s ...: B. F. SCHWEIER, THE COnSTITUTIOII THE URIOtl ARD THE EnFORCEdEttT OF THE LAWS. 1 Jpjai iltJ Editor and PrtprUUr. MIFFLIXTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1900 NO. 51. J faptaitf BY B. .Ailitapy.omaDcc.of.gout.JIfrica CHAPTER XXIII. (Continued.) Hie I"-r or tne drawing room waa kicked and they bung outside for a eon- lideruhle time, like a couple of Feris at the sit'-. At In st they gradually succeed eJ in . tlieir way in, and found ao iEjni. ii-.-. ! . ti c room with scats all down the ivCit, and un impromptu at a iff at tie further end. immediately facial' the juJiin. i1 was u huge picture framv Hlled la with i-tirtnins, which, when parted, r?vsVil some scenes. Just at the pres ent moiiient there was a dead silence. f?s-ifi"U of whispering and laughing, ai the i nrtain slowly parted and revealed "Helm of Troy," a tall, white-robed. roMen -diademed form, thrown out by a duky imckgroiind. The present person it: beautiful enough to represent the Spartan Queen whose face had Isun.-hed a thousand ships. The audi ence c.ized at the lovely living picture for n:e time in appreciative silence, then, the curtain gradually hid her from their gaze, they burst into long and hearty applause. The tableau was over, the people began to talk, to look about, mJ finally to move, and a groat wave ol human faces was soon set toward th door, seeing which our two friends re-tr.-.ited and sought sanctuary, with other belated folk, in a fern-embowered alcovs on the stairs, from which coign of can tae they could see the whole company file past in double review order. "We will have to go and make onr bow to Mrs. Bohun before we follow the mul titude," said Captain Gee; "and this give one a splendid chance of seeing who is here," indicating with a jerk of his head the stream of people now pouring out of the doorway. "Look at that lady with the long neck and big eyes; she Is thought a great beauty. She's not my style," superciliously.- "Do yoa see those two c tiling out? They are American heir-e-e. And that's a very pretty girl in black, behind the big woman in red satin. H-re she is. What do you think of her! There's nothing like England, home and b-auty. eh? Here she comes! Now," enforcing his remark with a sharp nudge. Miles obediently looked as be was bid den, and saw within two steps of him on the crowded staircase a girl in black, car rjinir an enormous white bouquet, arm-in-inn with a ruddy-faced young man, who was talking to her with eager empress metit. She was listening with a smile, her gaze bent on the ground. A block in front compelled them to halt. and. raising her eyes, Esme found herself once more fare to face with her faithless Consin M:!es. And it would be hard to say which was the paler of the two. This sudden meet jng was a shock o both. Each saw in the o titer the embodiment of two yean tribulation standing within two feet. Esme was certainly the most startled. She had been thinking of Miles as far way in South Africa, among the Boers tnd Kaffirs, and to come upon him quite inexpectedly in a crowd on a London lobby nearly tnrned her to stone. She vas so overwhelmed with astonishment that she stared vacantly at him without! iny token of recognition, and in another moment, pressed forward by the crowd, the had passed downstairs. Cai:aln Gee. who bad been looking at aer with all the power of his keen, little, Es;ht eyes, was amazed at the Instantane ous alteration her face had nndergone. The -oft curves about her smiling lips, tad her lovely color had disappeared aa If by magic, and left instead a rigid expres tion and a deathlike pailor. Was she go Is to faint? Who or what had been the cau-e of this electrical effect? He glane td involuntarily at his friend, and beheld the am extraordinary change reflected in hi countenance. The look of easy, careless indifference had given place to one ..f proud immobility; and yet he was pali. even through his African fan. What tiled him? What ailed her? The secret was revealed to him in one flash he was generally very successful in Jumping to conclusions the girl in black was Esme, poor Teddy's sister. Miles' forsaken bride.' Before he had time to put his thoughts into the form of a question a very pi'Piant, little, dark lady, clad in primrose tulle and blazing with diamonds, had pau.. 1 iu front of his companion, with a rifled exclamation, and. holding out her land very eagerly, exclaimed: "Why. Miles! It is Milea! Who on earth would have expected to find you here? How very rude of you not to come and e me. Pray, where nave yon drop ped from?" "From South Africa this morning," he returned laconically, and now with com p'.etely restored self-possession. "Mr. Trent," said Gussie, sweetly, now turning to her cavalier, and withdrawing her hand from his arm with affected reluctant-, "this is my cousin,, whom I've not se- n for ages, just home from the Cap-. If you don't mind 111 go down with him." and, with a charming smile Mr. Trent was coolly dismissed, and Mii.s before he had time to realize the f'-t found himself walking downstairs rui-in-arm with Gussie, leaving Captain Gee L'iaring after them with an expres- "'! "f indiirnant amazement, and mut-"1 lennir ntijrry ejaculation s-mder his little tuiidy mustache. CHAPTER XXIV. Mr. Hepburn Was by no means a stupid young man. and he had not failed to no i'e hi partner's violent start, her and "Vu -n--c. ud her sinking color. In hlu n mind he attributed