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B. F. SCHWEIER,
Editor and Proprietor.
THE COnSTITUTIOnTHE UMOn AI1D THE EHFORCEKIEUT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. L.IV.
NO. 49.
MIFFL.INTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1900
gaptafo grabafoi?
BY B. 7VY. CROKER
.yilitafy.omaDce.of.gocj.fpiea
CHAPTER XXI.
It is unnecessary to state that Earn
lost uo time iu hurrying upstaira with tha
letter in ber baud. She did not go atraighl
to her own room and sat down In a big,
jje window seat in the landing, whers
there was plenty of light, and where nd
one was likely to disturb her; and with,
tbrolliug heart aud trembling fingers aha
drew the following note from ita envel
ope, unfolded it, held it close to the little,
diamond panes, and read:
"lvar Mrs. Hrabaxon Your letter re-)
ceiteJ. 1 have debated with myself for
tuiuf time, aud have come to the conclu
r.ou (bat yuur views on the subject of
the engagement between Esme and nie
are u.uite right, aud that there must be
iu eud to everything between us. 1 am,
, you say, miserably poor. 1 hare no
lro;ieets. aud I am the last man in the
wurid to ask any sacrifice from a girl 1
cared for. I shall not write to her, nor
seek to renew the ties, as you call them,
iu au.v n ay. Some richer and tome luck
ier fellow w ill no doubt take my place be
fore vu. I remain, youra truly,
"MILES BBABAZON."
Esuie read this through twice, the first
time very quickly, the second time very
siowiy, before she could realize what it
meaut. aud then, leaniug her head against
tbe window paue, she closed her eyes and
tried to understand that Miles, of bis own!
aceord. aud of his own free will, had re
nounced her; that some other luckier and
richer fellow than himself wag welcome
to take bis place!
Miies, that she had believed in; Miles,
that was Teddy's friend; that had pre
tended to have loved her with all his
heart and soul; Miles without a word of
regret, iu half a dozen cold lines, written
in a steady, unfaltering hand, and -taiuiug
no message for her of either
friendship or concern had calmly twoken
off her engagement and renounced her!
The blow was so unexpected, the revul
sion of feeling so hideous and so over
whelming, that she felt quite stunned;
b. r one dim ray of hope was extinguish
ed, ber golden dreams turned in an in
stant into thick, dark despair. What had
the left to live for now? Nothing but a
dreary, blank life stretched out before
her. Teddy was gone, and Miles was
gone! Aud she had been building vast
castles iu the air, all based on his return.
Now whin he did return, his reti'-n would
no longer concern her; he was nothing to
her. nor she to him! llow Mrs. Br a ba
il. a would jeer! How Uussie would tri
umph! The thought was maddening; but
al! the tboughta that came crowding to
ber brain were almost equally agonising.
The idea that Miles had been acting a
part, had only cared for tbe money and
not her, was the most stinging and pain
ful of all. Once he bad led her to think
very differently; but whatever he said
tbeu, there waa no doubt of his senti
oiriits now.
After dinner, when they were alone in
tbe large, empty drawing room, with its
siieut shadowy corners, seated near the
tire, one at either side, each with a book,
aud each with a lamp, Mrs. Brabazou
could restrain .herself no longer. She
glanced over at the bent brown head
across the hearth-rug, cleared her throat,
laid a new novel upside down on her lap
and said one word, a word that meant a
good deal; it was a kind of conversational
rocket, the prelude to action, the word
"Well?" a "well" that was at once in
terrogative, triumphant and authorita
tive. Ksme raised her eyes and met her step
mother's derisive, malevolent smile, s
suiile that she felt like a stinging lash;
her stepmother's face slight with triumph
and a thirst for information. She did not
speak, but she looked across the hearth
without lowering her lashes, or a change
of color, v - -
"Well?" repeated Mrs. Brabaxon, reit
erating the word in a still louder, more
aggressive key. .
Oh, how Esme dreaded the coming dis
cussion! "What is it that you wish to know, Mrs.
Brabazon Y"
"I wish to know your opinion of Miles
Brabazon now," she returned, promptly.
"His letter was to the point, was it not "
watching her companion closely.
"Very much so," replied Esme,- quietly.
"My opinion of him "
"Your opinion of him?" eagerly.
"I shall keep to myself. We are never
likely to meet again. All is over between
ix ..vs. and if it is quite the same
to you we will never recur to the sub
ject. 1 was mistaken we are all liable
r. make mistaken that was all!" As Es
me said this her face was ashen white,
tears stood in her eyes, and her voice,
Ai, . uho would, trembled with emotion.
"You see you might just as well have
accepted Craven Hepburn, alter au, w
served Mrs. Brabazon, impressively.
"I do not see that it makes any dif
ference. I do not care for Mr. Hepburn, '
returned Esme, firmly, "excepting as a
friend, and nothing would ever make me
marry him. I shall never marry anyone
now." Her voice, as she spoke, was
j nick aud low.
Mrs Krahazon immediately draped her
self, as it were, in a garment of obtrusive
Incredulity, smiled, poked me nre, cuu
ed. turned up tbe lamp, and then remark
ed oracularly: .,
Krprtr a-irl who has had a disappoint
meut says the same thing: but, if I aui
not irreatlv mistaken. they generally
change their minds within six weeks oi
.,, un.i marrv making very often a fai
better match, just to show the young
man that they think Tery little about
him." ,
Having thrown out this suggestion tc
Iiiip nfinnaita nait?tl hof. M 1"S.
picked up her book, and was soon lost tc
ber immediate surroundings in tne per..
- 1 .nmantip love Story.
oi au eaciuug . .
Th nt risv Esme walked down to th
village and registered and posted a stuai
for South Africa; witn n
she dropped it into the
hands
me letter dox. h wo - - tmmm
M.xton corresDondenoe b.d such - rah"
two diamond eaxrw. -
" ivuiiwiuuu " . " " ....
i , .it th. first water,
nud all bought with tbe price of
Burmese race ponies. Esme had never
worn them since
.v.. r.t.t day last Sep-
a mem 8.uc w.. - - out
ln,li.r- hut .he had Often IBaeii i - -
of their cases and looked at w
tionately. . fa
Esme made a successful fJ
keep up appearances and to show a brave
front. She never flinched, never relin
QuUhed tbe strong hold oa Jr stdf-com-
mand. and assumed a certain amount of
unconsciousness sud gayety that ba tiled
Mrs. Brabazon aud deluded Miss Jane.
