M
B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COnSTITUTIOFl -THE UHION AIID THE EnFORCEUERT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Propriator.
VOL. LIU.
MIFFLINTOWK, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENT., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1899.
NO. 411
CHAPTER III. (Continued.)
Quickly turning from the desk, Robert
placed a hand on the shoulder of Unci
Puke, n ho knelt moaning at his old mas
ter's side.
"L'ncle Duke," he said, "yon know
where Detective Sellars lives on Prineei
street. Surely you do not believe mi
guilty of your master's murder. Can yon
take Mr. Sellars this note? The assassin
of your master must be brought to justice
Are you strong enough?
"Yes, yes. Mars Robert! God bless yon,
' I ritn't lire long: but 1 ean't die till th
murderer of ole master stands on the gal
lows, and Mars Lang is the man to bring
bim there."
The old man arose to his feet and hast
ened out the rear door of the hall as th
front door opened.
Flurried footsteps were heard, and Her
man Craven, bareheaded and in his shirl
sleeves, as when he had left the house,
rushed into the library, followed by Silat
Colib. the sheriff of the county, and twe
of his deputies, Lanning and Spears.
Ir. Xorcum and Coroner Field follow
ed them, and behind came several of tbt
neighbors, who had been roused.
"He has not fled!" cried Ilenrian.
"Tliere. sheriff, there stands the morderei
of my uncle, caught red-handed in the
act !"
A heart-rending moan burst from th
breast of the banker's daughter. "There
is some mystery here," she cried. Though
Kobert was standing over my father!
lifeless form with the bloody weapon is
his hand that bereft him of life, when my
cousin and I entered this room, yet do 1
feel assured that he is not guilty of mj
father's murder. Oh, God! My own deal
father murdered! It seems incredible,
yet there lie his remains," and poor Hattie
burst into a fresh paroxysm of grief.
Mrs. Merwin and Miss Steel, neighbors,
accompanied by two other ladies, here en-ton-d
the room, and the weeping girl wai
home from the library.
Dr. Norcum had advanced and was ex
amining the body of the murdered man.
"SMars, let no man leave the house,"
said the sheriff. "I declare," he added,
"this affair is terrible, and to think that
yon. Robert Campbell, should be charged
with the murder."
"The charge of Herman Craven is ut
terly false, and be knows It to be so.
said Robert. "Surely, yon. Sheriff Cobb,
who have known me all my life, can
scarce believe me guilty of the murder of
the father of the young lady who will be
come my wife.
"Yonr wife!" exclaimed Herman. "The
wife of her father's murderer? Never!
Ami believe me, neither had my uncle
lived, would his daughter have become
your wife that is, with bis consent;
but "
Here the tall form of Lang Sellars, the
great Southern detective, stood in the
dMirvay.
Like a flash his keen eye took In, not
only every person, but every object that
the room contained ere his deep voice
broke upon the stillness that pervaded it.
"Not since the murder at Mulberry," he
observed, "has there been as atrocious a
crime committed in the old North State;
nor did I believe that a scoundrel, with
the malignity of Ward Lennox, yet cursed
the commonwealth with his presence. I
was clearly mistaken."
"lin at work was that of yours on that
case. Mr. Sellars," said the doctor. "Gods!
You rescued Herbert Russell, even from
the pillows trap; and even then Ward
cheated the gallows."
"To dash his brains ont at the abntment
of Hilton bridge," said Sellars, "and sink
beneath the turbid waters of the Cape
rear. Hut this is a bolder deed. A sail
or's knife-the blade thrust home to th
victim's heart. Have you taken any step
Here. .Sheriff Cobb?"
"I was aroused and summoned here by
tin- murdered man's nephew, who. de-
noimil Robert Campbell as the murder-
ei. Hp assures me that he caught him
red handed in the act; but may I ask what
briu-s you here, Lang Sellars?"
"If Kobert Campbell is the murderer ol
our old friend here, then I am summoned
by his murderer. In the Mulberry case,
. it was the murderer of Dr. Taylor who
engaged my services to ferret ont the
criminal, and in the end I. brought the
crime home to his own" door."
"I think there can be no doubt as to his
' guilt." said Herman" "It could have been
no other than Robert Campbell," and here
Herman, uninterrupted by Robert, made
a statement of the facts, as already relat
ed, in so far as his entrance into the room
nil-: K-ncerned, and as to what met his
horrified gaze as he crossed the threshold.
"Yon state that you entered the house
at ten o'clock," said the detective; "that
ou found your uncle in this room, and left
him Seated at his desk when you retired?"
"1'xaetly, Mr. Sellars,"
"We-.-e those windows, opening on th
lav ii i n the east side of the honse, raised
at th.u time, as they are now?"
"Thy were, Mr. Sellars. to admit the
. air "
"ne moment, gentlemen," said Lang,
as he stepped to the door. "Calban!"
Tin- black fare of a powerfully built,
bin .1, -formed and curiously constructed
lie-To li 'I 'eared.
"l ook fr footprints under the windows
"ii the east side of the house," said Sel
lers. "You have your dark lantern?"
"Yes. Mars L.ang." and the negro- was
K--I1-.
"I'-iMow the nigger and see what you
an l.-arn. Lanning," said the sheriff. "I
c ai.n.it understand, Lang Sellars," be con
tinued, "why you always bring that de
formed erebus into your cases."
"I ran." said Sellars, quietly. "For fol-louiiiL-
n trail, be it either of man ot
beast, his eqnnl cannot be found in all
tin- Sunny South. Well. Herman, you
state that yon retired at ten o'clock?"
"I d;d. and my uncle's cries of help
urou'si-ii me. I hastily sprang from my
l d. pulled on my trousers, thrust my feet
Into my t-lippers and dashed from my
room. My uncle's cries had aroused his
daiibicr. I knocked on her room door and
called her. She joined me, and together
we descended the stairs."
Ton believed his life was being as
inilod?"
"far from it. I supposed one of hit
cute attacks of rheumatism had seizor
him."
"When you retired you left no one be
few with your uncle?"
