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B. F. SCHVEIER,
THE COHSTITUTION THE UNION All D THE ENFORCEUEITT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. L.IH.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1899.
; NO. 43.
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CHAPTER V.
"Who has the key to the attic of the
house?" asked the detective, when they
had descended from the piazza.
"Miss Hattle, master; she asked me for
It yesterday morning."
"Is there more than one 7
"No, muster, only de one." -
"Cnme 'round here on the east aide of
the house. Is that you, Calban?"
"Yes, Mara Lang, it's Calban."
"No one has left the house, save those
you know?"
"No. Mars Lang.
"Now, Hannah, who murdered your
master?"
"I don't know that. Mars Iang.""
"You ilo know who rang the door bell;
buj fo you mean when Robert"-Campbell
sounded It?" .
'"No.' Mars Lang, no. I dlden know Mara
Itoliert was in de house till after I heard
de Ml; Imt he must have been, for it was
be thnt went to de door, and not five min
" utes after, when I went to de door of de
library, dnr he stood, with de bloody knife
in bis hand, and Mars Herman 'casing
him of nmrderin' master."
"Was that the first you knew of his be
in ir in the house?"
"Wait, Mars Lang. I had been dozin'
in de kitchen. Millie had gone upstairs to'
lied, and when I wake up I thought I'd
pee if ole master had gone to bed, and pat
out de lights in de hall. You see, I know
ed. tine tuke bad gone to bed, so I passed
through the dining room and out into the
ball. Somehow, I happen to look up. I
nK.se I was lookln' at de hangin' lamp;
but I seed someone standin' on de stairs,
about five steps down. Da had on a long
white night gown. At first, I thought it
ira Miss Hattie; but then I seed it was
too tall and big for her, and de hair on
he head was too black and short. I was
Jest about to speak when de person on de
"stairs bent obcr, sideways like, and reach
ed out one arm, and wid de hand seized
bole of de wire dat leads to de bell at de
loner end of de hall and pulled it. He
pulled it several times, and as he was
bent ober, I saw. his face."
"It was the face of Herman Craven?
' "Yes. Mars Lang, and he was as white
as death. I diden know what to do. A
treinblin' seized me, and I was that skeer
ed I Ink. to fell down. Suddenly, I heard
ole master's voice, and someone- started
for de door from de library. I thought it
wns-ele master. Mara Herman had dodg
ed back upstairs, and I ran through de
dining room and into de kitchen."
"Then you did not see Herman Craven
descend the stairs?"
. No, Mars" Lang. Mars Herman was U.
his night shirt, and he ran back after he
had pulled de bell wire."
"Did he see you, Hannah?"
"I can't be certain; but I don't think he
did. Mars Lang."
"If he did, your life may be in peril,
not that he would fear your testimony,
but that, yon might -give me information.
You must be on your guard, and watch
him closely. You must never be alone
never leave the house by yourself. He
must have committed this murder."
"I low could be. Mrs. Lang? I haden
been back in de kitchen no time when I
heard a groan. I ran back to de diuin'
room door, and was standin' there trem
blin', when- Mars Robert pushed open de
front door and run in. He was bare
headed, and I dodged back, as he entered
de library door. The next thing I heard
his cry: 'Help! Murder!' then 1 hear Mars
Herman knock on Miss Hattie's door and
call her, and saw them come down stairs
together."
"Itoliert Campbell, you say, pushed open
the front door and ran in? It must have
been unfastened, then."
"The door was standin' ajar, Mars
Lang. Ink he left it, when he went out to
see who was dnr.'
"Then you do not think -Herman de
scended the stairs -after you saw him
pulling the wire, until after the murder
-had been committed?
- "No, Mars Lang, he hadn't time."
"Io you know when Herman entered
the house .to-night?"
"No, bht'I know he was in de library,
and I was in de dihin room, when he pass
ed through de hall and went up to bed."
"How long was this before he pulled the
wire?"
"Oh, a long time. Mars Lang, before I
was doziu' perhaps an hour."
"Did you hear loud voices, as though
your master and Herman were quarreling
to-night?"
' "'o. Mars Lang. Ole master nebber
quarrel. He say what he mean, but he
nebber quarrel, and I heard no loud voice
until I heard Mars Robert's cries of
.'U. ip! Murder!' "
For a moment the detective stood then
in the darkness. In thoughtful silence
Suddenly be said: "Yon know, Hannah
that it would not have taken Herman
Craven' long to run down the stairs, strike
thai blow and dash up them again."
"I know that, master; but he couldn't
have done it. If he had already been
down Ktairs when de bell sounded, and hid
in master's room, or in de library, be
.might have bad time after Mars Robert
"mi to de door to have killed ole mastei
nml dashed up do stairs before I heard
that groan. and got back to de dining room
tiHir. He didn't run up after that.
"You forget," said Sellars, "that if he i
the murderer of your master he was down
stairs at the time you heard that groan.
lie couldn't have been. Mars Lang
Mars Herman Is not the murderer of oh
master." . i
"Why did he pull the wire and sound
me bell? He must have known that Rob
ert was in the bouse, and it must have
own tor the purpose of calling him to the
aoor.
"Either he or old master. Mars Lang.
He must have thought I bad gone to bed.''
"Yes. either Cnmnhpll op tnnr -muster.
You say that when you finally advanced
to the library door Robert was standing
with the bloody knife in his hand?"
"1 es, and right over ole master's body,
as though he had just pulled the bladr
from his breast. There was blood on hi
hand and sleeve tml linem An kl tnot
Mars Herman denounced him as master'
murderer, but Mars Uobcrt did not kiU ole
master. He was not in the nouse when
that blade was driven to his heart and I
heard that cry."
"Did you see anything of a bag of coin
when you entered the library, Hannah?"
Nothing. Mars Lang;"
Has Herman any personal friends,
whom he sometimes brings to the bouse.
Young men, probably."
"No, Mars Lang; none have ever ac
companied him here."
"Do yon think your master bad a big!
regard for his nephew?"
"He take him in when ho -nm t ;
Mara Lang, because he Wflfl Ilia fiiulor'i.
ton; but ole master had no use for hit.
father, who led Miss Mattie a sorry lift
and broke her heart In-fore she died. I
don't think he had much use for bis son.'