She waa a modern Spartan girl, aud yet.
outwardly busy in the village, active iu
the house, smiling and cheerful, inwardly
wearing her heart out with aching recol
lections, a bitter sense of humiliation aud
unavailing regrets. Tride came to her
assistance, and enabled her to bear up
.nobly in public, to present a cool, nut-
nral, self-possessed appearance to the iu
quiring optics of Mrs. Brabazon. and tLr
kindly but curious and puzzled ones of
Jiis jane, who one day suddenly made
up ner mind that she would "speak to
Esme quite seriously," and opportunity,
for once, trod upon the heels of resolve,
for at that very momeut her niece walked
Into her sitting room, charged with a
message from a sick pensioner.
"me, my dear! you are the very per
son I want; I have just been thinking of
you. ' said ber
and Miles."
auut. "Thinking of you
Esme colored vividly, and sat down
with her back to the light, and then said,
indifferently: "What is it. Aunt Jane 1
supiose you know?"
"Know? 1 know uothing. my dear:
and I waut to kuow everything." she re
turned, emphatically.
"You have not beard, then, v. hat he
has written?" said her niece, iu a bard,
strange voice, as if she were reH-jtinK a
well-learned but d.tncult lesson. "Aud
it is sll entirely at an eud between u.
there is no engagement now."
"Bless my heart! Tut, tut, tut. Esme.
I thought better of you. Come, now
now 1 really thought better of you nay.
I think better of you! You are not goiug
to punish him alwwys for his unlucky
mistake. Come over here and sit beside
me, my dear, and tell me all about it."
"The truth is, then. Aunt Jane, aud I
suppose you ought to know." gulping
down a huge lump in ber throat as i-b.-spoke,
"that it was not 1 who broke oil
the engagement; it was Miles."
"What? What do you say?" said Mis
Jane, in a low and horrified tone of voice.
"It is impossible."
"It is quite true. Aunt Jane, aud if yo.i
wish you may see his letter; uothiug
can be plainer."
"His letter breaking it off! I can't be
lieve it! He must be mad. Most ex
traordinary most unaccountable! What
ioes he mean? Miles is a man of honor.
You have done something, Esme? What?"
"He says he says," bringing out the
words reluctantly,' "that be is poor, and
has no prospects; in short, he would have
no money, and and he hopes some rich
er and luckier fellow will take his place,'
she concluded, her lips quivering; she was
looking at her aunt through a mist of un
shed tears.
"But this is monstrous!" exclaimed the
sld lady, suddenly pausing in her walk
and surveying her niece fiercely, "aud
rou you are taking it so coolly so so
unnaturally. Oh, you young people of tbe
present day have no feeling, but 1 cau
tell you that it'a a dreadful blow to me.
a dreadful blow. I would not have be
(ieved it of Miles. Aud, as to the mouey.
If I had only known," recommencing her
walk, and dropping short, incoherent sen
tences about "No use to me. now Teddy's
gone. The two I liked, llich, old. cUild
less woman. Too late now!"
Esme gazed at her aunt Jjelplesslr. as
she took up her dropped stitches auduk ou
dered much that she bad taken her news
so very much to heart.
"I am very greatly upset, fcsme. t
don't know when 1 ve neara auyming
that has put me out so much."
"Then pleose don t talk ot it any more.
Aunt Jane." said Esme, rising and speak
ing with strange composure. "Come out
im the warden aud show me your new
.w.,ior have none out yet. I'll fetch
your bonnet and shawl from the lobby; it
will do you good to take a turn."
It was a curious sight to see these two
Ihe bent and now infirm old lady, aud the
tall, slight, upright girl slowly pacing
the gravel walks, arm in arm, in silence.
They represented the rising aud waning
generations, with more than forty year.
between them; ana yci out.- moiu
.i .lit,, in both their hearts, one identi
.i fillet their minds Iove. Aud
i.i....,h in th rase of tbe elder lady, it
... Imt'the old. faded, forgotten story
"seen pale and faint through the mooulight
of memory, and in the case of the other n
. . dreadful, daring, recent reality
... toured itself in her unhappy mind
a fellow-feeling united the aunt and niece
in a manner that each was sensible ol
Z her inmost soul. Miss Jane now began
.ml hr niece, and to put auotb
er interpretation on her studied placid
mien She was not reany coiu .
u. as she seemed. She felt Miles de
fection, just ss she would have felt sucl
.i.: ' k.if sensitively, yet secretly,
.nd tbe good lady'a anger burned hot
within her. as she reflected on her ne
phew's conduct: and as she stood on h
doorsteps, spectacles on nose, and grave
f, witched her favorite niece outthrougb
he little white gate, she muttered thru-.
"V'. lldv Louisa. "Most unae
countable, most unaccountable, most n
accountable!"
CHAPTER XXIL
families are like 1
. . -itl.nnt being exactly stag
P.' nothing' -r. - raffle .he surf.rc.
of tne w. e. o:
following mauue. . . ln time
He arrived, quite "pec he
for dinner one day. Je' k onth of
ror the bleak montn ot
ravorea to bim. half piay-
Much, and Esmei MM iu h,. ,
,. - m maeDivu vm -
jco3t: W"'MWdJ Wht
i honor oi '
has bronght you 7"
mlaans has
ne to bed, he reiu ,B ,
gone
... mh.ii K0 np ana w - .rM wc
-'..-..f. after sne
amOKius J" .. ..
I w"l V.Vean it be?" staring at
' W,hy- wn."1
-eon enough, my fol
"You'U hear soon rxprevely.
nodding W.
MgiT, patir
So after Mrs. tSrabacon had cone to reat
the young people took possession of two
armchairs in front of a fine fire is the
drawing room.
Can't you cuesa It?" he asked, starinc
at her fixedly, and with a conscious, com
placent annie.
