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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COHSTITUTIOn - THE UiHOn-AHD THE EflFORCEUEklT OF THE LAWS,
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. L.III.
MIFFL.INTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1899.
NO. 33.
Florence W&-ynr.
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CIIArTER XX. j
It Is much easier to hide from the world
titan anyone imagines wno obi not triea
It. We lire too apt to think ourselves of
far grcxtiT importance than we are, and If
we put it to the test we ehall generally
5nd that, except to a small and strictly
private circle of admiring friends, It la not
of the slightest consequence what we do,
nor where we go.
Delia Moray finds out the truth of thli
to her advantage. She had a thousand
scruples about accepting Mrs. Hephzi
bah's offer of the temporary use of her
apartments in London, fearing lest ah
should Ie immediately recognized, and
the news of her discovery be communi
cated to her son.
For the sake of Delia, Mrs. Flephzibafc
makes short work of settling up accounts
with her London employers, and in an
other week the friends are on their way
to Cloverfield. Tine ti her principles
of self-help, Mrs. Bond for the lawyer
tad Induced the luJy to marry him wish
ed to journey to Hampshire alone, leav
ing her husband to follow at his own con
venience. But the "little old man" out-'
witted her. He packed np all his belong
ing at Hampstead with marvelous ce
lerity, and was down at Cloverfield mak
ir.s all things ready for her reception be
fore she knew he had left town.
Cloverfield, being still a mere village,
has not many resident gentry beside the
clergyman and doctor, and one or two
solitary old maids and widows; bet it is
surrounded by gentlemen's seats, the own
ers of which, after awhile, commence to
ca!l upon Mr. and Mrs. Bond. At Delia's
earnest request she is not asked to be
present In the drawing room during these
visits of ceremony. She has several rea
toiis for not wishing to make any new
ai'ijiutintancea, foremost among wnicn is
the dread of recognition; and though Mrs.
Hephzibah will not admit the justice of
the fear, she agrees to indulge it.
Delia is therefore rather surprised one
afternoon, when she has retired to her
own room with a novel, to hear the parlor
maid at her door with a request from her
mistress that she will go down to the
drawing room to see a gentleman who hat
Just arrived.
"Who is it, Sarah T cries Delia, her tru
ant thoughts flying at once to the only
gentleman she would have cared to see.
"Mr. Le Mesurier, ma'am. I think he'f
s parson at least, he wears a long coat."
"Very goed! I will be down directly."
When she enters the room, flushed from
the haste with which she has arranged
ber dress, she finds the servant's surmise
la correct.
"Let me Introduce to you my friend,
Mrs. Manners," says Mrs. Hephzibah:
and then she continues to Delia: "I hope
have not disturbed you, my dear, but 1
thought it only right you should make
the acquaintance of our clergyman. Sir.
Le Mesurier tells me that he has just re
turned from his annual holiday, and that
the gentleman we have hitherto heard
on Sundays has only been taking his duty
during his absence."
"I am very glad," says Delia.
"Clad of what, Mrs. Manners 7' asks
the newcomer, with an accent that be
trays his Irish nationality. "That I have
r.-turned. or that Mr. Saunders only took
my duty?"
"( )f both, perhaps," she replies, smiling:
"anyway, I hope it is not great treason
to say that Mr. Saunders has sent me to
ileeo every time I tried to listen to him."
"Let us be charitable and lay it on the
weather. Mrs. Manners, which has been
too hot to keep awake In under any cir
cumstances. Do try and think it was the
weather: Else, If you fall asleep again
next Sunday, I shall have no loophole by
which to flatter myself that my discourse
has not had a similar effect upon yon to
that of Mr. Saunders.'
lie is a distinguished looking man, tall
ami well made, with an intellectual coun
tenance, and wearing a tight cassock that
hows off his fine figure to advantage. Hia
blue eyes and dark hair are strongly Irish,
o is his winning tongue. In a word, be
Impresses both his hearers favorably.
"I will defer judgment, then, until after
neit Sunday," replies Delia, laughing;
"and especially since. If I am not mis
taken. Mr. Le Mesurier, you are a coun
tryman of mine, and should claim every
Indulgence at my hands,
The moment the words have left hei
lips she regrets them, but it is too late.
The warm partisanship of the natives of
Ireland is well known, and Mr. Le Mesu
rier embraces the idea of the connection
between them.
"I guessed as much from your appear
ance. Pray, Mrs. Manners, allow me to
shake hands with you over again in token
of our good-fellowship. It is a real de
light to meet any one from the 'ould coun
thry' down in these wilds. May I ask if
it is long since you left It?"
Then Delia sees still more plainly the
traji he has laid for herself, and the com
pilations to which it may lead. But there
U no help for it at present.
"Very long! I have not seen it since I
as a little child."
"Have you been long settled In Clover
r.cld, and are you a married man?" de
mr.Tids Mra. Hephzibah, trying to lure him
away from a dangerous topic.
"I have been settled here ever since my
ordination, ten years ago, and I have no
Rife to share the vicarage," he answers,
with a sudden gravity of manner.
"I hope you are not one of those par-
tons who consider ceiiDacy a ouij.
Yes. I do, decidedly. A duty to my-
self." he answers, lightly. "What would
become of my visits to Switzerland, if I
hud a wife and family to carry about with
He sits with them for half the after
noon on that occasion, talking in the most
fluent manner on every topic that is start
ed, discussing the country and the town,
literature and mUBic, the Tyrol, the Vat
ican, the Alhambra and the Louvre; and
proving himself not only to be a well-read
man, but an excellent linguist and a clever
traveler, who has made good use of b
eyes and his wits as he Journeyed through
the world. The ladies are delighted with
his conversation and charm of delivery.
The hours pass rapidly in his company,
and before he takes his leave Mrs. Heph
zibah haa made him promise to dine with
them on the following day.
"He Is the very man I want to avoid,
cries Delia when he is gone. "Tbare la
something j, him I gaaaot teJl IW
that seems ac if he would draw the
whole of my tec ret from me at hia will.