these symptoms a dark, soldierly looking fellow they had passe,) on the stairs. Her faint re Quest for a glass of water, the shaking lowers in her hand, ail indicated some onus,!..,! anil ,ia;nf agitation; for Miss Emie was a serene, self-possessed young fly. and not given to demonstrations, jae had known that his case was quite toneless, and, strange and uncommon as K '"ay appear, was content, at any rate mied. to r.irict. himself as friend. If e had wanted further testimony that her ""art ,i, nrvtr e n,g -t had naw "en mete,, t t(( nilI) ah'undantly. i-mie. ,oine here!" cried the tactless, J'.'' s" Augusta, who considered It a '""! thing to get this meeting over, and ,"s f,lI1' resolved that it should take ' In h,.r presence. "She would not it fr anything," she told herself, l'haticnl:.r; a, it was best to put ev T"ing ou a comfortable footing once grabaoi? CROKBR tr zu. -Don't yon ace Miles? He only arrived to-day!" pointing to him with her mu, ff Hi .... ii i c.V .me saw .Miles; sbe was not 3lind. She put out her hand very prompt ly, and said. In a cool, civil tone of voice: "How do you do. Miles?" meeting her lata lover's troubled gaxe with the utmost composure. xxe uttered something Inaudible. H was not nearly as self-poaacssed as ths young lady; but then ahe had been ..-nihil Ing herself for this ordeal, and she would sooneu die than allow her faithless cous in to imagine that he was anything to her now but the moat Indifferent ac quaintance. Mr. Hepburn and Gussie cased with eager Interest at this little drama la real ire. it waa a tableau vlvant not includ ed in the program; on at which they were the only spectators, although, tha room waa crowded; none bat thy knew that the couple before them mad not net vnce tre eve of what waa to have bees) their wedding day! They seemed hke tha rest of the company to tha casual, care less eye a tall, pretty, pal girt, a brons ed, dark young man, talking society plati tudes: but sharp-sighted Onaai observed how grave Milea was, how strangely aet his mouth, how formal his sentences; and Mr. Hepburn was not to be deceived by Miss Brabaxon's present caar manner. and soft, society smiles they were as sumed for the occasion. 'Miles, I wish to present yoa to Mrs. Bohun." spoke Captain Gee. and Miles. having made a deep obeisance to his ma jestic hoatess, and uttered on or two dis jointed remarks, was despotically borne nway, and Introduced to a lively young maiden In an aesthetic whit garment, with a tousled head, adorned with a rery pointed, fierce-looking green wreath- Miles mechanically conveyed bia part ner to the music room and found her a seat. Luckily for him ahe was a rery lo quacious individual; he had only to smile, or nod, and drop an occasional monosyl lable, to maintain hla share of the conver sation; and all the time he waa revolving this one burning question In hla head. How am I to get away?" To be forced to meet Esme and Hepburn to stand calmly by and see another man in hi place was unbearable! Esme and Mr. Hepburn were seated In a window nearly apposite, and, do as he would, he could not help seeing them nor resist looking at them. The young lady beside him. who had not caught hia name, and who had been relating one or two interesting anecdote of the company to hla inatten tive ear, observed that hia eyea frequent ly strayed in' one direction, and quite mis interpreting hia gaxe, said: 'I see yoa are looking at Miss Braba son; la ahe not too utterly perfect just s picture? I know her; we attend the samr cooking class." "Indeed!" now all close, concentrated attention. 'She Is such a nice girl, and Inrmensel; admired, but she does not care for any thing of that sort. I do thiak it is st sweet of her," pausing and surveying Esme, with melancholy meditation. "What do you mean?" rather sharply. "Why does she not care?" "There Is," promptly responding to thi sudden show of interest, "a very romantic story about her. They say she will nevei marry, because once," lowering her voice, "she cared very much for some man; h was in the army, I believe, the wedding day waa fixed. Indeed the bride waa dress ed, the church decorated, and he nevei came; he left the country. Waa It not quite too utterly awful? Some people say that she was Jo blame, that she had flirt ed with someone else. Still It was a frightful thing to happen to any girl, wat it not?" opening her eyes very wide, and surveying her companion interrogatively. "Why who told you this? How did you hear It?" he aaked, in a atrange voice. "An intimate friend of theirs told me. She begged me not to mention it, and,' coloring guiltily, "of course I don't; but to you, a stranger. It does not matter. Il gives her an interest to you, does it not and accounts for her rather sad and de liciously weary expression," she couclud ed, with rapturous enthusiasm. "I am not a stranger," returned Miles. Buickly, seized by some ungovernable im pulse that made him speak in spite ol himself. "I can tell you even more thai what you have been ao good as to relate to me. I can tell you the whole story, vith a look of stern resolve. "Would you rart to hear it?" "Tea, I should," she returned, with frank curiosity, and a glance of mild In terrogation, wondering much at the ex ....,n.rr rhsnce in his voice and man ner. This new acquaintance of hers. with the somber dark eyea ana preoccu pied manner, was evidently awayed by riable moods. "Then listen to me." suddenly leaning