: i ." , - V - lis-- n -5 M 5. B. F. SCHWEIER, THE CONSTITUTION -THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. LTV. MIFFL.IXTOWX, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1900. NO. G. CIIAPTKK VIII. J :'t mens, vice June, dethroned, but ti:i ' :' hold full sway. S it n Dysart hns come and gone n i::- : time to and frrim Jreyconrt, and by '! -t's a little of the constraint that tn ! ::;ir:n ti'rizoil his early visits has u.,,;, :iay. lie has even so far ad v:i:.. ! to be almost on friendly terms w ::: : :t ! isvitii hitn and Vera that first ti .r k v. il nf distrust still hnngs heavily il -trut that, on Vera's side, has taken n !.! ki i hue and merged itself into dis- lii-. Si :it in Pysart's arrivals being only . kil fi r hy the girls at about seven ' ! k in the evening just an hour or so li f dinner gave them plenty of time In in pare for his coming. Any day on w!h !! he was expected, Mrs. Crunch li ni:-!it a formal message to Vera from l.i : iiin-le to that effect. Never yet had t:.i .! ii.nin come without the announce !:!:. t lo-inic made; and so thoroughly nn- i : 1 was it that he would not put ir unexpected appearance, that when, after a rather longer absence than usual, bii absence extending over all last week a 1 1 i part of this, he turns up at half-past i l- in the afternoon, his coming causes ii.-i:nct embarrassment in several quar tos. "'What can have brought him at this h'-:jr? London must be reduced to ashes." hazards Griselda, her tone now a genial as usual. For one instant a ':i kening fear that it might be Mr. Pey toii'x knock had made her blood run cold. There had been a short but sharp en (miter between him and her the day be fore yesterday, and a wijd fear that he had come up to have it out with her now, mul here, had taken possession of her. At such a moment the advent of Seaton U hailed by her, at least, with rapture. "Why, what happy wind drove yon down at this hour?" cries she. with the fiieirl'.iest air, beaming on him as he comes, into the room. "It is good of you to cnll it happy," Mrs he, casting a really grateful look at her as he shakes hands silently with Vera. "In time for luncheon, too, I see, though," with a rather surprised glance at the table, "you don't seem in a very hospitable mood. Nothing to spare, eh?" "We didn't know you were coming, you fee," says Griselda, mildly. "And it isn't Itineh you see, or rather you don't see, before you; it is dinner." "What?" says Seaton, flushing a dark red. He has got up from bis seat and is rPL-arding her almost sternly. "Is it true?" asked Seaton, turning' to Vera. It is a rather rude question, but there is so much shame and anxiety in his tone that Griselda forgives him. "Why should it not be true?" says Vera, coldly. "As a rule, we dine early." "She means that we always dine early except when we know you are coming," supplements Griselda, even more mildly than before. "And this " with a hurried glance at the scanty meal, "do you mean to tell me that that this is your dinner every day?" "Literally," says Griselda, cheerfully. "This is the chop that changeth not. It is not all that one could desire, of course, but if sometimes it might be altered for " "Griselda!" interrupts Vera, rising to her feet. "Why should I not speak?" asks Gri selda. in a meekly injured tone. "I was merely going to add that a fowl occa sionally would be a good deal of moral ;-e to ns. I have always heard that to keep the temper in a healthy state, i hange of food is necessary." "I feel as if I ought to apologize to you for all this," says Dysart, with a heavy sigh, addressing Vera exclusively, "and as if. too, no apology could he ac cepted. - Hut I shall see that it does not occur again." "I beg you will do nothing," says Vera, uuicklv. "Nothing. I will not hare my uncle spoken to on this subject. Griselda. is only in jest: she speaks like a foolish child.' I." folding her hands tightly to c.ther. "I forbid you to say anything about it." "I regret that I must disobey you," says Seaton, courteously, but with deter mination. "My father's house is in part mine, and I will suffer no guest to endure discomfort in it." "There is no discomfort now. There will be if you try to alter matters in our favor." "You mean that you will accept nth itii at my hands; is that it?" exclaims he, i' ission that will not be repressed in his lie- the coldness seems broken up, there is tire in his eyes and a distinct anger. "You have had that 'time' you spoke of: h is it fullilled its missions has it taught .hi to tletest me? No!" detaining he: '..'.iberately as she seeks to leave the mi. in. "Don't go; you should give me a r. il reason for your studied discourtesy, f : I won't believe that I am naturally i. borrcnt to you. There must be some thing else." If you must know," says she, looking c.'i' k iletiautly at him. her blood a little h"t, "you are too like your father for me t'. pretee- 'rieudship with you." ' i Hi. Vera, I think you shouldn't say rbar!" cries Griselda. now honestly f -iitetieil at the storm she has raised. ! i.t neither of the others hear her. Vera, . .th one little slender white hand grasp-i.- the back of a chair near her, is look tixedly at Seaton, whose face has hanged. An expression of keen pain crosses it. "Has he been so bad to you as that?" he says; and then, with a profound sigh: "My poor father:" There is something so honestly grieved in his whole air that Vera's heart smites "Why will yon bring up this discussion -::! and again?" she says, with re noiseful impatience. "Why not let me toy way unquestioned, and you yours? What am I to you when all is told? I im outside your life I ever shall be fes it seems to me ns tf yim were bent 1 n '.npi lling my likes and dislikes." I "Y..u are right," says he. going closer j :o "r, his face very paie. "I would com- ' ' yon tif to more than like me." "'"oinpei:" She has drawn back from 3im. and her eyes, now uplifted, look de a:i' e into his. "If I could," supplements he, gently. lie turns and leaves the room. CIIAl'Tnil IX. While the two girls were discussing, in frightened way. the result of Grisclda's imprudence, Seaton was having a tussle, tharp and severe, with his father. "They are all alone in the world.' 