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Editor and Proprlatsr.
VOL. JAV.
MIFFLJNTOWX. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1900
NO. 28
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CHAPTER IX. Continued.)
And so once more we are gliding on
through the still, wooded landscape; and
the larks are filling all the wide spaces of
the air with their singing; and the sun
light lies warm on the hedges and fields.
And this is Miss Peggy, who is perched
up here astern, with more or less com
plete control of the tiller; although, as
she seems rather absent eyed, one has to
exercise a general sort of surveillance
over her.
"Why. what's that?" she exclaims, sud
denly, catching sight of something ahead.
"It looks like a series of gigantic steps
and stairs, doesn't it? But it is really
a succession of locks. We bare got to
climb a hill, that's about all. And it
will be very tedious process. You'd
better go inside and tell them we will
hare luncheon now, and send Murdoch
out to take the tiller."
By the time luncheon was over Miss
Peggy discovered that we were in the
last of the locks, and her proposal that
we should seize the opportunity to get
ashore was unanimously and immediately
adopted.
We now found ourselves on a consider
able height, and all around us lay a rich
ly wooded country, the abundant foliage
of which kept shimmering or darkening
as the 'low-moving sun rays and wide
shadows trailed across the landscape.
Miss Peggy, as we walked along, spoke
but little; perhaps she was peopling those
woods and open spaces and darker glades
with mysterious phantoms. Her eyes, at
any rate, had no mischief in them now.
But as we drew' near to Wootton Wa
wen she turned her attention to the wild
flowers we were passing, and from time
to time she stooped to add to the little
nosegay in her band. We knew her pur
pose. We knew whither was going that
variegated little collection of red cam
pions, blue hyacinths, yellow bed-straw,
purple, self-heal, golden cowslips and the
like simple blossoms.
" "It is a very little trouble," she says.
aud think of the gratitude I shall reap
twhen they get them over there! I sup
pose I may honestly say, 'From the For
ets of Arden,' in the letter?"
Overhead the silvery gray heaven
were now mottled with soft lilac; toward
the west were long bands of purple
cloud, their lower edges fringed with
f-rimson fire; beneath these, and behind
the various clumps .of foliage in front or
us. were breadths of golden yellow, that
buly reached ns through the darkened
branches in .mild flashes of light.- We
6ad been seriously delayed by one or two
iffloult bridges. It was resolved to call
a halt for the night. We were to be up
Aelimes in the morning, for there wax. a
long day before us, to say nothing of-fhe
wild peril and adventure of getting
through the King's Norton and West
Hill Tunnels. So we chose out a mea
dow bank where there were some conven
lent willow stumps and alder bushes, and
there we made fast; and then Murdoch
now in the Forest of Arden, and proba
bly wishing he were at home in a bettei
place, though his courtesy would not al
low him to say so was besought to pre
pare some food for his comrades and
brothers in exile.
CHAPTER X.
This is Sunday morning, still and beau
tiful, the sunlight lying warmly over the
wide Worcestershire landscape, with its
far-stretching valleys and copse-crowned
hills, its smiling farms and mansions half
hidden auioug woods. The perfect silence
is hardly lessened, rather it seems height
ened, by the universal singing of the
birds a multitudinous and joyous diu
that almost drowns the velvet-soft noti
of the cuckoo.
"Good morning!" says Miss Peggy. !
coming out into the w hite light with her
cheeks fresh-tinted as the rose, and her
speedwell-blue eyes shining. "Thin la a
surprise! I made sure it waa raining
hard there waa such a pattering on the
roof "
"And didn't you know what the patter
. ing was?"
"Since it wasn't rain. I auppose it. was
rata.-
"Xof a: all. It was birds. They wen
bopping about in search of crumbs anions
all that rubbish that we scraped off in
the tunnel. MurdoH must get a brush
and sweep the roof; it isn't like him to
be so neglectful."
"I know why." she says. "He can
hardly take his eyes off Col. Cameron:
and he listens to no one else. I sr
pose Col. Cameron is a great hero in
Murdoch's eyes."
"Well, you see, the Highlanders have
a strong regard for these old families, al
though the clans and clanship have lone
been abolisl- d. There isn't much that a
ii;i.i.w wouldn't do for Lochicl. 01
Cluny. or Lord Lovat, or some of those.-
and you must rememoer mai "
eron's name ia known-slightly-to othei
people besides the Highlanders.
"I think he is almost too gentle for s
soldier, don't you?" she says. "No. I
won't say that, for I like h,m very much
and I'm not the least bit afraid of hiin
now. Yes. I like him very much indeed:
and that's honest now; and I don t see
now anyone can help liking him. There
is a kind of proud simplicity about bin
that is so different froni-well. from tb
kind of mock gallantry that young m u
think so fine. Oh. V wish girls could
talk!"
"Can't the'"
"I wish they were Wed '"tiTur
their minds-some people would be- sur
prised! Why. they'll come to
feet stranger-and they 'II P
so complaisant, and give har
fascinating airs, and pretend cha
ed. too. by your superior accVm",i.
uiJnts; and they think you " -eh a fool
a. not to see through It all! And I of
course a girl can't say. 'Oh. go away
and don't make a simpleton of your
""ircertainly would not he
well brought up young lady to speaa
'Vily their vanity." conti.u; W
reggy. wjth contemptuous
-And what they to 7"? "JJ to
the next, and to the "VuWnk that
the next hundred; and ey thtakh"
girls are so simple an not to know. Well,
we're simple enough, butwe've ceased to
be infants. I suppose h
How far her indlgnan ml hn
carried her. It is impossible to "" w
JW WILLIAM J) LACK.
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at His moment the door was again open
ed and out came a tall figure with an
other "Good morning!" while Miss Peggy
was instantly struck silent, and that with
some obvious embarrassment. She even
flushed slightly; and. to cover her not
quite intelligible confusion, one had to
say. quickly:
"Here is Miss Rosslyn. Cameron, -who
wants to know all about the Highland
clans, and the clansmen, and their rela
tions to the chiefs. And about the '45
rising, too; she is to be a partisan oH
narue; she must be turned into
Jacobite if there's going to be any
peace and quietude on board this boat.
