. v-- r- 1 B. F. SCHWEIETl, W W M TIME fiOnSTITUTIO N TH E UFllOn AI1D THE . EflFpRCEHEIeT OF THE LAWS. Editor and ProprUttr. VOL. L.IV. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA 0OTJOTY;-p.; WEDKESBAY SEPTEMBER 26. 1900 NO. 42 n It t . ft. - t:.t J i i 1'i i rl til Captain CHAPTER X.-HContinued.) The crowd was hart and indignant that their lion had left them thus; they -would have liked him to talk to them little, to roar for them a bit, to tell them all about himself, who he was, and where he came from. But he and the tall girl in the ?erge dress were already far away! don u the parade, and almost oat of sight. For some time they walked along at a brisk pace, battling with the wind, at least Esrue was. At length she cam to a full stop under the lee of a boat, gaap lug for breath. -- -- -. "Yes. I'm going too fast," said er companion, apologetically. "Hold oa a bit. and fix up your hair," which was hanging down below her -wale is) one thick, shining plait. A few. vigorous twists made it once more a compact mas at the nape of her neck, and, turning to her companion, who. was engaged is tying up a bleeding hand with his handkerchief, the said, very humbly, "Mites,-wilr you forgire me for last night?" tears a welling up into her eyes as ahe spoke. - "For heaven'a sake," nervously, "don't cry, Esuie; of course-1 will; -it waa all the fault of my own Tile temper; I'm afraid that I am an awfully Jealoqev tat low worse luck; and I can't bear-t see you faking- to oc noting That's the truth in plain English.' "No, no, no! It was all my doing," in terrupted the young lady, not to be but done. "I was provoking; I was in a rage; I would have told you. and I will tell you, although it is not my secret " "Then don't:" he exclaimed,- emphati cally: "never mind it now; if it is another person's secret, keep it" "'I know I -can trust you, Esme," determined to. show how magnanimous he could be, and to make amends for his foolish suspicions for Eame'a" wild, distracted appearance had teld him more than her lips had ever uttered, and he felt that he could afford to be generous. "And what can I say to .yon-for risking your life, just now?" she said, tremulous; ly. -i. ' : ' "Pooh! nothing; it was not half so bad as you thought: any other fellow would bare done the same." "And pray why did they not?" "Those lubberly cats of boatmen, afraid to wet their feet, choked them off. 1 woold oc-iaoJt ,a'6r-v:Tac of men by railing them jailors." ,J?$ --' "But it wa.toueh.npd g." Miles; an old naval officer satd'ei--'W-ever expected t see" you Wcfc:aotl"jrin;"Went to please me. -.Uoa I -to thank you ---. bat can Thate eiswreoVr" he replied, movlog'a'few thehea usarer to her. "I'll tell you' what jwciiirjm '.yea.' " .This a -brawrE!tee 3-nlcn t0 decide such xuoelbw-pjestion, under the lee of an .old Osama smack, in the midst of a high gale which waa blowing about the sahd and pTay;.od almost drowning every sound but,thfthunder of the waves breaking on tBershJhgle. Esme leaning. her. bue . againat.tne;; opai,. are- headed,' endeavoriar to :reVatrfh -elastic of her hat, which she-fceld-hi her hand. As her cousin leaned ;0er-ynd jjuggested this one. word, the cotoJ-rejr'n'ed like a .1 wi - flood to her pale-ficei aid -rWked up toUg to aay remained frozen on his lips. tne very roots oi or oi nif , were - frolicking Inerrily'aboot -her fore head in the breeze. ' For. fully two min utes she made no reply, '--but kept still mechanically twisting ,the elastic in her hand, not once raising her eyes, but her color and her quivering" lips betokened that she waa not absolutely indifferent "Well. Esme,"" exclaimed- her cousin, -a little impatiently. - "I suppose you know the old proverb, Sileuc gtres 'coasent.' What am I to think?" he asked, with im petuous insistence. Esme made no verbal reply to this somewhat impervious hesitation, but af ter a moment's hesitation she put out her hand very shyly. "Dearest," he said, seising it eagerly, but almost ere he had touched It ahe snatched it hastily from his grasp, ex claiming, in a hurried whisper.' "Oh, hers are the Clippertona!" CHAPTER XI. Bsrelv a inonth of the six remained. and if Miles and Esme were to be mar ried, there waa no time to lose. There uttUments to be drawn up, the trousseau to be set in hand, and many . weighty questions to be decided. Miles talked over these matters with Miss Jane, the evening after he had been accepted t. hi. cousin and between them they persuaded Mrs. Brabason to have a quiet wedding, and to let the two girl nd stay with Annie,, and choose the trous ..n with her assistance. Miss -Jane herself waa also to be squeezed into Mrs; rrum'. handbox of a house, but such mmt tmnortant person aa Mrs. Brabazon would have to go to neighboring- pri- .t hotel. Indeed. Mrs. Brabazon loved mat her step-niece, and took up her abode close to eheaham street, with a useful, fashionable friend, and waa elaborately amiable to Miles and Esme. but disposed . iw. . an arbitrary about the troua- -sean. and close-fisted with the necessary Tendon waa empty, but to our ..,.,. Urite. from the country, even in September It looked remarkably full, and " .,. anioved themselves immensely. Esme, of course, especially. She had the ii. uit of Miles, who loaded her witk flowers and gifts, and anticipated v. wt eanricious whims. A splendid diamond ring adorned her third finger. A diamond butterfly and pair of solitaire earrings followed. It was useless to endeavor to restrain him. Undeclared to Esme that thia being his owJ money, and not their mntual prop k had everv right to spend it aa be ' sieaaed. He had all the pleasure of tak-isa- her to a theater for the first time, of -" introducing ner m r.iutiuni Hampton Court, and the parka, and he Jras a pattern of patience with regard to ''-Bond atreet and llegent street, allowing 4er ts flatten her pretty, straight nose against as many shop windows aa she pleased, and to stare in at hata and cos tumes is perfectly unbridled manner. As she and Miles were walking in Pic cadilly one afternoon-they met Capt. ry Uerkeiey rushing out of a bootmaker's, "''jividently in a violent hurry. lc ."Hullo. Brabazon," h5e cried, "what on partb are you dnpg np UlLthe Tillaca at rtus iiine of year? Why are,you not out among the'turnipa? " Miss Brabazon," raising his bat a be secogntsed Ksum, - "how dd f.ou dor . gfabajoi? CROKBR "Son are off next t -week to the Cape, are you not?" said:.Miles. Yea, by Jove, on. Thursday; not much time to lose. I'm trying to get my kit to gether." . Miles glanced at' his-beautiful fiancee. and was amaxed to see that ahe had be come very pale, and that her- lips were quivering strangely. .. "Your second battalion la. going out, too, I see by this morning's paper. No chance of meeting you' out there, eh? Well, good-by, I must be off; time is money.