Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, November 01, 1899, Image 1
4- .. .r V B. F. SCHVEIER, THE COnSTITUTIOn -THE UIIIOR AND THE ERFORCEUERT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL.Lm. MIFFIiESTTOWN, JUSTIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1899. NO. 47 v.. a r v k S. lU. m tin " a cry irnn u ia u CHATTER X. (Continued.) ce Seller, entered the door of the Caro "7,'lieu did Herman have the carriage lina Hotel, out last?" 11 w nearing eleven o'clock, and ht Tlio nitht befo' de murder. Mars Lang. found but two men present In the office and he didn't nab any ob dat crowd wid McLain, the night clerk of the hotel, and him. He Iff de carrige in front ob Wil- Dolby Browning, one of the conductors lise's drug store, on de corner ob Market. ' the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, ami Front streets, and tell me to wait. The detective passed through the office IK- walk -ft towards de Carolina Hotel, into the barroom, where he purchased a and wh.vhe come back dar-waa a man cigar, lighted it and sauntered back intc -nid hin 5 tiebber saw befo dat I knows the office. of. litmus taller and heavier dan Mars "Good evening, gentlemen," he remark Herman, and older, too. He had a gray- ed, as he strode forward to the counter ou h mustache and wore a oeaver nat. eotn of dem was smokin cegacs, and dey got in -na uiiiAL-in' racro r-a onn Hov ffnt in de carrifre. " "Drive out Market street, Adam, Mars Herman say, and I did." "Did you catch this party's name?" "I heard Mars Herman call him 'Ste phens.' I spec' dat's bis name. Well, I drive past de house, and 1 hear Mars Her man say, 'dar's where my Uncle Alvin live.' " ' "Lives now?" Mr. Stephens say. Ycs. . . . ... : now, says Mars Herman, ana ae ratnn ob de wheels drown de rest. When I got 'bout six blocks beyond de house Mars Herman say: 'Drive back, Adam and 1 drive back de same way. Goin" back, I heard dat man ax Mars Herman what kind ob game dey run at de JPIanters Rest.' Mars Herman say: A pretty stiff game, sometimes.' -0U,' Mr. Stephens say, 'dey play's fer hih stakes in Balimore. Dars de place fer high rollers. " He did." "Yes. Mars Lang. Well, dey lef de car- rise at de same place I pick dem up, and Mars Herman give me fifty cents and say: "You go home, Adam. I will walk,' and as I drove off dey was goiu' towardi de hotel." "Herman is liberal with money, is he not, Adam?" "Mos' ebery night when he keep me out he give me a quarter or half dollar." "I see! I see!" and the detective ran his fingers through his hair. "Would yor know this man Stephens if you saw hin again, Adam?" ""Know him, fer true, Mars Lang. H speak quick and short, and he eye might sharp lak. Oh, I know him!" "What time was it when you drove home?" "It wan' late. I spec 'bout nine o'clock." "Yott don't know what time Herman Craven, came home, or whether he was alone?" "No, Mars Lang. I wen' to bed directly I got home: but I wen' np to get Mars kL3rBkctm nmi, e mora in and dar was no one but him dar." nn employer otorninmeM. - -"Last night yon did not have the car-! " made trip down with me." ob rine outr . , served Browning. "I have no recollection -Xo. Mars Lang; but Mar. Herman Jf 8ee?,him ?tore. J was downtown. I saw him go out de gate j irummr! nd Ie" " theniFh' of after supper. I don't know what time he get in." "He carries a night key to the front door, I snppose?" "Certain!" Here there was a rap on the door lead ing into the hall. "It's me. Lang," replied Mrs. Sellara "Hannah is waiting to see yon." "Yes, yes, in a moment, wife. Yon may go now, Adam. And remember, not a word to a living soul that you have been here, or tha you have had any conversa tion with me not a hint! And notice par ticularly when you are downtown if you see that man Stephens again. I will send Calban for you when I want you again. You may be of great assistance to me, and you shall not go unrewarded." ' Golly, Mars Lang, all de 'ward I wants is to see de man what mnrder my ole m.irster hanged, and Mars Robert Camp bell turned loose, kaze I know Miss Hat tie's sweetheart nebber murdered ole marster." "You may earn a greater reward than the satisfaction or seeing a guilty wretch hanged, Adam perhaps your freedom who knows?" The detective had been rolling up the bloody shirt, and here he handed it to Adam with the words: "Take your shirt; the stains on it Indicate indeed that 'fowl murder has been committed. " "Dat's so. Mars Lang," said the negro, grinning. "Chicken murder. I's guilty ob dat. and you's got a witness agin me In de nex' room." As the door closed behind Adam, Cl ban admitted Hannah. "- t "I id you cook chickens for dinner yes terday, Hannah?" i "Yes, Mars Lang." "Who killed the chickens, and when, and where?" "Why, Adam, just back of de kitchen, yestidy mawnin. He chop dar haids off wid de hatchet." '"Are you sure, Hannah?" " 'Deed I is. Mars Lang. De fool nlgge let dem chicken bloody his shut all up, and I tell him, 'Who's gwain wash dat shut?' " "I id yon ever see or hear of a man nam ed Stephens, a friend of Herman Cra ven's, Hannah?" "I nebber did. Mars Lang nebber. L he got friends, dough, dey nebber comes to de house." "Is Miss Campbell yet at the DeBoaette residence?" "Xo, she gone home, poor chile." "Do you think Herman is suspicious o you in the least?" "No. Mars Lang, I ain't think so." "Well, I wish you to watch his move ments as closely as you can, also to note, if he is absent from the bouse nights, and who enters the house between this time ami that of your master's funeral. I wish also to see Uncle Duke. You can find an opportunity to tell him to call here at this hour to-morrow night. Caution him not to lie observed in doing so. Keep close mouth. Good night." "Good night. Mars Lang." And In a moment more the detective was the only oecupunt of the office. On a strip of pa per he made this memoranda: "Planters Rest." "Carolina Hotel Register." "Uncle Duke." "Mr. Stenhniia" "P.y all meaus Mr. Stephens," mused the detective, as he rolled the atrip of paper into a ball and cast it in a wastf basket. "Calban's clue," he laughed, "while be fng one of a fowl mnrder. was not one tending to lead to the perpetrator of the lom murder of which, perhaps, Mr. fcte- voens may have a guilty knowledge. CHAPTER XI. Twenty minutes after Hannah had tak en her departure from the detective's of- which the register was lvhur. Good evening, Mr. 80118," responded the two men. "Not much transient custom nowadays, I suppose. Mack 7" "Very little." replied the clerk, 'nor do I suppose we can look for more before fall." '"I should Judge not." said Sellara, as he bent over the open register. "-c. two, five, seven, nine. Why, yoe unj ; ; , . , ""t-u arrivals io-uay. "Yes, but half of them are drummers," ,a,d the clerk; "they get half rates, yoi Know. There Is not much money in them." m , "Well, they will bring yoo other custom iaier. True enough. Mr. Solium: that ! the inducement for giving them half rates." "Yesterday you had even a greater num ber, twenty-four. I declare, I see few aumes here that I have not some knowl ?dge of the parties." Here the detective turned back leaf of the register. 