Editor and Proprietor.
6. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COnSTITUTIOH THE UHlOn AHD THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
NO. 41
MIFFLINJOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1900
VOL. LlV.
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BY B. TC. CROKBR
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CHAITEK IX. (Continued.) cheek. "Dissipation does not agree with
TIip doorway through which they bad I you, my dear! No more balls for you!
"She's foundered," shouted the crowd.
hoarsely. .
She's not! she's through it safe tills
time," bawled an old gentleman wlta a
telescope under his arm, and there, aurc
enough, was the Mary Ann still afloat,
still fighting her way, conquering every
inch of water by sheer determination and
muscle alone.
Sent him to his death!" and the words
rang in Esme's ears as she looked out
over the awful sea, with eyes nearly
glaEcd with terror. She felt that the
woman was right, she had sent nun to ma
death. Oh! was it too late to recall him?
They had only made a little way. Flying
to the very edge of the water, regardless
of wet and spray, regardless of the gap-
inir crowd, she stretched out. ner arms
and cried: "Come back, come back. Miles,
you will be drowned, toof
But the wind and the waves roarea m
usrtnershiD. and mocked her entreaties.
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aud drowned ner reeoie voice, auu u
to puss was blocked for a few moments, iportively, for the old lady was immense- nuttering figure, gesticulating wildly, at
A young man standing there evidently ly delighted with her niece's debut, and I tne -water. edge, waa wholly unnoticed
looked upon the right of entrance as his
own exclusive property, for he was en
gaged in what be considered elegant au-dit-uce
with no less than three ladies. In
spite of themselves, Esme and Miles
could not help overhearing a few scraps
of conversation
"I'll tell yon what It is," lisped the
young Adouis to a pretty, bright little
wouuiu in black, who was eating an ice
while he scribbled languidly on her card.
"Look here, you know this sort of thing
won't do, you know; the next time you
are so late I sha'n't be able to give you
two dances!"
Miles and Esme gamed at this youth in
open-eyed amazement. He was not jok
ing. No, he waa perfectly serious, and
the little lady was actually laughing and
taking hia remark as the most natural
thing in the world.
"Well," exclaimed Captain Brabaiori.
fiercely, making his way through the
crowd with an angry shove, "what next?
ill-maunered, conceited young cub! Not
be able to give the two dances, indeed! 1
should like to be able to take him down
to the pump and give him a ducking that
would wash some of the cheek out of him.
Supposing he had said that to you, Esme,
w-but would you do?" looking down at net
interrogatively.
"I think I should feel a burning desire
to box his car9 only, of course, 1
couldn't." laughing, "and here is my next
partner; good-by, till number twelve,"
withdrawing her arm, and nodding at
him coquettishly.
Number twelve cam in due time, and
waa duly danced by the cousins, and as
they paused for breath after a long
round. Esme held forth in rapturous
terms on the delights of the evening.
"I've danced every dance right through
and hardly missed a bar," she observed,
triumphantly, "aud the funny thing is,
I don't know half my partners' names;
people mutter so, or write so badly; these
scratches on my card might be anything.
The next one purzles me. 1 have it
it's Berkeley."
"Aud who is he? point him out, please."
"There he is, passing now, with the
lady. 'Captain Berkeley, Prince's Lan
cers,' to give him his full title."
" 'Prince's Lancers!"' with a visible
start, and coloring perceptibly. "Oh! if
I bad only known," regretfully, gazing,
a she spoke, with eager interest at the
swarthy little cavalryman. "However,"
as if struck by a sudden happy thought,
"just let me look at my card. 1 think
J'm going to dance with him again; yes,"
triumphantly. "Here It ia, and la the
next dance. I want to ask him about a
friend of mine," with rash indiscretion.
But her cousin was not in a merry mood,
to judge by his face, which looked dark
er than she had ever seen it, and set
and stern.
"May I inquire the reason of your sud
den interest In Captain Berkeley, and
why the very name of hia regiment
sounds as music in your ears?" he asked,
in a freezing tone.
"Why should I tell you?" she rejoined,
plsyfully. If Miles were gong, to be dis
agreeable she was not going to put up
with it.
"But supposing that I insist on know
ing," he said, in a low, impressive tone,
standing up and facing "her, with hia back
to the ball room.
"Insist! what an ugly word! What
does tWst mean?" raising her pretty eye
brow and surveying him defiantly.
"It means that l'a -not going to be
trilled with. -I've stood a good deal as it
is," his mind suddenly flaming up with
recollections of the gate scene and the
photogrsph. "It means that you must
and shall teU me who it is you know In
that fellow'a regiment and what be is to
you."
"Supposing I say I won't," shutting
her lips very- tight, and looking rather
nrhits "what then?"
This was not the way to make her re
Teddv's secret, standing over her
authoritatively, his voice shaking -with
passion, his face as dark aa a thunder
"Very well then, so-be it," rejoined
Miles, beside himself with anger. "That
puts an end to everything. Endurance
has. its limits I draw the line at your
rio4 In the cavalry!" '
"My friend in the cavalry ia inflnltely
MiLd to vou." she - returned, with a
iittu affravalina- laugh. "And as to an
end to everything. I don't see how ther
.. to- an end to what never had a be
ginning! If you imagine that you are
breaking off an engagement with me,
please to bear in mind that it never ex
isted I would not have believed, now
breaking down a trifle, "that you could
be so rude, so suspicious; that you had
such an awful temper,
oh ea." amiling rather constrained
ly and winking back two big tears, "our
dance, is it. Captain Berkeley 7" rising
as she spoke, and, throwing ner oouque.
t...tmiiKlT on the sofa, she walked
away with great dignity, leaving It an
its donor side by side.
all the compliments that had been paid
to her about the beautiful Miss Brabn-
son.
After breakfast Qussie and Mrs. llra-
bazon went -off shopping, and Esuie f-.-'l
an easy prey to one of the Miss Clipper-
iu the boat.
