" 'SmSSSMIBSSBSSSSmmmm awMMMMWgagjMyiWaMMlMMMWMWWM ' j asnnsnwas-aMSS- I I a I -ssnnwns-nns, B. F. SCHWEIER, THE COnSTITUTIOn -THE UniOH ADD THE Ell FOR CEU EOT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. LIU. MIFFL.INTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN.,' WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1899. NO.-49 CHAPTER XIII. (Continued.) "Surely, Mr. Dobbs," said Herman, te nii appearances not in the least disturbed, "you must be satisfied that my loved uncle hud every confidence in me. I cannot be tray it. My conscience would not allow me to vote for other than Herman Cra vi'ii. I'ntil my guardianship of my dead tunic's daughter shall expire I must hold tin' reins of this bank in my own hands, hihI to yourself and the directory I look for aid and encouragement. I desire Mr. rhmllmurn to remain our rice-president, .-iinl there shall be no change in the policy f the bank. You, its able attorney and iiy uncle's lifelong friend, will, I know, i.i- here to counsel me. I desire you to :i!k with the other directors before the meeting this evening and to assure them, :..r me, that it is not ambition that impels me. but a feeling that I shall be carrying nit the wishes of my murdered uncle. You understand, Mr. Pobbs?" "Yes, yes, I understand, answered the lawyer. "The directors will be greatly surprised. I bad best see them at once, 'line you have fully determined on this - n irse. I camiTjt answer for what some n( them may do. They may withdraw iiiir interests from the bank." "I trust not, Mr. Dobbs. You will still I e our counselor Mr. Chadbourn, our vice-president. The directory will remain unchanged, and if after my duties as , .. , . . ... . ,. , , directory desire, I will gladly join thens hi placing any one of their number at the head of the bank. You must understand how I feel about the matter." "Yes. certainly! I think I do, and I will lose uo time in conferring with the direc ors. At 7 o'clock this evening we as semble here in this room. I may drop In nd see you before that time." "Pray do; but m any event I shall rely jn you, and in all matters be guided by foil and the directory." The old attorney arose from his chair and left the office. "That was smooth work," thought Her man, "and it will win. I don't believe a nan will rote against me after that. Chad bourn will be in and I will promise to withdraw in his favor at the expiration 9f two years. They may have the bank then and welcome, or what there is left jf it. I think before, for I don't believe I ;an stand two years of this humdrum life, -nlel-sow that I have money. I hope Dobbs ' The planter complied, and the secretary won't visit Hattie and confer with her on withdrew. the matter," and Herman drew a cigar ! "What can I do for yon, air. You are from his pocket, lighted it and puffed the planter, I judge. Runaway negroes that wreaths of smoke contentedly aloft. i 'on are trying to locate?" Attorney Dobbs had left the bank with I "No, sir! No, Thorp, no! 1 have come Ae full intent of doing the rery thing Her- . o interview you," said Maltby, in an en . sian Craven did not want him to do ' irely different voice from that the chief tamely, of consulting the young heiress ,aa beard when he inquired for him in ind counseling her to appeal to the courts be outer office. tor protection against the wiles of her j guardian and the administrator of her father's estate, and straightway he bent 1 Ois steps in the direction of the late bank- ' fr's residence. He had reached Market street and tnrn rd the corner when he saw before him the ' tall form of Lang Sellars. "Good morning, Mr. Dobbs," said the letective. "I am jnst from your office. I desire to see you on important business. You look annoyed." "I am, Sellars, I am, and a very impor tant matter takes me at once to the resi lence of our lost friend. I go to consult lis daughter. I fear for the future. Sel la. I will see you later." "Have you spoken of fears to anyone else?" "Not in the matter that is now agitating me. Of course, you know we are all at lea. But I must not delay. I will be at :he office later." "I must see you now, Mr. Dobbs at nce, before you visit Miss DeRosette." "But, Mr. Sellars " "The matter agitating you is that Her man Craven has decided to become presi lent of 'The Cape Fear Bank.'" "True, Sellars, but how " "Never mind now, Mr. Dobbs; but please return to your office with me and I will convince you that it is to the inter est of all parties concerned that Herman Craven be not -thwarted at this time." "Is it possible?" exclaimed the attor ney. "Well, there would in fact be but one way tothwart him." "And that one way must not be resort ed to." "I am glad I encountered yon. That you have reasons for your statement I am well aware. Come!" Ten minutes later the two men were seated in the lawyer's office in close con versation, and for fully an hour were they there closeted. At last Sellars arose to his feet, and the attorney accompanied him to the door. "You have convinced me, Sellars," said the lawyer. "There shall be no obstruc tion. Herman Craven shall be elected without a dissenting voice, and his every movement shall be watched." "It is well," said Sellars, as he strode from the door. Ten minutes later Attorney Dobbs dis patched a messenger for Directors Chad bourn, Hammond and Hoyt, and when they were arrived there was another con sultation, the result of which was that at 7 o'clock, when the directors convened, Herman' was unanimously elected presi dent of "The Cape Fear Bank," and when an hour later he wended his way home there was a look of triumph on his fea tures. "Quite a raise in the fortunes of Ste phen Craven's son, my dear uncle," he muttered. "I have stepped Into your shoes very nicely. Your foul murderer soon conies to trial and will die on the gallows. Your fortune mine, your daughter minel So much for Stephen Craven's son!" And inward strode the new bank president la fancied security. CHAPTER XIV. At 8 o'clock on the night of the first of September a tall, raw-boned man, dressed in the garb of a Southern planter, entered the office of the Chesapeake Hotel in Bal timore, and on the register inscribed the name, "O. A. Maltby, South Carolina." "Simper. Mr. Maltbr aaked the clerk. A.'o, no, thank you; had supper on the loaf. Save me a