B. F. SCHWEIER, THE COnSTITUTIOn THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEUENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprittor. VOL. LIV MIFFI,IXTQVX, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENX., WEDNESDAY, MAKCH 21, lHOO. NO. 15. rUl ' ' ' ' '---1J"LJ ' ' ' ' ' mm V CHARLOTTE CHAPTER 111. (Continued.! Tiieie was dead silence in the mom. Mar-tin Kay grew pale. The girls looked ,:rt!ed aud surprised. The silence was v children. said Martin Knj. ' f-uc it to you." He turned hi" head away, too proud at tbat moment to let the expression of hi fa,v he seen. "Au.l I." said en. Hat ton. looking; at Ii ..f bis nieces, "leave it to you also. Mi .ft a.l sifter's children, do as you will: b it n..t f.Tie-t your mother's words." With a ' ! the girls clasped their arms aiHiin.l each other, la that moment they felt iiiue iiioue in the world. How were they in make Mich a choice? To Leah's mind recurred the memory of her fervent prayer for xiine one who would deliver ker from her "furnace of fire." She look ni into the Idiie eyes of her sister. "It is what I prayed for." she whis-p-red. Then i-lowly, as the waters of a great ,-a divide, the two girls separated, sadly, niourufiilly. looting hack with lingering rrjc'et. yet never faltering; and Ieah, the in M whom Marttu Kay had loved, ot wlioiu he had txen so unutterably proud. ho:ii he had hoped to see his political -.in-esMir. beautiful, dark-eyed I.euh. i.'. :o her uncle and laid ber hand upon ii.-. ' 1 p:-uyed to heaven for deliverance." ne Mi:.i, " aud you have brought it. I ac-.-p: your offer." i!u a bitter ery Martin Ray turned to i.er. Tliere was dignity in the Borrow ut hi voice aud face. l.otiuK arms were placed around hi" ae k: a loviug, beautiful face was laid uiu his. "1 v. ill never leave you, father," said ll-'.rie. "I will give my life to you." So for some minutes they stood the r-n-:ul with his arm thrown round Ieah. a though from that moment he would ber from all harm and from every o!i; 11-ttie clamping her father's neck, t.-i face wet with tears. "1 accept your offer, uncle," said Leah, in it calm, clear voice; "and I shall a! way. lielieve that heaven seut you t Uie." I will never leave you. father!" cried ilt iiie. "My love shall make up to you for i he loss of Leah's!" CIIAI'TEIl IV. Ot o. Sir Arthur Hattou and bis "niece soon settled in their new and mag L.Oivut home. To I.eah it seemed a - n.Mjjjh she must be in the whirl or a in-am. Her own story was to ber very iimcu like one of the fairy tales that hnd delighted her when she was a child. "1 i'ii a real Cinderella." she said to her :.. with a smile. But in no way did -tie resemble that bumble little maideu. Siie was proud by instinct and by nature. Mie was proud of her mother's name of Hattou, of the good old family from w hie!) her mother came, of the blood that la it in her veins from ber mother's side. Mie was proud of being true to herself, of being loyal to what she believed to l.c right principles. The compact made between her uncl ami herself bad not been broken. The name of ltay had been given up, and she had adopted that of Hatton. People are not curious. It was suffi cient to know that Leah Hatton was the adopted daughter and heiress of Gen. Sir Arthur Hatton, K. C. B., one of the wealthiest aud most famous men in En; laud. Hut. when Leah had taken possession ..f the suite of rooms prepared for her. when the magnificent dresses had been put away in the wardrobes made of redai wood, when the superb store of Indian 1 reus tires bad alt been examined, when she bad grown accustomed to the luxury of a lady's maid and a groom, of horses and carriages, ber heart turned with a great and wistful yearning to Hettie. The remembrance of that loving sis'er was the only drawback to ber perfect happiness. She was alone in the cozy morning room ..lie morning when Sir Arthur came to cek her, his face full of delight. l.eaii," he cried, "can you guess what strange good fortune has happened to llieir" Mie looked np at him with the brightest it smiles. "How can I guess, uncle, when you save already all the good fortune ia the orld V" "1 have my share of it, I.eah; that i .jt::te certain. But this piece of good luck is something quite unlooked for and un ..r. You have heard nie speak of a vi ly dear friend I tad many years ago yoiitu- -uptaln in jur regiment Harry K'greniunl?" i es." replied Leah, who delighted in ic.thiug so much as in listening to her uncle's stories of Indian life, "yea, I re iin niber the name." "He was one of the finest fellows Ii. i :ie worid," cried the general "so sim ple, generous, brave and noble! I have st sight of him for many years. I hear that be has unexpectedly succeeded to a .i-erage. 1 hnd that he is Duke of Roe deiie. and that he lives only seven miles from here. His estate and mine run pnr- jille! for miles; and I am so delighted. T.-.iU." .So am I, for your sake," she said. "What is the place called?" "i'raig." he replied. "The duke and -.chess live there about three months ia year; they are generally in town for .- season, and during the rest of the j a they live at Dene Abbey, a beanti f i place in Sussex." Then the duke is married 7" said Leah. Yes; he married a fashionable beauty, :i ' I hear that she is a very alee wom I am glad for your sake; she will be - :i un excellent friend for yoo." l.