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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE CONSTITUTION THE UNIONAND THE EH FORCED EOT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. LIV.
MIFFLINTOWX. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1900
NO. 25.
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CHAPTER III. (CIntlnned.)
It is gratifying to be able to state that
during the whole of this evening the con
duct of Miss Rosslyn was quite beyond
reproach. Young Duncombe was in rath
er an eager and talkative mood perhaps
from the consciousness that he was en
tertaining those people; and she paid him
the most scrupulous and courteous atten
tion. Whether he was in jest or in earn
est, she listened; and he had adopted
kind of . don't-you-think-so attitude to
ward her. and often her eyes smiled as
sent and -approval even when she did not
peak. One could see that Queen Xita
occasionally threw a glance toward the
girl that seemed to savor of sarcasm;
but women are like that, and are not to
be heeded. ' . ,
Now, when we left this snug hostelry
to return to our "Nameless Barge," the
two women led the way, and they had
their arms interlinked and were engaged
In conversation.- What that conversa
tion was we were not permitted to over
hear; but on reaching the boat which
waa all lighted up, by the way, and in
the darkness looked something like one
of those illumined toy churches, with col
ored windows, that Italians need to sell
in the streets it was found that Miss
Peggy was pretending to be very much
annoyed with her friend. She wore an
injured air. When Murdoch had got ont
the gangboard and we were all in the sa
loon again, Mrs. Threepenny-bit went
and took down the banjo.
"Come, now, Peggy, don't be vexed.
When I talk to you. it'a for your good.
Come along, now, and we'll have 'Carry
me DacK to old v lrgmny as a kind of
general good-night."
"Oh, no," says Miss Peggy, "I'm afraid
Mr. Duncombe would think it stupid, for
no one knows the words."
Miss Peggy reaches over and takes the
instrument that is handed to her.
"No," she says, "but I'M try an English
ballad I heard a little while ago I don't
know whether I can manage it with this
thing."
She struck the strings, and almost di
rectly we recognized the prelude of one
of the quaintest and prettiest of the old
ballad airs. And then Miss Peggy sang:
"Early one morning, just as the sun was
rising,
I heard a maid sing in the valley be
low: Op don't deceive me! Oh, never leave
How could you use a poor maiden soT '
And therewithal she looked across the
table at Queen Tita, with eyes that spoke ,
of injury and reproach, as clearly as the
mischief in them would allow. j
CHAPTEK IV,
All this world of young summer foliage -.
was thirsting for rain; you could have
Imagined that the pendulous leaves of the
lime-trees, hardly moving in the light air
of the morning, were whispering among
themselves) and listening for the first soft
patterings of the longed-for shower. They
fforo IiItaIv mt it. tnn The frwiftjt
and swallows were flying low over the
river, the sky was a uniform pale white,
without any definite trace of cloud; there
was a feeling of moisture in the faint
stirring wind. It was when we were
passing Holme Park that it began a few
touches on hand or cheek, almost imper
ceptible, then heavier drops striking on
the glassy surface of the stream, each
with its little bell of air and widening
circle around it. The four of us were
now together In the stern Murdoch be
ing engaged in the pantry. On this occa
sion Jack Duncombe was entertaining
ns with a lively account of certain gaye
ties and festivities that had taken place
just before he left town. Incidentally, he
mentioned the banjo . craze, and made
tnerry over the number of people, among
pis own acquaintance, who, with a light
Jbeart, had set about learning to play,
and who had suddenly been brought up
thort, through want of ear or some other
cause.
' "I had a try myself," he said, modest
ly; "but I soon got to the end of my
tether."
"But yon play a little?" said Miss
(Peggy.
"Oh, yes, a little In a mechanical sort
of way. It isn't everybody has the extra
ordinary lightness of touch 'that you
have."
"I am not a player at all," she said, "I
am only a stru turner. Anyhow, my banjo
wants a thorough tuning some time or
other, and I should be so much obliged
to you if yon would help me; if you would
screw up the pegs while I tune the
strings; It is much easier so."
"Not in the rain." he protested; for a
much less ready-witted young man than
he could not have failed to perceive the
chance before him. "No; we will go into
the saloon, and have a thorough over
hauling of the strings. It will be a cap
ital way of passing the time, for I don't
see much prospect of the weather clear
ing at present "
She was quite obedient. She rose, and
hook the rain drops from her sleeve
and skirts, and passed through the door
that he had courteously opened for her,
he immediately following. When they
had thus disappeared, Queen Tita wa
left alone with the steersman.
"That young man -had better take
care." bhe remarked, significantly.
"Why. what have yon to say against
her row? Did you ever see anybody be
have better more simply and frankly
and straightforwardly T"
"If you only knew, it was when Peggy
1. best behaved that she is Most danger
ous," was the dark answer. "She doesn t
take all that trouble for nothing, yon may
"Tou are always inventing spiteful
things about women."
"Perhaps yon can tell me how long it
takes to tnne np a banjor .
They certainly were an nnconsclonable
time about it. The rain had almost ceas
ed; different lights were appearing in
th -v,warm grays that had a cheer
fS& .Ton? .hem:
resumed their singing, filling all the afc
with a harmonious music. We crossea
S, Tmouth of the River Rennet, thus be-
gLaing the long PWth'fVh.emTlv
complete by means of the Thames. ev
- i. Avon and Kennet, with the intei-StolTSi-.
nntil we should return to
tWNeS"p-rler. the towpath twice
."ven and now Jack Dun-
WILUAM J) LACK.
combe appears at the bow. and gets hold
of the long pole, while Miss Koss'.yn
comes along and joins her friends aft.
I had no idea it had left off raining."
he observes, innocently.
"I hope you got the banjo . properly
tuned 7" one. of ns says to her.
"Oh, yes; .It U much better now," she
answers pleasantly, and with an artless
air. "But Mr. Duncombe was too mod
est He can play very fairly Indeed.
