V.I B. F. SCHWEIER, THE COnSTITUTIOH-THE UIIION AHD THE EnFORCEQERT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOIj. ITTT. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1899. NO. SO 7 CHAPTER XV. At ten o'clock on the fourth. Sellars tem ped lightly on the ball door at the rear of the late banker's residence. Aunt Hannah admitted him. "Is there anyone save your mistress and Miliie in the bouse, Hannah?" "Yes. Mars Lang, Miss Jennie Camp bell. Da's in de parlor." "Announce that I wish to see them." Hannah did so, and soon returned ar.c uliered the detective into their presence. The two girls arose to their feet as he entered the door. "Oh. Mr. Sellars!" cried Jennie. W. hare been nearly frantic and dare not seek you. Can you bid us hope? I Tisited my dear brother in jail to-day. His sole re liance is on you. Oh, speak! My dear old mother is heart-broken!" "My dear Miss Campbell.hid her be o good cheer! Your brother shall leave tht '.-tistody of Sheriff Cobb without a singh stain on bis character and fully vindicat ed. More, the murderer of the banker shall swing from the gallows, nor shall be swing alone. But patience and time wil' be required." "Oh, now that I have heard your voict again, I feel like another girl. Do yon not. dear Hattie?" "I have. an abiding faith, Jennie, tha justice will be done, and that the effort; of Mr. Sellars will be crowned with suc cess. That Robert is innocent of my fath er's murder, it needs not the tongue of an other to assure me, but there is much, so much, that I cannot understand." "You scarce expected. Miss DeUosette, that your father would name Herman Craven as his administrator and youi guardian?" "How could he, Mr. Sellars, when ht had no faith in him? As to a desire on his part to have me become Herman's wife, my father entertained no such wish. On the contrary, I almost think he would have preferred that 1 ceased to exist to seeing me the bride of the son of the on-.-- who wrecked his sister's life. I know that my loved father was pleased at my prefer ence for Robert Campbell, who was a great favorite of his. I know, sir, that he detested Herman Craven." "And yet he left him a goodly sum In his will, named him his administrator, without bond, and your guardian. There can be no question as to the genuineness ' of hia signature or to those of the wit- j nesses of his will." "I cannot understand It, Mr. Sellars. It remains for von to unravel the mvsterv. - That my father, who, living, had no faith ' 'kin Herman Craven, should be willing that afiea his-death he should administer cn -;. hia t.asUtnttte vtjriim,t &l ' laughter, and become the president of his bank, I for one moment db not believe." "Too know. Miss DeKosette, that prior to your father's death he had drawn a will?" " "Yes, my father stated to me on one occasion that he had done so. He further said that it almost seemed useless, as in any event I would become his heir. 'But,' be added. It will simplify matters in case of my death, and debne my position in j regard to Herman. I have left him, ciy , tatner saia, a sum sumcient to enatue him to engage in business and accumu late more. If he sees proper to dissipate it, I do not wish you to replenish his empty purse. Promise me, my daugnter, that you will not. Stephen Craven's son shall not squander your inheritance. I promised, Mr. Sellars, yet now this man has the handling ot my father's estate and is my lawful guardian." "And himself inherits a fortune by the terms of the will," observed the detective. "Fifty-five thousand dollars is no small sum. Why, a man with a fortune of that amount need not seek to augment it by engaging in business." "True. Mr. Sellars! Now I have told you all I know about the will, aside from the fact that I recognized my father's sig nature, and while I at first doubted its genuineness I cannot do so longer. I am issured that the signatures of the wit nesses are genuine." "Beyond question," said Sellars, "and .hey were both lost at sea." "Strange! Very strange! There is something wrong about that will, Mr. Sel lars. My father, as you know, was a careful, prudent man. I recognize in many of the provisions of the will his own true nature. The manumission of Uncle Duke and that of Hannah, and the money left them, with a desire that I look after its expenditure. Also his wish that Adam and Millie should never pass into other hands, and his remembrances to them. The sum of five thousand dollars left At torney Dobbs, his old and trnsted frieud. But in the matter of Herman Craven there is something wrong." "Decidedly wrong. Miss DeRosette!" exclaimed the detective, "but act not in Herman's presence, or that of others. is though you thought so. Leave everything to me, and for the present I would mil. h prefer that Miss Campbell do not visit your home too frequently. Yon must ap pear satisfied that the man in jail is guilty of your father's murder." "Poor, dear Robert. I know he would have died to protect my father. His every word of the transactions of that night is true. My heart bleeds for him, yet there be is, an innocent man, with the gallows confronting him." , "Vindication, you mean,' Miss DeRo sette. Your sweetheart ohall never stand jn the gallows trap; but Her others mall." "Herman? Mr. Sellars, yon would have aid Herman Craven! Is it possible that you believe my cousin to be my father's assassin? No, no! It cannot be! It could not have been he!" "It was not, my dear young lady, or ere this he would occupy a cell In jail, and Robert Campbell would be a free man. Calm yourself; your cousin did not strike the blow that bereft your father of life." "A nephew murder his own uncie, and .t,. i,., ,h o-nnrdisn of the murder- .d man's daughter, the administrator of I bis estate, and here daily in my presence! Oh, it would be too horrible! I have not ioubted that my cousin believed Robert Campbell guilty." uo not agitate yourself. Miss Drr.o sette. Leave all to me. The right men shall yet stand on the gallows trap. "Men!" exclaimed Jennie Campbell. Without noticing her exclamation the detective remarked: "With your permis sion. Miss DeRosette, I would like to visit j the attic at the top of the house. I neg t lected to do so on the night of the mux- r " . 