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IyUTHIÏRAN CHURCH—ERKCTJil) 1765.
The Schaefferstown Lutheran Church, Whose Bell
Announced the Declaration of Independence
in 1776 to the People.of That Section
of Lebanon County.
This edifice was erected in 1765, or rather finished in 1767. Henry
Peffer and Philip Pefier did the carpenter work. In 1884 the church
was remodeled and enlarged, an addition of 16 feet being built to the
western end. The whole structure is substantially of stone. The con-gregation
worshiping there have been served by the following pastors:
Revs. John Casper Stoever, Theophilus Kngland, F. A. C. Muhlenberg,
Christopher Emanuel Schultz, William Beates, J. M. Ditzler, Uriah
Graves, George J. Martz, Moses Fernsler, and Morris F. Good, the
last named being the present incumbent.
A SWEET MELODY.
W r i t t e n f o r t h e RECORD.
A glad, sweet song t h e zephyrs sing,
When haziest is t h e day
I t s b u r d e n m a i n l y of t h e groves,
Where t h e y d e l i g h t t o play.
Of l e a f y groves t h e zephyrs sing,
Of groves whose shade invites,
When s u n s h i n e in t h e open fleld
' " t h i ' 4 t o i l e r smites.
Of l e a f y groves t h e y t>liti.> i j J ^ V .
And mossy banks so s o f t,
Where t i r e d n a t u r e ' s balm, sweet sleep,
I s f o u n d w i t h j o y so o f t . %
Oh! who loves not t h e whispered song.
The song t h e zephyrs sing,
Of groves a n d moss a n d cooling shade ?
I t is a j o y o u s t h i n g!
Naught else i n n a t u r e is so sweet,
N a u g h t else i n life so blest,
As such a s o o t h i n g melody,
Or d r e a m i n g of such rest.
A. S. B.
H Bebt of Honor,
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HO IS the young fel-low
with the yellow
hair, Duff ?" whis-pered
Capt. Loraine,
as he and his friend
stood on the outer edge of the small cir-cle
gathered round a couple of ecarte
players at the Nebulus Club.
" Archie Lidyard- "
" Never hear of him; he's got the card
fever pretty strongly, eh?" he added,
as they moved away to the other end of
the room.
" Young fool!" ejaculated Duff, as he
flung himself into a seat and ordered his
whiskey and soda, " he's just going the
pace as fast as he can. I've known him
since he was so high, all legs and Eton
collar! His mother is a charming wo-man,
but a great deal too weak with a
fellow like that."
"Ah," remarked Loraine, without
any great interest, " and who's the man
he's playing with ?"
" A friend of Val Travel's; a colonial,
I fancy; Mr. James Ruthven by name.
Why will youngsters like Lidyard al-ways
choose such opponents?"
"You don't think "
" Oh, no !" interposed Duff, hastily.
"Everything is all square, I've no
doubt, only Archie Lidyard's about as
fit to hold a card against a cool-headed,
experienced man, as I am to discuss the
Apocalypse with the Archbishop of
Canterbury. I say, waiter, can't that
window be made to shut behind there?"
he remarked, testily, to the man who
set his glass down beside him. 1' There's
a most abominable draught."
"Yes, sir. I'll see, sir," replied the
waiter, as he jumped on the sill behind
the coueh on which the two friends sat,
and began to tussle with the window.
" Is this young friend of yours rich ?"
asked Loraine, noticing that his com-panion
was still watching the party at
the card table.
Archie Lidyard ? I'm not sure that
I should call him a friend of mine. I
like his mother, but I have small pa-tience
with the young jackanapes.
Bich? No, not at present, at any rate;
the father was a big ironmaster who
made a colossal fortune, and, unluckily
for young hopeful over there, died half
a dozen years ago ; the man was tolera-bly
clear-sighted, though, and left the
bulk of his money to his wife, stipulat-ing
that Archie's minority should not
terminate until he reached the twenty-fifth
year, and that, until that time, his
allowance should not exceed a certain
figure. He has to get through a couple
of years before he attains his majority,
and, in consequence, poor Mrs. Lidyard
lives in a chronic state of pulling her
son out of the mire, paying his debts,
and sending him on his way to sin no
more! It's terribly hard on the poor
woman. He's an only child, and, of
course, there's nothing she wouldn't
do for him."