room on the second floor. I have some friends I wish to look np and may be out late." "Yes. Well, there is a directory on the .ounter there. If you don't know exactly where to locate them, you will find their lames and places of residence there, if :hey are Baltimoreans." "Thanks," said Maltby, as he moved to wards the directory. "I will avail myself f it." Mr. Maltby turned over the learn ot the directory, casually glancing from leaf to leaf, until he had reached a page at the ead of which appeared the letter 8. Four pages of names commencing with i he passed, then bent over the book. , "St St Here we are! St St Ste hens! I should find the name here Ste phens Adam Stephens Alfred Stephens Benjamin Stephens Bruce, and here la Charles M. Stephens, wholesale grocer Clarence Stephens, attorney at law Ste phens Stephens Stephens Humph! rher$ Is no C.A-Stephens recorded hero." bought Mr. Maltby, as he closed the book. "Well, have you located your friends, Ur. Maltby r asked the clerk. "No, I am disappointed, too. The nam f the one I most desire to find doea not ippear here. "Then your friend is not an old resident f Baltimore. That book is this year's.di ectory, and nnless he has taken op his residence here since April last his name would appear there; but perhaps I can as list you. What letter were yon tracing?" "S. My friend's name is Stephens G. L, Stephens." "No such name here," said the clerk, 'and I never heard of a G. A. Stephens. Here is the wholesale grocer, Charles M. Stephens. He is an old man near seventy, ind resides on Laurel street. Here are a losen others commencing with C but no 3. A. What business is your friend en raged in?" "Oh, he is not a friend, merely a friend :o parties with whom I am acquainted. nd who wished me to look him np. They . . , . ,X n.ul. were not certain that he was in Balti liore. It does not matter in the least. If encounter him, well and good; if not, the tame," and so saying Mr. Maltby turned iway and a half hour later entered the jffice of John L. Thorp, chief of Balti more detectives. "Could I see the chief?" he asked of the roung man who was seated at the desk within the railing. "He is engaged in his private office," aid the secretary, "but I will take in your :ard." "I declare I forgot to provide myself with one," said the planter. "Just tell aim that O. A. Maltby of South Carolina is anxious to see him." The secretary vanished, bat soon return ed and conducted Mr. Maltby to an inner jffice. "Pray be seated. Mr. Maltby." said the Hey!" exclaimed Thorp, jumping to his eet. "Well, I'll be So you have turned jlanter, Mr. Sellars planter! Give me ronr hand. I hare not seen yon in a coon's j ige. v uat wind blows yon nerer I "Thorp, you sized me np about j ight when I entered the office. I am I Planter Maltby of South Carolina, for the ! :ime being, and I am here to inquire if in your department you have any record of ne C. A. Stephens." "I can answer that without even refer ring to the books. I never heard the name aefore. Baltimore contains no man of :hat name." "Are you sure. Thorp?" "Certain! To be sure, some one of the uany crooks that infest the city may on occasion have used the name." "I understand that. What I wished to ascertain was whether there was a man known to your department as C. A. Ste phens." "There is not; but what crime has C. A. Stephens committed?" - "None that I know of. I merely wish to locate the man." "I see! He may have committed a crime! Well, I can't help yon withont a lescription of your man, perhaps not then. What does he look like?" "I have never seen him, to my knowl edge." "Nor "Nor have I his photograph. I under itand be is about six feet in height, of middle age and has a grayish mustache. That is all I know about him." "Humph! Yon will find fire hundred men in Baltimore, who would answer to that description." "I know it. I imagine he is a sporting character perhaps a drummer." "You might make a round of our gam bling houses. No one on earth would know you. True, some sharps might try :o do you." "I am willing," said Sellars. - "Yes; well, I will gire you a list of the aew houses. Yon know the old ones, or if you will wait ten minutes I will go with you." "Good! I will." ' . Two planters were soon making a round if the gambling houses. They explored fully a dosen, and several men whose faces Planter Maltby closely wanned wouid have come-tip to Adam's lescription of C. A. Stephens, but some hing was lacking. Of course. Thorp knew them all, and Sellars waa fully satisfied . hat he had not yet encountered his man. "There is but one more of any note," ibserved Thorp, as they stepped from the loor of Bartridge Brothers about 12 o'clock, "And that?" "Abbott's, on Calvert street." "Well, it's on the way to the hotel," saio hilars. Ten minutes later our two friends enter ed the gilded dive of Abbott, which at the time was the most notorious gambling house in Baltimore. As late as it was, the large rooms were yet filled with men from all stations of life. Two roulette wheels kept up a ceaseless bum hi their circles, and players were seated at three faro tables, while the old fashioned game of poker monopolised the attention of many. The two planters laid a dollar or two here and there to divert any suspicion, and soon left the place. As they neared the door a flashily dress ed young sport entered -It, and Sellars heard him ask an attendant if Abbott bad returned. "He's doing the boys to Washington, was tbe answer. "Thanks, Thorp," said Sellars, when they were again on the street. "I have at least accomplished aUJ expend to this trip. I hare learned that If C. A. Ste phens is a Baltimore man he was sailing under an alias on the ""MM J" month. That is not much, bnt It will help me to shape my course." "Yon are entirely welcome, Lang. I am at your service at any time I can be at assistance. Good Bight' At 7 o'clock on. the night ft taUBfr Sellars entered the door of his home la Wilmington. After supper he entered the office, light ed his pipe, sat back in his armchair and sent for Calban. "I's got nothin' to 'port, Mars Lang, said the negro, as he entered the office. "I baa watched de banker's house ebery night close, and no one ain't gone in or come out 'ceptin them I know." "That was all yon could do, Calban. There, see who la at the door." Tbe negro