'The attic? Why. you " "I merely wish to see whether there it tny evidence that it was tenanted prior to the murder." "Oh, I am sure it was not. I have tht key in my room. ' I visited the attic on the eighteenth and rummaged two trunks searching for old letters. But come, Jea aie. I will get the key on the floor above." Five minutes later Miss Hattie unlocked the attic door and the party entered. The rays of the sun streamed in through the low windows, lighting up the place sufficiently for the detective's purpose. "If you recognise the slightest change in the location of any article in this attic. Miss DeRosette, from the position it occu pied when you were last here, please note it." "I merely examined the contents ol Jiese two trunks, Mr. Sellars." "Well, please do so again," said the de tective a she raised the trunk lids. "It would be impossible to note any :hange in the contents of the trunks, Mr. Sellars. Aa you see, there Ja little else but letters, papers, and odds and ends, cast in n a miscellaneous jumble, and everything else seems as it was." It almost seems al though there was a tobacco smell pervad ing the garret. That was not here be tore." "There certainly is now," said JennieH "Some one" must have been smoking cl ears here, and quite recently." "The windows are all closed," observed the detective. "It may have been some lays ago. You notice no changea on the top of the contents of the trunks. Miss DeRosette?" . "None. Mr. Sellars. Stayl That leath er one I left last, I remember, and my last ict was to cast in bundle of letters tied with a yellow ribbon. It should Me on p. Why, I see nothing of it!" "Careful, Miss DeRosette! Careful!" "Yes, bnt Miss Hattie had half of the contents re moved from the trunk. "Here is the package!" she suddenly exclaimed. "Why, it is buried in this cor ner, and I am certain I left it on top of all tlse. The trunk has been emptied and rifled. There is no doubt of it." "Is the package tied aa yon left It?" "Why, no. I left it tied in a bow knot," "Indeed!" "Oh, Mr. Sellars, the letters are not all sere! "Are yon sure?' "Certainly, I am! This Is a package ot j euers inai my latner receivea irom tier- uiau craven moiaer alter ner eiopemen with Stephen Craven. I read enough t. ascertain that some of them were ver. tad. The outside one bare I left in the ei. and in Viv. It is no longer here." -""Let ns empty-the trunk entirely, said the detective. They did so, bnt fonnd naught in it save letters and old papers. "Now this other one, said Sellars. The contents was soon removed, but nothing of a startling nature was revealed. "Replace these articles, Hannah." said Sellars, "while we make the rounds of the ittic." Every nook and corner was examined out nothing unusual was discovered. "If cigars have been smoked here," ob served the detective, aa the party neared the stairway again, "neither the stubs nor matches have been left behind. Has Her man ever Tisited the attic to your knowl edge. Miss DeRosette?" "He haa r.ot. There is bnt one key, and it haa never been in his possession. Id fact, there is nothing in the attic of inter est to him, unless indeed, it be his moth er's letters, and he knows not of them." "His father, I believe, has been dead tome years? Where did be die?" "When Herman came to my father, but little more than two years sgo, he stated hat his father fell a victim to yellow fever n New Orleans the year previous." "Yea; well, let as descend, and I reques: rou all to maintain silence in regard to jur visit to the attic." "I wish I might visit Robert in jail, and assure him of my continued faith in his integrity," said Hattie, as the party de scended the stairs. "You must content yourself in writing him. Miss DeRosette. On no account would I have you visit the jail. Miss Campbell can bear yonr missives." "Oh, I have already borne several," said Miss Jennie, "and a great comfort they were to my poor brother." "I shall visit him this evening," observ ed the detective; "but I would not have him appear too hopeful. And now good by. Yon may not see me again for some days; but remember, yon have my pledge that no harm shall come to the one you both love." An hour later, seated In the private of fice of the recorder, Sellars was intently going over the last will and testament of he deceased banker, word by word. At seven o'clock in the evening he en tered the office of Jailer Filyaw and was conducted by that individual to the debt ors room, where an anxious prisoner, who had been informed by his loving sister or his contemplated visit, awaited him. CHAPTER XVI. On the morning of the sixth at 8:30 clock Sellars entered the door of the postomce, and five minutes later was clos eted with the postmaster. "Not a thing, Sellars! Not a thing; That is, aside from the usual routine bank mail, addressed to either the cashier or the bank president. Nothing to Herman Cra ven, and nothing marked personal." "And you have watched every mail, Grady?" "Krery one, and will continue to do so. Nothing shall escape me." "Well. I am on my way south: but shall be back in a week, at most. Perhaps tn !ess time." "1 will hold anything of a suspicious na il your return." "Pray do, and let nothing pass. Oocd- yT' Thirty minutes later the detective was being rapidly borne southward over the Manchester road. At eleven o'clock on the eighth he enter--a ,h. -itv hall in New Orleans, and pass- -i ,tn the health office, where he inquir- r ed for Dr. Duryea, the head of the health department. A messenger conducted him to the doc tor's private office. n ' . "I wished to ascertain, doctor, . saia c ii .,! a Mrtaintv. If one Ste- pben Craven fell a. victim to yellow fever in New Orleans during the years eighteen fifty-four or fifty-five." The doctor had been adjusting nif glasses, and he now cast a glance at thf card the messenger bad banded him. "Lang Sellars of North Carolina! Wast, the great Southern detective T he ex claimed, extending his hand. "I am more than pleased to meet yon, sir, and the rec ords of our office will show. I have been at the head of the department for the past eight years, and flatter myself that the list is complete. Someone trying to de fraud an insurance company, perhaps T' "Oh, no," answered Sellars, "bnt a man whose relatives have lost track of him. The last heard of him he was here in New Orleans, in eighteen fifty-four, I believe, and rumor has reached their ears that he tell a victim to yellow fever." "I see. Craven, Stephen Craven! 