And who can do that better than your
self?" "Oh. no." he said, with a smile, "no.
no. no; all that is past and gone now.
Chiefs and clansmen are alike loyal now
adays; we are the queen's 'loyal High
landers.' and oroud to wear the title."
"Yes, but don't you understand," one
says to him, "how interesting it must he
to an ingenuous young student from
America, where all the institutions and
habits and customs are comparatively
new, to bear of this very old-world state
of society; yes. and to hear of it from
one related to the people who were 'out'
In the '45?"
"Well, when you think of It," says In
verfask. "it does seem strange that the
clan system waa actually in existence in
the last century, and within a couple of
days' ride or a single day's ride, you
might almost say from the city of Ed
inburgh. And very little the good people
of Edinburgh knew about the Highland
ers and their ways. I suppose you never
beard -the story of what happened to
Lord Kilmarnock at Falkirk? Lord Kil
marnock bad raised a troop of horses for
the prince, and had been with hira all
through the expedition into England, and
all through the retreat, and so must have
got some knowledge of the clansmen and
their customs. But what happened at
Falkirk uo doubt puzzled him. The day
after the battle the prince and he were
looking down from the window of a
house in town, and, to their surprise, they
saw a soldier coming along in the Eng
lish uniform and wearing a black cockade
in his hat. Lord Kilmarnock immediate
ly went down stairs and into the street,
went up to the man, struck off his hat,
and put his foot on the black cockade.
The next moment one of the Highlanders
standing by bad rushed on Lord Kilmar
nock and shoved him away: Kilmarnock
instantly pulled out his pistol and pre
sented it ft his assailant; the Highlander
drew his dirk; and goodness only know
what would have happened if a number
of the Highlander's companions had not
interposed on behalf of their comrade and
driven Lord Kilmarnock off. And what
was it all about? Why, the man with
the black cockade was a Cameron who
had been in an English regiment, and
who, of course, deserted to join the stand
ard of hia chief as soon aa he got the
chance; and. being a Cameron, the other
Cameron standing around would not
have him interfered with by anyone,
whatever his rank."
Breakfast over Captain Columbus,
makes his appearance without, and pres
ently Murdoch is standing at the door of
the saloon, awaiting orders.
Now. this being Sunday. Queen Tita
would rather have given our gay young
mariners and their diligent horse a rest;
but, as appeared from our noble captain's
report, there were ominous .rumors
abroad among the canal-folk of intended
repairs somewhere or other; and he him
self was distinctly of opinion that we
should at least push forward and get
through the two tunnels. So we assent
ed to that, poled the boat across- to thi
towpatb, had the line afllxed to the bar
ness. and were once more gliding along.
But when we came to the first oC the
tunnels, we found we had just missed
the steam launch, which had disappeared
with its. long convoy into that black hole
in the earth; and as there was now a
considerable time for us to wait, we nil
got ashore, and proceeded to explore the
neighboring wood, which is known a
Short wood Dingle. We wandered alone
through the picturesque dingle, and up to
a height from which there is a wide view
over the adjacent country, and eventually
back to the canal, where there were now
reveral tiomr wnnn - onr oa awaiting
the arrival of the steam launch.
When that far from gay vessel arrived,
we were all water-proofed and ready for
the ordeal ail except Mrs. Th.-eepcnny-bi.
who preferred to sit by herself iu
the saloon, awaiting events, and consol
ing herself with the reflection that these
two Tardcbigg tunnels were shorter than
the West Hill one. Shorter we found
them, but also much darker; indeed, ab
solutely dark, for the bargemen did not
seem to consider it necessary to light
I h-ir lamps on this occasion. We scraped
and tore our way along first the one tun
nel, and then with an interval of smooth
sailing in the white day through its
roc-k-bewn successor, until, ahead -f us
in the dark, there grew up and waxed
brighter and brighter a sort of fuligin
ous, confused, opalescent glare; then
filially we plunged into that bewildering
glory bronze-hued or saffron-hued it ap
peared aa we approached it and sudden
ly emerged into a sunlighted greenness
of foliage and the quietude of the outer
world. '
"How many more of these tunnels shall
we have to go through?" asks Queen
Tita.
Not another one; that ia the last. The
next possible danger we have to face Is
going down the Severn, and I dare say
we shall be able to manage somehow.
We'll warlse through.' "
Oh I don't mind what it is, so long as
.here is daylight." she says, and then she
adds, looking back to the low archway
of the tunnel, "bur I confess I am n'
mxloua for any more experiences or tost
'"But just think of the .tor, ' jo. will
iave to tell wnen you -
l.nf" MT8 MISS I'rjSKJ-
nd heyr friends neck for
is she ia passing along to her cabin, to
"t the sand and wet-Ut P
brown hair.
CHAPTER' XI.
PR1ZE SEEKERS
Fifteen Hu dred Men, Women, Boys and Girls will Participate in the
Within the past week the entries for I
the various championship contests of
America at the National Turn Fest,
which takes place In Philadelphia the
week of June 18-23, have been coming
In at a rate hitherto unknown. There
are now 905 entries enrolled in the varl.
aus competitions. These encompass the
best athletes and gymnasts, both male
and female, of the leading turning so
cieties of America.
The entries for the various champion
ship contests show the following socie
ties with the number of men. women,
boys and girls as herewith appended:
New York Circuit: New York Turn
vereln, Bloomingdale, 16; Central Turn
erein. New York, 16; Turnverein "Vor
waerts." New York, 12: Turverein
"Vorwaerta," Brooklyn, 22; Brco'ilyn
Turnverein, Brooklyn, 12; Turnverein
"Columbia," Brooklyn, 10: Brooklyn
(E. D.) Turnverein, 20. Total: 108.
Indiana Circuit: (Including some
Chicago Societies). Louisville, Ken
tucky Turnverein. 12; Socialer Turnver
ein of Indianapolis. 20; South Bend !
Turnverein. South lien a, and., 14; Chi
cago Turngemeinde, 24: Central Turn
verein, Chicago, 111.. 24: Suedseite Turn
gemeinde, Chicago, III.. 12; Suedseite
Turnverein, Indianapolis, 10; Turnver
ein "Vorwaarts," Fort Wayne, Ind., 12.