"No one. I think the servants, even
had retired."
'Tour uncle was expecting no one?"
"CerUdnly not. He stated that h
should soon retire."
"Herman Craven." said Robert, looklnt
him full in the eyes, "did not your unclt
inform you that be was expecting em
here after ten o'clock, and that I wouk
brine with me money with which to takt
up a note of ten thousand dollars?"
"He did not," said Harms
"He informed me that he did, when hi
admitted me to the bouse. Did yon no
hear my summons at the door?"
"Tour summons? Yon made no sura
mons."
"Did you not hear the door bell not fiv
minutes before you descended the stairs?
"The door bell has not been sounded to
night."
"Mara Lang. I I "
The voice was Hannah's, but she halted
as suddenly as she had commenced, an1
stood, an ashy pallor on her countenance,
quaking as with fear.
All eyes were at once fixed an the trem
bling negress.
But one person in tne room had caught
the quick meaning glance that Hernias
Craven had cast in her direction, and not
ed that that glance had sealed the lip
of the negress.
"What were yon about to say. Han
nah?" "Nothing, Mara Lang, nothing." an
Hannah went weeping from the room.
Robert Campbell now told of his call al
the bank that afternoon, and related th
subsequent events, as he had to Hattie.
"Twelve thousand five hundred dollar!
is a considerable sum," said Lang, "anc"
this money this bag of coin
"There is no evidence that he had i
bag of coin In hia possession," said th
sheriff.
Certainly not." aald Long; "but it it
evident that this note was this day paid
If you are familiar with Alvin DcRo
sette's signature, you will recognize it
here. You can establish the fact that yoi
left the express office a few minutes be
fore you entered this bouse, as you state
Robert T
"Certainly." -
"Mr. DeRosette, then, to-night had con
sented to the marriage of hia daughtei
nd yourself?"
"He had, Mr. Sellars, and expressed
much satisfaction at the prospect of out
union."
"I know that statement to be falser
eried Herman, "for this very day at th
bank my uncle said to me: "Herman, 1
am getting to be an old man. My fond
est wish is that I may live to see you anc
my loved daughter united.' Ton may
judge, gentlemen. If a few hours later ht
would have consented to his daughter'!
marriage with the wretch who has mur
dered him."
"Liar! Craven by-name and nature.
you know yon lie!" cried Robert, and but
for the strong arm of Sellars he would
have felled himto the floor.
"Perhaps," said Herman, shrinking
back, "you will deny that Hattie faintet
after we had entered this room, and 1
bad denounced yon as the murderer of my
uncle. Ton would have slain me also, had
I not hastened from the house with the
cry of murder.
"You yourself best know the falsity ol
your charge, replied Robert. "I only
pray that the perpetrator of this bloody
deed may be brought to answer for his
crime on the gallows, and I have an abid
ing faith in Mr. Sellars ability to solrr
this mysterious murder.
"And L" said the doctor.
"This bag of coin you state that yoo
nlaced "
"On the desk, before Mr. DeRosette.
when I left him to attend the door. Mr
Sellars."
"Well?"
"When I returned to the room I found
the banker gasping hia last and the bag
of coin gone.
"What evidence have you," asked the
sheriff, "that you had a bag of coin?"
'- "Yes! Yes!" exclaimed Herman. "What
evidence have you of that fact?
"None," said Robert, "save my word
and this cancelled note. As I have stated,
there is evidence that I left the express
Dfflce with a bag of coin."
Bv directions of the coroner, the body
f the banker hnd been borne to his cnaro-
vr and laid on the bed.
"The inquest will be held at ten o'clock
to-morrow, he said.
"Until which time I shall hold Robert
-nmnhell In custody, said tne sheriff.
"I anDrove of your course." observed the
ietective. "Circumstances would indi
nre that he is the murderer."
"You, Mr. Sellars? You believe me
;uilty?" exclaimed Robert, for the first
ime alarmed.
"I know a murder has been commit
ed." said Sellars. "If your statement U
me. a robbery also. You are in the cus-
of the sheriff."
"At least I can give bond for my ap-
nrnee to-morrowT said Kobert. -
"There is no bond admissible in thif
nse, young man," observed the sheriff.
'rl von must accompany me. Yoo
met fnreiro vour trip to Baltimore."
"I had abnandoned the idea of making
t," said Robert. "You can scarce believ
ne so heartless as to leave my affianced't
ide in her affliction."
"You will be at no great distance from
.i;.. rteRnsette while you are In my cus-
ody," the sheriff said, as he linked arms
vith his prisoner.
Robert cast one glance at the detective;
mt in bis stern face he read no hope, and
.loaning: "My love! my Hattie! My poor
Id mother and my sister," with bowed
iead he accompanied the sheriff from the
J Mil.
Sellars followed them, and at the outer
oar the two depnties joined the party,
vhile the dark fiaure of Calban. who was
sitting on the lower atep of tne piaast
rose. - ,
. (mrinit m the crass nndei
:.!..-. r -IhanT" asked Sellara
'.UlfBl- " '-." " - .
x- Mr Ijinc none. Leastwise,
one tha't I can see."
v... .,,! nonA. Tjinninc
"I was not quite sure, sheriff. Ion see,
there has been no .nt'
was hard to determine. I thought I would
"It is useless," said Sellars; "there an
none there." ' . ,
"Robert! Robertl" The
the white Hps of Hattie, who had de
scended the stairs. . .it
"Yes, darling; be brave, and ha ve f ait
in the one who loves rouor until tht
inquest shall hare been held, I ?
oner to the hands ot the shed. 1
deemed the nrarderer of your dear fath
er." "It la' falser moaned Hattie. as ah
twined her anna about his neck.
"God bleaa you, dear Hattie. Mr. Bri
tain "
The detective took her half-unconsciout
from hia arms, and, with the words: "D
not wait for me, Sheriff Cobb; there an
other links to this chain. We yet know,
but that a murder has been committed
presumably you have the criminal in cus
tody. Calban, remain where you are
Ring the door bell if any one save Dr
Norcum and those who entered the hous
since you have been here pass out," con
veyed her into the house and closed thi
ioor.