1 have no recollection of the name; but come, . we will search the records of the office." Together the two men were soon poring over the records of the dead; bnt the nam Stephen Craven did not appear there. "No such man yielded up his life in ont city, Mr. Sellars, in either eighteen fifty four or five." "Let ns turn to fifty-three," observed Sellars. They did so. The result was the same. "Deaths in your hospitals are include)' here?" "Yes, Mr. Sellars, all deaths. Of course you might visit the hospitals and ascertain if such a name was omitted from their re ports, but I feel assured that snch wit not prove the case." "I will do so," observed Sellars. "You know where they are located, I presume?" "Yes, certainly. I am obliged to you, doctor. Good day." The hospitals of the city were visited by the detective, and the death roll of each scanned for the years named, but on noni did the name Stephen Craven appear. "Now for the Crescent Hotel and sup per," thought Sellers, as he left St. Vin cent's behind him. "Afterward a rounc up of all the hotels. Next a call on Chiel Kamsy, then the gambling bouses, and I have done the town." "1 have been the night clerk here foi seven years," replied Clerk Spencer of thf Crescent in answer to Sellars' question after he had come from the dining room "and I am blessed with a fairly good mem ory. We have never had a guest by the name of Stephen Craven. Here are tb registers; you can look them over." "The name la a strange one to you?" "I never heard it before. There are th directories, on the end of the counter. You will find them all there, from eighteen fifty, and can ascertain if such a part bad a residence here since that year." . The detective examined them every one, but in none did the sought-for name ap pear. It nas twelve o'clock when he bad fin shed his round of the hotels and he de fied to delay his call on Chief Ramsj -nil the next day. "If I only had a photograph of Stephen Craven," he thought, "to show Ramsy, it might aid me, but I have not a thing merely a name he might have abandoned years ago. The banker would not hav allowed his picture In his boose, I can well believe. Well, I will try Ramsy ii the morning." He did so, but naught did it avail. fJFfemas. bad keenjit Jhe bead of the New OrteanS detective service six years, but he had no knowledge of Stephen Craven. The name did not appear on the records oi his office. "If he was a sport, aa yon surmise," observed Ramsy, "you may learn some thing of him at some of the gaminj houses." C shall take them In," observed Sel lars. "I suppose the old numbers em brace them all?" "Nearly," said Ramsy. "There havi been a few changes. The Holly is closed and Steve Abbott has sold out to Merril brothers; but you have been here siuci then." "Oh, yes," replied Sellars. X was here only three montha ago." "Oh, well, it's threi years since A! bott sold out." "What became of him?" "Running a house in Baltimore, I be lieve. We were glad to get rid of him a smooth, slick scoundrel, is Steve Abbott It got too hot for him here." "Have you a photograph of Abbott Ramsy?" "No, we were never able to get hii physiognomy in our rogues' gallery. Hf was too slick for us; but then, he has nc connection with your man. He cursed this city with his presence for ten yean at least. You must remember him, Lang if you were ever in his place a voice likr oil, a manner as smooth as glass, anr about my size." "Beard?" "No, not even a mustache. Smootl face, thin lips, a great dresser, and a reg ular 'con man." "I think I remember him now. I al ways took that two hundred pounder with a full beard for Steve Abbott." "No, that was Dacey, his partner. Ht has passed in his checks." "Well, good day." ITo be continued.) Useful Hints. IX grass stains on white flannels or Other white material be rubbed with spirits of wine before the article is washed, or rubbed with aoap, the stains may be readily removed. Always keen meat, whether raw or cooked, under wire covers or in a prop erly ventilated meat safe, so as to be protected from files, which will soon pollute the freshest meat if they settle on It. To keep a spoon in position when de sirous of dropping medicine into it, and requiring both hands to hold the bottle and cork, place the handle between the leaves of a closed book lying upon the table. - A fancr work basket can be made at home by removing the seat from a large camp stool and filling its place with a socket of cretonne lined with sateen, and letting it hang down below the seat. Where there are a good many pic tures to be hung, a paper of a soft pale green tint is pretty for the walls.- The most durable floor covering is linoleum, and the best wall decoration for kitchens, pantries and back rooms is tile. Where tiles cannot be had, painted walls or varnished papers can be employed. The number of locomotives now running on the world's railways is es timated to be about 160,000. Of this Europe possesses 85.000, America 55, 000 and Asia 10.000. and the rest are to be found in Africa and Australia. When a Londoner desires to ex press deep grief for the loss of a rela- Murder is not considered a very AoVdVng to'heTr crT murderer receives ninety stripes on his bare back, while the man who neglects his dog receives 200 stripes. EARLIEST GUM SHOES HOW UGLY AND UNGAINLY THEY WERE. Ancestors of Onr Profit Trlaa Hnb bere Were of Sorry ApptwsM, bat They War ntade of Fnra afa.tarla.lt and Kept Oat the Wat, India rubber shoes were first manu factured In Roxbury, Mass., in and Terily they were "fearfully and wonderfully made." They reauy do no resemblance whatever to a noe. They bad the appearance of having been run into molds, or diowu. " same as glass bottles are made. They were made of pure rubber gum. No attempt was made to Imitate the shape of the shoe or foot they were Intended m rover. In shatje they were hollow niu tnnerlnir toward the toe. At the place where the opening to pull them over the shoe should he was an Irreg ular hole, without shape. Just as they came from the mold. The hole waa enlarged with a sharp pair of shears to fit the Instep, or cut high or low to suit the taste or caprice of the ens Inmer The