if
B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COnSTITUTIOn THE UN I OR -AND THE EMFORCEPEftT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and PrtprUUr.
VOL. IilV.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1900.
NO. 43.
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BY B. TO.
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CHAPTER XI. (Continued.)
"Stop, stop. Miles!" she cried, start
Ins forward, with dilated eye and quiv
ering Hps- "Do 70a mean," catching ber
breath, "that you suppose that that lan
cer was "
"Your lover, he interrupted fiercely.
"I don't suppose it, I know it." A vio
lent banging of doors, a small, shrill
whistle, an "I bog your pardon, sir, time's
up." from a running guard, and the train
was already gliding out of the station,
with Miles' last passionate sentence vi
brating in Esrae's ears. "I don't suppose
It. I know it." His angry eyes, his pal
lid face, were still before her vision. In
stead of the sheds and trucks and grimy
red-brick walls, that they were passing
with ever-increasing speed. For a mo
ment or two she did not move, she seem
ed stunned; then, regardless of Flack, ahe
fliiug herself on her knees and buried her
face in the dusty blue carriage cushion
opposite, saying, "Oh, this is too much,
too much!" Fate was too hard! Waa
she to lose both Teddy and Miles within
the very same hour? It was impossible!
and she wept unrestrainedly and violently-
"Oh, I'm too miserable to Hve!" she
moaned, as Flack came and bent over
ber; insisted on ber reseating herself,
and not "taking on" in this wicked way.
"He'll come back. Miss Esme, safe and
sound. Don't you be fretting for Master
Teddy, you know, as he said you wasn't
to and you promised. Come now," re
provingly. "It is not him. Flack! it's it's CapUin
Brabazon," trying to stifle her ungovern
able sobs.
"Laws, yes; I saw him a minute at the
carriage door, and he seemed a bit put
out."
Flack was somewhat deaf, and, being
at the other end of the carriage, the hur
ried interview between- the cousins had
been nearly all dumb show to her; what
with the noise on the platform and the
hissing of the engine, the sound of their
voices had been entirely drowned.
"I never told him about Teddy," said
Esme, in a choked voice. "Teddy would
not let me. and now he thinks all kinds
of dreadful things. What shall I do?
What shall I do?" wringing her hands in
a frenzy of despair. Then taking off her
hat, and pressing her bands to her throb
bing temples, she gaxed hopelessly at her
companion, who sat before her open
mouthed nnd stared back in a condition
of mutual stupefaction. But a bright
Idea suddenly beamed upon her mind,
and. nodding her head two or three times
with great satisfaction, she shouted: "I
have it, miss! Ton can telegraph tele
graph!" raising her voice still higher.
"Telegraph but where?"
"Well, to be sure. I don't know, miss;
wherever he Is. But you may know."
"His club, of course; that will find him.
Oh, you clever, clever Flack! The in
stant we get to Waterloo I'll telegraph
that Teddy is my brother. Under the cir
cumstances Teddy would not mind!"
"No, indeed; why should he?" indig
nantly. "Deary, deary me! 1 would
not have believed it of a quiet-looking
young gentleman. I would not have be
lieved it!"
"Believed what?" -
"Why, that Captain Brabazon could
nave worseo mmseir. up into bucji a itri- j
rific passion about nothing; that he had
such an audacious temper. Miss Esme, !
his eyes was blazing like two candles in :
his head."
To this remark Esme made no reply,
She could not talk; she dried her eyes,
tried to master her long-drawn sobs and 1
ouivering Hds. and sat with her hat in
her lap. gazing vacantly out of the win-1
dow while the express thundered and
roared through station -after station, but
went all too slowly for her.
CHAPTER XII.
The telegram waa dispatched the In
stant they arrived In London, and Esme
breathed more freely. Ihen she and
Flack made their way across town, had
tea at another station, and after another
railway journey and a jolting drive lys
ine, tired, stiff snd dazed, descended at
the aide door at home. She was admit
ted bv Gusaie. with a rather frightened
face, a candle in her hand, and her finger
on her lips.
"So vou are home safe and sound,1
she whispered. "Well, my dear, I would
not go through this evening again for a
trifle. And how pinched and pale ana
frozen you look. We must wrap you up
In cotton-wool to-morrow, or you won t
be at all the pretty bride we intend to
show!"
"I don't think I shall ever be a bride.
said her sister, in an exhausted tone.
sinking into her most popular school-room
chair. "Miles came up to me at tne sta
tion, literallv stammering with rage. He
looked aa If he could have have killed
with measure: and in about three
ntn-. cast me off. and said good-by
forever. I was too mnch astonished to
spesk to tell bim the truth; and in one
second more we were gone.
"Great heavens!" was all Gussie could
articulate, as she knelt on the hearthrug.
"I have sent. him a telegram to his club,
and If he goes back to London he will
or it. telling him who 'Xeciaj is.
"I'm surprised you had that much
sense," said Gussie, drawing a breath of
relief. "And to what ciuor
"The Mars and Jupiter."
"Oh, you stupid, stupid owl! He never
goes there, not once In a blue moon. You
nhould have sent it to the Jun'r Bed and
Blue," nodding ner need Impressively
Weil. well. well. 1 can't have you dy
lag on my hands, all the same; drink some
of this nice, hot soup si once. 1 im
it for yon. Come, now, there's a good
girl: starving won't mend matters."
"What'a the use? It's very good ot
you. but the very idea of swallowing
makes me feel sick: indeed it does."
"That's hunger," retorted Gussie.
promptly, "the pangs of gnawing hnnge:
Come. now. you really must, after ":
keeping It warm in a dear little saucerai'
for the last twe hours. Aud think wnat
a spectacle you will be when Miles conie
here to-morrow 1 arrives up the avenue
a penitent, on his bended knees, and prob
ably with peas in his shoes."
And thus Esme waa persuaded to be s
kxxd girl.