"You dou't think he would have givei
him his daughter's hand in marriage'"
"Never! He know Miss Hattie lov
Mars Robert, and I often hear him praise
Mars Robert nn."
"WcJJ, that is all to-night, Hannah. Not
a word, yon understand, to anyone r ou.
conversation. If Herman wcaks to von
do not seem to doubt the guilt of Roller.
Campbell. To your mistress, say that I
wijl see her to-morrow. Tell her further
that if she has suspicions, to keep then,
to herself. I do not think she believe.
Herman guilty; but she must not seem
suspicious of him. She must try. and act
as though k'ao believed the tight party had
been apprehended. Tell her that Robert
Campbell, though in custody, is nnder the
protecting care of Lang Sellars. Now cat
yon return to the bouse without your ab
tence having been noted by Herman?"
"Easily. Mars Ijiug."
"Then do so, and watch closely. Do not
sleep alone. Your young mistress will
have many Indy friends here in her troti
ble. Keep Millie as near you as you can
Good-night."
"Good-night. Mars Lang," said the ne
gress. and she bad started along the side
of the house for the rear entrance wbea
the detective called her back.
"Are Adam, the coachman, and Herman
on friendly terms?" he asked.
"Adam rather sec the devil than Mars.
Herman," said the negress. "Mars Her
man 'spect more of ole master's niggers
than he do hisself.
I understand, saiil Sellars. luat
all," and as the negress again started oft
he joiued Calban.
"You can go home now, Calban," he
said. "It must be 3 o'clock in the morn
ins."
"I 'spec It is. Mars Lang," said the ne
gro, as he made off in the darkness.
"Another mystery to unravel, matter
ed the detective, as he passed out the
gate. "Herman Craven's hand must have
guided the keen blade of that sheath knife,
notwithstanding the fact that Hannah
states that it could not have been he. Not
j a drop of blood on his spotless garments.
Not a stain on his white hands, but a
damnable one on his guilty conscience.
Whether or not he struck the blow, hi
was the head that planned the murder.
He pulled the wire and sounded the bell
that for a moment left the coast clear.
Campbell was the one man he wished re
moved from his path. But the bag of
coin? Clearly he bad a confederate, and
that confederate struck the blow and es
caped with the coin. Why, Herman had
no knowledge of the fact that Campbell
was to be there with the coin to pay that
note to-night I mean last night, now un
til after he had entered the bouse and the
banker had informed htm in the library
and then he did not know that he would
bear with him a bag of coin. Not a living
soul witnessed that blow, save the one
who struck it not even Herman Craven
unless, perchance, he struck the blow.
Hannnh alone saw his blanched face
when he pulled that wire, and her oath
would not be admissible in a court of jus
tice. Lang Sellars. you have solved some
intricate cases. Solve this,, and bring
ttiA nnMt.eo nr tn linl.iPi.ra nf R.nlrnp T"l,.
i -.'.."--. " - -
I Rosette to justice. Humph! Not a doubt
of it!" the detective exclaimed aloud.
"Why," he thought, "I can place my
hand, any minute, on the formulator of
this tragedy. Now for the evidence that
will condemn him. Now for the unknown
accomplice if he had one and the bag
of coin. I wonder." he thought, suddenly
coming to a full halt, "it I have bis full
j motive. Was this murder planned after
he bad arrived at tne nouse in si nignt, and
was his sole object to get possession of
that money? If so, he had a confederate,
sure. He might have abstracted a much
larger sum from the bank. Ah, yes, but
certain detection would have followed.
One thing is certain: The object was to
get rid of Banker DeRosette. I think
that had been determined in your mind be
fore to-night, Herman Craven, and if be
fore to-night, why, then the securing of
thia bag of coin was no part of your mo
tive; bnt Robert being there with his bag
of coin was a circumstance, though not
counted on, yet to be taken advantage of.
and shrewdly the matter was managed.
The banker is murdered, the bag of coin
disappeared, and the man who stood in the
nephew's way Is in the custody of Sheriff
Cobb presumably a murderer. And I am
left to solve the mystery that surrounds
the taking off of a good man. I wondei
if Mr. DeRosette left a will, and what
that document will reveal? A little time
will tell; and now for the grieving mother
and sister of the innocent victim of cir
cumstances, who is pacing with anxious
strides the floor of a cell in the county
jail." -
Sellars had reached the widow's resi
dence on Walnut street.
A bright light shone forth from the
front windows, and as be stepped on tht
piazza a low moaning sound reached hif
ears from within.
' "Poor souls," he thought. "I will soon
dispel your agonizing -fears, and ere long,
I trust, restore to yon your son and broth
er." And be rang the door bell.
CHAPTER VI.
Roger, an old family servant, to whom
the detective was well known, opened the
door, and as he aaw the tall form of Sel
lars before him, the exclamation: "Thank
God" fell from his lips.
"Vmtr miatresa and her daughter know
of the murder, and that Robert is held in
custody of the sheriff r
"Yes, Mara Lang, yea; Sheriff Cobb
brought Mars Robert here, before he take
him to jaiL There was a scene. Mara
Lang, a scene, and my old mistress ana
Miss Jennie is distracted. Dat boy ain't
no murderer. Mars Lang. I trot him on
my knee when he waa a cniie, ana
ouglrter know. Rascality don't run in de
Campbell blood, Mara Lang."
"Tell the ladles I am nersv
ask them "
,k:. nuunon thm aitrJna- room door
opened and Jennie Campbell stepped Into
the hall, with a handkercmer. to aei
"What la It, Roger r' ane asaeo. - -n
k y... o.iioa to hid too banish
all fear as to any peril your brother may J
.. , . .kl- aaaaL aald tha) '
pe.JJt JNfCauaV tag aaj xe '
detective, aa he advanced towards her.
"Lang Sellars."