toward her, and speaking in a low, im pressive whisper, ail action not lostjapon . aT . i na man' his late lady love. "Your ejaculated the girl, faintly "Oh. no, you are joking; you look the very last person in the world. I am sure, hesitating. ,,iitv of such disgraceful con duct " he added, completing the sentence for her. "Nevertheless it U true: I wai the bridegroom who left the country: i was all owing to a mhrt.ke. a frightful delusion, that has cost me Pre"T.d"',. There was a frankness and s.mpl city .k thU confession that almost took away bVs hearer's breath. She looked a hUn then she looked across at Esme rg vainly to M'XgTSl and Bympamw power of expression. .hould "You will think it atrange .t I ahould tell you; I don't explain , why but I W you to know uac " , nnder first to last I UncieA7J Ini V delusiorabout aomeone ow quel," h ddo. In a low Toice. Tne mediaevaldookmnbe him was mute. Her . so puxzled 'cBrabaW. aghast waa ahe " u qulta run amazing """""."rtrd 1 anotkef short of JZStoMt. Hep less personal JllTSmUMtiar bly whisMrinv - - . - ivujiuii mm aer not Inattentive ear. and now and then easflag rapid, but searching glance over fat the direction of Milea; glances wrongly Inter preted by that hot-tempered gentleman as so many triumphant challenges, call ing to hia notice the fact that the Jewel he had spurned, and cast away, had been won, and would be worn, by one who knew Its value. An hour later Mrs. Vashon and .her sister were rolling homeward In the little green broturham. tta... "Well, Esme." exclaimed her chaperon. impressively, "was It not extraordinary onr meetina- Mile to-nlo-M? I screamed when I saw him on the stairs; i positively thought If waa hia ghost! How nice he la! I wish poor dear Freddy had a little of hla good looks. All the same, looks bring in no income, and yoa are not to think of him, my love." She paused expressively, and drew np the window. "Yon need not alarm yourself, Gussie; evervthlnff Vll mt .n mnA Imiv aim Iia. tweep Miles and me," ahe replied with ajricu lo-Acvt ura a auiaac m, nw a her to. (T to eontlaacd.) BEAUTY'S GREATEST FOE. Aa lU-Tcstsrr la Always Sure to Bala Xta Victim's Beaaty. Bad temper and worry will trace more wrinkles In one night than hot and cold bathing and maaaage and com plexion brush es and creams and lotion can wash out In a year's faithful appli cation. Physicians assert that an Im mense amount of nerva-force la emend ed In every lit of bad temper; that when one little part of the nervous system gets wrong the face first records it The eyes begin losing the luster of youth, 'uuscles become flabby, the skin refuses to contract accordingly, and the Inevit able result Is wrinkles, femininity's fiercest and most Insidious foe. There is no use attempting to reason with a woman about tbe evil effects of 111-terh-per while she Is In an ugly mood. She knows perfectly well, that It Is bad form; that It savors of the coarse and underbred; that It Is weak and belltttbg and Immoral, and that It hurts her cause to lose her temper. But ahe does not stop at Just that time to think about It, and to remind her of the fact only adda fuel to the flames. But when she Is cool and serene and at peace with all the world. If you can convince her that each fit of temper adds a year to her age by weakening ber mental force by tracing croW tracks about her eyes and telltale lines around her mouth, ahe will probably think twice before again forgetting herself. For no matter what sbe as serts to the contrary, woman prises youth and beauty above every other gift the gods hold It In their power to bestow upon mortals. Woman's Home Companion. Odds and Ends. Four hundred women are employed as telegraph operators tn the Postornc Building of Manchester, England. In the United Kingdom an Income of 170 per annum will pay this year 10a. tax. Before Sir William Harcourt ar ranged matters it would have paid 1 Ida. It Is the law In Maine that the bounty for bears must be paid when the ani mal's nose is shown, anu In New Hamp shire the money la payable on exhibi tion of the ears. In England during the past few years, it la claimed. 140.330 farm la borers have been displaced by machin ery, while the making of the latter. It is aaserted, reoulred only the labor of 4600 man for on year. Indian "relics" are now being turned out in regular factories, one of which is located in a nearby county of Wis consin. The relic makers have a secret process by which an ancient appear ance la Imparted to bones, pots, arrow heads, etc. Paris has an Invisible defence the submarine boats that patrol the Seine from Asnleras and Ivry. In 18M. 8.610. 