Oh. Mrs. Hephslbahl keep me from Mr.
Le Mesurier. I lmnlora yen."
CHAPTEB XXL
On the following day the parson Is de
sidedly the moat vexed of the three at De
lia's absence, although he is too polite to
show it except by hia anxious and some
what wandering air. The little dinner Is
skillfully chosen and served, and his host
and hostess are cordiality Itst'.f ; still Mr.
Le Mesurier's eyes keep roving each time
the door is opened, and hia ears are strain
ed to catch the least sound from without.
At last he ventures to hint at the subject
that la disturbing him.
"May I ask after the health of your
charming friend, Mrs. Bond? I trust she
Is weu."
"She is quite well, Mr Le Mesurier
that la, she' is the same as usual, but her
health does not permit her to take late
dinners."
"Then I trust the pleasure Is only de
ferred, and that we shall see her in the
evening."
Mrs. Hephzibah does not reply. She be
lieves that Delia has no intention of ap
pearing at all. Her visitor continues:
"I cannot explain to you what delight
It was to me to meet a country woman in
her. Her features remind me strongly ot
the Fergusson family. Was that her maid
en name T'
"No! nor do I think there Is any con
nection between them."
Delia Is afraid to meet the stranger
again. She aits at her open window and
listens to the balads that, after the little
party has come In from the garden, Mr.
Le Mesurier trolls out In his rich baritone
voice, accompanying himself on the cot
tage piano the while.
Delia la very fond of music. She is not
a great proficient, bnt she is a great lovet
of the art, and singa ber own little songs
with a verve that bss more power to
charm than the finest execution In the
world. She longs to be down in the draw
ing room, taking her share In the enter
tainment now, for an enthusiast has as
much pleasure in performing herself as in
listening to the performance of others;
but false shame restrains her, and she
keeps upstairs until she hears the final
good-nights exchanged and watches Mr.
Le Mesurier's tall figure walk down the
gravel drive and turn with a parting look
at the cottage, in the direction of his own
house.
But the next day Mr. Le Mesurier I
not backward In availing himself of the
general invitation which Mrs. Hephzibah
stops her pony chaise in order to extend
to him,
Delia is seated by her side, and Mr. Le
Mesurier glances to see if she seconds the
offer of her friend. But she is looking
away from him over the surrounding
country the while, and does not perceive
the action. He accepts the invitation with
alacrity, and takes advantage of it on the
very next day, and several days following
that; but though he enjoys many inter
esting conversations with Mrs. Bond, he
finds it more difficult to get hold of her
companion, who always manages to slip
away just before or after he makes his
appearance. One day, however, Delia is
fairly caught. The Bonds have gone out
driving together, and she is superintend
lng the stripping of some fruit trees for
them, and cannot with honor leave the
field of action; when Mr. Le Mesurier,
with the familiarity which la becoming
habitual to him, walks through the open
French windows of the cottage drawing
room and oat upon the lawn.
"How glad I am that I hare found you
at last, and that yon cannot run away
from me," he commences, as he perceives
her occupation. xou nave been so perti
nacious in avoiding my society lately that
I had really begun to think that I had
offended you."
"Oh, no? replies Delia, with the old
feeling of discomfort she cannot tell why.
mt the first elance of bis searcning eyes
"how could you possibly have done that?
But you must not forget that I am only
Mrs. Bond's housekeeper, and have a hun
dred little domestic duties to perform that
n,it mv constant attendance In the
drawimr room."
"I suppose, if yon tell me so, Mrs. Man
ners, I am bound to believe it; but I pro
test against the 'only. A woman of your
talents and education may accept such a
nnaition from choice, but need never do
mr f mm necessity."
"Anvwar." says Delia, witn me tesrs
in her eyes, "Mrs. Bond has been my best
.nd dearest friend tnrongn lire, ana
would rather be her housekeeper than the
Intimate companion ef the greatest lady in
tho lnndj
"Ah! now we approach a different phase
of the subject, and I can well believe in
ho .inceritv and Justice of your choice,
i a .h. mmti Tonr affection in full
" " -
measure."
"I know she does."
TinlT with myself, she would be better
pleased to see yon try and live down the
troubles of the past, than nurse them in
nlltnda and silence.
"Has she been speaking to you about
me, then?" demands bis companion quica-
b.
UT'ortalnlv not!"
"How do yon know, then, that I have
had trouble r says Delia, with anxious
lyes.
u. Ammr Mra. Manners! How do
mm than half the world has
trouble? A physical doctor can tell by the
V" ' A. t whether he suffers oi
, took of his P'J', fe.. klU-
""
fol? Believe me, I have not oeen a cow
student of human nature for twenty years
without learning something of the human
heart. And since it is my privilege ami
my province to help to heal such as are
wounded, I have no hesitation in offering
my services whenever they may be re
Quired."
"You cannot help me, Mr. Le Men
der "
"Is your hurt beyond all assistance
then?"
"Yea,"
They have sauntered away together un
Ser the lime and acacia trees during the
latter part of the conversation.
"Oh. Mr. Le Mesurier!" she exclaims,
u m t .-it .nn I heneve.
"rem are a iwu man. ' . - ,
know what trouble la. I will ten you an.
I wUl see if yon can help me tf yon c1
advise what to r
And thereupon she leads him into th
drawing room, and confides the story, 1
which wo all know, to his sympathetic
ears.
Mr. Le Meaurler listens In silence. The
tale 1 all the sadder, because the woman
before him has brought the misfortune on
her own head, yet he does not seem tc
think the case so hopeless as she does.
"Surely, surely," he says, aa she look
up Into his face for comfort, "this separa
tion cannot last forever. Tour son him
self will see the Injustice of it, and seek
you out again. Do you suppose that the
love of twenty-one years can be forgotten
in a moment? Ton wrong yourself and
him by such a supposition! He may find
consolation at first In the society of hit
bride, but as years paks on, and trouble
come upon him, his heart and memory
will turn back to his mother, and he wiO
not be satisfied until he has met hei
again."