opened it, and Aunt Hannah, looking much agitated, entered, followed by her daughter Millie. "Ah, you. Hannah, and Millie, tool Two chairs, Calbenl Ham, set them close to the desk. You have something new, Han nah?" "Mara Lang," said the negress, excited 1, "Millie de.one what's got news, and it may be 'portant news. 1 Jes fine it out to-day." "Well, Millla," said Lang, encouraging ly, "what la Itr "Man Lang," said Millie, looking wild ly at the detective, "yon won't let Mars Herman sell me?" "Sell yon, Millie? No. no, he can't sell yon. Yonr mistress, I doubt not, will soon free yon, and until she does you can rest assured that she will not part with you. No, no, or after, either. Speak np, I will defend yon in case of necessity. Remem ber your murdered master. M.uch may depend on you." "Mars Lang, Mammy say to-day dat Mars Herman nebber bring any one 'sides hisself into de bouse." "Well, did he?" "Mars Lang, on de night befo de mur der. Miss Hattie hab de haidache. and I was in her room rubbin' her haid wid camphor 'til twelve o'clock. When I corns out of her room Into de hall, I close de do' behin' me, and start down de hall to my room. As I open de do' I glanced back, and I seed a light shinin' as dough somebody was comln" down de stairs from de flo' above. Dar was no light burnin' in de hall, and I slipped In my room; but lef de do' ajar, and soon two men come down de stairs." "Two nicn?" exclaimed Sellars. "Two men?" - "Yes, two men. Mars Lang. One was Mars Herman, and de odder was a taller nd an older man, wid a mustache. Mars Herman was carryin a lamp, and da was both in dar stockin' feet. Da looked mighty nerbous, leastwise, Mara Herman did, and da walked mighty keerful. Da come on down de hall and went in Mara Herman's room. "I was dat skeered I lak to fell down. First, I tought I go tell Miss Hattie. Den I was skeered, and I dassent, so I locked my room do' and laid down wid my clothes on, and dar I laid 'til mawnin. when mammy called me. I nebber said nothin' kaze I was skeered of Mars Herman. Now, dafs all." "Does yonr mistress know of this. Mil lie r "Not a soul know It, Mara Lang, 'cept in' what's hyar." Then not a word, Millie; nor you, Han nah, to a living soul. Yon are sure Her man Craven did not see yon, and ia ignor ant of the fact that yon saw him and his companion T "Certain, Mara Lang!" "You never saw this man that was with Herman before or since?" "Nebber, Mara Lang, dat I knows of, dough de light was dim and I couldn't see berry wejl." "Well, that is all. Return home. Yoni information may be very important. I shall be at the house at 10 o'clock to morrow. Look for me at the rear door, and If yonr mistress starts to leave the house, detain her. Otherwise, say nothing to ber. Remember, not a word. Good night. Show them out, Calban." "Good night. Mars Lang." "So, so!" exclaimed the detective, as th door closed behind the negress and her daughter. "Another link in the chain C. A. Stephens visited ffee banker's 'house on the night of the seventeenth, and more, he was on the second floor in company with Herman, and in bis stocking feet. "Gods! They had visited the attic! Fool that I was not to have explored it on the night of the murder. Fool! Fool! Then and there, I should have captured C. A. Stephens, the murderer of Alvin De Rosette." (To be continued.) Cannon Made of Leather. According to one account, cannon were built of the most hardened leath er, girt about with hoops of Iron and brass, the honor of baring Invented this make being a matter of dispute be tween Sweden and Scotland. Accord ing to another, they had a core of tin, and were bound round with cordage. In neither case could they be ex pected to last long, though we are told that they could be "brought to dis charge" as often as ten times In suc cession; but when we reflect how few are the rounds that can be fired from the monster guns of our own day with out renewal of the Inner tube we can not afford to sneer at the shortness of their life. They were, at any rate, mo bile, for they could be carried on a pony's back or stacked together by the half-dozen In "barricades of wood borne on wheels." Useful Hints. Mud stains can be removed from tan boots and shoes by rubbing them with a piece of raw potato, and then "polish with cream or paste. To prevent steel brooches and orna ments from rusting keep them when not In use In a box with a little pow iered starch or arrowroot. Sponge fruit stains at once with cold water. Rusty marks can be taken out ot linen by dipping it In hot water ant" squeesing the juice of a lemon over it. To restore waterproof. The following process la said to restore to a water proof the original softness: Dissolve a teaspoon of best gray lime in half a pailful of water; wipe the cloak weli with a soft cloth, wrung loosely out of this mixture; hang to dry and repeat the operation In two hours. To keep the hair in curl Before put ting into curlers, damp It with a solu tion of isinglasa dissolved in hot water. A' small piece of camphor placed in the oil reservoir of a lamp will make the light more brilliant and also prevent the lamp smoking. The heart of a statesman should be In his head. A society woman is one who has learned to smile like a politician. Imagination may exhilarate, but t when it intoxicates it ia abused. One is not worthy to love the truth I when one lovea something more than It. ' It is an undoubted fact that all re ' markable men have had remarkable mothers. - ---.... - -; 1 MENACE TO PASTURE LANDS. Saw Weal that Destroys Other Yegjs tton Bros ant front Bnrese. The orange hawkweed has made Its ippearance to and around Chicago dur ng the past season. It Is a compara Jvely new plant, having been totro luced recently from Europe, and al ; bough not regarded in Us native land is particularly noxious has become a treat nuisance here and threatens to iestroy other vegetation highly prised by gardeners and arboriculturists. Tbe first American appearance of the hawkweed was in Vermont. The seeds were distributed as a premium by ne of the leading agricultural jour nals of New York State. Within the last decade the plant has been spread ing as a weed in an alarming manner, investigations at the Vermont experi ment station have shown that it Is al ready the worst weed known and Is continuing eacb year to