B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE COIISTITUTIOn THE Union AND THE ENFORCEUEItT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. LIV.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1900
NO. 46
(feptaii?
BY B. 7WT.
.yilitapy.omaDce.of.gout.fpica
CIIAPTER XVII.
The Marchers bad joined the column
to viliiih Teddy's regiment wss attached.
Tbey had recently encamped on a deso
late. idespreading plain, awaiting the
g.-in-ru! advance. The force wii divid
ed iniu three huge laagers, inside of
whi.h were picketed the cavalry horses,
the stores and the oxen; outside were the
t,-n!s and guns, irregular troops, native
runtimn-ut and rooking fires. Captains
rlralmzou and Gee had had their little
bell twits pitched as usual side by side;
the former is to be found in his at the
(present moment, sitting on his bed read
me a U tter by the light of a lantern at
tached to the pole above his head, lie
has torn open the envelope with hasty,
nervous lingers and turned it completely
inside out in the hopes of discovering a
line from Ksme; but no, there was noth
ing: so with a sharp spasm of misgiving
he falls back on the epistle in bis hand.
"Dear Captain Brabazon," it says.
"Your letter has just arrived, with a full
account of your unhappy mistake and
fatal precipitation. I am truly and sin
cerely sorry for you. It is the most un
fortunate thing I have ever beard of in
all my experience. Esme's disobedience
and your rash, hot temper must, 1 am
afraid, share the entire blame. Of course
it was a most painful time for all of us
last September; bnt luckily the wedding
was to have been such a quiet affair that
the real facts have never transpired be
juud our own circle; and people imagine
that you received a sudden order to join
your regiment. Esme was naturally
greatly troubled. Her pride received a
mortal wound; but I am glad to tell you
that a very gay visit to Brighton com
pletely restored her spirits, and 1 cannot
be too thankful now that the dear girl's
heart was never very much centered .n
the match. Of course, when the marriage
was so very advantageous in every way,
I did not analyze her feelings too closely,
and I knew that you would make her an
excellent husband. But now that you
have h.irdly any means besides your pay.
things are quite different, as 1 need
scarcely point out. Both battalions of
your regiment are abroad in countries
where it would be impossible for Esme to j
live; and you see, my dear Miles, much 1
as I like you, I cannot consult my own '
feelings in the matter. I stand in a very
responsible position to Esme. I fill the
place of both her parents, and it would
not be right to allow her to marry a cap
lain in a inarching regiment, with nothing
but his pay. It costs me a great deal (
to write this, but it is my duty, and from
my duty I may not shrink. 1 appeal to!
your honor, to your love for Esme, and .
your desire for her happiness before your
own, to renounce her completely. There
is nothing more wearing or more misera
ble for a girl than a long and hopeless
engagement. I am sure you will agree
with me. Esme desires me to say that
she rei-eived your letter, and sends her
kind regards; and I am, your sincere
well-wisher,
"SARAH BRABAZON."
This, then, was the death-knell of his
hopes. -Her kind regards!" How unnat
mul, how almost ludicrous, such a mes
sage sounded! Firmly crumpling up the
letter into a ball, he flung it down pas
sionately, and, burying his face in his
hands, sat without moving for many min
utes. .Some time later Captain Gee looked in,
to borrow a bootlace, and found the tent
still empty; the lamp flaring away in soli
tary extravagance, an envelope on the
bed. He glanced at it distrustfully. "A
woman's hand, and an old woman's
slight mourning. I'll bet It's from that
old serpent, Mrs. B., giving him a piece
of her mind, breaking off thewhole busi
ness," said Dicky to himself, blinking
fiercely. At this moment the crumpled
i-tter lan raueht his roving eye. There
was a suggestivenes of wild, ungoverna
ble fury in its present crushed conditio
that spoke whole volumes to. the farse-
ins little gentleman, who surveyed It med- ;
itatively, as he anxiously pulled his tea
derly fostered sandy mustache. j
"So that's it," he remarked, after a
pause, "as plain as a pike-staff. Ill say (
nothing. I'll say nothing, though I know
a- much about it now as it ne naa iwiu
u.e the whole story. If he likes to make
a clean breast of it, well and good. 1
think myself, he is well out of it. A girl
without a penny! However, I'll say noth
ingsilence is golden." With this valua
ble precept in his mind, and bestowing
oue last significant glance at Mrs. Braba
zon's ill-used effusion, he put his bands in
his pockets and slowly took his departure.
As to Miles, he found plenty of work
line specific, and had now hardly ever
an idle minute. His mind was filled with
other things besides blighted hopes and
black despair. Foraging parties, fuel,
hrearms, forage, ration boards, etc., occu
pied his thoughts, and he had very little
leisure to dwell upon his lot. Love, as
Gussie had quoted, "is a mere pa rent he-,
sis iu a man s life; he is not so fond or
allowing himself to dwell on harrowing
recollections as a woman, nor do his
thoughts, like hers, find a melancholy
pleasure in visiting the grave of dead
hope9. Days and weeks went by, not so
slowly as might be supposed; weeks spent
in foraging, wood cutting, scouting and
bringing in spies, and listening to their
mauy marvelous tales tales that woujd
have compelled the great Munchausen
himself to veil bis face, for a Boer's im
agination can bestir itself at times. Most
of Teddy's spare hours were passed with
his cousin, and he had become a very
popular visitor In the Marcher camp. He
was even welcomed by "the ugly little fel
low with freckles," as he mentally called
Captain Gee, who bad now completely
got over what Miles termed "his ridicu
lous stiffness about the legacy," and was
prepared to extend the hand of good-fellowship
to this other young Brabazon.