"And poor Ted what about him?" in
quired Gussie, sitting on the rug and
nursing her knees. "Yon saw him off,
and see now dearly you have paid for it.
grabaot?
CROKBR
yor ceurageous but mistaken youug per
aon; you would have your own way."
Esme looked down thoughtfully at het
vivacious sister.
"Don't you know," now expostulating
with one band, "that you, poor dear, are
one of the people who may never look
over the wall, while others may steal a
dozen horses without the smallest sus
picion? Now I," patting herself compln
cently, "might run down to Portsmouth
three days a week, and see off half tb
army, and I'll venture to bet no one
would ever burst like a shell upon me.
as Miles did on you to-day. Poor Esme
gone only one little day. It's all a matter
of luck: and you have none."
In spite of her brain being in a per
fect ferment, Esme fell asleep almost
before her head was on the pillow. The
mind has to give way to the body some
times, and her long railway journey up
to London and down to Portsmouth and
back, had completely worn her out, and
she slept: but her sleep was disturbed
by dreams; better far had she remained
awake. Now it was Teddv's face. Dale
and death like, that came before her and
whispered, with a sobbing sigh, "good
by forever.". Now it was Miles' features,
lark and threatening, that bent close to
her and hissed into her ear, "good-by."
Then she dreamed of Mrs. Brabazon.
whose presence alone was enough to turn
my dream into a nightmare Mrs. Braba
zon and an earthquake. This latter vis
ion was fulfilled on the spot; someone
ius violently shaking the foot of the little
brass bed, someone standing there in a
slate-colored flannel dressing gown. Esme
opened. pair of startled eyes, and beheld
no less a erson than Mrs. Brabazon her
self. Such a visitation was unparalleled,
what awful catastrophe had brought hei
there at such an early hour, in slipper
and dressing gown, aud without her from
eeth? Her face was lemon color, her
eyes lurid, her voice harsh. She held a
letter clutched in her hand.
"Wake up, wake up, Esme," she ex
claimed, once more jolting the bed vio
lently; and Esme, now thoroughly aroui
ed, began to take in the recollection of
yesterday, a recollection which stole over
her mind like a wave of half-frozen wat
er. She had had a kind of vague hope,
as she first looked at Mrs. Brabazon, thai
it was all all a dream; but now she wa
roused by the agony of a sharp mental
awakening.
"Sit up at once, and liaten to me, miss,
and tell me what thia means this letter
from Miles Brabazon," unfolding as she
spoke, the epistle, which literally cracked
In her band. "He says:
".'Dear Mrs.' Brabazon I thiak it right
to tell you at once that there will be no
marriage between my cousin Esme and
myself. I refer yon to ber for the reason,
and am, yours truly,
" 'MILES BRABAZON.'
"Now, please to give me the reason thi
moment," she proceeded, grasping the
bar at the foot of the bed in both hands,
and glaring at her step-daughter. "1
he in his right mind? No address, n
date. Postmark. Portsmouth."
Still Esme could not speak; vainly sir.
tried to articulate. No words would come.
She would have fared better if she had
been up, standing on her feet; but with
ber furious step-mother towering over he.
from the bottom of the bed she was ai
her mercy in every way, and speechles.
Gussie, who, already dressed, stood
trembling and quaking In the background,
making unintelligible signals to her siste.
behind her step-mother's back, now found
courage to say:
"Tell her, Esme; It's nothing so Tery
dreadful, after all!"
And Esme, thus adjured, told what had
happened.'
"It is not quite aa bad as I expected,'
was Mrs. Brabazon's comment when she
bad heard the story. "You had bettei
stay in your room to-day. 1 shall write
and telegraph to Milea and Annie and
tell them the truth. There, you can keep
that," tossing Miles' note contemptuously
on the counterpane. "The trouble anil
anxiety I've had about this whole busi
ness hss nesrly worn me into my grsve
What with your scruples and Miles scru
pies, and the fatigue about your trous
seau, and now this."
So saying she trailed majestically out
of the apartment, closing the door with
a bang that made the jugs and basin
rattle for two minutes.
All that long day Esme remained up
tairs, while Gussie brought her constant
bulletins from the lower regions, an.;
Sokes appeared periodically with a lar;:
enp of tea on a small tray.
But no letter, no telegram, no Mile
put in an appearance. The day wanei!
night came. And so ended Esme's wed
ding day!
CHAPTER XIII.
Let us now return to Miles, whom v
left on the platform at Portsmouth, near
ly beside himself with rage, and alinus'
blind witb passion.
He was a young man of prompt action
and once he was roused he did nothin
by halves. He hurried off to a hotel 1111
penDed the blotted note we have alreiid
seen between Mrs. Brabazon's twitchin
fingers. lie then took the night train f"
Aldershot. where the se-ond battalion n
his regiment was now undergoing tli
agonies of inspection previous to its de
parture for the Cape.
"One thing was certain." he said t
jimself emphatically: "they should 110
tail wit'aurt him." The mere idea
-emainini: in England, to be harried I
lis friends about his broken engngfmeii
was nothing less than madness. He in
terviewed the astounded commanding offi
cer at 8 o'clock in the morning. He beg
ged and prayed to be taken as a super
numerary, or, vaguely, "anything." But,
luckily for him, one of the captains was
on the sick list, one who would probably
retire, and with him he effected a prompt
exchange. He telegraphed to Burnish.
he telegraphed here aud there to the
war office, to outfitters, to any and every
where but Baronsford. He lived in a
kind of rain ,of orange envelopes. He
made a flying trip to the Horse Guards
and to his tailor's. He called at Annie s;
she was out. . But he shunned the clubs
as if the plague were raging in their vi
cinity. Did not all his chums know that
he waa to have been a married man ere
this? Now the Second Battalion Koyal I
Marchers knew nothing of his affa:irs,
and he was comparatively at ease among
them. Down at Aldersnot all was couf u- j
sion. Chsos reigned in the officers auar- I
ters and in the mesa.