Invade new nreas. It te easily recognized by Its (lame-red flowers and spreading hairy leaves. Tbe first blossoms open to tune. If these are mowed It continues :o send up scattering flower stalks dur ing the rest of the summer. Fortunately clean cultivation will kill t wherever It is practiced. One of the serious difficulties Is that the weed is allowed to spread along many road sides to the menace of the adjacent 'and. The really great danger, bow ?ver. Is that It rapidly invades the pas :ures, and when once fully established in such places it Is practically impossi ble to exterminate it. The owners of such fields should carefully guard Ibem against It. Every plant found should be promptly uprooted, or, better still, kUIed out by salt. Tbe weed to very sensitive to salt, which should be cattered broadcast so as to reacb the leaves) of all Atlanta. If not too much alt ia need it may serve as a fertSIzer to the grass. The salt does not act as a poison, but kills tbe weeds by draw ing the water out of tbe leaves. In or der to act moat thoroughly, therefore, dry salt (not brine) should be applied, and this should be done during dry, hot weather. Chicago Chronicle. INDIANA'S BIG MAN. enrft Washington Walker, Who Weighed Sea Ponnda. George Washington Walker, who dleo. i few days ago at Wawaka, Ind., was the largest and heaviest man In the State. He was 38 years of age, and ten years ago began to grow -corpulent. Ills weight Increased from 450 pounds to S05 at the time of his death. A spe- OIOBOI WALKB.B. i.'al coffin had to be constructed for him, ana much difficulty was experi enced in conveying the body from the bouse to the cemetery. Mr. Walker had received numerous offers from museum and circus managers, but re fused to travel or place himself on ex hibition aa a curiosity. Motto of the Siamese Nation. Have you beard the motto of the gov ernment of Slam? And having beard It, have you repeated It? And having repeated it, bare you caught ks purely personal application? And having caught It, have you tried It on your friends)? This la the motto: "Ah Wa Ta Na. Slam." It sounds unintelligible non sense, but keep saying It over aa long as you can aad as fast as you can and you will discover at last that tbe East ern patois baa a Western sense that lptly classifies many a remorseful sub lect of Uncle Sam. For "Ah Wa Ta Sas Slam" is easily evolved into "Ah, vbat an ass I am." A Vegetarian Monarch. The King of Italy Is a vegetarian, ana Ives entirely on vegetables and fruits. fhe doctors have also forbidden blm lo drink coffee, so bis beverage Is Bor deaux and plenty of water. The King never feels so well as when his fare Is bread, potatoes, and oranges, although peaches are his favorite edible. The Queen has made repeated attempts to become a vegeterian, but finally has given np to despair, being fond of a generous diet. Tbe Royal meals are served on gold plates. Wr t n( Music While on Trains. Sir Arthur SuHivan waa once asked where he was able to compose beat and under what circumstances his Ideas flowed most freely. "There Is no place," he said, "where I have so many toptra tlotts as to a railway carriage. There is something in the rkpidlty of the mo tion, ta tbe clanging of the Iron and la the whining of the wheels whtcn seems to excite the Imagination and supplies material for a boat of harmon tes." Steam Machinery in Old Egypt. Twenty centuries before the birth of Watt Nero of Alexandria described machines whose motive power was .steam. He also to vented "a double force pump, used as a fire engine, and anticipated tbe modern turbine wheel by a machine be called "neoinU." InrUlbU White. "Dldnt I tell yon not to snoot until you could see thevwbites of fhe ene mies' eyes?" thundered tbe bate officer. "Tls, sor," spoke np the Irinh votan teer, "but, faith. th toemy bod black ened each it hers' oyea ao ta a flat fotgbt over ratbiona tbot we endmt aa toy white at afl" ' -z?-l y-'-i.-. A KLONDIKE BABE. fate Tlv Infant Managed to IAf Wheal Frronr Men IHet. A tiny Infant managed to live with out a mother's care In tbe Klondike, a country where sturdy, stout-hearted men go under. Just before dying from typhoid fe ver. Mrs. Jessie Endgren, of Daw son City, gave birth to a little daughter, so tiny and frail that no body thought It could possibly live. Mae Eldorado, the little one was call fYJ 7"Kkv LSt I A" daughter, so tiny P Sf I and fral that no- 4-1 I hnriv thought It dli body thought H fl R couId Po"lbI7l'TC- Mae Kldorado. the BABT MAX. ed because of her advent Into this vale of tears In the bind of gold. A few days after the baby's birth the mother died. -- A small dog sledge bore to their last resting place the remains, of the glrl wife. During tbe services. Dr. Mary Mosler stepped forth and gave the dead woman In ber coffin the tenderest promise that one woman can make to another. "I will be a mother to yonr motherless little baby gtrL" sobbed Mrs. Lilosler, placing on tbe cold brow of the Wisconsin bride her gentle hand. Tbe terrible winter dragged along slowly and the doctor expressed but little hope for the poor little child. It had weighed only three pounds at birth, and Its life bung constantly by a thread. But the baby grew and soon became fhe pride of the town. "Howls Mae?" the simple-hearted miners were wont to ask as they trudged by tbe little house on their way to and from work. Dally the question was asked. and dally tbe answer given "that It I would live, please God."- When tbe summer came little Mae's father and foster-mother thought It wise to send tbe little one to its grand- , parents In Wisconsin, to escape the ( unfortunate and return to the old bome rlgors of another winter In the froxen t stead to live, and the grandchildren come north. Mrs. John MacDonald. wife of one of the wealthiest miners of tbe Klondike, offered herself as Baby Mae's escort, and early to July tbe tourney was begun. All Dawson was on band to bid tbe child farewell. Gold dust and nuggets were showered as parting gifts, until a handsome sum was realized and pre sented to the Klondike babe. Dawson wanted to show its appreciation of tbe little one's pluck, and that was tbe only way the miners had of doing It Baby Mae was carried by an Indian packer across the wneto pass ana over me mountain to Skaguay. Warmly clad In flannels the baby was as snug as a bug In a rug, nestling against tbe tall Indian's back. When Seattle was reached Mrs. MacDonald turned tbe baby over to Mrs. J. S. Bresse. a sister of Mrs. Endgren, who was to conduct the Infant to ber grandparents borne. It ! "Cre now. receiving tbe best of care, .and thriving, la spite of Its check ered career, at the age of 6 months. Naturally, the little one Is the pride of tbe good folks of Madison, as It was of tbe miners at Dawson. Mae Bennett, the baby's mother, was t!.c daughter of a prominent Grand Army man of Madison. Her sweet heart waa Jesse Endgren, a student of the State unlveralty. Tbey wers mar ried in February. 