And now the boat is among the surf.
and the hash of suspense denotes that ev
eryone Is aware that this is the critical
moment of life or death. Which will it
be? Jit will be life; after various inef-
tons, who led her off to the parade iu tri- I fectual struggles, after being on the brink
umph. The sun wss shining, snd it was I of capsisiiig twice, after bringing evcry-
a bright, cold day, with a very high wind,
The bathing machines were not down, tne
boats were drawn up. and formidable
shite horses were beginning to show then
crests, although but an hour ago' it had
been a very tolerable morning. Many
were the fashionable prouienadere op and
down in twoa and threes, but chiefly
one's heart Into their mouths about half
a dozen times, they grate on the beach,
are landed far op on the shingle, on the
crest of s monstrous wave, the rescued
ones aboard.
The Mary Ann was almost swallowed
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up by a surging, clamorous crowu. uk
half-drowned men were carefully wrap-
twos. There were some pretty faces to I rA UD In coats and jacketa and carried
be seen, and some pretty frocks, and not I OU( first; and then a roar of acclamation
a few yachtsmen in blue serge suits. I greeted Miles snd Jack Small, lne rent
Jklttr our young ladies had taxes one- bad been acconiplisbed bravely auu sue
turn" they came to the very eha" of thei I ccssfully. and many contemptuous
Darade. and were surprised to see a large" ! glauccs were now leveled at the little
crowd down on a rocky part of the beaehj I knot of boatmen, who looked more sullen
at some distance, all looking out on the I tnnD ever. Indeed, one bold, loud-voiced
sea in one direction at what? I voting woman loudly declared "that had a
Miss Clipperton and Esme, true daugh- I barrel of beer been anchored out there.
tera of Eve, hurried down to the spot,
and were in time to hear a weather
beaten old gentleman, in a pea-jacket.
asking Imperiously, as he pushed and el
bowed his way into the crowd, "Wh.it
is the matter?"
. "Three poor men drowning," returned
a woman with pallid cheeks. "They are
out there," pointing; "they were bathing
and swam out, and can t get back aguiu.
Holiday people: cheap trippers.
"Bathing such a day!" cried the old
gentleman, putting his telescope to bis
rye. "Madness, madness! Escaped
lunatics!"
"Where's the lifeboat?" demanded
naval officer, raising his voice to a shout.
"She'a under repair; and, any way.
she'd never be round in time," responded
surly voice from the crowd. "They II
not hold out more than ten minutes.
with stoic calmness.
It wss only a bit roughish when they
Brat went In," volunteered another speak
er: "and they were good swimmers till
the tide took them, and now they can't
make the shore at any price," speaking
from the middle of a scarlet-worsted com
forter.
And must ther nerlsh before ouryes. I rou?" herald, MOaW aM swrylngher
good friends?" said an elderly clergyman,"! blankly, their qusrreT of the previous
booking .anxiously round the throng. "Will
no one put out a hand to save our fel
low-creatures? Boatmen!" addressing
himself to that compact body, "will none
it you venturer
"Venture, indeed! echoed a shrill
tongued fish woman, in a checked shawl,
with her hands on her cspacious nip.
What boat could live in that sea but
be smashed on the shingle ere she was
launched? Our sailors' lives are just as
nuch to us don't you think? as those
itrangers' out yonder. enture, indeed
At this instant a man broke into the J' w 1U""WJ
' ' CI1APTEB X.
r...; h remainder of the evening
Esme did not once see Miles. He must
have left Immediately after their quar
rel, and she went home in the fly un
K,,it f the ball, snd acting de-
.i. .11 her sister's encomiums
nd expressions of delight, snd yet with
mm ho,,, lead.
mt . -Minnhma! She would not
w..u-i it .hp said to herself, an
""I! "hJ. Onsaie was sleeping the
Seep of the Just, she. wrapped in a
"! r.. ,..Li ,,r the open window.
.nd hatched the dawn creeping over the
w. th.n the dawn; the fishing
-. the snarrows were np
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. t -.1
"I did not think I should have cared
i. -h ..M to herself, aggrieved-
-He mw imagine what he like but
t shall keep Teddy's secret!
uot been so angry. I might-I might have
told him; but if he really careu
V iYMt Hp so ready to suspect me!
. v. nF.h.inn bent her arms
on the window sill. and. burying her
face in them, wept bitterly.
late, of course, and
when Esme joined the family circle with
... -j i.r.iina, mm her aunt
Xh er from sight.
beyond for them, they'd have pulled to
it smart enough.
Miles, auickly seizing his coat, whisper
ed to Jack that if he came up to the
(irand he would find his twenty pounds
snd was about to hurry away, leaving
him to receive both shares of the popu
lar ovation, but Jack could not part from
his fellow-boatman in this fashion.
"If I may make bold, sir," he said,
bashfully, "I'd like to shake hands with
you," tendering a horny paw. " e nave
been oartners together for half an hour.
tnd a rare half hour It were. I never
wish a better mate."
Milea wrung the proffered hand, and
leaving Jack to expound, and talk, and
Bwagaer. once more made an cnort to es-
cspe. tie oreaaea, nomDiy areauea, ur
ine remarked or spoken to, wMn tne nat
red of notoriety common to his class, and
felt that he would sooner take to the sea
again than listen to a speech. In short,
he wss as shy and frightened as. a girl.
On the edge of the crowd he encountered
Esme, pale, disheveled and breathless. :
Oh, Miles, Miles!" waa all she could
gasp.
"What In" the,, world hsa happe-
to
evening now apparently entirely forgotten
by both. "However," eagerly Doming out
his hand, "don't let ua stay here; come
along, come along." hurrying his cousin
ud the beach, goaded by his fears, aim
before anyone could realize the fact he
was gone.
(To be continued.)
The Llama's Curse, i
fio HB waiter brought us oar order I In the evening I had the opportunity
and the change oat of Tom Mor-1 of a chat with Tom. We had gone out
. ton's half-sovereign. I pushed the I on the balcony, which overlooked the
latter over toward him with my left I garden, and there I purposely made
reference to the superstition which be
had for the Llama's coin.
. "Perhaps," said I, "now that you
have gone unscathed all these years,
you are beginning: to lose faith in the
potency of that prophecy?"
"Well, to tell you the truth," said
Tom, "I am getting a little shaky about
it, and when one begins to reason, su
perstition on any subject Is likely to
get knocked out. It has struck me that
after all It may be but mere foolery.