At last the regiment was fairly off to
Jie station, and played away in two troop
trains, by the band of another, corps,
while a crowd of sympathising spectators
sheered and waved handkerchiefs. Tweu-ty-four
hours later they were aboard the
Portugal, hired transport, steaming out
f Portsmouth harbor to the tune of "The
Girl I Left Behind Me."
"The girl I left behind me." What a
bitter irony that well-known air implied
to Captain Brabazon, as he leaned his
arms on the bulwark, with his forage cap
pulled over his brow, and his eyes fixed
upon the fast-receding shores of merry
England; and he laughed to himself a
grim, contemptuous, not very pleasant
laugh, as he glanced at a boy close to
bim, whose eyes looked misty, whose
whole idea and expression conveyed the
idea that he had left some fair ladylove
in the land whose shores were becoming
limmer every moment.
At St. Vincent's they put in for coal,
after nine days' steady steaming; that
land-locked harbor presented a busy
seen colliers and small vessels aud
transports). The Portugal happeued, by
good luck, to be the first of a batch of
Toopers aU bound for the Cape. But first
come, first served, and after twenty-four
hours' hard coaling she steamed out
through the fleet, the band playing "Uule,
Britannia," amid loud cheers from all the
other ships.
The Portugal put in for more coal at
Cape Town, and all the marchers were
delighted to land and have a run on
;hore, after a month at sea. Miles, and
half a dozen others, made their way to
the Civil Service Club, in hansoms, and
who should be standing on the steps, all
miles and freckles, and blinking lashes,
!ut Captain Gee, promoted to the second
lattaiion, dressed in spotless white, and
javing landed that very morning from
Sritisb Burmah. Very heartily did he
greet the Brat arrivals, out to say that
te was astonished to see his bosom friend.
Miles Brabazon, among the crowd, but
feebly expresses his feelings. However,
he had the sense and prudence to re
train himself till opportunity suited.
No sooner had the door banged after
the last merry subaltern than Captain
Gee, who had been lying back In a very
deep, very low chair, suddenly clutched
each protruding arm, drew himself up to
the very edge of It, and, confronting his
companion, eagerly asked these three
questions in one breath: "Well, where Is
the? What have you done with her.'
Are you married?"
"No more than you are, thank good
ness," returned the other, knowing well
that It was useless to sttempt to evade
or postpone a searching cross-examination.
"It was a near thing. 1 can hard
ly bear to to talk of It. We were with
in a day and a half of the wedding and
there was an end of everything."
"Was the money a sell?" demanded
Captain Gee.
"No, that was all right."
"Then." said Dicky, decisively, "it must
nave been the girl. No doubt you neg
lected her, snubbed her and shut her
up on all occasions. Oh! if I had only
had your opportunities."
"There is another view of the subject
that has not struck you as yet." said
Miles, gravely. "I suppose," with 4 vis
ible effort, "yon must know It aoonat -or
later.- Let as geflt over now, and never
speak of it again. Come out on the bal
cony. It's stifling in here."
Dicky responded to the invitation with
ilacrity, looking up with sharp expectan
cy into his brother officer's face.
"It waa not my cousin who broke off
:he match; it was I." he said, with slow,
distinct utterance.
"I wouldn't doubt ye," Interposed his
companion, in an angry undertone.
"And whatever I tell you is sacred,
Dicky; these other fellows know nothing
f it," nodding toward the distant masts
smiling grimly.
"Go on, go on, man alive!"
"It's easily told in a few words. We
were within less than two days of the
wedding, when I accidentally discovered
that she was nmdly in love with another
man. I saw her kissing him with my
own eyes."
"There wss no getting over that, 1 sup
iose," said Gee.
"And so." not deigning to notice the
Misses'. on, "1 Just made my bow there
lud then, got an exchange, and here I
am:
"You're sure there was no mistake; it
was no other person?" inquired the wily
Dicky, anxiously.
"No, no mistake ! I saw her with m.
own eyes, and seeing la believing, is it
not?" sarcastically.
"Poor old chap, I'm sorry for you, for
your sake, but I'm precious glad to get
jou back for my own, slapping him vig
orously on the back. "Cheer up. man.
Hid don't look so down in the mouth; it's
nothing, when you're used to it; and re
member this that there's as good fish
in the sea as ever were caught; girls are
plentiful; as to the young woman "
"Yes, and as to the young woman?"
with a look of veiled contempt.
"All I wish to remark is." scrutinizing
his companion gravely, "that the loss is
liers."
1T0 be continued.)
Useful Hints.
Gilt picture frames may be bright
ened by taking sufficient tlower of sul
phur to give a golden tinge to a pint of
water, and in this toil three bruised on
ions. Strain off this liquid and with it,
when cold, wash the gilding with a
sott brush.
Covers for sorbet cups are made of
composition like papier-mache in imi
tation of tiny brown Jugs. These fit
over the cups and tied with ribbon to
match the co'or of the table decora
tions. A set of them can be used
indefinitely and affords a variety to
the table service.
Housekeepers returning to closed and
dust-laden homes are discouraged often
that two and three sweepings even do
not seem to take out the summer's ac
cumulation of dust. A little spirits of
turpentine in water, a good tablespoon
ful to two quarts, will be found an in
valuable agent In brightening and
freshening the carpet. It should not
be used with a broom, but a cloth
slould be well wrung out from the mix
ture and the carpet wiped over with
it. If soot has fallen out from the
chimney In any rooms, salt thickly
sprinkled over the soot will allow of its
being easily gathered into the dust
pan, leaving no traces. Salt Is also
useful when ink Is freshly spilled on a
carpet. Applv the salt at once; It ab
sorbs the ink. and the two form a crust
readily removed.
True blessedness conslsteth in a good
life and a happy death.
The love of heavenly things makes
a light heart.
It is foolish laying a mud foundation
for a stone house.
The alpha and the omega of all things
Is the love of God.
When one builds castles ln the au
be leaves out the trouble.
Crooked living makes the cross Chris-
tlan.