1 he 17th, twenty-one guests. Ah, here is the name of my old friend, Jo Anson of Tarboro. Why. here's Norment of TLiini lierton and Caldwell of Duplin. Yes, and Sam Grady and Col. Hoyt of Charleston. Next comes Stephens C. A. Stephens ol Baltimore. It's time for me to stop now, for I have no recollection of that name, 'fo be sure, there are plenty of Stephenses Virginia, for instance, is full of them; then there are the Stephenses of Cumber land, the Stephenses of Wake and Cra ven. I wonder if C. A. Stephens is one of those T' "I think not," said the clerk. "I have no recollection of having seen this Ste phens before. He was only here a short lime. Arrived on the morning of the 17th and left on the night of the 18th. He may have been a drummer, bnt I think not, as he did not ask for drummer's rates and had no baggage with him." "He was not a drummer then," said S2.,llnM 1 .. K MV ... I i - - wul uc iuaj uavf . 1 i ,,uc "J "?f " "" wlln or- ueu. uuu iuv uiicui run iuai inn. "He looked rather like a sporting char acter," observed the clerk, "but I presume he was a Baltimore business man. Cra- eu. the cashier of the 'Cape Fear Bank,' eemed to know him; at least I noticed hem talking earnestly together on the light of the 17th. By the way, that was i sad affair of Mr. DeRosette's taking ff." Terrible, Mack! Terrible! It was a hock to the entire community." "And to think that Robert Campbell hould have committed the murder! Why. ie is the last man I would have suspected, nd I heard Sheriff Cobb say there was :o doubt of his guilt." "'Sheriff Cobb is a very shrewd man a ery shrewd man," said the detective. "I understand that the prisoner had the uidacity to call you into the case. It re uinded me of your call in the Mulberry ase." "Very like! Very like!" said Lang. 'Cobb got the start of me this time." "I am sorry for Campbell's mother and dster." observed the night clerk. "Yes, and I," said Lang. "Well, good light," he added, "I must be going." "Good night, Mr. Sellars." "So much for Mr. C. A. Stephens.' bought Lang as he left the office. "He i r rived in Wilmington on the morning of he 17th. Mack observed him in close onversation with Herman Craven that night, and the same night Adam drives he two past tne DanKer s nouse. xou tuay De straignier man j. a. Stephens, but I mast know more about you. You left the hotel on the night of the murder presumably left the city the ame night. The north-bound train left for Baltimore at ten o clock. At tnat Hour the banker was a living man. I must in- erview Borden when be comes down the road. Poor Campbell! I believe every word of his statement. It is late, but the mother and daughter are looking foi i:ie. I must drop in and give them a word if cheer. I can't be going there much In ,he light of day." This the detective did, and when he en ered his own home the clock was striking the hour of twelve. CHAPTER XII. At the appointed time on the night oi he 20th Uncle Duke was admitted to the iresence of the detective. But the old inan could give no information that Sel- jrs deemed material. It wan evident that lie knew less of the cashier's life, associa- ions and careec after banking hours thap lid Adam. He occupied a room on the lower Boo. of the house back of the bath room, and usually was sound asleep by nine o'clock at night. That had been the case on the night of the murder, and he knew nothing of the terrible deed that had been com mitted until be was aroused by the com ..tin, that followed it. IUVLIUU . m . He had never heard of a party Ty tne name of C. A. Stephens, nor had he ever Known Herman Craven to bring a con panion into the banker's house. The night following his conversatioi T'..i IinLa the detective met Con A.,Mn.r Rnnlni at the Carolina Hotel and in a discussion which he brought about in regard to the traffic of the road, he grad ually led 'round to the number of passen- gers that the various couuu.-i. over the road on their trips. In the mean while the hotel register was open before ''The transfers from the Manchester road form the bulk of the P"??f r going north now." said the condor bnt on my last trip, the night of the . 18th I had a goodly number from Wilmington "Yes," said Sellara, turning; back the leave, of the register. number of arrivals on the 17th u-" It la ao hot here now that they not tarry long. I suppose you carried them nil back up the road with yoo. I see that ihoxe that arrived on the 17th are nearly all checked as having departed on the night of the 18th. Jo Wallace, and Hoyt, and Caldwell, and Turner, and Stephens. Ky the way, I wonder what family of Ste phenses this C. A. Stephens belongs tor "I declare I don't know," said Borden. "He came down the road with Browning, t believe. If he left the city on the night if the 18th he did not go over the road with me. He may have gone ' south. Grady and Hoyt went that way backlo Charleston, I sappose." The 22d of the month the remains of the banker were consigned to the grave, and a vast concourse of people was present in the cemetery when the last sad rites were spoken. Ail eyes were seemingly bent on the form of the bereaved young daughter, who, in the anguish that wrung her heart, rlung, strange to say, not to the arm of Herman Craven, who seemed to shuddei and grow pale as the clods of earth rolled in upon the coffin, but to the arms of twe women who were aeemingly scarcely lest agitated than herself the mother and sis ter of the man who lay in jail accused ol the damnable crime of the