1K8, and .on tbe ame evening left for DawsoiS City. MEXICO'S VICE PRESIDENT. Fhooh Bands with McKlnlex and Lanrier in Chlcnsr-v That was a notable gathering to Chi cago when iTesioeni aictviniey. sir Wilfrid Laurier. the premier of Canada, and Don Ignaclo Marslcal, Vice Preai- DOH IOKACIO MABSICAI. dent of Mexico, met to one room at shook bands. Don Ignaclo to one o tbe brilliant men of the Mexican re public. In addition to being Vice Pres ident he Is Secretary of Foreign Affairs and is regarded as a possible successor to Dlas. He made a favorable im pression during bis visit to Chicago, where he attended tbe fall festival and Tostofnce corner stone laying. Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle Is a methodical worker and a bard worker. He pastes up over bis mantei-sueii a net. ui me imiigs ne intends to do In tbe coming six months, and he sticks to his task until It is done. He must be a great disappointment to his old teacher. When he bad finished school, the teacher called the boy be fore him. and said, solemnly: "Doyle. I have known you now for seven years, and I know you thoroughly. I am go ing to say something that yon will re member in after-life. Doyle, you will oever come to any good I" Antiquity of the Top. Probably tbe oldest toy In tbe world la tbe top. It has been used all over tbe world for thousands of years, and In some savage tribes Is used m the per formance of religious rites. Boon to Impecnnions Smokers. Mr. Sucbsland, a German scientist, has discovered that the aroma of to bacco to due to microbes, and It la said v. ul natn If tu oan a nirnn. . he will patent, ir be can. a process for 4 n m mKaaw Alwava small I IV A a v n. n m maklng cheap cigars smell like expeas tre ones. . " " " No man's authority Is aa great with his employes after they have found that his wife make, her boys waa laac curia. AM I DK. Preached by Rev. Dr. Snhja Oar Father's BoiM (lad's Balldd ra the Hills . Hem re. Fro ride Beams For Alha Vivid Pictnre mi the Celestial Home. tCoprrlght. Louis Xtopeeli. ltw.l . WasHraoToa, D. C In a nnlqae way the heavenly world Is discoursed noon by Dr. TalmaM la thin aartnnn tinder tha flcrum nf a homT; text. John xlv.. J, "In My Father s bouse are many rooaw." Here Is a bottle of medicine that Is a mrB aI1- The disciples were sad, and Christ offered heaven as an alterative, a stimulant and a tonic. He shows them that their sorrows are onlv a dark bnck- gronod of a bright picture of coming felicity. He lets tbem know that, tlioagh bow they live on the lowlands, they shall yet have a house on the uplands. Nearly all tbe Bible descriptions of heaven may be figurative. I am not positive that In all heaven there la a literal crown or harp or pearly gate or throne or chariot. They may be only csed to illustrate the gloriej of the place, but how well they do itl Tbe favorite symbol by whleh tbe Bible pre sents eelestlal happiness Is a bouse. Paul, who never owned a bouse, aitbough be hired one for two years to Italy, speaks of heaven as a "house not made with binds," aud Christ In our text, tbe translation of wbioh Is a little ebanged, so as to give the more accurate meaning, says: "In Sly Father's bouse are many rooms." I This divinely authorized comparison of heaven to a great homestead ot lan;e ac commodations i propose co carry out. In some healthy neighborhood a man builds a very commodious habitation. He must have room for all bla children. Tbe rooms come to be called after the different mem bers of tbe family. That Is mother's room, that is George's room, that is Henry' room, that is Flora's room, that la Mary's room, and tbe bonse Is all occupied. But time goes by, and the sons go out into tbe world and bolld tbelr own homes, and the daughters are married or have talents enough singly to go ont and do a good worI to tbe world. After a while the i rainer ana moiner are almost aione in ine I big house, and, seated by the evening , stand, they say, "Well, our family is no larger now than when we started together b -.Aom. of the children are dren, and again the house is full. Millennia ago God buUt on tbe bills ot beaven a great homestead for a family In numerable, yet to be. At first He lived alone In that great boose, but after awhile It was occupied by a very large family, cher ubic., seraphic, angelic. The eternities passed on, and many of the Inhabitants became wayward and left, never to return, and many of the apartments were vaoant. I refer to tbe fallen angels. Now these apartments are filling np again. Tnere are arrival at tbe old homestead ot God's children every day, and the day will come when there will be no unoccupied room In all tbe house. A you and I expect to enter It and make there eternal residence, I thonitht you would like to get some more particulars about tbe many roomed homestead. ' "In my Father's bouse are many rooms." You see, tbe place Is to be apportioned off Into apartments. We shall love all who are In heaven, bnt there are some very good peo ple whom we would not want to live with In tbe same room. They may be better than we are, bnt they are of a divergent temperament. We would like to meet with tbem on tbe golden streets and worship with them to the temple and walk with tbem oa the river banks, bnt I am glad to say that we shall live to different apart ments, "in my ratners noose are many rooms. lou see, neaven win do so large tr". f: " - " . .1 l""r.T.r"ZrJa' 10 "MO" An ingenious statistician, taking tbe statement made In Bevelatloa, twenty-first chapter, that the heavenly Jerusalem was mens ured and found to be 12,000 furlongs and that the length and height and breadth of It are equal, says that would