60S duty waa paid on unmanufactured tobacco in the United Kingdom. Last year It had risen to 10.102.792. Paper money la at a premium at Nome. Miners And It more convenient than gold, aad pay as much as 2 per ent. in excess of Its face value for it. The exports of butter, cheese, egga, bacon, ham. mutton, pork, applea, oats, peas, wheat, flour and potatoes to fJreat Britain from Canada have more than doubled since 1806. The experiment station has xmcluded that flax grown for seel .a Minnesota is identical with Russian flax, and prob ably equally as god as that imported from Europe at a high price. Personals. Admiral Sampson's retirement Is February next will not break his fam ily's connection with the navy: for he las three sons-In-laws (Lieutenants Jackson and Roy Smith and Ensign Cluverius) In the service, and his son will probably enter the Naval Acade- ",Theesheliawhich killed General Vllie bols De Mareuil near Boshof has been mounted on an ebony base, and Is 4o be presented to Lord Galway and the offi cers of the Sherwood Rangers Impe rial Yeomanry to commemorate tnetr first engagement. tinn Secretary Hay has contributed 1100 to the fund for enlarging the New Hampshire Society's building at Con- CRe'v. H. W. Jones, chaplain of the United States training ship Mononga hela, has Just been honored with the degree of doctor of divinity from Wade College, North Carolina. The degree was conferred on him becaus L hfthw" the chaplain of the only Southern an,2 ship which took part ; In the San tiago engagement-the battleship Tex- . Prince of Wales make a point Ivlna- every letter which he re cIlveTansweEdwIth a. little de.ay a, noMuble .For this purpose two secre taries are kept busy nearly all th. time. A negro In Atlantic City. N. J- has mlde nfmaelf famoua. In a while year he kept a quarter of a dollar to hta mouth, and thus won a wager of m -American shoes have 'I",e,et fSeMuMS tmetrate from 189 JTTabsorb all arr wnu." - tax '..SSal watches the sarin "SLrtV anTahould therefor Science .tsf ventiori It has been suggested that It would be Well for legations tn barbarous regions " have a wireless telegraphic appar atus, as communication could not then be Interrupted by hostile forces. The number of stars distinctly visible M ithout the aid of a glass la put by Jould at 6,333. Prof. Newcouib says their number Is 7.047. These are up to the sixth magnitude- Prof. Newcouib estimates the number up to the 14.5 magnitude at two hundred million. The new electric locomotive for the Steepest portions of the Jungfrau Mountain Railway will be tbe most powerful electric rack-wheel locomo tive ever constructed. Tbe two motors will each have 125-horse power, and will make 800 revolutions per minute driving the toothed wheels. A new application of electricity comes from Portugal, where an inven tion baa bven taken out for facilitating fox and badger bunting. It consists of a small electric lnuip Axed to the collar of a dog, which Is to enter a burrow. The effect of this light Is to frighten "Hr'er Fox" and cause him to come out of his burrow. Dr. F. Larroque reports to the French Academy of Sciences that his studies of the action of sounds upon the human ears prove that the auditory apparatus of each ear operates inde tiendently of the other. This appears to have a bearing upon tbe question whether tbe loss of bearing by one ear exercises an injurious effect upon its mate. Orchids are famous for beauty and general attractiveness, but It Is not gen erally known that they have a place tn the arts that minister to tbe physical wants of man. But in some parts of the tropics where orchids abound, a delicate fiber Is prepared by the na tives, which they use in the preparation of the many ornaments these races pre pare for trade with the paler races of men. Lack of proper nesting places, too lit tle water, the English sparrow, boys, collectors, birds on hats and the cat are among the causes of the decrease of song birds enumerated by D. Lang. He suggests protection and encourage ment of tbe birds by planting trees and shrubs for them to live In, putting np nesting boxes for breeding, providing water for feeding and bathing, and feeding In unfavorable weather. A German physicist, G. Tammann, fcns recently discovered some hitherto unnoted facts concerning ice and the freezing point of water. He finds that not only does tbe freezing point vary with the pressure, but that three differ ent kinds of Ice can be produced, each possessing Its own crystalline structure. Thus water may now be said to have five known forms, namely, water vapor, water as a liquid, ordinary Ice, called by Tammann ice I., Ice In Its second form, or ice II.. and Ice In Its third form, denominated as ice III. Some non-scientific people would. In hot weather, add a sixth form generally known as Ice cream. Through the Insertion of Inductance coils into the electrical circuit. Prof. Pupin, of Columbia University, has greatly Increased the efficiency of long distance telephony through cables. The insertion of the coils enables the cable to transmit 6,000 times ss much current as It Is able to transmit without them. With an experimental cable thus pro vided. It has been found possible to carry on a conversation distinctly at a distance of 250 miles. By applying th principle to oceanic cables. It Is be lieved that telephonic messages might Cc sent to and fro across tbe Atlantic It would also greatly Increase the ra i $ OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEASON. pidity with which ordinary telegraphic signals can be transmitted by cable. The principle la likewise applicable for extending tha range of telephonic cosn manlcation over aerial wires. - KILLED BY A FLV3 BITE. CUM Saff.ra Great Aa-oay aad Exalras la a Loadoa Hospital. AX St. Bartholomew's hospital th other day Arthur C Langham, depnty coroner, held an Inquest relative to the death of Lydia Maria Chamberlain, aged 9 years, the daughter of a riding Instructor, lately living with her uncle at 58 Chelmsford road, Walthamstow. Alfred Lewis Chamberlain deposed that the deceased, bis niece, wa play ing at tbe window on Friday wl.h tls own little girl, when she suddenly com plained of having been bitten by a fly. Not much notice was taken at tbe