As be turned from It with his senseless
burden the agitated form of Hannah, thi
negress, confronted him.
"Mars Lang, 1 "
"Not a word, nannah, not a word." aaic
Sellars, quickly, "not to a living soul. D
not leave the house. Never be alone. 1
know your secret. Silence, and wait!"
(To be continued.)
BOOKKEEPING IN BABYLONIA.
Imperishable Records of an Ancient
Bwaineea Firm.
Paper and Ink are perishable things
like certain other "modern improve
wonts," bat some of the clay tablet!
used by earlier civilizations still stir
vlve. In the buried city of Nlpput
American explorers have recently
found In one room more than seven
hundred of them, the business records
of a rich firm of merchants, Ulurashu
Sons.
These document are dated In the
reigns of Artaxerxea L (465-J25 B. C.)
and Darius IL (423-405 B. C). The
tables are of various sizes, some resem
bling the ordinary cake of soap of com
uier . They are covered with cunei
form characters, clear and distinct at
when the bookkeepers of TJlurasbu U.
scribed them, twenty-five hundred
years ago.
Among; them la this guaranty fo
twenty years that an emerald Is so well
set that It will not fall out:
"Bel-ablddina and Bel-ehumu, sons of
Bel, and Hatha, son of Bazuzu, spoke
unto Bel-nadinshumn, son of Morashu
as follows: 'As concerns the gold rinp
set with an emerald, we guarantee that
for twenty years the emerald will not
fall ont of ring. If It should fall out
before the expiration of twenty years.
llol-ahiddlna (and- the two others) shall
pay to Bel-nadlnshumu an Indemnity
of ten mana of sliver.' "
Then follow the names of seven wit
nesses and of an official who Is tie
scribed as "the scribe of the Concord
ance of Proper Names." The docu
munt concludes with the thumb-nail
marks of the contracting parties.
There are also leases of various kinds
nd contracts for the sale of sun-dried
bricks and other merchandise, and for
the loan of seed corn and oxen for plow
Farm Notes.
Sawdust can be prepared in a rn tin
ier to be used as an excellent preven
tive aeainst lice In poultry houses and
to keen flies from stables. Dissolve
,s much powdered naphthaline in a
rallon of kerosene as It will take, per-
.nitting it to stand a few days in order
o allow time for the naptnaline to oe-
nme well incorporated with the Kero
sene. Sprinkle the sawdust with the
solution, usina- it plentifully on the
awdust- With the hand throw the saw
lust on- the floor of the stalls or
vherever It may be needed.
Mnmirn la ftlmnlv materials that
have been softened and decomposed
(disrated) within the body of the
animal. It is of no advantage to apply
taw materials, such as bran and Unseed
innol rilrectlv tn the soil, though they
are excellent fertilizers, as their value
?an be Increased by feeding sucn ar
ticles to stock. Manure is made quick
ly by the animals, though the same
thina- occurs in the soil by a slower
process. All that is not utilized by the
inlmali In some Increase of product.
r for their support, comes back to the
farmer for use on the lana.
Tf the ntnwhcrrv bed has been over
run by grass and weeds the best thing
to do is to burn the bed over late In
the fall, and next spring the strawberry
olanta will set a stood start. The weeus
and grass will render any strawberry
bed useless and unprontaDie it wraie--fiino-
la not don to orive the straw-
jerry plants an opportunity to go ahead
in the spring. Mulching will also be
serviceable on the bed.
When animals axe growing there is
i large proportion of mineral matter
required in the food than when they
ire matured. Grain contains very little
lime, which Is essential in the forma
tion of bone. Dams that are expected
to produce young must be fed foods
that will assist in the work expected of
them as nroducera of young Bloc it.
liran, linseed meal, and clover hay
ire more suitable for such animals than
irraln, and should be added to the ra
tion. Corn Is the cheapest of all foods
for nromotins- the formation or rat,
but even In that case it gives the best
results when the entire ration is of a
varied character.
Blight la depriving the market of the
best varieties of pears. The Bartlett
I. ln, n n nlan, A K It.l f thfk latter
being less liable to blight, but its frutt
does not equal the Bartlett. Until
Mme sure remedy ia discovered for per
blight the Bartletta will become scarcer
very ysar.-
It will pay to grow cow peas,' pick
. i wA mba hb wlnoa Atlstllt 95
illv JJWJO, O.MU hoc . .
bushels per acre can be secured on good
land. ueing very niiruBcuuus -."- j
make an excellent addition to the food
of all kinds of stock If ground with
corn.
Straw la added to the barnyard
man lira- owl nor to Ita abundance, but
straw can be made more serviceable
If cut np with the feed cutter before
used. While straw may soon rot after
being mixed with manure, yet In the
flne condition it Is a much better ab
sorbent and can be forked Into the
manure to advantage, wnen toaaing
and unreadine- manure on the soil there
is a saving of labor when handling
that which Is fine, and the manure
will be more valuable because tne loss
of ammonia will be arrested by the use
of suitable absorbent materials.
Wheat la easily cleaned, but when
It Is desired for seed too much care
cannot be given it in examining for
the seeds of weeds. All imperfect
grains should also be removed. An
agreeable experiment can be made by
any farmer who will select 100 piump
seeds and plant them In a row, plac
ing the seeds a foot apart each, then
cultivating the row. If the product
la measured next year and compared
with the ordinary yield from seed that
Is drilled In aa for field culture, the
comnarlson will cause a surprise, as the
yield from the cultivated row will be
J four times mat irom tne same area
J selected In the regular crop. The exper-
Intent will take but little time and will
I cost but a trine.
THE "JCRSEY LILY."
rraa FmaMM ataaje Beaatr Oica Mare
a Brlda.
Onos more Mrs. Langtry, the "Jarsej
Lily," has come Into public, notice
through matrimony. She Is now mar
ried to Hag Gerald de Bathe, son of a
rich Englishman. Emelte Charlett.