Total: 128.
fr Tm.I. rH.-tf.ul. fiiiorl fit Tiil.
Turnverein, St. Louia.48; Soolaler Turn-
verein, St. Louis, 52: Turnverein "Con
cordia." St. Louis. 50: West St. Louis
Turnverein, 34: Nord St. Louis Turn
verein, 48; Little Roclc Turnverein. Lit
tle Rock, Ark.. 12; Mount Olive Turn
verein. Mount Olive, III.. 12; Turnver
ein "Humboldt." St. Louis. 2. Total:
258.
New England Circuit: Boston Turn
Tereln. 16: Manchester Turnverein, Man
chester. N. H.. 16; Springfield Turn
verein. Springfield, Mass., 14: Turn
verein "Vorwaerts." Holyoke. Mass., 12:
TJeutscher Arbeiterverein, Boston, 12;
Kast Hampton Turnverein,East Hamp
ton, Mass.. 11. Total: 81.
Wisconsin Circuit: Turnverein Mil
waukee, Milwaukee, Wis., 16; Nord
Beite Turnverein. Milwaukee. 10; Fond
du Lac Turnverein, Fond du Lac, Wis.,
the staring shop windows and signs: our
ars distracted with the rattle of in
numerable wheels. Our faint recollection
3t Worcester bad been that it was rather
in old-fashioned and sleepy town; now
we found ourselves suddenly transferred
from the remoteness and the silence ot
those pastoral wanderings Into the full
roaring blast of nineteenth-century life.
"I expected moats and battlements
gates, portcullises, draw bridges, and so
an," said Miss Peggy, as we sat at lunch
at the Unicorn, "but it ia quite a modern
city."
"It is not a warlike town any longer."
her hostess admitted; "it is more of an
cclesiastical town; wait till we take you
lo the cathedral, and show you all the
quaint old buildings attached to it with
their pretty gardens and ivied walls, and
their look of learned repose."
Late that night the miniature manager
rs3 of this wandering party waa in her
own room, engaged in overhauling her
millinery purchases of the day, and dis
posing them so as to admit of their being
packed on the morrow. She seemed a lit
tle thoughtful, and was mostly silent; but
t length she said, in a cautions sort of
way:
"Do you know what Peggy told me be
fore we went to the theater this even
Ins r
"I do not."
"She told me that Col. Cameron had
promised to give her some relic from
Fnssiefern House a little mirror, I be
lieve." "I was aware of it."
She looked up quickly.
"Oh, you knew?" And then she said,
rather slowly, and with no great air of
conviction indeed, she seemed question
ing instead of assenting "I suppose it is
nothing. Oh, of course not. It is an in
teresting thing for an American girl to
take home with her. especially when corn
in g from Inverfask; a souvenir, that ia
all."
And yet, somehow, she does not seem
quite satisfied in her own mind. The mil
linery does not receive much of her at
tention. Finally she turns from the table
altogether.
"Do be frank now! tell mr she says,
in a half-pleading, half-frightened way.
"Have you noticed anything? Don't you
think that Col. Cameron's admiration for
Peggy is just a little too marked? And
she herself, too have you noticed the
way in which she speaks of him? Oh,
good gracious, I have been trying to shut
my eyes and ears; but if anything were
to happen between those two, and me re
sponsible!" "But how are you responsible?" one
says to this incoherent person.
"We brought them together; isn't that
enongh?" she exclaims. "And there he
is. a widower, twice her age at least, with
nn encumbered estate; and I suppose
hardly anything beyond his pay. Think
what her people would say of it! They
wouldn't see any romance in it; they
wouldn't find any fascination in her be
coming Lady Cameron of Inverfask, and
living up there in the north and winning
the affection and gratitude of those poor
people, which is quite clearly what Sir
Ewen was talking about to-day. What
do you suppose they care for the tradi
tions of the' Highland clans, or for Col.
Cameron's reputation as a soldier, eith
er? Why, it's madness! He ought to
marry a rich woman, if he marries at all,
and get Inverfask cleared of ita burdens,
and live there. And she must marry
someone with money."
"I think you wiU find that Peggy will
marry the man she wants to marry with
out taking your advice or the advice of
anyone else."
To be continued.)
A bug flew Into the ear of John
Monspeld. a farmer, of Muncie, Ind..
causing pain and Inflammation which
resulted in death two weeks later.
The sides of a bedstead sometimes
draw apart, causing the slats and the
occupants to drop to the floor. To pre
vent such accidents, two cords are at
tached to the sides, about three feet
apart, with a turn-buckle In the centre,
to keep the sides and slats in place.
In Philadelphia the other day, a
man fell down a flight of steps and
fractured his skull from tripping on a
dangling shoe-string. Never was there
a more striking illustration of the neces
sity of doing small things well. ,
AT THE NATIONAL TURN FEST
8; Sheboygan Turnverein, Sheboygan,
Wis., 14. Total: 48.
Chicago Circuit: Turnverein "Auro
ra." Chicago, 111., 24; Turnverein "Vor
waerta." Chicago. 32; La Salle Turn
verein, La Salle. IU., 10; Grand Cross
ing, 111., 8; Turnverein "Fortschrltt,"
Chicago, 111., 8; Soclaler Turnverein,
Chicago, 111., 27; Turnverein "Eiehe,"
Chicago, 18; Turnverein "Voran," Chi
cago. 8: WeBtselt.e Turnverein, Chicago,
10; Sued-Chicago Turnverein, 8; Deut
scher Turnverein, Grand Raplda, Mich.,
10. Total: 171. I
Philadelphia Circuit: Philadelphia
Turngemeinde. 36; Southwark Turn
und Sonntagsachulvereln, Philadelphia,
24; Columbia Turnverein, Philadelphia,
12: Germania Turnverein von Roxbor
ough, Philadelphia. 8. Total: 80.
New Jersey Circuit: Newark Turn
verein, 44; Paterson Turnverein. Pater
son. 30: Turnverein "Vorwaerts," Eliza
beth. 8: Union Hill Turnverein, Mee
hawken. 20; Greenville Turnverein, Jer
sey City. 10. Total: 102.