He saunters out upon the lawn again
where Delia, having dried her eyes, feel!
bound after awhile to join him
"Mrs. Manners, I have a favor to ask ot
you, be commences, aa soon as the opior
tunlty offers.
"What is It. Mr. Le Mesurier?"
"Will you help me In my parish work
have often longed for a woman to co
operate with me and take some of tht
more delicate cases off my bands, but no
one would undertake the duty; and. in
deed, I must say it Is not to everyone that
would confide it."
"Do you mean to visit the poor for
your
T dot Not only to visit, but to sympa
thize and pray with them."
If Mrs. Bond can spare me, I shall b
Very glad to helo you, Mr. Le Mesurier.
Poor souhvi it would give me pleasure tc
comfort them, and I feel that I could
speak more freely with them, perhaps
than with the rich."
"That is what everyone says who hai
once tried it. It is one of those cases ir.
which it is truly more blessed to give than
to receive. And as for dear, good Mrs
Bond, trust me for gaining her permis
sion for anything that is likely to do yot
good. Come! I like to see that smile.
It is the thought of my poor that has call
ed It there. It is heaven's first pledge ol
the reward which charity never fails tr
bestow on those who practice it."
(To be continued.)
Why We Have It,
Foreigner And why ees eet eat you
Americans, have what you call xe
Thanksgiving? What ees re ah sig-
uifeeennee?
Native It marks the end of the foot
ball season.
Jnst for Do a ale's Sake.
Mr. Henniker Marie, why do you
keep that $75 fur rug out here In the
living room? Don't you see that It is
getting ruined?
Mrs. Henniker I know It ought to bt
in the parlor, Horace, but my dear little
doggie does so love to play that he
fighting the tiger and whipping it.
Walttna.
The Colonel Say, what have you got
against our Congressman, anyway?
know be doesn't belong to your party.
but really he doesn't deserve all the
harsh things you aay of him In your
paper. I wonder If there will ever
conic a time when you will be pleased
to come out and say that be has done
the right thing when you will have a
word of praise for him?
Editor of the Weekly Hidebound Oh
yes. I ve got an article in. type now, in
which I praise him very highly; In
which I say that he never did a dis
honest thing In his life and ought to be
numbered among our greatest men.
He'll die some day and then I'll print
It."
Victory.
now did young Harduppe ever suc
ceed in winning old Rockingham's con
sent to marry his daughter? The crusty
old kermudgeon has driven away a
dozen better fellows."
"I hear that Harduppe took the old
man's wheel apart, cleaned it and
stored It away for the winter."
Saaie Thins.
"I understand that she had an uncle
who committed suicide."
"Well, yes, you might call It that.
He stole a horse out In Arizona." -
A Great Dead Lady.
"She died of expiating gas," said tht
colored woman, proudly, "an a house
was built in memorandum of her."
New York Commercial-Advertiser.
Beckleaa,
"That orator has a wonderful gift oi
language," remarked the Impression
able young man.
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "He
is always throwing language around as
If It didn't cost anything." Washing
ton Star.
Hia Falling.
Her Mother I am surprised a.
Charles squandering so much money on
a phonograph.
The Wife I am not He always din
like to bear himself talk. Harlem Life.
Useful Hints.
To nrenare Spanish eggs In the
chafinK dish cook two slices of onion
until liirht vellow in scant tablespoon
ful of olive oil, then add one cupful of
mushrooms, one of tomato, two table
spoonfuls of tongue minced fine, three
raw eggs unbeaten , a sanspoumui w
salt and a quarter of a saltspoonful
jf cayenne. As soon as the eggs are
set the mixture Is ready to serve.
When feeding babies It is quite as
necessary to sterilize the bottles as the
milk. Wash in cold water, then In
soap and water. A little rice snaKen
with the soapsuds In the bottle will be
found helpful in cleaning It. Then place
the bottle In cold water and bring to
the boiling point.
"Plenty ot salad." says Mrs. Rorer,
"for the nervous woman. Fat around
the nerves," she declares, smoothes
them out very quickly. Cereals should
be avoided and fruit partaken of spar
ingly and never in the latter part of
the day. Lean roast beef, broiled steak
or chops may be eaten to advantage
three times a day. Sweets of desserts
should be banished from the nervous
woman's bill of fare and coffee and tea
sparingly indulged In.".
At Prescott. Ind.. a couple were
! recently married by Justice John R.
McDonald. Tne Dnaegroom, wno is
34 years old. Is the smallest man In the
state, weighing only 85 pounds; the
bride. 30 years old, tips the scales at
384 pounds.
There ia no relation so bard to fill as
to be a mother-in-law.
PARTIAL TO EAJNUTS
AMERICANS HAVE A WEAKNESS
FOR THEM.
faalr Popularity Bacaaao General
After the Civil War Largely Ia
creaaad Aworaat Grown of Lata
Tears-Norfolk Is the Peannt Crater.
"The American people are evidently
Very partial to peanuts," remarked a
large peanut planter in Virginia to the
writer recently, "for there axe nearly
4,000,000 bushels of them consumed la
the United States annually. Before the
civil war the peanut was only a holiday
luxury to the majority ot the people liv
ing In the North, the day when the cir
cus was in town, during the country
fair and the great and glorious Fourth
of July being the principal occasion
that the popular yearning for the nut
was in any measure satisfied, tm
product then amounted to barely
500,000 bushels a year.
At the close of the war when the
soldiers returned north thousands of
them bad cultivated such a liking for
the nut, which they had often pulled
from the ground and roasted at their
campflres while In Virginia, Tennessee
and North Carolina, that the crop then
raised in these States didn't begin to
supply the demand. Wideawake farm
ers saw the point and small garden
patches where peanuts had been grown
for generations were soon abandoned
for broad fields, and to-day Virginia
and North Carolina are growing 4,000,
000 bushels of peanuts a year a result
due almost entirely to the civil wax
and the habit the Federal troops con
tracted of eating large quantities of
the nuts. Naturally, the returned sol
diers' demand for peanuts placed them
within reach of the rural population
In the North, ana the nut soon ceased
to be a holiday luxury.