banker's taking off. Many there were who looked on this scene with surprise, bnt none with a deep ?r feeling of annoyance than Hermai Craven and Sheriff Cobb. To Sheriff Cobb's cold nature it was in explicable that the daughter of the mur dered man should seek consolation of the mother and sister of his murderer. To Herman Craven's mind the circum stance boded not the easy fulfillment o! his wishes. "Wait!" he thought. "Wait!" Lang Sellara, as he stood some yard? iway, leaning against a stately pine, hii all form towering above all othrrs bought, as his keen eye rested on the fig .ires before him: "There will be a tie that will bind you yet closer together. Wait!" - It was ten o'clock on the 23d day of the uouth, and gathered in the spacious par ors of the residence of the late banker vere the five directors of the "Cape Fear 'Sank" and a goodly number of those who u his lifetime had been close personal friends. Seated at one side of the front parlor near an open window, and with Jennie Campbell beside her, was the banker's laughter, and very beautiful, yet sad, she ooked, clad in the habiliments that told f her bereavement. A number of ladies were seated near hem, and ranged against the wall oppo ite them were the family servants. Herman Craven sat near a center tabic uu versing with the old attorney of the unk, who presently arose to his feet. In a osition from where he could at will scan ill features sat the great detective. "1 have been requested, said the law er. "by the daughter of our late friend, y his nephew and by the directors of the ank of which he was the honored presi lent, to read to those here present his ast will and testament. The instrument s embraced in this package of papers just 'landed me by the cashier of the bank Herman Craven." Here Attorney Dobbs removed the rub ier band and withdrew from the package he banker's will. (To be continued.) Household. Creamed Cabbage. Cleanse a tendei cabbage and boil It until soft. Drain thoroughly and press between two hot plates until dry. Chop it slightly. Melt a piece of butter the size of an egg ir a stewpan, and pepper and salt; then put In the cabbage. When heated dredge a tablesooonful of flour ovei and add gradually a cuo of cream. When hot turn on to a dish and serve Immediately. Clam Pie. Cut til) a quart of small, uncooked clams Into small pieces and put them Into a saucepan with the liquor that comes from them and let them come to a boil over a quick fire. Line a dees dish, both sides and bot tom, with a rich paste, and having chopped Into bits six hard-boiled eggs, All the dish with layers of the clams and eggs. Season with salt and pep per to taste, add a little butter cut Into small pieces and a cupful of the liquor. Cover with a perforated crust and bake in a quick oven. Snowflake Cake. One cupful of su gar, one-half cup of butter, one-half cup cornstarch, one cuo flour, one-half cup milk, one-half teaspoon cream of tartar, one-quarter of soda, whites or four eggs. Soft Gingerbread. One-half cup su gar, one-half cud molasses, one-nan cup of sortening, one-half cup boiling water, one teasooonful soda, one egg. one-half teaspoonful ginger, little salt. flour to thicken. Eggplant Stuffed with Tomatoes. Halve the eggplant and remove the in side. Make a forcemeat of the egg plant pulp, a cup of chopped ripe toma toes, one chopped pepper and a cup of breadcrumbs. Season with a table spoonful of melted butter and salt and pepper. Fill the hollowed sides with this mixture, bind the two halves to gether with wide taoe and bake as In the last recipe, basting frequently with melted butter and hot water. When tender transfer to a hot platter, cut and remove the tape, and paur a hot tomato sauce about the eggplant. Corn Pudding. Grate the corn (mm 14 large ears. Beat six eggs light--yolks and whites separately mix the yolks with the grated corn and pour upon them, beating steadily two table spoonfnls of melted butter, a quart of milk, three tablesooonfuls of granu lated sugar, a saltsioonful of salt and the stiffened whites. Turn at once into a buttered pudding dish, set this In a pan of boiling water and bake, covered for three-quarters of an hour. Re move the cover and brown. Serve as a vegetable in the dish In which it is cooked. Southern Dishes. A young Southern housewife found last summer when corn began to be scarce, that she could succeed in making a larger dish of corn If when she cut It off the cob she added half a cud of hominy. It was not detected when the dish was properly seasoned with milk, butter, etc. The same housekeeoer makes a delicious dish which she calls "Saving Jack." This is simply rice and green peas cooked together with two slices of breakfast bacon. When done she seasocs it as she would stewed peas, with milk, pepper, bread and a pincr of salt to taste. If vou would have a faithful servant and one that you like, serve yourseir. The brave only know how to for give. To give forth knowledge, wisdom. love, is not to diminish our supply, but is, instead, the means of increasing it many fold. Difficulties of thought, acceptance of what is without full comprehension, belong to every system of thinking. What maintains one vice would bring up two children. PALACE OP THE POPE. Boly Be tha Baaallcat rvnmw Ftate 1m Kwrope. The smallest sovereign state In Eu rope Is the Holy See at Rome, which, by the Law of Guarantees, passed by the Italian Government In 1871, Includes the Pope's Palace of the Vatican ana ihe Vatican gardens, whleh are con nected with the palace by two separate extensions of the building. There are In addition the Palace of the Lateran tnd the Castle of Gandolfo, the latter felng considered the Pope'a country ouse, though It has never been occu pied by him since the entry of the Ital ian troops Into Rome. It will be well known that his Holiness, as a matter of principle, and as a protest against the annexation of the Roman States to the Kingdom of Italy, never quits the nar row limits of the palace and garden still belonging to him. The palace Is an enormous) rambling building of not par ticularly handsome structure, and of various styles, dating back In Its oldest portions only as far as the fifteenth cen tury. It Is said to contain as many as 1,100 apartments. Only a small portion Is reserved for the actual personal use of the