I B. F. SCHWEIER, THE COriSTITUTIOn T1IE IHIIOII ADD THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. ! ! it Editor and Proprietor. .If ; VOL. TjITT. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1899. NO. 39. r CHAPTER I. The Ciiiio Fear bank was one of the old nnil soli'l institutions of the South for many vcurs prior to the late civil war in fai t, it's stability was not only pro Tfrlii.il in the olil town of Wilmington, but tlirnii:li"iit tlio entire South. Its pr. -i.li'iit. Alvin DeRosette, was a Dim niiiitril "lit to tin' youth of the rising rent-ration as one whose career was to be fmnlnt'!!. TIii- t:titk president was petting well on in years, in 1ST7; nor was he destined to gee tlie termination of that year, aa the re.-nler will snon learn. (in the lr.rh of August, and in vigorous health, aside from a rheumatic affliction of leu-' standing he had in the manner of former oeeasions celebrated his birthday this time his tilth by having- gathered round the festive board at Oak Iiall a lar.'e nmiilier of his personal friends. To them it nns a pleasure to drink to the toast that hail on at least twenty pre vious iire:sinns of like nature been pro posed hy Jerry 1 fatbits, the old attorney of the li:i iik. who always occupied an hon ored position at the right of the master of Oak Hall. But the toast? Yes, the toast. Ah. one of those birthday dinners would have N-en incomplete without Un cle Jerry ami his toast. The oM attorney was ncarlng his three mure and ton he had been oqe of the orig iii.il ininrporntors of "The . Cape Fear Hank," and all that pertained to It was dear to his heart particularly so was its prosiilont. whom he had helped to flirt a quarter of a century before, and nuder whose management the institution had flourished. That the bank might flourish until the tnd of time was the nrdent desire of Un cle Jerry. That Alvin DeRosette and himself mil-lit live to see the cash capital of the corn-era a mimd million dollars was Ills earnest wish so in his toast he always coupled Alvin and the bank together. lie felt that he should have included hiii own name, as he was virtually a part of the hank, but he was fully aware that Alvin would round up his toast in. a satis factory manner, so his words on these oceasions were these: "The Cape Fear hank ami its president; may they lire long and prosier." "And may the bank's worthy attorney live Ions to guide them clear of breakers," iere the words added by Uncle Alvin. Now this was the toast, drank as usual. at midday on the 15th of Ancust. 1857. At 3 o'clock on the 22d, only seven days 'later, all that remained mortal o( Alvin DeftoSecTe was consigned to the grave; and now it will be necessary to revert to the isth day of August, the third day following that of Alvin DeRosette's 67th bi r:ln lay. The weather was intensely warm, and the hanker was seated in an armchair near an open window in his private office it the l.auk. lie held in one hand a fold ed doiiiiiieiit. It was his will, and had been drawn six months before this time, lie had tieen repernsing it. "Strange," he said suddenly, '"both the witnesses to this document dead; sailed for Kurope on the (Josmorc and Went down within sight of the British coast. Only thirty saved, if I remember, of over two hundred souls, and poor Loyd and Elliot wore not of the thirty. "I should have other signatures now as witnesses. Oh, well, I will have Dobhs hnns in a friend to-morrow, and have thorn sign but for that matter, there was no particular necessity of the document, anyway. Where there is an only child, and the mother dead, there can be no question as to w ho would inherit; but then it is hotter so. "I wished also to leave no question as to what my intentions were regarding Herman ('raven. I had no desire to leave him a fortune. True, he is my nephew; hut I have left him fully enough to dissi pate and enough, if he has the disposi tion, to form the nucleus of a fortune. "Strange, sister Mattie would marrj Stephen ('raven when the whole family told her how unworthy he was, and plead ed with Iter to renounce him. Well, she would i,.it listen; she became the wife ol a blackleg and a gambler, and in three short y. ars died of a broken heart, leav i big behind n child who has grown up an exact counterpart of his father. Now, f the f.ither had died when Herman was an infant. ..r even a lad. and I had had the l.oy to train, I might have instilled some principle into his mind; but coming to mi . w ith the information that his fath er was dead, at twenty-two years of age, his character formed, and it a treacherous one if I ;,, a judge. I have felt that I was taiiding over a mine ever since I placed jrnn at i he cashier's desk. And yet he has been there a year now, and all has gone well, hi:f he is scheming scheming, sure! "Well. I .-an watch him while 1 live. The (lenth ..f Toombs made it necessary that I name a new cashier; I named my nephew, ami have regretted it ever since, r.very dollar of his salary goes, and I am told tint he is hand-in-glove with a gnm- tiling set. I have done my duty by him in my -ii;,,f course, if be inspires more coiiinieiiee i,y ,js enjuet, I may add a co.lt.-il in ,). ftllr, - -"ijast in .lm testament! Signed ami witnessed! T to bad Jerry is so advanced "rs. I shall probably outlive. him I w ill see Clark when he comes home next week. Time enough for that; there is no risk; the court would arrange it in case of necessity." I'ncle Alvin arose from his chair anc passed out into the counting room of 'the bank. The huge iron safe was standing with wide open doors directly behind the cashier. The bank president drew out one of the drawers and withdrew there from a bundle of papers, -around whirl was a ruhlH-r band. He raised the ban 1. slipped under it his will, and restored tli package to the safe: then turning to tin cashier, said: "Well. Herman. ! can civ. you a few minutes now. You stated t!i:i there was something yon wished to tta. to me. Come in my den. Mr. Talbot cai represeht yon for a few minutes." "Certainly," said Talbot, who was oa of the bank tellers. Mr. DeRosette retraced his steps, and had resumed his seat when his nephew, with a flushed face and seemingly very nervous, approached him. Herman Craven at this time had passed his twenty-third year. He was of rather slight build, dark .complexion, black hair and mustache, and restless, piercing