until tnen. veny yourseii an
superfluities and all luxuries until yon can
say. "Everything In this bouse Is mine.
thank God every timber, every brick,
every foot of plumbing, every doorslll."
Do not have vouroblldren born in a board
ing house, and do not yourself be buried
from one. Have a place where your chil
dren can shout and sing and romp without
being overhauled for the racket. Have a
kitchen where you can do somotblng
toward the reformation of evil cookery and
the lessening of this nation of dyspe, tics.
As Napoleon lost one of bis great battles by
an attack of Indigestion, so many men
have suoh a daily wrestle with tbe food
swallowed tbat they bave no strength left
for tbe battle ot life, and, though your
wtfe may know bow to play on all musical
Instruments and rival a prima donna, she
Is not well educated unless she ean boll aa
Irish potato and Droll a mutton chop.slnce
tbe diet sometimes decides the fate of fam
ilies and nations.
Have a sitting room with at least one
easy chair, even though you have to take
turns at fitting In It, and books out of tbe
public library or of your own purchase for
the making ot your family intelligent,
and checkerboards, and guessing matches,
with an occasional blind man's buff, which
which is ot all games my favorite. Bouse
up your home with all styles of Innocent
mirth and gather up in your chlldmn'o
nature a reservoir of exuberance tbat will
psur down refreshing streams when life
gets parched, and the dark days come,
and the light go out, and the laughter If
smothered into a sob.
First, last and all the time have Christ
In yonr home. Julius CsVar calmed the
fears of an affrighted boatman who was
rowing in a stream by saying, "So long as
Caesar Is' with you in tbe same boat, no
harm can happen." And whatever storm
of adversity or bereavement or poverty
may strike yonr home, all Is well as long
as you bave Christ the King on board.
Make your home so farreacblng In Its In
fluence that down to the last moment ot
your children's life you may bold them
with a heavenly charm. At seventy-six
years of age the Demosthenes of tbe
American Senate lay dying at Washing
ton I mean Henry Clay, of Kentucky,
His pastor sat at his bedside, and "the old
man eloquent," after a long and exciting
publlo life, transatlantic and clsatlantio,
was back again In the scene of
his boyhood, and he kept saying in
his dream over and over again, "My
mother, mother, mother!" May the paren
tal influence we exert be not only poten
tial, but holy, and so the home on earth be
the vestibule of our home in heaven. In
which place may we all meet father,
mother, son, daughter, brother, sister,
giandfather, grandmotberaml grandchild,
and the entire group of preoious ones, of
whom we must say in tbe words of trans
porting Charles Wesley:
One family we dwell In blm.
One church above, bi-aeatb.
Though now dlv ded by the stream
Tbe narrow stream of death;
One army of the living Ood,
To His command we bow;
Fart of the I ost have crossed the flood
And part are crossing now.
Courts in Philadelphia and In Al
legheny and Schuylkill counties. Pa.,
hold sessions from tea to three o'clock,
with no recess at the lunch hour.
It Is said that one pound of but
ter gives a working force equal to
that of five pounds of beef, nine pounds
of potatoes or 12 pounds of milk.
Forty-two million pounds of India
rubber were imported In North Amer
ica last year.
An electric company of New Jer
sey is to manufacture an automatic
hair clipper, in which the blade, are
to be reciporcated by a small motor set
in the casing forming the handle of the
clipper.
Nineteen women brave the dangers
of wilds and forests as trappers and
guides.
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