"Oh." cried Jennie.' "The great detec
tive. But but Robert said that even yon
believed him guilty of that terrible crime
that you remarked that Sheriff Cobb
had apprehended the guilty man. Sure
ly, surely, sir "
"It is sometimes necessary. Miss Jennie,
to divert suspicion from the perpetrators
of crime, in order that they may deem
themselves secure, and in their fancied se
curity to let them rest until they are
thoroughly entangled in the network of
their own crime, and a chain of evidence
be woven about them that will leave no
doubt as to their gnilt when they are ar
raigned before a bar of justice. 8nch a
case la this. So, though seemingly I ac
quiesced in Sheriff Cobb's opinion and ap
proved of your brother's apprehension, I
assure yon that even then I wa fully
aware that he had an innocent rcan in
custody. Robert Campbell was noi the
murderer of Alvin DeRosette."
"Bless yon, alrl Bless you! Your as
surance will give my mother comfort that
the won oX na other could. Not but
that she knows Robert to be innocent, but
that you, a man whose fame as a detecter
of crime, and who, it Is said, reads men's
lives, their motives and their thoughts, in
their eyea and features, as we ordinary
people would in a printed book, have pro
nounced him innocent. Please come to
my mother, air."
"Too flatter me. Miss Campbell," aald
the detective, aa he followed her.
"I can scarce speak unmerited words of
flattery, sir, of the man who saved the
life of Herbert Russell."
The mother of Robert Campbell sat
bowed in grief in a rocker near a table in
the center of the room the most bitter
grief she had ever known, for her loved
son lay incarcerated In Wilmington jail,
and the foul crime of murder vis charg
ed against him.
"Mother!" exclaimed her daughter,
"here is one, who will drive away your
agonizing fears, one who will assure you
of my brother's innocence."
"If I could have the assurance of one
man alone In all this broad land," said the
widow, "that he believed my son inno
cent of a foul crime of which I know hi
to be not the perpetrator, my heart would
be comforted. But alas, he also has con
demned my boy. You know of whom 1
speak, daughter the great Southern de
tective." t
"Madam," aald Sellars, deeply moved
"he whom yon indicate, from motives
now known to your daughter, or partly so.
it is true, did seemingly approve of the
apprehension of your son, but let me as
sure you that In his heart there rests not
a single doubt of your son's innocence. To
assure yon of that fact, and in a measure
relieve yon of anxiety, he is here."
At the first sound of the detective's
voice Mrs. Campbell had raised her tear
stained eyes to his face, and now a deep
sob burst from her breast, and for a mo
ment she seemed choking with emotion:
then recovering in a degree her composure.
sne extended one band to the detective.
"The Lord be praised" she exclaimed.
"Lang Sellars! With him assured of my
boy's innocence, with Robert nnder his
protecting care, all ia well. My daughter,
we have nothing to fear. We will banish
our tears and moans. God bless yon, sir!"
(To be continued.)
ED WARD THRING HEAD MASTER
A MoatRemarknble Man In the Kcience
of 1 duration.
Soon after the death of Edward
riiring, thirty-four years head-master
of Uppingham School, a member of
Parliament said to his biographer:
"Tbrlng was the most remarkable
Christian man of this generation. Be
cause he was the first man in England
to assert openly that in the economy of
God's world a dull boy bad as much
right to have his power, such as It is.
fully trained as a boy of talent, and
that no school did honest work which
did not recognize this truth as the ba
sis of its working arrangements."
When Thring became head-master of
Uppingham, a "falre, free grammar
school" founded In 1584, It bad twenty
seven pupils. On his departure from
bis life-work the school numbered over
four hundred pupils. The schoolmas
ter, as he called himself, had a passion
ate conviction tbat education was. In a
special sense, a work of God. That
conviction was his starting-point for
school work.
One night he had the gratification of
bearing a statement that cheered him
greatly because it disclosed the forma
tive influence of his teachings. A gen
tleman, lecturing In the schoolroom on
Education," told an anecdote Illustra
tive of the value of a teacher's Influ
ence.
.A boy, traveling on foot in France,
full of spirit and life, had been asked
by his companions to start early on
Sunday to have a long day. The boy
refused. Being pressed, he said:
'No, I will not do it; the head-mas
ter will not like it"
The other boys laughed, and said that
the head-mnster was five hundred miles
tway; his excuse was nonsense.
But thetr jeering did not change his
purpose. Then the lecturer turned
round teward Mr. Thring, and said:
"Tbat boy was from Uppingham;
that hend-master was you, sir."
The school cheered. The bead-master,
greatly moved, rose and said, "I
am sure you will all thank the lecturer;
you must feel what I feel deeply. I
thank the school for giving one such
boy. I think there are many such boys
among you." Youth's Companion.
Musical Notes.
The copywrlght on "Parsifal" ex
pires In 1913.
Sauer Is taking a holiday in Inter
laken, Switzerland.
Clementine De Vere Saplo has re
turned from Europe.
Frances Savllle will arrive in New
York earlv In December.
Eugen d' Albert has completed a one
act music drama, "Kain."
Louis V. Saar, the veteran conductor,
will devote his time to teaching In
New York.
An international congress for the his
tory of music will be held in Paris dur
ing the Exposition.
Clara Butt, the contralto, who makes
her debut at the Metropolitan In No
vember, Is over-six feet In height.
Rose Ettlnger sings in Switzerland
and England before coming to thia
country In December. Her home is in
Waterloo, Iowa.
Francis Travers, a Canadian so
prano, hailing from St. John, N. B,
goes from New York to sing In Lon
don and Paris next summer.
The Sandwich TnlAnitoe Miim.i.
the beauty of women by their weight.
ulAKING WALL PAPEB.
DETAILS OF AN INTERESTING
PROCESS.
Icsiruct.ve Desert pilaw ef tha V ariana
fctepa by Which tha Blmak Paper la
Made to Become the Beantifnl Wall
Covering! W Know.
The mannfacture of wall paper 1
singularly Interesting First. web
of blank paper Is set In a reel behind
a Diotcning machine; two cylinders
bring the free end of the paper into
the machine, where a roller working In
a color pan puts a large quantity of
color upon the paper in batches. Then
a set of flat brushes, called Jiggers,
brush quickly back and forth, thus
spreading the coloring matter evenly
over the surface of the paper.