make beaven In size 918 sextlllion 968 quintiliion evbic feet, and then, reserving certain portion for tbe court of beaven and tbe streets and estimating that the world may last a hundred thousand years, be ciphers out that there are over 5,000,000,000,000 rooms, each room eventeeu feet long, six teen feet wide, fifteen feet high. But I have no faltn In the accuracy of that calcula tion. He makes tbe rooms too small. From all I can read tbe rooms will be palatial, and those who have not had enough room In this world will have plenty of room at the last. I should not wonder if, instead of the room that the statistician ciphered out as only seventeeu feet by sixteen, it should be larger than any of the rooms at Berlin, St. James or Winter palace. "In my Father's bouse are many rooms." HCarrying ont still further tbo symbolism of tbe text, let ns join bands and go up to this majestic homestead and see for our selves. As we ascend the golden steps an Invisible guardsman swings open tbe front door, and we are ushered to the right Into the reception room ot tbe old homestead. That is tbe place where we first meet the welcome of heaven. There must be a place where tbe departed spirit enters and a place to which it confronts the inhabitants eelestlal. The reception room of the new ly arrived from this world what scenes It must have witnessed since tbe first guest arrived, tbe victim ot the first fratricide, pious Abel! In that room Christ lovingly greets all newcomers. He redeemed them, and He has the right to tbe first embrace on ' arrival. What a mtnnte when the ascended spirit first sees tbe Lord! Better than all we ever rea 1 abont Him or talked about Bim or sang abont Him In all the churches and through all our earthly lifetime will It be. just for one seeond to see Him. The most rapturous Idea we ever had of Him on sacramental days or at tbe height ot some great revival or under tbe uplifted baton ot an oratorio ia a bankruptcy ot thought compared with the first flash of His appearance in that reception room. At that moment when you . confront each other, Christ looking upon you and you looking upon Christ, there will be an ec static thrill and surging of emotion that beggar all description. Look! They need no introduction. Long ago Christ chose that repentant sinner, and that repentaut sinner chose Christ. Mightiest moment of an immortal history tbe first kiss of heaven! Jesus and the soull Tbe soul and Jesust But now Into that reception room pour tbe glorified kinsfolk, enough of earthly retention to let yon know tbem. but with out their wounds or tbelr sicknesses or tbelr troubles. See what beaven has done , triin,portlnKiy ,OTeiy, lor tbem so radiant, so gleeful, so Tbey call you by name. Tbey greet you with an ardor pro portioned to tbe angolah of your parting and tbe length of yonr separation. Fathert Mother! There Is your child. Sisters! Brothers! Friends! I wish you joy. For years apart, together again in tbe reception room of tbe old homestead. You see, they will know yon are coming. There are so many Immortals filling all tbe spaces between here and beaven that news like that files like lightning. Tbey will be there In an Instant. Though tbey were In some, other world on errand from God, a signal wonld be thrown that would fetch tbem. Though von might at first feel dased and overawed at their super nal splendor, all that feeling will be gone at their first touoh of beavealy salutation, and we will say: "Ob. my lost boy I" "Oh, my lost companion!" "Ob, my lost friend! Are we here together!" j What scenes in that reception room of tbe met Joseph and Jacob, finding It a brighter room than anything tbey saw in Pharaoh's Klaee; David and tbe little child for whom once fasted and wept; Mary and Laz arus after tbs heartbreak of Bethany; Timothy and grandmother Lois; Isabella Graham and her sailor son: Alfred and George Cookman, the mystery of the sea at last made manliest; iuiner ana nugaa- I lane, I no ' Howard and tbe prisoners whom ' , . i.i. i . t. . Inne, the daughter he bemoaned; Jonn j pellsed, and multitudes without number I who, once so weary and so sad, parted on ne I eartn, bnt giononaiy met in neaven. a.mong j all the rooms of that house there Is no one tbat mora enraptures my soul than that j reception room. "In my Father's house 'SS&ISSi ta onr Father-, house!, tbs throne room, Ws belong to the royal .1,- family. The blood of King Jesus flows in our veins, so we have a right to enter the throne room. It Is no easy thing on earth to get through even the outside door ot a king's residence. During tbe Franco-German war, one eventide In the summer ot 1370, 1 stood studying the exquisite sculp turing of the gate of tbe Tnileries, Paris. Lost in admiration of the wonderful art ot that gate, I knew not that I was exciting suspicion. Lowering my eyes to the crowds of people, I found myself being closely in spected by tbe government officials, who from my complexion, judged me to be a Ger man and that for some belligerent purpose I might be examining tbe gates of the pal ace. My explanation in very poor French did not satisfy tbem. and they followed me long distance! -until I reached my hotel and were not satisfied until from my land lord they found that I was only an InolTen sive American. The gates of eirthly pal aces are carefully guarded, and if so, how mush more the throneroomt A dazzllnir place is It for mirrors and all costly art. No one who ever saw the tbroneroom of tbe first and only Napoleon will ever for get the letter N embroidered in purple and gold on tbe upholstery of chair and win dow, the letter N gilded on the wall, the letter N chased on the chalices, tbe letter N flaming from tha ceiling. What a con flagration of brilliance the thronernom of Charles Immanuel ot Sardinia, of Ferdinand ot Spain, of Elizabeth of England, ot Boniface of Italy. But tbe tbroneroom of our Father's bouse bath a glory eclipsing all tbe throne rooms that ever saw scepter wave or crown glitter or fo eign embassador bow, for our Father's throne is a throne ot grace, a throne of mercy, a throne of holiness, a throne of justice, a throne of universal dominion, "ne need not stand shivering and cowering before it, for our Father says we may yet one day come up and sit on It beside Him. "To bim that oyer tomato will I