- Good-by, Miss Brabazon." Next morning the . Brabazon ladies, young and old, departed from the metrop olis with loads of luggage, and Miles was Lleft to. put in. a. whole, week, intervening before his wedding day, as best he could The -fourth day tr thia time had passed, and he was beguiled into going down to Portsmouth' to see an old friendoffifo the Cape, il mefr- his chain': af-the i'ier Hotel.' where they insetted together, and then sallied forth to the dockyard. The trooper .was alongside, and a regiment of laacera In the act of embarking. Horses, ubstiepeiuus and otherwise, were being put on board, and crowds were watfcisgthe proceedings with the gray est interest;' -Miles', aria his friend, after c.biB; which waa one of those known as a horse-box," ascended to the upper re gions, and began to pace the deck togeth er and- have a few last words. ' "I rather envy you fellows going out." said Milea, nodding bis head at the crowd of soldier between? decks "and only for circumstance I would be going, too." "ion mean matrimony." said the oth er, smiling. "Andhen are you to be told off?" 'v 'The day after to-morrow." "Married men are. best at home; it plays the -deuce with a fellow having to leare a wife or a sweetheart. I've always done my level Itest to keep out of such matters, took Topnd now -on Ws paek'Of wretched wofnenVcryingtheir eyes putVome to say good-by, and fate their last look at fel lows they will never see again. Vou'rc a lucky cbap not 'to have- to' leave your sweetheart like that poor fellow -ovei there there- under the.lee of the shed. Look! it's a desperate bad case; the giri seems heartbroken. I don't believe she'll ever let him go!" Mjlee-. glanced indifferent over in the direction indicated, ' and beheld tall, handsome young sergeant of lancers, who was evidently making a brave atruggle to keep his feelings wall in hand, and a girl. with, her hack- toward him, leaning on his arm in a perfect abandon of grief. The lancer appeared to be trying to soofke andrmfoct.ber-:x; --. "She loo. like lady,' said Maj. Vere, speculatively; "and I would not wonder if she was a pretty girl in the bargain." "It's rather a shame to watch them," nrtnmori files: "and hard lines that the -naTe to., good-by to one another at all. ipoor giri!" fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind, quoted tne. otner, with a taugn. ..u . . . ... There was a time, old chap, when you would have called them a pair of fools." "Ah! I " Whatever else hois go- for the girl had suddenly turned her face toward them: he could see it plainly now. and one' glance at those familiar features was .enough. It was the face of the giri who was to be his wife the day but one following, the face of his cousin, Esme Brabason. Esme, pale and distracted. her eyes swollen with crying, but still Kama.' - Aad he also recognised Miss Jane's own maid, Mrs. Eliza Flack, pacing up and down at a discreet distance. la one in- itsntaneous scorching Saab everything was-Mveaiad to -his mind, -everything ac counted for now. The meeting at the gate, the photograph. Eame'a unaccountable-interest in this particular regiment; but' all Miss Jane a solemn asservations were lies, she and her niece were part ners In a league and covenant to deceive and -deludo him. In an instant this had passed like fire through his brain; he felt as if be were going to choke, and dizzy with rage and bewilderment, and for a moment the dockyard and sky seemed to reel before him, but he clutched the bul warks with a vise-like grasp, and nerved himself -to look -once more; as he gazed with livid face and dilated eyes he comprehended- that- the hottr-f parting- had Esme flung her arms around the ser geant's neok and-kissed hitDf and clung to mm in awiia itimnaern orpeepair, ana as if she would never' release him, and be. Miles Brabazon, was .looking on quite snne. quite in bis right mind; It was u dVtusiou.v no dream. At last the lahcer. who seemed a good deaf' moved, beckon ed to- Flack to approach and take charge of her young lady,' and Esme made no resistance-, but .allowed herself -to be led away toward a By that was evidently waiting (ottbem at a short distance. But then she turned and looked back 4t was fatal he was doing the aame; in a second she had rushed to him and clasped him once more in an agonized .embrace.. At last, with an heroic effort, she motioned him to leave her, and with her face buried in her hands, was instantly seized upon by Flack, who taking her arm in peremptory , manner, and : shaking : her head very ' impressively, led her young lady away, seemingly bowed down to th very earth with grief. - The whole scene had a horrible fascination for Milea; not a look, not a gesture had escaped him; snd now that it was all over, now that his betrothed had passed weeping from bis sight, he turned his whole attention to her late companion, who was coming up the gangway, pale, indeed, but not ao pale as the mas above him, who waa literally devouring him with a pair of glowing. dark eyes. : "Tell me," he said to Maj. Vere, aa he pulled him by the sleeve, "who is that fellow of yours coming on board now; there, the tall sergeant?' pointing with unsteady finger, and speaking in a voice that sounded strange and far away even fo himself.- . .,, "Oh, that," returned the other, brisk ly, "that chap is our young sprig of no bility, aa some will have it; any way, he goes Vy the name "of Lord" Brown, or OantlemM Browaj - looks -frightfully dowp in the month, too. Did you see the girl? Hullo, " Brabazon, what aila you, old chap?" suddenly looking around at Ma fi.nil ad struck -by .