MBS- X.ASOTBT.
known from childhood as Lily Le Bre
ton, was born at St. Helen's, In the Isl
and of Jersey, In 1853. She Is said to
claim that she was not born until I860,
but as she was married In 1874 to Ed-1
ward Langtry her claim can hardly be 1
accepted. Her father was a dean of the
Church of England.. He was, however,
comparatively poor, and his daughter's
marriage to Mr. Langtry, who was well
to do, was perfectly satisfactory tv
him.
It was soon after hex marriage that
Mrs. Laastrys beauty first attracted
comment. The Langtrys moved - to
town, and Mrs. Langtry became one of
the first of the series of professional
beauties. The Prince of Wales was In
troduced to her and became a great ad
mirer. Fashionable life proved too ex
pensive for Mr. Langtry, and he disap
peared from London in 1881 after a
financial smash. His wife refused to
return to Jersey with htm and went on
the stage.
Since that time Mrs. Langtry has
been more or less before the public.
Her dramatic debut was made at the
Hnymarket Theater In 1881, but she
did not adopt the stage regularly as a
profession tin the following year Af
ter many legal delays and various un
successful attempts, she obtained; a
divorce from her hsuband In May,
1897, from a California court- Ed
ward Langtry Is saUT to hav idolized
his wife until his death, whlcb occur
red m an Insane asylum In England on
Oct 15 In the same year aa the fflvorc.
Mrs. Langtry has made several dra
matic tours In the United States, from
which she derived handsome gr"
CLEVER TRICKS OF RAVENS.
Beta Think tna Bird Maat Poaaeaa tk
Power of Reaaoatas. . ...
Many stories are told of the clever
ness of the raven, a bird that really
seems to have reasoning power. One
of these stories telta how a raven by a
killful stratagem got a young hare for
Us dinner. If had pounced upon a lit
tle animal, but the mother hare drove
It away.
Then the raven slowly retreated, en
couraging the mother to follow him,
md even pretending that be was afraid
ot her. In this fashion be led her a con
siderable distance from the young one
cd then suddenly, before the hare had
time to realize the meaning of the trick.
he rose In the air, flew swiftly back,
-aught the young hare In bis beak and
bore it away.
A similar plan was adopted by some
ravens that wished to steal food from a
dog. They teased him till he grew so
angry that he chased them from the
spot but the artful birds turned sharp
ly around, easily reached the dish be
fore him and carried off the choicer bit
In triumph.
As to the raven's power of speech,
the following story, which Is given on
the authority of Capt. Brown, who
vouches for its truth, will show bow
ptly It can talk:
A gentleman while traveling through
a wood In the South of England was
startled by bearing a shout of "Fair
play, gentlemen; fair piny!" uttered in
loud tones. The cry being presently
repeated, the traveler thought It must
proceed from someone In distress and
at one began to search for him. He
soon discovered two ravens fiercely st
tacklng a third. He was so struck with
the appeal of the oppressed bird that
tie promptly rescued him.
It turned out that the victim was a
tame raven, belonging to a house In
the neighborhood, and the cry that It
bad used so opportunely was one of
aiany that It had been taught to utter.
Oar Coat Cities.
Sweltering stranger Pshaw! 8eems
as If I'd melt. Thermometer must be
lbout a hundred. - "
Citizen Nonsense! You go to the
top of that forty-story building, climb
Into the tower and look up at the offi
cial weather service thermometer and
you'll find It Isn't over 70. New Toric
Weekly.
Hint from an Aaotloneer.
At a recent party a young lady began
i song: "The autumn days have come,
ten thousand leaves are falling." She
began too high. "Ten thou ousand "
she screamed, and then stopped. "Start
her at five thousand!" cried an auction
eer who was present.
Largest Check.
China drew the largest check on tne
Bank of England of which the bank has
my record. In settlement of the Japan
ese Indemnity. It was for 11,00867
pounds 16 shillings and 9 pence.
PottcemcB Barred .from Labor.
A Maryland law prohibits Baltimore
policemen from doing mechanical work
for the department or for hire. .
- "Gunpowder-blue' Is a fashionable
color. The girl attired In It will be
sure to go off when she meets her
match.
A scientist says a man's hair turns
gray five years earlier than a woman' a
Every married man probably
stands way this tar.
MML LABOR?.
Wa at the Waudao Coaaael fe
t. Captaia Drayfaa,
Mme. Margaret Labor!, wife of thf
wounded counsel for Dreyfus, Is re
mesnbered In America as the wife ol
De; Fachmann, the Russian pianist
whin has coined so many dollars In
AnMrica. The advocate's wife wna an
Australian girl, her maiden name be
tag Margaret Oakey. Her family went
to England when the girl was qnlt
young, and there she soon evinced a
wonderful talent for music. When sh
was 18 Miss Oakey attended one ol
Pachmann'a concerts In London, and
eventually the pianist became her
teacher. The Impressionable girl .fell
In love with the Russian. After they
wert married they came to this coun
try, playing In concerts together.
Concert-goers found- Mme. de Pach
maan a beautiful woman. They saw1
a fine head, splendidly poised and
crowned with soft brown hair, loosely
colled. Her face was classic in its fea
tures, her figure lithe and graceful.
Bbe played superbly, too, with a fin
ished elegance and marvelous bril
liancy. Her touch was at all times
smooth, and often dainty. It was a
great disappointment to music lovers
In this country and In Europe when
De Paehmann's infidelity forced his
4 .
MADAMS LABOR!.
wife to sue for divorce. When this
was secured Mme. de Pnchmano re
tired from the concert stage, and short
ly -.afterward married M. I.ahorl.
whose confidante In all his great cases
the since has been.
HIS HOME IN A TtEE.
A Klchlataa Man Who Dwella la a
, . L Large Linden amp
Mr. Steers. the"owapnnt of this tree
house, has spent most of kls life In De
troit He was a first-class cabinetmak
er, and received the
highest wages. ' He
9 .
its
"""".J0 -r?re.I"MjhespUtaT burial, attended -t hlirfnif
quette. Mason Coun-T anTfour aw with 4 trpScXj.- we-rreet
ty. about three years
ago, and soon made
this tree house,
which has given bim
such notoriety. . It is
a large linden stump
sawed off about fif
teen feet from the
MB. STBABS.
ground. The walla are sealed and pa
pered and are covered with pictures.