time, but tn the morning tbe spot on the nose where she had been bitten became so much Inflamed and swollen that it was thought advisable to call In a doc tor. Afterward she became very de lirious, and eventually lapsed Into un consciousness. By this time ber nose aiid eye had swollen to an abnormal size, and It was thought advisable to ! have her removed to the hospital. De 1 spite every effort which was made by the whole of tbe staff of the hospital i the child gradually sank and died. It was a case of such rarity that It was watched with Intense Interest by all the doctors. "Ton are sure It was a' fly that bit tier" aEked Mr. Langham. "What sbe said was. Oh, I have Jurt boen bitten by a fly and It Is painful.' " Dr. Nixon, bouse surgeon, deposed thut when he admitted tbe child she was vnconscloua. Having heard the history of the case, be never left her until she died. The face was so swol len tret be was unable to say at first where tha btte was. He had slucj made a poat-mortam examination and found inside the lower lid of the rixut eye an ulcer. This ulcer had set up In flammation, which bad penetrated Into the skin and Into the cellular i Issues of the orbit So great was the Inflamma tion that tbe pupil of the eye was forc ed out from between the lil-i. the pain being, no doubt, most terrible. On ex- f.nluliig the lungs he found Infection, fhewlug that a blood stream had run from tht: head and carried the itolson cus m'crobe8 over tbe body. "Have you ever heard of s jch a case before?" Mr. Langham asked. "Yes. We have records of one or two cases of the kind, but they are extremely rare." "The bite of the Insect caused the micro-organisms, then?" "I can see no other cause, from the history of the case." Continuing, wit ness said thrt death was due to general blood poisoning set up by the microbes. Tbe Jury returned a verdict of death from blood poisoning set up by the bite of an Insect, the death being caused by misadventure. Pall Mall Gasette. DUTCH HAVE RICH ISLANDS. Holland, Next to Enaland, the Greatest Laid Owner la the Pacific The Pacific ocean, westward of Ha waii and the Marquesas. Is like a fed eration of European nations on Asiatic soy. united by tbe free commerce of the seas. Tbe nations vary In size, strength and importance, as tbe states of Europe or of the American Union. Great Britain commands the field with a landed area of nearly 3,250,000 square miles. - Poor Spain's once magnificent empire Is shrunk to less than fifty square miles, a smaller total than be longs to black King George of the Tongaa. Holland, the country from which emanated the doughty Boers, owns over 735.000 square miles, settled with nearly eight times as many people as Inhabit the larger area owned by Great Britain. Germany, the new clv lllzer among the nations, has domi nance over more than 1.10.000 square OPENING OF THE HUNTING SEASON. tones ana about as many people as there are milea. France, with lass thai one-tenth of Germany's land, la al some of the moat Important points ol strategy and at the point of greatest travel. Several Independent states U In the midst of this federation, as Swlt serland doe In Europe; several other. In the unhappy, suieralned position of the Transvaal In South Africa. If all the islands could be pot Into s continuous body of land they would form a most - heterogeneous empire. They would Include, tn addition to Eu ropean peoples with their various polit ical and social systems, a tangle of ab origines, a confusion of savages and semi-civilized cultivators of soil and commonwealth; an emporium of pro ducts more diversified than a bazaar on a midway plalsance, a mystery of tra ditions as Inexplicable as the origin of the American Indians. Profoundly for ested In the Dutch East Indies, the isl- I ands become In western Australia more I barren than the lava beds of eastern I Oregon and more Irredeemable than tne uppermost wiioa or British Colum- lrfa. Fertile, balmy and luxurious In the beautiful lands of New Zealand, FIJI. Samoa and Tahiti, they are trans formed Into uninhabitable coral reefs or Into hot and malarial beds of strug gle In the guano-covered or copra-pro- j duclng dots on the map north and east of a line drawn from tbe Philippines to New Guinea and through Samoa to the Society Islands. Alnslee's Magazine. A Happy Ending;. A boy about 10 years old came Into the Central Police Station of a Kansas city, leading a fine shepherd dog by a piece of rope. The boy's face waa red ;and he was crying A big policeman ( kindly asked what was the matter. It was quite a long time before the boy I could stop crying long enough to re ; ply. "My mother." he sobbed, "Is too i poor to pay for a license for Shep, and i I brought him here to have you kill him." Then he broke out with another wall as If his heart was breaking. Shep stood mute and motionless, looking lov ingly at his young master. A police man blew bis nose very loin".