-his altered ap. peijauce, his drawn and ghastly .race. . : It's rnotMhir','' said the other. Impa tiently; "it will go off directly; don't mind me. , A a gentleman, . you said," harking back, to Lord Brown; "a gentle' mur "' - - ' - "Yea, or, yea, and a very smart fellow. 8afe to get bis ' commission; in a few months; the girl ' waa evidently Jn bis own rank of life; come down. to say good; by under the rose.' I saw her at the sta', tion, and was atruck by her at once awfully pretty, and looked quite fright ened among all the soldiers. Never saw a troop train before, I'll swear. I've a notion I've seen her somewhere; 1 wish I could remember when, but I'm' sure; I've seen her," throwing back his head! and ' half-closing his ey es, - "but where ? Ob," hjeeotaing startled. "I know," aa it flashed into his mind that be bad seen the young. lady at .Sandborough ball, where ahe bad been pointed opt as Brabazon's fiancee. "Brabason, old fellow, what can I aay to yen f surveying' him with a horror-struck expression, "I see it all! No wonder you look, queer.! - : . "Say nothing about what you have seen," . returned his- companion; - "keep your, own counsel, that's all you can do' fot, n" wringing lKS3t.''and don't keep me," In awjpKaeetber'a ex-jgm&ti&-tfai go ojwe more shaking hands, and. then burryplg-blind-' ly,.s31ondownithe gangwafrr -1kUWjwaa pelrteetly, ilOifferei,ai to 'tiavMXfllHffit asW-hailed a hansom, and "tasJhslter.fb.'go like mad to the' railwsy-scljopJ:-:He might catch Esme and two -Wfc were better than twenty letters. .Thank goodness his eyes' bad been opened in time if was not too late he-was net married yet ..'" The express waa about to start, the en gine waa emitting great clouds of whitt tssTOt - the iplal form. ws-:eranmed. as. pitching the driver a sovereign", he dashed Info the station, and looked into -one car riage, another,: and another..-. fAht here ahe was a Mast! close to the door, ' with her : back to the engine, her handkerchief to her eyes, actually crying still; Flack, in an opposite corner- hold log herself ostentatiously aloof from her. broken-hearted companion, and reveling In the contemplation of flaming and gor geous advertisements, of ships and tur nips and furniture. Miles!" gasped Esme, in a tone of dis may as her cousin flung the carriage door violently open and stood before her as tonished gaze. "Yea, Miles," be echoed, in a voice h iwas unacquainted - with, bitter sarcasm struggling with some potent emotion. "An ;unexpectea pleasure, la it near But what has happened T' she falter- ied tremulously, justly alarmed by the ex- Vague, - undefined dread. "What brings. qrou here?" vainly striving to master her Hong drawn sobs. . - "A mere trifle, in a voice that shook in apite of himself. "Nothing to apeak of. I waa only on board the trooper just now and had the honor of witness ing the affecting - parting between you and your lancer friend.' Everything la accounted for now, your flattering inter est In the regiment included. - I'm a lucky fellow to have found you out in time, am I not? Needless to tell you that, as far as Tut concerned; the money may go, and I've only one word to aay to your' the word Good-by.' " " ' ' (To be continued.) A Wife's BlatnaL ' Nervous housewives' whose husbands frequently bring home company to din ner without preliminary warning often worry In their secret hearts for fear there may tuX be food enough to supply the unexpected guests. . A matron liv ing In one of the prettiest suburban resi dences in West Philadelphia, whose hustnwd persists In bringing - borne guests at the most Inopportune times, has hit upon a happy expedient to meet possible emergencies. ... In passing any dishes at the table of which- there maj be a limited supply the hostess makes a point to mention the enigmatical letters "F. II. B." In such a manner as not to attract the at tention of the guests around the board. Immediately the members of the fam ily are aware of the circumstances and discreetly partake very lightly. If at all, of the viands in question. The. secret of the three letters was .solved a few days ago, and the, hostess afterward laughingly confessed ber little scheme. "t H. B." In this Instance stands for "family hold back." Boston Traveler. The Girl with the. Hammer. - -The advantages of a substantial edu cation ' for women are demonstrated with peculiar force by an item which we take from the Bangor News. A barn In Aroostook went nnshingled because the farmer who owned It was too Infirm to climb to the roof, while one of his sons had gone to the war In the Philippines, and the other to the Klondike. . '. The other day, however, the farmer'a only daughter came home from the nor mal school, and shingled the barn aa well as any man In town could have done It, and she didn't once ponnd ber fingers, either.' ':" . . We All Think So. " A Philadelphia exchange gives the following opinion of a small girl. The' words express what many older people must have felt. . ...... In the waiting-room of a urge rail road station sat a grave and dignified little girl of perhaps 5 years. ' Present ly a man In railway uniform came In and bawled out a long list of perfectly unintelligible names. The little girl looked at him disapprovingly.' Then she looked at ber uncle and said: "Isn't tbat an awful silly way for I great big man to talk V- .".