One circular seat extends around the
BOMB Ol MB. STEAKS.
room from door to window. Mr. 8 tears
has an oil stove Inside to keep out the
Jampncss. He plays about fifteen dif
ferent musical Instruments by note.
He has nearly reached the allotted age
of man, but does not appear to be more
than 45 years old.
Rellc-Pllfering Ministers.
CoL Bingham, superintendent of pub
lic buildings and grounds, who has
charge of the Washington monument.
says one of the greatest troubles the
watchmen at the monument have to
contend with Is the chipping of these
memorial stones by relic hunters.
"One of the strangest things In regard
to these relic hunters,' said Col. Bing
ham, "Is the fact that more than one-
half of the men arrested for chipping
off relics are clergymen. When the
police arrest these despoilers and start
with them to the station house the
man will begin to ask what Is the pen
alty and try to beg off. He Is told
that the fine Is a heavy one, but that
$15 security can be put up for appear
ance In the police court. Then the
prisoner explains that he is a minister
of the gospel and meant no harm, and
that be could not stand the disgrace
of appearing In a police court. He ends
up by givmg up the collateral, after
generally trying to cut It down to $10,
saying he has only that amount with
him." New York Mall and Express.
Good Reason.
Tom I guess 111 resign my position
with you, sir.
His Employer But why do you want
to do that when you are about to be
married? .
Tom Because If s your daughter that
I'm to be married to. New York
World.
- rto Caaae for Worry.
Kind Lady It must be awful not to
know where your next meal Is coming
from.
Tramp Dat don't bodder me none.
Ex long ea I know dat It's comln' I
don't keer where It comes from. New
York Journal.
Ifca War of the Saatater OlrU
Maud What made you accept Ohaw
ley so soon?
Madge Why, dear. I wanted to get
bis ring secure before Jack proposed, .
Jawslsf Wtekjfe '
OF THE Dll
Preached by Rev. Dr. Talmage.
tfabjeet: The Qaeeaa af HoaTli6 Rights
at Woroaa DlfcniMd Hr Dominion
la Home, and There She Should Bight
ly Kule Comforter of the Sick.
Conrrlght, Louis Klopacb, 1899.1
Wabhimotoh, D. C. In this discourse tbfc
opportunities ot usefulness for women are
set forth by Dr. Talmage, and many sym
pathies are stirred and memories recalled.
The text Is Solomon's Songs, vi., 8. "There
are three-score queens."
So Solomon by one stroke set forth the
Imperial obaracterof a true Christian wom
an. Bbe Is not a slave, not a hireling, not
a subordinate, bnt a queen. In a former
sermon I showed yon that crown and court
ly attendants and Imperial wardrobe were
not neeessary to make a queen, but ttint
graces ot the heart and life wfil give coro
nation to any woman. I showed yon at
some length that woman's position was
higher In the world than man's, and that,
although she bad often been denied the
right of suffrnge, she always did vote and
always would vote by her Influence, and
that her chief .desire onght to be that sue
should have grace rightly to rule In the
dominion which she has already won. I
began an enumeration of some ot her rights
nd now I resume the subject.
. In the first place, woman has the special
and the snperlativs right ot blessing and
comforting the sick. Wbnt land, what
street, what honse has not felt the sroitlngs
ot disease? Tens ot thoiisand-Vof sick beds!
What shall we do with them? Shall man,
with his rOTigh band and ciumy foot, go
stumbling around the sickroom, trying to
soothe the distracted nerves and alleviate
the pains ot the distressed patient? Tue
young man at eolleee may scoff at the Idea
ot being under material Influences, but at
the tint blast of typhoid fever on his cheek
he says, "Where Is mother."
It Is an awful thing to be 111 away from
home In a Strange hotel, once in awhile
men onmlng In to look at you, holding
their band over their mouth for fear they
will catch the contagion. How roughly
they turn you In bed! How loudly they
talk! How you long for the ministries of
bomel I know one such who went away
from one of the brightest ot homes tor sev
eral weeks' business absence at the west.
A telegram came at midnight that he was
on his deathbed far away from home. Bv
express train te wile and daughters went
westward, but they went too late. Ho
feared not to die, bnt lie was in an agony
to Hve until hia family got there. He tried
to bribe the doctor to make bim livo a lit
tle longer. He said, "I am willing to die,
bat not alone." Bnt the pulses llatternd,
the eyes closed and the heart stopped. Tliu
express trains met in the midnight, wife
and daughters going westward, lifeless re
mains of husband and father eomlng east
ward. Oh, It was a sad, pitiful, over
whelming spectacle! When we nre sick,
we want to be sick at home. When tho
time comes for as to die, we want to die at
home. The room may be very bumble, and
the faces that look Into ours may be very
plain, but who cures for that? Lovlnn
hands to bathe the temples. Loving voices
to speak good cheer. Loving lips to read
the comforting promises of Jesus.
In our Civil War men cast the cannon,
men fashioned the musketry, men cried to
the hosts, "Forward, march!" men hurl-id
their battalions on the sharp edges of the
enemy, crying, "Charge, charge!" bat
woman scraped the Itnt, woman adminis
tered the cordials, woman watched by tha
dying-couch, woman wrote the last mas-
saga to the home circle, woman wept at
the senerals home with braes bands and
triumphal arches and wild huzzas, bnt the
story Is too good to be written anywhere
save in the chronicles ol heaven, of Mrs.
Brady, who oame down among, the sick in
the swamps of the Chlckabominy; of Annie
Bess In the copper shop hospital; of Mar
garet Breckinridge, who came to men who
had. been for weeks with their wounds un
dressed some - of them frozen to the
ground, and when she turned them over
tbote that had an arm left waved It
and filled the air with their "hurrahl"
of Mrs. Hodge, who came from Chi
cago with blankets and with pil
lows, until the men shouted: "Three
cheers for the Christian commission!
Ood bless the women at home!" then sit
ting down to take the last message: "Tell
my wife not to fret al ont me, but to meet
me In heaven; tell ber to train up the hoys
whom we have loved so well; tell ber we
hall meet again In the good- land; tell ber
to bear my loss like the Christian wife ot a -Christian
soldier," and of Mrs. Shelton, in
to whose face the convalescent soldier
looked and said, "Your grapes and cologne
eared me." And so it was also through all
of our war with Spain women beroio on
the field, braving death and wounds to
reach the fallen, watching by tbelr fever
cots In the West Indian hospitals or on the
troopships or In our smitten home camps.
Men did their work with shot and shell aud
carbine and howitzer; women did their
work with socks and slippers-and bandngns
and warm drinks and Scripture texts and
gentle stroking of the hot temples and
stories of that land where they never have
any pain. Men knelt down over the
wounded'and said, "On which side did you
fight?" Women knelt down over the
wonaded and said: ''Where are you hurt?
What nice thing oan I make for you to eat?
What makes you cry?" To-night while we
men are sound asleep in our beds there will
be a light In yonder loft; there will be
groaning down that dark alley; there will
be orles of distress in that cellar. Men will
sleep, and women will watch.
Again, woman has a special right to
take care of the poor. There are hun
dreds and thousands of them all over the
land. There Is a kind of work that men
cannot do tor the poor. Here cora-s a
group of little barefoot children to the
door of the Dorcas society. They need to
be clothed and provided tor. Which ot
these directors of banks would know how
many yards It would take to make that
little girl a dress? Which of these mascu
line hands con id fit a hat to that little
girl's head? Which of the wise men would
know how to tie on that new pair of shoes?
Han sometimes gives his charity in a rough
way, and It falls like the fruit of n tree In
the east, which fruit comes down so heavily
that It breaks the skull of the man who
Is trying to gather it. But woman glides
so softly into the bouse ot destitution and
finds out all the sorrows ot the place and
puts so quietly the donation on the table
that all the family come out on the front
steps as she departs, expecting that from
under her shawl she will thrust out two
wings and go right np toward heaven,
from whence she seems to have comedown.
Can you tell me why a Christian woman,
going down among the haunts of Iniquity
on a Christian errand, never meets with
ny indignity? I stood in the chapel of
Helen Chalmers, the daughter of the cele
brated Dr. Chalmers, In the most aban.
doned part of the city of Edinburg, and I
said to ber as I looked aronnd upon the
fearful Jsnrroundings' of that place, "Do
yon come here nights to bold a service?"
"Oh, yesl" she said. "Can it be possible
that you never meet with an Insult while
performing this Christian errand?"
"Never," she said, "never." That young
woman who has her father by ber side,
walking down the street, armed police at
each corner, is not so well defended as that
Christaln woman who goes forth on gospel
work into the haunts of iniquity, carrying
the Bibles and bread. God with the red
right arm of His wrath omnipotent would
tear to ieces any one who should olTer in
dignity to ber. He would smite him with
lightnincs and drown hln with floods and
swallow bim with earthquakes, and damn
him with eternal indignations. Some one
said: "I dislike very much to see that
Christian woman tenchl-'g those bad boye
in the mission school, i am afraid to have
ber Instruct them." "Ho." said anothei
man," "I am afraid, too." Fal-I the flr-'t.
I am afraid they will use bad InDiiuaRe
before they leave tho place." "Ah," sal-l
the other man, "I am not afraid of that.
What I am atrald of is that If any ot those
boys shocld use a bad word in her pres
ence the other boys would tear him to
pieces and kill him on the spot." That
woman Is the best sheltered who is shel
tered by the Lord Qod Almighty, and you
need never fear going anywhere where
Ood tells you to go.
It ieems as If the Lord had ordained
.Oman for an especial work In tne solici
tation of charities. Backed np by barrels
In which there, is no flour, and by stoves
In which there is no Ore. and by wardrobes
In which there is no clothes, a woman la
irresistible. Passing on her erraud.Ood says
to her, "You go Into that bank or store or
Ihop and get the money." She goes in and
gets . The man Is hard-fisted, but she
gets it. She sou Id not help but get It. It
decreed from eternity she should get it.
Ho need of yonr turning your back and
pretending you don't bear; you do bear,
there Is no need of your saying yon are
begged to death. There is no need of your
wasting yonr time, and yon ml'it as well
iQbmit first as last. . T u had better right
iway take down your chnckbook, mark
.he number ot the chuck, fill np the blank,
riga yonr name and band it to her. Tiinre
s no need ot wasting time. Those poor
lblldreu on the back strnat have be;n
inngry long enough. That sick m:in
Bust have some fnrina. That coMsnm;i
:iva must have something to easft hf-i
"J I?. I meet this delegate of a rlit ti-
sicty coming out of the store ot such a
lard-flsted man, and I say, "Old you get
:he money?" "Of course." she says, "I
rot the monev; that's what I went la for.
the Lord told me to go In and got it, and
3e never sends me on a fool's errand."
Again, I have to toll you that it Is a
soman's specific right to comfort unrt-r
:he stress of dire disaster. She i called
:he weaker vessel, bnt all profane as wull
ii sacred history attests that when the
irisis oomes she is better prepared than
nan to meet the emergency. How often
roa have seen a woman, who seemed to be
t disciple of frivolity and Indolence, undor
me stroke of calamltv changed to a hro
ne. Oh, what a great mUtake those bu.-ri-less
men make who never tell their bust
less troubles to their wives! There comes
tome great loss to their store or some of
:helr companions in business piny tlum a
tad trick, and they carry the bur-ion all
done. He is asked in the household agnin
tnd again. "What is the matter?" lint lie
relieves it a sort of Christian duty to knp
til that trouble within his own soul. O'i,
ilr, your first duty was to tell your wife all
bout it!
Again, I remark it Is woman's right to
ring to as the kingdom of heaven. It is
easier for a woman to be a Christian tlnin
tor a man. Why? You say she is wonkor.