" Very sad. But I say, Duff," broke
off Capt. Loraine, " it does seem to me
that the Nebulus Club is about the cold-est
place in London."
As he spoke a window went up with
a sharp bang, and the waiter leapt down
from behind them.
"You won't feel anything more of
the draught now, I think, sir," he said,
i, J i ••fving Duff.
"Oh, isrTi",rbs* HOW? You were a
precious long time about it J '
Some one near the card table called ;
to the waiter, and he hurried there ; at
the same moment Archie Lidyard rose.
"No, I won't take any revenge to-night,"
he said, with an attempt at a
laugh; " what's the amount of my debt,
Mr. Euthven?"
"Let me see, £500—yes, £555. But
there's no hurry if you haven't your
check book with you. You can send it
round to my hotel any time to-morrow.
I don't leave for Paris until the night
mail."
"Thank you," said young Lidyard.
" I'd sworn off cards or I 'should have
had it with me. You are putting up at
the Savoy, I think?"
"Yes, No. 49," replied Ruthven.
" You may as well come and lunch with
me?"
" I will if I possibly can," said young
Lidyard; "but if not, I'll send a check
round. Stay, though," he exclaimed
suddenly, " I can discharge a portion of
my debt at once." The flush deepened
in his cheeks as he fumbled in his pock-etbook
and drew out a check; he
glanced at it, and his hand shook a lit-tle
as he held it toward Ruthven. "This
is for £300," he explained ; "you shall
have the rest to-morrow."
Ruthven in his turn glanced at the
check.
"To Eva Lidyard!" he read, half
aloud, in a tone of some surprise.
" My mother," replied young Lid-yard,
a little sharply. " I think you
will find the indorsement all right. I
will give you an I. O. U. for the bal-ance."
He was about to call for the waiter,
when the man, who had been standing
at her side throughout the transaction,
handed him the writing materials.
Archie Lidyard wrote the acknow-ledgement,
spoke a few words to those
around him, and then left the room. It
was evident, in spite of the young man's
efforts at calmness and unconcern, that
the loss was a serious one, and the eve-ning's
work no laughing matter.
But James Ruthven was naturally in
a more cheerful mood. He was not a
poor man, but he was far enough from
being a millionaire to feel no slight sat-isfaction
at the respectable sum of his
winnings. Five hundred and fifty-five
pounds was a total worthy of considera-tion,
and it must be confessed that he
looked at the slip of paper bearing the
pretty signature of " Eva Lidyard " on
the back with.a certain amount of com-placency
before retiring to rest.
He was aroused next morning by a
loud knocking at his door.
" Eh! Come in. What's the matter—
what do you want?" he inquired, start
ing up.
" A lady to see you, sir."
"What?"
Ruthven admitted the servant, glanc-ing
at his watch as be passed ; it was
just 9.30 ; who could wish to see him so
soon ?
" A lady to see me, did you say ?"
•'Yes, sir."
"What sort of a lady?" inquired
Ruthven, dubiously.
" I can't rightly say, sir. She's got a
thick veil on and she's all in black."
" Did she give you no card ?"
"No, sir."
" Most extraordinary. Go down and
ask her if she can tell you her bus!
ness."
In a few minutes he returned.
" I t ' s a Mrs. Lidyard, sir, and she
says her business is very pri vate."
" Mrs. Lidyard !" Like a flash the
pretty signature at the back of the
check came back to him. "Ask her
into the sitting room," he said quickly,
" Say I will be with her directly."
He dressed hurriedly. What could
she want with him ?
"You wish to see me, madam," he
asked, as five minutes later he closed
the door of his private sitting room be-hind
him.
A tall, black-robed figure advanced
toward him.
'1 You are very good to come to me,
she said in a broken voice.
Ruthven glanced at her quickly. She
looked particularly graceful and elegant
in her sable draperies, and the voice
was soft and pleasant, in spite of the
evident distress and nervousness of the
speaker.
"Pray, sit down," said Ruthven,
drawing a chair ; but Mrs. Lidyard
sank down in one nearer her, her back
to the light.