eyes. But for the prominence of his white teeth he might have been considered attractive looking. "Well, slrr exclaimed the banker, look ing; np. I , The nervousness of the cashier lncreas fdi but masterla hi tmetjo as best be could, he said: "Uncle Alvin, I have for some time wished to say to you whit I now shall, but have lacked the opportu- -"J- me nouse 1 never have one." "How so, sirf "Oh, I did not like t v rr. tie's presence, for your consent to seek ler hand." "Her hand? nat tie's handT" exclalm- u me Danker, excitedly. Yes, Uncle, t iove my cousin as I do ny fe, and would make her my bride; low yon know why I wished to sec you i J your consent." "Ask my consent to wed mv Aanohtnw-v exclaimed the old man, springing to his iei. Are yon crazy? Yout Yon wd my daughter? Was it to hear this state ment from your lips that I took you into my employ? For this that I mv . home and position? Kest assured, young man, that as dearly as I love my daughter, I would gladly lay her form in the grave "re I would see her wedded to a son of siepuen craven: "That that is all. sir " The words came faintly from the white 1 lips of the young man. His hands were , tightly clenched, and his features worked t convulsively. . "All? My God. it is enough V exclaim. I ;d the banker. "Never let me hear words on this subject from your lips again, or I will draw a new will and disinherit you altogether. In my present one you are left a legney enough to squander, or to make a name and a position with, when 1 am gone. Take your choice. Have you ever dared breathe of your love to my daughter?" i "Uncle Alvin, I know not why you are so bitter against me," said the young man as calmly as he could, though there was a raging fire burning within his bosom. "You should know that without your con sent I would not seek to win my cousin's love. You speak of me as Stephen Cra ven's son, but am I not also the son of your own sister?" "Unfortunately, yes and that should preclude your ever being my daughter's husband. Place .my objections on that ground, if you will. First cousins should uever marry. You may go." Biting his lips, the young man turned away, but ere he reached the door the banker recalled him. "Herman," he said, "I do not wish to he unjust to you, but I cannot conceive how you came by the audacity you must be imbued with to dare ask my daughter's hand. Yes, yes, I can. Yon inherited It frem Stephen Craven. My prejudice agafnstLOUEf atherr xh-wreked -my si tor's life and brought her to an untimely grave, shall not does not rest on your head, else yon would not be in the position yon are in to-day. I have tried to do my dnty by my sister's son." "You have been very kind to me, sir. I regret that I dared raise my eyes so high as " "Nothing more about that," broke In the ld man. "I trust that your Illusion has been dispelled. As I have stated, I have remembered you in my will to some ex lent. It rests with you. by your conduct and life, to merit a larger remembrance. I may live for ten years to come. Show an inclination, from your ample salary, to save something for yourself. Cast off a certain wild set. with whom, I am told, you spend many of your evenings. Aban don altogether whisky and gambling, and have no fear, I will do my full duty by you. Po yours by me, young man, and better than you have been doing it." "Uncle, I have been slandered. Did you over see me under the influence of liq uor?" "No," was the answer, "or you would not to-day be the cashier of this bank; but yon have not been slandered. Now yon have been warned. You are an inmate of my own house; in a manner a companion of my daughter and myself when there. My roof shnll not shelter a gambler, or a Irickster. You are young. I have placed yon where you haveTrery opportunity of proving yourself a man; but under no con ditions could you wed my daughter. That is all." "And under no conditions would she become your wife should I be called away," thought the banker'ns the young man left his presence. "She has a just appreciation of you, if I mistake not, and liesides, I think her heart is in the keep ing of another." "What is it, Duke?" "Mars Alvin," replied a coal black ne gro, who had opened the door between the reception room of the bank and the bank er's private office. "Young Mars Itoliert Campbell would like to see you." "Ah!" ejaculated the banker, and an amused "smile stole over his features. "Admit Lim, Duke." The negro, who was fully as aged as the nnnker, and who had belonged to his fath er before him. was a trusted servant who swept the bank, dusted the furniture and ncte-d as usher, withdrew, and In a mo ment more a young man who certainly Itore not the slightest resemblance to Her man Craven, entered the office. Robert Campbell was of near Herman' age tall, well formed and of athletic mold, fair complexion, sandy hair and mustache, and deep blue eyes. There was an unmistakable air about him that pro claimed him a descendant of an ancestry of noble men and women. Why should there not have been, when it had-been the Itoast of his grandfather, who had been among the early settlers of eastern North Carolina, that he belonged to the Clan Campbell of Scotland. The grandfather,had lain many year beneath Carolina's soil, and two years previous to this occasion of the youug man's entering the bank his father had been laid beside him, leaving his son an honored name, the care f a widowed mother and young sister, and little else. The Campbells had formerly been one o' the wealthiest turpentine distilling firms in the South, but the failure of two State banks in succession in 1852, togeth er with the loss. of one of their largest plants by fire, crippled them so badly that they were forced to suspend. True, the firm paid dollar for dollar until their last debt was wiped Out, but in doing so it left them with no capital with which to re build or carry on their business. Dnnean Camnbell never rallied from this sad reverse, bnt died two years later, and without materially improving ine financial condition of Campbell & Son. After his father's death young Robert had made a loan of ten thousand dollars of Banker DeRosette. who had all confi-1 dence in his Integrity and ability to re-j trieve the Campbell fortunes. I The banker bad accepted for this loan I a note signed by Robert Campbell alone, ( and payable Sty yeara tram nam note beariaf Interest at 8 per cent. The