Pope, the bulk of the accommo dation being given np to the offices of the many organizations he controls, to the residences of Papal officials, and to the housing of the Papal guards. These latter consist of fonr bodies of men. Firstly, there la the Guardla No blle, who as their name Indicates are recruited from men of good birth and are practically a small cavalry force about fifty In number. Then cornea the celebrated Swiss Guard, recruited chiefly among the German-speaking Swiss, but whose components must ab solutely be subjects of Swltserland. This Swiss Guard has existed for some centuries. They wear uniforms de signed by Michael Angelo, and are about 100 In number. Then there are the Palatine Guards, of which there ar eighty, and a small number of gen dnrroes, so that the Pope has about him for his protection and for the safe keep ing of the glorious art treasures en shrined in the Vatican some 250 picked men. Of all these Papal soldiers none are to striking as the Swiss, whose appear ance Is a 'perfect feast to the eyes for form and color as they stand at the gateways to the Vatican. With the greatest difficulty the writer managed to make a sketch of this guard, which fives a perfectly accurate representa tion of the remarkable uniform they wear, so striking in its originality and splendid defiance of convention, that it U typical of the genius of Michael An gelo. In their ordinary everyday cos tume the Swiss wear a kind of muffin cap of black with a red band, but on Sundays tbey don a black and gold hel met, and on special feast days, or at times of rejoicing, this helmet Is sup plemented with a gigantic white plume. These three forms of headdress, bow ever, are said to have been of much later Invention than the rest of the uni form, as Michael Angelo intended the Guards to go bareheaded. The uniform tself is yellow, black and red in color. the black being very black, the red a rlmson scarlet, and the yellow a pure trlght chrome. The stockings are ktrlped black and yellow, and the shoes are black with large bows. The bay bnet of the rifle Is the old-fashioned ong sword-bayonet, and not the short- tabbing knife which Is now almost universally used. The drummers of this, corps wear a similarly shaped tunic and breeches, but Instead of being black, yellow and red, their uniform is red and white with red stockings. On great oc casions, when a helmet is worn at all, the men wear a white ruff around the neck, but this Is absent In ordinary cos tume, and on occasions of state the rifles are replaced by halberds. The great-coat, which is a modern Inven tion, of course. Is a bluish gray with brass buttons and two large red tags on the front of the turned-down collar. The officers of this Guard have breech es of alternate scarlet and crimson, and a tunic of braided black. Tbe Dean and the funnatic Dean Stanley bad great respect for presence of mind, and used with great delight to tell a story of presence of mind by which he liberated himself from a dangerous visitor. Since he was willing to see almost any one who asked for him, be once told his servant to usher Into his study a gentleman who had called, and who happened to bear a name which was familiar to him. When the gentleman appeared be proved to be an entire stranger. It was evident there had been some mistake. This became still more evident when, advancing with an air of great excite ment, the gentleman exclaimed: "Sir, I have a message to the Quean from (he Most High. I beg that you deliver It Instantly.". "In that case," said tbe dean, taking dp his hat, "there Is not a moment to be lost. Let us go at once." They went downstairs into the hall, and, opening the door, the dean requested his visitor to step out. No sooner had be done so than tbe dean shut the door behind the lunatic POPE'S SWISS GUARDS. PATAU AGE OF THIRTY-SEVEN. Kaay of World's Greatest Man Haw traccaaibe'l at That Ar The age of 37 Is a particularly fata: age. An examination of the reports of the United States government shows that more people die at that age than any other after attaining their major ity. It Is also ascertained that more misfortunes overtake persons at that age than at any other time In their Uvea, and that few fortunate events be fall them. An examination of history develop, the same thing. At the age of 37 a great sorrow befell Aristotle, the death of Plato, his friend and teacher, with whom he had studied for nearly twenty years. This sorrow plainly showed Its effects upon his future life, and to It may be attributed the sad tone of his later writings. It was at the age of 87 that Lord Byron died of fever at Greece. As Lord Beaconsfleld says, he was "great er as a man than as a writer, and his loss to the world was a great blow to It" Raphael, the glory of Italian art. died at 37. He fell sick a week before his birthday of cold and fever, and died on that day. Good Friday. In him the world lost one of Its greatest artists. In music, like art and poetry. En gland lost her grestest composer at the age of 37. Purcell. the most distin guished musician Britain produced, died within a few days after attaining bis 37th year. The regard in which be was held In England placed him on a par with Milton In epic poetry, with Shakspeare on the stage. Locke In metaphysics, and Sir Isaac Newton In philosophy and mathematics. It was at the age of 37. too. that Ea gland tost a military genius that ah regarded as of the highest rank and promise. Prince Henry of Battenburg died of fever in Ashantee ha that year of his life. Pascal, too, died at 37. but why seek more Illustrations? Those are sufn clent to illustrate the fatality of tbe aire anions: geniuses. Where death failed misfortune often befell. So the age of 37 may be regarded a the fatal age of all those after a man passes his majority. Chicago Times Herald. An act of Congress, m 1872. abolish ed flogging In the navy. It will take a snail fourteen days and live hours to travel a mile. If kept continually running, a watch will tick 160444,000 times a year. - Ttie American soft felt hat Is all th rage tn the leading Australian colonies. It Is computed that "when mafchtn soldiers take seventy-five steps . per -nJnute, tn quick marching 108 and In chargtng 160 steps. A Louisville woman labored so ener- fretimllv at combine ber hair as to break her