As the paper cbmes from the blotch
ing machine a workman takes one end
of It, wraps It around a stick and
places the stick across two parallel
endless chains, and the paper Is thua
carried up an Incline. When eighteen
feet of It has run out, the chains take
up another stick that lies across them,
and carry It up as they did the firs)
stick; a third stick soon follows th
second, and thus the work continue
until the entire web of paper has been
run out of the blotching machine.
The chains, In their working, bang
the paper In loops over a system oi
team pipes, and It Is thus thoroughly
artel before It reaches the end of th
chalnwork, where it Is again wound
into web form.
Wall paper designs are first sketched
on paper, and then transferred to rott
ers of the size required. It Is neces
sary to prepare as many rollers a
there are colors in the design; thus,
If the design requires printing in eight
colors, eight rollers must be prepared.
When all of the rollers are ready the
arUst directs his workmen and each
one Is given a color. A workman to
whom that color has been given takes
roller to his bench, sets It firmly Is
the grasp of a rise, and, with ham
mers, flies, brass, rlatbons, and brasi
rods, goes to work. Every bit of the
leslgn that Is to bo in green is traced
nt. for him, and he carefully repro
luces It In relief on the roller.
When his work Is finished, the rollet
bears on Its face, in raised brass, green
stems, leaves, etc., and at the propel
time and place will put the green
coloring and shading Just where the
designer Intended It should be. In like
manner the other rollers are made
read; for use, ind ttey are4b.en taken
to a press that has a large cylinder oT
the width of ordinary wall paper.
There are grooves around the sldef
and the bottom of the cylinder, intc
which are fitted the rods on the endf
of the rollers, and, when in position,
the faces of the rollers Just touch tht
cylinder. An endless cloth band nhhh
to each of the rollers from bolow, each
band works in a color pan, which con
tains. In liquid form, the coloring mat
ter to be carried on the roller to which
the band belongs.
Each roller Is placed In such position
that the part of the design upon It will
itrike exactly In the spot necessitated
y$ the relative position of the other
rollers.
When all Is ready the paper that baa
passed through the blotching machine
is placed between the cylinder and the
first roller, the cylinder and the roll
ers revolve rapidly, and soon the pa
per Is beautifully printed. At each of
the endless cloth bands there is a steel
scraper called a doctor, and It Is the
doctor's duty to prevent too much
liquid from the other pans from get
ting on the rollers.
The wall paper press throws off ten
rolls of paper a minute, and eacS roll
contains sixteen yards. It is said thai
stamped paper for walls was flrsl
manufactured In Holland about the
rear 1555. Some of the very costly
wall paper In use nowadays Is beau
tifully embossed and hand-painted.-
Philadelphia Times.
ROWS IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
devolutions There Are a Regular jfld
anmmer Inatitntion.
"These reported revolutions In South
America need excite no alarm." says
a. trader who knows the five republics
like a book. "They are the regular
midsummer revolts, and are one of
the most cherished Institutions of the
country. Without them the populace
would expire of ennui. You see. the
ierage native, except In the few large
towns, has absolutely no diversions
Nature relieves blm of the necessity
to toll, and all he has to do Is to lie
-.(111 and breathe. When he desires to
smoke his wife rolls cigarettes, lights
them and places them tenderly be
tween his lips. Of course, tbat Is an
ideal existence, but It lacks variety,
ind at least once a year even a Cen
tral American will feel a craving for
sxcltemenL That is where the regu
lar annual revolution comes In. In a
:-ertaln sense It takes the place of bull
Sghtlng or lynchings, and, compared
with either of these sports, the casual
ties are trifling.
"It Is a mistake, too. to suppose that
the established governments regard
revolutions with disfavor. Not at alL
On the contrary it would be very bard
to get along without them, for each
revolt is Invariably followed by a num
ber of confiscations, and the national
treasury is thus replenished. More
ver, an opportunity Is afforded for a
Di(; military carnival, a fan-fare of
trumpets, a waving of banners, and a
f rotecnnlcal display of proclama
tions. It is the great event of the year
and after it is all over the patriots dis
perse to their palm-leaf domiciles and
rest up for the next demonstration.
Understand, please, tbat I am speak
jig of the periodical, perennial revo
lutions, not the Irregular outbreaks of
ilibusterers and conspirators. The
tied summer revolution Is,. as I said
Wore, an old established national In
stitution, like a festa, and any attempt
:o do away with It 'would certainly
?ad to trouble possibly to bloodshed.
Intensity of Sunlight.
In order to measure distances, aur
fccea, volumes, time and force, stand
ird units were long ago found Indis
pensable, and thia Is, at
lutely so In detanalalac or
the quantity of light In any laatlBoes
body. This unit is the Intensity of tka
ugnt or the standard candle, which Is a
perm candle weighing ona slTtTtt of a
pound and burning 120 grains aa hoar.
By this means It is found by astron
omers tbat the Intensity of tha sunlight
Is such that when the sun la In the sen
Ith It illuminates a white surface about
30,000 times as strongly aa a standard
?andle at a distance of thirty-nine Inch
ps. Comparing, then, sunlight with thai
f the full moon, the surprising result
Is arrived at that the .former la about
300,000 times tbat of the Utter. Again,
the Interesting fact Is now established
that Of all the different kinds of artl
flclal light that can be produced as yet
by man, the most lntecae Is the bril
liant spot in the so-named crater of aa
electric arc. but, dazzllngly brilliant at
It 4s, It is but one-third as bright aa th
lurface of the sun Itself.
Among the attractions of the Paris
exposition next year In to be an arti
ficial volcano, which will eject flame
and smoke, and simulate the flowing of
a stream of Incandescent lava. The
volcano will stand on the bank of the
Seine, and wil) be 828 feet In height.
While the framework Is to be of Iron
and steel, the exterior will be covered
with turf, trees and shrubs, and by
shaded paths visitors wlU be able tc
ascend to the crater at the summit.
Although tobacco first became knowc
to the civilized world through the dl
Bovery of America, where the natives
;ultJvated and smoked It. yet about
two-thirds of the world's yearly prod
act Is now produced In th? Eastern
Hemisphere. The total product Is esti
mated at 1,900,000,000 pounds, of whii-t
America produces :.M),OuO,000. Cuba,
whose tobacco Is reckoned the finest of
all, produces only C2.000.000 pouuds,
being far exceeded In respect to quan
tity by the State of Kentucky, whose
product U put at 1S5 000,000 pounds.