"You are going to be married." she re
plied, after a panse.
"Itight you are. Clever girl! I am
going to marry Hatty Clipperton!"
"Hatty Clipperton?" with a little start.
"Yes. An awfuUy jolly, nice little girl!
Some money! Heaps of go in her! Juat
my style down to the around! 1 have not
btoUl C.a, yet, nor. of course Mrs. B. I
want you to break the newa to her gent
ly. Esme."
"I!" aghast. "My dear Flo. I would
not I could not I dare not not for a
thousand pounds!"
"Oh. come, that'a nonsense; you are the
only one all these years who dared brave
her, and yon muat do It for me; it's the
last time "
"Why not speak to her yourself, Flo?
you and she have always been friends;
It would come best from yon."
"No, Ba; when yon have anything to
do you don't like, alwaya get someone
else to do It for yon, that's my idea. We
are to be married in three weeks. Yes,
Indeed, yon may well open your mouth;
but I'm telling you the truth. We have
been engaged thia two months, and I'm
my own master, you know; and 111 ere
waa no one to consult. I used to say I'd
never let myself'go under 3,000 a year;
but I'm knocked down a dead bargain
after all. Hatty likes you and Uussie
superbly, but she bates Mrs. B. like old
boots, and swears she shall never spend
a night under her roof."
"Meaning thif roof?" said Esme. with
raised brows.
"Yes; and as old Clippenvn wants to g
off abroad, he has rather run me in to get
the wedding over; do you see? and we are
thinking of coming here for the honey
moon; and, of course, you and Mrs. B.
will have to clear out. and let the house
be done np a bit; don't you understand?'
Thia ia very short notice, Flo. How
long can you give us?"
"Well, say a week! xou see, there s
nothing to move but yourselves and your
clothes," he drawled, unconcernedly.
"I am not so sure of that, shaking her
head. "I fancy from what Mrs. B. said
one day that she claims a lot of orna
ments, silver plate and pictures and
linen."
She be blessed! She had better not let
me see her lay a finger on anything here,
or I'll set my lawyers at her... She has
been playing a very deep game, by all ac
counts, and she feathered her nest right
well."
Oh, Flo, you shouldn't!" expostulated
his hearer.
Oh. Flo. but I should! I'm not at all
friends with her. I can tell you; and the
way in which she has treated you two
girls has been simply abominable, and so
everybody says. I shall give her a piece
of my mind about it. one of these days.
I'm not afraid of her, valiantly. "Not
Esme sat over the slowly dying fire for
more than an hour after ber brother had
retired; strange thoughts, and some very
sad ones, chasing each other through her
brain. So the old home, such as it was,
was to be broken up at last; and in one
week, well, as the wrench had come,
there was no use in prolonging the agony
the sooner it was over the better. She
could not bear to think of Hatty Clipper
ton, of all people, reigning among their
household gods; Hatty, with her loud
l.n.h. her alanirv ways, ber contempt for
sld-fashioned things and people. She
. . nA is.rirr atr .ro r no i ninnAnrifl a
furniture, the ancestors, and the china,
and inaugurate blazing cretonnes and
brilliant chromo-Ilthograpbs instead.
"And how am I to tell Mrs. Brabazon?"
she said aloud, brushing away the tears,
and rousing herself with an effort. "It
is quite too fearful to think of. I know
I shall never sleep a wink to-night."
(To be continued.)
Field and Farm.
While grass may at times be grown
ln an orchard, yet a permanent soa
will be an injury. It Is better to plow
the sod under occasionally ana grow
hoed crops, sowing to grass again. In
this manner the ground Is made richer
and the trees will be benefited by both
crops.
Steers are preferred In this country
for beef, but ln England the butchers
pay one cent per pound more for heif
ers as they give less bone and more
choice cuts. A well-bred heifer, how
ever. Is worth more for the dairy than
for beef. No heifers should be kept
when calves unless from parents that
are known to possess merit.
The waste from the hay mow makes
excellent litter for chickens. The seeds
of all kinds of grass when dry are rel
ished by fowls, and when the waste
from the mow Is thrown on the floor
of the poultry house the fowls will in
dustriously work in the litter and find
much to consume.
Farmers who keep common sheep
and depend upon wool do not know
how specimens of some breeds may be
made to reach great weights. A 2-year-old
grade Lincoln wether in England
was slaugnterea, i -434
pounds. The carcass weighed 304
pounds, the loose fat S4 pounds, the
skin, blood and entrails 90 pounds and
the waste pounds. Sheep weighing
300 pounds live weight are numerous
In this country.
Gooseberries are hardy and largely
In demand when in season. They are
usually propagated by cuttings, though
some prefer layers. They desire rich
lT!.nd require careful cultivation. The
rruit grow, on two-year-old wood and
on spuis and buds of older growth. As
a rule gooseberries should be closely
pruned, the new growth being well cut
back.
There la no single food that is perfect
or wWch contains all the desirable ele
,.nta necessary for production, for
whteJ reborn as an exclusive diet
will not give aattsfactory results. There
7m but Utile lime ln wheat or corn, and
as Hme U ntlal In the production
of bone It Is evident that young animals
will make but little growth when the
larger portion of their food consists of
or rnroeal. If clover, either green
tr cu?ed?o?Twm milk is fed with corn
more benefit will be derived from the
cTmtlnation of food, than from gram
only. ,
The seeds of wheat are not destroyed
"mf.dredTh- &7 wfll
EHSK "hrha."n d
SSSudlff subjecting certain seeds
? aemperlture as low as 10 degrees
Mow ro for four days by the use of
P10 "f. The were then carefully
plants. --
tUteTalor that will con
onrah in a bad one.
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A REFLECTION. 8
Tf KELT like Cortes upon a memor-
II able occasion when the Jeweler's
glass door swung behind me. and.
marching op to the counter, I asked (or
a ring.
"A ring, sir?" said the attendant.
"What sort of a ring?"
"An engagement ring," said I, valor
ously. "What else, sir?" demanded the man,
docketing me mentally.
"Five and a naif." I replied, thinking
of the glove.