grant to sit with Me in My throne." You see, we are princes and princesses. Perhaps now we move about Incognito, as Peter the Great In the garb of a ship car- fionter at Amsterdam or as Queen Tirr.ah n the dress of a peasant woman seeking tbe prophet for her child's cure, but it will be found out after a while who we are when we get Into the tbroneroom. Aye, we need not wait until then. We may by prayer and song and spiritual uplifting this moment enter the tbroneroom. O King, live foreverl We touoh the scepter and prostrate ourselves at Thy fee:. Another roo n In our Father's house Is the music room. St. John and other Bible writers talk so muoh about the music of beaven that there must be music there, perhaps not such as on earth was thrum med from trembling string or evoked by touoh of ivory key; bat, It not that, then something better. There are so many Christian harpists and Christian composers and Christian organists and Christian bym nologists that have gone up from earth, there must be for tbem some place of es pecial delectation. Shall we have mnslo in this world of discords and no music in tbe land of complete harmony? In that music room of our Father's housb you will some day meet tbe old masters, Mozart and Handel and Mendelssohn and Beethoven and Doddridge, whose sacred poetry was aa remarkable as bis sacred prose, and James Montgomery and William Cowper, at last got rid of his spiritual mel ancholy, and Bishop Heber, who sang ot "Greenland's icy mountains and India's coral strand," and Dr. Raffl-js, who wrote of "High In yonder realms of light," and Isaao Watts, who went to visit Sir Thomas Abney and wife for a week, but proved himself so agreeable a guest that they made him atay thirty-six years, and side by side Augustus Toplady, who has got over his dislike for Methodists, and Charles Wesley, freed from his dislike for Calvlnists, and George W. Bethune, as sweet as a songmaker as be was great as a preacher and the author of "The Village Hymns," and many who wrote in verse or song. In church or by eventide cradle, and many who were passionately fond ot mnslo, but could mate none tneni- i ! .poorest singer there mare than fay P and the poorest players! bere more than any earthly Gotl- scbalk. Oh, that music room, the head quarters of eadence and rhythm, sym- Shonv and cjiant, psalm and antiplionl ay we be tt re some hour when Hnydn sits at tbe ksycf one of bis own oratorios, and Daytivthe psalmist fingers the harp, and Mil ii of the Bed sea banks claps the cymbals, and Gabriel puts bis Hps to the trumpet and tbe four and twenty elders chant, and Llnd and Parepa render match less duet In the muslo room of the old heavenly homestead! "In my Father's louse are many rooms." -Another room In our Father's bouse wilt be the family room. It may correspond somewhat with tbe family room on earth. At morning and evening, yon know, tbat Is the place we now meet. Though every member of the household have a separata room, in the family room tbey all gather, and joys and sorrows and experiences of all styles are there rehearsed. Sacred room In all our dwellings, whether it be luxuri ous with ottomans and divans and books in Russian lids standing in mahogany ease or there be only a few plain chairs and a cradle. 80 the family room on high will be tbe place where the kinsfolk assem ble and talk over tbe family experi ences of earth, tbe weddings, tbe births, the burials, tbe festal days of Christmas and Thanksgiving reunion. Will the children departed remain chil dren there? Will tbe aged remain 11 Red there? Ob, no! Everything is per fect there. The child will go ahead to glori fied maturity, and the aged will go back to glorified maturity. Tue rising sun of the oue will rise to meridian, and the descending sun nf the other will return to meridian. However much j love our children on earth, we would consider it a domestic disaster it they staid children, and so we rejoice at their growth here. And when we meet In tbe family room of our Father's house wo will be glad tbat they have grandly and gloriously matured, while our parents, who were aged and in firm hare, we stiall De glad to find re stored to tbe most agile and vigorous im mortality there. I hope note of us will be disappointed about getting there. There Is a room for us it we will go and take it, but in order to reach It it Is absolutely necessary that we take the right way, and Christ Is the way, and we must enter at the right door, and Christ Is tbe door, and we must start in time, and the only hour you are sure of is the hour tbe clock now strikes, and tbe only second tbe one your watch is now tieklng. I hold in my band a roll ot letters inviting you all to make that your borne forever. The New Testa ment Is only a roll of letters inviting you, as the spirit of them practically says: "My dying yet immortal child in earthly neighborhood, I have built for you a great residence. It Is full of rooms. I have furnished them as no palace was ever furnished. Pearls are nothing, emeralds are nothing, chrysoprasus is nothing. Illu mined panels ot sunrise and sunset noth ing, tbe aurora o' tbe northern heavens nothing, compared with the splendor with which I have garnltured tbem. But you must be clean before you can enter there, and so I have opened a fountain where you may wash all your sins away. Come now! Put your weary but cleansed feet on the npward pathway. Do you not see amid the thick foliage on the heavenly hilltops the old fami.y homestead?" "in my Father's bouse axe many rooms." FITes an T friends are too often alike; they are attracted most by sunshine and sugar. Mo'esty and diffidence are often con founded. Fault-finders never suspect them selves. We dream of Heaven up to the very edge of hell. He who Is. not true to himself Is a traitor to Heaven. When the well la dry they know the worth of water. Foolish men make feasts and wise men eat them. Friends are those people who act surprised when we tell them how old we are What maintains one vice would bring up two children. Live as though life were earnest and life will be so. A Cleveland Councilman has prepared an ordinance which will require mc tor- men to be licensed. Industrial. Japan has 65 cotton spinning com panies. St. Louis Iron moulders now get $2.63 per day. Tonawanda, N. moulders now get $2.50 