"When the war broke out moat of
the peanuts consumed In this country
were raised In North Carolina. A great
many were also imported from Africa.
They were of Inferior quality. In fact
the best antebellum peanuts were poor
compared with the nuts grown to-day.
But the demand for the nuts In recent
years has not had the effect of Improv
ing the North Carolina product or in
creasing its yield to any great extent
Virginia and Tennessee, however, woke
right up under the increased demand,
and Improved cultivation has produced
a nut especially In Virginia, that la as
near perfect as It can be.
"I don't suppose there are many peo
ple who know that the peanut came to
this country with the first cargo ot
laves that were landed on in- shores.
It Is a native of Africa, and In its orig
inal stats as full of grease almost as a
bit of pork. Cultivation and change
of soil hare greatly reduced the oleag
inous quality of the nut although tht
North Carolina variety haaeiwughJ-
grease yet to nna a reaay aaie m
France, where It Joins Its African an
cestor and cottonseed In supplying not
a little of the olive oil we find In the
restaurants and family groceries. Nor
folk, Va la the greatest peanut center
In the world, and handles annually
200,000 bags, or 8,000,000 bushels.
"It Is a pretty sight to see a peanut
plantation when the vines are In blos
som. The blossoms are a bright yel
low and the vines are a vivid green.
As soon aa the blossom appears a fine
branch forms on the vino and shoots
Sown Into the ground. The peas, as
the nuts are called on the plantation.
form on the shoot beneath the ground.
like potatoes. When the crop Is gath
ered In October the vine Is ploughed
op, and the nuts bang to the
roots,
Vines and all are piled In cocks In the
field, and In twenty days the nuts are
ready to be pulled off, placed In bags
ind taken to the factories. There they
are cleansed of dirt, assorted, polished
in revolving cylinders and put Into
bags ready for the market"
' The latest estimate of the quantity
if warm water flowing northward
through the Atlantic In the form of the
Qulf Stream makes it many times at
great as all the water discharged Into
the oceans by all the streams and riv
ers of the earth.
Several varieties of bacteria have
been discovered in freshly fallen hail
stones. Two of them appear to be new,
according to their discoverer, Mr. F.
C. Harrison, of Guelph, Ontario, while
others are manifestly of terrestrial
origin, and must have been carried up
Into the clouds by winds or ascending
air-currents.
Phrenologists say that the higher In
tellectual processes are performed in
the front part of the brain, but recent
tudies have led some physiologists to
sonclude that the posterior lobes of the
cerebrum are the real seat of mental
power. These lobes are more develop
ed In man than in other animals, and
are most conspicuous In the highest
races of men.
In German varnish factories an easy
way to extinguish a burning pan of oil
has been found in the use of a flne
mesbed wire net. As soon as this covers
the burning surface the iron wires con
duct off the heat so rapidly that the
gases can no longer flame. It is the
principle of the Davy safety lamp, and
night be employed In various ways to
Extinguish burning gases.
In Philadelphia an experiment wa
recently made to determine the waste
f water In the city. A test was made
en the houses In two streets, wblcb In
ducted neariy uu lnnamtants. it was
found that 170 gallons of water per
Inhabitant was expended It cannot
be said used. This Is about fouf bar
rels for each person manifestly a
great waste. Of the 178 gallons only
twenty-four gallons was utilised.
The astronomical Journals call atten
don to the fact that 1898 was a "rec
ord year" for comets. Ten of those
trance tvanderera la paw .were de-
tected during the year, seven new ones
tnd three which had been seen before,
Encke's. Wlnnecke's and Wolfs. It It
probable that the seven strangers an
also subjects of the ana, whose occa
sional visits to the center of his em
pire had not previously been noted.
One of the divisions of the United
States Fish Commission has Invests
rated a number of problems connected
with oysters and their culture, and hai
reported on the origin of the color ol
green oysters. This variety Is duo tc
vegetable matter used by the oysters
tor food, and In no way Injures the edi
ble qualities of the bivalve. Red oys
ters have been occasionally noted, but
there has been as yet no opportunity
for their examination.
The application of electrically tram
mltted power to ore-crushing mills, sit
uated at the mines. Is regarded at
working almost a revolution la somt
mining operations. At the Sheba gold
mines In Africa water-power Is trans
mitted by wire for a distance of fiv
miles, and an enormous saving In the
cost of milling the ore has thus been
effected. In a mountainous country no
other means of conveying power l
comparable with a flexible copper wire,
which crosses hills and vulleys, and
winds one way or another with equaj
tase.
An Atlantic Steamship's Larder.
One tidy little refrigerator about six
feet wide and twice that depth is the
butterman's stall In this market undei
the sea. Little rubs of butter are ar
ranged on shelves to the amount ol
5,000 pounds, and In company with
these are 20,000 eggs. Twenty-five
hundred quarts of milk and cream are
stored In a separate room, all having
been sterilised. This market has a
room especially tor salt meats, and
bora are hams, bacon and tongues to
the amount of 4,000 pounds. There are
some articles of food without whh-li
the epicure would be unhappy, and
which must bo alive whe"u cooked.
Chief among these are oysters, of
Which 16,000 are carried to meet the
Wants of the passengers. Clams are
only provided to the number of 1.R00.
Lobsters are not abundantly supplied;
700 pounds Is all the store-room shel
ter. This market In the bottom of the
I ship contains, besides the things fncn-
tloned, fruit green vegetables and nn
' enormous stock of groceries. The Lat
ter la only limited by space, for gro
ceries are not perishable goods and will
,keop from one voyage to another until
.'used. Tea and coffee are used In large
'amounts abont thirty-three pounds ot
.tea a day and fifty pounds of coffee.
'Perishable supplies are taken on board
In proportion to the number of pas
'sengers booked, and anything of this
jklnd which is left over when the ship
'reaches port Is eaten by the crew.
Ladles' Homo Journal.