We entered the room once more, but I
was dying for a smoke, and, making
some excuse, I slipped away to the
smoking room. I had been sitting there
about Ave minutes when Tom Morton
came In. .
"What do you think?" he said. "My
wife has got this Mongolian story Into
her head so much that she is perfectly
ridiculous. She has been telling every'
MILLIONAIRES IN -ALL LANDS.
"Tour change, Tom,' said L ' -"Tea.
of course,"a.ld Tom, who was
absorbed In the story he was telling
He put out his hand aa If to pick
the money up, but seemed to remember
Something, for ne arew nis dsuu imv
suddenly.
rOood hsavenlt. said he, "and l nau
forgot tn that"
He took oat his bandkercnisr, wrap
ped It around the forefinger of his right
hand, and then, with the forefinger so
covered, gently scraped the offihey to
ward him, piece by place; and earnestly
looked st each coin.
"Now. look here. Tom," said I, "this
s a very pretty story that you have
been telling at, out aon t try ana gi
it an air of reality by a performance
like that"
"You can believe It or not Just as you
Ircrr Nation Haa
Citistena with 1m
Germany is not generally regarded aa
land of rich men, and yet the golden
book should have a very large sectloa
ievoted to Germany and Austrta-uun-
ary. It is true that most of the names
would have prince before them, but,
being of royal blood, does not alter the
fact of wealth. Without counting the
private properties of the sovereigns.
who ought not to be included, there are
dozen or so Teutonic highnesses
whose wealth, not merely in lands but
in money, is enormous. For instance.
hat of the father of the present. Princa
3t Bulgaria was counted by many mil-i
Ions sterling. Many of the dethroned
utonarchs again are very rich, for rol
en exll has ceased to be a synonym for
novertjo No one. of course, knows the,
exact wealth of the Orleans family, but)
t .s very great and even the Bourbon9
are well off. . Don Carlos, in spite of
the money he has spent on Spanish and
ather adventures, is a millionaire.
The Russian empire would also make
a good show, for, although the great
landed proprietors have suffered pf late
fears, many of the merchants and
like.' said Tom. "buM tell you, Fred, body about It. and. of course, they are
that piece of money ia coming along J all laughing, and the worst of it an is
this war some day. I have seen it that she Is washing with them at me.
once, and I left It on the table. You But come, come, old fellow, I it ant to
don't catch me touching any coin wnua show you something." ,
i am oArtain that one lk In circulation. t rose, threw mv cigarette end awav.
But let me conclude what I waa teuing and followed him.- We went along the
you." i corridor to the drawing room, which
"tTrara la one of the most peculiar was crowded, and even as we entered
n laces vou could think or, ana one ui i heard Mrs. Morton's voice.
our first duties was to present ourseivcj . -i really do believe It will be such
to the Grand Llama. We had to get a fun," she was saying. "Here comes
palanquin, for it was only meet that ; Tom, and now we will "try. A coin,- If
Europeans of our Importance ahould you please, from each of you. Let me
so In state, and It was wniie eu route see bow many are there here? twen
that we suddenly came to the praying ty-six, good! then I want twenty-six
mill. This waa a sort of 'round-about, - coins." . ,. .
with huge wooden posts sticking out "Now, Tom,'' she said, ''take oft that
at the aide, which every Buddhist pass- wretched glove and let us demonstrate
lag was supposed to take hold of, and that you can touch money with your
push the mill round at least once. ungloved hand."
"What caused i nil to ao wnai ne uiu . To in was pale, and I saw bis brow
shining with perspiration. He mutter
ed something, but what it was was lost
In the laughter and banter which went
around the room. With a quick, im
pulsive movement he drew off his right
glove.
"Well," he said, and I saw his Hps
wreathe into a hard, unmlrthful smile,
"I will take the coins Just to show you
that I an not afraid."
Then, one by one, his wife counted
jut-the coins Into bis band. Twenty
were already-there, when, unable to
-control the Impulse which came over
me. 1 started up, and.crla-DretMt,-
l"v so taertf uyon iue sMsatuajv-jgeaaJT wny cnauenge sucn a uung as
tnaiT-
He looked at me, and I saw how pale
then I don't know, but something seem
ed to Impel him to get out of the palan
quin, make a ran over to tne mm.
catch hold of one of the wooden posts
and commence to push It around at its
topmost pace. The square where tne
mill was erected waa pretty well filled
with people, and when some of those
saw what had been done' they came
rushing toward us, shooting and gestic
ulating. Phil had undoubtedly com
mitted a sacrilege, and I was fearful
for hi safety, these fanatical Mongo
lians, once their religion la assailed in
ay- shape, er ferm, would certauuy
n 'j-rhwntMri7' uat to me.
jumped Into the palanquin, and order-
midst of them, without his cap or coat
in a state. of the utmost excitement and
iespair. He bad been one of the bath
rs. but fortunately for nlmseir. hud
aot been carried out so far. aud had gain
d the shore by superhuman exertions.
"Will none of you put out a boat t he
iemanded fiercely. "Will you stand
:here. not moving a finger, and see my
wmradee drown before your eyes? I'll
jo on my bended knees to anyone that
will lend a boat and pull an oat with
me!" looking enjterly about; but there
traa no reply in the weather-beaten, stolid
countenances that surrounded hun.
"Shall I go, EsmeT said a voice beside
ler, a well-known voice, that made her
(tart, and, glancing up, with streaming
yes, she beheld Miles, who had just np
geared upon the seene.
"Yes, oh, yes, she cried. Jumping to
ler feet "do go!" forgetting, iu the ag
nizing scene before her, the delicat
ernis on which they bad last parted
'and quickly, quickly. Miles," seizing hit
inns; "there is not a second to spare.
I'm going out!" be shouted, raisin
lis voice without hesitation and address
ns the throng; "any volunteers?" .'
inswer beyond the whistling, soughing
wind and lashinu, gray-green waves.
Twenty pounds!" he continued, elbow
'.ng his way toward the center, and speak
ng la a clear, decisive voice. iwenij
sovereigns for a seaman and a boat! Wh
a coming? Don t all speak at once.