"That's rather an unsual slxe," he re
marked, robbing one eyebrow, "unless
It's a bangle the lady wants."
"I'm not sure that she wants It at
all." I murmured, producing tbe little
sandalwood-scented bit of allk; "but
that la the size. I think."
"O It's the size of the lady's band."
be observed, with mild toleration, un
rolling it. "Well, sir, ladles' fingers
vary ln girth, and It's more usual to fit
them with a piece of cardboard; but
we'll do our best."
"Now, sir. what do you think of
this?" he asked, patronizingly, as he
displayed an opal, changeful as the
ahlftlng sun on a misty seaJ."It's exact
ly the lady's size, making allowances,
for of course she won't want to wear It
over 'er glove."
"Are not opals unlucay?" said I. en
deavoring to decipher the price.
"O, we don't hold with such supersti
tion." replied the Jeweler loftily, "but
they do say one will keep you from
being poisoned."
"Then I shall leave It for the next
rich widow," I answered. "But what
Is tbe cost of this?"
I aHuded to an emerald set amid
pearls which I already saw glittering
on the loveliest hand ln the world. He
extracted It with a silent respect he
borrowed from my eagerness, and
made a measurement, while I watched
him, my heart beating madly. The size
was exactly the same; the price but
that Is a detail. I decided upon It. The
shopman thanked me perfunctorily,
and I leaned against the counter, feel
ing like one who bad received a great
favor. But when I fumbled In my
pocket for the notes, and beard their
crisp crackle, my confidence returned,
and then, as I watched the splendid
thing flashing in Its violet bed I be
lieved I must after all be a rich man,
unknown to myself, so great was the
suggestion of unlimited wealth thus
conveyed,
"I should like a piece of glass on the
Inside of the case lid." I observed, care-
lessly. "Is it usual r
"That's looking-glass?" queried the
lapidary, glancing up from a surreptl-
Uous examination of the notes.
I nodded. I knew I must be getting
red.
"Well." be remarked, tolerantly, "it's
not exactly usual, but It's a pretty Idea
Ms-htena the attraction of the irem.
makes the lady see the present from
two points of view."
-"Hardly an advantage sometimes,'
observed; "but can you do It?"
"Well, yes, I should think so," he re
plied, condescendingly.
"Then get It done, and I'll stand the
racket." I answered, magnificently.
When I left the shop I beaded straight
for Bloomsbury Square, but remember
ing that she might be Just then occu
pied by domestic duties decided to call
later ln the day. Even the ring ln my
pocket gave me no additional courage,
and presently I began to think it was
not quite royal enough. Edging my
way to Regent's Park, I bunted out a
quiet spot and sat down to examine it
at leisure. It was glorious still, but
somehow not so glorious as I could
have wished, and I was actually ques
tioning tbe wisdom of my choice when
an approaching footfall made me close
the case. It was light, though firm, aud
the everlasting flint would have worn
well beneath It- Something, more of
the intellect than of the sense, made me
look up, and I saw her.
Tbe sensation of being shot through
the beart has not, I believe, received
adequate literary expression, those who
experience It being usually preoccupied
at the exact moment with other mat
ters; but I think I know what it means.
"I'm so glad to see you," I cried, "be
cause I want to restore something you
forgot ln the restaurant yester a few
weeks ago."
"How kind of you." she said, coming
near.
"O, not at all," I replied; "but I hope
you were not inconvenienced. I should
have sent It, but I I didn't."
I put my hand in my breast pocket
hurriedly, and extracted my handker
chief, which, in turn, brought to light
a sheaf of letters and memoranda I
shook out at ber feet like a skillful con
jurer. Then I tried tbe other pocket,
but va'ly. "It's a glove," I said, weak
ly, gathering up my belongings; "one of
yours, don't you know."
"I recollect I missed It," she said,
coldly.
"But the cab went so quickly," I
pleaded: "ah, do sit down until I find
It"
She did so. I was ln a gentle pers
piration. "Pray, do not take so much trouble."
she murmured, plaintively.
"I have it!" I cried, and extracted the
wisp of silk from my watch pocket,
where I bad thrust It on leaving tbe
shop.
"So kind of yon " .he observed, tak
ing It.
"Would you allow me to keep It?"
"Why?" she answered, quietly, but
the voice was low.
"To remind me of that nappy day,"
I replied, shying.
"Indeed? I am glad that you think
of it as a pleasant one." she said, gra
ciously. "Mr. Turnbull was declaiming
all the way back ln the cab. He seemed
prejudiced against you."
"He may be described as a man who
means well," I observed, severely. "I
hope he said something actionable."
"O. hardly that!" she answered.
laughingly; "but he seems to have
changed his opinion lately." (That la
the luncueaa UUL thought U "Tour
111
name happened to com op ln convsr-
satlon to-day. and he said
She paused; a sudden flame leaped
Into her cheeks.
"What did be say?" I demanded, try
ing to look away.
"He said you were an honorable
man." she replied, the point of ber par
asol tracing triangles ln the dust;
"but
"Ah. there Is much virtue ln that,
but,' '' I observed, bitterly.
"That yon ought to settle down," she
continued, tossing her head and rising.
"So I shall." I cried, "but It depends
upon my lady. I have her portrait here
in this case. She Is tbe only girl I shall
ever care for In that way." I added, be
cause a little qualification does do
harm at even the most exalted mo
ments. "By the way, she Is an acquaint
ance of yours, too." And pressing tbe
spring, I handed the casket to ber as
the lid flew back. She glanced at me
curiously, pale now. I, weak about the
knees, watched a child trundle a hoop
past us.
She utered a little cry, that sank Into
a sobbing laugh. Then she sat down
beside me and put one of tbe hands I
hope to hold when Death beckons me
down the last dim turning of Life's
road Into mine.
"I trust she will make you a good
wife," she said, gravely, and anybody
can guess the rest. Black and White.
Too Crude for Her.
"No, Harry, said young Mrs. Murchl
son, "you must not support this man.