first year'a Interest had been met on the 18th day of August, 1858, and this day the second payment was due. But it was not the prospective payment of the interest that caused the amused smile on the banker'a lips. Robert Campbell bad for two years or more been a frequent caller at his resi dence, and the banker had noted that a growing Intimacy had been advancing be tween the young man and his daughter. So when Duke had mentioned his name, and just after Herman Craven had made his avowal. Uncle Alvin thought not of the interest money, but of the probability of another demand soon being made for his daughter's hand. "Well. Robert, I am glad to see you," he exclaimed, as the youna; man came for ward with extended band. "How is the mother and Jennie?" "Well, Mr. DeRosette. well, thank you. I need hardly ask concerning Miss Uattle. I saw her so recently. You know the eight hundred dollars Interest money is due to day." "I had not thought of It." "Well, it Is, and I cannot pay it until late to-night." "Oh, no haste, Robert, no haste. Take your time." "Ah, sir, you have been very kind ti. me; but I wish to pay this money to-night; and more, it is at my option, you know, to take' up my note at any time I am able. I am able now. The two vast years have been very favorable to distillers. Aii my improvements are paid for. and I shall receive by the ten o'clock express to-night twelve thousand five hundred dollars. I wish to take up the note, and to have a bank account once more established in the Campbell name." "I congratulate yon, Robert; but why will not to-morrow do?" "Because, sir, I leave for Baltimore on the four o'clock train to-morrow morning. I must dispose of this money before go ing." "Humph! You might call at the house. I never retire before eleven. That will be the plan. I will take the note home with me, and I can bank the money in the morning. "And there Is another thing, sir," said the young man, blushing, "that I have only waited until this time to to consult you about. I wish to, to Here the sound of Attorney Dobbs' voice was heard in the outer room as he approached the door. "Tell me to-night, Robert, my boy," said the banker. "Dobbs may be here for an hour." "I think I know your secret, young man," thought Mr. DeRosette, as Robert hastily passed from the office. (To be continued.) TRUE KINDNESS. Rich Man Who Believed in Poinar Rood with Ha Money. The late Colonel Lee, of Brook line, Mass., was a rich man wbo thought that the rich should give away money. Instead of consuming their Income on luxuries and an ostentatious establish ment. The man wbo accumulated and did not distribute was. In his judgment, not only selfish and foolish, but danger ous to society. - The saying of the Mas ter, "Freely ye have received, freely give," so ruled Colonel Lee's life that for forty years be was never tired of giving money to those religious, politi cal, educational, charitable and com memorative objects which his judg ment approved. He did more; he gave time, service, himself, at the command of duty, even jumping social barriers to respond to Its call. A writer in the Bos jon Transcript tells this story: Colonel Lee was one day driving through Brookllne, when his progress was obstructed by laliorers digging In the street. Glancing nt the men. while the. obstruction was being removed, the old gentleman noticed one poor fel low with a handkerchief tied nliout his 'mud and evidently In great pain. -Questioning the mnn. Colonel Lee learned that a pick had almost perfor ated his hand, and beside bleeding pro fusely and suffering Intense pain he was in great danger from a poisonous development. The sight was too much for Colonel Lee. Asking the laborer to get Into his car riage, a victoria drawn by a pair of handsome horses, he took blm to a phy sician, saw to It that the wound was dressed, and learning of the sufferer's poverty provided for blm generously nntll he could resume work. Later be placed him In a position to provide more abundantly for his family and to rest secure In the-knowledge of his perma nent comfort. The Facts In the Cave. The "new rcjiorter," wbo Is never so much the subject as the object of amus ing stories, apiK-nred in Chicago jour nalism the other day, and was sent to investigate a quarrel. This, says the News, is what he wrote: "A mnn killed a dog belonging to an other man. The son of the man whose dog was killed proceled to whip the man who killed the dog of the man he was the son of. The man who was the son of the man whose dog was killed was arrested on complaint of the man who was assaulted by the son of the man whose dog the man who was as saulted had killed." Useful Hints. To rid your beds of bugs; clean them thoroughly with turpentine, then fill crevices with Persian .insect-powder. Ciean and put in fresh powder every March. An ingenious woman solved the prob lem of how to light the dark end of a hall by cutting; a window through into the next room. A deep sill is made on both sides and the framework finished to match the woodwork of the side against which it was placed. Grow ing plants, and on the room side a vine climbing over the small leaded panes, made the break In the wall space artistic and effective. To Destroy Ants. Quicklime scat tered about .the haunts' of ants with boiling water poured over It, will drive them away. A sponge soaked in oil of tar will expel them from cupboards.. Oil Lamps Never add oil- to, nor fill up a lighted lamp. There Is al ways fear of the vapor becoming Ig nited. To cut bot bread and cakes smoothly the knife must be heated. To Clean Saucepans. When onions or fish have been cooked in a sauce pan, it should be cleaned with hot soda water and fine ashes, then well" rinsed In clear water, this will remove all disagreeable odor and taste. An English mechanic has discover ed that salt restores apparently drown ed animals. ATTHKW ELDER, editor et tbe Inner Circle, bad gone out for half aa boar to" synchronise his wmteh, and his assistant, J. Graham Ohampnlea, reign sd temporarily In bla teed. On every occasion when Bidet was absent, whether he bad gone out to get his hair cnt (at a restaurant, op pestte), er was away em a twe-months' holiday, or badtakea a week off be cause be felt farfrom well, J. Graham Champnles reigned In bis stead, en lowed with pessary power. He was mbltlous, as4 intelligent, and bard working, and trustworthy; Matthew Elder, brilliant and lazy, had long since recognized that.