Central New York Circuit: Troy
Turnverein, Troy, N. Y 10; Schenec
tady Turnverein, Schenectady, N. Y.,
10. Total: 20.
Pittsburg Circuit: Allegheny Turn
verein. 12; Johnstown Torn verein,
Johnstown, Pa.. 12; Central Turnverein,
Pittsburg, 40; McKeesport Turn und
Gesangvereln, zu; suedseite Turnverein,
Pittsburg. 18; Allentown Turnverein.
Pittsburg. 8.S., 10: Lawrencevllle Turn
verein, Pittaburg, 13; Turn und Gesang
vereln "Elntracht." Homestead, Pa., :
Monaca Turnverein, Monica, Beaver
County, 8: Central Turn und. Gesang
vereln, Braddock, Pa., 10. Total 151.
Missouri Valley Circuit: Kansas City
Socialer Turnverein, 12. N
TTpper Mississippi Circuit: Daven
port Turngemeinde, 18; N. W. Daven
port Turnverein, 8. Total 26.
Rocky Mountain Circuit: Oat-Denver
Turnverein, 24; West-Denver Turn
verein. ; Leadvllle Turnverein, 8. To
tal: 41.
Central Illinois Circuit: Concordla
Germania Turnverein. Motine, III., 8.
Connecticut Circuit: Merluen Turn
verein. 8: Soclaler Turnverein. New
Britain, Conn.. 12; Waterbury Turnver
Household Recipes.
RECIPES.
Eggs with Crabs. Beat five egga. sea
son with hanT a teaspoonful of aalt and
a aaltstoonful of white pepper; add the
chopped meat of one-half-dozen hard
shell crabs, boiled, and the tips of one
bunch of cooked asparagus cut Into
imall pieces. Put a tableapoonful of
butter In a hot frying pan, and when
hot turn In the egg mixture; atir gently
for three minutes; when done turn on
hot plate; garnish with parsley.
Veal Kidneys and Mushrooms (Pol
ish) Trim all the fat from twelve kid
neys, slice them lengthwise Into strips,
dust with aalt and pepper, flour them,
dip in egg, crumb them, fry In butter,
browning both sldea. Place one dozen
stewed spring mushrooms In the centre
of the dish; place the kldneya around,
and over all pour a sauce made of two
tablespeenfuls of mustard worked into
a gill of oil and two tablespoonfula of
good vinegar.
Violet Vinegar. Put Into a large glass
Jar one pint of violet blossoms, pour
one quart of good vinegar over them,
cover, and set in the sun for fourteen
days; then strain through a cheese
cloth; pour into small bottles and seal.
Use for salad dressings, with salt and
pepper added aa seasoning.
Preserved Strawberries. Add to one
pound well cleaned and washed straw
berries half cupful of sugar, boll five
minutes, put them In Jars, close and
turn the jars upalde down every two
minutes till cold. They will soak up a
great deal of the Juice and look fine.
Strawberry Flummery. One quart of
strawberries will be sufficient for alx
people. Hull them and cut each berry
in half: cook to a syrup one pint of wa
ter, one cupful of sugar and one table
spoonful of lemon Juice; as soon as boll,
ing add three level tablespoonfula of
cornstarch dissolved In one-half cup
ful of cold water, and stir until thick
and smooth: add the berries, set over
boiling water and cook ten minutes;
then tarn Into a dish. Serve cold, with
cream.
Lamb and Rice Cutlets. Wash two
ounces of best Patna rice and boll until
tender In about a pint of weak stock:
also boll one amall onion separately and
chop it fine. Add a quarter of a pound
sf minced cold lamb, an ounce of chop
ped beef suet, one ounce of bread
crumbs, the cooked onion and a season
ing of salt, pepper and chopped pars
ley to the rice and stock; mix well by
stirring and cook together for a few
minutes; then turn out on an open dish
to cool. When cool form Into small
cutlets, egg and bread crumb each and
fry In hot fat. Serve with fried pars
ley. Salad of Greens. Select any suitable
green vegetables, such as romalne,
chicory, escaio'e. taking care to have
as many different shades of green as
possible. Marinate each of the vegeta
bles separately In a French dressing
and arrange on a salad dish. To make
the French dressing: Mix one-half tea
spoonful of salt, one-quarted teaspoon
of pepper, two tablespoonfula of olive
oil and two of vinegar; stir well to
gether. Strawberry Marmalade. Weigh the
berries that are to be used and allow
for every pound three-nuarters of a
pound of sugar. Free the fruit from the
rreen hurls, put them In .a colander,
rinse off with cold water, drain and put
them In a preserving kettle: boll twen
ty minutes without a cover: add the
ugar and boll five minutes. Put in
'"ilt Jars, close and keep in a cool
place.
The earliest specimen of printing In
existence is a Chinese bank note, which
is now in the British Museum. It was
printed In China In the year 1368. thirty
two years before tka birth of Johann
Gutenberg, the reputed Inventor of
printing.
Dr. Jameson, who led the famous
raid upon the Transvaal, must think
queer things when he reflects that he
once Imagined that he could conquer
the Boers with a force of 500 men.
Events have shown him to have been
the. prize mis-calculator of the age.
Mr. Cecil Rhodes must beware. The
Southern Presbyterian intimates that
If It were on a Jury to try him for
murder- It would hang him forthwith
and that It would not regret very much
the opportunity to sit on such a Jury.
Contests Held Week of June 1823
ein, Waterbury. 9; Holyoke Turnverein.
Holyoke, Mass., 16. Total: 45.
Lake Erie Circuit: Turnverein "Ger
mania." Cleveland, 0..12; Soclaler Turn
verein, Detroit, 28; Turnverein "Ger
mania," Canton. O.. 18; Turnverein
"Stern." Cleveland, O.. 14; Akron Turn
verein, Akron, O., 12; Turnverein "Vor
waerts." Cleveland. O., 10. Total: 94.
West New York Circuit: Syracuse
Turnverein, 12; Buffalo Turnverein, 12.
Total: 24.
Ohio Circuit: Dayton Turngemelr ,
34; West Cincinnati Turnverein. 12;
Nord Cincinnati Turnverein, 18. Total:
64.