The common belief that steel and Iron
tecoine brittle and more liable to break
when subjected to-great cold Is contra
llcted byj the results of experiments
made at Cornell University. It has been
ahown there tbat the strength of steel
ind wrought roa !s least at a tem
perature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and
that It Increases when the temperature
efthWYteei o?TaIS7rtha4hat point. Al
500 degrees above zero anf"SltC0 de
crees below aero the strength!. In
creased about 20 per cent. The elaatl
limit also rises slightly with inctM
r cold.
In view of the rapid disappearance oi
the herds of .elephants which formerly
roamed in Africa, and the limited num
ber of those animals remaining In Asia.
Dr. R. Lydekker calls attention to the
enormous supply of ivory which exists
in the frozen tundras of Siberia, and
which, he thinks, "win probably suffice
for the world's consumption for many
years to come." This Ivory consists of
the tusks of the extinct species of ele
phant called mammoths. The tusks of
these animals were of great size, and
are wonderfully abundant at some
places In Siberia, where the frost hae
perfectly preserved them, and In many
cases has preserved the flesh of tb
animals also.
A table In Science shows that Canada
leads all other countries In the extent
of ker forests.. She possesses 799,230,
720 acres of forest-covered land, ai
against 450,000,000 acres in the Unltec
States. Russia is credited with 498,.
240,000 acres, about 48,000,000 more
than the United States. India cornea
next with 110,000,000 acres. Germany
has 84,347,000 acres, France 23.400,450,
and the British Islands only 2,095,000.
The table does not Include Africa or
South America, both of which contain
Immense forests. It may surprise some
readers to learn that the percentage of
forest-covered land Is larger In several
European countries. Germany for In
itance, than In the United States.
Ixng Service.
The enthusiasm of an orator some
times carries him far afield. An old ne
gro who made a speech In Beaufort on
one occasion, just before the close of
the memorable year 18C2, worked him
self and his audience up to a pitch of
great excitement over the fl.ig of the
country.
"We want to work for It, we want to
fight for it, an' we want to die for It, If
we hab tor he cried, with Increasing
earnestness, as the time for his speech
to end came near.
"Why, boys," he shouted, bis voice
hoarse and trembling with excitement,
"we hab libed under dis old flag for
eighteen hundred and sixty-two years'
We ain't going to desert It nowl"
Casey's Close CalL
Doogan Casey All in yesterday an
wuz near drownded ut wus up to hit
ankles.
Regan Up to his ankles and neat
drownded!
Doogan Faith, he wlnt In heat
furst Brooklyn Life.
Humor la the Rarnrard.
Saucy young Mrs. Pippy Say. Aunt.
le, lend me your bloomers.
Says aa old bachelor: "A man neve
dnda out a woman's true value until
be marries ber. In nine oases oat of
ten k OTsrestiaWtes If -
Household.
Tomato Savov Boll four pounds oi
the fruit oeeled anJ allced with one
pint of vinegar and two pounds of su
gar. Season with cinnamon, cloves
and mace. Boll half an hour and bot
tle, corking tightly to exclude the atr.
If not exposed to mould will keen for
years. In a drr cloaet.
Canned Grapes. Wash and pulp the
grapes, dropping the pulp In one dish
aid the skins in another. Stew the
pulp until soft, then sift through a
colander which will retain the seeds.
Put the pulp and skins together, aud
allow one pound of sugar to each four
pounds of the fruit. Put over the fire
In a preserving kettle; bring to a boil
can and seal. Canned in this way,
grapes will be found good for either
sauce or plea.
Peppered Potatoes. Chop fine three
green peppers, after removing the
seeds, and fry slowly In drippings with
a few slices of onion until tender. Chop
one quart boiled potatoes and mix with
peppers, season well and serve very
hot, garnished with parsley and broil
ed bacon.
Stuffed Tomatoes.(new) Cut four
large tomatoes in two, without peel
ing them, and scoop out the insides.
Melt one table?aoonful butter and fry
a slice of onion In it slowly. Remove
the onion, add half a cup of cream
and one cup "soft bread crumbs. When
very hot add the tomato pulp and two
thirds of a cup of shrimps, broken Into
small pieces. Mix all gently, season
with salt, paprika and lemon Juice, and
heap into the halved tomatoes. Sprin
kle with buttered cracker crumbs and
place -on rounds of bread. Bake In a
hot oven fifteen minutes. Very Httle
salt should be needed, as the shrimps
are salt.
Brown Bread Sandwiches. Cut up
steamed brown bread in thin slices and
spread with Neufchatel or cottage
cheese, softened with cream and a lit
t e butter and mixed with minced chive
uuer ana mixed with
minced
vnives or olives.
Cut in
strips and
serve on
a naokln.
Fried Frogs'- Legs. Wash In salted
water, roll in cracker dust, then in a
mixture of egg. milk and lemon Juice.
To one egg slightly beaten allow one
tablespoonful of fresh milk and one
rourtn teaapoonful of lemon Juice. Now
roll again in the cracker dust till well
coated, and fry In very hot lard. They
may either be sauted or fried in deep
fat. If the latter, it will be well to put
Kf-mi 11 ? wlre b"ket and Immerse
this in the boiling fat.
eoh-?,ri.retG,ate r 8l,ce from th
cob sufficient corn to make a pint of
pulp. Break the ears In two and cook
i?,m 1poreela'n op ffranite kettle, with
sufficient cold water to cover, for half
" - men strain
reheat and n .1 .1
graiea corn.
Cook fifteen minutes, then
u uiie VM1E OX Tllln ev-oam -it.
m''k- ,ft s'ce of onion, a teaspoonful of
salt, half a teaJmoonful nt ki.
ounspoonrul of white penner- and a
teaspoonful of flour cooked with ala
uiespoonful of butter. Stir till .m.k
smooth.
w, . '" me nre and
of rJ? u,cky the well-beaten yolks
rtn..M Serve at There
?er gen!rou P'nt of water af-
ter straining out tht
vvua,
four-
a pint of vlnegarTa tableeVnfT.rr.:f:T'
of cloves and allsDlcemJI?,VfI each I
t,... .. """Pice, and a little Den-
Per. Put all together '"L" !?
ly for three or four hours: "'""
Pickled Grapes. Pick fresh granes
DUtmnth- f teT WUhout "kingT'iSI
put In a Jar for seven pounds of the
of QUart f vinerar- three pound.