Cariooa Christian Hasan,
antambar haa ring Mho oHow4ng
j
story from the late Canon Bardaley,
author of "English Names and Sur
names." There waa once a woman
"a little 'cracky.' I think," said the
canon, by way of parenthesis who
had a son whom she had christened
"What" Her idea seems to have been
that when In after days he was asked
his name, and kept saying "What"
amusing scenes would follow, which
was likely enough, especially If the
boy waa careful to pronounce the
aspirate. Such a scene did, I believe,
occur once when he went to school,
and was told, as a newcomer, to stand
np and furnish certain particulars.
"What Is your name?" asked the teach
I
er. "What blurted out tne boy. amid
the laughter of the class. "Whnt Is
j your name?" askeu the master again.
i with more emphasis. "What" replied
j the boy. . "Your name, sir!" roared
, out the infuriated pedagogue. "What
What!" roared back the terrified urch
in. The sequel I forget but I believe
It was one of those cases In which the
follies of the parents are visited on the
children of the first generation. Notes
and Queries.
Am Aznns nic Experience.
To secure a picture of your voice. It
is only necessary to tie a sheet of thtn.
strong paper over the flnring end of an
old tin born. Hold the born with the
sheet of paper upward. Take a little
pinch of fine sand and place It In the
center of the paper. Then hold the
horn vejaiteally above your face and
sing a note Into the lower end of the
instrument. Now lower the horn care
fully and look at the sand. You will
find that the vibrations of your voice
have scattered the pinch of sand Into
a beautiful sound picture. Every note
In the musical scale will produce
great variety of them. Some of these
pictures look like pansles, roses and
other flowers; some like snakes, and
others like flying birds; In fact, there
Is no limit to the variation. The pic
tures of the notes of musical Instru
ments are made by holding the horn
is near as possible to them.
Brlckmaklng In Russia.
In August last the foundations wen
laid near Lysva, Russia, of tbe first
firebrick works erected in the Ural.
Ten kilns have been built, with a ca
pacity of 3,000,000 bricks annually.
Hitherto all tbe firebricks used In tbe
Ural have been obtained from Eng
and. Roller Yaohttaa
Save during the rainy season Lake
Lefroy, In Western Australia, Is quite
dry. Rut as the water evaporates aa
the hot weather approaches a smooth,
glassy floor of crystalline salt Is de
posited. Those living on the shores
have found a means of utilizing this.
All boats whicbssall on tbe lake when
possible are, during the dry season,
Btted with four wheels, and thus are
nabled to continue their travels. As
Lake Lefroy baa an c:-ea of over 100
miles, and the surrounding country is
extremely rough, this means a great
laving In expense, labor and time. The
peed attained by these wheeled yachts
m very considerable, though not quite
equal to tbe pace of tbe Ice yacbta s
popular In Canada.
When a luncheon or party is said ti
be Informal, It means that tbe hostess
will offer no other apology f or Ue f
freahnienU.
NEW DEWEY STORY.
rha Fassoaa Admiral Nearly Started
Aaotber War witn Mexico.
"In May, 1875, Admiral Dewey was
ommander of too old Narragansett,"
laid Lieutenant Wlnslow, "and be was
lata lied to surveying the Gulf of Cali
fornia and the shores of the coast of
the peninsula. It was not long after
the Vlrglnlus affair at Santiago, and
the reeling toward the Mexicans and
Cubans was none too cordial. Tbs
Narragansett reached La Pas. near the
southern end of the peninsula, and we
bo sooner got ashore than we beard
that an American mining engineer and
some Englishmen who owned the mine
were prisoners in their mining shan
ties, forty miles back of La Fas, In
the mountains. The American bad re
lented an Insult a quarrel followed,
tnd the American killed two Mexicans.
The friends of the latter swore they'd
kill the Yankee and the Englishmen,
too, and the latter were soon obliged
to barricade themselves. This siege
had been on for several days when we
Dropped anchor.
"As soon as Commander Dewey
a card of It he was very much Inter
ested. The next day be sent a mes
senger to the Mexican colonel In La
Pas, who had a garrison of 000 sol
diers there, asking him what he was
going to do to give the American a
trial before be was shot
" Oh, he got Into the trouble let him
get out' said the Mexican.
"Commander Dewey didn't like thit
.-ply, and the more be thought about
It the angrier be got The next fore
noon be sent a note to the Mexican
cojonel telling blm that an American
citizen's life was In danger, and that
the man was entitled to a fair trlnL
He told the colonel that he would al
low him Just twenty-four hours to res
cue the American and protect the En
glishmen. If at the end of that time
relief waa cot on Its way to the little
mining party he would bombard La
Pas and burn it
"When we heard what Dewey had
done we were all frightened.
'Does be mean it?" we asked on
another.
"As for myself, I was soon satisfied
that be meant every word of It. I was
In command of the guns. We bad only
two old howitzers on the Narragansett
the larger guns having been left tem
porarily at the Mare Island navy yard.
"Get those howitzers ready for to
morrow morning and Inspect all the
mall arms and ammunition,' said
Dewey to me. Then be called the men
to Quarters and estimated that of the
crew of about 120 we could land ninety
able, armed men as a storming force.
We drilled the men all that afternoon
ind far Into the night That night on
Commander Dewey's order, we steam
ed to a point commanding the princi
pal streets of La Pas and trained the
howitzers on the town. By next morn
ing we were all ready to begin a sec-
.. a .. .. - I. - u..Im V
tod war against Mexico. - V I
4t daurbreak a MeaJfcM-4JreeK
came on board with a message from
bis colonel saying that the Narragan
sett commander's request would be
complied with. Early that morning
watched 800 armed Mexican sol
diers start for the mining camp, and
we kept the old howitzers trained on
La Pas till the soldiers returned with
the American engineer. When Dewey
reported to Washington on the matter
tie minimized the Importance of It end
!t was passed over as a mere Incident
Lleutenanta narris and Wright were
on. the Narragansett then, and Harris,
tt least was with the fleet at Manila.