Besides the eighty-nine societies who
have entered their prise seekers from
among thler classes there have been
entered 160 individual gymnasts for the
personal prizes in apparatus work. In
addition to these will be presented the
novelty of ten Old Men's classes with a
total or 118 men over the ages of fifty
years, who will alio turn for prizes allot -ed
to this department in particular.Some
of these have become grey In the service
of ath't tics and gymnastics and prom
ise to give their younger c 'eagues an
interesting battle for the honors.
The particinanta In the mass exhi
bition of calisthenics at the Philadel
phia Base Ball Park on the aftenom
of Saturday, June 23, have been selected
from the men and women classes and
the boys and girls from the following
cities and circuits: Newark and the New
Jersey circuit: St. Louis. Mo.: Union
Hill. N. J.; Denver. Colorado; New
York circuit: Milwaukee. Wis.. Phila
delphia, and several from Ohio and the
Middle and Western States. In this
exhibition there will take part 6.000 of
the moat adept of the entire United
States and these will present a gym
nastic display far superior to anything
that haa ever been seen at a Turn Fest
in America or Europe. The different
classifications of snorts to take place
on that occasion will be more varied
than at any previous time. The Tech
nical Committee promises to the public
that the exercises at the Base Ball Park
will exceed those hitherto presented at
I. A ui ii i rni ul ihc nut iu aiuciiv.au
Turner Bund.
Field and Farm.
Where the cool nights of May have
caused such tender plants as llmi
beans to coma up sparingly and also
have a yellow color, the best thins; to do
'a to plant seed In all the vacant spaces
and the probability Is that the later
plants will overtake the earlier ones
lue to warmer weather and more favor
able conditions.
Less, difficulty would be experienced
with sheep if they were taught to come
Into the barnyard every night and he
protected from storms. A trough Iu
which salt haa been sprinkled, with
hay In racks, will get them into the
habit of expecting such, and they wl.l
not be slow in showing that they ar-
willing to accept of the delicacies. Al
a rule sheep grass In the cool of the
day aometlmes traveling over a dis
tance o f ground, but they will a) way
appear regularly for salt or a mess of
bay or around oats.
Variety of food Is essential to rapid
growth of young stock. Experiments
made In feeding pigs for four months
on potatoes alone caused rlcketa, or sof
tening of the bone. Other pigs, from
the same litter, fed upon potatoes, oat
meal and phosphates, had normal skel
etons, but there was a difference, ac
cording to the phosphates added. Those
ted upon phosphate of potash had po
rous bones. The plga tnat were given
phosphate and carbonate of lime (aa
food Ingredients) were healthy, thrifty
and grew rapidly.
An excellent method of destroying
asparagua beetles is to cut the shoots
as they are Just appearing above 'he
surface, and such shoots are tender
from tips to butts. If preferred the bee
tles may be kept In check by going
over the rows as soon as the stalks are
a few Inches above ground and rub
off the eggs. Do this twice a week for
sevral weeks. It can be done very
quickly.
Alfalfa seeded on light sandy soil In
Mew Jersey during the month of August
three years ago haa given several crops
of hay per year, and the fall sowing is
declared a success, although the recom
mendation has been to sow the need tat
the spring.
" The planting of waate land to trees
for timber is receiving more attention
than formerly. Farmers who planted
trees twenty years ago now find that
they then made good investments. It
is claimed that cherry and hickory
trees require about thirty years before
they are valuable for timber: maple
trees twenty years, and black walnut
fifteen years. A black walnut tree is
said to attain from twelve to fifteen
Inches in diameter In fifteen years
from the seed. Nuts are also a sou re e
of profit with some growers ot timber.
The land for late potatoes should be
plowed deep and harrowed fine. The
land should never be allowed to form
a crust before the plants are up. Run
a harrow over the field, both bf fore and
after the potatoes are up. The seed
may be planted about five inches deep
and given level culture instead of hill
ing. Clover sod land is excellent for
potatoes, and to avoid disease It is best
not to plant potatoes on the same land
twice In succession. Frequent am!
shallow cultivation . rather than deec
should be given.
The season for mowing will cause
farmers to be busy, and It seems that
Just as this work Is to be hurried romt
accident occurs. - This does not alwayt
happen, but many such dra?r back
might be avoided If farmers will cleat
their fields ot stones, sticks and othi
obstructions to the machines before
the grass Is too high to see them.
An Injury to a mower knife may cause
costly delay.
Broom corn Is scarce and high. Tlx
main crop la grown in Illinois. Tlx
brush Is the salable portion, but som
farmers also value the seed as an Im
portant crop. The labor required foi
broom corn Is about the same aa fa'
corn.
' In three months the school attend
ance in Cuba has been Increased from
4.008 to 80,000. This tells a story of
advancement that needs no emphasis
ing. The American public school will
do the work of modernising the Queen
Of the Antilles quickly and thorough
ly. India haa a greater variety of plants
than any other country in the world.
DERMON
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WAbhixgtoi., D. C Dr. Talma pe, who
ia now in Europe preaching to immense
congregations in the great cities, sends
this sermon, in which he describes the
rough places of life and indicates the beat
means of getting over them and shows how
many people fail to understand their best
blessings: text. Mar- iv, 39, "And He
arose and rebuked the wind, and said unto
the sea, Peace, be still."
Here in Capernaum, the seashore vil
lage, was the temporary home of that
Christ who for the most of Hia life was
homeless. On the site of this village, now
in ruins, and all around this lake what
scenes of kindness and power and glory
and pathos when our Lord lived here! I
can understand the feeling of th immor
tal Scotchman, Robert McCheyne, when,
sitting on the banks of this lake, he wrote:
It ia not that the wild gazelle
Conies down to drink thy tide,
But He that was pierced to save from hell
Oft wandered by thy side.
Graceful around thee the mountains meet.
Thou calm, reposing sea,
But, ah, far more the beautiful feet
Of Jesus walked o'er thee.