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1 weniy ouuuus. tin. mui a ' i . 1 1 . . - - - .
.rin. AonrfL for an instsnt there waa duty In the ranks. Hypertrophy and
xo reply. At last, after a muttered dia- other diseases or tne nean were me
The Happy Marriage.
Charles W. Eliot president of Har
vard University, recently addressed the
Dorchester Woman's Club. His sub-
II u
man love Is the main source of our
human Ideals," he said. . "For creating
and increasing human happiness the
home counts for very much more than
anything else. Marriage is and always
must be the source of domestic Joys
and happiness. Within fifty years mar
riage has undergone many t changes.
but after ail, it has only changed with.
everything else In the world. The- in
tellectual conditions of civilized -life
have also changed as tbe industrial in
dependence of woman Increases. The
happy marriage begins In the attract
tion between man and woman which
we call love. It Is the most admirable
thing In human nature, being an Ideal
lzing devotion. The young woman Who
marries for money or position is sacrl-t
flclng the best of life w.hlch marriage
affords. The chief conditions of a hap
py, marriage are health, common intel
lectual Interests, and a religious belief
held In common between husband and
wife." ' '
Cartons Cycling Effect.
A curious effect of hard cycling is, re
ported from France. Out of the last
batch of conscripts no fewer than eight
well-known cyclists, some of them en
joying European renown, were reject.
ed as physically incapaoie or aoing
ussion. there was a murmur, a move, in
the crowd, and a long-armed sailor, in
l blfe knitted jersey, shambled out from
among the group of boatmen,, and said:
-I'm your man for twenty sovereigns.
I'm game to go, and 1 ve a tight boat
but I'd like to see the money first
I've only a few pounds with me, but
ay watch is worth double, and I'll leave
t as a pledge," returned Miles, uniast-
nlne it and handing it over as he spoke.
" 'Tis the price of your life. Jack
Small," said the big fish woman, imprea
dvely. "You'll be food for the hshes.'
"Well, 'taln't a bad price; many a man
ins risked his self for less, and the gen
ieman is venturing for nothing, rejoin-
d Jack, in a deep growl.
The fish woman was understood to say
hnt "the gentleman was a fool," but at
iny rate he was not a man to let the
jrass grow under his reel.
"Here, you don't stand jawing there.'
:akinir off his coat and flinging it ti
Bsme. "Come along, you fair-weathei
tailors, lend ua a hand to shove her OS
rou are not afraid to do that are you?"
"I would not give a pinch of Bait for
their lives." said an old woman in a large
black bonnet "Jack Small'U never have
the spending of that twenty pound.
"And the young gentleman that went
for nothing!" said a milder voice, com
passionately. "Nay, the girl bid him go," exclaimed
the virago in the checked shawl, darting
as she spoke a vindictive glance at Esme,
n-ho stood as close as she dared to the
water's edge, trembling and shivering
with excltentent.
"Heaven-help you then, youtfg woman,
aid a bath-chair man, piously, "lou
icver meant it, but you just sent him
.o his death. No boat could live in such
a sea; there, see that!" hia voice rising
c. m nhriek. aa a vast wave came tumbling
over the others and entirely- hid the boat
chief causes of these rejections, which
occasioned profound astonishment, to
the candidates themselves. , One would
have thought that such wrecks of ath
letic humanity might at all events have
been utilized as military cyclists, who
are not unknown In the French array.
New York World.
Utoful Hint.
Do not compel a child to eat that
againat which its palate protests: it Is
an uaklndness, and may produce evH
results.
Add a few drops of vinegar to the
water in which -eggs are poached, and
they will set more quickly and per-
f8Vegetablea that have been slightly
touched by the frost may often be re
stored by soaking In cald water.
White silk handkerchiefs should be
washed with c as tile soap and warm
water and afterward thoroughly rinsed.
Inhaling the fumea of burning cam
phor will often cure a cold in the head.
Hand'.es of forks and knives , are
utilized for the storage of salt and pep
n.r tinder a new patent each handle
hoincr formed of a tube, which has
nrinir cllna to hold it on the shank,
with an Internal -reservoir for the salt
and pepper, which is shaken through
tho endfi.
Thl silk worm was originally found
in China, and fabrics ot tnis material
were made in that country about 2700
B. C. About 900 yards of silk are pro
duced by a single worm, and there are
nearlv thirteen pounds of waste silk.
designated as "thrown silk." for every
pound of good silk. ,
A girl at Marion, Kansas, recently
died from a wound on the hand made
by the barb on the back of a catfish.
Sound passes through air at the
velocity oM142 feet per second, through
water 4900 feet through iron 17,500. feet
ad the . bearers ta get on. But they
were struck dumb with tenor. Tbe
mob came for us, smashed in the doors
of the palanquin, dragged us out and
for two minutes there waa the "liveliest
fight on record going on. We got the
worst Of it ana uruisea, oieeuiug uiu
Insensible, ware carted off to prison,
"We were taken before the Grand
Llama, and the and there he ordered
US to be seat across the Siberian fron
tier with the utmost dispatch. The
next day we -were hurried along under
U wcort of soldiers, ana u was not
rssg before we arrived at the frontier.
th town of Mlamat&hts, which really
Is the, Mongolian portion of Kiakta. We
were taken along to the yellow posts
which marked the actual frontier, ana
there the soldiers of the Llama stopped.
TTa war -removed from the palanquin
B which we bad been carUjd, and were
commanded o ait' down i fw yards
fxom the poets.. Not. twenty feet away
were the black and white posts or tne
Wosalana, and It was Indeed something
ts) gladden our. eyes te,'ee"the brown
1 . .. . . m ; - . . t
cast und tne asuncnau in y iuo ua
'ajer Oeaaack who stood there .on sen
try. -'
"Our guards spread, uemeeirea -oat,
ttea there : came forward a Buddhist
priest, who begs to talk to us In a
jargon which, of -course,1 we could not
nderstand. He finished arlehgth and
arodocttd from bls'nybe a wire on which
rare threaded some nunareas ot crass
will' which the Chinese .always carry.
He took two of the 'cash' off the Wire,
and laid them In front of ns on, the.
srotirid.