work was done by the ralesman after the buyer had selected, Iccordlng to hia requirements, heavy r light, thick or thin. Men's sizes were very heavy, the soles being fre quently from one-fourth to a half-inch In thickness. They were tied in pairs and stuffed with straw or hay to keep them in shape for shipment. A lady s foot. Incased in such a huge Ill-shaped mass of India rubber gum. weighing at least a Dound. presented a clumsy amtearance. Indeed, particularly when compared with the light and truly ar tistic appearance of the present styles. The first attempt at making over shoes of India rubber did not prove a success, a large amount of capital be ing sunk in the experiment, as well as all the unsold stock. They answer ed the purpose in cold weather. Tout would not stand the heat, melting Into a disgusting mass. Experiments to remedy this dlfflculty resulted in reaching the opposite ex treme. the cold weather freezing them so hard as to make them brittle, so they could not be drawn over the shoe until they were thoroughly warmed. and this obstacle to success was not overcome until Charles Goodyear dis covered his process of vulcanizing rub ber, which has rendered his name Im mortal. I Rapidly following this era of Im provements, the India rubber shoe be gan to assume beauty of proportion and practical utility. They were last ed, and the shoe merchant threw aside bis shears. One particularly popular style that bad a great run for a couple of years was trimmed with fur around the tops and came well up on the an kles. - Dickens has Immortalized this particular style by plaiig tMm on the feet of the pretty Arabella that Mr. Winkle met and fell In love with while- vjaltnjw'tb, ,Utshyrft Mia warate s, . ..... AH rubber shoes were mad from the tolld gum at that time, and we are safe Jn saying that a single pair would out weigh six pairs of those now In the market. Besides being heavy and jigly, they were often painful from be ing so tightly stretched over the foot. They made the wearer look club-footed, and any attempt at embellishment Was a failure and made them appear Humsler still. But this condition of things was not to last. In 1844 Good- rear perfected his vulcanizing process, lind his method of spreading the pure gum upon elastic textile fabrics, and the manufacture of rubber shoes has since improved from year to year, un til they have become a thing of beauty. -Philadelphia Record. UNLUCKY TO PICK UP PINS jwhy One Little Man Will Carefully Avoid The mi In the Future. , "Do you believe that It n lucky to pitck up a pin from the ground-when Iff pointing toward you?" asked the little man with side whiskers. "Well, I don't know," replied the fat man. "Do your "I used to, but I don't any longer. Yon see, I did it once. I was walking along hnd happened to see a pin straight in front of me, and pointing my way. The Street was crowded. I hesitated and was lost. I stooped down for that pin. A woman carrying a 3-month-old baby fell on-top of me, and an Italian with n basketful of plaster of parts Images fell on top of the woman. Then the fun began. The baby yelled, the Italian swore, the woman shrieked, and I did all three. And when they pulled me to my feet the crowd was shouting, 'Lynch him! Lynch him! The Italian wanted to fight me, and the woman was slinking tier fist In my face. The crowd cot bigger and bigger and began to press around me. " 'Kidnaper!" yelled somebody. "He tried to steal the poor woman's kid! Then the crowd took It up. 'Kidnaper!" -they yelled. 'Lynch him!' Then some one, I think he was a hackdriver, trljiped me up from behind and I fell suddenly and harshly on the broken remains of the statuette of Diana. Just wben I thought the end bad come two big policemen rushed through and got the three of us Into a patrol wagon and took us to the station. Of course ev erything was arranged and explained In five minutes, and I squared myself with the Italian with a $2 bill. And Just as I was brushing the flakes ol plaster of parks from my trousers, and going down the steps, a detective came out and collared me; swore I was Will lam Jenkins, alias Two-Toed Finlgan,' alias 'Billy the Bum,' and showed a photograph and a description to prove his assertion. So I was taken back and held until I got three friends to come and identify me. I went home at 10 o'clock. The lieutenant said he wai sorry. So waa I. "Now," concluded the little man with the side whiskers, after a moment of re- Section, "I believe there are luckier :li!ngs than pius to be found." Chicago Inter Ocean. j Old Joke Glvea a Hew Twist, 1 man wan known la professional i Ies wa. standing In the Union Da- rot a few uays ago when a me up to an officer stationed at the depot, and toe following conversation took place: "Will this train take ma to Detroit 7" ."No, madam, but you can change cars at Toledo and get to Detroit." "What time wlU that get me there 7 "Six twentv n. m " " Ar Ton snreT" -Well, if It's on time it will." "Are you sura I'll make connection at Toledo?" "Yes'm." The woman went away apparently satisfied, but came back a moment la ter, and asked all the questions oyer again. When she had departed the pro fessional man walked up to the officer and Inquired: ' ' "How many dura fool questions do you have to answer In a day?" "It's the third time to-day." said lh officer, with a twinkle In his eye, "that I have answered that one." Cleveland Plain Dealer. - The American Ulrl. The American girl haa flourished ana multiplied, and inherits a very large portion of the earth. An exchange re ports a new Instance of her apparent ubiquity. When Mr. Conger first went aa min ister to Rio de Janeiro he called upon the Brazilian minister to the United States, then at home upon a visit. As his guest arose to go, the Brazilian minister said: "Now, I want yon to meet my wife." Mr. Conger prepared to meet a state ly Brazilian dame and began to fur bish op his small stock of conversa tional Portuguese. Madame Mendoza was a stately lady, but the first thing she said was: "Are you Ed Conger?" "Yes, madam." "Don't yon remember I waa at a wedding with you In Galesburg. Illi nois, wben I Waa a girl?" The American girl la everywhere now. . Oil anit Gas. ' According to a Philadelphia exchange there la near Franklin. Pa., a sluggish stream to