-. A Great Spanish Palace. . The magnitude of the Eecurlal, the rreat Spanish palace, may be Inferred Prom the fact that It would take four lays to go through all the rooms and apartments, the length of the way be Bg reckoned at 23 Spanish leagues, which Is about 120 English miles. ' . . F-aliarl:y of Snajkes. -,-A snake tamer who had trained a serpent to follow him around the house and even out of doors happened one da to take It with him to a strange place The snake, uuused to the locality, eeena ed to forget all bis training and, cap rag Into the bushes, resisted capture with bites and every indication of wild- ness.. When caught It at onoe, resumed Its tame habits. : This pendency to be come wild Immediately, upon, obtaining their freedom and to again become tame when caught Is said to ba a peculiarity of snakes. " f m. The ride Who f ; Changed Her Mind a-te? OU say you don't believe in fate, V7 you - fellows," said young Fred; " Julian, as be entertained a party X boon companions in his bachelor rooms. "Weil," that's because, at pres ent,' you haven't hadjan opportunity of judging" from personal experience." "Well, .and have, you?" asked a cho rus of voices, ... . -'- "Ha her!" It was a little Incident that occurred about six months ago. Inter esting td me, at least and if you like I'll tell jo all about K.V- "Io," said his friends, and the youiij. man lounged back in Us chair and wSU. bia eyes on the tire commenced his ntir ra-Uve without more ado. : . Tlx waa one lovely day in the July of last year," he began, ."and I was mart Ing jubilantly oil for a month' holiday at Scarborough.' Knowing my luxuri ous habits as you do, my. friends, you will not be surprised to bear that when I reached King's Cross I. selected a cor ner seat of a llrst-class' amoker, and provided myself with plenty of cigars and magazines. To complete my antic-) tpaPOtt of a "pleflsdrrt' Journey," Just as I settled myself comfortably and . the, guard gave bis whistle, the door opened and a pretty, excited young lady came, bustling In. She seemed relieved at! having caught the train, and sat down In a state of breathless and amHlng ex haustion. - - ' "I looked over at bor from my corner; so did a loudly dressed, bou'ndetish looking young man from hla, for she was an extremely pretty girl, with brown curly hair, email features, and the daintiest little figure la the -world, t frowned at- the loudly dressed young taa vooaa mast commejiobI) ais in- ... SiATtTB. man, and he frowned at me, and just then the glnl looked up and caught my glance of admiration. ' She stiffened, and then her eyes fell upon my cigar, .which I. had left, amoldering in tuy hand, and a look of severe displeasure came Into her face. - " 'Are you aware; sir, she said, aus terely, that this 1s not a smoking car-. tinr : ; . ::. , ".'Isn't Itr I answered, looking up at the window. 'Why, goodness me. they must have forgotten to take the label down.' ' " -'" ' The girt followed my glance, and at the sight of the partially obliterated letters, half concealed by the blind, her face crimsoned with mortification, and, biting ber Up, ahe took up-a paper hur riedly to hide ber confusion.- - " 1 have made the aame mistake, my dear,' aald a ' kindly matron on her tight' ' 'It doesn't matter much; a' lit tle smoke won't hurt us, will ltf " .'No; I must change at the next sta tion," she returned, sweetly. ' " Excuse me,' I broke In, 'but thia Is an express train.' " 'Do you mean to aay It doesn't atop at Peterborough?' "It doesn't stop at aU,' I aald. 'until we get to Vork.' "'Oh, dear! What shall I do? I must get off at Peterborough,' she exclaimed. " 'I'm so sorry,' I murmured, turning to the girl. Van I assist yon In any way? If It ,ls a case of necessity, you know, we can communicate with the guard,'. - " 'Oh. nothat la I. mean I don't think It would be considered ao,' ahe; ataminered, her face suddenly suffuse 1 With blughea. 'Ton see, I was gotog to a wedding. " "The elderly matron smiled,' I bad all. I .could, do to repress my amuse ment, while the loudly dressed young, man. In the corner sniggered audibly. . - " Oh, well, I sboukin t let that worry mot IT I were you, i saia sootmngiy. 'It's disappointing, bat they will bo able to flr H tap all tight without you. "The blushes deepened and the girl hung her head. " 'I'm afraid they I mean, I- ' . "She broke off In confusion, and the old lady bent toward ber. " '1 quite understand, my 'dear,' she said. "It wouldn't be a wedding with out the bride. I'm sorry for you. but you mustn't free." ' It cain't . ba helped now, and yoa nut send a wire, directly we' set to York.' ?. . .Tbte seemed to raise the girl's splr Ibi, and ebe began to laugh, a Uttlt hyaterksally perhaps at first. Then ab thankee &z jfifgXXij, ror doing nothing, and begged me to moke, and declared ahe really didn't mind the' smell at all bat rasJwr Mked it, ;T When tSe ttain flushed tkaoogh: rVt)eoTe(ta' ahe ilaDaThed miaa amllv atUL'ejMl waa ao eharmteg and unaffeoted tbat long be fore we reached York we were obat ai; toattw. ulte I oM :-fWsda We foood Joot .than thsU. wa.Tkad mntual aoqualnsances,- thaa - oar' respective frou each other, and many other Inter esting, facta.- T,r i - ; (. "When the-train drew np, I proposed to assist her in finding ant the tele graph, office. atd thither, therefore, we went - " 'I don't think I'U send a wire, after all,' she said hesitatingly, as we found the place.' . ' "'Why notr I said, in some surprise. "'Becauso because I think IH go straight home.' - :--- . - "But 'think of the anxiety of the uor chap,' I said feelingly: 'Why. b uay be thinking all kinds of dreadful .hinge have happened to yon.' - "She stood irresolute for a moment i hen she picked up a form and wrote, and, for the life of me. I could not ret itlat looking over. All that aba said was: ....... , 'I have changed my mtad. Phyllis.' ' "Of all the cool cheek, that la the coolestr f thought. '' "' "But I atepped back and pretended to he much Interested in the company a timetable. ' ' " 'Xow we must find out the next train back,' I saJd, aa she turned again to me; 'and then we will have some tea. You must want some badly .' " But"" your .train you will surely lose It,' she murmured. ' " 'Tork is my destination,' I said un truthfully. ' ' "After that I found out there waa no train for an hour, and we took our way to the tearoom, where my pretty com panion made me ber willing and sym pathetic confidant.. She waa unhappy. ' very unhappy, at home, and. In an 111- gnarded moment, had agreed to a rua 1 away match 'without the knowledge of I her parent. . Now she was thankful. very thankful; that she had been pre vented. It seemed like fate. That waa the summary of ber remarks. ' '.There, now, yon fellowe," broke off jtbe' narrator abruptly.. ' "I needn't tell "you much more: only that we each ex changed cards, agreed iaaaa ana an other la Xoadoav and -that wa parted eneerfolly a Tork."