He played two or three things just to try
the banjo, and I was quite surprised."
"Oh. yon can give him some lessons.
Peggy." her friend says; but the young
lady won't look her way; and the sar
casmif any was intended is lost.
We moored at Wallingford that nilit:
and by the time that dinner was ready it
was dusk enongh to have the lamps and
candlesjighted. And perhaps, as we sat
in this little room and observed onr
young dramatist's feeble efforts to guess
at what dishes were the handiwork of the
amateur cooks the place' looked all the
more snug that the pattering of the rain
on the roof was continually audible.
Dinner over, the two women-folk retir
ed to the upper end of the saloon, next
to the big window: and Mrs. Threepenny-bit
took down the banjo and, without
a word, handed it to Mies Peggy.
"Ah, I know what will fetch yon," the
girl said, with a not unkindly smile.
She struck a few low notes of Introduc
tion, and then began: "Once In the dear
dead days beyond recall." It was an air
that suited her contralto voice admirably,
and when she came to the refrain "Just
a song at twilight, when the lights are
low" she sang that with a very pretty
pathos indeed; insomuch that when she
had ended Queen Tita did not thank her
with any speech, but she put her hund
within the girl's arm instead and let it
remain there. With her disengaged arm
Miss Peggy held out the banjo.
Yon now, she said to Mr. Duncombe.
in her frank way.
He took the banjo from her, of course.
"Oh. I can't sing." he said; "but I'll
cry to give yon some Idea of a rather
quaint little ballad that most people know
of. though very few have heard the
whole of it. I imagine."
Then he sang, with good expression. If
with no great voice: '
"It's I was a-walking one morning in
May
To hear the birds singing and see lamb
kins play,
I espied a young damsel, so sweetly sung
she,
Down by the Green Bushea where she
chanced to meet me."
"Remember," said he, "the words were
written down from memory, and I may
have got them all wrong."
Then he went on:
' Oh, why are you loitering here, pretty
maid?'
'I'm waiting for my true love,' softly she
aid;
'Shall I be your true love, and will you
agree
To leave the Green Bushea and follow
with me?
" 'I'll buy you the beavers and fine silken
gowns,
I'll give you smart petticoats flounced to
the ground,
I'll buy you fine jewels, and live but for
thee.
If you'll leave your own true love and
follow with me.' "
"The flounced petticoats make me think
the ballad mast be old," said the trouba
dour; and he continued:
" 'Oh, I want not your beavers, nor your
silks, nor your hose,
For I'm not so poor as to marry for
clothes;
But If you'll prove constant and . true
nnto me.
Why, I'll leave the Green Bushes and
follow with thee.
" 'Come, let ns be going, kind sir, if yon
please.
Oh, let us be going from nndcr these
trees,
For yonder is coming my true love, I see,
Down by the Green Bushes where be
was to meet me.'
"And it's when be came there and found
she was gone.
He was nigh heart-broken, and cried out
forlorn:
'She has gone with another and for
, saken me, -Ad
left the Green Bushes where she
nsed to meet me.' "
"Well, now, I call that Just delightful!"
Miss Peggy cried, at once. "Why. I
haven't heard anything so quaint and
pretty for many a day! J out delightful.
I call it. Mr. Duncombe, it is alwayr
a shame to steal people's songs, and espe
cially this one, that is in a kind of way
your own property; but. really, I should
like to take it back home with me. Would
you mind singing it over to me some
other time? I think I could remember
it."
"But I will copy it ont for yon." he
said, instantly.
"It would be too much trouble," she
rather faint-heartedly suggested.
"It would give me a great deal of pleas
ure to copy it out for you." said he. guilt
earnestly, and she thanked him with her
yes cast down.
We had some further playing and sing
mg (but no "Virginny;" oh, no; she was
too well behaved; the time was not yet).
And by-and-by the hour arrived for our
retiring to our several bunks.
CHAPTER V.
f miiunI th next moraine, but the
afternoon was clearing, though there was
still an April loon aoout me oanKcu-up
clouds, with their breadths of bronze ot
saffron-hned I'ghts here and there. V
iad had some thoughts of pushing "
rt,. .TMilnv! tint as rain be?aa
to fall again, and as we wished Miss
Peggy s first impressions or tne ramous
. : nm.-n in K favorable, we re-
solved upon passing the night at Abing
don. Indeed, we were " o i
get in out of the wet; and when water
proofs had been removed, and candles
lighted, the blinds drawn, and Murdoch's
ministrations placed on the table. It did
not much matter to ns what part of
England happened to- be lying alongside
our gunwale.
thla evening, for ev-
V UMU
ery one waa busy in getting his or her
things ready for going annore
. i AJti.' fur oar fond le
owing . .7 .
sire that Miss Peggy should approach
Oxford nnder favorable Influences of
weather. All that night it rained hard;
in the morning'lt waa raining hard; when
we left. Abingdon it waa pouring in tor-
Well, we may get a -better day before
we leave Oxford. We are not likely to
encounter a worse. The rain keeps peg
ging away, in a steady, unmistakable,
business-like fashion, as we draw nearer
to those half-hidden spires among the
trees. The river is quite deserted; there
Is not a single boat ont on the swollen
and rushing stream. And so we get oa
o Salter rafts, and secure onr moorings
there; while Jack Duncombe good-naturedly
volunteers to remain behind and
Fettle np with I'alinurua, and see onr
luggage forwarded to the hotel. In a
few minutes three of ns are in a cab,
and driving through the wan. cold, drip
ping black-gray thoroughfares. And It la
little that the grave and learned seniors
of those halls and colleges suspect that a
certain Miss Peggy has arrived in Ox
ford town.