Odds and Ends.
It la , ' that the population of the
world iiivl eases 10 per cent, every ten
A pro.Jv.ft Is on foot to connect the
railways of Greece with those of Tur
key, so es to connect Athens with Eu
rope bv rail.
" So use.'ul are toads In gardens that
they are sold in France by the dozens
for stocking gardens to free them from
injurious insects.
Calisaya comes from Peruvian bark.
"ontains much alcohol, is used for fla
voring soda water pyrups, and if in
dulged in immoderately is as bad as
morphine.
Flowers bloom in the Sandwich Is
lands ell the year round: therefore
it is believed that that country is more
leserving than Japan of the title
'Flowery Kingdom."
Historical Erasmus Hall, in its day
a fameus school of Brooklyn, which
was ei . ted in 1786, I- to be torn down.
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
contributed $10 each toward the con
struction of the building.
A pnny will buy twenty times
much nourishment In the shape
oatmeal aa in the form of beef.
The sterlet, caught in Siberian rlv
ts, competes with the pompano, front
the Gulf of Mexico, as the most dclic
ous fish In the world.
Gout is rarely known among th-
vorking classes of Ireland. Their im
munity from this complaint Is though:
to be due to the fact that their food
consists largely of potatoes.
Seville's hottest day was August 11
with a temperature of 117 degrees In
the shade. Thousands of birds 'el
dead in the streets and the weaihoi
record in the Spanish city was broken.
The German Government has set
aside 20.000.000 marks ($4,700,000). for
providing small homes for its railroad
officials. It is reckoned that at least
'M0 more of these homes will be built
at once.
The "cash" is the most common clr
cuiatlng coin In China. It Is a copper
and zinc piece about the size of the
American quarter of a dollar, with a
square hole in the centre, for conve
nience In stringing many of them to
gether.
Current Topics.
It Is not often that one pair of shoes
will do two men, but in Middles boro
Ky., there are two men who wear the
same pair at the same time. One has
his right foot off. while the other is
minus his left. They wear the same
size shoe, and make it a point to buy-
together, and only have to get one pair.
By this method they are able to get
Ltheir footwear at half price, as they
aiviae tne cost.
Small spiders play havoc with the
telegraph wires in the Argentine Re
public . They build long cobwebs on the
wires, and as soon aa dew or rain falls
the, Ana threads operate "as conductors
of -the electric- current. The effect is
to practically stop the ' operation of
some of the lines.
An enormous mushroom was found
In the neighborhood of Rlckmansowrth.
England, recently. It was perfectly
round in shape and measured nine
inches In diameter and twenty-seven
in circumference. Without the stem
the mushroom weighed ten ounces.
A complete set of Mafeklng- siege
postage stamps was sold at a London
auction recently for $180, and two sets
of Mafeking paper money brought $110
each.
The City Council of Cleveland, Ohio,
has decided to pay $11 to a municipal
employe who fell into a sewer last
spring while working in a manhole In
performance of his duty, and who was
carried along by a filthy current until
rescued at the next manhole by fellow
workmen. The magnificent sum to be
paid to the unfortunate is by way of
compensation for the injuries he re
ceived. It would be Interesting to
know how many of the Cleveland Coun
cilmen would be willing to undergo a
like experience for the money which
they have so generously allotted to
he injured workman.
Personals.
During the visit of the Shah of Per
sia to Brussels the fact was noted in
the newspapers that the city's distin
guished guest was very fond of chil
dren, whereupon some of the young
sters of the Belgian capital decided to
ascertain the truth or falsity of the re
port for themselves. One enterprising
lad wrote to the Persian ruler that a
bicycle was all that was needed to In
sure his happiness, but the fact must
not be divulged to his parents, and an
other child asked for a doll In Bimilar
terms. In both Instances the gifts
were forthcoming with the result that
on the last day of his Majesty's visit
the Persian Legation was besieged by
youthful applicants, many of whom
were made happy by practical proofs
of the Shah's generosity.
A bronze bust of the late Sherman
Hoar, of Massachusetts, will be pre
sented to the Phillips Exeter Academy,
at the meeting of the Board of Trus
tees in October. It is the gift of
school and college mates of Mr. Hoar.
The latter received his early training
at Phillips Exeter, and was for several
years on the Board of Trustees of the
school.
Miss Mary Anderson. City Attorney
of Palmyra, Mo., made her official debut
in court the other day and succeeded
in scoring a conviction. Her victim
was fined $2.
The Dowager Empress of Russia has
always declined to accept the guar
dianship of Russian detectives during
her visits home. On her present visit
however, this custom has been altered
at the command of the reigning Czar,
and much against the desire of the Em
press. She is now followed by eight
Russian detectives of the International
service. Four of these detectives have
taken station at Fredensborg and four
at Copenhagen.
J. B. Curtis, Just appointed supervi
sor of City Schools for the blind in Chi
cago, Is himself blind. He graduated
from the University of Chicago in 1895,
and in the following year was given
the degree of A. M. During the last
three years he has occupied the chair
of mathematics and civics in the III!
nois Institution for the. Blind, at Jack
Sttnvllla.
Cups and saucers are never used
for tea anywhere In Russia. The tea
cup is an unknown article. The drink
ing vessel for tea Is the "stakan," a
glass tumbler in a silver holder. No
Russian ever drinks milk in his tea.
The present builds the palace or the
hut for the future.
gg CONFIDENCE. J
1
9 poverty doea not render a man
morbid It makes him gentle and
kind-hearted. That Is what It did
for Jonathan Harrod. In the early
days we had roomed together In col
lege I waa going to say slept together,
but Jonathan seldom slept. He smoked
and drank coffee and worked Instead,
and blossomed Into a winner of prises.
As Jonathan was in love as well as In
debt, and Just as prone aa I to substi
tute pipes for meals when the larder
was low, we learned to love each othet
during those four years with an affec
tion that was firm and confiding.