-nh was warmly welcomed at Craig; t: duchess even grew attached to her: when, after a gay autumn and in ti itiicrable shooting partles,"the time for on to Rome came, she invited Leah to a. npany her. At first the general was in ; ii-d to refuse. He had just learned. mid. that he could aot live without "er. and it was cruel to wisTS to take her way. But when the duchess showed bi'n all the advantages to be gained he irelded at once. "You have asked me to complete yonr niece's education." she said; "in no way can it be done better than by taking ber abroad. A few weeks wiib me in Tans I and in Rome will change her altogether; ihe will be a different girl." - - titil a I mJBsn M. BRAE ME ; He fixed bis eyes lovingly on Leah. "Do you think it well to change her?" ue asked, slowly. "She sterns to me per fect." "If you intend to make her a woman f the world, she must change in some respects." said the duchess, a little impi tiently. "Leave her to me. Sir Ait:i;:r 1 will promise that you shall be a:i tied with the result." And after that Sir Alfred offend m. further opposition. The Duchess of Rosedene was detain - for a considerable time on the Continent by a severe Illness of her husband, and m reply to her anxious entreaties tue Ken sral allowed his beautiful niece to remaii with her. Although his heart year to., I for her, be knew that the care and train ing which the duchess could bestow weir invaluable, and were such as he coulj not have fonnd elsewhere. He . was content to wait. During Leah's absence he purchased s. magnificent mansion in Pelgravia, tr which, in loving memory of bis native own, he tiive the name of Harbnry ticuse. The decorations were so mag nificent, the furniture was so elegant and -ostly, that public attention was drawn "o the house, ami it soon became kaown hnt Sir Arthur bad made this purchase 'or bis adopted niece and heiress, who .vas now in Italy with the Duchess of :osedene. and who was so rumor said is beautiful as a vision. The duke's health having been uit restored, the duchess bad arranged thai he traveling party should return to l.on ion at once. It was then the very end if April, and the season had begun. A lrawing room bad been held, at which miue fair young faces had been seen; tut she knew that none could have equal d that of Leah Hatton. The duke bad a grand old niansioi t named I'ark View. The duke and duch- : ss went there on their return. Sir Ar- ihur was invited to meet them, and from 1 (heir house be was to take I-ean home. He was impatient to see ber. The long absence bad wonderfully improved ber. lie grew pale as he went up to her and kissed her in silence; for bis emotion was too great fur words. The duchess had been right after all. Nothing but constant association with an accomplished and refined woman of the world could have given such high-bred rase and grace to ber. The next drawing room was held the following Tuesday. When, after a few daya of anxious preparatioriTTrah stood before Sir Ar thur, dressed for the presentation, he owned himself perfectly well pleased. The duchess, whose taste was irreproachable, had chosen ber court dress; and the gen-i-ral had presented her with a sujte of diamonds stones that shone and scintil lated with every movement diamonds that made many envious. "Are you quite satisfied with me. un cleT' she asked, with a smile that deep ened h"r bright loveliness. "Quite," he answered. "I always thought the fashion of wearing feathers awkward until now." The duchess called for her, and they drove away to the palace together. The day was fine, the crowd great. Many of the royal family were present. There were debutantes from many of the no blest families in the land; bnt Leah out shone them all, as a planet outshines the stars. She never forgot the moment when sh stood first ia the presence of the gracious iady who rules the vast empire over which the sun never sets. True loyalty rose ia her heart, and she thanked heaven mce more that she had been saved from what seemed to her worse than "a fur nace of fire." She could never have -poken against the Queen, or led the acarts of ber people from her. She smil- to herself a half-sad smile. It seem d so strange that she, who was once lestined to be a lecturer against royalty, -honld now be presented to her majesty. CHAPTER V. During the next three years Leah Hat- ou was the very queen of fashion. She was more popular, more sought aftei more admired, more beloved, more enviei iban any other woman of her day. He. beauty grew with ber years. She w.i twenty-one now, and the magnificeu. promise of her girlhood had been fulfilled iler loveliness had grown richer; iht learn ia her dark eyes was brighter; thi dainty bloom that had been faint as thi hue of a blush rose bad deepened; thi face was radiant ia its owa loveliness men found it more than fair. During those three years she had presided witi infinite grace over the large establish men.t at Brentwood and the magnificeu: bouse in town. "Beautiful Leah Hatton !" What nun ia life could she desire thaa she had - vealth, popularity, affection? Yet she vas not happy; her soul had found n est. Brilliant and gay as was her life. t did not satisfy ber. It was but as l dream to one who. bas infinite longings and infinite desires. If Martin Ray succeeded in nothing vise, be bad done this for his daughter he had taken her out of the common groove; be bad made her think; be ha., tilled ber with a thousand ideaa of life These were always puzzling her. She bar ;he air, the manner, the look of on whose thoughts and aims were highe. and loftier than those of others. Thi added much to the charm of ber passion ate. proud beauty. The men who dance .vith her admired her the more becaus. no Bush of vanity came to her face There was upon it tbe far-off look, tb vslles longing that nothing could grai f.v. Some of the offert Miss Hatton reeeiv ed were daazling ones. The yonng Karl of Barberry was handsome, talented aud passionately fond of her. No. ahe would not be Countess of Barberry. There was the Duke of Lincoln, who had country io.it. a town mansion aud untold wealth, who would have made her hie duchess. She would aot be Dncbess of IJncoln; and she had no other reason to gWe to that ahe did aot love him; aad the one thing ahe longed for ia thia life waa loe. "Lover aaid the dachesa. "It will com with marriage." "Not the love I waat." ahe replied; "that must come before. 1 want a ro mance in my life." , . i. th. w.t with those dark-eyed girls." aaid the dueheaa. "What a pity it is The Duke aad Pucas of Boeedene tad become very is:uch attached to Ieat. aad when the n a sou ended they begged the general and ber to come to pay them a long visit at Dene Abbey. Tbey were to remain there during the autumn and winter. Mr Arthur at first did not quite like the idea, and a compromise was fade. The whole party were to visit Brentwood first and remain there for six weeks; tben tbey were to go to Dene Abbey and stay there aa long as Sir Ar thur wished an arrangement which pleased every one.