Now, whether It waa that the gay
morning that had raised Miss Peggy's
Kpirits, and thereby in a measure soften
ed her heart, or whether it was that she
was bent on a little willful mischief af
ter having played Miss Propriety during
these past few days, she was .now show
ing herself a good deal kinder to Jack
Duncombe, and he was proportionately
grateful, an he went with the women
from shop to shop and carried their par
cels for them. ,
We went to the Canal Company's of
fice to get onr permit, and then walked
along to the first lock a little toy box
kind of basin it looked; and there we
loitered abaci for awhile in expectation
of the "Nameless Barge" making its ap
pearance. Time passed,' and there was
no sign. Of course it waa all very well
for those young people to be placidly con
tent with this delay, and to heed nothing
so long as tbey could stroll np and down
in the sunlight and the blowing winds
her eyea from time to time showing that
he was doing his best to amuse her; but
more serious people, who had been read
ing tne morning papers of the hurricanes
and Inundations that had recently pre
vailed over the whole country, and whose
last glimpse of the Isis was a yellow
colored stream rushing like a mill race,
began to be anxious. Accordingly it was
proposed, and unanimously agreed, that
we should make our way back along the
river bank, to gain some tidings.
When, at length we came In sight of
our gallant craft and her composite crew,
we found that Captain Columbus was
making preparations for getting her nn
der a bridge, and also that about half the
population of Oxford had come out to
see the performance. When we looked
at the low arch, and at the headstrong
current. It was with no feelings of satis
faction; nevertheless we all embarked,
to see what was about to happen, and
Murdoch took the tiller, while the Vw
rope was passed to the Horse-Marine.
Now, we should have run no serious risk
but for this circumstance; half of the
bridge had recently fallen down, and the
authorities. Instead of rebuilding It, had
contented themselves with blocking up
the roadway. Accordingly, when, as we
had almost expected, the "Nameless
Barge" got caught nnder the arch, we
found the masonry just above onr heada
displaying a series of very alarming
cracks; and the question was as to which
of those big blocks, loosened by the fric
tion of the boat, wonld come crushing
dawn upon ns. However, the wont that
befell ns waa that we got onr eyes filled
with dust and onr hands half flayed with
the gritty stone, and eventually we were
dragged through, and towed to a place ot
seclusion.
And that waa bnt the beginning of onr
new experiences; for when Columbus
and the Horse-Marine having reappeared
we went on to the first lock of the
canal, we fonnd the toy basin so narrow
that we had to detach our fenders before
we could enter. Then came another
bridge that had almost barred onr way
by reason of the lowness of the arch. And
that again was as nothing to the succeed
ing bridges we encountered as we got
into the open country. Nevertheless, we
managed to get on somehow, and these
recurrent delays and difficulties only
served to give variety and incident to onr
patient progress.
(To be continued.)
Field and Farm.
Grass lands are supposed to recuper
te, and a heavy sod is desirable, but
nrhen such lands are grazed or mowed
:here Is a :oss of plant food and the
loll will become poorer unless manure
r fertilizer Is applied. When grass
ippears to die out it Is an Indication
hat the plant food is becoming exhaust
Hi. The best plan to pursue is to keep
stock off the field and apply fertilizer,
following with a heavy application of
manure In the fall. If the grass does
lot show satisfactory effects fiom such
rreatment plow the field and plant to
:orn the following spring. .
When breeding for better cows It la
not expected . that the herd will be
changed hurriedly. About one-half of
:he calves will be males, and some loss
nay occur, but the. dairyman who will
itick to the work of Improvement will
n a few years have a herd of cows that
will produce twice as much milk and
jutter as he now receives. He will thus
rain space In the barn for more cat
lie of the same kind, as one good cow
will be doing the work of two inferior
ines. -
Those Interested In flower beds should
understand that when the ground Is
prepared it must be very fine, not a
lump or clod to be allowed. As the
seeds of some kinds of flowers are very
small the only covering they should
have when planted Is to shift a little
fine dirt over them. Use only fine com
post, as coarse or unrotton manure will
sometimes prove Injurious to both seeds
and plants.
Phosphates are excellent for turnips,
as the crop seems to thrive better where
phosphates are applied, on some soils,
than when potash or nitrates are used;
but a fertilizer is more complete, and
gives better results, when all the plant
"oods are used, the preference In quan
tity being given to phosphates.
It requires more plant food and mois
ture to produce cornstalks and straw
than for the grain. Barnyard manure
will usually supply potash and phos
phoric acid abundantly. If applied lib
erally, but nitrogen is usually lacking.
Corn and wheat will always be benefit,
ed when nitrate of soda Is applied.
Toung animals may be nsed for breed
ing purposes occasionally, but the rule
should be to breed only from the fe
males that are fully matured. If im
provement Is desired. Toung mares are
often unable to supply sufficient milk,
and the same happens with young sows.
The strongest and most vigorous young
stock come from fully matured pa
rents. Spectroscopic and other observa
tions show the fixed stars to be self
luminous bodies suns to the other sys
tems of planets. An analysis of their
light Indicates the presence of the same
hcmlnl elements that exist In our
I own sun .and earth, together with oth
I era unknown In our solar system.
There are 46 states and 6 terrlto
! rles in the Union, not including our new
! possessions. Utah was the last state
I to be admitted Into the Union, the-date
I of admission being; January 4, 189C
USES OF VARIOUS PROJECTILES.
The
f the Mfforeat KlswUef
hell Oaaa ta War.
The nature and manufacture of the
projectile used by artillery in South
Africa Is naturally a subject of consid
erable Interest at the present time. The
larger part of the ammunition of the
British force la being manufactured
at the Woolwich arsenal. The picture
shown the character of the shell turned
ont.
With the introduction of rifling to
large ordnance, the projectile, hitherto
round, became, of necessity, elongated,
with the addition of studs fixed upon
it to "take" the rifling. This system
waa found so wasteful, as regards the
wear of the gun, besides leading to loss
of power from windage, that the Intro
duction of the copper driving-band or
gas-check followed as an Inventive
matter of course.