It Is somewhat singular that at that
time, when we were expecting a dec
laration of war against Spain on ac
count of the Vlrglnlus affair. Com
mander Dewey had his plans all made
to sail tbo Narragansett to Manila."
Sew York Tribune,
Calvo aa m Gardener.
Mile. Emma Calve Is probably the
only great prima donna who combines
farming with her brilliant operatic
achievements. ' She has a large farm
at Cevennes, and rusticates there each
lumuier.
Last summer tbe famous singer went
nto her kitchen garden and cared for
ber own vegetables. Xo one waa al
lowed to touch them, and the results
were far better than when her gar
dener cared for tbe things. Mile. Calve
wore a short skirt of the blue Jeans,
sabots and a linen shirt waist She
spaded and hoed and watered ber vege
tables day after day, and proudly sent
gifts of the finest fruits of her labors
to friends in Paris.
The prima donna was very 111 ana
nervous when she went to Cevennes,
but this free, open-air life and tbe vig
orous exercise soon restored ber to the
most robust health, and when friends
tsk ber the secret of her cure she an
swers: "Spades and potatoes."
Mile. Calve's chickens also come In
for some of her attention, but the gar
den is ber chief delight Philadelphia
Post
Panniag on Famous Man.
The poet Campbell, the author of tht.
far-famed war poem "Uohenlinden,"
In wblcb occurs tbe reference to "Iser
rolling rapidly," attended an evening
party on one occasion, and when tbe
gentlemen were securing their bats
tnd coats previous to departure sud
denly the lights went . out. In the con
fusion which followed some one push
ed vigorously against Campbell, knock
ing him downstairs. The offending gen
tleman at once said: "Beg pardon.
who's there?" and a voice replied from
the depths below, "It is I, sir, rolling
rapidly."'
Snaoklaa; and Inflaensa.
Tobacco smokers have been more ex
impt from Influensa during the recent
tpldemlcs than those persons who Cj
Dot smoke.
Tbo LoaTloai of Honor.
To be knight of the Legion of Hon
r Is not quite a barren title. Tb
ross of the lowest grade, that o
"Chevalier," carries with It a penslo:
tor life of $50 annually. An "Officer,'
tie grade above, receives $100 annua'
sr, a "Oommandeur," $200, a "Gran..
Dffleer," $400, and a "Grand Croix."
fooo.
VmnnU w4m have no sense of humor
act very funny at times.
SERMON
Rev. Dr. Calmagc
SabjMt: Aa Aarlaat Eplcrata--Aa Old
Raylas; Vsed la Illastrata the Ladleroai
Bahavlor ol Thoaa Who Macalfy Small
Mas aad Igaara Great Ones.
Oopjrricht. Loaia Klopach, 1-1
Washikotok. 1. C In this discourse.
founded on an anolent epigram repented
by Christ, Dr. Talmage lllustratos the foil)
of being very particular about Inslgnlftonnt
things, while neglectful of vast eonnnrns.
The text Is Matthew xxlil., 24: "Ye blind
guides, whloh strain at a gnat and swallow
a eamel."
A proverb Is compact wisdom, knowledge
in obanks, a library in a santenee, the elea
tricity of many clouds discharged in one
Dolt, a river put tnrongQ a mill race, wnen
Christ quotes the proverb of the text. He
means to set forth the ladlerons behavlot
of those who make a great bluster about
small sins and have no appreciation ol
great ones. In my text a small tnseot an!
a large quadruped are brought Into com
parison a gnat and a oamei. x on nave in
museum or on the desert seen the latter, a
great awkward, sprawling creature, with
Baok two stories blah tnd stotnnoh having
a collection ol reservoirs for desert travel.
an animal forbidden to tbs Jews as food
and In many literatures entitled "the ship
of the desert." The gnat spoken of In the
text Is In the grab form. It Is born in pool
or pond, after a tew weeks becomes a
chrysalis and then after a few days be
comes the gnat as we rncognize it. Beit
the Insect spoken of In the test Is In tts
very smallest shape, and It yet Inliahlts i be
water, tor my text Is a misprint and ought
to read "strain out a gnat.'
My text shows you the prince of Incon
sistencies. A man after long observation
has formed the suspicion that in a enp ol
water he Is about to drink there Is a grab
or the grandparent ot a gnat. Ha goes
and gets a sieve or strainer. H takes the
water and poors it through the sleva in tlie
broad light. He says, "I wonl-1 rather do
anything almost than drink this water nn
tll Vil- larva be extirpated." TliU w.itei
la brought under Inquisition. The experi
ment Is successful. The water rushe?
through the sieve and leaves against tin
Side of tbe sieve the grub or gnat. Then
the man carefully removes the inmwt nml
drinks the water In placidity. Hut goina
out one day and hungry, he devours
"ship Of the desert," tbe eamel, whlcli tht
lews were fonddden to eat. The gnstron.
omer has no compunctions of conscience.
Be suffers from no Indigestion. He putf
the lower jaw under the eamel'j forefoot
and his upper jaw over the hump ot the
camel's back and gives onn swallow, and
dromedary disappears forever. He strained
out a gnat; ha swallowed a camel.
While Christ's audience was yet sreiiini;
at tbe oppositeness and wit of His illustra
tion for smile they did, unless they wert
too stupid to understand the hyperbole-
Christ praeticall said to them, "That Is
you." Punctilious about small I M til's
reckless aDout anairs oi tirai maKiuiini.
No subject ever winced nnder a surgeon'
knife more bitterly than did the Pharisees
under Christ's scalpel of truth. A an an
atomist will take a human bodv to pleeof
and pot the pieces nnder a mlernscope foi
examination, so Christ finds Ills way tc
the heart of the dead rharisee and euts it
out and puts it under the Kins of inspec
tion for all generations to examine. Thost
Pharisees thought that Christ would flattei
them and compliment them, and bow thej
mnst have writhed nnder the redbot word
as He said. "Ye fools, ye waited sepuloliers
ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat
ann swallow
There are in our day "any gnat I
trail- . -r - -J lUr ir,-J, V
lowed.'and It to theobjecf-ot tfitt sermoaTao few pei
to sketch a few persons who arc extensive
ly engaged in that business.