I have always said that I believed
women should not meddle In political
iff a Irs, but really this Is a case In which
I reel that 1 would not be doing uij
duty If I failed to remonstrate against
your proposal to work and vote for him,
No man who uses such language as h
does can be fit to have a band In the
shaping of public affairs."
"My dear, you must be laboring
under a misapprehension, Mr. March
Ison insisted. "No one has ever taken
rxception to tbe gentleman's language
before-. What has be said that you di
aot approve of?"
"What has he said?" she exclaimed.
"Why, Harry! How can you ask?
look at this account of his speech, re
ported by a paper that Is supporting
uini, too, so It must be true, only I'm
surprised that the editor .didn't gloss
It over. Here It Is: 'The leven Is work
ing!' Any person who Is responsible
for guch an ungrammatlcal sentence as
that must be unfit to hold public office.
But what eleven does he refer to
' jear?"
Quite IMBtereut.
"Anlncrcaseof salary !" exclaimed th
', pompous manager of a small omnibus
company to a clerk who had Just made
' that request. "I am afraid, sir, that
! vou are too extravagant!" He toyed
' with his heavy watch chain and looked
severely at the young man. who re-
I turned his stare boldly. It was tbe
j et phrase on such occasions, and the
applicant had beard It all before. He
meant to have that rise or go some
where else.
"Excuse me, sir," he replied respect
fully. "I haven't any chance to be ex
travagant on what I earn."
"Young man," continued the pomp
ous gentleman, "I have risen from tbe
ranks. How? By being careful. When
I was young I made money by saving
bus fares."
"Ah, that was ln the old days," said
tbe young map, with a knowing wink.
"But with tbe bell punches and the
present system of Inspection, yon
would find you couldn't save six-pence
without being collared, however care
ful you were." The manager nearly
fainted, and the young man had to seek
other employment
StlootinK Into a Hailstorm.
To break up a hailstorm It Is neces
sary to destroy tbe revolving or whirl
ing current of air. This can only be
Jone by an opposing current of air,
lieuce tbe philosophy of shooting can
non balls at tbe ball clouds Is plain.
The cannon balls passing through the
air create a temporary vacuum, which
Is quickly filled by the air rushing in
behind the ball and toward the clouds.
When this current of air becomes
stronger than the whirling current ot
strong enough to Interfere with It the
whirling current Is overcome and tlw
hailstorm Is destroyed. -
Pound by Grave-Dlggcrs.
The grave-diggers who were employ
ed to dig Mr. Gladstone's grave Id
Westminster Abbey came upon a lead
en coffin of some unknown person
They also found remains of other per
sons of whose burial there Is no rec
ord, among them a skull very much
worn away, but seemingly that of a
young man; shoulder bones and small
bones of tbe arm In excellent preserva
tion, but completely browned through
age. And at a greater depth skulls
were found, which, like the others,
were only kept free from disappearance
into mold by he dryness of the soil.
Dixou Biffklns seems to be enjoying
the fortune his aunt left him.
Hlxon Why, I understand he lost It
all in a wheat deal six months ago.
Dixon So he did; but It has supplied
him with a never-failing topic of con
versation ever since.
How He Managed It.
AL Wright My wife and I used to
quarrel nearly all tbe time, but now we
hare the most peaceful home you ever
saw.
Henry Peck Indeed! How do you
manage it?
Al. Wright I simply make my wlf t
l mad ah refuse tn anoiilr tn n
x Mm exui riaarug oa lb
He Yes, I really feel as If I onght to
do something for my country.
She Oh. well. I think you hay dona
something for It
TT- W J I. 1 1 .
8lH-Why.yTOwar.WtaBuro
all laaa anMM raaan'r mm
Notes of Inventions.
A device which artvea the man in the
railroad signal tower absolute control
over the throttle In every train within
the limits ef his block has been In
vented by Joseph N. King-, of Syra
cuse. N. T.. formerly a conductor on the
Delaware. Lackawanna western
Road.
R. F. Lockwood. of Lyons. N. T.. has
secured a patent on a burial vault.the
parts of which are made of eilay wltn
Interlocking ends, and after they are
fitted together a costing or cement
makes the whole practically une piece,
forming an air-tight and water-proof
tomb.
According to the Electrician, an In
ventor named M. A. Durfour has dis
covered a method of melting quarts,
thereby making It available for many
purposes for which glass is at present
used. It Is toped to use It as a sub
stitute for glass In the manufacture of
Incandescent lamps.
Charles H. Sawyer, the master me
chanic on one of the big Weoterr. roads,
has devised a serpentine boat which he
says Is a combination of the principles
of boat and locomotive construction.
and he is building a small boat to carry
18 or 20 persons which he will use on the
great Lakes to demonstrate the value
of his idea.
Zalmon O. Sholes. the lnventer of the
Remlngton-Sholes typewriting ma
chine, and Alfred C. Oilmour. an em
ploye of the Remington Company, are
associated In the manufacture of a very
remarkable machine, which is the com
bination of the telegraph and the type
writer. By Its use a message In trans
mitted over the wire by the Morse sys
tem, but it la delivered on a sheet direct
from the typewriter without any tran
scription whatever. This machine does
away with the use of skilled telegraph
ers, for anyone acquainted with the
keyboard of a typewriter can send a
message Just as well and ?a rapidly as
the best operator usig ihe telegraph
ky.
Ocas and Ends.
TTnrtor rational treatment the average
yield of a bee hive ln Palestine is 100
pounds.
Private roor garaens are sucu
ress In New York that the large board
ing houses find It necessary to adopt
them as a regular summer feature.
The natives of Hawaii, be they ever
so poor, never steal or beg. These of
fences are confined almost exclusively
to the Portuguese residents of the is
land. One of the new thine 1n the 1pwelr
line this season Is the Introduction of
delicately carved ivory Into the bits
of filigree work, with which wou.cn uc
llBht to adorn their costumes.
At a street fair in Wichita this fall
one of the chief features will be an
arch 40 feet high, constructed entirely
of apples.
During the present century 400 hu
man Uvea, tl25.000.000 and 200 ships
rha-ve been lost ln fruitless efforts to
find the Xarth Pole.