" Will you tell me what I can do for
you ?" said Ruthven gently.
The small,black-gloved hands twisted
a handkerchief desperately. Mrs. Lid-yard
made one or two ineffectual at-tempts
to speak, and at last said :
"You won a large sum last night
from my son at cards, Mr. Ruthven ?"
" A considerable sum—yes."
"And he—he gave you a cheek for
it."
" For part of it, certainly."
Mrs. Lidyard uttered a groan. Ruth-ven's
astonishment grew. What did it
all mean ? With what was evidently a
great effort his visitor continued :
"A check drawn in my favor, pur-porting
to be indorsed by me?"
"Yes."
"I—he—oh!" she broke down sob-bing,
" the wretched, wretched boy !"
The veil she wore was thick, but not
so thick as to disguise her, and Ruth-ven
could see that Mrs. Lidyard was
still possessed of very great charms, and
the glimpse he caught of her snowy hair
only made the rest of her face appear
more youthful. Grief, under certain
circumstances, cannot fail to be touch-ing.
Pray calm yourself, Mrs. Lidyard,"
he said soothingly. " You have not yet
told me how I can serve you."
Mrs. Lidyard suppressed her agita-tion
and continued :
,(I must tell you everything; I can
do nothing out throw myself upon your
mercy. Yesterday, on going through
my accounts, I missed a check sent me
only the day before. I searched every-where
for it, and not finding it, I final-ly
telegraphed to the bankers, stopping
payment. I did not at first suspect
that " she hesitated. " I am very
unfortunately placed. My son has ex-travagant
tastes, and an income quite
insufficient to indulge them." She
looked at Ruthven piteously.
I think I understand," he said,
gravely.
I waited for my son, spoke to him
of what I dreaded, imploring him to
tell me all! And—oh, Mr. Ruthven,
have pity on him and on me, and give
me back that wretched check."
Ruthven rose immediately, and a se-cond
later returned.
"You can count on my discretion,"
he said, pityingly, as he placed the
check in her hand.
"Oh! how can I thank you?—how
can I ever thank you?" she exclaimed,
almost hysterically. Then, seeing a
small writing table, she sat down hur-riedly.
" May I write you a check here "
He smiled, and she drew a check book
from the bag she carried.
" Mr. James Ruthven, is it not?"
She began to write, and then turned
to him quickly.
" But £300 is not the whole amount.
Will you tell it me?"
Ruthven replied shortly, " Five hun-dred
and fifty-five pounds." It was
one thing winning money at the Nebu-lus
from Archie Lidyard, a bit of a cox-comb
and a great deal of a fool, quite
another thing taking it here in the cold
morning light from his mother, still
quivering from the anguish she had
undergone.
" Here it is," she said, rising. " You
see the indorsement was not even a
clever forgery," she added, with a little
sob.
Ruthven glanced at it; there was a
certain similarity in the signatures, 110
doubt; but the one he had seen last
night was firmer, with a touch of mas-culinity,
wanting in this.
No, as she said, it was not even a
clever forgery.
" I don't think you know what you
have done for me, Mr. Ruthven," she
said, offering him her hand. "No,
please"—she continued, as he made a
movement to accompany her—"I
would rather go alone; thank you
again, and God bless you !"
James Ruthven was not a sentimen-tal
man, but he was rather pleased with
Mrs. Lidyard's parting words, though
it was clear to him that he had done
little to deserve them, for, after all, it
was a clear gain to him to exchange
a worthless bit of paper for a check
for £555.
His complacency remained undis-turbed
for at least two hours. He break'
fasted well, and read his paper with ab*
solute serenity. Then he took a cab to
the St. James's Square branch of the
Westminster Bank.
The cashier took the slip of paper,
and after looking at the signature, hon-ored
Ruthven with a keen glance before
disappearing.
" Will you step this way ?"
Ruthven looked up astonished, but
obeyed, conscious that the clerks were
watching him curiously as he was usb
ered into the manager's sanctum.
" I shall be glad if you will explain
how this check came into your posses
sion," said the manager, as Ruthven
came into the room, while the cashier
stood with his^hand on the door.
" I really don't understand——" be-gan
Ruthven.