Under the regime of the muzxle-load-Ing
gun, this was Impossible, bnt the
advent of the breech-loader permitted
the use of a projectile larger In parts
than the bore of the gun. To put it
tersely, the breech chamber can be
made larger than the remainder of the
barrel, thus admitting the shot, pro
vided with a gas-check. This latter con
sists of a flat band of copper, forced by
tremendous hydraulic pressure on to a
groove In the base of the projectile.
When the explosion occurs the shot la
forced Into the bore, which It accurate
ly fits, while the slightly larger copper
band Is molded under the stress of the
exploding cordite to the shape of the
rifling. The mass of metal is forced by
this method to revolve as It leaves the
barrel, which It continues to do
throughout Its course in mid-air.
The greater number of projectiles are
of cast steel, and the process of casting
Is one of great Interest- Maases of
molten metal are poured from huge re
ceivers into molds from which emerge,
when cool, rough castings Tery differ
ent from the smooth shell with which
every one is familiar. These are turned
In a lathe until tbey are sufficiently
smooth for painting, when they hare
the copper band applied.
The projectiles vary considerable in
size, from that required by the tin.;
seven-pounder to that necessary for the
service of the monster 16.25 gun, the
110-tonner. This mass of metal weigh.'
three-quarters of a ton, stands 4 feet
8 Inches high, and Is propelled by a
charge of 800 pounds of powder, cor
dite not being used for these guns.
Roughly speaking, shot of all kinds
fall Into four groups, via., armor-piercing,
common shell, shrapnel, and case.
The first named is made of cast steel,
with an exceedingly hard point. Its ob
ject, as Its name Implies, Is to penetrate
the armor-plate of an Ironclad and
then to burst; hence It can always be
recognized In pictures by Its having a
sharp point instead of a flattened nose.
The bursting charge is comparatively
small, and these shot are provided with
a fuse In the base.
Common shell are merely traveling
mines, fired from a gun and made to
contain as large a bursting charge as
possible consistent with sufficient
strength to avoid breaking up In the
bore of the gun after firing. They are
therefore merely hollow skins of cast
it eel filled with either cordite, powder
9r lyddite. They are flat-nosed, and
have two varleltes of fuses, either time
or percussion; that Is. a shell, cfcn be
timed to explode practically when de
sired, the velocity being known, or it
may be made to explode against shelter
trenches, etc, by Impact.
ShrapneL Invented by Gen. Shrapnel,
and first used at the battle of Vlmlero,
consists of a thin Iron case filled with
bullets set In resin. The bursting charge
Is contained in a tin at the base, to
gether with the fuse, while the bead
and nose of the projectile are strength
ened to make It capable of being rough
ly handled. It Is especially a man kill
ing missile, the case flying off at a
range of 4,000 yards, while the bullets
search out an area of about 120 yards
at that range. With the exception of
a few common shell and fewer cases,
all European horse and field artilleiy
corps are mainly provided with shrap
nel. Modern tactics lay down as an
axiom that sooner or later troops must
advance In the open, and hence a pro
jectile like shrapnel la most useful.
Against shelter trenches It Is. however,
of little use, and artillery firing It are
outranged by an enemy firing common
shell, for the reason that It breaks up
tt 4,000 yards, while common shell doe
not. To sum up, against an enemy who
"plays the game," shrapnel is "facile
prince ps," but against one who does
oot It la distinctly at a disadvantage
Case shot are simply flat-beaded cyl
inders of thin Iron, filled with bullets,
and this missile Is never used save In
the direct emergencies. The horses of
the battery are all down, and the per
sonnel, with orders to delay the enemy
tt all costs, see that they must die
where they stand. Tbey load with case,
and at a few hundred yards' range dis
charge their stream of bullets Into the
midst of the advancing savages. (The
word savage Is used avlsedly, as
against modern troops armed with the
small-bore even tnia resort is not prac
ticable as witness the artillery loss at
the Tugeia battle.
In heaps of shell it will be noticed
that their bases have ropes twisted
round them. This Is for the purpose
of protecting the safe copper gas-check
from any risk of Injury during transit,
and la removed whan the shells arrlvi
at the magazine. Filling shell, although
anparaatly a dsboass evaratloa, to j
KLU 1I1DT TOB CBE.
reason of the precaution taken, a sar
one; for the Interior of the projectile hi
lacquered to prevent friction, while In
the larger ones the charge Is inserted
In bags.
It is Impossible for the British Gov
ernment to turn out sufficient shell foi
all purposes; hence the trade Is largely
laid under contribution. No less than
8,000 shell of all sizes reach Woo'.wlcb
every week from these sources in peace
time alone, and every one of these hai
to be examined, weighed, gauged, aik
carefully scrutinized from within bj
electric lamps before It Is passed.
The United States Department need
dynamite for filling shell with, and, al
though it might be thought liable tc
explode In the bore of the gun, this l
not so. One point must be steadily
borne In mind when art:l'ery fir Is
being discussed, and that Is that its
effect Is far more a moral than a phy
sical one. The noise, and the sudden
collapse of twenty, or even more, men
cause more disturbance of the soldler't
mind than double the loss by rifle fire
Wounds from shells form a very smal
tctal In modern warfare, but. none the
less, the presence or absence of ac
overwhelming strength In guns decide
the fortune of battle to-day.
MRS. PIET JOUBERT.
On of th Moot Popular and Rcsolate
Women in the Transvaal.
We are told almost by all writers on
South African affairs that the women
of the Transvaal are as resolute in the
prosecution of the war against the Brit
ish as are their husbands and sons
Women have taken part In some of the
fighting and , In the more wjngenial
work of nursing the sick and wounded
they are acting a noble and a promin
ent part.