-Jo. Her heart is more responsive to tho
)leadings ot divine love. She is in vast
najority. The fact that she can more ens
ly become a Christian I prove by the
itatement that three-fourths of the innm
jers of churches in all Christendo-n are
vomen. So Ood appoints them to bii the
sbief agenaius for bringing this world back
:o Qod. I may stand hereand sny the soul
s immortal. There is a man who will dony
t. I may stand here and say we are lost
ind nndone without Christ, l ucre is a man
ho will contradict it. I may stand h irj
ind say there will be a jndg-nont -lay after
iwhlle. Yonder is some ona who will dis
pute it. But a Christian woman in a
Christian household, living in the faith nn-l
:he consistency of ClirUt's gospo! nobody
:an refute that. The greatest sermon nre
jot preached on celebrated plntfor no; they
ire preached with an uudieuue ot two or
:hree and in private home life. A -con-is-
:eDt, consecrated Christian service is nn
inan3wernble demonstration of Go IV
ruth.
There are prayers for you to offer, thro
ire exhortations for you to give, thorn are
xnmples for you to set, and I say now as
'aul said to the Corinthian woman, "What
mowost thou but that thou shale save thy
insband?" A man was-dylng and ha said
o his wife, "Rebecca, yoo wouldn't let
ne have family prayers, you- la ghed
lbout all that and you got me away iuto
worldliness, and now I'm going to die, and
t&y late is sealed, and you are the aau.e ol
my ruinl" O woman, what knowest thou
-
4 y- "BOKCi
rat thou canst jtestiov-tff nnTna'.i m-
y-"BttlfCi--j a. u trm .i sM,n j.-.-?w
who have wandered far away from God
who can remember the Christian innuonoes
tn their early borne? Do not despite those
Influences, my brother. If you diswitbout
Christ, what will you do with your moth
er's prayers, with your wife's importunities,
with your sister's entreaties? What will
you do with the letters they nsed to write
to you, with the memory of those days
when they attended you so kindly in times
sf sickness? Ob, if tliere be just one strand
holding you from floating off from that
dark sea, I wou'd just like to take hold ol
Hint strand now and pall you tothebcachl
For the sake of your wife's God, for the
take of your mother's Ood, for the sake of
four daughter's God, for the sake of your
lister's God come this day and be saved.
Lastly, I wish to say that one of the
ipeciflo rights of woman In, through the
trace of Christ, finally to reach heaven.
Oh, what a mnltitude of women in beavenl
Mary, Christ's mother, in heaven, Eliza
beth Fry in heaven, Charlotte Elizabeth in
heaven, the mother of Augustine in heaven,
the Countess of Huntington, who sold her
splendid jewels to build chapels, in heaven,
whllo a great many others who have
never been heard of on earth or known
bet little have gone Into tbs rest and
peace of heaven. What a rest! What a
change it was from the small room,
with no Are and one window (the gloss
broken out), and the aching side, and
wornout eyes, to the "house of mnny man
sions!" No more stitching nnttl 13 o'clock
it night, no more thrusting of the tbumb
oy the employer through the work to show
it was not donn quite right. Plenty of
bread at last! Heaven for aching heads!
Heaven for broken hearts! Heaven for
anguish bitten frames! No more sitting
until midnight for the coming of stagger
ing steps! No more rough blow across
the temple! No more sharp, keen, bitter
surses.
Some of yon will have no rest in this
world. It will be toll and struggle and
suffering all the way np. You will have
to stand at your door fighting back the
wolf with yonr own hand red with
carnage. But Uod has a crown tor you.
I want you to realize this morning that
He is now making it, and whenever
you weep a tear He sets another gem in
that crown, whenever you have a pang
of body or soul He puts another gem In
that crown, until alter awnue in au
the tiara there will he no room for nn
other splendor, and God will say to His
angel, "The crown Is done; let her up
that she may wear It." And ns tho Lord
of righteousness puts the crown upon your
brow, angel will cry to angel. "Who Is
she?" and Christ will say: "I wi l tell you
who she is. She is the one that camu up
out or great tribulation and had her robe
washed and made white in the blood ol the
Lamb." And then God will spread' a ban
quet, and He will invite all the principali
ties ot heaven to sit at the feast, nnd the
tables will blush with the best clusters
from the vineyards of God and erimson
with the twelve manner ot fruits from
the Tree of Lite, and waters from the
fountains ot the rock wilt flash from the
golden tankards, and the old harpers of
heaven will sit there, making music with
their harps, and Christ will point you. ont,
amid the celebrities of heaven, snying,
"She suffered with Me on earth; now we
are goin to be glorlllod together." And
the banqueters, no longer able to hold their
peace, will break forth with congratula
tion, "Hall! hnil!" And there will be
handwritings on the wall not such as
struck the Babylonian noblemen with hor
ror, but fire-tipped flugers, writing Ir
blading capitals or liKht anil love, "Go
hath wiped away all tears from all faces!'
Scientists now assert that the hu
man body ia full of microbes. When
they are in good condition the man is
healthy; but when they are inactive
from illness the man needs medical
treatment. ,
The air is clear at Arequipo, Peru,
From the observatory at that place,
8050 feet above the sea, a black spot,
one inch in diameter, placed on a white
disc, has been seen on Mt. Charchanl,
a distance of eleven miles through a
thirteen incb telescope.
An examination of 4000 criminals
in the French armv has shown Dr. J
Marty that they excel ordinary sol
diers In height, weight, breast meas
ure, muscular power and general con
dition. Dr. Marty's theory is that only
the very strong survive the wretched
conditions of crimjnal families.
Policemen in Ghent, Belgium, are
each to be supplied with a dog, as an
aid in case of attack bv desperadoes.
Household.
RECIPES.
Pickled Carrots. Wash but do not
scrape the carrots. Drop tbem Into
boiling salted water and boil until ten
der. Droa them Into cold water and
slip off the skins. Cut them Into
strips, sliced or any desired fancy
shapes. Boil together for a moment
one pint of vinegar, one-half of a
small onion sliced, one bay leaf and
one-half of a teaspoonful of celery
seed. When cold place the prepared
:arrots in a glass jar, pour over them
the vinegar and put away. They will .
e ready for use in two days, and will
leep for several weeks.