the surface of which rise hundreds of bubbles, glistening like Iridescent glass. Some of these float on the water, others soar away above the tree-tops like gorgeous toy bal loons. The explanation of the phe nomenon waa discovered after consid erable search. A gas line and an oil line pass under the run at this point, and In each was a small leak. The oil spread a film over the water, which waa inflated here and there by the gas. The fact that the bubbles were full of gas caused tbem to ascend more swiftly, and the film of oil made tbem unusually high-colored and tough. The strength of the bubbles may be Imagined from the fact that small twigs and leaves, floating on the sur face of the water, are frequently car ried up in the larger babbles. A Symbol of Wealth, ' The Joneses did not know they were rlcb-j or even considered so, until an- that the Janltress had spread the re port of their wealth. Whafa more, the janltress said she was sure of their financial standing, because she herself had seen their means. .. She gave ant this piece of gossip on rent day: "Yer see this bit it white paper with some writln' on ut? Yes? Phwell, that's wut Mrs. Jones gey me for the rtnt, and it's all rolght, 'cause the owner takes ut without a wurrud. That pa per Is wort $35, and would yer be lieve ut? Mrs. Jones has got a little book with hundreds of thlm In ut Them Joneses Is wealthy." New York Commercial Advertiser. Original Chimney Sweepers. The first people who employed boys for the purpose of clambering up chim neys to clean them were the French; ind the greater part of chimney sweep ers In Paris at the commencement of the century were Savoyards. One might then see everywhere In the streets large groups of these boys, many not above eight years of age. clad In linen frocks, and who, when called upon, would scramble up chim neys at the hazard of their lives, with their brooms and other Instruments, often through a narrow funnel fifty feet In length, filled with soot and smoke, and tn whlcb they could not breathe till they got to the top. and ill In order to gain but five sous. The cuEtom waa Introduced Into Great Brit ain, but put down by an act of Parlia ment in 1840, in consequence of the many serious accidents wlilch attend ed the climbing of chimneys; and, al though the use of machinery was sub' stltuted. It does not perform the op eration so effectively as the old mode. As long aa chimneys were simply and wisely built they were easily cleaned by servants with wisps of straw or brushwood fastened to a rope; but when, to save room, narrow flues were made, the cleaning of tbem became :o difficult that It was necessary to have small boys for that employment. The first who thus swept chimneys were the people In the northern part cf Italy, more particularly the inhabitant ?f Piedmont and Savoy. Divergent Tastes. De Young These girls are queer creatures. De Vote Why? De Young Madge is angry because I gave her an emerald engagement ring and Florence because I didn't give It to her. The Jewelers' Weekly. Wbat It Was to Be. Oesta Typo graphics prints the fol lowing bit of fun, which was perpe trated in the House of Lords many years ago: In 1861 the repeal of tbe paper duty was agitating the political world of England. Tbe budget speech was pre ceded by a rumor that the basis of the scheme would be the repeal of the tea duty, and that this would upset tbe government. Just before Mr. Gladstone rose to make his statement there waa handed to Lord Palmers ton. on the treasury bench, the following note from Lord Derby: "My Dear Pam: What Is to be tbe great proposal to-nlgbtT la It to be tea and turn outr "My dear Derby," wrote tbe premier In reply, "It la not tea and turn ont. It to t be paper aad stationary. SLIDING DOWN A VOLCANO. S. Lively SeaaaMoai in Tabastsanirs; Dawn tha Me of Popocatepetl. Baring reached the summit, the In- llan guides look complacently around ind puff unconcernedly at their eternal dgarettes, as they begin to unroll their petates" on the snow. These petates tre Indian mats of strong, tough fiber, rhlch the guides have carried upon Ihelr backs. Ton realize now that they ire also toboggans. Now the guides make this toboggan hip, the most remarkable one in the world, and the only one down the side If a great volcano, week In and week tut whenever the sides of the volcano tre not so frozen over as to prevent It. It la nothing to them. But for you It fe a different matter and the more you ook at the frail petates and at the long, flittering descent the less yon like the dea. Nervously yon watch the prepara tions the smoothing down of the pet ites, when they will persist In curling ip at the corners, and the testing of the heary palos, or alpenstocks, of which tach guide carries two, with extra ones trapped on his back In case of loss. Quaklngly, yon seat yourself on the tear ends of the mats. Complacently the guides brace themselves firmly In front of yon, push the ragged old som breros oyer their eyes, light fresh cigar ittes for the down trip, caution you to lit still and bare care, take a steady trip on the alpenstocks, whlcb serve them as steering poles, and you are off. Perhaps on the way up it had been four Intention to race each other down yon have no Jocular thoughts now, ind as the mats slip over the snow, lowly at first, then faster, gathering momentum at every Inch, you grab des perately at the guide's waist and hold tn for dear life. The speed quickens until you are go ing faster than express train rate. Clouds of soft snow fly up, at times almost blinding you, and calling forth Indian profanity from the guides. The sensation, when yon take It quietly, with closed eyes (supposing you can bring yourself to do this), is not un pleasantthere Is a sense of extraordi nary exhilaration, of mad recklessness. But If you dare to look up or about the tense of seasickness becomes almost overpowering. By the time you have done half the trip the breath has completely left your body, your mouth and eyes are wide open, you can neither see nor hear. Then the end comes with a bang and a shock at the very edge of the snow, and you roll helter-skelter through the stiff, zacation grass bruised wrecks. People take the end differently. Some sit up, rub their beads and laugh; ethers relieve their overstrung nerves with copious tears. For my part, I lay still and gasped. Pearson's Magazine WONDERFUL FORGING. thm WeetlasAonee Caaptny Pacnrea a W anr tea n Tan Wheel. kel steel waa first -JKSBecuon v. I armor puu adopted by eVery country In the world. ..TRacentl" J. .d field ring o,uuu :orse - cenerator at Niagara Falls was forged without a weld, and weighed. 