In their courage and devotion to thatr
country they are but following th cat
ample of Mrs. Ptet Joubert, wife of the
recently deceased commander-in-chief
of the Boer forces. She is a type of
woman that is looked up to In the South
African repnblic. During the campaign
of 1881, w-hen ber husband Inflicted th
defeat at Majuba Hill upon Sir George
Colley, she was by his side and It la
claimed that It wss by ber advice that
the Boers scaled the mountain height
and won the victory which gave them
Independence. In the numerous Kaffir
wars she was present In camp with her
MRS. PIET JOUBERT.
husband, sharing all the dangers and
privations of active campaigning ami
soothing with her tender care the
wounded and the sick. Her advice is
mid to have been on many occasions a
llstlnct advantage to the Boers. With
the present campaign, up to the time of
her husband's death, she was prom
inently connected.
Mrs. Joubert is a resolute woman and
devoutly religious. Next to Mrs. Kruger
she Is the most popular and respected
woman In the Transvaal.
Marvelous Marksmanship.
The accompanying illustration la a
scene which goes to show Just what an
expert sharpshooter the average Boet
still Is. This scene represents the Boe.
method of killing cattle for food. Th
Boer does not poleax bis beet, but ha 1
BOKnS BLACOHTKBIXO BBKVES.
It driven up by the herdsmen. He then
casually selects the animal he want
and puts a bullet through its brain with
the utmost nicety.
When he goes out after game he
even more skillful In bringing down
food for his larder. He can pick off
with the utmost unconcern a deer at a
thousand yards and while going foil
gallop on horseback. Although the
younger generation of Boers are not
perhaps, such expert marksmen as
their fathers, the present war In South
Africa has shown that their shooting Is
by no means to be despised.
We have noticed In time of peril that
the man who believes bis soul la saved
gets aa scared as one whose soul isn't.
Animals Which Like PerTasaes
An Investigator of the effect of per
fnmes on animals In the London Zoo
logical Gardens discovered that mos
of the lions and leopards were ver;
fond of lavender. They took a plect
of cotton saturated with It and held 1;
between their pawa with great delight
The Oldest Poaslostov.
John McGowan, of Clay County
Florida, asserts that he is the oldest
pensioner In this country. According to
papers now on file in Washington, he h
121 years old. Ho waa born In Ireland
on March IS, 17T9, and came to this
country la 1804. He enlisted In the Sev
enteenth Connecticut in 1863, when be
waa 84 years old. The pension officials
are Inclined to believe his statement
New York Commercial Advertiser.
TfeasljB to but antfls OJas, J tt
Household Recipes.
.RECIPES.
Simple Padding. One pound each of
raisins, sultanas, currants, . bread
crumbs, flour, sugar, finely chopped auet
and mixed candled peeL The grated
rind of two lemons, a pinch of salt and
one-half teaspoonful of spice. Mix with
milk and water, stir thoroughly and boil
for at least eight hours. This will make
three or four puddings.
- Stuffed Bacon. Mak forcemeat by
mixing a larg tablespoonful of bread
crumbs with a teaspoonful of chopped
parsley, half the quantity of finely
minced onion and a tablespoonful ot
chicken and tongue (mixed) which has
been passed through a mincing ma
chine; season with pepper and salt and
molaten the ingredients with some well
beaten eggs. Cut some thin slices ol
bacon, smooth them out with a knife
and spread them evenly with a layer ot
the forcemeat; then roll them up and tie
them with fine white string and fry un
til the bacon la cooked ; serve on pieces ot
fried toaet, which should be just a little
larger than the rolls of bacon.
Clams with Green Peppers. Cook to
gether for five minutes without brown
ing one tablespoonful of butter, two
tablespoonfula of finely chopped onion
and four tablespoonfula of finely
chopped green pepper; add one-half of
a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper
and one dozen finely chopped clams.
Simmer for five minutes, pour over
buttered toast and serve hot.
Orange Salad. Lay firm oranges on
the Ice until very cold. Peel and divide
into lobes, then, with a sharp knife, cut
each lobe In half. Arrange on crisp let
tuce leaves, and Dour mavonnolse dress
ing over all.
Orange and Walnut Salad. Blanch
shelled English walnuts by throwing
them Into boiling water and removing
the akins. When cold, prepare oranges
as in the former recipe; arrange them
with the blanched walnuts among let
tuce leaves, and mask with mayonnaise
dressing.
Cream of Rice with Prunes. f!ook
one-fourth of a cupful of rice In a cup
rul and a half of milk. Make a boiled
mustard with three yolks of em half
cupful of sugar and half a cupful of
milk. Add half a package of gelatin
loftened In cold water and strain over
ne rice. Let cool. Fold In a nlnt nf
whipped cream, twelre sifted prunes
ana . lemon Juice. Serve surrounded
vith cooked prunes.
Sour Cream Wafers. Stir two ta
lespoonfuls of cold water Into one
hlrd of a cup of cornstarch; then add
tne cup of thick sour cream, the beaten
oiks of four eggs, one-fourth of a tea-
ipoonful each of salt and mace, and
igntiy roiu In the whites of four eggs
eaten to a stiff froth. Bake as five
arge griddle cakes, sprinkle with cln
inmon and sugar, roll up like a Jelly
tU and serve very hot
Puree of Pens. Drain a can of peas,
et stand In boiling water five minutes,
hen drain again and pass through a
iteve; add half a teaspoonful of salt,
i dash of pepper and drop through a
astir bag (as for making potato roses)
t Is easier to serve the peas plain with
he fish. In which case cook the peas
ike any canned peas, season aa direct -d.
bring to a boll and pour around
he fish. -
Orange and English Walnut Salad.
Ilice four peeled oranges lengthwise,
trees with three or four tablespoonfula
f olive oil and one tablespoonful of
emon Juice. Arrange slices In a
nound upon a layer of lettuce leaves.
Tress one cUDful of sliced nut meats
vith one tablespoonful of oil, a dash
f salt and half a tablespoonful of lem
n Juice and dispose upon the centre of
he mound. Tos together before serv
ng. Useful Hints.
In buying white linen for "drawn
work the round-thread linen is prefera
ble to that having flat threads, as the
round threads are more easily drawn.