1r- a lePoonful each of
rhe othlTf and ln"amon "ticks; bo"
few mti. KTr1,ents tether for a
IV" ?"in"tB- then cool till the finger
can be borne in the liquid. Pour this
sw-ir-s
Useful Hints.
Bolling milk
to serve with
must be sent to tabla
tirely spoils the flavor of coffee.
-tt , i-oia - mfllr An-
The yellow spots so common in blue
black silks may be removed by rubbufg
dipped in hartshorn. ib
h 2? Clt2n kld Bve Put " on the
hand and sponge It with new milk and
soap. Dry In the air. and pull out
when dry till soft and supple.
To Waah Colored Silks. Dipping
any color silk in strong salt and water
before it is washed will preserve its
color and brightness, and prevent the
colors running. ,
To remove Grease Spots from Books.
Dust a little magnesia over the grease
spot, lay upon it a piece of clean blott
ing paper and pass a hot laundry Iron
a few times over It, when the grease
will hav disappeared.
Colored flannels that are apt to run
when washed should be washed with
soft soap and oatmeal, then well rinsed
In clear warm water. In which some
common kitchen salt has been dissolv
ed: squeeze the articles throdgh a
wringer, shake them lightly 'and dry
as quickly as possible.
A novel way to make sandwiches Is
to use horseradish grated while fresh,
instead of mustard. Spread in a thin
layer upon each buttered slice, and the
result will be found an appetizing sur
prise. Poultry and meat, on being served
cold, may be Improved In appearance
by glazing. The process Is simple. An
excellent glaze may be found by dis
solving a half ounce of gelatine In a
pint of water, flavoring and coloring It
with extract of beef. To be perfectly
successful, the meat must be cold be
fore the glaze la put on, and the first
coat should be allowed to dry before
the second Is put on. The glaze must
be warm and applied with a brush.
An oilskin bag for towels, etc., and a
long wrap of Turkish toweling or flan
nel, with loose sleeves and a hood like
a monk's cowl to cover one in the neces
sary tranait from bath house to the
water, will be found useful accom
paniments when bathing from th
beach.
In a fight between a lion and a bull.
In Bouboix. France, the lion soon tired
of the combat and crouched In a corner
of the arena. Then a Spanish torea
dor killed the bull after a spirited
fight. Box seats sold for $20 each.
The larges State building In the
United States is the Capitol of Texas.
It is constructed of red granite. Is in
the form of a Greek cross, with a
centre dome 311 feet high. - It cost
about J3,&00.000. and 3.000.000 acres of
public land paid for it. This the con
tractors accepted Instead of cash.
Petroft Valdorf, a Russian scientist.
has demonstrated that kerosene may
easily be converted Into palatable
whisky and supplied at 30 cents a gal
lon. Now for the petroleum punch
and kerosene cocktail, to warm the
stomach and make the eyes glow witi.
delirious delight.
SERMON
Y
Rev. Br. Calmagc
Sahjaet: Tha Chariot of Trinmph Kallg
loa Uapraaaata Lira. Nat tha Orava
Ad vie Aboat Physical Health and
Irtoriptlon For Prolonging LlfovJ,
lOopyrtsht. Lotus Klopsch, 1SW.1
WASBisaroH, D. O. In this discourse
Or. Taimage gives proscriptions for tha
prolongation ot lite and oratories tu gos
pel of pbrslcal health. The t-xt Is Panlins
x.-l., 16, "With long Ufa Willi satisfy Mm."
Through the mistake of Its friends relig
ion has been chiefly associated with sick
beds and graveyards. The whole subject
to many people is odorous with chlorine
and carbolic acid. Tlinre are people who
canuot pronounce the word religion with
out hearing in it the clipping ehisel ot the
tombstone cotter. It Is high time tbat
tbls thing were changed and that religion,
instead ot being represented as a hearse to
carry out the dead, should be represeu ed
as a chariot in watch the living arw to
triumph.
Ilellglon, so fnr from suhtraotlng from
one's vitality. Is a glorious addition. It is
sanative, curative, hygienic. It Is good for
the eyes, good for the enr, good for the
spleen, good tortile digestion, good for the
nerves, good for the muscles. When David
in another part of the psalm prays tbat re
ligion maybe dominant, he does not speak
of It as a mild sickness or an emanclation
or aa attack of mor il and spiritual cramp.
Be speaks ot It as "the saving health ot all
nations," while God in the text promises
longevity to the pious, saying, "With long
life will I sarlsty him." The fact is that
men and woman die too soon. It Is high
time tbat religion joined the hand ot medi
cal science In uttemptlng to improve human
longevity. Aditra lived 930 years. Methuse
lah lived 969 years. As late In the history
.of the world as Vespasian there were at
one time in bis empire forty-five people 135
years old. 8o far down as the sixteenth
ceDtury Peter Znrtan died at 185 years of
age. I do not say tbat religion will ever
take the race back to antediluvian longe
vity, but I do say the length of lite will be
increased.
It is said In Isaiah, "The ohlld shall die
a hundred years old." Now, if, according
to Scripture, the child is to be a hundred
years old, may not the men and women
reach to 300 and 400 aud 500? The fact Is
tbat we are mere dwarls and skeletons
compared with some of the generations
that are to come. Take the African race.
They have been under bondage for centur
ies. Give them a ebance, and they de
velop a Frederick Dontrlass cr a Toussamt
Tu'Ouverture. And, If the white race shall
be brought from under the serfdom of sin,
what shnll be the body, what shall be the
soul? Bxliglon bos only jnst touched oui
world. O i ve It full power for a few cen
turies, and who can tell what will be the
strength cf man and the beauty of woman
and the longevity of all?