First, I remark, that all those ministers
of the gospel who nre very scrupulou
about tbe conventionalities of religion, but
put no particular stress upon matters ol
vast importance, are photographed In the
text. Church services ought to be grave
and solemn. There Is no room for frivolity
in religious convocation. But there are Il
lustrations, and there are hyperboles like
that of Christ in the taxi, that will Irradi
ate with smiles any Intelligent audience.
There are men like those blind guides ol
tbe text who advocate only those things in
religious servioe which draw the corners
of the month down and denonnce all
those things which have a te dency to
draw the corners of the mouth up, nml
these men will go to installations and to
presbyteries and to conferences and to
associations, their pockets full ot line
sieves to s'ram out tbo gnats, while in
their own churches at borne every Hundav
there are fifty people sound asleep. They
make their churches a gre it dormitory.
nd their somniferous sermons are a cradle
and the drawled out hymns a lullaby,
whilesome wakeful soul In a pew with hei
fan keeps the files off unconscious persons
approximate. Now, I say it is worse tc
sleep In church than to smile in chureli.
for the latter Implies at least attention,
while the former Implies the Indifference
of tbe hearers and the stupidity of the
speaker.
In old age or from physical Infirmity oi
from long watching with the sick drowsi
ness will sometimes overpower one, but
when a minister of the gospel looks oft
upon an audience and finds healthy and
intelligent people struggling with drowsi
ness It Is time for him to give out the
doxology or pronounce the benediction.
The great fault of church services to-day
Is not too much vivacity, but too much
somnolence. Tbs ene Is an Irritating
gnat that may be easily strained out; tbe
other is a great, sprawling and sleepy
eyed eamel of the dry desert.
I take down from my library the biogra
phies of ministers and writers ot tbe past
ages, Inspired and uninspired, who have
done the most to bring son's to Jesus
Christ, and I find that without a single ex
ception tbey consecrated their wit and
their humor to Christ. Elijah used It when
he advised tbe Baalltes, as tbey could not
make tbelr god respond, to call louder, aa
their god might be sound asleep or gone
a-huntiug. Job used It when he said to
his self-conceited comforters, "Wisdom
will die wt h you." Christ not only used
It In tbe text, but when Tie Ironically com
plimented tbe corrupt Pharisees, saying,
"The whole need not a physician," and
when by one word He described the cun
ning of Herod, saying, "Go ye and tell that
fox." Matthew renry's commenterles from
the first page to tbe last corrnsoated with
humor, as summer clouds with heat light
ning.
Again, my subject photographs all those
who are abhorrent of small sin , while they
ire reckless In regard to maguiQoent thefts.
JTou will find mnny a merchant who, while
he Is so careful that be wonld not take a
yard of cloth or a spool of cotton from the
sonnter without paying for It, and wbo. If
a bank cashier should make a mistake and
tend In a roll ot bills 95 too much, would
dispatch a messenger In hot baste to re
turn tbe surplus, yet wbo will go Into a
Mock company, tn wnicn auer awnue nn
gets control of the stock and then waters
:he Mock and maces eioo ,uuw appear nae
1300,000. He only stole 100,000 by the
perntlon. Many of the men of fortune
Bade their wealth In that way.
One of these men engaged In suc'i un
righteous sets that evening, the evenlne of
:he very day when he watered the stock,
will find a wharf rat stealing a daily paper
Irom the basement doorway and will go
jut and catch the urchin by tbe eollar and
:wtst the collar so tightly tbe poor fellow
las no power to say that It was thirst for
knowledge that led him to tbe dishonest
act, but grip tbe eollar tighter and tighter,
laving: 'I have been looking for you a
'.ong while. You stole my paper four
it five times, haven't you, you mis
erable wretch?" And then the old
stock gambler, with a voice they
MB near three mocks, will cry
mt. "Police. policel" That same
nan the evening of the day In
which ha watered the stock will kuaal with
hia family in prayers and thank nod for
the nrosoeritv ot the day. then kiss hi
I shlldrea good night with an air which
I seems to say, "I bop
to be aa good as y
torsi - '
hope you will all grow up
a vonr father!" Prisons
torsi - ' rUeaa
) rimes dromndarian. so mere? for sins
animalcule In proportion, but great len
iency for mastodon Iniquity. A poor boy
tlyly takes from the basket of a market
woman a choke pear, saving some one else
from the cholera, and you smother him In
:he horrible atmosphere of Raymond
Street Jail or New York Tomiis, while his
sousin, who has been skillful enough to
teal 1 50,000 from the city, you make a
sandldate for tbe State Legislature.
There Is a good deal of uneasiness and
nervousness now among some people In
5ur time who have got unrighteous for
tunes, a great deal of uneasiness about
lynamlte. I tell them that God will put
onder their unrighteous fortunes some
thing more explosive than dynamite, the
sarthquake of His omnipotent Indig
aation. It Is time that we learn in Amerloa
that sin Is not excuahlo in proportion as
It declares lsrge dividends and has out
riders In equipage. Many a man Is riding
to perlltlon postilion ahead and lackey
behind. To steal one copy ot a newspaper
Is a gnat; to steal many thousands of dol
lars la a camel. There Is many a fruit
Jealerwho would not content to rteai a
ttasket ot peaches from a neighbor's stall,
jnt who M . wrupi" o -nre-
fruit market, and as long as I can re
nember we have heard every summer the
peach crop of Maryland Is a failure, and
y the time the crop comes In the mis
representation makes a dilTerenca of mil
lions of dollars. A man who would not
iteal one basket ot peache steals 50,003
asaeta ot peaches.