.An Egyptian contemporary says:
"Our whole Isr&hd is now girdled with
golf courses. All the world Is no longer
a stage, but a golf links."
Rural mall delivery la progressing
In a way to satisfy both the people
and the department. In Carroll county.
Maryland, every farm house now has
a daily free mail delivery.
There Is considerable money In the
lakes In the shape of meat. In the
Lake Erie fisheries S728 men are em
ployed and $2,719,654 capital. Last year's
eaten was vaiuea ai i.io.o".
The population of the Berlin suburb
rharlottenburg Is In a curiously un
stable condition. Last year 44.718 of
the population of 174.550 left the city
and 53,744 from elsewhere took their
flacea.
Personals.
. -
Introduce the American Cabinet sys -
tem Into his government. In addition
to the European system of responsible
Ministries, and Is determined to have
a privy council which shall be answer
able to him alone. In order not to vio
late the Italian Constitution, which
makes the Ministry the sovereign's
sole official adviser. King Victor will
make his new council a sort of "kitch
en Cabinet."
The Emperor of Austria has ordered
a full length portrait of himself to be
painted in oils, and will present the
same to Sir Horace Rumbold. the re
tiring British Ambassador.
Prince Tlloka, the 15-year-old son of
the King of Siam. who has been study
ing at the Charterhouse School, ln Lon
don, has been recalled to Siam. It Is
said that he will regret to return to his
native country, as he has grown to be
very fond of England and the English
people.
The friends of the late William L.
Wilson and the alumni of Washington
and Lee University (of which Institu
tion Mr. Wilson was president have
planned to raise by subscriptions fund
of at least $100,000 for the purpose ot
maintaining a new professorship ln
the university. The fund Is to be known
as the Wilson endowment.
Useful Hints.
Sandwiches that are la be served at aa
afternoon tea should not be spread with
butter or the filling mixture quite to th
e ge of the bread. This little precau
tion will prevent their soiling the glovet
of those who bold them.
Salt is good to scour marble wash
stands or basins with, to sweep carpeU
with (if it be thoroughly brushed out)
and tA aet colors In wash goods. Where
soot has fallen on the carpet, sprinkle
salt on It and the tot will come off
without leaving a black mark. Spots of
iron rust can be removed by wettlnf
with a strong solution of lemon-Juic.
and salt and holding over a vessel ot
boiling water, when they will Immedi
ately disappear.
Bleeding at the Nose. Spirits of tur
pentine in a hot -saucer will give off
fumes which snuffed up the nose often
have a good effect in tfcia bleeding. Ty
ing a string or bandage around the thigh
or the arm close to the shoulder, is of
service. An excellent remedy. Is to have
the patient take a hot fOJt bath. This
Is one of the best possible measures from
its simplicity, and It rarely fails In all
ordinary cases to atop the bleeding: an
other method Is to supply a large mus
tard leaf or mustard plaster to sk.n over
the right side the body In the situa
tion ot the liver. Babyhood.
Industrial.
The American Tube and Iron Com
pany, the Toungatown. Ohio, plant of
the National Tube Company, resumed
operations In full after a shut-down of
many months. The works employ 400
bands.
terna,t0n j Union In the factories ln the
I vw w r.. rnmn.vt mwiA imisllM
I T ym. .v nrnther. at Timnt went on
, strike owing to aiaagreemenc oeiween
this union and the Spanish union.
I called Beslstencia. About wo people
I practice complete relaxation of brain.
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SERMON
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Dr. Calmagf
Snbjeet: Everyday RllionIt la UoM ta
BuaiBSM awl Polltlet Th. KxampM
of Daalel. Who Was Kever Too Jtn.y
to Worship Ood -Advice to Christian.
rrto-rUh worn
VjiiifiTOV D. C This discourse of
Dr. Talmage is appropriate for all seasons,
but especially in these times ot preat agi
tation. The text is Daniel vi, 16. "Thon
the king commanded, and they brought
Daniel and cast him into the den of lions.
Darius ws. kins; of Babylon, and the
yonnjr man Daniel was so much a favorite
with him that he made him nrime minis
ter, or secretary of state. But no man
could gain such a hish position without
excitine the envy and jealousy of the peo
ple. There were demagogues in lalylon
who were so appreciative of their own
abilities that they were affronted at the
elevation of thia young man. Old Babv
lon was afraid of young Babylon. The tall
er the cedar the more apt it is to lie riven
of the lightning. These demaeooues asked
the king to make a decree that anybody
that made a petition to any one except
the king during a period of thirty days
should be put to death. King Darius, not
suspecting any foul plav, makes that de
cree. The demagogues have accomplished
all they want, because they know that no
one can keen Daniel from sending petitions
before God for thirty days.
So far from being afraid. Daniel goes
on with supplications three times a
day and is found on his house top making
prayer. He is caueht in the aot. He is
condemned to be devoured by the linns.
Rontrh executioners of the law seize him
and hasten him to the cavern. I hear the
nrowl of t! e wild beasts, and I see them
pawing the dust, and as they put their
months to the ground the solid earth
ciuakes with their bellowing. 1 see their
eves roll and I almost hear the fiery eye
balls snap in the darkness. These mons
ters approach Daniel. They have an appe
tite keen with hunger. With one strokn
of their paw or one snatch of their teethj
they may leave him dead at the bottom o(
the cavern. But what a strange welcome
Daniel receives from these hunfrrv mons
ter. Thev fawn around him. thev lick
his hand, thev bnrv his feet in their lont
manes. That night he has calm sleep with
his head pillowed on -the warm necks of
the tamed lions.
But not so well does Darius, the king.
sleeD. He has an attack of terrific insnin
nia. He loves Daniel, and hates this
strategera bv which he has been con
demned. All night long the king walks
the floo-. He cannot sleep. At the least
sound he starts and his flesh creens with
horror, i e is impatient for the dawning
of the mominir. At the first streak of the
d.iylight Darius hastens forth to see the
fate of Daniel. The heavy palace doors
open and clang shut long before 1 he people
of the city waken. Harms goes to the den
of the lioni: he looks in. All is silent.