-, the desk sergeant walked out Into tbe hall, while the captain remembered that be must telephone somebody. Then the chief of police led the boy to the door, and J patting him on the head, said gently: "lhere. nttie reiiow, uon t cry any more; run home with your dog. I wouldn't kill Shep for a thousand dol lars." The boy shed tears of Joy now, and ran off with Shep barking and bound ing at his side, and It was hard to tell which was the happiest Broncho Bncks a Locomotive. We expect to hear of a bull disput ing the right of way with a locomotive, but a horse generally has more sense. However, this was a broncho horse In Colorado. He was wandering around in bnppy fashion and had crossed tbe railroad track, but, for some reason took a notion to return and use It as a promenade. Along came a train and the engine whistled a warning. Bron cho trotted along a little faster, but declined to get off. Tbe engine shrieced out fiercely, and this apparently an gered the broncho, for he turned square ly around, and reared up as If to as sault the locomotive. There can be only one ending to such a tale he war knocked out In half a Jiffy. No Room tor Argancnt. She Tou need not think you are first In my affections. Jack Hughard (tighteuing his hold) That may be. but you must admit that I am a pretty close second. The Stuart Set Not for Him. Magistrate Ton may go, Jones. I see no ground for your wife's com plaint Joues (in cold perspiration) Will your honor be so good as to tell her so yourself 7" I by Rsw. Dr. Talaaga. gahjaetf The Faith of Bahab Thera U Meray For AU Slaasn Chrer For All 'Who Ara Kaaased la Uh'i UaltlaM Bfmalaa; artua San' Btandlns bUIU (Ooprncat Imm WASHilTOTOir, D. C In this discourse Dr. Talmage follows Joshua on his tri umphal march and speaks encouraging words to all who are engaged in the bat tles of this life; text, Joshua i, 5, "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." Mosea was dead. A beautiful tradition says the Lord kissed him and in that act drew forth the soul of the dying lawgiver. He had been buried; only one person at the funeral the same One who kissed him. But God never takea a man away from any place of usefulness until lie has some one ready to replace him. The Lord doe. not go looking around amid a great va riety of candidates to find some one especi ally fitted for the vacated position. He makes a man for that place. Moses lias passed off the stage, and Joshua, the hero, puts his foot on the platform of history so solidly that all the ages echo with the tread. He was a magniiicent fighter, but he always fought on the right siile, and he never fought unless God told him to fiiht. He got his military equipment from God, who gave him the promise at the start, "There shall not any man b able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." God fulfilled this promise, although Josh ua's first battle waa with the Bpring fresh et, the next with a stone wall, the next leading on a regiment of whipped cow ards and the next battling agaii -t dark ness, wheeling the sun and the moon info his battalion and the last against the king of terrors, death five great victories. As a rule, when the general of an army starts out in a war he would like to hare a small battle in order that he may get his own courage up and rally his troops and get them drilled for greater conflicts, but the first undertaking of Joshua was greater than tbe leveling of Fort Pulaski or the assault of Gibraltar or the over throw of the Bastille. It was the crossing of the Jordan at the time of the sprinc freshet. The snows of Mount Lebanon had just been melting, and they poured down the valley, and the whole valley was a raging torrent. So the Canaanites stand on one bank, and they look across and see Joshua and the Israelites, and they laugh and sav: "Aha! They cannot disturb us until the freshets fall. It is impossible for them to reach us." But after awhile they look across the water, and they see a movement in tbe army of Joshua. They say: "What is the matter now? Why, there must be a panic among those troops, and they are going to fly, or perhaps they are going to march across the river Jor ! dan. Joshua is a lunatic." But Joshua, the chieftain, looks at his army and cries, "Forward, march!" and they start for the bank of the Jordan. One mile ahead go two priests carrying a glitterinz box four feet long and two feet wide. It is the ara of the covenant. And they come down, and no sooner do they jnst touch the rim of the water with their feet than, by an Almighty fiat, Jordan parts. The army of Joshua marches right on without get ting their feet wet over the bottom of the river, a path of chalk and broken shells and pebbles, until they get to the other bank. Then they lay hold of the ole anders and tamarisks and willows and pull themselves up a bank thirty or forty feet high, and. having gained the other bank, they clap their shield and their cymbals and sing the praises of the God of Joshua. But no sooner have they reached the bank than the waters begin to dash and roar, and with a terrific rush they break loose from their strange anchorage. As the hand of the Ixird Uod is taken away from the thus uplifted waters waters perhaps uplifted half a mile they rush down, and some of the unbelieving Israelites say: "Alas, alas, what a misfortune! Why could not not those waters hare staid parted, because, perhaps, we may want to go back? O Lord, we are engaged in a risky business! These Canaanites may eat us up. How if we want to go back? Would it not have been a more complete miracle if the Lord had parted the waters to let us come through and kept them parted to let us go back if we are de feated 7 But this is no place for the host to stop. Joshua gives the command, for ward, i.areh!" In the distance there is a long grove of trees, and at the end of the grove is a city, it is a city with arbors, a city with walls seeming to reach to the heavens, to buttress the very