- Elder thought et things to do Champnles did them. A clerk had just laid on Champnles' leak tbe form which a visitor had filled up: NAME. Miss Cynthia Page. TO SEE. The Editor. BUSINESS. Tiivate. . DATE. 8.5.99. "WeU. I'll see her," said Champnles lie had seen the name Cynthia rage In good magazines, appended to curious and Interesting stories. He was not Ill-pleased, when the clerk showed her In, to find that she bad youth and beauty on pale and mys tical lines. Her long, raised lasbes, ami the lingering glance of her gray MISS riSI WAS LITTLE IWBTrtJI- eyes, seemed to say: "Yon do Interest me." J. Graham Champnles fonnd him self hoping that Matthew Elder, aftec synchronizing bis watch, would find It. necessary to go- and see a man about "a dog or, at any rate, would delay bis return. In the meanwhile be was anx ious to know what be could do for Miss Page. "I am speaking te the editor?" satd Miss Tage, a little doubtfully. . "The actual editor, Mr. Elder, Is not in at present, but I hare full powers to Oct for him." "I see." She was still In doubt. "Pray be assured of It I can make contracts with you, accept stories from yoil, sign checks for yon, so If you have anything to propose" "Oh, It's not that! In fact, I came tn consequence of a proposition which be bad already made to me." "Well. I shall be very glad to carry on anything that be has begun. As a rule be mentions these things to me, but this time I am In the dark." She smiled mysteriously. "Bnt yon can't be sure that you would wish to carry on what he has begun." "As Mr. Elder Is the supreme author ity here, I should have no choice. But, even If I bad, wbat you suggest is ex tremely unlikely." "Why unlikely? No two men can have minds exactly alike. It's such a funny arrangement you have here." "It works well enough In practice. We both know the character of our pa per, and what our public wants. I say It Is unlikely that I should be unwilling to carry on whatever Mr. Elder has begun, for this reason and also because I know and admire your work." "Oh, do you think It's any good?' "Of course I do." "Speaking frankly?" "Speaking frankly. It's full enough of faults; some of It seems to have run away with you and got all over the place. But It's horribly Interesting all the same. Yon see. It's original." . "Oh, yes!" she assented. "I am orig inal. If I were not. I shouldn't be here." "That sounds cryptic," be said. "Pos sibly, I shall understand It when I know the nature of Mr. Elder's pro posal. He wants some stories from your "No. no." "Then wbat is it?" "Do you know that I'm afraid I can't tell yon." "Very well, then; there's nothing more to be said. Mr. Elder Is ont at present. You'd better call again. I suppose you think It would make some difference whether Mr. Elder went on with his business, or I did?" J "I'm sure It would the greatest dif ference." "You think I shouldn't do a well?" "Not as well. You'd do better Infin itely better. Oh, I must go," she blush ed,, rose, good-byed, and faded out of the office. Ten minutes later Matthew Elder, mWdle-aged. bald and cheerful, saun tered Into the room with bis bands In lis pockets. "Well Bill! Everything all right?"1 Mr. Elder had not found In tbe as iprtment of - names provided fot Champnles by tbe accident of his birth md the guesswork of bis christening anything which took bis fancy. "No," said Champnles shortly, still Irritated by his Interview with Cynthia Page. "Quart Into a tin pot Plngger np with ads, and Rowse has Just sen np thai he'll want another balf-page We shall have to leave over everything that'll wait nd some things that won't" "Ah! yon don't keep a tight enougt hand on Rowse." . "Step in and tackle blm gourssU Do you boliovo in Expansion ? . If so, "ADVERTISE." Here, tbJs woman called to see yon wouldn't tell me her business." Matthew Elder took this paper sl! and sank down tn a chair. "Bill, this Is rather bad. I ought U have, been In. What with my unfortu nate enthusiasms, and. my wretched memory, I shall get myself Into trouble. Listen. I met this girl two or three times a year ago; never gave her an other thought tin I came on a-story by her that was perfectly magnificent O, horribly good! probably tbe best story that bas been written In this century. I dashed off a letter to her at once, and to worked np myself about it that I said, to show my sincerity, that If she liked I'd marry her, and she could call at the office this morning with ber an swer. She'd have refused me, of course, as they all do. and perhaps I'm bettei single; but. none the less. It would bare be on more civil not to have forgottei the appointment." . "Really," said Champnles, "yon must be a little mad." "Undoubtedly," answered Elder cheeryi!y. "It's the price one pays for being so excessively Intelligent" Champnles stared - blankly at the desk, trying to recall the exact wordi of bis conversation with Cynthia Page. - "Look here. Bill," said Elder, "write and say you want to see her about a story; Jthen when she comes do the ex plaining for me. Say I was called away by telegram. Fay It was from motives of delicacy. Say anything." The following Is from a subsequent Issue of the Tea Ccp; a Journal ' con ducted by ladles for Indies: ' "One of the most brilliant of onr lady writers. ; Miss Cynthia I'age. is, it It whispered, shortly to be led to the hy meneal" altar. Tbe fortunate partner of ber. future Joys and sorrows Is J. Gra ham Champnles. a young Journalist of great promise. Onr heartiest felicita tions. ' Speaking of weddings, hare you seen the really beautiful designs In pearlettes Indistinguishable from real pearls now being shown In tbe wln-idws-'of.