a day. New York woodcarvers get $3 for eight hours' work. A line of telegraph has been estab lished to Dawson City. The rate for 20 words Is 4.3.r. At Connellsville 18,236 coke ovens are active; 10,277 cars were shipped in six days. A large number of the mills in South Carolina are making goods for the trade of China. A 5,000,000 steel plant, that will rival in size the Lorain steel works, is to be Ideated at Falrport Harbor, O. That the street railway system may be made use of to help solve the gar bage and ashes problem in New York, to aid in the expedious removal of snow and ice. and to carry light freight in-' cidentally, is the newest idea. Farmers around Fife Lake, Mich., who are compelled to have help to get their potatoes dug In time to pay 1.7E per day and board, and have a hard time to get enough men even at tbat price. San Antonio. Tex., street car men now receive $1.60 for nine hours work, 16 2-3 cents per hour for overtime be fore midnight and time and a hall for overtime after midnight. The elec tricians receive $3 per day of nine hours. 'Frisco boilermakers have been con ceded the nine-hour day on all ves sels not owned by the Government. On the latter the day's work will be eight hours for ten hours' pay. The threatened great strike of stok ers, and engine men employed at th Monmouthshire, Dowlais and Methyv collieries, involving about 20,000 men, has been averted. The coal-owners agreed to an advance in wages vary ing from 8 to 12 cents per day, accord ing to grade and circumstances. In New York the tilelayers and their helpers have secured an advance in wages of 50 cents a day and $1.25 a week, respectively, without being obliged to strike for It. The tilelayers now get $4.50 a day (eight hours), and their helpers $14.60 a week, with pay for the Saturday half-holiday. At Des Moines, Ia., dimension lum ber is now selling at $21 a thousand feet, and is hard to get at that price, and lath that a year ago were worth a little over $1 a thousand are now sell ing at $6. It Is announced that the price of stucco and hard plasters has been advanced $1 a thousand. It is now next to impossible to secure brick ir any quantity. The agreement between the Brick layers' Union of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, and the Master Masons' Association continues in force until the 1st of next May. It provides for a wage schedule of 55 cents an hour, eight hours, five days in the week, and four hours on Saturday.with double pay for overtime and legal holi days. Strikes are prohibited, lumping is done away with, and wages are to be paid weekly. Household. RECIPES. Sweet potato Fritters (original) One up of mashed sweet potatoes, one tea spoonful of butter, yolk of one egg well aeaten and a tablespoonful of milk, a saitspoonful of ggUj. mix and drop sponfulsori.Bfc.I"f" ceaed''gViddle over a. moderately hot Are. Economical Charlotte Russe. Peel and slice half a pound of apples and place them in layers in a pie dish with fresh crumbs between them. Add a little butter and sugar to each layer and bake for about three-quarters of an hour without burning the top. Turn out the pudding and serve at once with Soiled custard poured around it. Gelee de Tapioca, Choose the largest jort of tapioca, a breakfast cupful: wash it and soak it in cold water for hours. Then simmer it in the same until it becomes quite clear, add lemon juice, brandy or sherry and sugar to taste. Crisped Pears. Make a syrup of one cupful of sugar and one cupful of water, add the grated rinds of two lemons and pour It boiling hot over 12 pears that have been peeled and quar tered. Let them stand until cold, when they should be drained and wiped, dipped in beaten egg, then in crumbs, and fried in slioking hot, deep fat Serve with a sweet sauce. Southern Muffins. One large egg. one-half plnt of sweet milk, a generous half cupful of corn meal, three-fourths cupful of white flour, one-third of a teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoon fuls of sugar, two small teaspoonfuls of baking powder and two tablespoon fuls of melted butter. Beat egg till light, add milk, then meal, sugar and salt, then the flour in which the bak ing powder has been stirred, and last the melted butter. Beat hard for a moment, and bake In hot muffin tins. Prussian Cutlets. Take one and a half pounds of lean mutton, three ta blespoonfuls of drippings, a teaspoon ful of salt, a fourth of a teaspoonful of paprika, a dessertspoonful of chopped onion and grating of nutmeg. Chop the meat finely and thoroughly mix In the other ingredients. Divide It into portions and press into shape of cutlets. Brush over with egg, roll in bread crumbs. Fry in. hot fat till a nice brown. Place on a hot platter anc garnish with parsley. Creamed Squash. Pick the squashes when a little larger than an egg. boil them whole in salted water until ten der about 20 minutes ancl serve ir Team sauce. Creamed Carrots. Scrape the car rots and cut in slices one-fcurth of an inch In thickness. Let them lie In cold water a little while before cooking. Boil in salted water until tender, then drain and mix with a white sauce. Cooked in this manner they are quite delicate.an.' are said to be most healthfi.l. Baked Beets. Scrub the beets and bake until quite tender when pierced with a fork. They will require much longer cooking than when bolle and will be found to have quite a different flavor. Pare, slice, and cover with a mixture of melted butter and vinegar, well seasoned with salt and pepper. Let the beets simmer a few moments In this dressing before serving them. He hazardeth much who depends upon learning for his experience. It is a rare privilege to have it in our power to forgive another. An hour of careful thinking is worth more than ten of careless talking. A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience. True education neves induces con tempt of the ignorant. The heart cannot always repress or account for tf" feelings which sway it A brave man is sometimes a desper ado; but a bully is always a coward. In 1usiness three things are neces sary, knowledge, temper and time. Rochester teamsters were conceded $3.50 per day (8 hours.) There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say. f : 1 1 i 1 -' -' - -.IV.- Wir"
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