His heart stops. He feels that the very
worst lias happened, but gathering all his
strength, he shouts throueh the rifts of
the rock. "Oh, Daniel, is thy Cod whom
thou servest continually able to deliver
thee?" There comes rolling up from the
deep darkness a voice which says: "Oh.
king, live forever. Mv God lias sent His
.ilia. J1C I1IH i i . .lit v i mi nan - ...r,
angel to shut the lions' mouths that theyl
h.v not h..rt m." Tl.on Daniel ; I
brought out from the den. The dema-,
gogues are hurled into it, and no sooner
have they struck the bottom of the den
than their flesh was rent, and their bones
cracked and their blood spurted through , tea: 8ucn w UeoI ' -
the rifts of the rock. and. as the lions chusetts; such , was Theodore rrelinghuy
make the rocks tremble with their roar. I n; of fw Jeiy-men faithful to the
thev announce to all ages that while God j 4 the. Mme t'1" faithful to God
will defend His people, the way of the, V" ab8ur1 expect that men hohave
nngodly shall perish Jf?". mmP.ree.d ' Politics wickedness for
Learn first from this subject that the' thirty or "rty T 8hn fme to refor'
greatest cri that vou commit in the' tion. and our hope ir , the young men
eyes of manv U the crime of success. What ;ho are com,n UDA.thJ. thev Vy '""
had Daniel done that he should be flung' "t,c Principle and Chnstian prmc.ple side
to the lions? He had become prime min- 8,d ?om? to ,th?
ister. They could not forgive him for; box and cast their first vote and that they
that, and behold in that a touch of un- "'l- T,nt of
rrofheTo'ridlong aTu" "ni&ut 'werha'un!
mnehed n'rTeriv. onI sf vou are mean .ess to them than Calvary.
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SxnSrerVengbasTo fend'haH.
work to eHneare vm.r children there are
1 ' ..Pr ' n . m
people who will sav. 1'oor man. 1 am ,
' t , , i i '
sorrv for him: he ought to succeed, poor,
n.,. -V, -Ti.:i. ,l. ..'
man. But after awhile the tide turns
- ., f ti.. .i;..,i.t ,
in your favor, lhat was a profitable in-
vestment vou made. You bought just at
tha right time. Fortune become; gjod hu-
mored and smiles upon you. Xow vou
vourtcrerchrsorennBeUCThose men'
your success chills some one. Those men
who used to sympathize with you stand
along me street, ana i in V acowi at vou
c " i .!. -i L-.- i-
iruin uuuer wvs rim oi mifir nais. i iu
have more money or more influence than
thev have, and you ought to be scowled
at from under the rim of their hats. You
catch a word or two as you pass by them
Muck up, says one. Got it irislionest
ly," says another. "Will burst soon,"
says a third. Every stone in your new
house is laid on their hearts. Your horse's
hoofs went over their nerves. Every item
of your success has been to them an item
of discomfiture and despair. Just as soon
as in any respect you rise above your fel-
lows, if you are more virtuous, if you are
more wise, if you are more influential,
you cast a shadow on the prospect of oth-
erg j
The road to honor and success is with-
in reach of the enemy's guns. Jealousy
says. "Stay down or 1 11 knock vou down."
"I do not like you," says the snowflake to
the snow-bird. "Whv don't you like
me?" said the snowbird. "Oh," said the
anowflake "vou are .oina nn and I am
coming down.1
Young merchants, young lawyers, young
doctors, young mechanics, young artists.
young farmers, at certain times there arc
those to sympathize with you, but now
that you are becoming a master of your
particular occupation or profession, how is
it now. young lawyers, young doctors.
young artists, vo-.ing farmers-how is it
now? The greatest crime that you can
commit is the crime of success.
Again, my s-.ibject impresses me with
the value of decision of chaiarter in any
department. Daniel knew that if he con-
tinued his adherence to the religion of the
Lord he would be hurled to the lions.
but. having set his compass well, he sailed
right on. For the lack of that clement
of decision of character, so eminent in
Daniel, many men are mined for this
world, and ruined for the world to come.' ?orm 8 sepulcher and who puU-his paw
A great manv at forty years of age ,dow.n aul,d thousands ot millions of the
are not settled in any respect, because (l w1' cau"ot affright you. When iu old
thev have not been able to make un their tn t!m.e8 a. man was to get the honors of
minds. Perhaps they will go west: per-
11 go east; perhaps they nil)
they will go north; perhaps
south; perhaps ih-v will
naps tney win
not; perhaps
not; perhaps they may make that invest- would con!e forth. and a"d the sound of
ment in real estate or in railroads; per -. cornet and great parade he would get rhe
haps thev will not. They are like a steam- - honors of knighthood. And so it will be
r that should go out of New York liar- Wlth tl,e Christian in the night before
bor, starting for Glasgow, and the naxt ; ,ef ven ?8 uUX with spear and
day should change for Havre de Grace, ; helmet of salvation he will wait and watch
and the next for Charleston and the next through the darkness until the morning
for Boston and the next for Liverpool. dawn8 aud then he will take the honors
These men on the sea of life everlasting-' heaven amid that great throng with
ly tacking ship and nuking no headway. 8'?wy robes streaming over seas of sap
Or they are like a man who starts to . Pu,re
build a house in the lorinthian style and
changes it to Doric, and then completes; A more glorious victory cannot be
it in the Ionic,- the curse of all styles of j gained than this; that when the Injury
architecture. Young man, start right and j begins on bis part, the kindness should
keep on. Have decision of character. 1 begin on ours.
Character : i like the goldtincli of Tonquin; j From a mere 8ense of consistency, a
it is magnificent while standing farm, but . persecutor is bound to show that the
loses all its beauty in flight, llow much 'ilen man ls a villain; otherwise he. th
imiMuu ui vim.iki in viun inn, fcntrm;
young men may be Christians! Their old
associates make sarcastic flings at them.