- Leah by this time had grown to love tbe duchess so much that she never liked to be separated from ber for long together. Brentwood was looking its best at the nd of July. The general had invited several guests To Brentwood, and the party promised to be a very pleasant one. "At some future day you will be sol mistress of this beautiful place. Ieah. said the duchess, aa they were walking ue morning on the great terrace. "I suppose so," she replied; "but 1 nev r like to think of the time. I wish that uy uncle could live aa long as, if not .ouger, than 1 shall." "i have had aa adventure this moru '"." aaid Sir Arthur, aa they sat dowu to luncheon. 1 find that the young mas ter of Olea ia expected home during (he week. 1 lost my way in tbe woods, aud came out quite close to the uiausion: I have been all over it." "Where aad what ia Glen?" asked tbe dueheaa. And Sir Arthur smiled as he said: "I ought to be a poet to answer you. it ia almost impossible to do so in prose. Olea ia simply one of the most lovely spots I know in England." "More beautiful than Brentwood, uu :le?" asked Leah. "Quite different. Leah. Glen was once the dower house of a queen; three hun dred years ago it came into possession of be Carltons, and has been theira evei since. It is simply perfect. Your eye are almost dazzled by the gleam of sun ight in the waters of the many foun ains aud by tbe bright colors of the fion r. The surroundings, too, are most pic aresque." "I should like to see it," said the dnch ss. "So should I," added Leah. "Fair ladies," cried Sir Arthur, "you (ball see it whenever you will. The jotise itself looks so cheerful one would uever think that It had once been the scene of a tragedy." "Was it?" asked the duchess. "Tell it to us." "I am a newcomer," said the general, 'and naturally enough 1 know but little about it. But one of the gardeners at lilea spoke of the story this morning. I asked him how long tbe house had been closed, and he said fifteen years. Of course. 1 asked him how that was. and tie said that Lad; Carlton could uever bear to enter it again, and that, after the accident, she bad taken ber son. Sir Basil, to Italy, where she spent the re mainder of her life, but that he, now thai bis mother was dead, was coming back to live here." "What was the accident?" asked the duchess. "A very horrible one. She bad but two -hildren a girl and a boy; the daughter. Adela. was seven years older than the son. She waa a very winning girl, the very Joy of Lady Carlton's heart. She fell in love I forget who the lover was ami everything was arranged for tbe wedding. She was then eighteen and the young brother only eleven. On the night before the wedding Lady Carlton gave i grand ball, and Glen was filled with gay crowd of guests; tbey danced unti the very walls seemed to rock. The old man told me that the bridge was like some lovely, laughing fairy. Just as the ball was closing, and when the happiness and gayety were greatest, a terrible cry was beard. ' It came from tbe supper room, tbe grand old banqueting hall. 1 where kings and queens had feasted. The guests rushed out, only to witness a most horrible scene. The beautiful bride, with terrible cries, was seen flying across the hall, her bright gossamer robes a! n flame. Her light, fluttering ball dress bad eanght fire, and, the draught of air fanning tbe flames, they met over her head and enveloped hen For a moment evejyone was paralyzed; then one of the guests, a gentleman, caught up a thick rug and rolled it around her. He was burned terribly, but he extinguished the flames. It was too late. When the hae less lover hastened to the hall he saw the iiirl lying in her agony on the ground !ier golden hair burned, ber face distort .h. her pretty dress of white lace and white water lilies all banging in scorched hreds around her. She spoke a few words to bim, and then tbey carried ber upstairs to die. "What a terrible story!" said the duch ss. "When Lady Carlton recovered from he shock." added Sir Arthur, "she went i broad, and took ber son with her. She lied at Naples last year, and tbe master. ir Basil, is nulling home." "It will be a great trial to him to re urn to the scene of such a catastrophe.' aid the kiudly duchess. "You must ask 1 m here as often as you can." "The house is so cheerful, so bright aad -a til if til. you would uever think that, a needy bail happened there." "There is a tragedy associated with o-ii houses, lint the world does not know ." said the duchess. "I pray heaven. ; said the geuei-al. :hat there will never be one iu this!" ' (To be continued. Very rhort. -I think I'll try to reduce my .elulit." said tbe corpiilent corner i-ia-er. "You've lieen reducing It too much ilivady." responded the customer with 'ie fourtern-oiiiH-e rtouiiU of sugar. iHri't worry, lest you obtain wrin les KprlnAlC'l with S it 't ter Experiments are being made iu .an Francisco as to tbe utility of sal; wa ter In sprinkling tbe streets. Decided benefit ire claimed as the result of the trlais. It is !d that on streets pared with stone the salt water coun teracts decomposition of organic mat ter In the dirt and refuse, so that when dry very little dust Is raised by the wind. Again, salt water does not dry so rapidly as fresh water. A distinct advantage Is txised In tbe absorbent power of salt. During the night th salt which bas been dried by the son the previous day absorbs sufficient moisture from the atmosphere to dampen tbe street, so that In the early morning It bas everjr tpperauce of having been recently sprinkled, and that this gratuitous moistening re quires several hours to evaporate. . i.i.kf arsAvnnllment tnt.ll CAII paV to ;.mzV b. lore. Ia. "The inouBu HELIOGRAPH IN WAR. MESSAGES SENT BY A SYSTEM . OF SUN FLASHING. Little Iautmanent of Ancient Invention Haa Played an Important Part in ths Ponta African War Used by General Mils la Indian Campaigns. heliotrope, or heliograph, has ! nyed an Important part rn the South African war. With this little Instru ment the light of tbe sun Is used to con vey Intelligence to points far distant. Communication between places many ai lies apart can be set up by Its use. The mirror used bas a small eyehole ;ut Into the quicksilver, through which the distant station is located. The mir ror disk is turned by means of a Morse key, and la answering the key a dot or a dash, la the way of 'a long or short flash. Is sent out. These flashes are read by the person at the receiving end with tbe ease of a telegraph operator taking a message. The heliograph was invented In 1821 by Gauss, who used it as a signal in the measurement of an gles. The longer the line the larger must be tbe disk. The longest line thus far observed Is 'J2 miles, which was observed In California, and required a mirror of seventy-seven square Inches In area. Ordinary heliotropes used on lines leas tban fifty miles In length are only about two square Inches In area. For Its successful operation clear at mosphere Is necessary. Two hours be fore sunset Is tbe most favorable time. The military value of the hellograplilc method of transuilttinz Information may be readily imagined. Its first :nl vantage Is Its extreme simplicity. I does not necessitate the keeping open linen of communication, there are n iv I res to protect, no batteries to look V. S. ARMT HKI.IOURAPH CO HPS. USE OF THE HELIOGRAPH IN SOUTH AFRICA. ifter and no burdensome apparatus to carry about. Tiie Indians of America, like tbe old warriors of the Scotch highlands, real zed the Importance of signal fires Iu war time and made use of a code of Arc flashes; but It was not until 1622 thai Colonel Colby of the British Royal en gineers devised a more adequate system for transmitting messages by sun flashes. His method of doing this was by nailing a certain number of pieces of bright tin on poles and exposing them to the sun's rays. Some time later this was improved on by the adop tion of a plain mirror. In 18S3 an En glish officer at. Gibraltar used an ordi nary looking glasY to reflect flashes across the strait to Tangier, thereby carrying on a long distance conversa tion with other English officers In Af rica. This mirror system was experiment ed with and Improved upon until tht year 1878, when the United States gov ernment purchased the latest models and began the Instruction of a special signal corps In bellography. Tbe military-ralue of such sun writing was well known when, in 1886, General Miles began his Indian campaign against Oeronlmo. If the truth were- only known. It was tbe heliograph more ban anything else that led to tbe round lug up and capture of the famous, blood-drinking red man. One can Im agine tbe surprise of tbe Indians when they found that tbey could not move without the fact being known to the Americans and the movement myste riously anticipated. Signal parties. In fact, were flashing hourly Information from mountain peak to mountain peak, and the IndlrJJ warrior's headquarters were always known at Miles' camp. Through the nse of the heliograph Oeronlmo waa kept away from water by rapidly stationed and mobile bands of troops and was Anally parched Into submission. . Tbe English army' had already been making use of the heliograph In Af ghanistan, and during the Boer war of twenty years made effective use of tbe Ma nee bellographlc apparatus." The great service this means of communica tion has been to the different British commanders besieged by tbe Boers In , the present South African was Is very Tell known. , Tbe field heliograph apparatus, as used to-day. consists of a sole leather pouch containing a aun mirror and station mirror, a small screen or shut ter, a sighting rod and two small tripod stands for tbe mirror. The entire ap paratus does not weigh over ten pounds and can easily be carried over the arm. V.'ben tbe air la clear, signals may be easily taken by tbe naked eye at a dis tance of 100 miles, and by an expert at the rate of fifteen word a mlnuta. HIS IDEAL WOMAN. Sot Bo Much of an Ansel aaa Btm pa thetic, All-Forgiving tinman. "Man bas a number of fixed, old fashioned notions about tbe Ideal wom an which are quite apart from ques tions of complexion and dress." writes Carrie K. Garrett in tbe Woman's Home Couipaniou. "The sober truth la that while men may seek diversion with tbe mors showy, flippant type of girl, and ar often caught by mere gllTTer, they bave an Ideal far. far above this cheap type which la Imperishable. A man does not pleture a completely limp and charac terless creature as his soul's Ideal, how ever 'sweet.' .' Yet the woman as she appears In bis dreams Is not too clever. It is a pleasure to him to lie a little superior to his mate to lie 'looked up to' and as the true woman desires to 'look up,' It is dear, that Nature's ar rangements In these matters are not without design. The most charming woman of all Is she who has tbe con summate wit to seem to 'look up' when really she stands on a level with tbe man who loves her. or perchance a lit tle above him. "Oue thing imperatively demanded In i he make-up of the Ideal woman Is sympathy that all-dlvlnlng. all-forglv-Ing quality which makes the whole world akin. Sympathy Is one of the prime factor of charm. So Is humor. A man is fearfully lonesome when his wife cannot see bis Jokes. She could hardly offer him a more deadly affront than to laugh in the wrong place at one of bis pet stories. The Ideal wom an Is religious has the wise, sweet, old-fashioned notions about right and wrong. A miu, la quite capable of making merry ver his wife's scruples of conscience, but I think lie would lie rather disappointed if she had no nero 'iles If In his worldly way she was milled chiefly by expedience. He may not say many prayers himself, but he "kes to know that his children pray at ilieir mother's knee. Perhaps be some inies reflects that the nlgbtly petition 'rom Innocent lips. Hiod bless father,' nay not be quite empty of meaning.' How a Duk- Kartetl Nupence. How the Duke of Norfolk, one of the r'ebest of Kiiglnnd'st peers, earned bis