14-Ton vhiil. arter rougning out in the machine shop, 28,840 pounds. Outside diameter, 139 Inches. When finished It was larger than the capacity of the furnace at the time, so that If it had been imperfect It would have been im possible to reheat it. Who Had the Button. There Is a good story told of a magi cian wbo has passed the great divide. He waa a world-traveled player, and bla wanderings set blm upon one oc pasion In faraway New Zealand. It pas arranged that he should give an exhibition of mind-reading before the King of the Maoris. After some parleying It was decided tbat the King himself should conceal the article which the magician was t discover. The mind-reader left the room and after a time was brought back blindfolded, as Is tbe custom In fucb performances. After some time be magician declared that the hidden article was in the King's mouth. His majesty shook his bead savagely in the negative. The. magician insisted upon bis point, and demanded that the King's month be opened wide. The King refused. The magician insisted, and tbe excitement became very great, until at last tbe dusky King reluctant ly opened his Jaws. The article was not there! The next Instant, however, the King was taken with a violent fit of cough ing. He bad tried to swallow the lost article, a button, but could not, and was compelled to cough It up. The Maoris were uproarious with mirth. They did not know which to admire the more the wisdom of the magician or. the heroism of tbe King. London Tit Bits. Cost of Raising Wheat and Corn. Statistics which have been collated In Vlsconsln show the average cost of raising wheat to be M cents a bushel, 1 and the cost of corn 27 cents. In both cases there la Included Interest on the value of the land, with the cost of Implements and horses added In. i Tbe Meanest Man. j The meanest man In tbe world Is the husband who placed bis purse In a1 mouse trap so that bis wife could not get It In tbe early morning without liberating a mouse. The Worklna: Baals. First Lawyer Ton are a cheat and a ' wtnllrl t swinaieri Second Lawyer Ton are a liar and a blackguard! The Court (softly) Come, gentlemen, ' let's get down to the disputed points V .? . T of the case. Philadelphia North j American. i . ., . . T . .1 All things come to those who are rich Miough to wait. 1 ' When greatness Is thrust at a man. be Bever tries to dodge tt SERMON Y Rw. Br. Ca!n:r. abjast: Battlad la Heaven Tha rata a Matlona aa Well aa of luJivitlaaM lo Ctod'a Hmad roe World Mot Uov eraad la a Haphasanl Way. tOoprrla-lit, Looia Kleach. 18W.1 WASHiaoTOW, D. C The Idas that thing; in this world are at loose endj and going at haphazard is in this discourse combated by Dr. Talmage. - The text is Psnlms cxix., 89. "Forever, O Lord, t by word's settled in heaven." This world has been la process ot changi ever t-tnee it was created mountain born, moantnlns dying, and they have botb cradle and grave. Ouoe this planet was all fluid, and no being suen as you or 1 have ever seen could have lived on it a minute. Oar hemisphere taras its face to the san and then tarns Its back. The axis of the eart'i's revolution has shifted. Tiic earth's centre ot gravity is changed. Once flowers grew in the arctic and tbera wa? snow tn the tropic. There has baen a re distribution ot land and sea. tbe land crumbling Into tbe sea, the sea swallowing the land. Ice and fire have fought for the ponnnenlnn ot this planet. The chemical composition of it Is different now from wbai it once was. Volcanoes once terribly alive are dead, not one throb of fiery pulse, not one breath of vapor the ocean changing Its amount of saline qualities. The inter nal fires of the earth are gradually eating their way to the surface upheaval and snbsidence ot vast realms of continent. Moravians In Greenland have removed their boat poles because the advancing sea submersed tbem. Linnasus records that in eighty-seven years a great stone was 10C feet nearer tbe water than wben he wrote. Forests have been buried by tbe sea, and land that was cultured by farmer's hoe can be touched onlv bv sailor a ancnor. Loob Nevis of Scotland and Dingle biy ot Ireland and tbe fiords of Norway, where pleasure boats now Host, were once valleys and glens. Many ol the islands or tbe sea are the tops ot sunken mountains. Six thousand miles of the Paoiflc Ocean are staking. The diameter of tha earth, ac cording to scientific announcement, Is 1S9 miles lass than It was. Tbe entire con figuration of tbe earth is altered. Hills are denuded of their forests. Tbe trosts and tbe waters and tne air bombard tbe earth till it surrenders to tbe assault. The so called "everlasting hills" do not last. Many railroad companies cease tc build iron bridges because tbe iron bas a life of its own, not a vegetable life or an animal life, bat a metallic life, and wben that lite dies the bridge goes down. Oxida tion of minerals is only another term for describing their death. Mosses and sea weeds help destroy the rooks they deco rate. Tbeohanges of tbe Inanimate earth onl symbolise tbe moral changes. Society ever becomes different for better or worse. Boundary lines between nations are set tled until the next war unsettles them. Uncertainty strikes through laws and cus toms and legislation. The cbaracteri-ttlo of this world is that 'nothing in it Is settled. At a time when we hoped that the arbi tration planned last Summer at The Hague, Holland, would forever slieatlie the sword and spike the gun and dismantle the fortress the world has on band twe wars which are digging graves for the flower of English and American soldiery. From the .presence of such geological and social and national and international an rest we turn with thanksgiving and exuT tatlon to mv text and And that there art things forever settled, but In higher lati tudes than we have ever trod. "Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in Heaven." High id In the palace ot the son at least live things are settled that nations which eojitlnuoasly and persistently wrong i'iwh; i jab. i nappinesa is tne resuic ot n and not of eartbly eu- -M is a scbo-- house for Bp " tion;that wlt -or without im .u... '.. tie made over Into s scene of arborescenee .11 WkA - . . rl inl n.fl .a ( tDa unparalleled One ot Bathlebem and ' Hasaretn ana uoigotna win oe tne sao- jeo oi a aapernai ieuoity witnout any taking off. Do yon doubt my first proposition tbat nations whloh go wrong perish? We have in this American nation all tbe elements ol Eermanenoe and destruction. We need not. orrow from others any trowels for up building or torohes for demolition. Ele ments of rain nihilism, infidelity, agnostic ism. Sabbath desecration. Inebriety, sensu ality, extravagance, fraud; they are all here. Elements ot safety Ood-worship-Ing men and women by the scores ol millions, honesty, benevolence, truthful ness, self-sacrlQce, industry, sobriety and more religion than has characterized any nation tbat bas ever existed; they ;are all here. Tbe only question is as to which ot the forces will gain dominancy the one class ascendant, and this United States Government, I think, will continue as long as tbe world exists; the other class as cendant, and the United States goes luto suoh small pieces tbat other governments would hardly think them worth picking up. Have you ever noticed the size ot the cemetery of dead nations, the vast Green wood and Pere ie Chaise, where mighty I kingdoms were burled? Open the gate aud , walk through this cemetery and read the epitaphs. Here lies Carthage, born 100 ' years before Borne, great commercial metropolis on the bay of Tunis, a part of an empire that gave the alphabet to tbe Greeks and their great language to tbe Hebrews; her arms tbe terror of nations, commanding at one time 16,000 miles of coast; her Hamllear leading forth thirty , myriads, or 300,000 troop; her Hannibal ' earrylng out la manhood the oath he had taken in boyhood to preserve eternal en I mlty to Borne, leaving costly and Impos , Ing monuments at Agrlgentnm a ghastly heap of ruins; (Jartnage, ner colonies on every ooast, her ships plowing every sea; Carthage where are her splendors now? All extinguished. Where are ber swords? Tbe last one broken. Where are ber towers and long ranges of magnificent archi tecture? Buried under the sands ot the Bagradas. As ballast of foreign ships much of her radiant marble bas been car ried away to build tbe walls of transmedl terranean cathedrals, while- other blocks have been blasted In modern times by the makers of tbe Tunis railway. And all of tbat great and mighty city and kingdom that the tourist finds to-day is here and there a broken arch of what was onae a nfty--nlle aqueduct Our talented and genial friend, Henry M. Field, in one of his matchless books of travel, labors hard to prove tbat tbe slight ruins of that city are really worth visiting. Carthage burled l i the cemetery of deud nations. Not one altar to the true God did she rear. Not one of the Ten Com mandments but she conspicuously vio lated. Her doom was settled la heaven wben it was decided far back in tbe eterni ties that tbe nation and kingdom tbat will not serve God shall perish. Walk on In the cemetery of nations ana see tbe long lines of tombs Theirs and Tyre and Egypt and Babylon and Medo Perslan and Macedonian and lloman and Saxon heptarchy, great nations, small na tions, nations that lived a year and nations that lived 500 years. Our own nation will be Judged by the same moral laws Dy wnicn an otner na tions have been judged. Tbe judgment day for Individuals will probably come far on in the future. Judgment day for na tions is every day, -every day weighed. every day approved or every day or every day eon- ' iltmnMl Never before In the history of (bis country bas tbe American nation been more surely in the balance than it is tbls minute. Do right, and we go np. Do wrong, and we go down. i ,m not so anxious to know what this statesman or that warrior thinks we had better do with Cuba and Porto Blco and the Philippines as I am anxious to know what God thinks we bad better do. The w"nv of. tuig nation will not be decided on yonder capitollne hill or at Manila or at the presidential ballot box, lor it will be JetUed in bttaTen. Another thing decided In the same high iiaea is that happiness is the result of spir itual condition and not ot earthly environ- meat. If we who may sometimes b ave a thousnnd dollars to luvest find It sacu a perplexity to know wbat to do with it and Kion after find that we Invested It where principal and interest hare gone down through rogaery or panic, what must be tbe worrimeut of those having millions to invest and whose losses correspond In mag nitude with tbeir resources!- People who aave their- three or four dollars a day wages are just as happy as those wbo have to income of 500,000 a year. Sometimes happiness 1 seated on a foot ftool and sometimes misery on the tbroue. ill tbe gold of earth in one chunk cannot purchase five minutes of complete satis laction. Worldly suooess Is an atmosphere :bat breeds tbe maggots ot envy and jeal usy and hate. There are those who will lever forgive you it vou have more emolu ments or tjonor or ease than tbey have. To take you down is tbe dominant wish f most of those who are not as high as you ire. Tbey will spend hours and days and ears to entrap you. Tbey will hover tround newspaper offices to get one mean Ine printed depreciating you. Your heuveu s tbeir hell. A dying President of the United States aid many years ago in regard to bis life line ot experience, "it doesn't pay." The eading statesmen ol America In letters of idvloe warn young men to keep out of lolltics. Many ot the most successful lave tried in vain to drown their trouble n strong drink. On the other band.tbere ire millions of people wbo on departing his life will have nothing to leave but a rood nam- and a life insurance whose Hummed fa?es are indiues of illumined 4ouls. Tbey wish everybody well. Wben the lire Dell rings, they do not go to tbe window at midnlgut to see if It is tbeir ttore that is on Are, for they never owned t store, and wben tbe September equinox a abroad they do not worry lest tbeir mips founder in a gale, for tbey never wned a sblp, and