collar bone. Another woman to Ohio nearly burned an eye outwith a enrltnrr troll, and a third, this til.T-iUT Kansas, had all her hah burned off be cause her curling papers caught Are ac cidentally. Necessary evils, say the women. . The Napoleonic campaigns lasted ten years, the war of 1812 wore than three years, the Crimean war two years, the Italian war more than one year, the civil war more than four years, the Franco-Pruselsjtt and Russo-Turklsh wars each about one year. What Is known as the Seven Weeks' war, be tween Prussia and Austria, lasted. In fact, seven months. The Spanish-American war will be recorded as the short tst war of the century. Denmark has about one million cows The director of the agricultural school mH Dal! no, J. Peterson, has Issued a brochure in which be calls attention to the fact that cows give considerably more milk If they are kindly spoken to and patted on the back than when roughly handled. He also calls atten tion to the fact that hi milking a cow it takes 172 pounds of the first streams of milk to make a pound of butter, and only twelve of the last stream. It Is said that Indian fishermen hav an Ingenious way of training the otter. They catch the small cub and put a col lar round the throat. The little crea ture, finding itself unable for days to gether to swallow anything It catches, gives up trying to do so, and firmly be lieves for the rest of Us life that an otter can only swallow such food as It receives direct from its master's band, and. accordingly. It faithfully brings to the bank all tbe flsb It may capture. There are pumpkins and pumpkin, but It is not often that tbe growers of the vegetable that contributes so much to the generous enjoyment of the true Yankee holiday. Thanksgiving, have the luck that attended M. W. Scott, of North Springfield. Mr. Scott had nine vines growing from one pumpkin seed, and their total length was 7164 feet The weight of the pumpkin was six hundred and forty pounds and twelve ounces, and then number 255. Tbe cir cumference of tbe pumpkins was fifty seven feet nine ncbes, and they were raised In a field which had one other crop. Color Dae to Bacteria, A scientist of Rio de Janeiro states, as a result of protracted and patient Investigation, that the color and scent of flowers are due to bacteria and that these germs are often of a kind that must be harmful to human beings. I'arvMtlnt Potato Bun, A right bushel basket Is the surest and quickest way of getting rid of po tato bugs, lc wet weather at least Tbe bugs can be shaken off tbe vines Into tbe basket In about half the time It takes to parts green them. She Had Noticed It. Softlelgh I aw weally fohgot to eat me lunch to-day. I'm so aw beastly absent-minded, doncher know. Miss Cutting Yes; 1 have frequently had my attention called to tout al sence" of mind. Hie Condition. Mrs. Peck What condition did rot) conae home In this morning Mr. Peck Madam, I came home In a hack. It you please. Phtladelphia Korth-American. Industrial. Skaguay Alaska) street car men get 14 a dav. We burn 90,000,000,000 matcnes an nually. ' Anderson. Ind- needs nunareos or. houses. United States possess 22.705 merchant vessels. Cincinnati motormen get Is t-S cents per hour. New York jewelers now enjoy tne eight-hour dav. Kingman, Art., has a tax rata oi x3.b on the sioo. At Roberta, Ga, cotton seed costs 15 cents a bushel. Wyoming's coal mines are produc ing 22,000 tons per day. Michigan, Ohio . and , Indiana lime makers are forming a trust. - There are nearlv 2000 stitches In a pair of hand-sewn boots. The Halcyon Mill, Cohoes. N. T., has commenced running evenings. Both of the knitting mills at Kln derhook. N. Y.. are running overtime. Many Pittsburg and Allegheny moulders have been conceded what they struck for. At Chippewa Falls. Wis., the tele phone companies . consolidated, - and forthwith the rate was doubled. The greatest whisky industry is In the United States, the output being more than 80,000.000 gallons a year. A new law requiring corporations to pay wages at least monthly has been declared constitutional in California. At Tacoma shingle manufacturers are complaining of a car shortage and shipments are seriously delayed. A carload of dried canned potatoes contains 3000 bushels, but would hold only 500 bushels in their natural state. The American woolen Company haf Increased wages of weavers in the An derson Mills, Showhegan, Maine, 10 per cent. In 1900 Duluth will be able to han dle 42,000,000 bushels of grain, and will be probably the biggest grain elevator centre In the world. Hitherto at Ottawa the rates have chiefly been collected direct from the tenants. It is now sought to make the landlord primarily responsible. The American Hide and Leather Co. as the combine of tanneries recently formed is known, has decided to secure another Dlant In Milwaukee. " The aggregate capital of the compa nies represented at the Cleveland Con vention of the National Paint and Var nish Association is upward of $200 000 -000. All street railway companies operat ing In the city of New York are re quired by law to run at least one closed car In everv four at all seasons of the rear. Frederick Pelts, a civil engineer, has returned from the Immense soda beds of Dona Ana county. New Mexico where he staked out 82.000 acres of soda lands for a Pittsburg syndicate Under the management of B. F. Cas mlre, the Bell Stove and Range Works at Muncie. Ind.. which have been idle a year, will soon resume work with a force of two hundred hands. Farm dotes. -if-the ground remains warm make a aed on tn-WOWJldeot a Duiiding, use plenty of manure ahoTSO ceseed. When tne plants Come up cover tne oeu' with coarse Utter and leave it until jpring. If sown in a cold frame it will oe better. Lettuce is hardy and can nand considerable frost. If the seed is jown late it will come up ery eaxly 11. , prir.g. The young plants mayoe trans planted to other cold frames If de sired. Young rye is one of the most valuable :rops after frost appears that can be grown on a farm containing stocK, as it serves as pasturage and provides green food for quite a period after all other green crops are gone. It also gives the earliest green food in the spring. Rye is so easily and quickly obtained in the fail that there is no reason why a plot of It should not be seeded every