Braised Shoulder of Lamb. Have the
lutcher remove the bones from the
neat. Put tbem in a saucepan with
sufficient water to cover, add one-half
of an onion and a small niece of car
rot and simmer for two hours, then
strain. Roll the meat compactly and
tie with three or four strings. Line
the bottom of the braising pan with
thin slices of salt pork, spread over
this two thinly sliced onions and one
large carrot, sliced. Make a bouquet
with a sprig of parsley, a bit of soup
lelery, one-half of a bay leaf and a
:love. Lay the "meat on the bed of
vegetables, dredge it with salt and
pepper. Pour the strained broth in the
pan, cover closely and place In a mod
irate oven for two hours. Thicken,
jolor and strain the gravy and serve
separately.
Apple Butter. To 40 gallons of sweet
Jider use three bushels of sound ap
ples. The cider should be boiled down
to one-third before putting in the ap
ples, which should be pared and free
from bruises and carefully cored.
Stirring should commence as soon as
the fruit gets soft and kept up until
lone. At all times prevent the flames
from striking the kettle above Its line
f contents. Boil down to 10 gallons.
Put in clean glass or earthen vessels,
ind when cold dip clean white paper
n either brandy or whisky and lay
iver its top.
Wild Cherry Cordial. To one quart
f wild cherry Juice add one pound
white sugar, boil and skim; then add
one-quarter ounce cloves, one-quarter
ounce cinnamon and boil down till quite
thick. Let it cool and settle; strain
and add three-quarters pint of good
brandy.
Cold Catsup. Peel and chop very
fine a half peck of ripe tomatoes. Drain
then in a colander, then turn them Into
an earthen vessel and add a half-cup
of grated horseradish, one cup of salt,
one cup of black and white mustard
seed mixed, two tablespoonfuls of
black pepper, two red peppers and two
roots of celery chopped fine, two tea
spoonfuls of celery seed, cup of nas
turtiums chopped fine, one cup of brown
sugar, two tablespoonfuls of ground
iloves.two tablespoonfuls of ground all
spice, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one
teaspoonful of mace and one quart cider
vinegar. Mix all well together; bottle
ind seal.
Blackberry Brandy. Mash your bei
ries well. To four quarts of Juice take
three pounds of sugar, one-half ounce
of whole cinnamon, one-half ounce of
whole cloves, JpWia.lf ounce of all-. .
--.STTTfiree quarts of good
brandy or whisky .""Wild cneiTlee may r '"- n
be used instead- of blackberries.
Industrial.
Glasgow plasterers' laborers get 1!
rents per hour.
Laborers at a I-cr ees itocn. j-u., --u
mill earn $1.40 a day.
Two anti-trust lime Kilns nave uee
erected at Union, Ind.
Fairmount District. W. Va., miners
now get 37Vi cents per ton.
Puerto Kico s totmceo crop is uiii
as valuable as the sugar crop.
Land in England Is 300 times as val
uable now as it was 200 years ago.
About one German woman in every
twenty-seven works in a factory.
It is estimated that the consumption
of beer in the entire world amounts to
11,080,000.000 per annum.
A Maryland law orohlblts liaitimore
policemen from doing mechanical work
for the department or tor nire.
Duluth freight handlers now earn
35 cents per hour. In the early SO s tne
rate was once as high as 60 cents an
hour.
The total value of the lumber annual
ly manufactured in the Northwest, in
cluding MirhiRan, Wisconsin and Min
nesota, is JSO.000.000. -
The Long Island Hailroad has adopted
the rule that passengers are to leave
the cars by the front door and enter
by the rear door.
The output of lead and xlnc in the
Joplln. Missouri district, this year will
be greater than that of the gold pro
duction of Alaska.
The Street Railway Journal estimates
the life of iron pole for overhead wires
at thirty-three years, and of wooden
poles at eleven years.
The Government of India Is disposea
to-employ electricity as Its motive pow
er in the great central factories, which
it Intends to set up at Jubbulpore.
In Germany during the year ending
July, 1898, out of 387.991 persons looking
for employment, 222.595 found occupa
tion by means of free employment
agencies.
About the most expensive luxuries
In Lima are postage stamps. It costs
22 cents in native silver to carrv an
ordinary letter, which is equivalent to
11 cents in gold.
The directors of the Atlanta, ua..
Railway Power Company have declared
an increase of 20 per cent, in the wages
of conductors and motormen. The in
crease was unsolicited by the men.
The aDneal of the Citizens Executive
Committee to the former employers of
the members of the California Volun
teers to reinstate the soldier boys upon
their return has brought good results.
An amendment to the factory law of
New York requires a license to be pro
cured before any clothing, etc., can be
manufactured, repaired or altered in
any tenement house. Under It all dress
makers who take work home are re
quired to have a license.
In such countries as Spain, Italy,
Greece. Russia and Turkey the work-
ingman is satisfied to get from 20 to
25 cents a day, and to work from sun
rise to sunset. For from 5 to $10 he
can furnish a home well enough for
him. and the word of his master or his
priest limits the horizon of his ambi
tion. London milkmen convey their milk
from house to house on motor wagons.
Several societies in Germany amuse
themselves by dispatching carrier pig
eons to and from various points. About
iOO.OUO birds are thus employed. It is
said that the armv uses 8000 of them. -
During a thunderstorm in Law
renceburg, Ind., lightning photograph
ed a tree on a man's breast. The pic
ture was made without causing him
the least pain.
An enterprising young man with
a big trunk stopped at a Chicago hotel.
When he left the discovery was made
that he had removed the carpet from
his room and carried it away.
A young crocodile, immediately af
ter emerging from its egg, starts In
stinctively for the nearest body of
water, even If it is not in sight and
at a great distance.
:p
1 ;
)
i .
.- i
5. t
1-P
'"i .
; J ."'
..' 1 -' ii.
1 1 -: v
Y t
i l
i! :
- sr
tit
( .
- V,
. ..,.,...