-"-' '-'' - ' "And dM yon fuMB tboM'pronlnes?' said one of the listeners, with Interest. - Oh, yea! -:We have seaa some little of each other since then." ."And her name?" - - --::"'.' i- "WUIaoon be Julian," said -the yotsng man promptly. Penny Pictorial Maga- .... . .- Steal! eg His Thunder. ; ... The' Indignant-looking passenger .was about to speak, but the conductor bead ed him off by exclaiming In aloud tone of Irritation: "This Is the slowest tram I was ever on. ' What's the use of having "a sched ule If we don't pay any attention to itr rhe drinking water taates aa If It hadn't been off the kitchen range ten minutes. The car doesn't took aa if It had been swept" for a -month, and It la full of Idiots who Insist -on . opening the win dows when we go through tunnela, so that the cinders .can blow it.- The passenger caught his breath and. then exclaimed: "I was just about to say that this whole affair la aa out rage." - - "I know It. But you're lucky. Ton can travel a few miles and then get off and be happy. But I've got to stay ob this train for hoars every day of my life." Washington Star. Antusiog a Princess, - When Princesa Henry of Battenberg was a child, she and her nurse were al lowed to ramble about the -Balmoral es tate, to visit the tenants, -and sometimes to stay to tea. One farm waa a favorite resort, and one afternoon, tea over, good Mrs. D looked round anxiously,, perplexed to provide amusement for- a Princess, pre sumably satiated, with toys and joys of every kind. ' "What can I do to amuse your Royal Highness?" she asked, and was prompt ly met by the reply: "Oh, Mra. D , do let me dance on-your bed; I may not do it at borne, and I do so love It." - Permission was gladly given, and the child danced to her heart's content , or the snowy counterpane. Wood Pnlp for Soldiers Ototbing. ' ' Wood pulp paper as military cloth dug Is used by the Japanese troops. It is marvellously tough, and hae 'an ap pearance that might ' well be -regarded with satisfaction for summer wear. It holds stitching uncommonly well, while Us warmth-la undoubted.:- '- Oataneeda a Hosea. I Ostriches are not the only swift-rnn- iipeed of a horse. There la a land crab In Cuba that can- rivasT the .patrtoh, and nnea raaiMKa naWaa.'-r are nihtoteceT-MJlrMRz A well authenticated aneedote, however. Is told of DK JedeHc.ani, an Bhigllsh surgeon of distinction. . ; Ocean and almost into a shark's month. Illil.-who was standing close to the rail, jrrabbed . a , belaylng-pln. : and'.mdtbont hesitation lamped to' save the sailor. : The great brute was just turning on hla back to 'bite, when Hill drove the belaylng-pln right .through both jaw..-dairy Both afalijsrera go ear wavc-agaia un ! "Prhapa3thaa:feB9w,W9n' Want .an 6thegeCbiulea Bitf got a clean ahlrt to len?. Thip waa niy last." were; the, only, worda of, tne Everything dw la g4 tag a MONKEYS IN INDIA. Are Paaeaetly fcadicrewa . Coaa terfelte of Ttecir Heaaaa Conalesi "When 1 -waa-traveling ln Northern Indian. 8iri4-a gentlemati-who had re cenfly compMed a Journey around the wocMft- aVcoaataattr Impressed wlth..:ibe;jdmo8t ihnmah -waya of the monkeys there. Ton see they are never molesedwhkb laTale i-ini of the birds, ia y ar-M and Impu-dent-ae epolled children. "I riitpmber that one morning while we were rtting. at breakfast on the veranda of our botefauddenly we heard the noisiest -chattering and down the main street of the town cdme a crowd of long-tailed monkeys, running a' race evidently. They shrieked and chattered at every leap, tripped each other up, pulled each-other's .talk and seemed to be .having a generally hilarious time. White we left the table to watch their antics some Indian -crows that had been solemnly lined up. on the veranda rail watching na eat, made a dash for the food and had qntte a fight with the na tive servant before they were finally driven away. .- '': ' - "But the monkeys of India; are surely the most Irresponsible ' people In the world," contlhued the traveler. ' "I call ' them' people 'because they are such lu dicrous counterfeits of human 'beings. In many of the old temples there are monkey settlements. I remember one In particular which waa sacred' to the simians. There seemed to be thou sands of the creatures, and I waa to'.d. that 6,000 had recently, been taken to the woods to get rid of them. .But In this temple I saw little simian mothers nestling and rocking their babies In their arms for all the world like a Christian mother. . I ventured to pick up one. of the Infants tbat was running atiout, and Instantly the baby gave a typical Infantile aqueal and the excited mother came to me,-chattering angrily. I put the Infant down, and the mother, her eyes still blaring with anger, car ried the little one to a corner and pet ted and rocked It, frequently turning to give me a scornful look "It is not uncommon for the monkeys' in the tree to reach down and seize the traveler'a hat as he passes. "Perhaps the most remarkable sight In connection with the monkeys In In dla I witnessed early one morning. We were riding' in the highway and by a vacant field. Suddenly from the ne,Kh borlng forest a troop of monkeys en tered the field and" began a regular M.iy dance, taking. bold of bands and form ing a (urge circle, then dancing round and round and chattering gleeruuy . , .'lAW A8 INTERPRETED. . Constitutional mandate of. Quality .of taxation aa- Bear aa may-aw is neio. . in hrMr vsTUtt. (Minn.!. 47 Tu R- A. 525. to be' applicable to Inheritance taxes and to (e v iota tea .. oy ueuqjiiuua which - discriminate between different classes of persona, ..... - An. assessment for a street Improve ment under a resolution declaring the Imnrbvement expedient is held. In Nor folk vs. Young (Va.), 47 L. R. A. 874, to be unconstitutional for lack or due nroceas of law. where the; notice did not designate -any tribunal, place or time where the party coula be neara. Contract to expend $10,000 In "open ing and developing", mining property which consisted of a large number of turning clatma, both quarts and placer, and In" erecting a ten-stamp quartz mill. Is held. In Stanton vs. Singleton (CaL), 47 L. B. A. 834, to be one which equity will not enforce by specific perform ance. Authority of railroad commissioners to order a company to build and main tain a depot or station bouse Is held-. In State ex rel. Tompkins vs. Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Comnany (S. D.). 47 L. R. A. 609, -to ba conferred by a statute authorizing them to notify the company of Improve ments which' they adjudge to be prdper. Power to decide between candidates for justice of the peace who have an equal number of votes Is held. In State, Crow vs. Kramer (Mo.); 47 L. R. A. 551. to be In. violation of the Constitu tion, which provides for the election of euch officers without any provision for deciding .the tie, while It does make such provision in respect to other olQ cers. With this case there is a note on the decision of a tie vote at an elec tion. Made a Strong Ptea. The op read of education In the South la rapidly developing the negro, and bis highest ambition Is to be a lawyer and a ... statesman. . Occasionally bis ex ertions get him before the court rather earlier .tfcan he : plana. 6amuei Jack son, Bsq who bad "read some law. found himself before the Judge for some little Irregularity th the fifth conrniandment. The case was clear. "Oulrry;"' bald the judge. - ' " ' "What onr" asked the important Samuel.---"; ' The facta,' was the reply, ' "I beg your" Honor's pardon," said Sam, grandiloquently. .'..'"You may find me gqil-ty on de facta, your Honor, hut I respectively maintain dat I'm Inner cent on de techneralJes" New Yjork Ufe.,r:. .,..,'.'.'.'. .' V'-'-" . Iiilaatlon flir ritislriTrn Mr'- t The extensive arid regions of North am Mexico are to be Irrigated by cannls from aid extended by the Federal and State governments. - ' ;-'- !-;' i Bdaw Csta All the Year.'-'"' The coldest Inhabited country appears n h th orovlnce of Wercbolansk.li Oriental Siberia. The" mean altltuth of the terrain la about 107 meters fabrir 880 feet) above the seaL A Russian sit vaht passed one entire' year in this In hospitable region and kept a dally -rev-brd of the temperature, which he ha recently published, and frdm whlclr It appears that the -daily mean of the en tire year-fa' 3.74 degrees below zero mean for January, lavo, wn 3.4 'degrees below aero. ' ' . ' " i'"" jjTo Aastrlain Colonies. ' !atharla la' .the only' 'empire' in the .arid which "has caver bad colonies,' or even transmarine poeeessiona in sny quarter ef the earVh. Her ambition has neen purely eanuaeatai. SERMON " IV Rw. Br. Calni.;; tabjaett Nations Are Judged Ood B- . wards aad Panlattaa Tbam on Earth God's Jedananta Llkeead to tba Swift vwp of a. Kesor. . (Cepyrtabt lw.l. Wabhinotos.. D. C. Dr. Talma ee. in his journey westward through Europe, has recently visited scenes ot thrilling his toric events. He sends this sermon, in which he shows that nations are judged in this world, and that God rewards them for their virtues and punishes them lor their crimes. The text is Isaiah vii. 20, "In the same day shall the Lord nhave with a razor that .is hired, namely, by them bevond .the river, by the king of Assyria. The Bible is the oldest book ever writi ten. There are no similitudes in O-saian OC the Iliad or the Odyssey so daring, its imagery sometimes seems on the verge oj the reckless, but only seems so. The fact is that God would startle and arouse and propel men and nations. A tame nn limping similitude would fiul to accom plish, the object, thue there. are time when He employs, in the Bible the gent! dew. and the mornins cloud, and the dov and the - dacbreak in the nreaentation o truth, we otten hnd .the iron chariot, the) lightning, the eartbuunke. the surav. Hid Sword and in my text the razor. Tlii-1 keen hladed instrument has advanced usefulness with the ages. In Bible times and lands the beard remained uncut save in the seasons of mourning and humilia tion, but the razor was always a. sugges tive symbol. David said of Does, his an-, tagonist, - "Thy tongue is a sharp razor working deceitfully-' that is, it pretends to clear the face, but is really used for deadly incision. In this striking text this weapon of the toilet appears ' under the following cir cumstances: Judea needed to have some of its prosperities cut off, and Ood sends against it three Assvrian kings first Sen nacherib,' then Esartiaddon ami afterward Nebuchadnezzar. These three sharp- inva sions that cut down the glory of Judea are compared to so many sweeps of the razor across the face of the land. ' And these devastations -were called a hired razor because (iod took the kings of As syria, with whom He had no sympathy, to do the work, and paid them in palaces and spoils and annexations. These kings were hired to execute -the -divine behests. And now the tejct-wlucli on its first read ing may have seemed trivial or inapt, is charged with momentous import. "In the same day shall the Ixird shave with a razOr that is hired.- namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria." - Well, . if. Xiod's judtnnents are razors, we had better be careful how we use them on other people. In "careful utieath these domestic weapons are put -away, where no one by .accident may. touch thein and where the hands. of children may not reach .them. Such instruments must. he carefully handled or -not handled at all. But how. recklessly some people wield the i'udfEinent of .'.iod! If a man meets with tusiness.. misfortune, .how many there are ready to cry 'out: ''That is a judgment of t-rod Irpon him because he was unscrupu lous or arrogant or over-reaching or mis erly. I tb-ooci be would get -cutjdown! "hat ejeaa s cp of everything! --Hit citv house and count ry house gone. ' . Hit .tables emptied of atl the fine bars and Jorrebj andi grays that used to prance by his door. All his -resourcej overthrown, and all that he prided himself on tumbled into demolition. Good for him!" Stop, my brother. Don't sling around too freely the judgments of God, -for they are razors. Some o( the most wicked business men succeed, and they live and die jn pros perity, and some of the most honest and conscientious are driven into bankruptcy. Perhaps the- unsuccessful- -man's mannei was unfortunate and he was not really aa proud as he .looked to be. Some of those who carry their heads erect and look im perial are -humble as-a child, while many a man in seedy coat'and slouch- hat and unblackened. shoes is as proud as Lucifer. You cannot tell by a man's look. Per haps he was not unscrupulous in business, for there are two sides to every story, and everybody that accomplishes anything for himself or others gets industriously . lied about. Perhaps bis business misfortune was not a punishment, but the fatherly discipline to prepare him for heaven, and God may love him far more than He lovei you, who can pay dollar for dollar and are put down in the commercial catalogue at "At " Wlw.,.. , l,n T ...