One of the best uses to which one can
put the crochet laces of linen and cot
ton thread that many o-nen are so
fond of making Is to edge a linen bed
spread. The linen Imported for these
spreads Is two yards wide and very
close and firm. The spreads are either
embroidered In an all over pattern,
powdered with some design, or decor
ated with a wide border done in colored
linen threads.
To warm over gems and rolls dip them
In cold water for an Instant. Drop them
Into a paper bag. twist the top together
to exclude the air. put them into a hot
oven for five or ten minutes.
Do not put a carpet on a dining-roim
floor. It holds dust and grease, and is
Impossible to keep clean and sweet. A
bare floor with a rug under the table Ir
the most sensible and fashionable cus
torn.
General Sports.
Jack Jeffries, brother to the cham
pion, has decided to enter the ring.
Billy Brady haa arranged a 25-round
bout for him with Bob Armstrong. Jack
Is a big, strong fellow, and under the
tuition of Tommy Ryan and his broth
er he haa developed Into quite a light
er. The match will be decided at Coney
Inland within three weeks.
Matty Matthews, who knocked out
Mysterious Billy Smith at 140 pounds,
says he can easily train to 135. and
wants to fight Frank Erne at that
weight for the light-weight champion
ship. In the 100-mlle fly of the Delaware
County District of American Homing
Pigeons from Landover Md., first price
wan taken bv Hearna A Mooney and
second prise bv William M. Bowen.
E. W. Minster, of Bristol. Pa., has
been elected president of the Bristol
Driving Park Association.
W. A. Brady, says Jeffries will fight
Corbett on a week's notice and bet
$10,000 to tSOOO on the result.
The match between Kid McCoy and
Tommy Ryan, slated to take place In
Chicago May 23, haa been postponed
to May 29 owing to Ryan's having a bad
cold.
Jockey Clawson la under contract to
ride for E. F. Simms during this season.
The retaining fee is said to be 1500 a
month, and should Clawson secure a
better offer, he can leave by giving a
ten days' notice.
John ("Spotty") Clifford, the five-mile
professional sprinter and boxer, will
sail for England to try his luck on the
cinder path.
Thomas Thompson and James Sut
ton have been matched to play on the
Kensington Quoit Club grounds. Han
cock street and Indiana avenue, on
Decoration day. In a five-yard brassie
game, 1 points out, for a purse of $30.
If all the dressmakers known to ex
ist In America worked 24 hours of each
day for a whole year without stopping
for sleep or meals, they would still be
able to make only one dress apiece for
less than seven-eighths of the women
in America. -
-The news from Lick observatory
tbat the North Jtar, 255,000.000 miles
wav 7mm
nas oeen xouna 10 ne
-n- tar but three ewineing
around In great orbits like the moon, I Do not be too ready to cut down wages,
earth and sun. is another remarkable I as far as possible, pay ail, and pay prompt
result of the application of photo-spec- j ly. There is a great deal of Bible teaching
troscopy to the telescopic tudy of the n this subject. Maiaolii. "I will be a swift
heavens.
SERMON
it
uBJsett Labor Strikes A Qaestlo oB
I'mhii Import TiMlrd In a Way
Aimed to Bring About n R attar reeling
Between Employer nnd Kmploye.
' Copyright 1WM.
Washihotom, D. C At a time when In,
Various districts labor troubles are exist
ing or Impending the efforts Dr. Talmaga
makes In this discourse to bring about a
better feeling between both sides of this
' difficult question Is well timed; texts, Gala-
tiuus, v., is, ' But li ye Dite ana devour one
another, take bead that ye be not con
sumed one of another," and Phllipplaos
II., 4, "Look not every man on his own
thlugs, but every man also on the things
of others."
About every six months there Is a great
labor agitation. There are violent ques
tions now In discussion between employers
and employes. The oresent "strikes" will
go Into the past. Of course the damage
done cannot immediately be repaired.
Wages will not be so high as tbey were.
Spasmodically tbey may be higher, but
they will drop lower. Strikes, whether
right or wrong, always Injure laborers aa
well as capitalist. You will see this In
the starvation of next winter Boycotting
sad violence and murder never pay. Tbey
are different stages ot anarchy. Ood never
blessed murder. The worst use yon can
put a man to Is to kill him.
The worst enemies of the working classes
In the United Htates and Ireland are their
demented coadjutors. Tears ago assas
sination the assassination of Lord Fred
erick Cavendish and Mr. Burke In Pboeuix
Park, Dublin, In the attempt to avongethe
wrongs of Ireland, only turned away from
tbat afflicted people millions ot sympathiz
ers. The attempts to blow np the bonsn of
common, In London, bad only this effect
to ttrow ont of employment tens ot
tbonsands of innocent Irish people In
England. In tbU country the torch pat to
the factories tbat have discharged hands
for good or bad reason, obstructions on
the rail tracks in front of mldnlgut express
trains because the offenders do not like
tbe president of the company, strikes on
shipboard the hour they were going to
sail, or In printing offices the hour the
paper was to go to press, or In tbe mines
the day the con) was to be delivered, or on
bouse scaffoldlnirs so tbe builder falls In
keeping bis contract all these are only a
hard blow on the head of American labor
and cripple Its arms and lame Its feet and.
pierce its heart. Traps sprung suddenly
npon employers and violence never tooti
me knot ont ot the kanolcles ot toll or put
a farthing of wattes into a callous palm, j
Frederick the Orear admired some land
near bis palace at Potsdam, and be re-:
solved to get it. It was owned by a niillerJ
He offered tbe miller three times the value
at the property. Tbe miller would not!
take It because It was
It was tbe old homestead
at as Naboth felt about bis
and h folt aboo
vineyard when Abab wanted It. Frederick)
the Q rent was a rough and terrible manj
and be ordered the miller Into his pres-4
anee, and the king, with a stick In bis hand)
a stick with which he sometimes struck'
:he officers of state said to tbe miller,
-'Mow, I baye ottered "you three times the
value of that property, and It you won't
tell It I'll take It anyhow." The miller said,
"Your majesty, yon won't." "yes," said
tbe king; "I will take it." "Then," said
tbe miller, "It your majesty does take It
I will so yoa Is tbe ebancery court." At
thai threat Frederick tbe Great yielded Ills
Infamous demand. And the most Imperi
ous outrage against the working elasses
will yet cower before tbe law. Violence and
defiance ot tbe law will never accomplish
inythlng, but righteousness and submis
sion to the law will accomplish it.