They go on excursions and they do n-t
i invite them. T
w iiruiMitrsv mat. ic wui
1 At... L
v tl " j' it l
give out. Thev wonder '( he is not JUng
W,nF- a' wJEnd v The
Oh. Cvoung maT'h.v.hedecisn
teVoWlTon iOUbeCt.VhIedrd.!.,, $5
ter oi reiigiou w
yon care lor i
o,en under Ihoi feet, and gnm n,.sen
nrn push them into it. and eternity comes
down I) ir.l upon ineir apim,
science stings, and hopeless mm lifts them
np to hurl them down, will they laugh
'hen? . . ....
I learn also from my snbjeet that men
mav take religion into their worldly busi
ness. This ia a most appropriate thought
at this season of the year, when so many
men are starting out in new enterprises.
Daniel had enough work to do to occupy
six men. All the affairs of state were in
hi. hands questions of finance, questions
of war. of peace: all international ques
tions were for his settlement or adjust
ment. He must have had a eorresnond
ence vast bevond all computation. There
was not a mn in all the earth who had
more to do than Daniel, the woretarT of
state, and yet we find him three times
a dav bowing before God in prayer.
But to have religion go right along by
them all through life, to have religion
looking over their shoulder when they are
making a bargain, to have religion take
up a bag of dishonest gold and shake it
and say. ."Where did you get . that?'
irv think that is an impertinent re
lirnTi. ,. . .
Thov would like to hare a religion to
help th"n when thev are sick and when
the shadow of death comes over them,
thry wouM like to have religion as a snrt
of night kev with which to open the
door of heaven, but religion under other
circumstances they take to be imperti
nence. Now, mv friends, religion never robbed
a man of a dollar. Other things being
equal, a mason will build a better wall, a
cabinet maker will make a lietter chair, a
plumber will make a better pipe, a lawyer
will make a lietter plea, a merchant will
sell a better bill of goods. I say. other
things being equal. Of course when re
ligion gives a man a new heart, it does
not propose to give him a new head or to
intelleetualize him or to change a man s
condition when hi. ordinary state is an
overthrow of the philosonhical theory that
a total vacuum is impossible, but the more
letters you have to write, the more bur
dens you have to carry, the more mile,
vou have to travel, the more burdens you
have to lift, the more engagements vou
have to meet, the more disputes you ha-e
to settle, the more opportunity you have
of being a Christian. If you have a
thousand irons in the fire, you have a
thousand more opportunities of serving
God than if von onlv had one iron in the
fire. Who so busy as Christ? And yet
who a iiillionth part as holv? The busi
est men the best men. All the persons
converted in Scripture busy at the time
of their being converted. Mtthew at
tending to his custom house duties, the
prodigal son feeding swine, l.ydia sell
ing mirple. Simon Peter hauling in the
net from the sea. Saul spurring his horse
toward Damascus, going down on his law
bn.iness. Busy, busy Daniel with all the
affairs of state weighing down upon his
soul and yet three times a day worship
ing the God of heaven.
Again, I learn from this subject that a
man mav take religion into his politics.
Daniel had all the affairs of state on
hand, yet a sen-ant of God. He could
not have kept his elevated position un
less he had been a thorough politician,
and vet all the thrusts of officials and aTl
the danger of disgrace did not make him
yield one iota of his high toned religious
principle. He stood before that age, he
stands before all ages, a specimen of a
godlv politician. So there have been in
our day and in the days of our fathers
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men as eminent in the service of God as
they have been eminent in the service of
'"f Such was Benjamin . Butler
time of your fathers; such was .John flic-
Lean, of the supreme court of the United
na Islington mean less to tnem tnan
titZi tBhUea1forxtenoarson
men . the ballot box is no reason
,. rru. i. ,. ,. ,i.
the arena. 1 he last time you ought to
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giw up your child or forsake your child
f , ' , , ,
is when it is surrounded bv a company
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VAfwt,,"d w i'a8,L" "-f Z
""L biaI'lb t A hJ I Za
f,undl J wT,"kHnL. d'8none9ty nd
st'oodtnmost unpopular plat-
fnrm . , fi . . ' .
;by Christian men should retreat from
gogues of the day hissed at him and tried
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to overthrow bim.
e must carry our
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But ere re a great many men who
"T. " faYr f m ,L",t;.nai'on"i
of taking it into' city politics, as though
a man were intelligent about the welfare
of his neighborhood and had no concern
about his own home.
Aly subject also impresses me with the
IUIIllVO IIW 11 W V I 11". IIUJ'WI lllll.
fact that lions cannot hurt a good man.
-N man ever 8ot nto wor9e con,'ua"y tl,an
''";' "" " ." i
the den- What a rare morsel that fair
yuK m-". would have been for the bun-
frv monsters! If they had plunged at
him, he could not have climbed into a
nche beyond the reach of their paw or
the 8mitch of the,r. iooh- 11,e,y csn,e
P''1 around about him, as hunters
lounds at the well known whistle come
bounding to his feet. ou need not go to
Numidia to get many lions. You all have
you tne lion OI Iinanciai
distress, the lion of sickness, the lion
f persecution. You saw that lion of
inancial panic putting his mouth down
o the earth, and he roared until ail the
tanks and all the insurance companies
iiiaked. With his nostril he scattered the
hshes on the domestic heartii. You have
had trial after trial, misfortune after
m"une, on aner non, ana yet lliey
have never hurt you if you put your trust
i od'. and , they never will hurt you.
bey md not hurt Daniel, and they caiiiiot
yu- lne Persians used to think
that spring rain falling into seasliells
I "ould urn 'nto Pe"'8; d I have to tell
- ou that the tears sorrow turn into
P"!""8 ffln8 when they drop into God a
bottle. Vou need be afraid of nothing
lu"g your trust in God. Even death.
that monster lion whose den ia the
aown
it ad,
Ln tin
knight
Knighthood, he was compelled to go lul-
Jv armed the night bctore among the
I101""" ol,', dead car.rying a sort of
8Pea,rj and then when the day broke he
persecutor, is a wretch himself.
He who never ventures will nevr
cross the sea.
Keep your fire under the pot of life
. . j
- or literature. smuKe iuiu prejuuicc
fl . lrnprove any diet except to a dbu
1 eased taste, while your wisdom and wit
Proved In the chafing dish of pub-
" S2Sy thls-that there ., a prof.or
dlenity and proportion to be observed
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