"No one," replied the manager, "of
the name of Eva Lidyard has an ac-count
with this bank."
"No account!" exclaimed Ruthven
"No account! Why, she wrote this
check for me not two hours ago."
There was a smile about the mana
ger's eyes as he renewed his request for
an explanation of the circumstances by
which the check had come into Ruth-ven's
possession, and as he unfolded the
story of the white-haired, tearful moth-er
imploring mercy for her wretched
son, it deepened there.
I think it's a matter for the police,
Simpkius," he said to the cashier, and
turning to Ruthven he remarked, " I
expect the check you parted with has
been cashed by now. Do you remem-ber
the name and the bank upon which
it was drawn ?"
Ruthven's memory was not at fault,
and driving thither he found that the
manager had guessed correctly. The
check he had parted with had been
presented a couple of hours previously
and paid.
Thus it happened that an hour later
Ruthven was returning to the Savoy,
though in a very different frame of
mind from that in which he left it. In
fact, he was in a very black humor in-deed,
as he entered his sitting room,
where, to complete his perplexity,
Archie Lidyard was seated, with his
heels on the mantel and a serene smile
on his lips.
Halloo," said Lidyard, " I've ac-cepted
your lunch, but if I'd known I
should have had to wait so long for it I
would have gone elsewhere."
Ruthven was too excited to take any
notice of the remark. He strode up to
the young man and looked at him sa-vagely.
" Where's your mother?" he demand-ed.
It was Lidyard's turn to look aston-ished.
Where's—my—mother. Why?" It
suddenly occurred to him that his host
had gone mad, and he grasped a chair
as the only weapon of defense handy.
Ruthven saw the look of fear in Lid-yard's
face. " I beg your pardon, Lid-yard,
a most extraordinary thing has
happened. Your mother called on me
this'morning——"
" My mother is in Wales," said Lid-yard
quietly.
"Then I've been swindled as neatly
as ever man was," declared Ruthven.
" There's only one thing to do."
" Lunch," remarked Lidyard, sen-tentiously.
When lunch was finished Ruthven
had recovered some portion of his seren-ity.
"Nevertheless," he said, as he
leaned back in his chair, " I think we'll
try Scotland Yard."
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And while Scotland Yard busied itself
discussing the problem thus presented,
a couple of passengers to Nice were
comfortably seated in a reserved car-riage
of the night express.
"Not a bad morning's work, eh?"
remarked one of them to his pretty
golden-haired companion.
The girl laughed.
"If you don't break that bank at
Monte Carlo,Bob, I think I shall go on
the stage and play old ladies; that
white wig was awfully becoming."
"You managed it beautifully, Nell.
There's no knowing what we mayn't be
able to do, with my wits and your
looks ; but anyway, this is better than
shutting windows for crusty gents at the
Nebulus, isn't it?" he added, slipping
his arm around her waist.
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Well Said, Mr. Bryan.
The Commoner, Sept. 27.
Free speech and a free press are essen-tial
to free government. No man in
public life can objectto the publication of
the truth, and no man in public life is
permanently injured by the publication
of a lie. That much is published that
should not be is only too evident, but
let public opinion correct the evil ; that
will be more effective than the law and
will bring no danger with it. If a
paper abuses a political opponent stop
your subscription and teach the editor
to conduct his paper on respectable
lines. There is a sense of justice in the
human heart, and he who violates it
violates it at his own peril. This sense
of justice ultimately turns abuse to the
benefit of the man abused. The present
laws against slander and libel are suf-ficient
; leave the rest to a healthy pub-lic
sentiment—and then help to create
the sentiment.
Cooking a Husband.
' A good many husbands are spoiled
in the cooking," says the author of the
humorous little volume, " How to Cook
Husbands;" "some women go about it
as if their husbands were bladders, and
blow them up. Others keep them con-stantly
in hot water ; others let them
freeze by their carelessness and indiffer-ence.
Some keep them in a stew by
irritating ways and words. Others
roast them. Some keep them in pickle
all their lives. It cannot be supposed
that husbands will be tender and good
managed in this way, but they are de-licious
when properly treated. In se-lecting
your husband you should not
be guided by the silvery appearance as
in buying mackerel, or by the golden
tint as if you wanted salmon. Be sure
to select him yourself, as tastes differ.