."Then the priest began waving. Ills
arms about sad the Mongolians took
aut their band prayer mills and began
turning them for all they were worth.
Tbe voice of the priest then rose on the
air.' He said three or four words and
spat deliberately at each of the coins.
which had been put on the ground be
fore ,us..
"That was all: The priest departed.
the soldier escorted ua to the posts, the
Ruselan sentry presented his rifle and
we presented our. passports. ' We pass--
sd over and breathed the comparatively
free air of Russia. -Our first duty when
we were in Kiakta was to go straight
to the governor and lay our complaint
before him. He was agitated when he
heard of the. ceremony at the frontier,"
and told us that the Buddhist priest
bad put Into circulation two coins
which had received the sun god s curse.
tnd. that these coins "would circulate
throughout ' the world, harmless ' to
everyliody . except the two they were
destined for.' Tbe Instant possession of
either of these by the person cursed
would mean immediate destruction.
Nor was -this all the coins might
aot come to us as brass 'cash,' they
might come to us as a kopeck piece, or
as a rouble; as marks or pfennigs, as
francs or centimes, as anything, wher
ever we might be. We should never
know when they were coming; we
should take them In the ordinary way;
we should handle them, but only. for
one' moment: the next moment we
should be dead."
one day lorn sent for me, and it was
to tell me that he was going to be mar
ried. This struck me as something pe
culiar, for I had thought Tom Morton
was one of the last men likely to fall
in love. The wedding duly came off.
every body-was pleased, and Tom and
bis bride went away to the south of
France.- A few 'more' weeks, rolled by
and Tom returned. Tharo was to be a
reception., at theJb;Loadon house, and
the Invitation Khich was sent me was
n which I oould not well refuse,
... - .;
and how stern was his face. He said
nothing' to me, but merely turned to his
wife with the whisper: "Go on"
"Twenty-one. twenty-two, twenty-
three, twenty-four, twenty-fire, twenty
tx, twenty-seven "
"Twenty-seven," I cried, "what
that there are only twenty -six people
Sere, there Is a mis " But I could get
ao further. Tom had staggered back,
bis body shrunken In size. He fell to
(he floor. A death-like silence fell over
the assemblage. I strode over to my
friend's prostrate form.
Tom was dead and cold, and In his
right hand there were twenty-seven
rolna,. I looked at the top-one; it was a
Qerman piece, value twenty marks. I
took It to the light and gazed upon It
cross the profile of Emperor William
II. r saw a mark which described a true
tqaare, . and then I knew that the
Llama's curse at length had bad effect
Penny Flctoral Magazine.
Men Aanonar Ita
aaenM Wealth.
ERMOTN
Bw. Br. talmas
aftjaett Immm to Be buna Prom tt
Tins Orossss Os Bight UabaUef and
Bemoraa, oa Laft Paaltaaas and Con
tent, la th Centra BvarlMtlaa; Love.
Oopyrlaht wuu.1
Washington. D. C. The famous
paintings in the picture galleries of Mu
nich seem to have suggested the topic of
this discourse, which Dr. Talmage sends
from the quaint Bavarian town, but the
theme which insnired the Dainters awak
ens in the great 'preacher, thoughts of
the redemption; ot the human race, wnicn
wan the supreme design of that scene of
suffering and. death. The text is Luke
xmi, 33, there they crucified rtinuano
the malefactors, one on -the right band
and the other on the left."
. Just outside of Jerusalem in a swell of
ground, toward which a crowd are axoend'
ing. for it is the day of execution. What
a mighty assemblage! some tor curiosity
to hear what the malefactors will say and
to see how they will act. The three per
sons to be executed are already there.
Some of the spectators- are vile of lip and
bloated of check, nome look up with re
venge,, hardly able to keep- their hands
off the sufferers; - Some tear- theic own
hair in a frenzy of grief. Sotric stand" in
financier, have done exceedingly well . --f n".
if rumor Is to be trusted, some of the controllable weeping. Some clap their
Paderewskl'a Hand-Exercise.
How any great pianoforte player
keeps bis bands supple has often been
a matter for. wonder, but Paderewskl,
the king of pianists, has revealed the
whole; secret "The night before I
play I turn my hands over to my Valet,
and. he rubs my fingers until they tin
gle," declares Paderewskl. "Then" he
takes one finger after' the other and
turns, and twists, it in the palm of his
hand, always turning the ohe way.
That makes the flnrgbrs supple and
"keeps the.- knuckles In godd working
order. Last "he rubs the palm of each
hand Tery.baroV-as hard as I can stand
It Just before I- go 'on the platform
to -play I-bave-a; bastn of hot water
brought to' my dressing room. In this
I immerse my hands. Hot! I should
say so;. Just about as hot as H is pos
sible for a "man to stand It" So this
Is the ;way it Is done.
officials are also very rich. Fabulous
sums are attributed to one In particu
lar. Tbe millionaires of Africa would.
we suppose, be confined to Klmberley
and the Rand, but possibly there are
some large fortunes In Cairo among the
Levantine colony. Asia will probably
make a very respectable show In tbe
golden book. It Is true 'that In tbe
l'urklsh and Persian empires million
aires are never long lived, and this fact
(ends to their nonexistence, but for all
that some of the Smyrna Greeks and
Damascus Jews ought to be able to
gain admission. India, on the other
hand, If the native princes who do not
possess sovereign rights are counted.
as they must be, contains a great num
ber of extremely rich men. Not only
are there merchants in the great cities
who are worth several millions In per
sonal property, but there are also four
or five great Zemindars who bave in
comes which represent the interest on
two or three millions sterling. The re
action against thinking of India as a
place of wealth has In fact been carried
too far, and we are apt to forget that
princely fortunes are still made and
kept there.
'The truth about the Chinese fortunes
would be most' curious if It could be dis
covered. Unfortunately, It is the land
of the cryptomilllonalres, of the men,
who live in little low nouses and hoard
gold ingots In the shape of Naples bis
cuits. It Is known, however. that the
Empress Dowager Is among the richest
if not the richest person alive; while
LI Hung Chang, unless he has lately
been plundered, which Is unlikely, must
also have vast wealth. Outside China
the Chinese are often very rich, and
dare to show their wealth. For exam
ple. It Is always said, and so far as
known, with truth, that several of the
Chinese merchants of Slngapor are men
of enormous riches. With the Ameri
can millionaire it is hardly necessary
to deal. What place is not full of the
report of his dollars? It should, how
ever, be noted that though one or two
of tbe American fortunes are beyond
the dreams of avarice, the number of
"warm men" Is, In proportion to popu
lation, not so great aa.it Is here. There
are, that is, not so many great but far
more small, millionaires in England.
The man who reaches $3,000,000 Is apt
either to lose It all again, or else to turn
it Into $50,000,000 or $100,000,000.
Spanish South America is not as a
rule, regarded as a place of rich men,
yet as a matter of fact Chill, Mexico,
Brazil and the Argentine Republic have
all within the last thirty years pro
duced fortunes on tbe great scale, and
uot very long ago the greatest hetress
In the world was said to be tbe only
daughter of a South American mil
lionaire. London Chronicle.
hands in delight that the offenders are to
be punished at lat. The soldiers with
drawn swords drive back the mob. which
presses on so hard, there is tear that the
firoceedings-may be interrupted Let the
eirion.. now stationed at Jerusalem, on
horseback, dash r'ong the line and force
back the surging multitude. "Back with
you!" is the crv. "Have you never before
seen a man die?"
Three crosses in a row an upright
niece and two transverse pieces, one at
the top, on which the hands are nailed,
ana one at tne miuuie, on wnicn me vic
tim sat. three trees just planted. - yet
bearins fruit the one at the right bear
ing poison, and the one at the left bitter
aloes; the one in the middle, apples of
love. Norway pine and tropical orange
and Lebanon cedar would not make so
strange a grove as this orchnrd of Cal
vary, btand back ana give a iook at tne
three crosses.
Just look at the cros on the richt. Its
victim dies scoffing. More awful than his
nhvsical anmiish is his scorn and hntred
of Him on the middle cross. This wretched
man turns half around on the spikes to
hiss at the One in the middle. If the Bcof-
fer could get one hand loose, ami he were
.... , ,, -I,!
within reacn, ne wouin smue me miunic
sufferer in the face. He hates Him with
a Derfcct hatred. I think he wishes hi
were down on the ground that he minlit
spear Him. He envies the mechanics who
with their nails haw nailed Him fast.
Amid the settling darkness and louder
than the crash ot the rocks hear him ji-er
out these words: Ah, you poor wretch:
I knew vou were an imnoster! You pre
tended to be a God, and yet you let these
legions master yon." It was in some 8iii
bate that Voltaire in. his death hour, be
cause Le thought he saw Christ in his tied
room, sot ud On his elbow and cried out.
"Crush that wretch!" What had the
middle cross done to arouse up this rith
hand cross? Nothing. Oh, the enmity
of the' natural heart against Christ! l n
world likes a sentimental Christ or li phi-
lanthroDic Christ, but a Christ who comes
to snatch men away from their sins aa:
with Him! On this riyht hand cross to
day I see typified the unbelief of the
wona. men say: ikics n-un mm inim
the heart! I will not let Him take" my
sins. If He will die. let Hun die for Him
self, not for me." There has always been
a war between" this riaht hand cross am
the middle rrnm. and wherever there is
an unbelieving heart, there the fight goes j
on. Oh, it when that dying maieiaetor
perished, the faithlessness of man had
perished, then that tree which"yields poi
son would have budded - and blossomed
with life for all the world.
Look up into that disturbed counte
nance of the sufferer and see what a
ghastly thing it is to reject Christ. Be
hold in that awful face, in that pitiful
look, in that unblessed death hour, the
stings of that sinner's departure! What
'Pretty Sweet.
Frhnk R. Qf'ockton, the story-writer,
was once drmklng tea with a young
lady, wb'o said to. him: '"ItIBeems ln
oboststent Mr.' Stockton, for us to put
sugar1 Id our tea to make it sweet and
then to put In lemon' to make It sour."
"Ah, well," replied the author of "The
Lady or the Tiger?" "but you know we
like to have both women and men In
society." Ladles Home Journal.
i . 'A Dangerous Kite. "
A 13-year-old" boy at Cateau, France,
while flying a kite, bad a startling and
really perilous adventure.
The kite, twenty-seven Inches long.
had reached a great height when a
thunderstorm was seen approaching.
Tbe boy at once began to haul In his
cord. The kite, however, was still one
hundred yards or so above the earth
when there came a brilliant flash of
lightning. Young Jantl was thrown
Into the air, made two. or three somer
saults, and fell ten or . twelve feet
away.
The kite bad attracted the electric
fluid, which followed the cord, as in
Franklin's famous experiment and de
scended Into the earth through the
bey's body. .Wonderful to relate, the
lad was not killed.
After a little he arose and made his
way home, trembling and cryrng, The
nails of hia. left band, which had held
the string, were turned blue, aa if by a
terrible bruise; while the fingers were
burned and -covered with blisters. Be
sides this, bis face was bruised consid
erably by his falL The kltestring was
burned .In iwo by tbe discharge, and
the kite flew awaj & parts unknown,
Dropping a Letter.
An enterprising Sixth street restau
rant proprietor hung out a large black
board sign the other day, with the fol
lowing announcement: "You can't beat
our 15-cent dinners." This sign prov
ed to be a good drawing card until a
young man of humorous turn of mind
came along. The Utter, seeing the
sign, stopped, and, after scrutinizing
It closely, smiled one of those smiles
which bode no one any good. He wait
ed until none of the employes were
watching, and taking out his handker
chief, he erased the letter "b" from the
word beat. The transformation was
complete, and It was not until a crowd
had collected that the proprietor of the
restaurant discovered why there was
a larger crowd outside than Inside.
Philadelphia Record.
Dlunne into darkness! Standing high
upon" the cross on the top of the hill, so
that all tbe world may iook at him, he
says, "Here I go out of a miserable life
into a wretched eternitv!" One. two.