- ?" Black and White. TKtn of Stowaways. The steamship Lackawanna brought, into ITitbje!phIa"reccntly a" boy; who Is probably tbe most famous stowaway on the Atlantic. Tbe fact that the cap tain of the Lackawanna bad Involun tarily carried him thrice across tbe sea Is a fair -test of his ability to secrete -himself, as on eacb occasion tbe esse has been thorough searched before leaving XI verpooL Edward Murphy ie -Mily 15 years old; He balls' from Birk enhead, England, and bas never bad a home other than the gutters of the world's largest city can afford. He be gan the stowaway business some years ago, when less than 10, and bas made a great success of It' He has visited most of the shipping ports of the At lantic, and many South American and African. countries besides. During the past year he has traveled from Liver pool, to New York, to Santos, to Re- -s-irto. to- Argentine Republic, to the Barbadoes, to Southampton, to Liver pool, to .Philadelphia. He is known to very skipper who sails from London, tnd as tt rule Is a favorite with officers ind men. Captain Wytte, of the Lack awanna, thinks so much of blm that be has offered to adopt him, but Mur phy cannot give up his rpvlng life. If ' tie can escape from the Lackawanna on board which ship. In accordance with tbe law which requires every sea captain to pay a fine for foreigners brought to America without money, be Is - closely confined he will probably bent - his .way across America and 'shIp"-Tn-some Taclflc collier, as be has always expressed a desire to go to tbe Klondike. Corrected In Rhyme. Thackeray was niui.li pestered by tbe autograph-hunter, says Hodder In his "Recollections." He disliked above all things to write in an autograph album, and often refused those wbo asked him to do so, and sometimes rather brusque- ' ty. - . On one occasion tbe owner of an ilbum. a young lady, was fortunate. Thackeray took her -book to bis room n order to' look It over. Written on i page be found these lines: klont Blanc la the monarch of mountains; ' They crowned him long ago; 3nt who they got to put it on Nobody seems to know. -Albert Smith. Under these lines Mr. Thackeray wrote: ... - . A Humble Suggestion. . know that Albert wrote In hurry; - To criticise I scarce presume; tut yet methlnks that Llndley Murray, Instead of "who," had written whom. -W. M. Thackeray. ' . ' Bh Always Bas It, Willie Say, pa, is every word in the dictionary? - ra No, I guess net, my son. Brery little while a new one' conies Into use. Willie What's tbe last word, then, pa? Pa I don't know. Go ask your mothv -er. Chicago News. '.'". A GUant o Map. A map 187 feet high and S2S'feei long., showing the railway system of tbe United States will form a remark able feature, at tbe Paris 1900 Exhi bition. - . A lady writer says a klsa on the fere--ud denotes reverence for the Intel ,ect. Perhaps It does, but the average jlrl doesn't care for that style of Intel lectual reverence. where Ignorance Isn't bUsa It la folly SERMON Rco. Br Calmagc Sahjet: ltdim amd Blblaa Titan la No War BatVMi Retla-loa and Bmlaeii KlahteoiuaMB Is a Ra-Hrorceinaat a.ut Not Hindrance in Lira's Affair. Coprrlsht. Loute Kloparh. ISMJ Washivoto, D. 0. In this discourse Dr. Talma ire argues that relleloa may be taken into all the affairs ot life and instead of being a hindrance, rs many think, is a re enforcement. The tett Is Romans xll., 11: "Not slothful In business, fervent In spirit, serving the Lord." Industry, devoutness and Christian ser vice all commended In that short text. Wbatl Is It possible that they shall be con joined? Oh, yesl There is no wax between religion and business, between ledgers and Bibles, between churches and counting houses. On the contrary, re-' llgion accelerates business, sharpens men's wits, sweetens acerbity of disposition, fillips the blood ot phlegmatlos and throws mora velocity Into tbe wheals of hard work. It gives better balancing to tbe judgment, more strength to the will, mora mueole to industry and throws into enthu siasm a more consecrated Orn. You cannot In all the circle of the world show me a man whose honest business has been de spoiled by religion. Tbe lndu-'trial elasses are divided Into three groups producers, manufacturers, traders. Producers, anch as farmers and miners. Manufacturers, such as those who turn corn Into food and wool and flax Into apparel. Traders, such as make profit out of the transfer and exchange of all that which is produced and manufactured. A business man may belong to any one or all of these elasses, and not one is indepen dent of any other. When the prince Imperial of France fell on the Zulu battlefield because the strap fastening the stirrup to the saddle broke as be elung to it, his comrades all escap ing, but he falling under the lanees of the savagas, a great many people blamed the empress for allowing ber son to go forth Into that battl-fleld, and others blame I the English Government for accepting the sacrifice, and others blamed the Zulus for their barbarism. The one most to blame waa the harness maker who fashioned that strap of the stirrup out of shoddy and Imperfect material, as it was found to have been afterward. If the strap bad held, the prince Imperial would probably have been alive to-day. But the strap broke. No prince Independent ot a harness maker! High, low, wise, ignorant, yon In one occupation, I In another, ail bound together. So that there must be one continuous line of .sympathy with each other's work, .But whatever your vocation. If you have a multiplicity of engagements, if Into your life -there come losses and an noyances and perturbations as well as per centages and dividends, if you are pursued Irom Monday morning until Saturday night and from January to January by Inexor able obligation and duty, then you are a business man, or you are a business wom an, and my subject is appropriate to your ease. We are under the impression that the moll and tug of business lite are a prison Into -whlell a man Is thrust :or that it Is an unequal strife where unarmed a man goee forth to contend. I shall show you this Burning that buslaess life was Intefrdfidof Ood for grand and glorious education discipline, and if I shall be helped to wbat I want to say I shall rub s jme of the wrinkles of eare out of-your brow and aa- ' otean aama el too bnriani frnm ian sasaiJ i am aot - taiuag ov-asr- aostraetioa. Though never having oeea la basUteae life, I know all about basinets men. In my first parish at Belleville, N. J., ten miles from New York, a lanre portion of my audience was made up ot New York merchants. Then I went to Syracuse, plaee of immense commercial activity, and then I went to Philadelphia and lived long among tne merenants ot tnat city, tnan whom there are no better men on earth, and for twenty-five years. I stood In my Brooklyn pulpit. Sabbath by Sabbath preaching to audiences the majority ol whom were business men and business women. It is not an abstraction of which I apeak," but a reality with which I am well acquainted. In the first place,! remark that business, life was Intended as a