Do not go to market for him, as the best
are always brought to your door. It is
far better to have none, unless you will
patiently learn how to cook him. A
preserving kettle of the finest porcelain
is the best, but if you have nothing but
an earthenware pipkin it will do with
care. See that the linen in which you
wrap him is nicely washed and mended
with the required number of buttons
and strings. Tie him in the kettle by a
strong silk cord called comfort, as the
one called duty is apt to be weak.
They are apt to fly out of the kettle,
and be burned and crusty on the edges,
since, like crabs and lobsters, you have
cook them alive. Make a clear,
steady fire out of love, neatness and
cheerfulness. Set him as near this
seems to agree with him. If he
sputters and fizzes, do not be anx-ious
; some husbands do this until they
are quite done. Add a little sugar in
the form of what confectioners call
kisses, but no vinegar or pepper on any
account. A little spice improves him,
but must be used with judgment. Do
not stick any sharp instrument into
him to see if he is becoming tender.
Stir him gently ; watch the while lest
he lie too flat or close to the kettle, and
so become useless. You cannot fail to
notice when he is done. If thus treated
you will find him very digestible,
agreeing nicely with you and the chil-dren,
and he will keep you as long as
you want, unless you become careless,
and set him in too cold a place."
—HORSE POWDER, the very best at
15c per pound. Now is the time to feed
your horses a good powder, something
that will enrich their blood and make
them vigorous for the winter. Cattle
and poultry powder, the best that was
ever sold in this community. Give it a
trial and be convinced. INLAND CHEM-ICAL
Co's store, Lititz, Pa.
DAVID CITY, Neb., April 1, 1900.
Genesee Pure Food Co., Le Roy, N. Y.:
Gentlemen:—I must say in regard to
Grain-O that there is nothing better
or healthier. We have used it for
years. My brother was a great coffee
drinker. He was taken sick and the
doctor said coffee was the cause of it,
and told us to use Grain-O- We got a
package but did not like it at first, but
now would not be without it. My
brother has been well ever since we
started to use it. 2
Yours truly,
LILLIE SOOHOR.
Human Sunshine.
Next to the sunlight of heaven is the
sunlight of a happy face.
It may be a very little face—one that
we nestle upon our bosom or sing to
sleep in our arms with a lullaby.
It may be a wrinkled face, but it is
all the dearer for that, and all the
brighter. We linger near it and love to
look upon it and say, "Heaven bless
this happy face!" We must keep it
with us as long as we can, for home
will lose much of its brightness when
that face is gone.
It may be a very plain face, but there
is something in it which lifts it above
the commonplace, and we forget the
homeliness of features in the beauty of
the soul shining through. There is a
world of magic in the plain, cheerful
face!
A Shocking Machine.
What may be,called the electric con-fidence
trick, as recently practiced,
shows that its inventor is a man of
genius as well as crime. This thief, says
Answers, was distinguished by the per-fection
of his garments and appearance.
In a pocket of his elegantly-fitting coat
was concealed the secret of his success.
It was a powerful little electric battery,
joined by wires to a metallic plate
which he held in the palm of his right
hand. Approaching his intended vic-tim
with outstretched hand, he would
greet him with the fervor of an old
friend. Woe betide the unlucky man
if he accepted the proffered handshake!
A sharp electric shock rendered him
powerless, and with a few deft move-ments
he was stripped of a purse and
jewelry.
Another use of the electric wire in
thieving has been to use it in the form
of a small lasso, which, being thrown
over the victim's head and pulled
around his neckt gave him a continuous
shock, which effectually prevented him
from crying out.
—LOOK out for malaria or a cold, now
is the time to use a preventative. Tea-berry
Elixir will prevent it, one dose
will suffice if taken in time.
For good goods and low prices go to
the INLAND CHEMICAL Co's store.
Over the State.
Twelve free mail delivery routes have
been established in Franklin county.
Her clothes becoming ignited as she
sat beside a stove, Mrs. Peter Gettel, of
Greble, was perhaps fatally burned.
Accused of robbing the Western
Maryland station at New Franklin,
Frank Buckley and Edward Canday
were arrested.