when the nominations ire made for blgh political office they are lot fearful that tbeir name will be over looked, for tbey never applied for office There is so muct hsarttness and freedom Irom care In their laughter that when you lear it you are compelled to laugh in sym pathy, although you know not what tbey ir- laughing about. When the children of that family assem ble in tbe sitting room of tha old bome- itead to bear the father's will read, tbey ire not fearful of being cut off with a mill- on and a half dollars, for tbe old man lever owned anything more tbnn tbe farm t seventy-live acres, which yielded only nougli plainly to support tiis household. L iiey nave more nappiness in one montn ban many have in a whole lifetime. Would to God I bad the capac.ty to laiu to you on how little a man can be lappy and ou how much he niny be vretched! Oet you heart right and all is ight. Keep y-ur heart wrong and all Is arrong. That Is a principle settled in leaven. Another thing decided In that high place stbat tblsworl l is a schoolhouse or coi- eire for splendid or disgraoeful gradua- ion. We begin fa tne Iresbmau class oi rood or evil and then pass into the sopho- nore aud then into tne junior ana men nto the senior, and from tbat we graduate ingels or devils. In many colleges there Is tn "elective course," wnere ine siuneni (elects what lie will study mathematics r tbe languages or chemistry or philoso phyand it is an elective course we all ake In tne acnooiuouse or university oi :bis world. We may study sin nntil we are saturated ith it or righteousness until we are exem Tllcatious ot it. Graduate we all must. jut we decide for ourselves the style of rraduatiou. It Is an elective coarse. We Jan study generosity until oar every word ind every act and every contribution of noney or time will make the world better, )r we may study meanness uutil our soul ball sbriuk up t3 a stnallness unimagina Jle. We may .under Ood, educate ourselves in o a self control that nothing can anger or nto an irascibility tbat will ever and anon keep our face flushed with wrath and every nerve a-qulver. Oreat old schoolbouse of world In which we are all being educated for gioy or perdltb V Soma i.-w " by graduation " em9Dt er.. ..Ion day called cou.wOTsce'ment day. lTn,. graduates it is tbe commencement of active life, and our graduation day from earth will be to us commencement of our chief life, our larger life, our more tremendous life, our eternal life. But wbat a day com mencement day on earth 1st Tbe student never sees any day like it. At any rate, I never did. When Pompey landed at Brlndlsl, Italy, returned from his victories, he disbanded tbe brave men wno bad fought under blm and sent tbem rejoicing to their homes, and, entering Kome, his emblazoned chariot was followed by princes in chains from kingdoms be bad conquered, and flowers such as only grew under those Italian skies strewed tbe way, and be came under arches inscribed with tne names of battlefields on which he bad triumphed and rode by columns wblcb told of the 1300 cities be had destroyed and tbe 12,000,000 people be bad con quered or slain. Then the banquet was spread, and out ot the chalices tilled to tbe brim they drank to the health of thn conqueror. Bellsarlus, the great soldier, returned from bis military achievements and was robed In purple, and in the pro cession were brought golden thrones and pillars of precious stones and tbe furni ture of royal feasts, and amid tbe splen dors ot kingdoms overcome be was bailed to tbe hippodrome by sboutssuchas had seldom rung ;througu tbe capital. Tiiin also came tbe convivialities. In tbe year 374 Aurellan made his entranon to Rome in triumphal car, in whlcb he stood while a winged figure of Victory held a wreath above his bead. Zenobia, captive queen of Palmyra, walked behind his chariot, ber persou encircled with fetters of gold, un der the weight of whlcb she nearly fainted, bat still a captive. And there were In tbe procession 200 lions and tigers and beasts of many lnn-ls and 1000 gladintors excused from tbe cruel amphitheater that they might decorate the day, and Persian and Arabian and Ethiopian embassadors were in the procession and the long lines ot cap tives, Egyptians, Syrians, Gauls, Gotbsaud Vandals. It was to such scenes that the New Tes tament refers wben it spoke of Christ "having despoiled principalities and pow ers, He made a show of tbem, openly tri umphing." But, oh, the difference In those triumphs! Tbe Roman triumph rep resented arrogance, cruelty, oppression and wrong, but Christ's triumph meant emancipation and holiness and Joy. The former was a procession of groans accom panied by a clank of chains, tbe other a procession of boannas by millions set for ever free. Tbe only shackled ones of Christ's triumph will be satan and his cohorts tied to oar Lord's chariot wheel, with all tbe abominations of all tbe earth bound for an eternal captivity. Then will come a feast in which the chalices will be filled "with the new wine of tbe kingdom." .Under arches commemora tive ot all tbe battles in wblcb the bannered armies ot tbe cbnrcb militant through thousands of years of struggle have at last won the day Jesus will ride. Conqueror ot earth and bell and heaven. Those armies, disbanded, will take palaces and thrones. "An I tbey sball come from tbe East and tbe West and tbe North and tbe Soutb and sit down in tbe kingdom of God." And may you and I, through tbe pardoning and sanctltying grace ot (Jurist, De guests at tbat royal banquet! In Aus.ria babies are allowed to sip beer at the age of three months7 &-d some proud n.others are giving to brag ging about tht quantity of this bever age which little Gretchen or Heinrlch :an diapooo cf. In several European countries, in cluding France and Belgium, elections are always held on Sundayp A fountain in Buckingham Palace spouts eau de cologne. 1 'ocers are made bv a machine which in one operation cuts out the handle ma jaw. -ine two parts "ure anerwar,. . joineu oy nana. Twenty-five years ago the United Slates supplied 15 per cent, of the world's coal consumption; now they supply 30 per cent. Bracelet wearing men are said to be on the increase. in; tt. sut- K-j,.-?3-, :kT y-5r r : 'T 's '-S-J-
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