fall where stock can be kept. Do not allow the animals on the rye when the ground Is wet and soft, as they may do damage by trampling. but otherwise the rye will stand close grazing. To keep onions over winter put them n a dry location, such as a barn loft. and spread them on the floor or on shelves, In thin layers. If they should happen to freeze It will not damage them, provided they are not disturbed when frozen. They should be covered with sheets of paper in order to assist in preventing sudden thawing. But us ually, if the layers of onions are not too thick, and the location is dry, they will keep without difficulty. It is claimed that if the roots of hya inths and tulips are left in the beds where they bloomed and the stalks cut after blooming they will bloom annu ally, provided the bed is well pro tected in winter. A shovelful of well rotted manure over each stalk, with straw or some other covering over the manure, will serve as a protection. When tulips or hyacinths are grown in glasses the flowers and stems are praduced at the expense of the bulbs, but when grown In rich soil the ex haustion does not occur. Useful Hints. When a hat Is wet with rain it shTSS V Jried with a chief, brushed with a soft brush and when it is nearly dry with a harder brush. . . The best thing to clean decanters is a mixture of salt and vinegar. Put a dessertspoonful of salt In the decan ter, moisten with vinegar, ahake well and rinse. When lamps are clogged with oil the burners should be boiled In a strong solution of soda and water, and al lowed to get thoroughly dried before being used again. For the turn of the stairs, that ugly place In the old city houses, tall silver taper holders of Russian workmanship or the old Dutch candlesticks four feet high will be found effective adjuncts. Southerners affirm that the people of the North spoil watermelons by too much chilling, which renders them In digestible. Before putting away linen take rare that It Is thoroughly dried and well aired. Nothing collects dampness quite as quickly as linen. Should lin en show signs of turning yellow wring out In lukeworm soap and water, then iry and store again. A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience. Man Is like a plant which requires a favorable soil for the full expansion of its natural or Innate powers. Forbear to judge, for we are sin ners all. Changeable bengaline is In favor for evening dresses, the mixture of gray and mauve being the pet fancy. The cheerful man's a king. Praising all alike la praising none. A Cleveland Councilman has prepared an ordinance which will require motor men to be licensed. No matter how humble your sphere, fill it full by pouring your best and noblest qualities of character into it. SERMON BY Rw. Dr. Calmagc Bnbjeets Lay Hold of ChrUt The Help lalnaM f Kcllglon In Flchttnr I""' Battle Ba Bold For the Blent and Trast In tha Son of God. (OopyrlKbt. Loaia Klopsch. 1879.1 WigHiKOTow, D. C. In this discourse Dr Tnlirage employs a very bold flgnre of tbe Bible to bring out tbe helpfulness of ts llelon for all those in any kind of struggle. Tha text Is Isaiah xxr., 11. "Ha shall spread forth his hnnds in tbe midst of them, as be that swimiueth spraadeth forth his hnnds." In tbe enmmer season multitudes of peo ple wade into the ponds and lakes and rivers and seas to diva or Boat or swim. In a world tha most of which is water all men and women should learn to swim. Home of you have learned the side strokn Intro duofld by George Pewters in 1830, each stroke of that kind carrying the swimmer a distance of six faet, and some of you may use tbe overnand stroke invented by Gnr dener, the expert who by It won tbe 500 yard championship lu Manchester in 1HR2, the nvlinmer by that stroke carrying bis arm intteairfor a more lengthened ranch, and some of yon may trend the watar as though you had been made to walk tbe sea, but most of you usually take what Is call ed tbe breast stroke, placing the hands with tbe backs upward, about five Inches' under the water, the in-ide of tbe wrists touobing the breast, then poshing, the arms forward coincident with tha stroke of the feet struck out to tbe grentest width possible, and you thus unconsciously Illus trate the meaning of my text, "He shall spread forth bis bands In tbe midst of tham, as be that swimmeth spreadeth forth his bands to swim." Tbe fisherman seeks out unfrequented nooks. You stand all day on tba bank of a river in the broiling sun and fling out yonr line and eatch nothing, while- an ex pert angler breaks through the jungle and goes by tbe shadow of the solitary rook and, In a place where no fisherman has bean tor ten years, throws oat his line and comes home at night, bis face shining and his basket full. I do not know wby we ministers ot the gospel need always be fishing In the.same stream and preaching from tbe fame texts that otbar people preach from. I cannot understand the polley of the minister who in Blackfriars, London, England, every week for thirty years preached from tbe Epistle to the Hebrews. It is an exhilaration to me when I oome across a theme which I feel no one else has treated, and my text Is one of that kind. There are paths In God's word that are well beaten by Christian feet. When men want to quote Scripture, they quote the old passages tbut every one has beard. When tbey want a chapter read, tbey read a chapter that all tbe other people have been reading, so that tbe eburob to-day is ignorant of three-fourths of the Bible. You go into the Louvre at Paris. You confine yourself to one corridor of that opulent gallery of paintings. As yon come ont vour friend says to you. "Did you see tbat Rembrandt?" "No." "Did yon see that KnUens?" "No. "Did you see tbat Titian?" "No." "Did you see tbat Kaph ael?" "No." "Weil," says yonr friend, "then vou did -not see the Louvre." Now, my friends, I think we are too much apt to eonnne ourselves to one oi me (treat corri dors of Scripture truth, and so much so that there is not one person out ot a mil lion who has ever noticed the all sugges tive and powerful picture in the words of my text. This text represents God as a strong sv v tovpiMtxjJftsn Jnlq uity and sa spread r them his school, vbu. tsi sume of you in boyhood, it. . -u 'river neur your latner s nouse; soma oi you since you ciure to manhood or