'he says. "Yes, yes." acknowledges the old man with a frown. "Except for me," hastily; ' I alone came to their rescue." "That is true. It was quite what I should have expected of youl" "Why should you expect it? There was no reason," says the old man, sharply. "It was of my own free will tnat I t-k them. Do you question my kindness to them? What more am I to do for them 5 Would you have me kneel at their Ket and do them homage? Have I not ex plained to you how desirous I am of mak ing one of them my daughter? Ha! 1 iave you there, I think! Is not that af fection? Am I not willing to receive her? You should best know." "Yes," says the young man, stonily, hie eyes on the ground. "Why, look you; I would give her ever you! You! My son! My one possession that has any good in it!" "You must put that idea out of your bend once for all. I could not combat t dislike active as hers." "Her dislike? Hers? That beggar!" his face working. "What d'ye mean, sir! I tell yon it shall be! Shall!" "Talking like that will not mend mat ters. It certainly will not alter the fact that I myself personally am objection able to her. I can see that it is almost as much as she can do to be civil to me to sit at the same table with me. I en treat you not to set your heart upon this thing, for it can never be." "I tell you again that it shall!" shrieks the old man, violently. "What! is the cherished dream of a lifetime to be set aside to suit the whim of a girl, a penni less creature? She shall be your wife, I swear it, though I have to crush the consent out of her." He falls back clum sily into his chair, a huddled heap. Seaton in an agony of remorse and fear hangs over him, compelling him to swal low a cordial lying on the table near. "Here, sir. Be patient. All shall be as you wish. I implore you to think no more of this matter. Yes," in answer to the fiery eyes now more ghastly than ever in the pallid, powerless face, "I shall try my best to fulfill your desire." He feels sick at heart as be says this, and almost despicable; but can he let the old man die for want of a word to ap ette the consuming rage that har brought death hovering with outstretch ed wings above him? And yet, of what avail is it all? A momentary appease ment. Even as he comforts and restores his father, there rises before his mental vision that pale, proud, sorrowful face, that is all the world to him, and yet, alas! so little. Vera having made up her mind to go to her uncle and fully explain to him that neither she nor Griselda desire any change in their way of living, waits pa tiently for Seaton's departure from his father's den, and now, at last, seeing ihe const clear, goes quickly forward. "Uncle Gregory, I wish to say some thing to you," she is beginning, hurried iy. hating her task and hating her hearer, when suddenly she is interrupted. "Hah! For the first time, let me say I am glad to see you," says the old man. grimly. "Hitherto I have been remiss, I fear, in such minor matters of eti quette. Sit down. I, too, have something to say to you." He fixes his piercinf eyes on her and says, sharply: "You have met my son several times?" "Yes," says Vera. "You like him?" with a watchful glance. "I ran hardly say so much." coldly 'He is neither more nor less than a coai dele stranger to me." "As yet. Time will cure that; an 1 . -peak thus early to yon. because it if well that you should make up your mini: beforehand to like him." "Why?" she asks. "Because in him you see your futurt husband." There is a dead pause. The old mar sits with bright unblinking eyes fixec upon the girl, who has risen to her feel and is staring back at him as if harillj hiring to understand. From red to white, from white to red she grows; her breath fails her, passionate indignation burns hot within her breast. "Absurd!" she says, contemptuously. "Call it so if you will," with an offend ?d flash from his dark eyes, "but regard .t as a fact for all that. You will marry your cousin, let me assure you." "That I certainly shall not," decisive iy. "That you certainly shall. Did yot not know that your marriage with mj son was the last wish, the last couimaau of your father?" He is lying well, so well that at firsl the girl forgets to doubt htm. "My father?" she says, with much amazement. "He never so much as men tinned my cousin's name to me." "To me, however, he did. Do you wi6l to see the letter?" This is a bold stroke. Vera hesitates theu, "No." says she, steadily. "Ever if my father did express such a wish, I should not for a moment accede to it. I shall not marry to please any one. dead ir livHng, except myself. "So you now think. We shall see, re turns he, in an icy tone. "May I ask if if your son is aware ol thia arrangementl" -My son is willing," says Mr. Dysart i,0u'rthis moment the door is thrown open and Seaton himself enters. "You know!" she cries. Her tone Is low, but each word rings clear as a bell. "You know! Oh. coward!" she breathes verv low. her slender hands clinched. Iluufed from his lethargy and stung by her contempt, he would now his defense, but with a "'"Ljf'X she wave, him aside and leaves thf "Great heaven! how did you dare so to insult her?" cries the young man id ter rible agitation. Mlh&JZ casts a burning glance at him. Djsart cowers before it. .... i. Out of evil comes good." he says, sul lenly. "and I did it for the lst. IB. Mretche. out his hand to him too. See. then," he cries, entreatiugiy, "I did it foi you for you!" "For me! You ruin the one hope I had, which meant silence time and yot say it was for my good!" "I thought to compel her, to frighter her into a consent, and I wUl yet." criet he, eagerly. "Nay. Seaton. do not lool thus upon me. I have not betrayed yov without meaning, and all for the fulfill ment ETAOIN NU I'MP NCI NUF ing of your desire and mine." "iou misunderstand me." says Seaton curbing his passion with difficulty. "1 would not have her as a gift on suet terms. Is it a slave I want, think you'. No. not another word! I cannot stand it to-night. Forgive me, father, if seem abrupt, but " He seems heartbroken as he turni aside and disappears through the door way. Cong after he has gone the old mas sits motionless, his head bowed upon hit breast. "Curse her!" he says .at last; "tht same blood all through, and always tc my undoing! Cursed be her lot indeed il she comes between him and me! Bui that shall never be." Presently he passes through a door or his right hand, gropes his way along thi imlighted passage. Unloc king and enter ing an apartment here where th strange old cabinet stands he fasteni the door securely behind him, and goei v quickly up to it. Kneeling down beside it he unlocks tht secret door, and taking out the withered parchment opens and reads it with feverish haste. K seems as though hi hopes thus to slake the raging thirst foi revenge that is tormenting him. Long he kneels thus, conning eact word with curious care, gloating over tht contents of that mysterious document bo lost is he in his perusal of it that h f.tl. 1 - i . . rrnneh nntTi k i J1 1 T , V Grunch until she lays her hand upon hit shoulder. "What, don't you know it by heart yet?" asks she, derisively. (To be continued.) RICHEST IN AMERICA. THE CLAIM MADE FOR A MEXI CAN GYPSY. It Im Said that the Number and Value of Ilia Poaaemiona la Far Beyond the shot was heard and another deputy Wealth of VanderbUta, Astora, Kocke- j went to the ground. At this rate every fellei-H or Goulds. ' maa ,n the P"98 would be cut down without a ghost of a chance of getting If you believe one of the Roiuanys of ; Bhot- The deputies, therefore, sep Uilwaukee then the richest man iu , Brated and began to scour the brush. A North America is not one of the Vunder- ; Sllnt of """"hlne playing on the blue bilts, Astors or Rockefellers. but a teel of, WIncbwter disclosed sitnou pure gypsy, whose name is .Im- I rom Ketchum s Position behind a big pie John Smith. He lives in Mexico, is SO years old and the owner of countless acres, of myriads of cattle and sheep, of gold, silver and onyx mines, of railway and bunk stock and of plantations with- ! out number in the heart of Mexico's j richest siates. ' Smith's wealth has never been figured ! tip. He cannot tell himself. His sole I ambition is to become the richest man ! in the world. And it is this hope that keeps him vigorous and drives dull car, away. John Smith has no settled Louie. He lias a hundred homes on his different estates, and he moves from one to another. In each he sees what Is going on, uud gives his orders. Then he moves on again. The Milwaukee gypsy, a solid business man, who comes home now with the story of John Smith's amazing wealth, saw him at Orizaba. They became great friends. "God aloue knows how rich I am. " saiil Smith, simply, "but I think I am the richest man on the continent." Smith was plainly dressed In a suit of Knglish tweed, with hobnail shoes. Hut his home was a revelation. Outside it was a veritable fortress, with stout wallsof masonry, loopholed fordefense, if necessary. A two-story wall Inclose I it in a space as big as two blocks, and a great moat surrounded that. The.e were the regulation drawbridges ami portcullises. Two massive inner doors barred the last entrance. Once open it was a wonderful place, with a courtyard in the center, where played perfumed fountains and where a beautiful ganl. n grew. The entire luclosure was paved with brilliantly polished onyx the ransom of a king ill cost taken from one of his mines. Even the stables where Smith's herd of pet Jerseys w. r housed had the same costly flooring of onyx. Servants lounged about, but one of the old man's eccentricities was to have his own children wait upon him at table. It was an Incongruous picture to see him clattering around on the splendid flooring in his coarse suit and hobnails, while a soft light fell on the strange scene shed by great candelabra of solid gold from his mines. Smith is an English gypsy. He went :o Mexico before there were any rail ways there, and was the first man tj haul machinery from the coast to the gold mines which now yield him an in calculable income. He got in on the ground floor on everything that has made Mexico so rich to-day. But his life has been a series of ad ventures. Twice he has been shot down by Mexican thieves who attacked ins gold trains. He was left for dead each time. All the gypsies in Mexico are wonderfully proud of him and cnll him "Our Joun." Milwaukee Cor. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ITerolc, She If I were a man I would never rest untli I had become a hero. It seems to me every man who is a man ought to do something heroic at least once In his life. He Well, I don't know but that you're right I think myself that every man ought to be a hero once in a while She-Then why don't you have the courage of your convictions? He-I have. Didn't I walk clear dowTthe aisle to the front pew with uowu luc 'D . . l0" fL,.? half through with his sermon last Sun - " day morning? Shirts of Bark. The Indians of the interior of Bolivia wear shirts and bats made of the bark of a tree, wh'ch is soaked In water to soften the fiber and then beaten tc make It pliable. TOM KETCHUM. rfce Daring Leader of Black Jack' Gang of Bandita, The notorious leader of the Infunout 'Black Jack's" gang of train robbers and murderers, Tom Ketcuum, is now In the penitentiary at Sasta Fe. N. M. Tom held up a train single-handed and In the aequel to this was wounded and saptured. It was the Colorado Southern epresi tat Tom held up. The place selected iv as near Folsom, on the northeast corner of New Mexico. One night as the express was puffing laboriously up trade the engineer saw a light ahead giving the signal to stop. When the train slowed down Tom Ketchum lumped Into the cab and, carelessly twinging a 45 Colt near the engineer's aose, told him to obey all orders given during the next few minutes. This, Tom said, would save heartaches in the engineer's home and the Intrusion of an undertaker In the family circle. Then he jumped off and tried to uncouple the engine, which was made impossible by the steep grade. Failing In this, Tom walked back to the Wells-Fargo ex press car and, thumping the door with the butt of his Colt, demanded admit tance. The messenger opened the door snd poked the muzzle of a Winchester out Into the dark and pulled the trigger. That put an end to the hold-up that night Just how badly Tom was shot is not known, for he was wounded In a subsequent battle with United States Marshal Foraker's posse and he will not say how much damage the messen ger did. As he declared the hold-up oft It Is probable he was severely Injured. T,A Avnvnfo nitllnfl An r r A Tj..n Inmnttlt ui.cva nun j h'9 broncho and sought safety In the , mountains, The attempted robbery was bool cnown to the officials, and three days ater Marshal Foraker's men were ! bunting for Tom in the uplands. They , finally hit the trail and followed It back Into the very heart of the mountains. I Here they lost It and while discussing the best more a report of a rifle spilt j the air and one of the deputies fell out of his saddle. This was sufficient evi I dence of Tom's presence In the vicinity, '. but not his exact whereabouts, as Tom 'used smokeless cartridges. Another , u, u. u.uwoou Then tbeday's proceedings began. The leputles shot at that glint of sunshine playing along blue eteel; Tom shot at the deputies. The deputies dodged be hind trees and rocks and shot wildly. Tom stayed where he was and made bull's-eyes. If Tom hadn't shoved his right arm a little too high in taking aim he would have brought down a full mess of deputies. As It was a slug of lead as big as your finger tore through Tom's shooting member, and It took t few minutes to change his Winchester ver to bis left arm. In these short minutes the deputies closed in on Tom tnd captured him. He was in a bad shape. His right arm was terribly broken and torn and he was already suffering from loss of blood. But he was game. He offered to take his left rm and begin the performance all over again, which proposition was respect fully declined. The next day when he was able to be moved Tom was strapped to his broncho and taken to a train, ul timately landing In the penitentiary hospital at Santa Fe. Of "Black Jack's" gang of thieves and cutthroats Tom Ketchum was the lead er. He was 35 years old. and !n Texas, his native State, he is known as the new Jesse James. He stands 5 feet 10 Inches In his stocking feet and Is built on the graceful lines of a tiger. He Is s void of conscience as the Winchester he carried. He would rather shoot a man than eat; if the man be an officer of the law it was more fun to kill him than to go to a dance. One of his boy hood pastimes was to hide In 'some con venient place on the ranch in Texas and shoot Mexican herdsmen. When a lad he was summoned as a witness In a awsuTt; and not knowing what the summons meant, and not caring to take any chances, shot and killed the officer. After this he found it convenient to change his residence, so he rode up Into New Mexico and Arizona. Here be soon became a terror to everybody in gen eral and railroad and express com panies In particular. He admits In a roundabout way that since 1886 he and his gang have stolen from postofflcas. trains, stages and wayfarers 9300,000 and killed 200 men. Medicinal Qualities. There Is not a single garden vege table that has not a medicinal quality ide lt".fd Jhe fin luulK l" ,lu S .TT Ta,ua"ei,,?IaU eomplaUntJi nd M d,fln Th!n T" have rhubarb, which counteracts the of the usual heavy meat diet of ... . , ' winter and clears the system of some n aw.nia rheumatism and other painful maia dies. RadMhes are good for stomach I troubles, dandelion greens make a good blood purifier, horse radish Is a tonic md makes the appetite good. Onions ;ure colds and bring sweet sleep, and elery and lettuce soothe the Irritated Berres. Carrots are good for scrofulous nnimctat owmmbsn ars TOM KKTCHtm. and cooling, notwithstanding the bad reputation they have, and parsley Is known as a palliative in cases of drop sy. The whole list of vegetables might be named and a positive medicinal value given to each of them. LI HUNG CHANG'S WEALTH. Ways in Which He Accumulated Hit Enormous Fortune. IA Hung Chang, the most cousplcuout Chinese of the age, is often called the richest man In the world. One way In which LI for many years made an enormous sum of money was to use thousands of soldiers In his own pri vate enterprises without paying them a cent for their labor. In the course of time he purchased extensive estates iu the rice-growing regions and raised more bushels of rice every year Than the bonanza farmers of North Dakota used to raise of wheat. He got hli labor for nothing, and his great crop of rice was almost clear profit. He simply turned his soldiers loose In the rice fields, and they had to be content with the rations and the miserable pit tance paid to them by the government The great man also became his own contractor for army supplies. He would sell his own rice to the go em inent for army rations at an enormous profit, and pocketed a handsome rake off on all other supplies furnished to the tens of thousands of soldiers In the Pechlli province. Then he was chief supreme of the custom bouses for a long distance around the Gulf of Fechlll, and there was nothing mean about the stream of gold that poured into his strong-box through this chan nel. It has long been notorious that one of the methods he employed was to Import large quantities of goods through his agents without the pay ment of a cent of duty, and then sell the goods at a round figure to his coun trymen. This method of money-making finally involved the old gentleman In troubles, charges were made against him, and he came near losing bis official bead; but his power was so great and his real services to the state were so valuable that be was almost Invulner able tn spite of the many enemies who have always been ready to