For instance, they vere both fond of
horses, of shooting, of arguing the point,
and of lots of red pepper with their daily
stew. To improve the flavor of this said
stew, with some ingredient foreign to the
everlasting trek ox, was the object of
uuiiiy a long expedition undertaken by
this pa.r. Miles did not lend himself to
these excursions; a 20-mile ride for a
brace of quail was "not good enough,"
he growled, in answer to their frequent
aud pressing invitations, and he looked
rudely contemptuous when, as occasion
ally happened, the sportsmen returned
with nothing but a couple of voracious
apoetites and an empty bag.
grabafot?
CROKER
lou are not on duty to-day, for a won
der. Miles," said his cousin, bursting into
his tent one morning. "Shove away that
venerable newspaper 'and listen to me.
There's not a stir toward the front, and 1
invite you to join a foray party. We are
going about twenty miles west to burn
some kraals, and It's better fun than stick
ing in camp doing nothing."
"Another of your raids!" contemptuous
ly. "You live a few hundred years too
late. You'd have been in your glory in
those old border times, lifting yonr neigh
bor's cattle, and harrying them from
year's in to year's end."
"Can't harry these beggars enough to
please me! Come along. Here's a chance
to see some fun:"
"Fun! my good Teddy! If thexe were
any fun I'd go like a shot; but burning
a few filthy kraals does not strike me as
a very humorous employment. However,
it I can't raise any other job I shall go.
Just taai von."
"That's right, and it does please me.
There will be half a troop of ours and
some irregular horse, and who knows
what may happen before we get back';"
Who knows indeed, Teddy? Little do
you imsgine as you mount your brown
chsrger thst to-morrow your saddle will
be empty. That to-morrow and for many
to-morrows the snimal now moving so
buoyantly under you will paw the ground
and whinny shrilly, and strain at her
picket rope in vain, "for the touch of a
vanished hand, and the sound of a voice
that is still."
And thus they set forth, a goodly little
band, nearly fifty sabers, bent on carry
ing fire and destruction into a hitherto
impracticable part of the country, beyond
some nigged, distant hills. Away they
went, for miles, across the barren plain,
scored with yawning dongas, through
bush and scrub snd niealie fields, and
finally arrived at the rocky hills, where
they found a number of deserted kraals.
A few gourds and mats and skins were
the only spoils that fell into their hands.
The place was thoroughly searched for
buried grain, and then from every kraal
a thin line of blue smoke was seen rising,
transparent against the rocky back
ground. This feat accomplished, the par
ty off-saddled and turned the horses loose
to grave, not without some qualms anent
the deadly tulip-root, had some bread and
cheese themselves, and after a short rest,
set out homeward.
Teddy, careless and foolhardy, brought
up the rear, with his cousin, at some dis-'
tance in the wake of the irregulars, the
lancers and their captain being percepti
bly ahead.
"I think we had better be shoving on,"
remarked Miles, noticing the crimson sun
set, which wss now bathing the veldt in
its fiery flames, and the lengthening
shadows of the bowlders and big quartz
rocks.
"Oh, nonsense; it's all right, there's no
hurry," returned Teddy, placidly. "1
know every inch of this ground well.
We're only about seven miles from csmp.
The horses hsve had a hard day's work,
let's take it easy. I never have a jaw
with you now alone. Miles. Dicky Gee
is all very well, and I like him awfully;
but we can't bang out the family washing
before him. EhV" grinning. -
"What are you driving at impatient
ly. "I had a letter from home last night;
I found it when I got back from Esme,"
giving his companion a searching glance.
"She does not mention you."
"No; I suppose not."
"What's the row between you now?"
"Nothing. There is ao row, as you call
It,"
"Oh, but there is. I can see it. And
to be wroth with one you love doth work,
like patent-spring back-action, madness
on the brain. I know you think I'm an
interfering, meddling young owl. That's
understood."
"You don't know what you are talking
about, that's all," with a amile of dis
dainful tolerance.
"Oh, don't I? Perhaps I know as much
about it as my elders. What would you
say brace yourself for a shock if 1 told
you I could sing 'The Girl I Left Behind
Me,' too?"
"I would ssy I did not believe you,
that it was only one of your jokes," re
turned his cousin, coolly.
"She is the only child of a retired col
onel a ferocious looking old widower
with heaps of money. It was pretty good
cheek for a troop-sergeant to raise his
eyes to his dsughter. How it happened
was this," now riding knee to knee with
his companion. "I was walking alone
one evening, for a wonder, about two
miles from barracks, when in a country
lane I heard no end of a shindy: snarling
and howling and screaming. I found the
row esme from a big lurcher who wss
half killing a fox-terrier, and a girl who
was vainly belaboring the lurcher with
her umbrella. Much he cared. 1 choked
him off, and got an ugly bite for my puins.
but rescued the terrier, more dead than
alive. I bathed bis wounds in a stream
bard by, and his mistress snd I became
quite Intimate over the performance, and
then I tenderly carried him home behind
her, about half a mile. When we reach
ed the gate she stopped, and got very red.
and stammered, and seemed greatly con
fused; for she was quite young, only
about eighteen. At last she stammered
out, 'If you were only an ordinary sol
dier, I would offer you money, as well
as my thanks; but, as I think you are a
gentleman, I offer you my thanks alone:
and she bowed. You can't think the odd
feeling it gave me, to see a lady bow to
me once more. I was only a sergeant,
and she a lady: the gulf was a pretty
wide one. I won two prizes at our tourn
rment. She was there, she saw me she
smUed-at least I imagined she did
when I carried off the first prize.
"Of course you never wrote to nerr
"Never!" emphatically.
"Never spoke, never wrote. Well, un
der these difficult and delicate circum
stances, what was your next move?
"I sent her flowers. ..t-red
"Oh! Hsving previously mastered
their language?" f h ,
"No, not quite such a fool as all tnat.