On down into the public library, in the
reading room, and see the newspaper re
sorts ot the crops from all parts ot tie
jountry, and their phraseology is very
much tho same, and the same men wrote
them, methodically and infamously carry
ing out the huge lying about the grain
srop from year to year and for a score of
years. After awhile there will be a "cor
ner" In the wheat market, and men who
had a contempt for petty theft will h nrff
larlze the wheat bin of a nation and com
mit larceny n on the American corn crib,
and some of the men will sit in cburjbos
and In reformatory Institutions trying to
strain out the small gnats ot scoundrel ism,
while In their grain elevators and In their
storehouses they are fattening huge
camels which thev expect after awhile to
swallow. Society has to he enttre'y re
constructed on th s subject. W.) ar;
to find that a sin Is inexcusable In pro
portion as It Is great. I know in out
time the tendency is to charee reli
gions frauds upon good men. They say,
"Oh what a host of frauds you have In the
Chur-'h of God in this day!" And when an
elder of a church, or a deacon, or a minis
ter of the gospel, or a surerlntendent or a
3abhath-s!liool turns out a defaulter, what
display heads there are in mnny of the
newspapers. Great primer type. Five
line pica. "Another Saint Absconded,"
Clerical Sooundrellsm, ' "Relielon at a
Discount," "Shame on the Churches,
while there are a thousand scoundrels out
side the church to one inside the church,
and tbe misbehavior of those who never
eo the inside of a church Is so grent that
It ts enough to tempt a man to become a
Christian to get out of their company.
But In all circles, religions and irreligious,
the tendency ts to excuse sin in propoi tlon
as It is mammoth, Even John Milton in M
"Pnradlse Lost," while he condemns satnn
give such a grand description of him you
have hard work to withhold your ad-nira-tion.
Oh, this straining out of small slnf
like gnats and this gulping down great ini
quities like camels.
The subject does not clvo the picture ol
one or two persons, but Is a gallery in
which thousands of people mnv see tlieit
likenesses. For Instance, nil those people
Who, while thoy would not rob their neigh
bors of a farthing, appropriate the money
and the treasure of the public. A man hat
a house to sell, and he tells his enntomer II
Is worth 120,000. Next day tho OHse9soi
comes around, and the owner says it If
worth f 15,000. The Government of tli
United 8tats took oft the tax from per
lor O mi. rKZJ xl-'h'WMlS.
many a man with an ttreome of hundred "
of dollars a day made statements which
seemed to Imply ha was about to be handed
over to the overseer of the poor. Careful
to pay their passage from Liverpool to
New York, yet smuggling in their Saratoga
trunk ten silk dresses from Paris and s
half dor.en watches from Gene fa, telllna
the custom house officer on the wharf
"There is nothing in that trunk but wear
ing apparel," and putting a t5 gold piece
In his hand to punctuate the statemer:'.
Such persons are also described In the
text who are very much alarmed about the
small faults of others and have no alarm
about tbelr own grent transgretsions.
There are in every community and in
every church wntch-dog who feel called
upon to keep their eyes on others and
growl. They are full of suspicions. They
wonder if this man is not dishonest, if that
man Is not unclean, If there Is not some
thing wrong about the other man. They
are always the first to hear of anything
wrong. Vultures are always the first to
smell carrion. They are self-appointed
detectives. I lay this down as a rule with,
out any exception that those people who
have the most faults themselves are most
merclles In their watching of others.
From scalp of head to sole of foot thoy nre
full of jealousies and hypercrltlclsms.
But lest too many might think they es
cape the scrutiny of the text I have to tell
you that we all come under the divine sat
!r when we make the questions of time
more prominent than the questions ol
eternity. Come, now, let us all go into fie
confessional. Are not nil tempted to make
the question, Where shall f live now'r
grenter than the question. Where shall I
live forever? How shall I get more dollars
here? greater 'nan the question. How shall
I lay np treneures In heaven? the question.
How shall I pay my debts to ma-? greatet
than the question, Howshall I meet obliga
tions to Vrt? the question. How shall I train
tlia world? greater than the question.
What if I lose my soul? the question, Wiw
did tto l let sin co ne into the w rl I?
greater than the question. How shall I c-'t
it extlrpnted from my nature? tho que,
tlon. What shnll I do with the twentv or
forty or seventy years of my sublunar ex
istence? greater than the question. What
shall I do with the millions of cycles of my
post terrestrlnl existence? Tune, how small
It lsl Eternity, bow vast It Is? The former
more Insignificant in comparison with the
latter than a gnnt Is In-dtrnincant when
compared with a camel. We dodged the
text. We said, "Tiint docs not mean me,
and that does not mean me," nml Willi a
ruinous benevolence, we are giving the
whole sermon awav.
Hut let us all surrender to the charge.
What an ado about things here. Wuat poor
preparation fora great eternity. As thou-'i
t m nnow were larger than a heneinoth, as
though n swallow took wider circuit than
an albatross, ns though a nettle were taller
than a Lebanon cedar, a though a gnat
were greater than n camel, as though a
nlnuta were loniror than a century, ns
hough time were hltrher, deeper, broa-ler
hnn eternity. Ho the text which ltnshe.1
with lightning of wit as Christ uttered It
is followed by the crashing thunder- ol
awful catastrophe to those who make the
questions ol time gren'er thnn the qii-.
ions of the future, 1 he oitco-nin, ovr-
iltndowing future. Oil, eternity, eternity,
ateruiiy!
In 1S9S the single colony of New
South Wales imported hooks and sta
tionery to the value of t2,9jr..Oi0.
Oelatoid. a mixture of gelatine with
formaldehyde, is being used for un
breakable goggles to protect the eyes
of workmen exposed to flying particles
of stone, metal or wood.
A circus elephant, needing surgical
treatment, was recently chloroformed
in Peru, Ind. The anaesthetic was
given through the trunk by means ot a
trouner leg slipped around it and
packed with cotton.
Professor Ghoost says that if we
reckon the average depth of the ocean
at three miles there would be a layer
of Bait 200 feet thick in their basins
should the Water of all suddenly evapo
rate. The mummies of King Thothmes '
I. and three others in four rich eollins
have been discovered in Kgypt. Thoth
mes I. reigned about 1700 years It. C.
conquered Mesopotamia and whipped
the Syrians.
I An experiment made in Boston
I shows that the heating power of coal
Is little affected by weather exposure.
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