.three! Listen to the crash of the fall, all
ye ages! So Hobbes, dying after he' had
seventy years in which to prepare for
eternity, said, "Were I master of. all- the
world 1 would give it all to live one day
longer." Sir Francis Newport,, hovering
over the brink, cried out: - Wretch that!
am, whither shall I fly from.-this breast'
What will become of me? Oh, that I
were to lie upon the fire that never is
quenched a thousand years, to purchase
the favor of God and .to be reconciled to
Him again! Oh, eternity; oh, eternity!
Who -can discover the abyss of eternity?
Who can paraphrase' these wdrds, 'For
ever and forever?' "
That right hand crossthousands have
perished on it .in worse .agonies. For
what is physical 'pain compared . to re
morse at tbe last, that life has been
wasted and onlv a fleeting moment stands
between the soul and its everlasting over
throw? 'O God, .let me die. .anywhere
rather-than at the loot ot that right u.-pm
cross! Let not one drop of that, blond,
fall upon my cheek. - Rend hot my' ear
with that cry. I see it now as never be
forethe loathsomeness and horror -of my
unbelief. That dying malefactor was not
so much to blame as I. Christianity, was
not established, and perhaps not until
that day had that map heard the Christ.
But after Christ had stood almost 1!X)0
years, working the wonders of His grace,
you reject Him.
That right band, cross, with its long
beam, overshadows all the earth. It- is
planted in the heart ot the race, wjien
'will the time come when the spirit of Goil
Japanene Silk.
Japan Is becoming a formidable com
petitor of the Crofeld silk manufac
turers, and Is preparing to meet Ger
man and French manufacturers not
only In foreign, but In their own home
markets. No less than 4,000 power and
50.000 hand looms are turning out silk
In Japan so cheaply as to give their
rivals good cause for uneasiness.
We Produce the Moat Honey.
The United States produces more
honey than any other nation. As long
n thirty years ago the product was
mtXHJ.OOO pounds annually. Twenty
years ago It had risen to 25.000,000
pounds and ten years ago it was 05.-
000,000 pounds.
To Open the Vatican Crypt. .
The Congress for Christian archaeol
ogyt which recently held its session at
Rome, has petitioned the Pope to open
the crypts of the Vatican to scientific
researches. They contain galleries and
a subterranean church, all containing
valuable treasures.
Fortunate.
Census Man Are you married?
Happy Dad You bet!
Census Man Have you a family?
Happy Dad-Yea, slree! And, sayl
It's awful lucky you came to-day In
stead of yesterday!
Census Man Eh?. Why?
Happy pad 'Cause I hadn't any yea
terday rwJk.
ishall, with its ax, hew down that right
'hand cross until it shall fall at the foot of
that middle cross and unbelief, the rail
ing malefactor of the world, shall perish
jfrom all our hearts? Away from me,-tlioii:
tepirit of unbelief! t hate thee! With
this sword of God I thrust thee hack and
thrust thee through! Down o hell!
lUown, most accursed monster of " the
jparth. and talk to those thou hast already
hlamiied! Talk no longer to these sons of
lUod, these heirs of heaven!
! "if Thou be the Son of God." Was
there any "if" about- it? Tell me, thou
ktar, that in robe of light did run to
Ipoint out His birthiTace. Tell me, thou
jsca. that didst put thy hand over thy lip
-when He bade thee be still. Tell me, ye
jdead, who got up 10 setiiim die. Tell me,
thou sun in mid-heaven, who for Him
didst pull down over thy face the veil of
darkness. Tell me, ye lepers who were
cleansed, ye dead who were raised, is He
the Son of God? Aye. aye! responds the
universe. The flowers breathe it; the
stars chime it; the redeemed celebrate it;
the angels rise on their thrones to an
nounce it. And yet on that miserahle
malefactor's "if" how many shall be
wrecked for all eternity! That little "if"
has enough venom in its sting to cause the
death of the soul. No "if about it. I
know it. Ecce Deus! I feel it thoroughly
through every muscle of the body and
through every faculty of my mind and
through every energy of my soul. Living,
I will preach it; dying, I will pillow my
head ujion its consolations Jesus the
Away, then, from this right hand cross.
The red berries of the forest are apt to
be poisonous, and around this 'tree of car
nage grow the red, poisonous berries of
which many bave tasted and died. I cap
;ee no use for the right hand cross, except
it be used as a lever witn wnicn to upturn
..nlwliof f.f thf world. '
Here from the right hand cross I go to
the- left hand cross. Pass dear to the
other side. That victim also twists him
self upon the naiU to look at the centre
cross, yet not to scon, n is iu wurui.
vfo tnn wnuld like to get his hand loose.
not' to smite, but to deliver the au&grsr
nt it.. n,rf.n in. Me cries to the rail-
er cursing on the other side: "Silence!
Between us innocence in agony. We
juffer for. our crimes. Silence! Gather
routal this left hand cross, O ye people!
Be, not afraid. Bitter herbs are some
times a tonic for the brain, and the bitter
aloes that grow on this tree shall givt
rtrength and life to thy soul. This left
hand cross is a repenting cross.
As men who have been nearly drowned
tell as that in one moment, while they
were under water, ineir wnoic i"
before them, so I suppose in one moment
the dying malefactor thought over all his
past- me oi umi. ms .-..v.. ... -
into an unguarded door and took all the
silver, the gold, the jewels, and as the
sleeper stirred he put a knife thronch his
heart: of. that dav when, in the lonely
pass, he met the Wayfarer and regardless
of the. cries and prayers and tears and
struggles of bis Victim he Hung me man
gled corpse into the dust of the highway
or heaped upon it the stones. He says:
"I am a guilty wretch; I deserve this!
There is no peed of mv cursing. That wil!
not stoD thenain. There is no need n
blaspheming CnflSt, tor He has done me
no wrong, arid vet I cannot die so. The
tortures of my body are undone by the
tortures of my soul., lne past is a sne
of misdoing. The present a crucifixion
The iuture an everlasting undoing. -Come
back, thou hiding midday sun! Kiss my .
cheek with one bright ray of comfort.
What, no help from above no neipirom
beneath? Then I must turn to my com
panion in sorrow, the One on the mid
dle cross. 1 have heard that 'He knows
how to hel,i a man when lie is in trouuie.
I have heard that He can cure the wound
ed I have heard that Hy can pardon the
sinner. Surely, in all Ills wanderings up
and dowr the earth He never saw one
more in need of His forgiveness! Blessed
One! I turn to Thee! Wilt Thou turn
for the moment away from 1 hy own
pangs to Oitv me? Lord, it is not to nave.
LTT J 'l: I ... f tL-,..i frnin
my nanus it;ii,-h;u in, ..
the torture 1 can stand all this, but, oh.
my sins, my sins, mv sins, they pierce me
through and through. They tell me I
must die forever. They will push me out
into the darkness unless Thou wilt help
me. I confess it all. Hear the cry of the
dying thief, "Lord, remember me when
Thou comest into Thy kingdom.' 1 ask
no great things. I seek lor no tnrone in
heaven, no chariot to take me to the
skies, but just thiik of me when this day's
horrors have passed. Think of me a little
of me, the one now hanging at Thy side
when the shout of heavenly welcomes
takes Thee back into J hy glory, inou
wilt not forget nie, wilt Thou? - 'ixrd.
rememlier me when Thou comest into
Thv kingdom Only just rememher me.
Likewise ..uist we repent. m say, "I
have stolen nothing." I reply: "We have
all been guilty of the mightiest felony of
the universe, for we have robbed lloil
robbed Him ot our tune, ronned nun oi
our talent, robbed Him of our services."
Suppose you send a man out as an acnt
of vour firm and every month you pay
him" his salary, and at the end of ten years
you find out that he has-hceii serving an
other firm, but taking your salary, would
you not at once condemn him as dishon
est? God sent us into this world to serve
Him. He has given us wages all the tune.
Yet how many of us have been serving
another master! When a man is con
victed of treason, he is brought out; a
regiment surrounds him and the command
is given: "Attention; company! Take
aim! Fire!" And the man falls with a
hundred bullets through his heart. There
comes a time in a man's history when the
Lord calls up the troop of his iniquities,
and at Gods command they pour into
him a concentrated volley of torture.
To this middle cross look, that your
souls may live. I showed you the riht
hand cross in order that you might fee
what an awful thing it is to lie unbi . -ing.
I showed you the left hand er....j
that you might see what it is to reent.
Now I show you the middle cross that
you may see what Christ has done to save
vonr soul. Poets have sung its praise.
sculptors have attempted to commemor
ate it in marble, martyrs have clung to it
in the fire and Christians dying mnetly
in their beds have leaned their heads
against it. -
This i.our may all our souls embrace it
with an ecstasy of affection. Lay hold of
that cross. Everything else will fail you.
Without a strong grip on that you perish.
Put your hand on that and you are safe,
though a world swing from beneath your
feet.
Oh, that I might engrave on your souls
ineffaceably the three crosses, so that if
ia your waking moments ..you will not
heed, then in your dreams at night you
may see on the hill back of Jerusalem the
three spectacles the .right hand cross
showing unbelief, djTing without Christ;
the left hand showing what it is to be
pardoned, while the central cross pours
upon your soul the sunburst of heaven as
it savs: "By all these wounds I plead for
thy heart. . I have loved thee with an
everlasting love. Rivers cannot quench it.
Floods cannot drown- it." -
But, no; we will not wait' for such a
dream. In this our most aroused' mood
we throw down at the foot of that middle-
crofts- sin, sorrow, life, death;-every-thing.
We aro slaves; Christ give deliv
erance tp.tiie captive. We. are thirstv;
Christ is' the river of salvation to slake
Dur thirst.' Wee are hun'gry; Jesus says,
"I am the, bread of life. -We-are con
itotnnmi to diet Christ savs. ".ave that
man from going dpwn to thq pit; T am the
ransom." ' We are tossed im the sea at
is I; be not afraid. We are in darkness;
Jesus savs, "I am the bright and morning
tar. We are mek; Jesus is tne oaun
Df. Gilead,".. . ' '
We are -dead; hear tne snromis renu
ind the grave hillocks iieave, as He cries,
"I am the' resurrection and the life; h
that believeth- in -Me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live.' , We want Justin
cation: "Being justified by faith, we
have peace with tlod through our Lord
Jesus Christ." 'We-.'want to exercise
faith; "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
nd thou Shalt be saved." I want to get
from under condemnation; "There is now,
therefore, no condemnation to them who
ire in Christ Jesus." The cross He car
ried it. The flames' of hell lis suffered
them. The shame ne endured it. The
;rown He won- it. Heights of heaven
iing it and worlds of light to worlds of
light all round the heavens cry, ' Glory,
jlory!" Let us go forth and gather the
trophies for Jesus. From -Goleonda mines
we gather: the diamonds; from Ceylon
mores we gather the pearls; from all
lands and kingdoms we 'gather precious
stones, and we bring the glittering mir
iens and put them down at the feet of
Jesus and say: "All -these Are Thine,
thou art worthy." We go forth again
tor more trophies and into one sheaf we
gather all the scepters of the Caesars and
the Alexanders and the Czars and the
Sultans and of all royalties and dominions.
ind then we bring the sheat ot scepters
ind put it down at the feet of Jesus and
lay: Ihou art rung oi Kings: an tnese
I'liou hast conquered." And then we go
forth again to gather more trophies,- and
we bid the redeemed of ages, the sons
ind daughters of the lrd Almighty, to
xme. And the hosts ot heaven bring
rrtt-n and nnlm and seenter. and -here hv
these bleeding feet' and this riven side
ind by this wounded heart cry, "Hlessing
ind honor and glory and power unto the
Lajiib. for ever and ever.'
Love is" the wonderous angel of lite
that rolls away all the stones of sor
row, and suffering from the path
way of duty.
. Gratitude is born in hearts which
take the time to count up past mercies.
Grace will ever speaK for Itself and
be fruitful in well-doing; the sancti
fied cross is a fruitful tree.
,' One reason why so few. of us are hap
py is because we are mure, anxious to
make others envious than to please
ourselves. -
A lazy jnan's burdens are heaviest on
bis mind; put . your Interest in your
work and your work will soon be to
your interest. - " . .
One thing la clear, that no indulgence
of passion destroys the spiritual nature
so much as respectable selfishness.
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