Jonathan used to advise me to fall In
love, too. "I tell you, old man," he
would say, when opening s letter ol
familiar blue, "when you are not feel
ing well, and the world grates on you
like a camel'a-halr shirt, there Is noth
ing so good as an old-fashioned lovs
letter."
The writer of the old-faabloned mis
sives lived out West. In Harrod's na
tive town, and, although I never met
ber, I came to know her almost as well
as Harrod did, he spoke of her so often.
And then I used to watch his face
when- he read her letters. They must
have been tender and sympathetic, but
withal a dash of ambition and Inspira
tion In them. No tale of village goss.'p
could have brought that light Into Jon
athan's eyes nor that flash of color tc
his cheek. At their conclusion he would
dream a while, perhaps, and then fal
at his books and work like mad.
He showed me ber picture one night
Skju was dark with a hlgb forehead
and shadowy eyes.' The mouth and
chin were both well formed but ratbei
mascnline. It was a beautiful face.
Maough not pretty.
Although Harrod had loved the girl
all his life and she bim. If there b
anght In the signs of the zodiac they
had a misunderstanding of some sort
or other during the summer that fol
lowed his graduation. When be re
turned East the following autumn he
was quieter than ever before, and, if
possible, more gentle and sympathetic.
He and I had rooms together, where. In
lieu of other Inexpensive pastimes, tve
were wont to spend.tbe evenings work
ing and reading. I saw from the first
that something ailed him; and. as h
no longer received the blue envelopes,
nor counseled me to lose mf heart, I
guessed the reason and asked no ques
tions. He did not become apathetic-
Jonathan didn't His old habit of work
was stronger than ever. And now his
stories began to appear occasionally In
the magazines, and the dear, public tc
recognize "' htsHame and to read what
went with It,
Two years bad passed away befor.
Jonathan had made even the slightest
reference to this love affair of his, and
that waa when be came Into my room
one cheerless, gray November after
noon, the picture of abject melancholy.
In his band was a crumpled piece of
Da per. This he Placed before me on
the tahle. then hA went siul unrri him.
self before the fireplace, where I could
not see his face. The paper was a clip
ping from some Inland journal deacrlb
lng In florid terms the wedding of Miss
Winifred Conover to one' Amos Sen en -
eck. Only half the article had been
clipped, evidently, and this had been
pasted on a half-sheet of note paper.
I read the tawdry effusion through, then
I twisted It to pieces and dropped it
into the waste basket.
Jonathan, my boy," I said, going
over and seating myself on the arm of
bis chair, "who sent you this thing'"
1 do not know." And there was a
world of sadness In his voice. "The en
velope was addressed In a strange band
and not a word acompanled it."
We were both silent for a moment.
The logs were burning cheerily, outside
the wind was blowing a gale. Jonathan
sat with bis face in his hands. "When
I came here to you just now," he said.
I was chilled and lonely the day is
so somber, and I had been tramping
all over the country, and well, I came
to say good-by. I wanted to leave this
life and wait for Winifred In the next.
for" his voice
weui suraigm to tut
I 7 J; I 1 ,OVe her 8o!" 1 re" :
garded him with compassion. "You He ;
down here on the lounge before the ;
fire. I commanded him, "and stop this !
uruuuiug. i pusneu rorwaru the
couch as I spoke, and he dropped on it
like an obedient child. He gave me one
grateful look, and tbwn, under the In
fluence of the genial warmth and the
fatigue of many vigils fell fast asleep.
There are day In the lives of us all.
I fancy, when a vague and subtle sense I
of mystery invests the commonest ob
jects; when our minds recognize new
qualities In common things; when the
look ln the eyes of a child, the glint ol
sunlight ln a woman's hair, the sound
of a distant churchbell, stir feelings
deep within us we have never known
before. That afternoon there was a
white carnation in the vase on my writ
ing table, and as I sat there pondering
Jonathan's sorrows Its perfume stole
Into my brain like a sweet and potent
anodyne. It conjured up visions as fall
s the dreams of Dr. Fatistus, and yet
and yet, there was a sense of forebod
ing, a premonition of something about
to occur.
Whether or not I dozed I cannot say,
but suddenly I was aware that some
other than Jonathan was ln the room,
and that be was wide awake and look
ing at me intently. I raised my eyes,
and there, to my Infinite surprise and
astonishment, I saw standing opposite
meacross the table, a stylishly gowned
young wbman.
I started to my feet with an apology
on my Hps, but as I glanced at her face
my tongue was tied and I remained
silent -"- She was dark and with a high
forehead . and shadowy eyes. The
mouth and chin were both well formed.
but rather masculine. And ah was 1
beautiful, though not pretty. .
"Miss Conover," I exclaimed.
"Tea," she answered, . with a voice
that was low and vibrant. "It ! I "
IJmo. with, bar brown ares flx4 on tim
white carnation and the To lor mantling
ber cheek, she continued. "I nave just
arrived In the city. Yesterday I learned
that an ancient enemy of Jonathan's
sent htm a paragraph from an account
of cousin's wedding, and" the color
Increased, then quickly subsided
"knowing; Jonathan so well, I wished.
If possible, to see him before the clip
ping reached him. And you see. I
knew you also knew him well." Her
lips closed tightly for a second, then
curved Into a smile. Two great tears
started from beneath the drooping
lashes, but were quickly Intercepted.
I looked toward the place where Jon
athan lay. A screen was between him
and the visitor, and only his soft res
piration betrayed bis presence. I
turned to Miss Conover.
"Jonathan loves you," I said. "Do
you love him?" Her eyes flashed with
a womanly luster, but again her lips
were firm. "For If you do," I exclaim
ed, pulling aside the screen with a sin
gle swift movement, "he is here."-
"Jonathan!"
Then as I left the room I looked back
and saw her kneeling at hit side.
Brooklyn Standard Union.
vVHAI A DINNER REPRESENTS.
Growth of the Different Viand. In
volves an Outlay of S3 00,000,000.