I can easily understand from the con
tour of the country that bounds this lake
that storms were easily tempted to make
these waters their playground. This Lake
in Christ's time lay in a scene of great
luxuriance; the surrounding hills, ter
raced, sloped, graved; so many hanging
gardens of beauty. On the shore were cas
tles, armed towers, Koman baths, every
thing attractive and beautiful all styles
of vegetation in smaller space than in 1
most any other space in the world, from
the palm tree of the forest to the trees of
rigorous climate. It seemed as if the
Lord had launched one wave of beauty
on all the scene and it hung and swung
from rock and hill and oleander. Roman
gentlemen in pleasure boats sailing this '
lake, and countrymen in fishing smacks j
coming down to drop their nets pass each
other with nod and shout and laughter or
swinging idly at their moorings. Oh, what
a beautiful scene! j
It seems as if we shall have a quiet
night. Not a leaf quivered in the air, not ;
a ripple disturbed toe tace ot Uennesaret.
But there seems to be a little excitement
up the beach, and we hasten to see what
it is, and we find it an embarkation. From
the western shore a flotilla pushing out;
not a squadron of deadly armament, nor
clipper with valuable merchandise, nor
piratic vessels ready to destroy everything
they could seize, but a flotilla, bearing
messengers of light and life and peace.
Christ is in the stern of the boat. Hia
disciples are in the bow and amidships.
Jesus, weary with much speaking to large
multftudes, is put into somnolence by the
rocking of the waves. If there was any
motion at all, the ship was easily righted;
if the wind passed from starboard to lar
board, the boat would rock and, oy the
gentleness of the motion, putting the Mas
ter aajeen. And they extemporized a pil
low made out of a fisherman's coat. I
think no sooner ia Christ prostrate and
His head touched the pillow than He is
sound asleep. The breezes of the lake run
their lingers through tLe locks of the worn
sleeper, and the boat rises and falls like
a sleeping child on the bosom of a sleep
ing mother.' -. --. r -r. -. .. -
Calm night, starry . night, - beautiful
night! Run up all the sails, ply all the
oars, and let the large boat and the small
boat glide over gentle Uennesaret. But
the sailors say there is going to be a
change of weather. And even the pas
sengers can hear the moaning of the storm
as it comes on with great stride and all
the terrors of hurricane and darkness.
The large boat trembles like a deer at bay
among the clangor of the hounds; great
patches of foam are flung into the air;
the sails of the vessel loosen and in the
strong wind crack like pistols; the smallei
boats, like petrels, poise on tne cliffs ol
the waves and then plunge. Overboard
So cargo, tackling and masts, and the
reached disciples rush int. the back part
of the boat and lay bold of Christ and say
unto Him, "Master, carest Thou not that
we perish?" That great personage liftf
His head from the pillow of the fisher
man's coat, walks to the front of the ves
sel and looks out into the storm. All
around Him are the smaller boats, driven
in the tempest, and through it comes the
cry of drowning men. Bv the flash of the
lightning I see the calm brow of Christ w
the spray dropped from His beard. He
has one word for tue sky and another for
the waves. Looking upward. He cries,
"Peace!" Looking downwasa, lie says,
"Be still!" The waves fall flat on their
faces, the foam melts, the extinguished
stars relight .heir torches. The temiiest
falls dead, and Christ stands with His
foot on the neck of the storm." And while
the sailors are baling out tne boats and
while they are trying to untangle the cord
lge the disciples s....id in amazement, now
looking into the calm sea, then into the
ealm sky, then into the calm Saviour's
countenance, and they cry out, "What
manner of a man is this, that even the
winds and the sea obey Him?"
The subject, in the first place, impresses
me with the fact tha. it ia very important
to have Christ in the- ship, for all those
boats would have gone to the bottom oi
Gennesaret if Christ had not been present.
Oh, what a lesson for you and for me to
learn! Whatever voyage we undertake,
into whatever enterprise we star:, let us
always have Christ in tue ship. All you
can do with utmost tension of body, mind
and soul you are bound to do, but, oh,
have Christ in every enterprise!
There are men w. i ask God's help at
the beginning ot great enterprises. He
has been with them in the past; no
trouble can overthrow them; the storms
might come down from the top of Mount
Hermon and lash Uennesaret into foam
and into agony, but it could not l:urt
them. But here is another man who starts
out in worldly enterprise, and he depends
upon the uncertainties of thii life. He
has no Uod to help him. After awhile
the storm comes, tosses oft the masts of
the ship; he puts out his lifeboat and the
longboat; the sheriff and the auctioneer
try to help him rff; they can't heli him
on; be must go down; no Christ in the
ship. Your lite will be made up of sun
shine and shadows. There may be in it
arctic blasts or tropical tornadoes; I
know not what is before you, but I know
if von have Christ with you an shall be
well. You may seem to get along with
out the religion of Christ while everything
joes smoothly, but after awhile, when
-orrow hovers over the soul, when the
waves of trial -dash clear over the hurri
cane deck, and the decks are crowded with
Si rat ical disasters oh, what would you
o then without Christ in the inn! Take
Sod for your portion, Uod for your guide,
Uod for your help; then all is well; all is
well for a time; c.l shall be well forever.
Blessed is that man who puts in the Lord
lis trust. He shall never be confounded.
But my subject also impresses me with
.he fact that when people start to follow
Christ they must not expect smooth sail
ing. These disciples got into the small
ooats, and I have no doubt thev said,
'What a beautiful day this is! How de
lightful is sailing in this boat! And as
for the waves under the keel of the boat,
why, they only make the motion of our
little boat the more delightful." But
when the winds swept down and the sea
was tossed into wrath, then they found
that following Christ was not smooth sail
ing. So you have found it; so 1 have
Sound it.
Did yon ever notice the end of the life
of the apostles of Jesus Christ? You
would aay if ever men ought to have had
a smooth lite, a smooth departure, then
those men, the disciples of Jesus Christ,
ought to have had such a departure ana
such m life. St. James lost his bead. St.
Philip waa hung to death on a pillar. St.
Matthew had hia life dashed out with a
halberd. St. Mark waa dragged to death
through the streets. St. James the Less
was beaten to death with a fuller's club.
St. Thafnaa waa struck throuch with a
spear. Ihcr did not find following Christ
smooth sailing. On, now they were all
tossed in the tempest! John Huss in a
fire; Hugh McKail ia the hour of martyr
dom; the Albigenses, the Waldense. the
Scotch Covenanters did they find it
smooth sailing? But why go into history
when we can draw from our own memory
illustrations of the truth of what I aay?