My leslgn to show that praetleal religion
Is the friend of long life. I prove It, ilrst,
from the fact tbat It makes the care of our
health a positive Christian duty. Whether
we shall keep early or late hours, whether
we shall take food digestible or indigesti
ble, whether there shall be thorough or In
complete mastication, are questions very
I often deferred to the realm of whimsicality,
- VttonSain miS ,l,ta thto wuol
I problem of beam mtoTlW-accountableand
tha divine. Be says, "God 'Wren me
tbls body, and He has called it . -nple
of the Holy Ghost, and to defaee . "
or mar Its walla, or crnabla its'
eaiigrapay In every page .tomloal
and jfayalole.aA VQod hM
a wonoertui Doay tor
noble purposes" tbat arm with thirtytwo
curious bones wielded by forty-six curious
ii.u ., .u ,j ii,. ,i
teleg.
rapby, 350 pounds of blood rushing through
the heart every hour, the heart In twenty-
iour nours Dealing luu.ouu times, during
the twenty-tour hours the lungs taking In
fifty-seven hogshead or air, and all this
mechanism not more mighty thnn delicate
and easily disturbed and demolished. The
Christian man says to himself, "It I hurt
my nerves, it I hurt my brain, it I hurt
any of my physical faculties, I inolt God
and cnll for dire retribution." Why did
God te I the Levites not to otter to Him in
sacriUce animals imperfect and diseased?
He meant to tell us in all the nges that we
are to offer to God our very best physical
condition, and a man who through Irregu
lar or gluttonous eating ruins bis health is
not offering to God such a sacrillce. Wbv
did Paul write for bis clonk at Troas? Why
should such a great man as Paul be anx
ious about a thing so iosignillcant as an
overcoat? It was because he knew that
with pneumonia and rheumatism he would
not be worth half as much to God and tbe
church as with respiration easy and foot
free.
An intelligent Christian man would con
sider it an absurdity to kneel down at night
and pray and ask God's protection while
at the same time he kept the windows of
bis bedroom tight shut ac-ninst fresh air.
He would just as soon think of going out
on the bridge between Mew York and
Brooklyn, leaping off and then praying to
God to keep him from getting hurt. Just
as long as you refer this whole subject of
physical health to tbe realm of whimsical
ity or to the pastry cook or to the bntc'ier
or to tbe baker or to tbe apothecary or to
the elotbler you are not aotlng like a
Christian. Take care ot all your physical
forces nervous, muscular, bone, brain,
cellular tissue for all you must be brought
tojudgment. Smoking your nervous sys
tem Into fidgets, burning out the coating
of your stomach with wine logwooded and
strychnlned, walking with thin shoes to
make your feet look delicate, pinched at
tbe waist until you ara nigh cut In two
and neither part worth anything, groaning
about sick headache and palpitation of the
heart, which you think came from God,
When they came from your own folly!
n nni ngut nos any man or woman to de
face the temple of the Holy Ghost? What
Is the ear? It is the whispering gallery of
the soul. What Is the eye? It Is the ob
servatory God constructed, its telescope
sweeping tbe heavens. What is the band?
An Instrument so wonderful that, when
tbe Earl of Brldgewater bequeathed in his
will 40,000 for treatises to be written on
the wisdom, power and goodness of God,
Sir Charles Bell, the great English
anatomist and surgeon, found bis greatest
I lustration In the construction ot the
human band, devoting his whole book to
that subject. So wonderful are these
bodies that God names His own attributes
after different parts of them. His omnis
cience it Is God's eye; His omni
presence it Is God's ear; 11 is omnipo:ence
It is God's arm; the upholstery of the
midnight heavens it is the work of God's
Angers; bis life-giving power it is tne
breath of the Almighty; his dominion
"the government shall be upon bis shoul
der." A body so divinely honored and so di
vinely constructed, let us be cn refill not to
abuse it. When it becomes a Christian
duty to take eare of our health. Is not tbe
whole tendency toward longevity? If I
loss my watch about recklessly and drooit
on the puvemeot an I wird It up any time
ot day or night I happen to think of It and
often let it run down, while you are care
ful with your wnte.iaud never abuse It and
wind It up just at the same hour every
nlfe-nt and put it in a place whore it will
not snffer from the violent changes of at
mospbere.whlch watch will last tne longer?
Common sense answers. Now, tbe buman
body is God's watob. You see the hands
of tbe watch, you see tbe face of the watch;
but tbe beating of the heart Is the ticking
of tbe watch. Be careful and do not let it
ran down.
Attain, I remark that practical religion
is a friend of longevity In tbe fact tbat it
is a protest against dissipations, which In
jure and destroy the health. Bad men and
women live a very short life. Their sins
kill them. I know hundreds ol good old
nen, but I do not know half a dozen bo i
old men. Why? They do not get old.
Lord Byron died at MissolonghiatSSyear
ot age, himself his own Mazeppa, bis un
bridled passions tbe horse that dashed
with blm lrro tbe desert. Edgar A. Poo
died at Baltimore at SS years of age. Tue
Maek raven that alighted on tbe bust
above his door was delirium tremens
Only this and nothing more.
Kn poison Bonaparte live! only just be
voud midlife, then died at St. Helena, aud
oue of his doctors said that bis disease was
Induced by excessive snufOng. Tbe hero
)f Austerlits, the man who by fne step of
his toot In the center ot Europe shook the
siirth, killed by a sou II box! How many
people we have knowu who have not lived
ant half their days because ot their disspn
lions and indulgences! Now, practical
religion is a protest against all dissipa
Hons of any kind.
"But," you say, "professors of religion
have fallen, professors of religion have got
drunk, professors of religion have misap
propriated trust funds, professors of rnllg.
Ion have absconded." Yes, but they
threw away their religion before they did
tbeir morality. If a man on a White Star
line steamer, bound for Liverpool, in mid
Atlantic jumps overboard and Is drowned,
is that anything against the White Star
line's capacity to tabe the man across the
ocean? And If a man jumps over the gun
wale of his religion and goes down never
to rise. Is tbat any reason for your believ
ing that religion has no capacity to take
:he maa clear through? Ia the one case.
if he had kept to the steamer, bis body
would have been saved; In the other case,
If he had kept to his religion, his morals
would have been saved.
There are aged people who would have
been dead twenty-live years ago but for
the defenses and the equipoise of religion.