I got them from Covent "fa'Z
no object, as Gussie ssys-and I u
climb the wall and la, them on an old
sun dial in the pleasure
"My poor Teddy! It was a desperate
bad case!" In a tone of sincere commis-
'"awaitta. Before we were ordered
off I St . bouquet of ''' 2
big as an umbrella; and then we inarched
way, and of course there was an end
'everything, for the present!"
And, pray, what is to be the sequel?"
I hope the sequel will be, when this
business is over, we, of course, will be
sent home. I shsll get leave, I shall go
to York, like a shot out of a 74-pounder,
and get Introduced to my present charac
ter, and I shall ask her to marry me some
day. Some day." beginning to whistle
in the air.
MA girl you have only spoken to once
in your Hfe. Edward Brabazon, 1 had
no idea that you were such a susceptible
young idiot: no milder word will do." said
his companion emphatically.
"Why am I an idiot?" angrily. "At
least I've seen and, to a certain extent,
known her for nearly two years. Why,
yon went all across the world to marry
a girl you had never set eyes on!"
"I did. And all I can say is that 1
hope yonr venture, if yon persist in it,
will turn out better than mine." -
"Hulloa! What's this in front?" sud
denly setting spurs. "Boer allies? You've
got your revolver all right. We must
cut our way through them, not a second
to lose. ' Come on."
CHAPTER XVIIL
Captain Brabazon was quite correct;
about fifty natives in full war dress,
probably on their way to join an impi,
seemed to have sprung from the esrtb,
and cut off the irregulars and the two
Brabasons from the rest of their party,
who were now just disappearing over the
crest of a hill.
Yelling like demons their war cry,
"Usuti! Usuti!" they closed round the
little band, armed with a formidable ar
ray of guna and assegais. There was
nothing for it but to charge them, which
they did at full gallop, discharging their
revolvers with telling effect. The dust,
the smoke, the firing and the shouting
lasted about tnree minutes; ana tne sav
agea had melted away among the high
grass and rocks; four of their number
lay on the ground, a trooper also, on his
face, dead; Miles Brabazon had an ugly
cut in his forearm, and that waa all.
"Come on, Teddy," he shouted, impera
tively. "We deserved this; that poor fel
low is dead," looking at the trooper; "we
can't do him any good, and there is no
use in loitering." So saying, he put spurs
to bis horse and galloped after the oth
ers, who were now endeavoring to over
take their party. They had now gone
above a quarter of a mile, when, turning
to Teddy to make some remark, he was
struck, even in the deepening twilight,
by the drawn and agonised expression of
his face.
"What is it?' he exclaimed, reining up
in alarm.
"I'm hit," faltered his cousin, now reel
ing in his ssddle, and falling forward on
his horse's neck. "I can't go any fur
ther; you must leave me here. Go oik
Go on, I tell you."
Miles and a trooper carried him care
fully into the shelter of a big bowlder,
away from the track.
"You go on. Miles," were the first words
he faltered. "I'm hit here," pointing to
bis chest, "and it'a all over with me. Go
I desire you. never mind me go, 1 im
plore you."
The Irregular horse, all but two, had al
ready vanished, considering that it was
best to live and fight another day, not
unnaturally believing that- now behind
every bowlder or rock lurked a score of
natives and to the two who still remained
Miles said:
"Gallop into camp as hard aa you caa
lay legs to the ground, and send out an
ambulance and a doctor. Go, there's no
time to lose! I'll stay here!"
"No, no," interrupted his cousin, feebly;
"you shall not. You would be mad it
means death."
"Nonsense, Teddy!" returned Miles, res
olutely; "for what do you take me? Is
it likely thst I should lesve you? There's
no fear; we shall be all right." quoting
unconsciously Teddy's saying. The two
troopers needed no second bidding, but.
mounting at once, and setting spurs to
their horses, were soon out of sight. So
was the Murderer, Miles' horse, who, un
picketed and loose, followed them with
streaming reins and a delicious sense of
freedom; and then the last little speck of
dust disappeared over the hill, and Miles
and Teddy were left alone, with the gray
mists of evening creeping gradually
around them. The iornie'r reuloveTl Kit
ty's peaked ssddle, and made it a pillow
for her dying master; he put bis own coat
over him, after vainly endeavoring to
stanch his wound it was a bullet in the
chest, and bled internally.
(To be continued.)
Devonshire Vanity.
Many a refusal to sit for a picture hat
been given because of a knowledge of
advancing years and fading beauty. It
remains for the Devonshire folk, how
ever, to give a new point on "making
up" for a sluing. 8. Baring-Gould s
"Book of the West" supplies the inci
dent --
The looks of Devonshire and Cornish
lasses are proverbial. A complexion of
peaches and cream, a well-proportioned
body and well-molded features are the
characteristics. West Country women,
as tbey are called, cannot forget tbey
were once comely.
An old woman of 75 was brought for
ward to be photographed by an ama
teur. No words of address could In
duce her to speak until the operatio '
was completed. Then she put her fin
gers into her mouth.
She said: "You wouldn't ha' me took
wi' my cheeks failed In? I just stuffed
the Western Mornln' News Into my
mouth to fill'n out."
Personals.
General and Mrs. Lew Wallace have
presented to the Wabash College Li
brary the original manuscript copy of
"The Prince of India." The pages are
In General Wallace's fine handwriting,
and show corrections and suggest oia
in the handwriting of Mrs. Wallace.
"The Prince of India" was begun in ISM.
on the Kankakee River, and was fin
ished In 1892.
In recognition of Major General Baden-Powell's
gallant defense of Mafe
klng the British residents of Natal are
going to present to that officer a shield
made of Transvaal sovereigns.
Lord Roberts is but the third of all
the British Field Marshals, past and
present, to be appointed to the com
mand of an army In the field after hav
ing attralned that rank. The other two
were the Duke of York and the Duke
of Wellington.
The Paris Exposition authorities have
awarded a gold medal to Professor EL
W. Scripture, head of the psychologi
cal labratory of Yale University, for a
device for testing color blindness. The
device Is of great practical value for
testing the sight of applicants for rail
way and naval service.
i .hnM .hiiwt like the bea-
con light to lead men about us Into
a higher and better Urine.
Mountains of difficulty always ap
pear steeper at a distance.
MatjoriB's
j3 OOD-BY. Marjorie, my darling;
write often to your boyJn blue.'
"and may heaven bless you for the
promise yon have given me. Yon little
know what it means to me, who have
felt myseir alone In the world, to know
that there Is one heart beating In re'
sponse to my deep love, and a dear face
watching for my return. As heaven
bears me witness, you shall never have
cause to regret it." ,
"Good-by, Herbert. I ahall pray for
yonr safety and speedy return. Take
care of yourself, for (with drooping lids
and an almost Inaudible voice) you are
my life."
Herbert Lord drew the beautiful girl
to him in a closer embrace, and the last
moments of their parting, though silent,
were full of eloquence.
Marjorie had watched her handsome
lever as he mounted the hill. When be
reached the summit he turned, and she
stretched out both bands to him In
mute entreaty for his return; then she
summoned her courage and gayly
kissed her hand to him. He raised his
cap, returned her salute, and with head
still bared, disappeared from view,
Marjorie leaned against the tree and
covered her face with ber hands. She
felt a loneliness that she had never be
fore experienced. AH unconscious that
their parting had been witnessed, the
young girl sat musing nntll she was
startled by hearing a voice almost In
ber ear:
"Why these tears. Miss Marjorie?
Surely no one has less cause for nnbap-
plnces than the beautiful Miss Gardi
ner."
Marjorie turned and saw before ber
Thomas Braeme. How she loathed him
at that moment! Yet, why? She knew
hla to be immensely wealthy; he waa
considered a great catch by mammas
with marriageable daughters; he was
lionized by society; and yet Marjorie In
voluntarily shrank from his smooth
tongue and persistent attentions. She
bad once refused his offer of marriage.
and this act on her part had Len the
cause of many bitter reproaches from
her family.
When she heard his voice she drew
herself up. and Ignoring his out
stretched hand, replied: "Pardon me.
Mr. Braeme, I am not unhappy; and If
I were I fail to see how it could pos
sibly concern you."
His eyes flashed ominously, but he
controlled bis anger and replied:
"Anything that affects you concerns
me, Marjorie. No; bear me. You know
that I have loved you that I still love
yon. and I now come for the second
time with your parents' approval and
good wishes for my success. Marjorie,
marry me and you shall have every-
I thing that makes life worth living. I
will be a good husband to you."
Husband! At the thought of Thomas
Braeme as a husband her face grew
white and a shudder shook ber frame.
J She answered, coldly:
"Mr. Braeme, I can only answer you
as I did before, and I ask you to accept
' this as final. Your persistency In this
matter annoys me. and I beg of you to
cease."
She turned to go, but he stopped her.
"There Is some one else you cannot
deny it!"
"Neither does that concern you," she
haughtily replied.
In his anger be cried: "And do you
imagine that I do not know your little
game? You have met Herbert Lord
against your parents' wishes and many
of your clandestine meetings have been
witnessed. A common sailor! Where
is your sense of honor that you stoop
so low?"
Marjorie was thoroughly aroused by
this attack, and ber reply, though ut
tered In anger, carried conviction.
"I will tell you. My idea of honor
lies in the fact that when a man re
sponds to bis country's call and is
worthy to wear Its glorious uniform,
poor man though he be, he has reached
a degree of honor which a rich stay-at-home
can never attain. Listen! Her
bert Lord Is poor, you are rich; but one
button on Ms coat Is worth more to me
than all yonr piles of boasted gold. I
respect him, and If he lives to return I
shall marry him. Now, If yon have one
atom of the honor for which you are
looking In others you will never men
tion this subject to me again!"
Marjorie Gardiner turned and walked
away.
Every argument was used to Induce
her to change her decision, but Marjorie
remained true to ber promise, and when
she was married a year later It was a
quiet affair, as befitted the bride's fu
ture station as the wife of Herbert
Lord.
After a brief honeymoon they went to
reside In Derwent, where
Herbert
owned a cottage. At the station tbey
were met by a smartly liveried foot
man, who touched bis hat respectfully
as Herbert Lord and his bride alighted.
"Everything all right. Matthew?"
"All right, sir," with another touch,
as he led tbe way to an elegant carriage
drawn by handsome bays. As they
rolled comfortably along, tired aftet
their journey, Herbert Lord thought it
time to prepare his bride for the sur
prise in store for her; so, drawing net
to him, be remarked: "This is rathei
more comfortable, isn't It, dear?"
Marjorie looked at him with a look
of unutterable content as the replied:
"Yea. Herbert, bnt I fear you hav
Induged In another bit of extravagant
as wind up to our month of luxurloui
Uvlng."
"No. my little wife. I can afford to dc
what I have done. I have practiced a
little deception which I hope you will
not find It too hard to forgive. I am
not the poor sailor you thought me, al
though I am proud of my connection
with Uncle Sam's navy. I have won
the truest little woman In tbe wldt
world for my wife, and It will be the
one great pleasure of my life to give
her the luxuries that the ao bravely
fought against sharing with Thon
lease. Here we are. Wolooms bome.
jailor
my darling wife, and may yon be at
happy as you bare made me."
They drew up before a colonial man
sion of fine architectural design, and
as they reached the steps the masstvs
door was thrown open and the pleasant
though respectful expressions of greet
Ing from the servants bespofe the lovt
and esteem In which their master wat
held. -
Father and Mother Gardiner spent
several weeks of each year at the Lard
mansion, and loud and long were th
praises they sang of thelr,jpa?-Herbert.
To Marjorie he waa the same her gal
lant, true-hearted sailor lad. Boston
Post.
MARRIAGES IN THE ARMY.
Stringent Kea-ulationa tOrorce m Bev
. era! Countries.
The restrictive conditions at present
In force with regard to he marriage of
omcers ol tne Russian army, says a
writer in the Brooklyn Citizen, forbid
this privilege under any circumstances
in the case of officers under the age of
23. Between the ages of 23 and 28
years the dot of an officer's wife must
amount to a sum representing the mint
mum Income of 250 rubles yearly.
On comparison of these condition!
with those regulating the same ques
tion in other European armies. It may
be noted that In the Austro-Hungarlan
army the number of officers authorized
to contract marriage Is limited by a
fixed proportion assigned to each
grade, and, these totals being reached,
all further marriages must be deferred
pending tbe occurrence of vacancies In
the married establishments.
Tbe Italian army regulations, which
fix the Income of the fiancee at a mini
mum of from 1.200 to 2.000 lire, would
appear to be more rational In their
operation. Italian officers, however,
apply a somewhat liberal interpreta
tion to this law, with the result that the
number of marriages occurring under
actual provisions does not exceed more
than one-eighth of the total number,
seven-eighths of the officers being uni
ted under the conditions of the re
ligious ceremony only, and thus expos
ing themselves to all the Inconveni
ences which attend a marriage not rec
ognized by civil law.
- Similar disabilities would now ap
pear to be Incurred by the Russian of
ficers, and suggestions have been made
by the press In Russia that a general
revision of the law is necessary. The
question Is assuming more importance
from the fact that Russian officers,
reaching a total of nearly 40.000. repre
sent one of the most Important classes
In the state.
Electricity Interferes witb Science.
Tbe observations of earth currents at
Greenwich observatory have been
made practically useless for several
years by the electric railway from
Stock well to London, modern Instru
ments being so sensitive that Indica
tions of tbe current of this railway
b:ive been detected more than 100 miles
away. An early effect of tbe railway
led to a funny experience. Tbe gener
ating station was visited by the mag
netic superintendent of the observa
tory, and on bis return to work the
tracings of his magnets showed a curi
ous deflection, wntcn continued day
lifter day. but only during the hours of
his attendance. The idea that be was
magnetized was a startling one. But
5tie day be left his umbrella at home
ind there was no disturbance, the um
brella having been a permanent magne
since the visit to the power station
His Bat to Do.
It was an aristocratic bouse. Ths
well-trained butler had left, and the
Iuewly engaged man, a Swede, was in
.irocess of breaking in. Callers came,
and he took tbe cards to bis mistress in
bis ungloved bands, leaving tbe silver
card tray resting quietly In tbe ball.
"When you bring things In here. Swen
son," said she, "use the tray. It 1b not
proper to bring them In your hands."
"Yaas," he replied.
Mrs. H. Park bad a new toy terrier
The guests wished to see it, and she
sent for Swenson to fetch It. Soon
there was a succession of staccato
yelps and whines. The door opened,
a very red-faced Swenson appeared
with tbe silver tray In bis left hand
and a tiny dog terrier held firmly down
on It with tbe other.
New York Doesn't Furnish Speakers,
There has not been a New York
speaker in the House of Representa
tives for seventy-five years. The last
New York member to hold that office
was John Taylor, who served from
1825 to 1827. There have been Demo-
! cratlc speakers from other States since
the close of the war Indiana, Pennsyl
ranla, Kentucky and Georgia. Kansas
City Journal.
Eaxllest Sea Fight.
The earliest authenticated sea fight
is said to have been that between the
Corinthians and the Corcyreans, In
which the former conouered 004 B. U-
A Swim in the Dead Sea.
Every one has heard of the buoy
incy of the water of the Dead Sea. It
s virtually impossible to sink in tbe
Dead Sea, and so great Is the quantity
f salt in the. water that If you dip
rour hand in and draw it out aga n,
fou will Immediately see the salt crys
tallizing in tbe sun. It Is needless to
-erstark that an Involuntary mouthful
f jbead Sea water is a horrible expe
ieiice, never likely to be forgotten by
:he bather. However. If you don't stay
n tbe water too long, a swim in the
Dead Sea Is a very extraordinary and
Measurable experience. The shores, as
s well known, are strangely desolate. I
tnd they are strewn with bits of wood !
ind branches of trees all crusted with j
nine In the most curious manner, and
woe unto any one who goes Into tftls
trater having open cuts or scratches on
tils body.
TWO WOMEN PICTURE-MAKERS.
ffcer BeprcMated Americas Wohm im
Artistic Photocrapby at Paris.
The work of American women In ar
tistic photography has been represent
ed at Paris by two delegates, both of
wbom are ably fitted by reason of tal
ent anQ artistic achievement, to speak
tor the feminine exponents of the pro
fession. Miss Beatrice Tonnesen read
a paper before tbe International Con
gress of Photography at the Paris Ex
position. Miss Tonnesen Is a Western
giii. coming originally from Osbkosh,
Wisconsin. Her professional career
Is. . however. Identified with Chicago,
and from a provincial girl, equipped
with the foundation of a thorough tech
nical knowledge of photography, she
has become a well-known business
woman of tbe metropolis of the West
with a thorough understanding of pho
tography aa a fine art.
Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston, of
Washington, read a paper before the
International Congress of Photography,
her subject being "The Work of the
Women of the United States in Pho-
tography." Miss Johnston may bt
taken as the representative of the East,
although ber reputation Is national
She has made a study of photography
as a means of illustration from an ar
tistic and mechanical standpoint. She
was the first photographer to give to
the world photographs of the frescoes
In tbe Congressional Library, having
taken them from the scaffolding. Sbe
has photographed almost all the promi
nent personages In official and social
life in Washington, from Mrs. McKIn
ley and the ladles of the Cabinet down
LAW AS INTERPRETED.
Discretion In the surrogate to with
hold commissions from an executoi
who has not given proper attention tc
bis duties Is held, in re Rutledge (N. Y.),
47 L. R. A. 721. not to be denied by the
:ode provision that the surrogate "must
allow to him" certain commissions foi
his services.
statute making It unlawful to per
mit the escape of natural gas Into tbe
epen air from a well for longer than
two days after It Is constructed is held.
In State vs. Ohio Oil Company (Ind.),
17 L. R. A. 627, to be constitutional and
t decision to the same effect is render
ed by the United States Supreme Court
In 177 V. & 190. 44 L. ed.
Setting of a back fire without negli
gence by one whose property is threat
ened witb imminent destruction by tire
Is held. In Owen vs. Cook (N. D.). 47 L.
R. A. 646, not to make the owner liable
for the destruction of the property of
another person In case his acts add oi
contribute to Its destruction, but tbe
fire from which he seeks to protect him
self will be considered as the direct and
proximate cause of tbe loss.
An explosion of gas in a dwelling
supplied by a low-pressure line, caused
by connecting therewith a high-pies
lure line, leaving the gas uncontrolled
by the regulator. Is held, in McKenna
vs. Bridgewater Gas Company (Pa.). 47
L. R. A. 790, not to make the gas com
pany liable, in the absence of negli
gence on its part, where the connection
was blunderingly made by an employe
of another gas company who was s
trespasser In so doing.
Damages to property for which com
pensation must be made under a con
stitutional provision that property shall
not be taken or "damaged" for public
purposes without Just and adequate
compensation Is held. In Austin vs
Augusta Terminal Railroad Conipauy
(Ga.), 47 L. R. A. 755, In which tbe af
fair is elaborately discussed, to be lim
ited to such damages as result from
some physical Interference with Hit
property or with a right or use appur
tenant thereto, and not to extend to the
diminution In the market value of pmp
erty caused by the noise, smoke and
cinders made by operating the railroad
Cleaning Hallway Cars.
The cost of ordinary cleaning In a
railway passenger car after an average
run of ISO miles Is 16 cents per day.
and cars on leading lines are cleaned
once only In six or eight days more
thoroughly, at a cost of about 1.50 per
car. Two or three times a year tbey
are cleaned in the shops at an expense
of glO. Cleaners are paid at the rate
Of 12ft cents per hour.
When Capt. Jack, the chief of the
Modocs, once tbe terror of the whites,
was captured and about to be executed,
a clergyman waited upon tbe tough old
chieftain to offer consolation. He end-
fa up a long exhortation by saying:
And If you repent of your wickedness
In fighting good white men the Great
Spirit will permit you to go to heaven.
nth all the politeness In the world
ipt Jack Inquired: "Do you think
ou wlU go to that placer' "Certain
ly." said tbe minister; "if I should die
y I would be there before night"
u,c " D L , m "
you will take my place and be hanged
lo-morrow I will give you forty ponies."
(The offer was not taken and the clergy-1
ban sought heaven by a less dlrec-
2T
Quick as a flash came tbe answer: "If
. j
.... 1
If a man attempted to keep track of ,
aa ibut km as hla wife keens In mind,
be would bare to hire a bookkeeper and
a atenosraDher.
IUSS BBATBICB TOXXBSKN.
mm OF THE Mi
Preached by Rev. Dr. Talmage
SnbjMt: An from Howe Perils
That Beast the Youn; Man SreVing
Fortune lnger nnl Temptation.
Tnnt Surround Him.
IDopjnxUt l:M.
Washington, D. C Dr. Talmaise
staid in London to occupy tht famous
Wesley pulpit in the City' Road !.- pel,
where he preached severul times brfjrc,
always receivinj: hearty welcome. Thence
he went to Ireland, preaching in lie I fa t
and Dublin. The discourse he lias sent
this week describes the behavior of a
young man away from home and suggests
practical lessons for people of everv aire
and class. The text is Daniel i, S. "And
the king appointed them a daily provision
of the king's meat and of the wine which
he drank, so nourishing them three years,
that at the end thereof they might stand
before the king."
My text opens the door of a college in
Babylon snd introduces you to a young
student seventeen years of age, DaTiiel by
name. Be not surprised if in the college
you find many hilarities. Put a hundred
young men together and they are sure to
have a good time. There is no harm in
that. God does not write out the trees,
and the grass, and the blossoms, in dull
prose. The old robin does not sit moping
in the nest because of the chiming and
the lively adventures of the fledgelings
that have just begun to fly. Do not come
into an orchard looking for winter apples
on a May morning.
But Daniel of our text is far from being
gay. What oppressive thoughts must
have come over him as he remembered
that he was a captive in a strange land!
ine music tnat came into his study win
dow was not the song of ion, but the
sound of flute, snckhut and dulcimer in
the worship of the heathen god. More
over, he had no hope of ever getting back
home aga- and meeting those who had
missed him long and missed him bitterly,
wondering if he were still alive and find
ing many a luxury tasteless because they
did not know but Daniel might be lacking
bread.
When you and I were in school or col
lege and the vacation approached, we
were full of bright anticipation, and we
could not study the last night. The lexi
con and the philosophical apparatus were
transparent, so we could see right through
them into the meadows and the orchards.
Not so with poor Daniel, lie diil not
know that he should ever eoca)e from cap
tivity, or, escaping, he did not know but
when he got home the loved ones would
be dead and he would go. wandering and
weeping, among the sepulchers of his fa
thers. Besides that, the king tried to
make him forget his home and forget his
country and for that puiiose actually
changed his name. The king wanted him
to be a prodizy in personal appearance,
and so he ordered meat and wine sent
from his own table to Daniel, hut Daniel
refuses all this and puts himself upon the
humblest diet, the poorest of all herb,
called pulse, and plain water. His attend
ants cry out agaiust this and tell him he
will perish under such a diet. "No." he
says; "you try us for ten days, and if at
the end of that time we are not full
cheeked and robust as any it will be sur
prising." Ten days pass along, and the
students come up for examination, and all
declare that none are so ruddy and robust
as Danhl and his fellow captives. The
days of industrious pupilage and the years
pass by, and the day of graduation has
come, and Daniel gets his diploma, signed
by the king and reading as follows: "In
all matters of wisdom and understanding
that the king inquired of them be found
them ten times better than all the ma
gicians and astrologers that were in all his
realm." And so Daniel took the first
! honor. a.nd ere thf,8tory1Tn8'rtr "li1'
the student, hereafter will be Daniel, the
prime minister.
The next thought suggested to me by
this subject is that young men may be
carried into captivity by their enemies.
There is a captivity more galling than the
one in which Daniel was transported. It
is the captivity of evil habit. Men do not
go into that wittingly. Slyly and imper
ceptibly are the chains forged ujon them,
and one day they wake up to find them
selves away down in ltabylon. Cyrus after
ward consented that some of his captives
should return, and 50.0(10 of them accepted
the opportunity. Hut tell me what evil
habit ever consented to let a man go. Ten
plagues made Pharaoh consent to the de
parture of God's eople, but tell me what
I'haraoh of evil habit ever cheerfully con
tented to let any of its victims go. Men
talk of evil habits as though they were
light and trivial, but they are scorpion
whips that tear the flesh; they are spikes
more bloody than the patn ot a itranman;
they are the sepulchers in which millions
ire burned alive. The young are in mora
peril because they are unsuspecting. Tliei
lions are asleep in their soul, and their
power is not suspected. The time when
i ship's company makes mutiny is when
the watchman is off his uard. When a
spider meets a fly, it does not say, "f!o
iown with me to the place where 1 murder
insects." No; it says, "Come and take a
bright morning walk with me on this sus
pension bridge of glittering gossamer."
Oh, there is a difference between the
sparkle of a serpent's eye and the crush of
its slimy folds There is a difference be
tween the bear's paw toying with a kid
and the crackling of the bones in the ter
rible hug. Pike s peak looks beautiful in
the distance, but ask the starved travelers
by the roadside what they think of Pike's
peak. Are there those around whom .sus
picious companions are gathering? Do
their jests and their entertainments make
the hours go blithely by when you are
with them? Have you taken a sip from
their cup of sin or gone with them in one
path of unrighteousness : turn nack.
From Babylon they came, and to ltaby
lon they would carry you. If so many
plague stricken men would like to enter
vour companionship liefore any one is al
lowed to pass into the intimacy of your
heart put on them severest quarantine.
My subject also impresses me with the
fact that early impressions are almost in
effaceable. Daniel had a religious bring
ing up. From the good meaning of his
name I know he had pious parentage. But
is soon as be comes into the possession of
the king his name is changed, all his sur
roundings are changed, anil now, you say,
will begin the demoralization of his char
acter. Before his name was Daniel, which
means "God my judge;" now his name is
to be Belteshazzar. which means "the
treasurer of the god Bel." Now you ex
pect to see him overthrown amid all these
changed circumstances. Oh, no! Daniel
Started right, and he keeps on right. When
I find what Daniel is in Jerusalem I am
not surprised to find what he is in Baby
lon. I wish I could write upon all parents'
hearts the fact that early impressions are
well nigh ineffaceable. When 1 see Jo
seph, a pious lad, in the house of his fa
ther, Jacob, I am not surprised to see him
acting ao nobly down in Kgypt.
When I find Samuel, a pious lad, in the
house of his mother, Hannah, 1 am not
surprised that he gives a terrible smiting
to idolatry as soon as he comes to man
hood. David planned the temple at Jeru
salem and gathered the materials for its
building, but Solomon, the son, came and
j put up the structure, and that goes on in
all ages. The father plans the character of
the child and its destiny for time and
eternity, then the son completes the struc
ture. You might as well put down a founda
tion ten feet by five and expect to rear
I on it a great cathedral as tb put down
' , meted character in a child's soul and
. yet rear npon ;t ,mething extensively
rand and extensively useful,
j Let me say to those Christian parents
I who are doing their best in the education
! of their children: Take good heart. Your
tons this morning may be far away from
run nrl In a distant citv. but God. to
you and in a distant city,
rhnm vnn dedicated them.
' hom vo dedicated them, will look after
iimn The God of Daniel will take care
of them far away in Babylon. "Train up
child in the w he should go, and when
je . old he will not depart from it." He
may wander away for awhile and fall into
in and break your heart, but before he is
done with his life, you. having commend
ed him to God, he will come back again,
for I put the emphasis in the right place
nd on the word "old" when I reieiit that
passage and say. "Train up a child in the
way be should go. and when he is old he
will not depart from it."
Are you fond of pictures? Here is one
irawn by Solomon: "Who hath woe!
Who hath sorrow? Who hath conten
tions? Who hath babbling? Who hath
wounds without cause? They that tarrv
long at the wine, they that go to seek
mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine
when it is red, when it moveth itself aright
in the cup. At the last it biteth like a
jerpent and stingeth like an adder."
"Do you know what you are doing?"
said a mother who had broken into a res
taurant, the door locked against her, her
son inside. She came up to the counter
and saw the man of the restaurant min
ding t' !ntosk"tin cud for her own son.
She said to the man behind the counter,
"Do you know what you are doing?"
"No," said he; "I don't." Says she, "You
are latteuing graveyards."