Ust sixpence is related by bis friends vith a great feal of gusto. A rew years ago a large English party headed by the I Hike went ou a continental tour. The Duke busies! him self very much on the Journey in a kind hearted way about the welfare of everyone in the party. At every sta tion be used to get out aud go round to .is? If be could do anything for anyotie. one old lady, who did not know bim ..... mc arrived at last In Rome, tired and hot. found great difficulty in getting a porter. So she seized on the luke. "Now, my good man," she said. "I've noticed you at all these stations loafing about. Just make yourself for once In your life. Take my bag aud find me a cab." Tbe Duke mildly did as he was bid and was rewarded with a six pence. "Thank you, madam," be said; "I shall prize this Indeed! It is the first coin I have ever earned in my life." lioailoa'i Ancient Records. Tbe county council of London, as the successor of the Metropolitan board of -forks, Is custodian of a number of val liable documents bearing upon tbe local history of the metropolis. Included in the collection are many volumes of minutes of the commissioners of sewers dating back to tbe reign of Henry VIII.. together with papers and deeds relat ing to Important buildings such a Northumberland House, which former ly stood at Charing Cross. These Inter e-tlng documents have hitherto be, n Inaccessible to the public, but the coun cil bas now decided to publish a selec tion of them In volume. Parsley Neutralises Onion Odor. Parsley should always garnish a dish containing onions, as it takes away the odor moat people object to. It even prevents the after taste If eaten by the Individual who loves onions and must have them. Domination of Latin Races. One leading result of the struggle for supremacy among tbe Western nations lias been tbe gradual ascendency of the Anglican. Teutonic and Scandinavian over the Latin races. Vast roeeibllltlee of Ratal. Should Russia ultimately succeed In her scheme for dominating Asia she will become mistress of some 800,000. 000 people. How It Happcaca. "So she ran away with him?" I think she did. From what I hare aeen of him I don't think he had gbmjp tlon enough to run away with her."--Chicago Poet. Frail Man. A woman editor who baa evident!) "been there" offers a bit mt advice to ber sex at large: "Never try to elgna i street-car conductor when there la a .iretty girl on tbe opposite aid of tbe tract, unless yon art a pretty sir' yourself. If a hopeless." There are many things wvaaavwt uu 'erstand: for on thing, wa fmonot us '.erstand why eake walk ara popular. He You needn't be angry. I could have kissed you two or three times then if I'd wanted to. She Yes. I know It. Xew York Tress. "If I say," said the teacher, "'the pupil loves bis teacher,' wjiat sort of a sentence Is that?" "Sarcastic." said tbe lioy.-Tit-Bits. "I see that Mra. Kruger always cuts Ooiu Paul's hair." "Say. you can't ex pect such a man to be afraid of any thing on earth, can you?" Cleveland Plaiu Dealer. Tailor Look here! I have worriitl myself sick over that bill of yours. Cas ket ube undertaker) That's all right, old man. If worst comes to worst, you can take It out in trade.-i-Tlt-Bits. Tired Tompkins There's one Job 1 wouldn't mind bavin', Horace. Hun gry Horace (in amazement) Wbat's thiit? Tired Tompkins Lineman fer er wireless telegraph comp'ny. Life. Curious old lady How did you come to this, poor man? Convict I was drove to it. lady. Curious old lady Were you. really? Convict Yes, they brung nn iu the van, as usual. Philadelphia Press. He To prove tbe sincerity of my in tentions, I bave brought tbis solitaire adornment for your engagement finger She 1 must say, my friend, that your speech has the true ring. Boston Courier. Ills sensation: Mrs. McGorry How did yez fale pbwln dbe dintist was pulliu' yure tathe? McGorry How did I fale. Is ut? Bedad! Oi regretted wid alii me bear-rt thot Oi wasn't bo n a hen! Puck. She What a relief this conservatory is after that crowded ball-room. I felt as if were being crushed to dcathlnoon in slippers down at tbe beel and with He Yes. it was rather close. She But I feel perfectly safe here with you. Town Topics. Tit for tat: First Little Girl I'm never going to speak to you again: your father keeps a saloon. Secoud Little Girl Aud I'm not golug to speak to you any more; I saw your father V'o into It ruck. Wife What's the white stuff on your shoulder? Husband Chalk, from a billiard cue, yon know. Wife (Knitting) Hereafter I wish you to use chalk I that doesn't smell like toilet powder.- New lork Weekly. Wickwire Look here! This Is tbe fourth time this morning you buvc been in here asking for tbe price of a meal. Dismal Dawson Yep. 1 am the absent-minded beggar, don't ye know -Indianapolis Press. A misapprehension "Was that your dog that wa bowllnga: night?" "I guess re-was."- "Why in tbund&r-ijo-fi't yoo. feed him?" "Heavens, man. it's Indigestion that makes bim bowl!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. Careful This Is the watcb my husband gave me. Her friend Why. It Isn't going. Is it broken? Mrs. Careful O. no! You see, 1 don't wind It at all. Thnt keeps tbe works from wearing out. Philadelphia Press. Carrie Tell me. Kate, bow was It you did not marry Mr. Tyler? Kate He told me I was tbe only woman be ever loved. If a man will lie to you before marriage, what stories won't he '.ell afterward? Boston Transcript. Bobbs I see that a man has invented a typewriter that you sit down and talk to and it writes out everything you say. Dobbs I guess I'll keep mine. She doesn't write everything I say. and I'm glad of it. Baltimore American. - "Don't you ever lose your temper?" asked Mr. Meekton's friend, admiring ly. "Oh. yes." was the answer. "Some times Henrietta reads something aloud which she says is unjust and wrung, and then I pet as Indignant as I can lie." -Washington Star. Never do a man's possessions seem so dear to him as when he is on the point of losing them. The Indiana farmer who saw bis wife plunged in a raging stream. In imminent danger of being drowned, bad all of a