A young man in a store trying to serve
God, while his employer scoffs at Chris
tianity; the young men in the same store,
antagonistic to the Christian religion,
teasing him, tormenting him about his re
ligion, trying to get him mad. They suc
ceed in getting him mad and aay, "ou're
a pretty Christian!" Does that youna
man find it smooth sailing when he trie,
to follow Christ? Or you remember a
Christian girl. Her father despises the
Christian religion; her mother despise,
the Christian religion; her brothers and
sisters scoff at the Christian religion; she
can hardly find a quiet place in which to
aay her prayers. Did she find it smooth
sailing when she tried to follow Jesue
Christ? Oh, no! All who would live the
life of the Christian religion must suffei
persecution if 70U do not. find jt in one
raj you will get it in another way. But
be not disheartened! Take courage. You
are in a glorious companionship. Uod
will see you through all trials, and He
will deliver you.
My subject also .m presses me with the
fact that good people sometimes get fright
ened. In the tones of these disciples ae
they rushed into the back part of the
boat I find they are frightened almost to
death. They say, "Master, carest Thou
not that we perish?" They had no reason
to be frightened, foi Christ was in the
boat. I suppose if we had been there we
would have been just as much affrighted
Perhaps more. In all ages very good peo
ple get very much affrighted. It is often
so in our day, and men say: "Why. look
at the bad lectures. Look at the variou.
errors going over the church of Uod. We
are going to founder. The church is going
to perish. She is going down." Oh, bow
many good people are affrighted by in
iquity in our day and think the church ol
Jesus Christ is going to be overthrown,
and are just as much affrighted as were
the disciples of my text' Don't worry,
don't fret, as though iniquity were going
to triumph over righteousness. A lion
goes into a cavern to sleeD. lie lies down
with his shaggy mane covering the paws. I
Meanwhile the spiders spin a web acrosF !
tK m-Ml.ll kf tti v n .nil b ' ".
have captured him." Gossamer thread
after gossamer thread until the whole
front of the cavern is covered with the
spider's web, and the spiders say, "The
lion is done; the lion is fast." Aftei 1
awhile the lion has got through sleeping. I
He rouses himself, he shakes his mane, he
walks out into the sunlight. He does not
even know the spider's web is spun, and
with his roar he shakes the mountain. So
men come spinning their sophistriec and ,
4&eiiH.-iHni aimui aesus inrisi. tie seems
to be sleeping. They say: "We have cap
tured the Lord. He will never come forth
-gain upon the nation. Christ is overcome
Torever. His religion will never make any
conquest among men." But after awhile
the Lion of the tribe of Judah will rouse
Himself and come forth to shake mightily
the nations. What's a spider's web to the
1 roused lion? Give truth and error a fair
rrapple, and truth will come off victor.
Do not be afraid ot a great revival. Oh.
that such galea from heaven might sweep
through all our churches! Oh, for such
days as Richard Baxter saw in England
md Robert McCheyne saw in Dundee!
Oh, for such days as Jonathan Edwards
aw in Northampton ! I have often heard
my father tell of the fact that in the earlv
part of thia century there broke out a re
vival at Somerville, N. J., and some peo
ple were very much agitated about it.
They. said: "Yon are going' to bring too
many people into the church at once,"
and they sent down to. New Brunswick
te-g-t John. -Livingston to stop the re-,
viva). Well, there was no better soul ,n
all the world than John Livingston. He
went and looked at the revival. They
wanted him to stop it. He stood in th.
pulpit on the Lord s day and looked ovei
the solemn auditory and he said: "This
brethren, is in reality the work of Uod
Beware how you stop it." And he wat
an old man, leaning heavily on his staff
a very old man. And he lifted that stall
and took hold of the small end of the stall
and began to let it fall slowly through be
tween the finger and the thumb, and he
said: "Oh, thou impenitent, thou art fall
ing now falling from life, falling away
from peace and heaven, falling as certain
ly as that cane is falling through my hand
falling certainly, though perhaps falling
slowly!" And the cane kept on falling
through John Livingston's hand. The re
ligious emotion in the audience was over
powering, and men saw a type of theii
doom as the cane kept falling and falling
until the knob of the cane struck Mr
Livingston's hand, and he clasped it stout
ly and said: "But the grace of God car
stop you as I stopped that cane," and
then there was gladness all through the
house at the fact of pardon and peace and
salvation. "Well," said the people aftei
the service, "I guess you had better sen
Livingston home. He is making the re
vival worse." Oh, for gales from heaven
to sweep all the continents! The daugei
of the church of Uod is not in revivals.
I learn once more from this subject thai
Christ can hush a tempest. It did seen:
as if everything must go to ruin. The dis
ciples had given up the idea of inanagim
the ship; the crew were entirely demoral
ized: yet Christ rises, and the storm
crouches at His feet. Oh, yes, Christ can
hush the tempest! You have had trouble.
Perhaps it was the little child taken away
from you the sweetest child of the house
hold, the one who asked the most curioiv
questions, and stood around you with the
greatest fondness, and the Sade cut down
through your bleeding heart. Perhaps il
was an only son, and your iieart has evei
since been like a desolated castle, the on-If
of the night hooting among the fallen
arches and the crumbling stairways. Oi
all your property swept awav, you said:
"I had so much bank stock; I had so roan)
Government securities; I had so man)
houses; 1 had so manv farms all gone
al gone." Why, air. all the storms thai
ever trampled with their thunders, all the
shipwrecks have not been worse than thii
to you. Yet you have not been complete
ly overthrown. Why? Christ says: "I
have that little one in My keeping. I can
rare for him as well as you tan, bettei
:han you can, O bereaved mother!" Hush
ng the tempest. When your property went
way away, (Jod said, "There are treasures
in heaven in banks that never break."
lesus hushing the tempest.
There is one storm into which we will
all have to run. The moment when we
let go of this world, and try to take hold
of the next we will want all the grace pos
sible. Yonder I see a Christian soul rock
ing on the surges of death. All the power
of darkness seem let out against that soul
the swirling wave, the thunder of th?
sky. the shriek of the wind, all seem to
unite together. But that soul is not
troubled. There is no sighing, there are nr
tears; plenty of tears in the room at th
departure, but he weeps no tears calm
satisfied and peaceful; all is well. By the
flash of the storm you see the harbor just
ahead, and you are making for that har
bor. All shall be well, Jesus being our
pilot.