accuse him. One of his great sources of money getting employed by Li Hung Chang during the later years of his career as Viceroy was as a money lender. '1 here Is little doubt that he was the king of pawnbrokers the world over. His loan offices were scattered far and wide over his province, and he loaned great sums of money on mortgages and on pledges of personnl property. In a coun try where no legal rate of interest is fixed this business has brought enor mous returns to Li Hung Chang. TWO DROMiOS IN REAL LIFE. This Time They Are Women and Are Afraid to Meet. There are two Chlogo women whe arc anxious to meet and yet afraid of each other. They have never seen each other, even at a distance, and would probably go blocks out of their way to dodge each other. The reason of all this is their remarkable resemblance. Each Is stopped on the street by people who take her for the other. The clerks In the big dry-goods stores get mixed over them. They have several friends in common, who are always making mistakes and telling about them. One lives on the South Side and one on the West, and they move In entirely differ ent "sets;" this accounts for the fact that they have never met. Now both these women are handsora and stylish, and well groomed. In this fact lies the reason of their being afraid to meet. Each fears to find the other better looking or better dressed or more attractive. It really has come to such a pass that neither ventures to go shop ping without making a swell toilet. What was at first considered a good Joke has come to be a serious matter, and has set the nerves of both wemen awry. The common friends are now schem Ing to bring tbeai together. They ar gue that two women so much alike should be the warmest sort of friends. But It does not take much of a student of human nature to predict that they are wrong. Chicago Inter Ocean. Appropriate. "Why do they call that trick bicycle rider Asbestos T "Because he doesn't scorch." Bis marck Tribune. Htrup from Georgia Melons. An enterprising Georgia farmer has become the pioneer in a new Industry namely, making sirup out of water melons. He cuts the melons In halves, scoops out the pulp, runs It through a cider mill, presses out the Juice and then boils the liquid for twelve hours over a hot fire. Out of 270 melons, worth $5 or $6 at wholesale, he gets thirty gallons of sirup and markets the product at 60 cents per gallon. The re fuse Is fed to the hogs, cattle and chickens, and the whole operation It very profitable. Origin of Boars. Just when the day became divided Into hours Is not known; nor is the process explained. The Greeks and Romans measured time by the water glass and the sun dials. The hour-glass filled with sand was the outgrowth of these vessels from which the water tripped' through tiny opetOnga, LI HUXU CHANO. Rhym-s of a Spelling R 'ftoriner. A fisherman sat on the quay Partaking of afternoon tuay; When a lady came by Who winked with one y. And whispered: "No sugar for muay." A grand old bootmaker of Hawarden Used to spend the whole day in his gawarden. When his friends askt him why He lookt up at the sky. But only replied: "Beg your pa warden." It is said that Nathaniel Ffiennes Lived wholly on bread and broad bbiennes; Wheu invited to eat But a morsel of meat He answered: "Just think what it mmiennes!" A thoughtful young butcher named Mowll Had a teuder and sensitive sowll; When he slaughtered a sheep He always would weep And pay for a funeral towll. A sailor, who sported a queue. Was civil to all that he knueue; If be came under fire He used to retire And say, with a bow: "After yueue." The Dowager Duke of Buccleugh Was famous for Irish steugh; When asked: "Do you use Any onion in stuse?" He cautiously answered: "A feugh." A groom of the royal demense Was the finest old man ever sesne; But he kept out of sight In the ditch day and night. For fear of annoying the quesne. The amiable Commodore Uaigh Set sail down the channel one daigb; When asked: "Do you know Which direction to go?" He answered: "I'm feeling my waigh." One autumn the Marquis of Steynes Shot a partridge with infinite peynes; Then he cried: "I'm afraid Of the havoc I've maid! See only one feather remeynes!" Westminster Gazette. On one occasion the Prince of Wales visited a Hindoo school In Madras. The youngsters had been drilled into the propriety of saying "Your royal high ness" should the prince speak to them, and when the heir-apparent accosted a bright-eyed lad, and, pointing to a pris matic compass, asked. "What Is this?" the youngster, all In a flutter, replied: "It's a royal compass, your prismatic highness." Robert Hilliard, the actor, brought a young Englishwoman to see "EI Ca pi tan." She was much impressed with I)e Wolf Hopper, and remarked: 'Viiat a charming man your Mr. Hopper Is Tell me. Is he married V "Been mar ried three times," was the reply. "Three times!" she repeated; "and they are all dead?" "No," was the answer; "di vorced." "Ah!" she rejoined, "I see; he is a Grass-Hopper." A young lady, who had greatly en joyed John Kendrick Bangs' "House boat on the Styx," thought It only Just to write a few lines expressing her de light. She ended her letter with: "I did so much enjoy your 'Houseboat on the Sticks.' " Mr. Bangs politely an swered: "Dear Miss: If you have stud ied mythology, and without doubt you have, you will realize that considering the ungodly heat where those Styx are supposed to be located, it would be im possible for them to support the house boat until my lines were finished. Yours truly, J. K. B." The late Hall McAllister some years "a mtain(ii vigitip" scientist at the Union Club, before its amaigauiu tlon with the Pacific, and during tin evening a particularly foggy one--made some whimsical remark convey ing the Idea that fog was an excellent conductor of sound. The scientist took exception to this novel theory and asked Mr. McAllister on what It was based. "On phenomena which we have all ob served." returned the ready jurist; "on an evening like this we hear the fog horn quite-distinctly, but when there is no fog we cannot hear it at all." An Iowa judge recently related an amusing incident that had occurred In his court when a colored man was brought up for some potty offense. The charge was read, and as the statement. "The State of Iowa against John Jones." was rend In a loud voice, the colored man's eyes bulged nearly out of their sockets, and he 6eemed overcome with terror and astonishment. When he was asked if he had anything to say, or pleaded guilty or not guilty, he gnsped out: "Well, yo' honab, ef de whole State o' Iowa Is agin this one pore nigger, I'se gwlne to give up right now." Disraeli, It Is said, laughed only once In the House of Commons. Gladstone had made an Impassioned speech in favor of the union of Wallachia and Moldavia. Disraeli pointed out that the result would be the extinction of the Independence of these people, and the only thing left would be the remorse "which would be painted with admira ble eloquence by the rhetorician of the day." In reply, Mr. G'adstone said that he would not be guilty of the affected modesty of pretentlng to be Ignorant that that designation, "the rhetorician of the day," was intended for himself Mr. Disraeli Interrupted with the re mark: "I beg your pardon; I really did not mean that." Gladstone's face ex pressed amazement and Indignation, and Disraeli sat down with a satisfied smile that told of his enjoyment Paris Exposition Admission Fees. The admission fees to the Paris ex position will be before 10 a. m., 2 francs, or about 40 cents, to the entire exhibition; between the hours of 10 a. m. and 6 p. m., a franc will be the charge, and after 6 p. m., on week days, 2 francs, while on Sundays the fee Is not to be raised for the evening hours A good policy for all is to marry young and grow old together. SERMON BY Rev. Dr. Calmagc labjact: Cauacllyto SleepIt Is the Poor Mao's BleMlagWurde or Comfort Por the Victims or fneoinala- Wakefulness a Means of Grace. (Oapjrrlbt, Louis Klopech. 19O0-1 Washisgto, D. C la this dlsooarse Dr. Talmage treats of a style ot disor.lur not much discoursed npon and unfolds what most be a consolation to many people; text, Psalms Ixxvil., 4, "Thou holdest mine eyes waking." Bleep is the vaoation ot the sonl; It is the mind gone intotbe playground of dreams; It is the relaxation of the muscles and the solace of the nerves: It Is the hush of ac- tivitie.; it Is the soft curtaining of the eyes; It Is a trance of eight hours; It Is a calm ing ot the pulses; It Is a breathing much slower, though far deeper; it is a tempor ary oblivion of all earking cares; it Is the dootor recognized by all schools of medi cine; it Is a divine narootlo; it is a com plete anesthetic; it Is an annul of the night; it is a great mercy ot God for the human race. Lack ot It puts patients on the rack of torture, or In the rami house, or in the grave. O blessed sleep! No wonder the Bible makes much ot It. Through sleep so sound that a surgical Incision of the side of Adam did not waken him came the best temporal blessing ever afforded to man wifely companionship. While In sleep on a pillow ot rock Jacob saw a ladder set up, with angels comln? down and climbing. So "Ha glveth His beloved sleep," soliloquized the psalmist. Solomon listens at tbe door of a tired workman and eulogizes bis pillow by say ing, "The sleep ol a laboring man Is sweet." Peter was calmly sleeping be tween the two constables that night be fore his expected assassination. Christ was asleep In a boat on Onlllee when tossed In tbe euroclydon. The annuncia tion was made to Joseph in sleep, and death is described as only a sleep and the resurrection as a glorious wakening out of sleep. On the other hand, Insomnia or sleep lessness Is an old disorder spoken ot aculn and again in the Bible. Ahnsuerns suf fered from It, and we rend, "in that nhrht could not the king sleep." Joseph Hall said ot that ruler, "He that could com mand a hundred and seven and twenty provinces could not command sleep." Nebuchadnezzar had Insomnia, ami rhe record Is, "His sleep brake from liltn." Solomon describes this troable and says, "Neither day nor night seeth he sleep with bis eyes." Asaph was Its victim, for necompiaibs in my text ttiat Bis eyes ar open at mianignt, some mysterious powt keeping the upper and lower Ibis from joining, "TLbou boldest mine eyes wak ing." - Of course there is an uprighteoua sleep, as when Jonah, trying to escape fron duty, slept In tbe sides ot the slilp while the Mediterranean was in wrutli because of that prophetic passeDffer; as when Columbus in his first voyage, extiaiited from being np many nights, guve the .ship In charge of the steersman and the crew, who, leaving tbe management of the ves sel to boys, went to sleep ami allowed the ship to strike on the pnnd bunks ot Kt. Thomas; as wbea the sentinel go4 to sleep at his post, endangering the whole army; as when tbe sluggard, who accom plishes nothing the day before he wenr to sleep and will p"- - n i after be wakes, fills up Soloino. pioiure of him ns be yawns out, "A little sleep and a little slumber and a little folding ot the bands to sleep." But sleep at the right time and amid tbe right circumstances, can you imagine iTiytbliiir more blesse l? If sleep, according to sncred and profane literature, Is an emblem of death, the mornlne to all refreshed slutnberers Is a resurrection. Remark the first: If you li.ive esc:ire:. the Insomnia spoken of In the text thank Ood. Here and there one can com man I sleep, and it comes tbe minute lie orders It and departs at the minute lie wishes it to go, as Napoleon wuelf he wrote: "DiUVreut affars are arranged in my bed as lu draw ers. When I wisb to Interrupt one train of thought I close tbe drawer which contains that subject and open that which contains another. They do not mix together or In convenience me. I have nev r been kept awake by an involuntary preoccupation of mind. When I wish for repose I shut up all the drawers, and I am asleep. I have always slept when I wanted rest, and al most at will." But I think lu most cases we feel that sleep is not tbe result of a res olution, but a direct gift from God. You cannot purchase it. A Kreat French finan cier cried out, "Alas, why is there no sleep to be sold?" Remark tbe second: Consider amonir the worst crimes the robbery of ourselves or others of this mercy ot Slum her. Much ruinous doctrine has been inculcated on this subject. Thomas Moore gave poor ad vice when he said, "The best wav to lengthen our days Is to steal a few hours from the night." We are told that, though they did their work at night. Copernicus lived to be seventy-three years of titfe, anil Galilei i-eventy-elgnt years, and Herschel eighty-four years. Yes. but the reason was they were all star hunters, and tbe only time for bunting stars is at nlglit. Prob ably they slept by day. Tbe nigbt was made for slumber. The worst lamp a stu dent etc have Is "the midnight lamp." Lord Brougham never passed more than four hours of tbe night abed, and Justinian, after one hour ot sleep, would rise from hl coach. But yon are neither a Justinian nor s Lord Brougham. Let not the absurd apotheosis of early rising Induce you to the abbreviation of sleep. Get up when you are slept out nnless circumstances compel otherwise. Have no alarm clock making Its nerve tearing racket at 4 o'clock In the morning, unless special rea sons demand tbe forsaking of your pillow at that hour. Most of tbe theories about early rising we inherited from times when fieople retired at 8 or 9 o'clock In the even ng. Such early retirement Is Irapossihia In our own times for those wbo are tiiklnu part In the great activities of life. There Is no virtue in the mere act of early rising. It all depends upon what you do after you get up. It would be better for the world If some people never wakened at all. Remark tbe third: All those ought to be comforted who by overwork In right direc tions have come to losomnla. In all occu pations and professions there are times when a special draft is made upon the ner vous energy. There are thousands of men and women wbo cannot sleep because they were injured by overwork In some time of domestic or political or religious exigency. Mothers wbo, after taking a whole fam!ly of children through the disorders that are sure to strike the nursery, have been le.'t physical wrecks, and one entire night of slumber Is to them a rarity. If not an im possibility. Tbe attorney at law, who, through a long trial In poorly ventllutml courtroom, has stood for weeks battling for tbe rights of widows and orphans or for the life of a client in whose iunocence he Is confident, though all the circum stances are unfavorable. In his room he tries tbe case all nigbt long and every n:gjt when be would like to be slumbering. Th physician. In time of epidemic, worn ou; In saving tbe lives of wbole families ami fall ing In his attempts to sleep at night be tween tbe jangllngs of his doorbell. Tbe merchant who has experienced panics, when the banks went down and Wall street became a pandemonium and there was a possibility that the next day he would be penniless that night with no more possi bility of gaining sleep than If such a bless ing had never touched our planet. Remark the fourth: Insomnia Is no sign ot divine displeasure. Martin Luther had distressing Insomnia and wrote. "When I wake up in the night, tbe devfl Immedi ately comes and disputes witn me and gives me strange thoughts until at last I grow enraged beyond endurance and give him ill words." That consecrated champion of everything good. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Sr., In bis autobiography says that theoniv encouragement be had to think be would jleep at night was the tact that he bad cot llept the night oetore. Wakefulness may be an opportunity foi Mayer, opportunity for proltable reflex- tlon, opportunity lor Kindling orig'ic ex- Deotatloas of the world, where there is no night and where slumber will have no uses. God thinks just as much of you when you get but three or four hours of leep as when at nigbt you get elgat or nine hours. Remark tbe fifth: Let all Insomnlstt mow for their consolation that some people sleep more rapidly than others, as much In one hour ns others do In two, and hence do not require as long a time In un consciousness. In a book on the subject of health years aero I saw this f.ict stated by a celebrated medical scientist: Some people do everything quick they eat quick, they walk quick, they think quick, and ot course tbey sleep quick. An express train can go as far in thirty minutes as a way train In sixty minutes. I'eople of rapid temperaments ought not to expect a whole night to do tbe work of recuperation which slow temperaments require. Instead ot making it a matter of Irritation and alarm be a Christian philosopher and set down this abbreviation of somnolence as a matter f temperament. Remark tbe sixth: Tbe aged Insomnlsts ihould understand that If their eyes are held wakiug they do not require as much sleep as once they did. Solomon, wo In knowledge was thousands ot years ahead of his time in his wondrous description ot old age, recognizes this fact. He not only speaks of the difficulty of mastication on the part of the aged when be says, 'Fbe grluders cease because they are few," and of the octogenarian's caution In getting up a bidder or standing on a scaffolding, say ing, "They shall be nfral.l of that which is hiuti," and speaks of the whiteness of the bair by comparing it to a tree that has white blossoms, saying, "Tbe almond tree shall flourish," and speaks of the spinal cord, which is the color of silver, snd whloh relaxes In old age, giving the tremor to the head, saying, "The silver cord be loosed." But be soys of tbe aged, "He shall rise up at tbe voice ot tbe bird;" that is about half past 4 in the summer time, an appropriate hour for tbe bird to rise, for be goes to his nest or bough at half past 7 In tbe evening. But tbe human mechanism bas been so arranged that after it bas been running a good while a change takes place, and in stead of the almost perpetual sleep of the babe and tbe nine hours requisite In mid life six hours will do for the Hged, and "be shall rise up at t e voice of the bird." Let all aged men and women remember that tbey have been permitted to do a great leal of sleeping In their time and that il tiiey do not sleep so well now us they used to it Is because they do not require so much deep. Remark the seventh: Insomnia Is prob ibly a warning that you had better mod erate your work. Most ot those engaged in employments that pull on nerve and brain are tempted to omit necessary rest and sleeplessness culls a halt. Even their pleasuring turns to work. As Sir Joshua Keyuolds, the great painter, taking awalk with a friend, met a sun -browned peasant boy ami said, "I oiu-t go home and de-pen oring ot my lurant iiercmes. l ue 'browned boy suggested an im provement In a great picture. By the time most people buva reached midlife. It tbey have behaved well more doors ot opportunity open be fore them than tbey ought to enter. Power to decline, power to say "No,." :bey should now cultivate. When a man is determined to be useful and satan can uot dissuade hitn from that course, the great deceive- Induces him to overdone snd in that way get rid ot him. We have thermometers to tell the heat, and barom eters to tell tbe air, and ometers bung la engine rooms to tell tbe pressure of steam, and ometers to guue and measure almost everything. Would that some genius would Invent an ometer which, being hung around tbe nek and dropped over tjg.rtijj1 , --r xmW by. the pulsa- cloTj-"- respiration, tell whetlier"Dnp Is uttder too great pressure or might c-arry mora. All brain workers would want suci in ometer and want it right away. For tbe lack of It how many are dvlng and bow many have died of overwork? A prominent financier who recently departed this life was an officer In over 100 tlnam-hil and charitable institutions. Thousands ot editors, of lawyers, of physicians, ot merchants, of clergymen, are now dying of overwork. Do not be in the board of directors of more than three banks uud two trust companies and live life and nre Insurance establishments. Do not as pastor preach more than three ser mons a Sunday and superintend your own Sabbath-school and conduct a Bible class the same day. Do not edit a paper and write for three mngar.lnes and go to lour public dinners where you will be called to make a speech more than four times a week. Do not go so deep in to the real estate business that before spring all the real estate you will really possess wlil be a piece of ground about six feet long and three feet wide. Your In somnia is the voice of nature, the voice of God, saying, "Better slow us!" Stop that long, swift train, the wheels of which are taking tire from tbe velocity and smoking with the hot box. Do not burn the candle at boti ends. Do not under too many burdens sweat like a camel trudging from Aleppo to Damascus. Do not commit sui cide. Remark the eighth: All tbe victims ot insomnia ought to be consoled with tbe (act that they will have a good, long sleep after a while. Sacred and profane litera ture again and again speak of that lust sleep. God knew that tbe human race would be disposed to make a great ado about exit from this world, a id so He in spires Job and David and Daniel and John and Paul to call that condition "sleep." When at Bethany tbe brother wbo was tbe support of his sisters after their father and motber were gone had himself expired, Christ cried out In regatd to him, ' He Is not dead, but sleepeth." Cheer tDg thought to all poor sleepers, for that will be a plaasant sleep, in duced by no narcotic, disturbed by 20 frightful dream, interrupted by no harsh sound. Better than any sleep you ever took, O child ot God, will be tbe lost tieeo. In your slumbers your home may be In vaded by burglars and your treasures car ried off, but while here and there. In one case out ot millions, the resurrectionist may disturb tbe pillow of dust tbe last sleep Is almost sure to be kept from Inva sion. There will be no burglary of the tomb. And it will be a refreshing sleep. You have sometimes risen In tbe morning more weary than when you laid down at night, but waking from the sleap of whloh 1 speak the last fatigue, the last ache, the last worrlment, will be forever goue. Ob, what a refreshing sleep! So my bearer, my reader, "Good nightl" Hay God give yoj such sleep to-night as is best for you, and If you wake too soon may He fill your soj'. with reminiscences and expectations th&t will be better t ban slumber. Good nigbt! Having in prayer, kneeling at the b6dside, committed your self and all yours t j the keeping of tbe slumberlnss God, faar nothing. The pestilence that waiketb tn darkness wl'.l no; cross your doorst.ll, aud you need no', be afraid of evil ilJIngs. Good nightl May you have D) such experience as Job bad when he suid. "Vbon scHrest me with dreams anl terriles ru3 throuifh visions." If you diestn it a", may It be a vision of reunions .nl congratulations, and, waking, may you II nil some o! them true. Good night! And wl.ea voa ?ome to the best sleep, the blissful s.eap, tbe last sleep, may you be abie to turn tnd say to all tbe cares and fatigues and bereave ments and pangs ot a lifetime, "Good niKbtl" and your kindred, standing around your Illumined pbiow, give you hopeful though sorrowful farewell as you move out from their loving embrace Into the bosom of a welcoming God. Goui nightl Good niithtl Failure is merely tbe leaving un done, or badly done, those things which should have been done, and done thoroughly. Goor actions crown themselves with lasting days; who deserves well, needs not another's praise. Forgiveness is a high quality, an exalted virtue. The first to do, if you have not done It, Is to fall in love with your work. Nobility doesn't come by birth any more than beautv does. Count your troubles, and you will fall down in the dust. Count your mercies, and you will get up and shout. ' , ) J Va7 . -; - P -" ' . " 'x ' '. i- y. .
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