You have no more natural resistance than
hundreds of people who lie In the ceme
teries, to-day slain by their own vices. Tbe
doctors made their case as kind and
pleasant as they could, and It was called
congestion of the brain or something else,
but tbe snak and the blue flies tbat
seemed to crawl overthe pillow lathe sight
of the delirious patient showed what was
the matter with him. You, tbe aged
Christian man, walked along by that un
happy one until you came to the golden
pillar ot a Christian life. You went to the
right; he went to the left. Tbat Is all the
difference between you. It this religion is
protest against all forms ot dissipation,
then it is an Illustrious friend of longevity,
"With long life will I satisfy him."
Again, religion Is a friend ot longevity
In tbe fact that It takes the worry out of
our temporalities. It is not work tbat kills
men; It is worry. When a man becomes a
genuine Christian, he makes over to God
not only his affections, but his family, hU
business, bis reputation, bis body, his mind,
his soul, everything. Industrious he will
be, but never worrytug, becnuse God I?
mannglng his affairs. How can he worry
about business when la answer to ills pray
ers God tells blm when to bny and when to
sell? And If he gain, that is best, aud If ha
lose, tiat is best.
Suppose you bad a supernatural nei :h
bor who came In and said: ".Sir, I want
you to call on me In every exigency, tain
four fast friend. I could full back on i'iO,
500,000. I can foresee a panic ten year.-. I
hold the controlling stock In thirty of the
best monetary Institutions ot New York.
Wbonever you are in trouble call ou me,
and I will help you. You can have my
money, and you can have my influence.
Here is my band in pledge for it." now
much would you worry about business?
Why, you would say, "I'll do the best I
can, and then I'll depend on my friend's
generosity for the rest."
Now, more than tbat is promise,! to every
Cbris-.ian business man. God says to him:
"I own New York and Londou and ut.
Petersburg and Pekin. and Australia nnd
California are mine. I can foresee a panic
a hundred years. I have all tbe resources
ot the universe, and I um your fast friend.
When vou get in business trouble or any
other trouble, call on Me, and I will help.
Here is My hand in piedgo of omntpoteut
deliverance. How much should tbat man
rororry? Not much. What lion wllf dure to
oawHiuai, ifaniotr ta lame not , , y v .
' tlonta .
who askud God-tur a blowu.jg, ... n ,
enterprise, and be lost 5000 lu itf Explain
tbat."
J I will. Yonder is a factory, and one
Wheel is going nortb,.and the other wheel
is going south, and one wheel plays
laterally and the other plays vertically.
I go to the manufacturer and I say: "O
manufacturer, your machinery is a con
tradiction! Why do you not make all tbe
wheels go one way?" "Well," ho says, "I
made them to go ia opposite directions on
purpose, and they produce the right re
sult. You go down stuirs nnd ex.imlue
tbe carpets we are turning out in this
establishment and you will see." I go
down on the other floor, and I see the
carpets, and I am obliged to confess that,
though the wheels In tbst factory go lu
opposite directions, they turn out a beauti
ful result, and while I am standing there
looking at the exquisite fubrie aa old
Scripture passage comes into my mind,
"All things work together for good to
them who love God." Is there not n tonlo
In that? Is there not longevity lu that?
Suppose a man is all tbe tltpe worried
about his reputation? One man says he
lies, another man says he Is stupid, an
other says he is dishonest, and half a dozen
printing establishments attack him, and he
Is in a great state of excitement and worry
and fume and cannot sleep, but religion
comes to htm and says: "Man, God is on
your siue. ne win take care of your repu
tation. If God be for you, who can be
against you?" How much should thnt man
worry about his reputation? Not much.
It that broker who some years ago in Wall
street, after he bad lost money, sat down
and wrote a farewell letter to his wife be
fore he blew his bruins out If, Instead ol
taking out of his pocket a pistol, be bad
taken out a well read New Testament,
there would have been one le-s sniaide.
O nervous and feverish peoplo of the
world, try.this almighty sedative! Yon will
live twenty-live years longer under its
soothing power. It is not chloral that you
want or morphine that you want. It is the
gospel of Jesus Christ. "With long life
will I satisfy blm."
Again, practical religion Is a friend of
longevity in the fact that It removes nil cor
roding care about a future existence.
Every man wants to know what is to he.
Before I had this matter settled with refer
ence to my future existence the question
almost worried me into ruined health. The
anxieties men have upon this subject put
togotber would make a martyrdom. Tills
Is a state of awful unbealtuiuess. There
are peoplo who fret themselves to dentil
for fear of dying. I want to take the
strain off your nerves and the de
pression off your soul, and I make
two or three experiments. Experi
ment first: Wben you go out of this
world. It does not make any difference
whether you have been good or bad,
whether you believed truth or error, you
will go straight to glory. "Impossth e,"
you say. "My common sense as well as
my religion teaahes that the bad and the
good cannot live together forever. You
give me no comfort In that experiment."
Experiment the second: When you leave
this world, you will go into an intermediate
state, where you can get converted and
prepared for heaven. "Impossible," you
say. "As the tree falletb, so must It
lie, and I cannot postpone to an inter
mediate state reformation which ought
to have been effected in this state." Experi
ment the third: There is no future world.
Wben a man diej, that is the last of blm'
Do not worry about what von are to do In
another state of being. You will not do
anything. "Impossible," you say. "There
Is something tbat tells me tbat death Is not
the appendix, but the prerace to life.
There is something that tells me thnt on
this side of the grave I only got started
nd that I shall go on forever. My powet
to think snys -forever;' my affections say
:forver;' ray capacity to enjoy or suiter
forever.'"
Analyses made recently by the
agricultural department in Germany
showed that of 657 samples of fertil
izers. 198 were adulterated, and of the
samples of bran 74.1 per cent, were
adulterated.
One of the perils of the Philippines
is manifested in the case of Hugh
Baker, a discharged soldier, who has
just returned to his home, in Hazleton,
Pa. While in Manila a sea-fly bit him
on the right eye, destroying the sight.
The other eye is now affected, and it ia
feared total blindness will result.
The lily of the " valley contains
prussic acid. It is thought danger
ous to put the stalks in a person's
mouth, because If the sap chances to
get into a crack in the lips an an
noying swelling is produced.
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