But gradually tbe damages done tbe
laborer by the strikes will be repaired, and
some Important things ought now to be
said. Tbe whole tendency of our time?, us
you have noticed, is to make tbe chasm
between employer and employe wider and
wider, in olden time the bead man ot the
faotory, the master builder, the capitalist,
the bead man ot tbe firm, worked side liy
side with their employes, working some
times at the same bench, dining at the
same table, and there are those here who
can remember the time when the clerks of
large commercial establishments were ac
customed to board with the bead men of
tbe firm.
All that Is changed, and the tendency Is
to make the distance between employer
and employe wider and wider. The len
iency is to make the employe feel tbat he
Is wronged by tbe t access ot tbe capitalist
ind to make tbe capitalist feel: "Now, my
laborers are only beasts of burden. I must
live so much money for so much drudgery;
nst so many pieces of silver for so many
beads ot sweat." In other words, the
Drldge ot sympathy Is broken down at both
snds.
Tbat feeling was well - described by
Fbomas Carlyle when he said: "Plugson
if St. Dolly Undershot, buccaneerlike,
says to bis men: 'Noble spinners, this Is
:he hundredth thousand we have gained,
wherein I mean to dwell and plant my
vineyards. The hundred thousand pound
is mine; the dally wago was yours. Allien,
ooble splnnersl DrlnL my health with this
groat each, which I give you over and
above.'
Now what we want Is to rebuild tbat
bridge of sympathy, and I put the trowel
to one ot the abutments to-day, and 1
preach more especially to employers as
such, although what I have to say will be
appropriate to both employers and em
ployes. The behavior of a multitude ot laborers
toward their employers during tbe last
three months may have induced some em
ployers to neglect tbe real Christian duties
that tbey owe to tbose whom tbey employ.
Therefore I want to say to yon whom 1
confront face to face and those to whom
these words may come that all shipowners,
all capitalists, all commercial firms, all
master builders, all housewives, are bound
to be interested In the entire welfare of
tbelr subordinates.
Years ago some one gave three prescrip
tions for becoming a millionaire: "First,
spend your life in getting and keeping tne
earnings of other people; secondly, have
no anxiety about the worrlments, the
losses, tbe disappointments ot others;
thirdly, do not mind tbe fact that your
vast wealth implies tbe poverty ot a great
many people."
Now, there Is not a man here who won hi
consent to go into life with tbose three
principles to earn a fortuue. It Is your de
sire to do your whole duty to the men and
women In your service. .
First of all, then, pay as large wages at
are reasonnble and as your business will
afford; not necessarily what others pay,
certainly not what your hired help say you
mast pay, for tbat is tyranny on the part
of labor unbearable.
Tbe right of a laborer to tell bis employei
what be must pay Implies the right of an
employer to compel a man into a service
whether be will or not, and either of tbose
Ideas Is despicable.
When any employer allows a laborer tc
say what be must do or have bis business
rained, and the employer submits to It, he
does every business man in the United
States a wrong and yields to tbe principle
which, carried out, would dissolve society.
Look over your affairs and put your
selves in imagination in your laborer'!
place and then pay him what iefore Ood
and your own conscience you think you
ought to pay him.
"Ood ble-a yousl" are well In theit
place, but tbey do not bny coal nor pay
bouse rent nor get shoes for tbe children.
At the same time you, tbe employer, ought
to remember through what straits ami
strains von got tbe fortune by wbicb you
built your store or run tbe faotory. You
are to remember tbat yon take all the
risks and the employe takes none ot
scarcely any. Ton are to remember thai
there may he reverses In fortune and that
some new style of machinery may make
your machinery valueless or some new
style of tariff set yonr business back hope
lessly ana forever, xoa mast lane an mat
Into consideration and then pay what Is
i reasonable.
witness against all sorcerers and against
111 adulterers and against those who op
pose tbe hlrelicg In bis wages." Leviticus,
"Thou shalt not keep the wages of the hire
ling all night nnto the morning." Colos
llans, "Hasten, give unto your servants
tbat which Is just and equal, knowing that
ye also have a Master in heaven." Ho you
see It is not a question between you and
your employe so much as It is a question
between you and Ood.
Do not say to your employes, "Now, If
fou don't like this place, get another,"
when you know they oannot get another.
As tor as possttle, ojee a year visit at theit
homes your clerks and your workmen.
That is the only way you oan become ac
quainted with their wants.
You will by suoh process And out that
there Is a blind parent or a sick sister be
ing supported. You will And some of your
young men in rooms without any fire in
winter and In summer sweltering in III
ventilated apartments. You will And mucb
iepends on the wages you pay or with
hold. Moreover, It Is your duty as employer, as
'ar as posslbls, to mold the welfare of the
(in ploy e. You ought to advise him about
investments, about life Insurance, abont
savings banks. Yoa ought to give him the
Benefit of your experience.
There are hundreds and thousands of
S.nployers, I amffflnd to say, who are pet
lliug In the very best possible way the des
tiny of their employes. Such men as Mar
shall of LeejH, Lister ot BradforJ, Akroyd
f Halifax and men so near at home It
might offend their modesty it I mentioned
tbelr names these men have built reading
rooms, libraries, concert halls, afforded
sroquet lawns, cricket grouuJs, gymna
siums, choral societies for their employes,
and tbey hare not merely paid tbe wages
on Saturday night, but through the con
tentment and tbe thrift and tbe good
morals of their employes they are paying
wages from generation to generation for
ever. Again, I counsel ail emplo yers to look
well after tbe physical health ot their sub
mil nates. Do not put on them any un
necessary fatigue, I never could undor
itand why the drivers on our city cars
nust stand all day when they might just
is well sit down and drive.