1 was told at Des Moines of a u-nin f
cars going through a very stormy night
over one of the western prairies. The
young man who was present told us the
story. In the night there was a little child
in the sleeping car fretful and worrying
and crying hour after hour. A man on the
opposite side of the car lost his patience
and said, "Kit her make that child shut
up or take it to its mother!" Then another
man on the opposite side of the sleeping
car. a man with a broken heart, pushed
back the curtain and looked out and said.
"Young man, that child's mother is dead
in the baggage car. and the little thing is
wailing for her." Then the man who hail
committed the affront rose and offered his
services for the night and took care of the
child until the morning, and all the pas
sengers in the car were broken down with
emotion.
Oh, if the cry of one child could arouse
so many sympathies, what ought to be the
effect of the ten thousand voiced shriek
of orphanage and widowhood from the ine
briate's grave! God save this country
from the perils of strong drink.
My subject also impresses me with the
beauty of youthful character remaining
incorrupt away from home. If Daniel had
plunged into every wickedness of the city
of Babylon the old folks at home would
never have heard of it. If he had gone
through all the rounds of iniquity, it would
have cast no shadow on his early home.
There were no telegraphs, there were no
railroads. Jit Daniel knew that God's
eye was on him.
Tnat waa enough. There are young men
not so good away from home as at home.
Frederick tending his father's sheep among
the bills or thrashing rye in the barn is
different perhaps from Frederick on the
Stock Exchange. Instead of the retiring
disposition there is bold effrontery. In
stead of an obliging spirit there is perhaps
oppressive selfishness.
Instead of open handed charily there is
tight listed stinginess. Instead of reason
able hours there is midnight revel. 1 seak
to many voung men on this matter yon
who may have ieft your father's house ami
others who, though still under the par
ental roof, are looking forward to the
time when you will go forth to conflict,
alone in this world, with its temptutions
and its sorrows, and when you will build
op vour own character. On. that the God
of Daniel might be with vou in Babylon!
t I think the most thrilling passage of a
young man's life is when he leaves home
to make his fortune. The novelty and the
romance of the thing may keep him from
any keen sorrow, but the old people who
have seen the destruction of so many who
have started with high hope cannot hi-';i
but be anxious. As long as he was in his
father's house his waywardness was kindly
chided.and although sometimes he thought
the restraint rather bitter and rather se
vere in his calmer moments, he acklowl
edged it was salutary and righteous.
Through the influence of metropolitan
friends the father has obtained a situation
for his son in the city. The comradts ol
the young man come the night is-fore his
departure to bid farewell to the adven
turer. The morning of his going away he
walks around the place to take a last look
at things, perhaps comes upon some ob
ject that starts a tear, some old familiar
place, but no one sees the tear. The
trunk is put upon the waon, the young
man is off for the city, lie is set down
amid excitements and amid associates who
are not owrcareful about their words and
thought"- and actions. Morning comes.
No fam! ..- altar. Sabbath comes. No
rural quiet. The sanctuary conies, but all
the faces are strange, and no one cares
whether he comes to church or does not
come.- On his way from the store he sees
a placar.1 announcing a rare anil a vicious
amusement. He has no greeting at the
door of the boarding house, lie has no
appetite for the food. No one cares
whether he eats or des not eat. Rather
he would not eat. It is cheaper. After the
tea he goes into the parlor, takes up a
book, finds it dull, no Bister ti look over
it with him. Goes upstairs to his room
in the third story, finds it cold and unin
viting, and in despair he rushes out, caring
for nothing but to get something to make
him stop thinking. He is caught in t li
first whirl of sin. He has started out on
the dark sea where the gleam of the joy
is the flushing of the pit ami the lautihter
is the creaking of the gate of the lost.
Oh. how many graves there are in the
country churchyard which, if they could
speak, would tell of young men who went
off with high hopes and came back blasted
and crushed to disgrace the sepulcher of
their fathers.
And yet this exodus must go on. As
from distant hills the rivers are poured
down through tunnels to slake the thirst
of our great cities, so from distant coun
try places the streams of incorrupt popu
lation must pour down to purify our great
cities. To-morrow morning on ull the
thoroughfares, in every steamboat and in
every rail car will be young men going
forth to seek their fortunes in our great
towns. O Lord God of Daniel, help them
to lie as faithful in ltabylon as they were
at Jerusalem! Forget not, O my young
friend, in the great seaports the moral and
religious principles inculcated by parental
solicitude, and if to-duy seated in the
house of God you feel the advantage of
early Christian culture forget not those to
whom you are most indebted and pray
God that as old age comes upon them and
the shadow of death the hojie of heaven
may beam through the darkness. God for
bid that any of us through our misconduct
should bring disgrace upon a father's name
or prove recreant to the love of a mother
The dramatist t ade no exaggeration wher
he exclaimed, "How sharper than a ser
pent's tooth it is to have a thanklesf
child!" Oh, that God would help you at
parents and as young people to take tc
heart the lessons of this important subject,
and if we shall learn that there is danger
of being carried into captivity and that
early impress. -ns are almost ineffaceable
and that there is something lieautiful in
Christian sobriety and that there is great
attractiveness in piety away from honie,
then it will be to you and to me a matter
of everlasting congratulation that we con
sidered how Daniel liehaved when he be
came a college student at Babylon.
Cannibalism is on the decline in tbe
New Hebrides.
Electric Sparklets.
A high speed electrical car running
between Providence and Fall River re
cently made a record of 85 miles an
hour.
. A trolley car built on the lines of a
tally-ho is doing service in Detroit. It
has been designed for the use of visit
ors and makes a complete tour of the
city at regular intervals each day, pass
ing all the points of Interest, which are
pointed out to the sightseerera by the
attendant.
Mankind are fond of mystery; they
would rather suspect something than
know it.
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