Recently a man who Is fond of arith.
netic made up his mind that he would
find out how much a dinner really cost.
He first ascertained that the dinner be
was eating cost 75 cents, presumably.
He contradicted this and then made
out the following statement about the
cost of that dinner.
The pepper, be said, came from 10,
000 miles away. It grew on a bush
eight feet high, which must have had
a growth of at least Ave years. The
pepper was picked green; It had to buj
dried In the sun. and this meant em
ploying women. It took one ship and
1,000 miles of railroad to bring the pep
per to the United States.
The flour of which the bread waa
made came from Dakota; some one
owned the land, and that meant the In
vesting of capital, and he bad also to
pay wages to worktngmen. The flour
had to be ground, and the building of
the mill and the plant, or machinery.
meant more money Invested. The mill
era had to be paid, coopers had to be
paid for making the barrels, and, of
course, the wood of which the barrels
were made had to be cut and sawed
and shaped, and this meant the em
ployment of more men. Then the flout
had to be shipped over the railroad and
handled again by cartmen before It
came Into the house
. The tea on the table came from China
ind the coffee from South America. The
codfish had to be brought from Maine.
Men had to be employed to catch the
fish; other men and women were em
ployed In drying, packing and boxing
1 road Journey.
The salt came from the Indian reser
vation in the northwestern part of
New York State. The spices In the
cake came from the spice islands In the
Indian archipelago. The canned peaches
came from California, and they, too,
represented the employment of capital
and labor. The little dinner represent
ed, directly or Indirectly, the employ
ment of $500,000,000 of capital and 5,
JOO.OOO men. Memphis Commercial
Appeal. A 1 10,000 for a. Single Pearl.
The largest price ever asked and paid
for a single pearl was 110,000, which
was the value of the great Taverniei
pearl. It was originally In the posses
slon of an Arabian merchant, and
Mods. Tavernier traveled from Paris
to Catlfa with the express intention of
purchasing the pearl.
Although he went prepared to pa?
any sum between 1.000 and 100,000.
he concluded that he would be able to
obtain it for about 25,000. His first
offer was 10,000, but after the deal
i had remained open for a few days this
hnd risen to 75.000. Finally the trans
..- i-j n-ith (iiAmn ..j
Perl experts state that It Is a clear bar
ln ttt tnat prlce. It the UrgeBt
Inost gem ot lt8 klaa known
and lt9 luBter Mld to nnrtv,ed. It
is exactly two Inches ln fength
oval-shaped.
and
New Cure for liocklsw.
Dr. Roux. of the Pasteur Institute,
announces the discovery of an efficient
cure for lockjaw. The antitetanlc serum
! used ln Germany would not work till
! Dr. Roux hit on the plan of Injecting
it into the brain under the membranes.
His plan has been tried with complete
success on a man.
Odd Numbers.
The Siamese have a great horror of
odd numbers, and were never known tc
put five, seven, nine or eleven window
In a house or temple.
j He I can't see for the Ufe of me why
a woman would rather work in a milli
nery store, for instance, for little or
nothing a week, than to get good wages
and good living taking care of so:..e
, one's hoiMe.
She well, for one thing, a urea gin
never has the delicious joy of selling
some other woman a hat that makes
her took like a fright. Indianapolis
Press.
A Chip.
Mark I saw that little boy of your
to-day.
Borroughs Did yon? Think he's Ilk.
me? . . .
Mark Very much.
Borroughs Do you really T
Mark Yes. He asked me for torn
money. Philadelphia Press.
If a woman la mad, a maa wUJ And
that a wet cloth on his bead ad a
groan are cheaper than a iiissaMl te
aoftaa bar
OERMON
T
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SatdMt: Christ Character wis Karthly
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Wasttiwotox, D. C In this sermon,
which Dr. Talmage sends from Paris, he
analyzes the character of the Saviour, and
urges all Christians to exercise the quali
ties which were conspicuous in Christ's
earthly life. The text is Romans viii, 9:
"Now. if any man has not the spirit of
Christ he is none of His."
There is nothing more desirable than a
pleasant disposition. Without it we can
not be hanpy ourselves or make others
happy. When we have lost our temper
or become impatient under some light
cross, we suddenly awaken to new appre
ciation of proper equipoise of nature. We
wish we had been born with self balance,
we envy those people who bear themselves
through Ufe without any perturbation, and
we flatter ourselves that, however little
self control we may now have, the time
will come, under the process of years,
when we will be mellowed and softened,
and the wrong things which are in us now
will then be all right, forgetful of the fact
that an evil habit in our nature will grow
into larger proportions, and that an ini
quity not corrected will become the grand
father of a whole generation of iniquities.
So that people without the grace of God
in the struggle and amid the annoyances
and exasperations of life are. apt to be
come worse instead of better.
Now, the trouble is that we have a the
ory abroad in the world that a man's dis
position cannot be changed. A man says,
"1 am irascible in temper, and I ean't
help it." Another man says, "I am re
vengeful naturally, and I can't help it "
A man says, "I am impulsive, and I can't
heln it." And he tells the truth. No man
can correct his disposition. I never knew
a man by force of resolution to change
his treatment, hut bv His grace God
can take away that which is vrrniz and
put in that which is right, and I know
and you know people who, since their eon
version, are just the opposite of what they
used to be. In other words, we may, by
the spirit of God. have the disposition of
Jesus Christ implanted in our disposition,
and we must have it done or we will never
see heaven. "If any man have not the
disposition of Jesus Christ, he is none of
His."
In the first place, the spirit of Christ
was a spirit of gentleness. Sometimes He
made wrathful utterance against Phnri
sees and hypocrites, hut the most of His
words were kind and gentle and loving
and inoffensive and attractive. When we
consider the fact that He was omnipo
tent, and could have torn to pieces His
assailants, the wonder is greater. We of
ten hear the persecution and abuse of the
world because we cannot help it. Christ
endured it when He could have helped it.