Frederick Keller, a telephone line in-spector
of Lancaster, stepped from a se-cond-
story window, fell to the pave-ment
and was seriously injured.
Isaac James, a married man of Shen-andoah,
was instantly killed, and
Charles Lewis and Martin Mahany,
both single, were seriously injured by a
fall of rock at Lehigh Valley colliery
No. 1. They were engaged in timber-ing
the slope when the accident occur-red.
The boom in all kinds of business in
Altoona has increased the wages of
skilled workmen 25 per cent., while or-dinary
laborers are receiving from 25 to
30 cents a day more for their work.
There is a scarcity of labor in that city.
Benjamin F. White, Lebanon, has se-cured
a patent on a metal railroad tie,
which is said to be a great improvement
over all others in use.
Burglars blew the safe of the Adams
Express Company, at Salunga, to pieces
with nitro-glycerine, securing $11 in
cash and $ 100 worth of postage stamps.
Michael Casdick and Andrew Sabol
were shockingly injured by a prema-ture
blast at the Catanach lime quarries
near Phoenixville. Casdick had his
hands blown off, his eyes blown out and
was horribly mangled. He will die.
Sobol was almost as badly injured.
H. C. Elias, of Lancaster, was award-ed
$2,500 damages in Common Pleas
court in his suit against the city to re-cover
for injuries received in falling
over an insecure foot bridge.
Thomas Madden, of Vandling, three
miles from Carbondale, while in a som-nambulistic
state, walked out Of a se-cond-
story window and was so badly
injured that he died.
Mrs. William Keeler, wife of the bar-tender
at the Point Pleasant Hotel,
Bucks county, has fallen heiress to $75,-
000 through the death of an uncle in
Iowa, who left au estate of about $1,500,-
000 to be divided among fourteeu heirs.
Besides the money bequest, Mrs. Keel-er
will inherit a portion of the real es-tate.
Mrs. Assunta Leonardi, of Mahanoy
City, has brought suit to recover $20,-
000 damages for the loss of her husband
and son by an explosion of gas in the
Buck Mountain mine last November.
Nine dairymen, who are charged by
Special Agent John R. Lehman, of the
State Dairy and Food Commission, at
Harrisburg, with selling adulterated
milk in that city and Steelton, were
held for court.
While gunning for red squirrels Sat-urday
afternoon, Ralph Smith, 16 years
old, of West Cain, was accidentally shot
in the face by a companion and his phy-sician
fears he is fatally injured.
Thomas Ricindi, an Italian, and his
son met death by suffocation in a well
near the Boston mines at Pitts ton. The
boy was playing about the top of the
well, when he dropped a bag of peanuts.
He slid down the rope after the nuts,
but did not reappear. His father, who
went down after him, also met death.
The well was dry and full of gas.
Daniel Gallagher, a young man of
Wilkesbarre, while jumping off a coal
train, fell under the wheels. His left
leg was cut off and he is in a precarious
condition.
The chief of police at Ridgeway saved
Ventresa Dominico, an alleged Anar-chist,
from a mob of 200 persons who
wanted to lynch him.
While dismounting from a Lehigh
Valley train, at Bethlehem, Jack Bowe
had his foot badly injured.
Burglars stole a considerable amount
of money, cigars, wines and some jewel-ry,
from the hotel of Thomas Fogarty,
at Mahanoy City.
Historic Building in Building.
One of Philadelphia's most historic
buildings, the old City Hall, at the
southwest corner of Fifth and Chest-nut
streets, narrowly escaped destruc-tion
from fire. Through the crossing
of an electric light wire on the front of
the building a spark was communicated
to the black bunting which is draped
there under the second-story window
in memory of President McKiuley.
Although wet by the rain, the drapery
blazed up in an instant and threatened
to spread to the woodwork of the win-dows
and eaves.
Reserve Policeman Flynn, who was
standing at Fifth and Chestnut streets,
saw the blaze at its btart and promptly
turned in an alarm. He ran across the
square to Engine Company No. 32, at
Sixth and Sansom streets, which got
quickly on the scene and put out the
fire with its chemical engine. No dam-age
whatsoever was done to the historic
structure.