school of energy. Ood gives us a certain amount ot raw ma terial out of which we are to bew our character. Our faculties are to be reset, rounded and sharpened np. Our young folks having graduated from school or col Inge need a higher education, that which the rasping and collision of everyday life alone can effect. Energy la wrought out only in the lire. After a man has been In business activity ted, twenty, thirty years, his energy is not to be measured by weights or plummets or ladders. Tnere Is no height It cannot scale, and there is no depth It cannot fathom, and there is no obstacle It cannot thrash. Now, my brother, why did God put you In that school of energy? Was It merely that yon might be a yardstick to measure cloth or a steelyard to weigh flour? Was It merely that you might be better qualified to chaffer and higgle? No. Ood placed you In that school of energy that you might be developed for Christian work. If the un developed talents in the Christian churches of to-day were brought out and thoroughly harnessed, I believe the whole earth would be converted to Ood tn a twelvemonth. There are sc many deep streams that are turning no mill wheels and that are har nessed to no factory bands. Now, Ood demands the best lamb out oi every flock. He demands tbe rlcheet sheaf of every harvest. He demands tbe best men ot every generation. A cause In which Newton and Locke and Mansfield toiled yodPand I ean afford to toll In. Oh, for fewer idlers In the eause of Christ and tor more Christian workers, men who shall take-the same energy that from Monday morning to Saturday night they put forth for the achievement of a livelihood or the gathering of a fortune and on Sabbath days put it forth to the advantage of CLrlst's kingdom and the bringing of men tp tbe Lord. Dr. Duff visited a man who bad Inheri ted a great fortune. The man said to him: "I had to be very busy for many years of my life getting my livelihood. After a while this fortune came to me and there has been no necessity that I toll since. There eame a time when I said to myself, 'Shall I now retire from business, 'or shall I go on and serve the Lord In my worldly occupa tion?'" He said: 'I resolved on tbe latter, and I have been more industrious- In commercial circles than I ever was before, and since that hour I have never kept a 'farthing tor myself.' 1 have thought it to be a great shame it I couldn't toll as hard for the Lord as I had tolled for myself, and all the pro ducts of my factories and my commercial establishments to the last farthing have gone for the building ot Christian institu tions and supporting the church of Ood." Would that the same energy put forth for the world eould be put forth for Ood. Would that a thousand men la these great cities who have aebieved a fortune eould ee it their duty now to do all basinets for Christ and the alleviation ot tbe world's so Bering! Again, I remark that business life is a school of patience. In your everyday life how many things to annoy and to disquiet? Bargains will rub. Commercial men will sometimes fall to meet their engagements. Cash book and money drawer will some times quarrel. Goods ordered for a spool tl emergency will come too late or be dam aged in tbe transportation. People intend ing DO barm will go shopping without any intention of purchase, overturning great stocks of goods and Insisting that you break tbe dosen. More bad debts on the ledger. More counterfeit bills In the drawer. More debts to pay for other peo ple. More meanness on the part of part ners In business. Annoyance after annoy ance, vexation after vexation and loss af ter loss. How many man do you suppose Jiere are In eemmerclal life who eould say truthfully, "In all the sales I have ever . made I have never overstated tbe value of goods, in all the sales I have ever made I have never covered np an imper fection in the fabric, of all the thousands of dollars I have ever made I have not taken one dishonest farthing?" There are men, however, who ean say ft, hunareds who ean say It, thousands who ean say It. They axe more honest than when they sold their fl.-st tierce of rice or their first firkin of butter, because their honesty and Integrity have been tested, triad and come out triumphant. Bat they re member a. time when they epuld have robbed a partner, or have absconded with tbe funds ot a bank, or sprung a snap Judgment, or made a false assignment, or borrowed inimitably without any efforts at payment, or got a man Into a sharp corner and fleeced him. But they never took one step on that pathway ot hell fire. They ean say their prayers without hear ing the chink ot dishonest dollars. Can wad their Bible without thinking of he time when with a lie on their soul in he custom bouse they kissed the book, .'hey can think of death and the judgment hat eomes after It without any flinching hat day when all charlatans and choats md jockeys and frauds shall be doubly 'amoed. What a school ot Integrity business life It If you have ever been tempted to let tour Integrity cringe before present ad vantages. If you have ever wakened up in ome embarrassment and said: "Now I will tap a little aside from the right path, and io one will know it, and I will come all Ight again. It Is only once." That only nee bos ruined tens ot thousands ot men or this life and blasted their souls for eter lty. A merchant In Liverpool got a 5 Bank if England nolo, and, holding It toward he light, he saw some Interlineations in rhat aeemed red Ink. ' lie Anally de ciphered the letters and found out that the rrltlng had been made by a slave In Al ters saying In substance, "Whoever gets his bank note will please to Inform my rother, John Dean, living near Carlisle, bat I am a slave of the bey of Algiers." Tbe merchant sent word, employed Gov irnment officers and found who this man vas spoken ot In this bank note. After iwhlle the man was rescued, wbo for ileven years had been A slave of the bey of Llglers. He was Immediately emancipated, rat was so worn out by hardship and ex Kisure he soon after d.ed. . Oh, it some of he bank bills that come through your lands could tell all the scenes through vblch they have passed it would be a ragedy eclipsing any drama of Shakes teare, mightier than King' Lear or Mao eth! Plato and Aristotle were so opposed to nercbandise that they declared oommerce 0 be tbe curse of the nations, and they ad rifted that