Little children whe alwavs shy off at a
rough man rushed into His presence and
clambered on Him until the people
begged the mothers to take them away.
Invalids so sore with wounds that they
could not bear to have any one come near
them begged Christ just to put His hand
upon the wound and soothe it. The
mother with the sickest child was willing
to put the little one in Christ's ar .
Self-rightecus people rushed into His
presence with a woman of debased char
acter and said. "Now, annihilate her, blast
her, kill her." Jesus looked at her ind
saw she was sorry and repentant, and He
looked at them, and He saw they were
proul and arrogant and malignant, and He
said, "Let him that is without sin cast the
first stone at her." A blind man sat by
the wavside making a great ado about his
lack of vision. They told him to hush
up and not bother the Master. Christ
stooped to him and said, "What wilt thou
that I do unto thee?" Gentleness of voice,
gentleness of manner, gentleness of life.
We all admire it whether we have any
of it or not. Just as the rough mountain
bluff and the scarred crag love to look
down into the calm lake at their feet and
as the stormiest winter loves to merge
into the sunshiny- spring, so the most pre
cipitate and impulsive and irascible nature
loves to think of the gentleness of Christ.
How little we have of it ! How little pa
tience in treating with enemies! We
have so little of the gentleness of Christ
we are not fit for Christian work half the
time. We do not know hov? to comfort
the bereft or to encourage the disheart
ened or to take care of the poor. Even
our voice of sympathy is on the wrong
pitch.
My sister had her arm put out of loint.
and we were in the country, and the
neighbors came in, and they were all sym
pathetic, and they laid hold of the arm
and pulled and pulled mightily until the
anguish was intolerable, but the arm did
not go to its place. Then the old country
doctor was sent for, and he came in, and
with one touch it was all risht. He knew
just where to put his finger and just how
to toucn the Done. e go out to oar
Christian work with too -rough a hand
and too unsympathetic a manner, and we
fail in our work, while some Christian,
in the gentleness of Christ, comes along.
put his hand of sympathy on the sore
spot, and the torn ligaments are healed,
and the disturbed bones are rejoined Oil,
lor tnis gentleness of Christ!
Ihe dew ot one summer night will ac
complish more good than fifty Caribbean
wniriwinos. now important it is mat in
going forth to serve Christ we have some
thing of His gentleness! Is that the way
we bear ourselves when we are assaulted?
The rule is an eye for an eye, a tooth lor
a tooth, retort for retort, sarcasm for sar
casm. Give him as much as he sends!
After awhile you look up into the face of
Christ, and you see His gentleness, and
?rou say, Well, now, I must do different
y." Then your proud heart says: "Now
you have your enemy in a corner. You
will never get bim in a corner again. Chas
tise him and then let him go." So we
postpone the gentleness of Christ.
Did you ever know anv dilhcultv to be
healed by acerbity or hypercnticism ?
About forty-five years ago the Presbyte
rian Church was split into the new school
and the old school. The chasm sot wider
and wider. The most outrageous person
alities were indulged in. (food men on
one side anathematized good men on the
other side. Wider and wider the chasm
got until after awhile some good people
tried another tack, and they, began to ex
plain away the difficulties, and soon all
the differences were healed, and at Pitts
burg they shook hands and are one now
to be one forever.
You say to a man with whom vou had
a falling out, "I despise you." He says,
"I can't bear the sight of you." You say
to him, "I never want you to come to my
house again." He says, "if you come to
my house again, I'll kick you out." You
say, "I'll put you down." "Oh, no," he
says, "I'll put Vou down." But some day
the spirit of Christ comes into you and
you go over and say: "My brother, give
me your hand: time is short and eternity
is near, and we can't afford to quarrel.
Now let bygones be bygones and let us act
like Christians." It is aU settled. How?
By the gentleness of Christ.
Did you ever know a drunkard re
claimed by mimicry of his staggering steps,
hi thick tongue or his hiccough? So.
You only madden his brain. But you go
to him and let him know you appreciate
what an awful tmsrgle he has with the
evil habit and you him know that you
have been acquah. .d with people who
were down in the same depths who, by
the grace of God, have been rescued. He
bears your voice, he responds to that
(lathy, and he is saved. Ton cannot scold
the world into anything better. The
stormiest wind comes from rts hiding
plsee and says, "I will arouse th j sea,
and it blows, upon the sea. Half of the
ea Is aroused or a fourth of the sea is
aroused, yet not the entire Atlantic. But
after awhile the moon come, out calm and
placid. It shine, upon the sea. and the
ocean begins to lift. It embraces all the
highlands, the beach is all covered. The
heart throb of one world beatinc against
the heart throb of another world. The
storm could not rouse the whole Atlantic;
the moon lifted it. "And I." said Chnst,
"if I be lifted up will draw all men unto
Me." ,
Christ's disposition was also one of self,
sacrifice. No young man ever started out
with so bright a prospect as Christ started
out with if He had been willing to follow
a worldly ambition.
In the time that He gave to the sick He
mieht have gathered the vastest fortune
of Hi time. With His power to popular
ize Himself and magnetize the people He
could have gained any official position.
No orator ever won such plaudits as ne
might hare won from sanhedrin and syn
agogue and vast audiences by the seasuie;
no physician ever got such a reputation
for healin power as He mipht have ob
tained if He had performed Tlis wonder
ful cures before the Roman aristocracy.
I say these things to let vou know what
Paul meant when he said. "He pleased not
Himself," and to show somethi"r of the
wonders of His self sacr6ee. A!! human
power together could not have thrown
Christ into the manger if He had not,
choen to pn there: all satanic stren"h
could not, have lifted ChWt nnon the
if He had not elected Himself to the
tWnre
To save our race from sin and death
and hell ne faced all the sorrows of this
world and the sorrow of etcrnitv How
much of that self sacrifice have we?
What is self sacrifice? It is rov walk
ing a long journev to save yon from fa
tigue: it is my lifting a cTeat number of
pounds to save vou from the awful strain:
it is a subtraction from my comfort wd
prosperity so that there may be an addi
tion to your comfort and proneritv. How
much of thst have we? Miffct not I
rather sav. "How little have we?"