sudden a higher opinion of her value thau ever before. When lie saw that blessing about to take flight down stream be of fered to give a thousand dollars to the man who succeeded in rescuing ber. Of those who heard the offer one was bold enough to dare the flood and briusr the wife ashore. But after she bad been saved the husliaud's opinion of her value fell. He no longer thought her worth a thousand dollars, while that sum seemed far larger than it bad a short time before, when he had been willing to part with it to get back hi.s wife. So be refused to pay so large a reward. His wife may have felt of fended by the lower estimate he was putting on her value to him. but mure probably, avers the Chicago Tribune, she was a thrifty woman who felt that if she outlived her husband the thou sand dollars might be hers and help console her for bis loss. The rescuer brought stilt for the full reward and won his case. The jurors held the farmer to bis rash oath, and bisw-lfe has cost him a thousand dollars. Prob ably he will remind her of that fact whenever she asks him for a little spending money. If she falls Into a creek again before bis eyes and there seems to be danger of ber drowning how much will be offer for her rescue? It Is safe to say he will not offer a thou sand dollars. Freakisn r ear of Draughts. A great many people have a dread of draughts, but few of them car.; their preventive measures to the ex treme practiced by a bookkeeper of Philadelphia. He keeps a feather siis pended from the ceiling by a light silken thread. When not busy with his books it is his custom to divide bis time between consulting the tlierino::i eter and watching, the feather. tSllOtlitl the latter move In the slightest d'.-g.rc he doesn't rest content until be ihids oat where the draught comes from. SERMON Y Rep. Dr. Caiman iulijeit: Tlie Needle's flavnc .a Appeal t or Merry "or Oppressed Woman hood Let Her Have an fcqual Chauce With Man In the Slruxcle ot Lire. rCupjneht Isooil vTsmxoTos. D. C Tills discourse ol Dr. TnltuitKe Is an appeal tor mercy In tie half ot oppressed womanhood and offers nocouraRommit to those struggling for a livelihood; text, Ecelesiastns, iv., 1, "Be hold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter." . Very long, ago tbe needle was busy. It was considered honorable for women to toil Iu olden times. Alexander the (treat stood iu bis palace showing garments made by bis o vn mother. The finest tapes'.ries at liayeux was made by the queen of Will, lain the Conqueror. Augustus, the em peror, would not wear any garments ex eent thoRM thnt van fAslilntiAii hv uimi f mamber of bis royal family. So let tbe toiler everywhere be respected. The needle bas slalu more tban the sword. When the sewing macbiuu was in vented, some thought that Invention woulc' alleviate woman's toil an j put an end tr the despotism of the needle. But no. While tbe sewing machine has been a great blessing to well-to-do families ia man) cases it has added to the stab of tbe needle tbe crush of the wheel, and multitudes of women, notwithstanding the re-enforcement of the sewing machine, can only make, work hard as tbey will, between 9i and 3 a week. The greatest blR89lng that con I J havt. nappened to our lint parents was being turned out of Eden after tbey bad done wrong. Adam and Eve, In their perfect state, might have got along without worli or only such slight employment as a per fect garden with no weeds in it demanded. But as soon as they had sinned the best thing tor them was to be turned out where tbey would have to work. We know what a withering thing it is for a man to huve nothing to do. Of the thousand prosper ous and honorable men that you know 9110 bad to work vigorously at the beginning. But I am now to tell you that industry is just as important for a woroan'ssafety and happiness. The most unhappy women In our.uommunities to-dav are those who have no engagements to cull them up in the morning; who, once having risen and breakfasted, lounire throtirfli the dull foro- disheveled hair, reading the last novel, and who, having dragged through a wretched forenoon mid taken their after noon sleep and having passed an hour and a half at their toilet, pick up their card case and go out to make calls, and who pass their evenings waiting for somebody to come in and break up the monotony. Arabella Stuart never was Imprisoned in so dark a dungeon as that. There is no happiness la an idle woman It may be with hand, it may he with braiu. It may be with foot, but work she must or be wretched forever. The little girls of our families must be started with that idea. The curse of American society is tbnt our young women are taught that I ho first, secoud, third, fourth, firth, sixth, reventb, tenth, fiftieth, tliounudtli thing in their lire is to get somebody to take euro of them. Instead of that the first lesson should be how under God they may take care of themselves. The siiDple faet is that a majority ot them do have to take care of themselves, aad that, too, after hav ing through tbe false notions ot their par ents wasted tbe years in which theyouhi to bave learned bow successfully to main tain themselves. We now and here declare the inhumanity, cruelty and outrage of tbat father and mother who pass-their' aaugUaera into womaniro,-GSrfiggTvoa tnemjio ftttrt-foT--earnlng their liveli hood.. Mme. de Stael said, "It Is - not these writings tbat I am proud of, but the tact that,! bave facility ia tnu occupations, in any one of which I could make a liveli hood. " You say you have a fortune to leave them. Oh, man and woman, have you not learned that, like vultures, liice bawks.like eagles, rluhea have wings and fly away? Though you should be success ful in leaving a competency behind you, tbe trickery of executors may swamp it in a night or some official in our churches may get up a mining company aud induce your orphans to put their money into a hole In Colorado and if by the most skillful machinery the sunken money caunot be brought up again prove to them tbat it was eternally decreed tbat that was tbe way tbey were to loso it and that it went iu the most orthodox and heav enly style. Oh, the damnable schemes that professed Christians will enguge in until God puts His fingers into the coilnr of the hypocrite's rob and strips il clear down to the bottom! You have no right, because you are well off, to conclude that your chil dren are going to be well off. A man died Inaving a large fortune. His sou fell dead in a Philadelphia grogshop. His old com rades came in and said as they bent over Ills corpse, "What is tbe matter with you, Boggsy?" The surgeon standing over him said: "flush ye! He is do.idl" "Oh, ho Is dead!" they said. "Come, boys; let us go and take a drink In memory of poor Boggsyl" Have you nothing letter than money to leave your children? If you have not, but send your daughters Into the world with empty brain and unskilled band, yon are guilty ot assassination, homicide, Infanticide. There are women tolling in our cities fot t2 or C3 a week who were tbe daughters of merchant princes. These suffering ones now would be glad to bave tbe crumbs that once fell from their father's table. That worn out broken shoe that she wears Is the lineal descendant of the 1 12 gnlter in which ber mother walked and that torn and faded calico had ancestery ot magnill eent brocade tbat swept Pennsylvania av enue and Broadway clean without any ex pense to tbe street commissioners. Though you live iu an elegant residence and fare sumptuously everyday, let your daughters feel it is a disgrace for tbem not to know bow to work. I denounce the Idea prev alent in society that, though our yonng women may embroider slippers and crochet and make mat", for lamps to stand ou with out disgrace, the Idea of doing anything for a livelihood is dishonorable. It is a shame for a young woman belonging to a large family to be inefficient when her father tolls bis life away for ber support, it is a shame tor a daughter to be Idle while ber mother toils at thewastitub. It Is as honorable to sweep house, make beds or trim hats as it Is to twist a watch chain. Ho tar as I cao understand the Hue of re spectability lies between tbat which Is use ful ami that which Is useless. If women do tbat which is of no value, tbelr work Is honorable. If they do practical work, it Is dishonorable. Tbat our young women may escape the censure of dolna dishonor able work I shall particularize. You may knit a tidy for the back of an arm-chair, but by no means make tbe mouev w lero wltb to buy the chair. You. may with a delicate brush beautify a mantel orna ment, bat die rather than earn enough to bay a marble niainol. You may learn artistic music nnti you can squall Italian, but never sing "Ortonville" or "Old Hun dredth." Do nothing practical if voo would in the eyes of rellned society pre- serve your respectability. I scout these finical notions. 1 tell you a woman, no , has a right to occupy a more than a man. place In this world unless she pays a rent : VJ II. In the course of a lifetime you consume whole harvests and droves of cattle and every dnv you live breathe forty lioglieads of good, pure air. You must by some kind of usefulness pa lor all this. Our race was the last tblug created the birds and "shes on the fourth day tbe eattle and Ihuirds on the fifth day and man on the sixth day. If geologists are right, tlie earth was a million of years In the posse -slon ot tbe insects, beasts and birds before onr race earns upoa It. In one sense wfl were invaders. The cattle, the lizards ami the hawks bad preemption light. The duestlon Is not what we are to do with tue ; iizaras ana summer inseois, ma wu I ,IKBrUS HUU BUUI1UC1 lUBWha n w wv, .. must earn it. Tbe partridge makes its i own nest before It occupies it. ine i i ara Dy its morning souk n" ,l' breakfast before it eats it, and tbe Bible gives an Intimation tnat ne nrst duty ot an idler ia to starve when It says, "It ha will not work, aeithel shall be eat." Idleness ruins the health, and very soon nature says: "Tbis man ha refused to pay his rent. Oat with bim! Society is to be reconstructed on the sub jeet ot woman's toil. A vast majority of those who would bave woman industrious shut ber up to a tew kinds ot work. My. judgment in this matter Is that a woman bas a right to do anything she can do well. There shculd be no department of mer chandise, mechanism, art orsclence barred against ber. If Miss Hosmer bas genius for sculpture, give ber a chisel. If Rosa uonueur has a fondness for delineating nnimals, let her make "The Horse Fair." If Miss Mitchell will study astronomy, let Imr mount the starry ladder. If Lyd'a will be a merchant, let ber sell purple. If Lucretia Mott will preach tbe gospel, let her thrill with her womanly eloquence the Quaker meeting house. It ia said it woman is given such oppor tunities she will occupy places that might be taken by men. I say, if she bnv more skill and adaptedness for any pos:fVhan a man has, let ber have It. one na as mu h right to ber bread, to her apparet aud to ber home as men have. But It Is said that ber nature is so delicate that she is unlltted for exhausting toil. I ask ia thn name of all past history what toll on earth is more severe, exhausting and tremen dous than thnt toil ot the needle to whicii for ages she bas been subjected? The bat tering ram, the sword, the carbine, the battloax, have made no such havon as the neudle. I would that these living sepul chres In which womeu have for ages been buried might be opened and that some re surrection trumpet might bring up these living corpses in the fresh air and sunlight. Go with me, anil I will show you a wom an who by hardest toil supports her chil dren, ber drunken husband, her old father and mother, pays her house rent, always has wholesome food on ber table and when she en ii gel some neighbor on the riabbath to come In aud take care of ber family ap pears In church with hat and eloak that are far Irom Indicating the toll to which she is subjected. Much a woman ns that has body und soul enough to lit her for auy position. .She could stand beside the ma jority of voursalesinen and dispose of more goods. She could go into your wheel wright shops and beat one-half or your workmeu at making carriages. We talk about woman as though we had resigned to her all tbe light work and our solves bad shouldered tbe heavier. But the day of judgment, which will reveal the sufferings of the stake and inquisition, will mars'uil before the throne ot Got and the hierarehs of heavea the martyrs of wash tub and needle. Now, 1 say if there be any preference ia occupation let woman have It. Go. I knows ber trims are the severest. By her neuter sensltiveuess to mlfortune, by ber hour of anguish, I demand that no one hedge np her pathway to a livelihood. Oh, the meauness, the despicabillty of niea who begrudge a woman the right to wort auywiiere in any honorable calllngt I go still further and say that vomtu should have equal compensation with men. Ry what priueiple ot justice Is It that womeu in many ot our cities gat only two thirds ns much pay as men and in many cases only half? Here is the gigantic inj in line that for work equally well If not better done womaa receives far less compensa tion than man. Start with the National Government. Womeu clerks In Washing ton get tlKIO ":ir doing that for which men receive $1800. The wheel of op pression is rolling over tbe necks ot thousands of women who are at this moment in despnir about what they are to do. Many of the largest mercantile estab lishments of our cities are accessory to these abominations, and from tbelr large establishments there are scores of souls being pitched off into deatb. and their em ployers know it. Is there a God? Will tliere be a judgment? I tell you it God I rises np to redress womn'LjrojiirsniOJ Xi'aTawrestabllatfiBenta will be awal- toweu upquioaer man a oootu' American . earthquake ever took dowa a city. Ged will eatcb these oppressors between the two millstones ot His wrath and grind thom so powder. Why is it that a female principal In a school gets only B25 for doing work for which a male principal gets 1650? I hear from nil this land the wail of womanhood. Man has nothing to answer to that wail but flatteries. He says she is an angel. She is not. She knows she Is not. She Is a human being who gets hungry when she has no food and cold when she has no Are. Give her no more flatteries; give her in ttce! Ob, the thousand of sewing girls! Across the sunligbt comes their denth groan. It is not such a cry as comes from those who are suddenly hurled out ot life, but a slow, grind ing, horrible wasting away. Gather them before you and look into their faces, pinched, ghastly, hunger 9truckl Look at their fingers, needle-pricked and blood lipped! See that premature stoop in the shoulders! Hear that dry, hacking, merci less cough! At a large meeting of these women held In Philadelphia grand speeches were delivered, but a needlewoman took the stand, threw aside her faded shawl, and with ber shriveled arm burled a very thunderbolt of eloquence, speaking out the. horrors ot her own experience. Stand at the corner of a street In some great city at 6 or 7 o'clock in the morning as the women go to work. Many of them had no breakfast except tbe crumbs that were left over from the night before or the crumbs they chew on their way through the street. Here they cornel The working girls of tbe cities. These engaged in head- work, these ia flower mukiug, iu ntliliuery, in paper box making, but, most overwork of all and least compensate 1, the sewing women. Why do they not take the city cars on their way up? They cannot afford the Ave cents. If, concluding to deny her self something else, she gets into tbe car, give her n seat. You want tosee how Lati mer and Ridley appeared in the fire. Look at that woman and behold a more horrible martyrdom, a hotter tire, a more agoniz ing death. Ask that woman how Tiuch she gets tor her work, and she will tell you six cents for making coarsesblrts and Uuds ber own thread. Years ago one Sabbath night In the vestl- huleof our ehurcb after service a woman fell in convulsions. The doctor said she needed medicine not so much as some thing to eat. As she began to revive In her delirium she said gaspingly: "tight cents! Right cents! I wish I could get It done. I am so tired. I wish I could get some sleep, but 1 must get It done. Eight cents! Flight ceutsl" We found afterward that she was making garments for eight cents Splece and that she could make but three of them in a day. Hear ill Three times sight are twenty-fr ir. Hear it, men and woman who have comfortable homes! Some of the worst vllllans of our cities are the employers ot these women. They boat them down to their la.-t penny and try to cheat them out of that. The woman must deposit a dollars or two heiora she gets the garments to work on. When the work Is done, it is sharply Inspected, the most Insignlllcant flaws picked out aad tbe wages refused and sometimes the dollar deposited not given back. Tbe Women's Protective L'olon reports a case where one of the poor souls, finding a place where she could get more wages, resolved to change employers and and went to get her pay for work done. The employer said. "I hear yon are got ug to leave me?" "Yes," she said, "and I have come to get what you owe me." He made no answer. She said, "Are you not goiug ' to pay you." me?" "Yes," be said; "1 will pay Ana ne Kicked her downstair-. The levees on both sides of the Mls sissiDDPi are of sufficient extent that if i they were built in a single straight line they would be about 1,300 miles Ions, or long enough to stretch the greater part of the distance between New Orleans and New York. The great department store In Par is, the "Bon Marche," bas the biggest kitchen in the world. In this kitchen Is daily prepared the food for the 4.000 employes of the great store. A new regulation-cog introduced In Swiss watches, works so accurately that the time-pieces do not vary tes seconds in a month. The cost of the world's wars since the Crimean war has been 2,453,000, 000, or enough to give a couple of sov ereigns to every man, woman and child on the globe. '.' , I ft o & i
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