womanhood, whila sum mering on tbe beach of tbe sea. It is a good thing to know bow to swiin, not only for yourself, bnt because yon will after awiiila perhaps have to help others. I do not know anything more stirring or sublime than to see some man like Norman McKenzia loapiu froin the ship Madras Into the sea to sure Cbnrlas Turner, who bad dropped from tbe royal yard while trying to loosen the sail, bringing him back to tbe deck amid tha buzz. is of tbe passen gers and craw. It a man bus not entnust asm enough to cheer in sucb circum stances, he deserves himself to drop into thei-ea and have no one help him. The Royal Hnmane Society of England was es tablished tn 1774, its object to applaud and reward those bo should pluck up life from the de'p. Any one who has performed such a deed of daring h is all tbe particu lars of that bravery recorded In a public record and on bis brensta medal done In blue and gold and bronze, anchor aud uioa- ogram and iuscrlption, telling to future generations tbe bra vary of the man or woman who saved some one from drown ing. Bnt it it Is such a worthy thing to save a body from the deep I ask yon if it is not a worthier thing to save an immortal soul. And you shall see this hour tbe Sou of God step forth for this achievement. "He shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as be tbat swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim." In order to understand the full force of this figure, you need to realize that our race is in a sinking condition. You some times hear people talking of what tbey consider the most beautiful words in all our language. One man says It is '"borne," another says It Is tbe word "mother," an other savs it the word "Jesus," but I tell you the "bitterest word in all onr language, the word most angry and baleful, the word saturated with tbe most trouble, the word that accounts for all the loathsomeness and the pang and the outrage and tbe har rowing, and tbat word is "sin." You spell it with three letters, and yet those tbree letters describe the circumference and pierce tbe diameter of everything bad in tbe universe. Hin is a sihllnut word. You cannot pronouuee it without giving tbe slss of tbe flame or the hiss of tha serpent. Bin! And then if you add three letters to that word it descril-es every one of us by nature sinner. We have outraged tbe law of God, not occasionally, or now and then, but perpetually. The Bible declnres it. Hark! It thunders two claps: "The heart Is deceitful above all things and des- fierately wicked." "Tne soul that alnnetb, t shall die." What the Bible says our own conscience affirms. After Judge Morgan bad sentenced Lady Jane Grey to death bis conscience troubled him so much for tbe deed that he became Insane, and all through his insanity he kept saying: "Take ber away from met Lady Jane Grey! Take her awayl Lady Jane Greyl" It was the voice of conscience. And no man ever does anything wrong, however great or small, hut tba conscience brings that matter before him, and at every step of his misbehavior it says, "Wrong, wrong!" Sin Is a leprosy; sin is a paralysis; sin is a consumption, sin is pollu tion; sin is death. Give It a fair chance, and it will swamp you and me, body, mind and soul, forever. In this world it only gives a tnint Intimation of Us virulence. Ion sea a patient in tbe first stages of ty phoid fever. The cleek is somewhat flushed, tha bandssomewbat hot, preceded by a slight chili. "Why," you say, "ty phoid fever does not seem to be much of a disease." Bnt wait nntil the patient has been six weeks under it, and all his energies have been wrnng out, and he Is too weak to lift bis little linger, and bis Intellect gone, then you see the full havoc of tbe disease. Now, sin In this world is an ailment which is only in its first stages, but let it get under full sway, and it Is an all consuming typhoid. Oh, it we could see our unpardoned sins as God sees them, our teeth would chatter and oar knees would knock together, and our respiration would be choked, and our heart wonld break. If your sins are unforgiven, they are bearing down on you, and you are sinking sinking away from happiness, sinking away from God, sinking away from everything that is good and blessed. Then what do we want? A swimmer a strong swimmer, a swift swlmmerl And, blessed be God, in my text we have blm announced. "He shall spread forth his hands is the "dst ot the1 w swimmeth stretobeth forth his hands to swim." You have noticed that when a swimmer goes to rescue any one he pots off his heavy apparel. He mast not have any such Impediment about him it he U going to do this great deed. And when Cbri9t stepped forth to save us be shook off the sandals of heaven, and his feet were free, and then be stepped down Into tbe -wave ot our transgressions, and it came up over bis wounded feet, and it came above the spear stab In bis side aye, it dashed to the lacerated temple, tbe high water mark of anguish. Then, rising above tne flood. "He stretched forth bis bands in tbe midst of them, as he that swimmeth spread eth forth his b tnds to swim." If yon havi. ever watched a swimmer. you notice tha: bis whole body is brought Into play. Tbo arms are flexed, the hands drive tbe water back, tbe knees are setive, the bead Is thrown baok to escape strangu lation, the Wuole body is In propulsion. And wbent Christ sprang Into tbe deep to save us He threw His entire nature Into It ail His godhead. His omniscience. His good ness. His love,. His omnipotence, bead. heart, eyes, bands, feet. We were far out in tbe sea and so deep down tn tbe waves ind so far out from the shore that nothing -short of an entire God could save us. Chi 1st leapod.ont.for onr rescue, saving, "Lo, I come to do thy -wi)ll" and all the lurges of human and satante nafo'-V against Him, and those who watched Him from tbe gates of heaven feared He would zo down under tbe waves and instead of laving others would Himself perish; but, putting His breast to the foam and shak ing tbe surf from His locks. He came on ind on until He is now within the reach of every one here, eye omniscient, heart Infinite, arm omnipotent, mighty to save, jven unto tbe uttermost. On. it was not half a God that trampled iown bellowing Gennesaret; It was not a quarter of a God that mastered, tbe de mons of Gadara; it was not two-thirds of a . God that lifted up Lazarus into the arms ot bis overjoyed sisters; it was not a frag ment of a God who offered par Ion and peace to all the race. No. This mighty swimmer tbrew his grandeur, his glory, bis might, his wisdom, bis 'omnipotence and his eternity Info this one act. It took both bands of God to save ut both foot. How do I prove it? On tbe cross were not both hands nailed? On the cross were not both feet spiked? His entire nature involved in our redemption! If you have lived much by tbe water. rou notice also that If any one is going out :o the rescue of the drowning he must be Independent, self-reliant, able to go alone. There may De a time when be must spring rat to save one, and be cannot get a life boat, and If he goes ont and has not ' itrength enough to bear himself up and bear another up he will sink, and Instead ot dragging one corpse out of tbe billows rou will have two to drag oat. When Christ iprang ont Into tha sea to deliver ns. He bad no life buoy. His Father did not help Him. Alone in the wine press, alone in tbe pang, alone in the darkness, alone on tha mountain, alooe In the sea! Oh, If He saves as He shall have all the credit, for "there was none to help," no oar, no wing, no ladderl When Nathaniel Lyon fell in the battle charge In front of his troops, he had 1 whole army to cheer him. When Marshal Nay sprang into tbe contest and plunged In the spars till the horse's flanks sported stood, ail France applauded him. But Jesus ilonel "Ot the people there was none to belp." "All forsook blm and fled." Oh, It was not a flotilla that sailed down and saved ns. It was not a cluster ot gondolas that came over tbe wave. It was one per- -ion, Independent and alone, "spreading nt His hands among us as a swimmer ipreadeta forth his hands to swim." Behold, then, the speotaole ot a drown- -Ing soul and Christ the swlmmerl believe -it was in 1848 when there were six English loldiers ot the Fifth tusileers ,who were ' banging to a capsized boat boat that-- i adjri8en ups . b '-" jniie. - aarbhtone " , -;acb, guided . i.'-fi.bat lifted their tops He came to the beach. ,. . . -r?iua a shoreman tbat consented to go with him and save the other men, and they put out. It was some time befoie thay jould find tbe place where the men were, Out after awhile they heard their or), "Help, help!" and they bore down to them, ind they saved them and brought them to shore. If you have been much by the water, you know very well that when one is in peril Help must come very quickly, or It will be f no use. One mlnnte may decide every thing. Immediate help the man wants or no help at all. Now, that is Just the kind of relief we want. The case is urgent. Imminent, instantaneous. See that soul slnkingl Son ot God, lay hold of him. Be quiok, be quick! On, I wish "yon all anderstood how nrgent this gospel is. There was a man in the navy at sea who bad been severely whipped for bad behavior, and be was maddened by it and leaped Into the sea, and no sooner bad he leaped Into the sea than, quick as lightning, an albatross swooped upon him. The drowning man, brought to his senses, seized hold of the albatross and held on. Ihe fluttering of the bird kept him on the wave until relief could come. Would now that the dove of God's convicting, convert ing and saving spirits might flash from the throne upon your soul and that you, tak ing hold of its potent wing, might live and live forever. The world has had strong swimmers be sides the one ot the text, perhaps the greatest among them Matthew Webb, of the British mercantile marine sorvlce. He leaped from the deck of the Itussia, the Cuo- ard steamer, to save tbe life of a sailor who had fallen overboard. No wonder tbe passengers subscribed for blm a large re ward and the Royal Humane Society of London decorated him with honors. A mighty swimmer was be, by the strength ot his own arm and foot pushing through the waters from Blackwall pier to Graves end pier, eighteen miles, and from Dover to Calais. 39 miles, where he crossed, yet be was drowned at last in our Niagara's whirlpool. But fio strong swimmer of my text put out alona to swim a wrathier sea and for vaster distance, even from world to world, to save ns who were swamped In guilt and woe, and brought us to tbe shore of safety, although Ha at last went down Into tbe whirlpool of human and satsnlo rage. "He descended into belli" New modes have been Invented for res cuing a drowning body, but there has been no new Invention for resonlng a drowning lonl. In 1786 Lionel Lnkin, a London eoach builder, fitted up a Norway yawl as a lifeboat and called it tbe Insubmerglble, and that has been Improved npon until from all the coasts of the round world par feat lifeboats are ready to pat out for the relief of marine disasters. In sixteen years the Frenob Society For Saving Life From Shipwreck saved 3129 lives. The Ger man Association For the Rescue of Life From Shipwreck, the Royal Na tion Lifeboat institution and our United States life saving service have done a work beyond the power of statistics to commemorate. What rocket lines and sling life buoys and tally boards and mortars and hammocks and cork mat tresses and lire saving stations filled with machinery tor saving tbe bodies of tbe drownlngl But let me herd and now make it plain tbat there has been no new way In vented for the moral and eternal rescue of a struggling sool. Five hundred attempts at such contrivance have been made, bat all of them dead failures. Hear itl "There Is none other name under heaveo given among men wbereby we must be saved" than the name ol Jesus. There are trifles that contain the history of our lives, as a drop of dew draws into itself the majesty and so lemnity of the heavens. When interest is at variance with conscience, any pretence that seems to reconcile them satisfies the hollow hearted. You cannot give an instance of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time , contriving not to have te dious hours. The great mountains and the mighty ocean are about the only things on this earth that man looks at and dont sug gest some improvement. Constancy Is the compliment of all other human virtues. Every man is the architect of his own character. i 4 -.- t i ? t I 3 ' t : i -' f i 1 ? 'i " ; 'hi !!"' : If'?' r A A -vii U 1 - -ZV: 4. . . t i