Two children, brother aid sister, were
passing down th" road. Th-v were both
very destitute The lad had hardly anv
raiments at all. His sister had t coat
that she had outrrown. It was a very
mid dav. She said. "Johnnie, come un
der this coat." "Oh." he sa'"d. "no: the
coat in't larire -op1i." "Oh." she said,
"it will stretch." TTe comes iind"r tho
coat, but the coat would not stretch. So
she took oft" the coat and put it on him.
Pelf sacrifice, pure nnd simple. Christ
taVing off Hisrohetoclotheour nakedness
Self sacrifice! I have not anv of it. nor
have yon. compared with that. The sac
rifice of the Son of (Jod.
Christ walked to Emmaus: Christ
walked from Capernaum to Bcthanv:
Christ walked from Jerusalem to Ool
gotha. How far have yon and T walked
for Christ? His head ached; His heart
ached: His back ached. How much have
we tiched for Christ?
TIow much of that humility have we?
If we get a few more dollars than other
people or gam a little higher position, oh.
how we strut! We eo around wantins
everybody to know their place and say.
"Is not this irreat Babylon that I h-ve
h'nlt for the honor of my kinedom and by
the might of mv strength?" Who hnr
anvthine of the humility of Christ?
The disposition of Christ was also the
spirit of prayer. Prayer on the mount
ains, prayer on the sea. praver among the
sick nraver everywhere. Praver foi lit
tle children. -"Father, I thank Thee 'that
Thou hast hidden these thines from the
wise and nrudent and revealed them unto
babes." Prayer for His friends. "Father,
f will that they be with Me where I am."
Prayer for His enemies, "Father, forcive
tiem: they know not what they do."
Prayer for BH nations, "Thy kingdom
come."
How little of that spirit you and I have
How soon our knees get tired! Where is
the vial full of odors which are the pray
ers of all the saints! Which of us can
keep our mind ten mjnutes on a praver
without wandering? Not you; not I. Oh.
that we might have the spirit of prayer
which was tne spirit of Christ!
We want more prayer in the family,
more prayer in the church, more prayer
in the legislative hall, more prayer amonp
the sick, more prayer among the azed.
more prayer among the young. The great
advancement of the church is to be in that
direction yet.
i lie spirit of Christ, I remark lastly,
was a spirit of hard work. Not one lazy
moment in all His life. Whether He was
talking to the fishermen on the beach,
or preaching to the sailors on the dock,
or administering to the rustics amid the
mountains, or spending an evening in
Bethanv. always busy for others. With
hands, heart, head, busy for others hew
ing in the Xazaretli carpenter shop, teach
ing the lame how to walk without crutch
es, curing the child's fits, providing ra
tions for the hungry host. Busy, busy,
busy! The hardy men who pulled the
net out of the sea filled with floundering
treasures, the shepherds who hunted up
grassy plots for their flocks to nibble at,
the sliipwrichts pounding away in the
dockyards, the winemakers of Kngedi dip
ping tiu juices from the vat and pouring
them into the goatskins, were not more
busy than Christ. Busy, busy for others!
From the moment He went out of the car
avansary of Bethlehem to the moment
when the cross plunged into the socket on
the bloody mount busy for others. Doea
that remind you of yourself? It does
not remind me of myself. If we lift a bur
den it must be light; if we do work, it
must be popular; if we sit in the ikw, it
must be Kate, if we move in a sphere of
usefulness, it must be brilliant; if we have
to take hold of a load, pive us -the liuht
end of the log. In this way to heaven fan
us, rock us, sing us to sleep. Lift us up
toward heaven on the tips of your fingers
under a silken sunshade. Maud out ot
the way, all you martyrs who breasted
the fire; stand out of the way aud let
this colony of tender footed modern Chris
tians come up and get their crowns!
What has your Lord done to you, O
Christian, that you should betray hiin?
Who gave you so much riches that you can
afford to despise the awards of the faith
ful? At this moment, wheu all the armies
of heaven and earth and hell are plunging
into the conflict, how can you desert the
standard? Oh, backslidden Christian, is
it not time for you to start anew for God
and anew for heaven?
Sow, I have shown you that the dispo
sition of Christ was a spirit of gentleness,
a spirit of self sacrifice, a spirit of humil
ity, a spirit of prayer, a spirit of hard
work five points. Will you reiiiciulicr
them? Are you ready now for the tre
mendous announcement of the text, "If
any man has not the spirit of Christ, he
is none of His?" Are you ready for that
statement? Can we stand up and say,
"Yes, we have the spirit of Christ!" Not
one of us can make that answer to the full
question, yet I am to declare to you there
is no discouragement in this subject tor
Christian people. You have the seeds of
this character planted in your soul. -'It
doth not yet appear what we shall lie
You might as well blame an acorn for
not being an oak of a thousand yvurs as
to blame yourself because you are not
equal to Christ. You have the implanta
tion within you which will enlarge ami
develop into the grandest Christian char
acter, and there is no discouragement in
this text for you to try to love and acne
the lord. Aim hi;h. Sheathe not your
sword until you have gained the Inst' vie.
tory. Climb higher and lusher until you
reach Ihe celestial hills. Crowns bright
and radiant for all the victors, but death
to every deserter.
A ntw iw-il In a Brooklyn school
was ask--, nls name. "Jules," ans
wered the little fellow. "You should
say Julius not Jules," suggested the
teacher. "Now." she said, addressing
another small boy, "what is your
name?" "Billious," was the prompt
response.
A white card on a Parisian dwell
ing house Indicates that furnished
apartments are to let. A yellow card
Informs pedestrians that unfurnished
rooms may be had. The object is to '
save wayfarers the trouble, of crossing
the street If they chance to be on the
opposite side, in case such rooms aa
, I
s
aSlSSJI.aCu.