It seems to me most unrighteous tbat so
nany ot the female clerks in our stores
ihould be eompelled to stand all day and
Jirougb those hours when there are but
'ew or no customers. These people have
iches and annoyances and weariness
inough without putting upon them addi
loual fatigue. Unless these feinule clorks
nust go np and down on the business ol
;be store, let them sit down.
But above all I charge you, O employers,
:hat you look after the moral and spiritual
welfare of your employes. First, know
where they spend their evenings. Tbat
lecliles everything. You do not want
iround your money drawer a young man
who went last night to see "Jack Shep
pardl" A man that comes into tbe store
n the morning ghastly with midnight rev
slry is not tbe man for your store. The
fourig man who spends bis evening in the
society of refined women or in munlcal ot
irtistio circles or In literary improvement
Is the young man for your store.
Do not say of these young men, "II
they do their work In tbe business hours,
tbat Is all I have to ask." Qod bos made
you that man's guardian. I want you to
inderstand that many ot these young men
ire orphans or worse than orphans, flung
rat Into society to struggle for them
leives. Employers, urge upon your employes,
iboTe all, a religions life. So far from
:bat, how Is it, yonng menf Instead of
Ming cheered on the road to heaven some
f you are caricatured, and It is a hard '
:lilng for yon to keep yonr .Christian Integ
rity la that store or faotory where there
tre so many hostils to religion. Zietben,
grave general nnder Frederick the
reat, was a Christian. Frederick the
3rnat was a skeptic. One day Zietben,
;he venerable, white hatred general, rvfked
;o be excused from military duty tbat
lie might attend tbe holy saorament.
He was excused. A few days after
Ziethen was dining with the king and
with many notables of Prussia, when
Frederick the Great in a jocose way
said, "Well, Ziethen, bow did that sacra
ment of last Friday digest?" The venera
ble old warrior arose and said: "For vour
majesty I have risked my life many a time
an the battlefield, and for yonr majesty I
would be willing any time to die; but you
Jo wrong when you Insult the Christian
religion. You will forgive me if I, your
old military servant, cannot bear In silence
auy insult to my' Lord and my Saviour."
Frederick the Great leaped to his feet, and
he pnt cut his band, and he said: "Happj
Zietbenl Forgive me, forgive met"
Ob, tbere are many being scoffed at for
their religion, and 1 thank Ood there are
many men as brave as Zietbenl Go to
heaven yourself, O employer! Take all
your people with you. Soon you will be
through buying and selling, nnd through
with manufacturing and buildtog, and
Ood will ask you: "Where are all those
people over whom you bad so great in
fluence? Are they here? Will they be
here?" O shipowners, into what harbor
will your crew sail? Oh, you merchant
grocers, are tbose young men that
nuder yonr care are providing food for
the bodies and families ot men to go
starved forever? Oh, you manufac
turers, with so many wheels flying and
so many bands pulling and so many new
patterns turned out and so many goods
shipped, are the spinners, are tbe carmen,
are the draymen, are the salesmen, are the
watchers of your estahllsliments working
out everything but their own salvation?
Can It be that, having those people under
your care five, ten, twenty years, you nave
made no everlasting Impression for good on
their Immortal souls? God turn us all back
from such selfishness and teach us to live
for others and not for ourselves. Christ
sets us tbe example ot sacrifice, and so do
ninny ot His disciples.
One summer in California a gectleman
who bad jtit removed from tbe Sandwicb
Islands told me this Incident: You know
that oneof theSandwich Islands is devoted
to lepers. People getting sick ot the lep
rosy on the other Islands are sent to the
Isle ot lepers. They never come off. They
are In different stages of disease, but all
who die on that Island die of leprosy.
On one ot the Islands ttere was a phy
sician wbo always wore his hand gloved
and it was often disenssed why he always
bad a glove on that baud under all circum
stances. Oue day be came to tbe authori
ties, and be withdrew his glove, and be
said to tbe officers of the law: "You see on
that hand a spot of the leprosy and that I
am doomed to die. I might bide this for a
little while and keep away from the Isle of
lepers, bnt I am a phvsiciao, and I can
go on that island and ndmluhUer to
the sufferings of those wbo are
further gone in tbe disease, and I should
like to go now. It would be selfish In me
to stay amid these luxurious surroundings
when 1 might be ot so much help to the
retcned. end me to tne isle ot tne
lepers." Tney. seeing the spot of loprosv.
of coarse took the man Into custody. He
bade farewell to bis family and bis friends.
It was an agonizing farewell. He
could never see them again, He was
taken to tbe isle of tbe lepers and tbere
wrought among tbe sick until prostrated
by bis own death, which at at came. Ob,
that was magnttlceot self denial, magnifi
cent sacrtnoe, only surpassed by that ot
Him wbo exile I Himself from the health
of heaven to this leprous Island ot a world
that He might physician our wounds and
weep our grlets and die our deaths, turn
ing the Isle of a leprous world into a great
blooming, glorious garden. Whether em
ployer or employe, let us catch that spirit,
The meteorological department of
the government of India now has four
first-class observatories, 174 general
stations, and 2280 rainfall stations, from
which regular monthly statements are
received.
Metal never rusts In the waters of
Lake Titacaca. A chain or an anchor
can be left In It two weeks and It will
be aa clean and bright aa when it came
from the foundry, which Is probably
owing to action ot some of the chemical
salts in the water.
The hottest mines in the world are
the Comstock. On the lower levels the
heat Is so great that the men cannot
work over ten or fifteen minutes at a
time. Every known means of mitigat
ing the heat has been tried in vain, ice
melts before it reaches the bottom of
the shafts.
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