sky. It is the great metropolis that commands the mountain pass. It is Jericho. That city was afterward captured by Pompey and once by-Herod the Great and once afrain by the Mohammedans, hut this campaign the Lord plans. There shall be no swords, no shields, no battering ram; 'here shall be onlv one weapon of war, and that a ram's horn. The horn of the slain ram was sometimes taken, and holes were punctured in it, and then the musician would put the instrument to his lins, and he would run his fingers over this rude musical instrument and make a great deal of sweet harmony for the people. That waa the only kind of weapon. Seven priests were to take these rude, rustic musical instruments, and they were to go around the city every day for si days once a day for six days and then on the seventh day they were to go around blow ing these rude musical instruments seven times, and then at the close of the serenth blowing of the ram's horn on the seventh day tbe peroration of the whole scene was to be a shout, at which those great walls should tumble from capstone to base. The seven priests with the rude musiral instruments pass all around the city wills on the first day and score a failure. Xot so much as a piece of plaster broke loose from the wall, not so much as a loosened roc-k. not so much as a piece of mortar !ost from its place. "There," say tbe unbe lieving Israelites, "did I not tell you so? Why. those ministers are fools. The :dca of going around the city with those musi cal instruments and expecting in that way to destroy it. Joshua has been spoiled. He thinks because be has overthrown and conquered the spring freshet he can- over throw the stone wall. Why. it is not philosophic. Do you not see there is no relation between the blowing of these musical instruments and the knocking down of the wall? It is not philosophic." And I suppose there were many wiseacres who stood with their brows knitted and with the forefinger of the right hand to the forefinger of the left hand, arguing it all out and showing that it waa not pos sible that such a cause could produce such an effect And I suppose that night in the encampment there was plenty of carica ture, and if Joshua had been nominated for any high military position he would not hare receired mnny votes Joshua's stock was down. The second day the priests blowing the musical instruments go around the city, and again a failure. The third day, and a failure; the fourth day, and a failure; fifth day, rnd a failure; sixth day, and a failure. The seventh day comes, the climacteric day. Joshua is up early in the morning and examines the troops, walks all about and looks at the city wall. The priests start to make the circuit of the city. Tbey go all round once, all around twice, three times, four times, five times, six times, seven times, and a failure. There is only one more thin to do. and that is to utter a great shout. I see tbe Israeli tish army straight ening themselves up, filling their lungs'TOr vociferation such as never was heard be fore and never heard after. Joshua feels that the hour has come, and be cries out to hia host, "Shout, for the Lord hath giv en you the city!" All together the troops shout: "Down, Jericho! Down, Jericho!" and the long line of solid masonry begins to quiver and to move and to rock. Stand from under! She falls! Crash go tbe walla and temples, the tower, the pal aces, the air blackened with dust. The huzza of tbe victorious Israelites and the groan of the conquered Canaan ites commingle, and Joshua, standing there in the debris of the walla, hear a voice saying, "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." Onlv one house snared. Who lives there? "Some great king? No. Some woman dis tinguished tor great, Kinaiy aeeas: ito. She had been conspicuous for her crimes. It is tbe house of Rahab. Why was her bouse spared? Because she had been a great sinner? No, but because she re pented, demonstrating to all the ages that there is mercy for the chief of sin ners. The red cord of divine injunction reach ing from her window to the ground, so that when the people saw the red cord they knew it was the divine indication that they shouM not disturb the prem ises, making us think of the divine conl of a Saviour's deliverance, the red cord of a Saviour" kindness, the red cord of a Sarioue's mercy, the red cord of our rescue. Mercy for the chief of sinners. Put vour trust in that God, and no dam ace cliall befall yon. When onr world shall be more terribly surrounded than was Jericho, even bv the trumpet of the judirment day, and the hills snd the mountains, the netal bones and nlis of nature, shall break, thi y who hare had Rahah's faith shall have Rahab' deliverance. When wrapped in fire the realms of ether glow And heaven's last thunder shakes the earth below. Thou, undismayed, shalt o'er the ruins smile And lieht thy torch at nature's funeral pile. But Joshua's troops mav not hall here. The command is "Forward, march!" There is the city of Ai. It must be taken. A scouting party comes back and says: "Joshua, we can do that without you. It is going to be a very easy job. You must stay here while we go and capture it." They march with a small regiment in front of that city. The men of Ai look at them and dive one yell, and the Israelite run like reindeer. Look out when a good man makes the Txird his ally. Joshua raises his face, ra diant with prayer, and looks at the des cending sun over Gibeon. and at the faint crescent of the moon, for you know the queen of the night sometimes will linger around the palaces of the day. Pointing one hand at the descending sun and the other at the faint crescent of the moon, in the name of that God who shaped the worlds and move the worlds he cries. "Sun. stand thou still upon Gibeon. and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon." They halted. Whether it was by refraction of the sun' ray or by the stopping of the whole planetary svstem I do not know and do not care. I leave it to the Christian Scientists and the infidel scientist to set tle that question while I tell you I have seen the same thins. "What!" sav you. "Not the sun standing still?" Yes. The same miracle is performed nowadavs. The wicked do not live out half their day, and their sun sets at noon. Rjt let a man start out in battle for God and the truth and against sin. and the day of hi usefulness is prolonged and prolonged ami prolonged. But Joshua was not quite through. There was time for five funerals before the sun of that prolonged day set. Who will firearh their funeral sermon? Massillon nreached the funeral sermon over Louis XVI. Who will preach the funeral ser mon of those five dead kintrs kinir of Jerusalem, king of Hebron, king of .Tar muth. king of Lachish. king of Eirlon? Let it be bv Joshua. What is hi text? What shall be the epitaph nut on th door of the tomb? "There shall not any mau be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." Before you fasten un the door I want fire more kinc? beheaded and thrut in King Alcohol. King Fraud. King Lust, " King Sunerstitition, King Infidelity. Let them be beheaded and hurl them in. Then fasten up the door forever. What shall the inscription and what shall the enitaph be? For all Christian philanthropists of all area are doing to come and look at it. What shall the inscription be? "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life." Rut it is time for Joshua to go home. He is 110 years old. Washington went down the Potomac and at Mount Vernon closed his days. Wellington died peaceful ly at Apsley House. Now, where shall Joshua rest? Why, he is to have his greatest battle now. After 110 years he has to meet a king who has more sub jects than all the present population of the earth, hia throne a pyramid of skulls, hi parterre the eTaveyards and the ceme teries of the world, hi chariot the world's hearse the king of terrors. But if thi is Joshua's greatest battle it is going to be Joshua's greatest victory. He gather his friends around him and give hi vale dictory, and it is full of reminiscence. Yonng men tell what they are going to do; old men tell what they have done. And as you have heard a grandfather or great grandfather seated by the evening fire tell of Monmouth or York town and then lift the crutch or staff a though it were a musket to fight and show how the old ' battles were won. so Joshua gather his friends around his dying couch, and he tells them the story of what he ha been through, and a he lies there, hi white lock snowing down on his wrinkled fore head. I ask if God ha kept His promise all the way through. As he lies there fie tella the story one. two or three times you have heard old people tell a story two or three time over and he answers, "I go the way of all the earth, and not one word of the promise has failed, not one word thereof has failed; all ha come to pass, not one word thereof has failed." And then he turns to his family, aa a dy ing parent will, and says: "Choose now whom you will serve, the God of Israel or the God of the Amorites. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." A dying parent cannot be reckless or thoughtless of his children. Consent to part with them forever at the door of the tomb we cannot. By the cradle in which their infancy was rocked, by the bosom on which they first lay, by the blood of the covenant, by the Gvi ni Joshua it shall not be. We will not part, we cannot part. Jehorah-Jireh, we take Thee at Thy promise. "I will b a God to thee and thy seed after thee." Dead, the old chieftain must be laid out. Handle him very gently. That sacred body is over 110 years of age. Lay him out, stretch out those feet that r-alked dry shod the parted Jordan. Close those lins which helped blow the blast at which he walls of Jericho fell. Fold the arm that lifted the spear toward the doomed city of Ai. Fold it right over the heart that exulted when the fire kings fell. But where shall we get the burn ished granite for the hecdstone and the footstone? I bething mvself now. I im agine that for the head it shall be the sun that stood still upon Gibeon and for the foot the moon that stood still in tha valley of Ajalon. We have no faults that the devil don't keep account of. Broken hearts are the easiest crockery to mend. A rich dress Is not worth a straw to one who haa a poor mind. . A bridle for the tongue la a necessary piece of furniture. No nan or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, pure and good without the world being the better for It. without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of thla goodness. Toung man. don't have too poor ma pinion of yourself. You can rarely reason a man out of an opinion which be has never been reasoned Into. JJo plaaaure fcs comparable to tha standing upon the vantage ground of truth. ft'
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