Into the harbor of heaven now we glide;
We're home at last, home at last.
Softly we drift on the bright, silv'ry tide:
We're home at last.
Glory to Uod, all our dangers are o'er;
We stand secure on the glorified shore?
Ulory to God, we will shout evermore,
We're home at last.
Stillness of person and steadiness of
features are the signal marks of good
breeding.
Not every one that eayeth "Brother,
brother," but he that liveth for an
other. Alwaya apeak the truth. MaJce few
promises.
He who reviles the dead, abuses him
self. Nothing rests our eyes like seeing
through anothers occasionally.
Nothing is so disappointing as the I
effort to be good without Ood. i
He who thinks most of his own hap
piness knows least ot It.
Take death away and life la but ex
istence. If your hands cannot be usefully em
ployed, attend to the cultivation ot your
mind.
AMKHIOAN POCKCTKNIVES.
raaor Proprttoa. of Thoso Bold Her
Mow Made ia TMa Coaatrjr
Of the millions of pocketknlvea annu-;
l!ly sold In this country probably 75
per cant, of the Jackknlves and other
aoavy varieties are now made here, and
Lhls proportion la Increasing; while
taking the total sales more than BO per
cent of the knives In value are now
made here, and this proportion also Is
ncreaatng. Fine penknives are Import
ed from England and Germany; the
.heapest Jackknlves. cheaper and poor
it than any made here, come from Ger
many. Pocketknlvea have been made In this
country for many years, and there are
now here some scores of factories for
their production. The newest branch
of the manufacture here Is that of fine
penknives, which have been made In
:h's country only about forty years,
tud Lave come luto tbelr present large
md extended use only within, about
twenty years. There are penknives of
English make that have been made con
tinuously tinder the same names for
more than a hundred years; so that the
making of such knives In this country
s something comparatively modern.
Ibe American penknife. If not now ac
tually the beat In the world. Is at least
be equal in quality, style and finish of
my produced anywhere.
Pocketknlvea are made In almost end
ss variety. One American concern
makes 700 different sorts, which vary
n kind, shape, size, number of blades,
rind of handle, style and size of bolster,
ind so on. The best pocketknlvea have
band-forged blades. Great as Is the
rariety of pocketknlvea now made here,
i still greater variety Is made In Eu
rope, where the Industry has been
longer established and patterns and
leslgns have accumulated; and the
greater number of the odd knives, con
taining corkscrews and various other
Implements, still come from there.
A fine penknife ot the best quality
and handsomely mounted Is still more
r less of a luxury; It might cost at re
tall anywhere from $1 to S3 or $4. One
tdaded Jackknlves can be bought at
wholesale for seventy-five cents a doz
n; fine penknives run up to $30 adozea
-New York Sun-
Some of the wooden churches of Nor
way are full 700 years old, and are still
In an excellent state of preservation.
Their timbers have successfully resist
d the frosty and almost arctic winters
because they have been repeatedly
zoatcd with tar. i
All the flags for British ships of war,
sxcept the royal standards,- te made
In the Government dock yardajfand tbg
snormonai : number- required be v
Judged frouf the fact, that Jn the""colbr
loft at Chatham alone about 18,000
Bags are made In a year.
Four persons out of every 3,000 men,
women and children In the United
States are either In jail, or out on bail,
r are fugitives from Justice. Tlielt
total number is 90,000. out of a popula
tion estimated at 70.000.000. Only
per cent, of all those who have fallen
foul of the law are women.
People are right or left eyed Just ss
tbey are right or left banded, and Jus'
as the right hand Is usually the more
powerful, so is the right eye. Only one
person In ten Is left sighted. It Is very
probable that the use of weapons dur
ing countless ages has had something
to do with the extra power of the rlgb'
ye.
At Mascall, near the foot of Mo"'
Etna, Is to be seen the largest
the world. Its trunk Is 304 fee
.umfereuce. The largest tree Pi
United States Is said to be the glga
tree near Bear Creek, on the north fo.
of the Tule River, in California. It
measures 140 feet In circumference.
The famous giant redwood tree In Ne
vada Is 119 feet In circumference.
A curious fishing wheel Is used on the
Dolumbla River, near Portland, Ore. K
Is fixed near the bank of the river, a
place being selected where the river Is
most rapid. The wheel consists of
three receivers. These are Inclosed on
three sides by wire netting, and, as the
wheel revolves by means of the current
sacb receiver Is submerged beneath the
water, and scoops up the salmon as
they Jump the rapids.
The clock on the Philadelphia City
Hall Is the highest In the world, and
lias the largest dials. If the dials were
removed, there would be apace for two
trains to pass each other, running
through. The glass In the four faces la
fastened by a ton of cement. The glns
.f laid on the ground, would make s
walk a square long and ten feet wide.
The minute band finished Ita year'i
Journey on New Year's day by complet
ing a 110-mlle trip.
lacrioiiambutulnr In Court Dress
The Philadelphia Record bears from
3t. Petersburg that Charlemagne Tow
sr. the United States Ambassador al
that court has donned gold stripes on
full-dress occasions. Instead of the con
ventional black that his hitherto dif
ferentiated American diplomats. A re
proof from the Grand Duchess Pau
lo vna. la reported to have led to the
change.
Shamrock on Uraves In Africa.
Shamrock will be planted on the
raves of the Irish soldiers In South
Africa. The Duke of York has accept
d a thousand packets of seed, and ha
forwarded them to the officers of tut
Irish brigade.
American Savings Banks.
In 1SU5 there were 1,030 savlnga
banks In the United States, and the
It'posits In them amounted to $1,841,.
XhO.OOO. In 1800 there were 942 savlnga
Mnks In the United States, and theU
leocsiU were S2.401.000.000.
Good Clvle Work of Woman.
The Town Improvement Association
f MoDtclair, N. J., Is composed en
lrely of women. Its annual report
.howed the association's work last
ear was very successful Stile crime
n town, many needed public improve
nents made and a balance In the as so,
station's treasury.
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