cities be built at least ten miljs rora the sea coast. But you and I know bat there are no more industrious or high ninded men than those who move in the vorld of traffic. Some ot them carry bur-' lens heavier than hods ot brick, and are ti posed to sharper things than tbe east rind, and climb mountains higher than he Alps or Htmnlayas, and it tbey are 'althful Christ will at Inst say to them: 'Well done, good and faithful servant; :hou hast been faithful over a tan thin:;, 1 will make thee ruler ovr many things. Snter thou Into the joy of I hy Lord." We talk about the martyrs ot the Pied nont valley, and the martyrs among the Scotch Mghlands, and the martyrs at Ox !ord. There are just as certainly martyrs f Wail street and State street, martyrs of Pulton street and Broadway, martyrs of Itiantlc street and Chestnut street, going :brough hotter Ores or having their necks inder sharper axes. Then it behooves us :6 banish all fretfulnnss from onr lives, if :bis subject be true. We look back to the :tme when we were at school, and we re nember tbe rod, and we remember the hard tasks, and we complained grievously; aot now we see It was for tbe best. Bul ;i,:' - "' - ii jand the tasks' hotter the Are the better the refining, rhere are men before the throne ot Ood this-day In trtamnh who oi earth were aheated oat 01 everytntng nut ueir coma. They were sued, they were imprisoned for debt, they were throttled by . constables with a whole pack of writs, they were sold out by tbe sheriffs, they had to comprom ise with their creditors, tbey had to make assignments. Their dying hours were an noyed by the sharp ringing of the dooi bell by some impetuous creditor who thought it was outrageous and impudent that a man should dare to die before be paid the last half dollar. I had a friend who had many misfor tunes. Everything went against him. He bad good business capacity and was of tbe best of morals, but be was one of those men such as you have sometimes seen, for whom everything seems to go wrong. His life became to htm a plague. When I beard he waa dead, I said, "Good, got rid ot the sheriffs!" Wbo am those lustrous louls before the throne? When the ques tion is asked, "Who are they?" the angels itandlng on tbe sea ot glass respond, -"These are they who came out of great business trouble and had had their robes washed and made white In the blood of the Lamb." A man arose in Fulton street prayer meet ing and said: "I wish publicly to acknowl edge tbe goodness ot Ood. I was in busl aess trouble. I had money to pay, and I had no means to pay it, and I was In utter despair of all human help, and I laid this matter before tbe Lord, and this morning I went down among some old business friends t had not seen in many years just to make a call, and one said to me. 'Why, I am ao glad to see youl Walk in. Wu have some money on our books due you a good while, but we didn't know where you were, and therefore not having your address we could not send It. We are very glad you have cornel'" And the man standing In Fulton street prayer meeting said, "The amount tbey paid me was six times wbat I owed." You say It only happened so? You are un believing. Ood answered that man'r prayer. Ob, you want business grace! Com mercial ethics, business honor, lawi of trade are all very good In their place, but there are times when you want something more than this world will give you. You want Ood. For the lack of Him some that you have known have consented to forge, and to maltreat their friends, and to curse their enemies, and their names have been bulletined among scoundrels, and they have been ground to powder, while other men you have known have gone through tbe very same stress of cir cumstances triumphant. There are men here to-day who fought the battle and gained the victory. People come out of tbat man's store and tbey say, "Well. If there ever was a Christian trader, tbat Is one." Integrity kept the books and waited on the customers. Light from the eternal would flashed through tbe show windows. Love to God and love to man presided In that storehouse. Some day people going through tbe street notice tbat the shutters of tbe window are not down. The bur -of tbat store door has not been removed. People say, "What Is tbe matter?" You go np a little closer and you see written on the card of that window, "Closed on account of the death of one of tbe firm." That day all through the circles of business there is talk about how a good man bas gone. Boards ot trade pass resolutions ot sympathy, and churches of Christ pray, "Help. Lord, for the god ly man ceusuth." Ha has made hi Inst bargain, he bas suffered his last loss, ha has ached wltb bis last fatigue. His chil dren will get tbe result of his Industry, or, If through misfortune there bn no dollars left, they will have an estate of prayer and Christian example, whl.-h will be everlast ing. Heavenly rewards for earthly dis cipline. There "tho wlcke l cujm fro u troubling and the weary are at rest." On each train of the new Siberian railroad there will be a stationary bi cycle to afford exercise to the passen gers and a barber who will shave them free of cost. . The first silkworms raised In the West have been produced by Mark Chiesa, an Italian, at Des Moines, Iowa, from eggs imported from Italy. From ten silk-moths "be got 8,000 eggs, and of these 4.000 hatched. It la his Intention to produce silk on a large scale. The Hawaiian Islands a century ago had a native population of some 400.000, which has diminished to less than 30,000 at the present time. Three hens belonging to Dr. Shaw, of Russellville. Ky., are high flyers. They recently ascended 200 feet in the air In pursuit of a hawk. When the noon whistles blow they Quit scratch ing gravel and hasten borne to dinner. Industrial. There are 1500 persons upon the Ger man Emperor's list of employes. The finest Shops In a Chinese city are those devoted to the sale of coffins. The rearing of silk worms gives em ployment to 600,000 people In Italy. A permanent exhibition of Spanish ' products Is being- established at Haiti. Two thousand miners are said to have left the coal fields of West Vir ginia for the West. In the Havana Custom House are employed 211 Cubans, 84 Spaniards and 32 American. Chicago wood workers struck for a nine-hour day, with a minimum salary of 12 per day. At Klce Lake, Wis., 200 employes of the Rice Lake Lumber