-.I 1, TTa triv 4UO,000 and lets die on embroidered pil lows - So; - whom the Lord loveth H chaateneth. Better keep your hand of) the Lord's razors, lest they cut and wound people that do not deserve it. If you want to shave off some of the bristling pride- of- your own heart, do so, but b very careful hew you put the sharp-edge on others. - How I do dislike the behavioi of those persons who, when eopIe are unfortunate, say, "I told you so; gettins punished; served him right." If those I told you so's got their desert- they would long ago have been pitched over the bat tlements. The mote in their neighlwr'f eyes, so small that it takes a microscope to find it, gives them more trouble than the beam which obscures their own optus. With air sometimes supercilious and some times Pharisaical, and always blasphenio-.ie they take the razor of divine judgment and sharpen it on the bone of their own hard hearts, and then go to work on men sprawled out at full length under disaster cutting mercilessly. They begin by gofl expressions of sympathy and pity.- anr. half praise and lather the victim ail ovei before they put on the sharp edge. ... Let us be. careful how we. shoot at oth era, lest.' we take down the wrong one remembering the servant of King William Hunts who Shot at a deer, hut the arrow glanced against a tree and killed the. king Instead of going out with shafts to uieivt and razors to cut, we nan oetter iimum the friend of - Richard " Coeur de l.ion Richard, in the war of the Crusades, was captured and imprisoned, but none orbit friends knew- where, so his loyal friend went around the land from stronghold to stronghold and sang at each window a snatch of a song that Ricliard Coeur l Lion had taught him in" other days. And dav coming before a 'jail where -tu pected , bis - king might-. . be incarcer d, he sang two lines of song and inline telv Kincr Richard responded from hit cell with the -other two lines, and 'so hit whereabouts were discovered, anil a suc cessful movement was at. once made for his liberation. !o let us go up and down the world with the music of kind word and sympathetic hearts, serenading 'the unfortunate and trying to get out ot trouble men who had noble natures, but by--unforeseen circumstances- have been incarcerated, thus liberating kings. Mort hymn-book and less razor. . Especially ought we to be apologetic and merciful toward those who while they have great faults have also' great virtues. Some people are barren of--virtues;- no weeds verily, but. no flowers. I mnst not be too much enraged at a nettle along the fence if it be -in a field Containing forty acres' of ripe Michigan wheat. Some time ago naturalists told us there was on -the gun a spot 20.000 miles long, but from the brightness .and warmth I concluded it wa a good deal of a sun still. The sun can afford to have a very large spot upon jt. though if be '20.009 miles long-; and I am very apologetic for" tho;e men who have reat taints-wnue at-ine -same, lime tney iave magnificent virtues. . , , , Again, when I read in my text that the Lord shaves with the hired razor of Assy ria the land of -Judea. I think-myself of the precision of .God's providence.-. A ra zor swung the tenth part of an inch out of the riant line means either failure o' laceration, but God;1 dcalinW never s'tri. and they do not miss ny inc part of an inch the right direction. Fen nle talk as though things in this wond f- . i Oiolent s'weens across Marseilles and Madrid and Palermo.- and we watch anxiously. sweep Europe and .America? . People say:, "That will entirely depend on whether the inocuUtion is a successful experiment: that will depend entirely on quarantine regulation; that wfTI depend on the early or late anpearance of frost; that epideraia is pitched into the world, and it goes blun dering across the continents,. and it is all guesswork and all appalling "perhaps." I think perhaps that God had something to do with it and that His mercy may have in some way protected us, that He may have done as much for us as the quaran tine and the health officers. It was right and a necessity that all caution should be used, but there have come enough maca roni from Italy and enough grapes from the south of France and enough rags from tatterdermalions and hidden in' these arti cles of transportation enough cho'rraic germs to have left by .this time a'l. the cities mourning in the cemeteries. I thank all the -doctors and quaranti -. but more than all and first of all and 1-st of all and all' the time I thank Co.l. I i all the 6000 years of the world's cxis-c.iee there has not one thing merely "lia;,,-ieil so." God. is not an anarchist, but a King, a Father. When little Tad; the son of President ti.in.cojn, died.' all America svuipathized jrith the sorrow Tn trie vvnlte llonse. TTe nsed to rush into the room where the Cabinet was in session and while the most eminent men of the land were discussing the eiuestions of national existence. But the child had no care about those ques tions. No. God the Father and God the Son and God the Holv Ghost are in er-pe'tuar- session' tn" -reganf 1cr -thia "-world and kindred worlds. Shall you. His child, rush in to criticise or arraign or condemn the divine government? Xo. The cab inet of the eternal three can govern and will govern in the wisest and lest wav. and there never-will be a mistake and. like razor skillfully swung, shall cut that which ought to be avoided. Precision to the very - hairoreadth. Earthly time pieces may go out of order- and strike wrong, saving it is I o'clock when it is 2 r 2 when it is 3. God's clock is alwayw right, and when it is 1 it strikes 1, and when it is 12 it strikes 12, and the serond hand is as accurate as the minute hand. 1 -.Further, my text tells us that God sometimes shaves nations: "In the same dav shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired." With one sharp sweep He went across Judea, and down went its pride and its power. In 1H God shaved the American nation. We had allowed to grow Sabbath desecration and oppression and blasphemy and fraud and (imriiii-ity and all sorts o'f turpitude. The South had its sins and the North had its sins ami the East its sins and the West its sins. We had been warned again and again, and we did not heed. At length the sword of war cut from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf anel from Atlantic seat-oard to Pacific sea board. The pride of the land, not the cowards, but the heroes, on both sides went down. And that which we took for the sword of war was the Lord razor. In 1862 again it-went across the land; in 1863 again: in 1864 again.. Then the sharp instrument was incased and put away. One would think that our national sym bol of the .eagle might sometimes suggest another eagle, that which ancient Home carried. In the talons of that eagle were clutched at one time Britain.. France. Spain, Italy. Dalmatia, Rhaetia, Xoricum, Pannonis, Moesia, Dacia. Thrace, Mace donia. Greece, Asia Minor, Syria, PhouiuV eia, Palestine, Egypt and all northern Africa and all the islands of the Mediter ranean indeed all the world that was worth having; 120,000,QD0 of people under the wings of that one eagle! Where is she now? r-Ask Gibbon, the historian, in his prose, poem,, the "Decline and Fall of the Roman -Empire." Ask her glgautttf ruins, bemoaning their sadness through the ages, the screech owl at windows out of which worldwide conquerers looked. Ask the day of - judgment, - when hex crowned debauchees, Commodus and Per tinaz and Caligula and -Diocletian, i-rYi't answer for their infamy. - As man anil f nations let us repent and have our. trust in a pardoning. God rather than depend on former successes -for immunitv. Out I of thirteen of the greatest battles of the ' , , -v- t I I 1 1 . 1 1 worm jvapoieon nau iosi out one ucmnj Waterloo. Pride and destruction often rode in the same saddle. But notice once more and more than, nil in mv text that God is so kind and i loving that when it is necessary for Him i to cut He has to go to others for tlia j sharp edged weapon. "In the same day ' shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired.". God is love. God is pity. God is heln. God is shelter, (iod is rescue. There are no sharp edges alKitit Him, no thrusting points, no instruments of libera tion. It you want balm for wounds. He ins that. If you want divine salve for yesight. He has that. But if there is sharp and cutting work to do which re juires a razor that He hires. God has nothing about Him that hurts save when lire necessity demands, 'and then He has to go clear off to some one else to get t he instrument. This divine clemency will be no novelty to those who have pondered the Calvarean massacre, where (iod sub-, merged Himself in human tears and crim soned Himself from punctured arteries" and let the terrestrial and infernal worlds maul Him until tlte chandeliers of the sky had to be turned out because the uni verse could not endure the outrage. Illus trious for love He must have lieen to take all that as our substitute, paying out of His own heart the price of our admission at the gates of heaven. King Henry II. of England crowned Im , son as king, and on the day of coronation put on a servant's garb and waited, he, the king, at the son s table, to the aston ishment of all the princes. Hut we know of a more wondrous scene, the King of heaven and earth offering to put on you, His child, the crown of life and in the . form of a servant waiting on you with blessing. Extol that love, all painting, all . sculpture, all music, all architecture, all. worship! In Dresdenian gallery let Iia-' phael hold Him up as a child, and in Ant-" werp cathedral let Rubens hand Him -down from the cross as a martyr and Han-' del make all his oratorio vibrate around that one chord "He was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniquities." But not until all the redeemed get home and from the countenances in all the gal- ' leries of the ransomed shall be revealed -the wouders of redemption shall either man or seraph or archangel know the height and depth and breadth of the love, of God. At our national capital a monument ia honor of him who did more than any one to achieve our American inileiiendeni-e'.-was for scores of years in building, and . most of us were discouraged and said it never would be completed. And how glad -we all were when in the presence of the highest officials of the nation the work was done! - But will the monument to Him who died for the eternal liberation of the . human race ever be completed? For ages , the work has been going up. Evangelists and apostles and martyrs have been add- ing to the heavenly pile, and every one of : the millions of redeemed going up from earth has made to it contribution of glad- ' ness, and weight of glory is swung to the . top of other weight of glory, higher and higher as the whole millenniums roll. sap-. " phire on the top of jas;er, sardonyx on the top of chalcedony and chrysopranus' above topaz, until far beneath shall lie the, walls and towers and domes of our earth- ' ly . capitol, a monument forever and for ever rising and yet never done: "I'nto. Him who has loved us and washed ns.' from our sins in His own blood and nia.to. us kings and priests forever." Alleluia, amen. Truth is very compact, but a lie must have plenty of room or it will smother. They who know God love Him, and they who love Him learn to know Him beet. Men are willing lo be Blaves of some that they may be masters of others. ' Just to keep sweet arteT repress un charitable opinions is to go far toward commanding the lovely gospel f Christ. - - There are a thousand little inexplica ble things that go to make up the char acter of agreeablenessj. If we could but conquer our inmost enemies, we could stand thousands of our outward-ones. ..- - - . We love . those whom, we can. protect or defend. 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