Company sitruck for a ten hour day. The wages of Swansea tin plate workers have been Increased from 25 cents to 11.25 per week. There is a district in Liverpool in habited by 60.000 people where intoxi cating liquor cannot be bought. Some New York lithographic press men struck to enforce the 53 hours' work week and $25 a week for each pressman. The loading shoe manufacturers of St- Roc.ie. Canada, declined to grant the Increased wages asked by the lust ers. The wages of surface men by the Omaha road at Duluth have been ad vanced from $1.40 and $1.50 to 11.75 a day. At the railway stations In Russia books are kept wherein passengers may enter any complaint they may wish to make. The German shipbuilding industry la making; strides corresponding with the freneral commercial progress of the Empire. For municipal laborers in New York city the eight hour principle is being vigorously insisted upon by Mayor Van Wyck. The effects of Canadian competition In the wood oulp and cellulolse export' ' trade of Norwav has made itself felt severely during the past year. At Roubaix, one of the Socialist strongholds of France, the 11,000 public school children recive free food and clothing, at the expense of the town. Three years ago the steal car Indus try was In ltn infancv: two and a hali years ago it employed about 1000 hands; to-day 10.000 men and boys are earning their living at: it. The blowers in the Wilson & Mc Culloch fruit Jar factories at Marion, Converse and Fairmount, Ind., are, it appears, to be replaced by blowing machines. The company insists that the machines are a success. The strike at ' Harrlsburs. 111., has been settled by the company agreeing to pay 33 cents per ton, the rate fixed by the State Unnrd of Arbitratii.n. This is 3 cents higher thnn the rate paid before the strike. At Stockton. Cal.. a tacit agreement Is said to have been arrived at bv the street railway employes to refuse to pay for bonds In a -surety company, and if the company posts a formal order for them to do so they will strike. Farm Notes. The fall is an excellent time lor buy tag pure bred stock, as breeders art ' disputed to seiVj..iwer prices inj)r ai, - ' . stables Farmers who are lnta"-sted in Improve ment in tnat airecti- inoura lane ad vantage of the fall . son in- buying. When the pasture is scant turn the sheep on it if the weeds are thick. In " order, to keen the weeds down and de stroy them. Weeds may be mowed, when thev have made considerable growth, but all weeds that grow de-' ' prive the land of fertility. Sheep, graze close to the ground and find ev-. ,s eiy plant that pushes above the sur- ' face. It will not perhaps answer to compel a flock of sheep to subsist on scant herbage, and some grain or hay may be therefore allowed in addition to the food procured' on the pasture or stubble field, but the weeds will be de stroyed completely if sheep are given an opportunity to work on them. There are fewer sheep in this country at present than in some previous years, but the value of all the sheep In the United States is greater than before. The total number of sheep in this country is about 36.000,000, and It is es timated that the increase in value of each sheep Is about $1. The value of the wool Is less than formerly, but the Improvement of sheep by the use of the large mutton breeds has resulted in superior mutton and higher prices. One of the most prosperous industries now is the production of early lambs for market, as they reach a marketable age a month earlier by reason of more rapid growth, due to the advantages of better breeding. In this section the Concord grape still holds its place as superior to all oth ers, and It is just as hnndv In this cli mate as any other variety. It was supposed to be more liable to rot than some kinds, but with good cultivation, careful pruning and Judicious spraying the Concord has given as good results as any. It Is well known to consumers ' and is always in demand. Cut off all limbs of cherrv and plum trees that are affected with black knot and be sure and burn them. If the dis ease has made considerable progress It means cutting away a large portion of the tree, but It Is better to do so than to allow any opportunity for a renewal of the disease. , as. the tree will soon die if not attended to. After cut ting off the diseased '.portions' spray each tree thoroughly. ' If there Is a poor place on the farm flo not neglect it as worthless, but en deavor to improve It. It is possible that such a piece of land may require drainage, or should be limed, and some times a green crop plowed under may make an improvement. The poorest of soils can be improved. The land that produced potatoes this year may be infected with disease, and It- will be proper to plant potatoes on some other location next year. It will be in order. this fall to lime the potath plot, which will greatly aid' in destroy ing the spores of fungi and thus assist -. in lessening the liability of scab or some other disease in the future. All potatoes taken from the land should be carefully examined before storing them for the winter, as any that are - unsound will affect the whole. ... Wide tires are made light and strong and they serve admirably tor. pack the roads and prevent ruts. They are used mostly on low-down wagons, but can '' be made serviceable with high Wheels. . Low-down wagons Increase the draught and when-.-the,-roads are very muddy'-' especially when affected bv frosts In. . winter, the low wheels cannot alwayt be used. If good roads are made, how ever, the low-down wagons will d more to keen "the surface of the Toads. . hard and smooth' than the road , roller, but If narrow wheels are used by snnrH farmers the roads will be cut up. Low- -down wagons. However, are very handy for use on the farm.. The drummer In Servian regiments never carries the drum. ' It is- placed on a two-Wheeled cart, which is drawn ' by a big dog lust in adyance of the drummer. A San Francisco man who died not, . long ago vlth pleurisy- was found to have had three-quarters of an Inch of ,J or needle in his heart; 'which bad beep there long enoughr to rust.'. An' India elephant .can" carTy from- i ' 800" to-. 1000 pounds, march eight to, ten hours- a day,- and do' with -five or -six hours' sleep. He? needs 600 pounds Of green feed daily, besides grain. t 4 I v ... -1
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers