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AVE CAN BRING IT TO PASS.
Written for the BECORD.
Seems it afar, the promised day,
When -ploughshares shall oi swords be
made ?
When peace shall hold the world in sway,
And grim war's traps away be laid ?
Will it soon come, the hoped-for time,
When strife from earth shall pass away?
When misery as well as crime
Shall disappear fore'er and aye?
Fierce battles still are to be fought
Before the glad millennial day
Shall dawn; stern deeds must still be
wrought
Before all ill shall pass away.
The hosts of t r u t h will then prevail,
When the}- the hordes of error rout,
The citadels of folly scale,
And from her strongholds Sin drive out.
The millennium will only come,
When all of us with purpose true
Pray lor it, no more being dumb,
And faithfully our duty do.
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ßHE had given him his answer
emphatically, and that answer
was "No." And she was not
sorry about it, either. Of course,
he was a nice fellow, and it had been
very pleasant to have him dancing
attendance all summer, and if he had
only just been satisfied to dance for-ever,
like a mechanical doll or a jump-ing
jack, all would have been very
well. But when it came to marrying—
"No, Robert," she said again, cross-ing
her small bronze slipper resolutely.
I like to talk with you, and walk
with you, and dance with you; but as
for anything further—"
"But Jessie," persisted the young
man, coming over and standing in
front of her, "if you like to walk with
me, why not walk through life with
me? And as to talking, why, don't
you see, you'd have no end of a chance
for that if you married me ?"
' Yes; and then you'd call it incom-patibility,"
she said.
1 No, I wouldn't—honestly I would-n't—
just you try me!"
" That's just it, Robert," she said.
" If only I could try you, and return
you if I didn't like you."
"But you would like me, I 'm sure
you would. Oh, Jessie, do be a law-yer's
own daughter, and reverse your
decision!"
' Humph, and have you carry it to a
higher court!"
" There couldn't be higher court than
that I'm paying you now, and, be-sides,
I don't care how I carry it."
But I'm not to be caught—so
there !"
This scene was taking place in the
pretty cheerful drawing room Robert
Cortright knew so well—the pretty
drawing room which he had
been frequenting for the past six
months, and whose every ornament
was dear to him because of its associa-tion
with her. The tall lamps with
their ballet skirts, the piano, the chairs,
the rugs, the little tea table with its
silver and delicate china, everything
was in the usual place, and yet an un-familiar,
chilly air hovered over all.
He realized with a sudden pang the
dreadful cruelty of women in general
and of the one woman in particular.
"Jessie," he said, coming closer to
her and folding his arms, " I wish you
had given me a hint of something of
this; it would have been a bit more
merciful, instead of letting me go on
hoping—"
"Mr Cortright!" she interrupted,
sitting bold upright on the sofa, " do
you mean to insinuate that I have
encouraged you?"
"Well, you certainly haven't dis-couraged
me."
She tossed her head.
" I don't see how you can call it
encouraging you. I have never allow-ed
you to come here more than four
times a week! Perhaps it was a bit
injudicious, my permitting you to
write me those few notes, but never
mind. I shall send them back to-morrow.
The bonbons and flowers,
unfortunately, I can't return."
" Jessie," bending his brows sternly
upon her, " is it kind to talk like this?
"About as kind as to tell me I en-couraged
you," curtly.
"Well, perhaps you didn't encourage
me. I was probably only a poor idiot.
He walked away from her and went
and stood over by the fireplace.
" I t seems strange that you, who are
so pretty and sweet looking, and grace-ful,
and womanly, and all that, should
be so utterly cruel and heartless.
" Well, then, why on earth do you
wait to marry me if I am so horrid ?"
" I t is strange, isn't it?"
"No."
There was silence between them for a
few moments. He stood gazing down
at his shoes, while she maintained her
formal atitude on the sofa; suddenly
she looked up.
" Of course, I am mindful of the
honor you are paying me in asking me
to marry you."
"Oh, spare me that—do."
" Why, what's the matter? Isn't it
an honor?"
He shrugged his shouders.
" That's what they all say when
they refuse a man."
" Ah ! Do they, indeed,? Then you
know what they all say ?"
He made no reply.
" I ain sorry I am like the rest of
them—I had hoped I was a little dif-ferent—
a bit original—it's so dreadful
to be commonplace!"
" You are not a little bit like the rest
of them—you are entirely different
See, I am down on my knees before
you ! I have always vowed I would
never kneel to any girl, yet here I am
in the humblest attitude, if only you'd
let me—Jessie, don't send me away—
tell me you care for me, if it's only the
least little bit! I can't believe you
really meant that 1 No !' "
It was very picturesque to have him
on his knees, and just the way she
liked things to be. But somehow she
could not feel the answering thrill—
the thrill that she was sure she should
feel if she did care for him.
"Robert," she said severely, "get
up ! I have told you once and for all
that I cannot marry you - I like you,
admire you, respect, esteem you, but I
do not love you !"
He arose sadly and Jessie noticed not
without a little throb of satisfaction
that his love for her was so paramount
to all things that he did not even brush
a bit of dust from his trousers knee.
"And this is final?"
"Yes, final. You know I am no
foolish girl, too weak and ignorant to
know her own mind, I do know my
own mind. I have given you my an-swer,
and I can never change."
" Then I suppose there is nothing for
it but for me to go on?" Still he
lingered.
" Nothing," she said calmly.
He went over to the table and took
up his gloves.
'' Good by, Miss Stewart.''
" Good by, Mr. Cortright."
Siill he did not go, but came over to
her and held out his hand. She hesi-tated
a moment, then placed her little
cool fingers in his. He held them
loosely for a moment. Then his hand
closed over hers and he bent and
kissed it.
' I am going—forever," he said un-steadingly.
But she did not relent,
and in a moment more he dropped her
hand and moved rapidly away. She
heard him go, and the drawing room
door close after him. She had allowed
him to depart—forever—but she was
not sorry. She sat where she was for a
few seconds, then she arose and walked
over to the little table.
Cortright, who was out in the hall
putting on his overcoat, was surprised
to see the drawing room door open, and
more than surprised when a flying
figure darted forth crying, " Rob "
Rob!" He laid his hat down very
carefully on the stand. Without a
word, and quite unmindful of his over-coat,
he led her back into the drawing
room; the little sofa had recovered its
old-time cordiality, and he seated her
there, taking his place beside her. For
a long time he asked ho questions. At
last he drew her arm closely around
his neck.
" My precious little girl," lie said,
will you please explain to nite how I
come to be here in this room instead of
out in the cold streets as I expected ?
I cannot imagine—cannot in any way
account for it. Yet, if you do not wish
to tell me I shall not insist."
Keeping his arm about her, she drew
him to his feet and led him to the
table. A photograph of himself which
he had given her some time before had
its place on this table, and in taking up
his gloves he must have jarred it, for it
had fallen and was leaning against
another—that of one of her girl friends,
a pretty creature, all frills and ruffles.
The pictures were both profiles, and as
they had fallen they were lying almost
cheek to cheek and seemed to be gazing
into each other's eyes. Jessie pointed
them out to him.
"Rob, dear," she whispered, "al-though
I didn't want you myself, I
don't want anybody else to have you!"
1,325 Victims of the Fourth.
As a result of the celebration of Inde-pendence
Day with firearms, toy
cannon, giant crackers and other forms
of explosives, thirty persons were kill-ed
and 1,325 were injured, according to
reports received from 125 cities. The
toy pistol and the toy cannon are
shown to have done as deadly execu-tion
as sometimes has been in war by
those loaded with bullets and can-nister
and aimed to kill. Sky rockets,
anvil and powder explosions and thè
premature discharges of the Fourth of
July cannon helped to complete the
list of mishaps. In several instances
persons were killed through runaway
accidents, due directly to fireworks. A
fire loss of $123,325 was caused by thè
fireworks in addition to the injury to
human life.
Artificial Ice not Good for Poultry
Shipping.
It has been discovered that poultry
arriving from the West to New York
and other Eastern cities packed in
artificial ice had a tendency to spoil
much more rapidly than that packed
in the natural article. The general
opinion among the poultrymen seems
to be that the artificial ice was to solid
to allow it to melt properly, and, there-fore,
there was not enough drain run-ning
through the poultry to keep it cool
and in prime condition. The natural
ice seems to be more porous, containing
innumerable little air cells, and it there-by
melts more quickly than the more
solid artificial ice, thus causing a much
freer movement of the water through
the package which tends to keep the
temperature low enough to keep stock
in cold condition.
A Catastrophe.
The train was roaring along about
forty miles an hour and the conductor
was busily punching tickets full of
holes, when a little thin old man who
sat in one of the corner seats plucked
up his sleeve.
" Mr. Conductor, you be sure and let
me off at Speer's Station. You see,
this is the first time I ever rode on
steam cars, and I don't know any-thing
'bout them. You won't forget
it, eh?"
" All right, sir; I won't forget."
The old man brushed back a stray
lock of hair and, straightening him-self
gazed with increasing wonder at
the flying landscape, every now and
then exclaiming, "Gracious!" " By
gum?" etc.
Suddenly there was a crash, and
after a number of gymnastic moves
that made him think of his school
days, he found himself sitting on the
grass of the enbankment alongside the
track.
Seeing another passenger sitting a
short distance away, patiently support-ing
various parts of the splintered ear
across his legs, he inquired:
" Is this Speers Crossing ?"
The passenger, who was a drummer,
and not altogether new to such happen-ings,
replied with a smile, although in
considerable pain:
' 'No; this is a catastrophe.''
" Is that so," he irritably exclaimed.
" Now, I knew that conductor would
put me offat the wrong place."
THE MISTAKE SHE MADE.
He Didn't Save.
They had a dance out at the Bridges
the other night. It was a warm night,
as well as a warm party, and a town
girl who was there had on spotless
dress of white. The young man who
asked her to dance was about to place a
heavy hand on her shoulder, where-upon
she drew back and said:
" Please use your handkerchief."
He drew it forth, and after giving
his nose a bugle blast, said:
"Now, goldarn ye! I hope you're
satisfied."
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. 4
Yours truly, LILME SOCHOR.
When You Sneeze.
Much superstition is attached to the
sneeze, which in itself is the effect of
very simple causes. It may be brought
about through the inhalation of dust,
pungent vapors or by simple air when
the nasal membrane is inflamed.
There is a certain spot on the bead, the
touching of which will cause a person
to sneeze. Barbers are well aware of
this.
Sneezing is not considered healthful,
as it expels from the lungs and throat
all foreign substances, and some people
make a practice of sneezing. It is said
consumptives never sneeze.
The old custom of saying " God blesS
you !" when one sneezes is still extant
in some Oriental countries. I11 the
time of Gregory the Great the air at
a certain season of the year was filled
with a rank vapor, or malaria, and
those who sneezed were Stricken with
sudden death. Gregory devised a
prayer to be uttered when the par-oxysm
of sneezing was felt approach-ing,
in hope it would avert death.
Sneezing has been thought lucky or
unlucky, according to the day of the
week on which it~ occurred. The
rhyme runs:
" Sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for
danger.
Sneeze on Tuesday, you kiss a
stranger,
Sneeze on Wednesday, you sneeze for
letter,
Sneeze 011 Thursday, for something
better,
Sneeze on Friday, you'll sneeze for
sorrow,
Sneeze on Saturday, your sweetheart
to-morrow,
Sneeze on Sunday, your safety seek,
For the devil will have you the rest
of the week."
Great results have grown from a
sneeze. The fate of the Greek army
Was decided by a sneeze. When Xeno-phon
was delivering his famous address
to the army, urging it to be firm and
bold, a sounding sneeze came from the
ranks, and, £his being acknowledged as
an omen, all tents were burned and the
famous retreat begun.
A Piano Without Iron.
An American has made a piano en-tirely
without iron, except a small
piece at the bottom to fasten the longer
strings upon. Instead of an iron frame
for the sounding board, he has used
the principle of the arch, in the wood-en
structure, and can string the
piano something like its prototype, the
fiddle, with no deadening metal to in-terfere
with its vibrant quality. How
much would it improve a fiddle to give
it an iron keel? Put a flat-iron on a
square piano sound-board and see how
it flattens out the vibrant quality.
Now, if a flat-iron blights vibration,
does not it stand to reason that the big
inertia of an iron frame, while furnish-ing
rigid strength, costs something in
the way of vibrant'quality? Mr. Stat-ham
thinks so, and has gone to the
other extreme in his experiment. The
present piano is satisfactory with its
wooden strength. Will it endure?
Time can only show. If it does, he has
made a great discovery and deserves its
results.
Railroad Travelers Who at Last Un-derstood
Each Other.
She sat by the car window, gazing
out upon the unrolling scenery, and
possibly dreaming of home and things
like that, says the Washington Star.
About six feet away from her across
the aisle was an empty seat, which
at the next station was filled by a man
with a sample case. He was fifty years
of age or thereabouts, and was quite as
dapper-looking as if he was thirty, and
still the knight to please every fair
dame who sat her soft eyes upon him.
The lady was young and pretty,
with perhaps a shade too much of dis-play
in her make-up, but still one
could hardly say that, for all is gold
that glitters in such cases—or words to
that effect.
When the man had sat down in the
vacant seat and composed himself for
the journey before him he began to
look about to familiarize himself with
his environments, and in the course of
his visual wandering's his eyes fell upon
the lady. He gave a slight start, as
people do when they think they see
somebody they know, and looked
again.
The lady wasn't looking, of course,
but she wasn't asleep.
Not in the slightest.
After a minute or two or three or
four of hesitating investigation, the
traveling man—for it was he—arose
and very politely and deferentially ap-proached
the young lady.
It was done as if he had been practic-ing
that sort of thing ever since he
had picked up the first sample case.
Either that or he was to the manner
born.
I beg your pardon," he said as she
turned from the window to meet him
with a half-startled, fawn-like move-ment
not altogether unusual on such
occasions, " aren't you Miss Morton, of
Philadelphia?"
She gave him a glassy stare with'
a raw edge on it.
You don't lpok like a man," she re-plied,
with an insolent air, "who
would try to work as old a racket as
that on me. Do I look so green as
that?"
It was now his turn to gaze at her in
startled wonder.
" Oh, that's all right," she laughed,
moving over to make room beside her,
' and I'll forgive you. You know I'm
not Miss Morton, of Philadelphia, or
anywhere else, and I'd just as soon
have a pleasant little talk with you as
not. I'm to meet mamma at the sta-tion
where we take dinner."
" I beg your pardon," said the travel-ing
man, backing away. " I sure if
you are not Miss Morton I have no
desire whateverto talk with you."
Then he went back to his place, and
the flip young woman was rather in-clined
to the opinion that there was at
least one man pn the road who could
be mistaken honestly.
More Apples.
Were every family to put in practice
the following sensible advice of Prof.
Faraday, marked gain in the health of
its members would be the result: Let
every family in autumn lay in from
two to ten or móre barrels, and it will
be to them the most economical invest-ment
in the whole range of culinary
supplies. A raw, mellow apple is
digested in an hour and a half, while
boiled jcabbage requires five hours.
The most healthful dessert that can be
placed on the table freely at breakfast,
with coarse bread, and without meat
or flesh of any kind, it has an ad-mirable
effect on the general system,
often removing eonstipattón, correcting
acidities, and cooling off febrile con-ditions
more effectually than the most
approved medicines. If familes could
be induced to substitute the apple—
sound, ripe and luscious—for the pies,
candies and other sweetmeats, with
which children are too often stuffed,
there would be a diminution of doctors'
bills sufficient in a singlé year to lay
up á stock of this delicious fruit for
a season's use.
WASHINGTON, D . C
Genesee Pure Food Co., Le Roy, N. Y.:
Gentlemen:—Our family realize so
much from the use of Grain-0 that I
must say a word to induce others to
use it. If people are interested in their
health and the welfare of their children
they will use no other beverage. I
have used them all, but Grain-0 I have
found superior to any, for the reason
that it is solid grain. 3
Yours for health, C. F. MYERS
Paris Exposition at the Eden Musee.
The enterprise of the Eden Musee in
New York city in securing interesting
moving pictures is shown by the fact
that there is now being exhibited at the
Musee a series of twelve moving pic-tures
of the Paris Exposition. These
pictures give an excellent idea of the
grounds and the buildings as well as of
the jostling crowds, and are equally in
teresting to those who are about to vis-it
Paris and those who cannot go.
Among the subjects shown are: "The
Moving Stairway," "Scene from the
River Seine," " The Electric Railway,"
A Scene upon the Eiffel Tower,"
" The United States Building," " The
Huge Barrel," and in fact nearly every-thing
of interest upon the Exposition
Grounds, including what was called in
Chicago "The Midway." These pic-tures
are shown both afternoon and
evening. Three other series of pictures
are also shown, comprising mysterious
pictures, comic pictures and South Af-rican
War Pictures. One series is
shown each hour so that visitors may
see as many different pictures as they
desire. Another interesting picture
shown, is the performance of the won-derful
Craigg family of English Acro-bats.
This picture consists of fi ve hun-dred
feet of film, upon which are sever-al
thousand separate pictures. Nearly
ten minutes is occupied in flashing the
picture upon the screen. The entire
performance of these clever acrobats is
given, and the picture was taken on
the roof of the Casino, where the
Craiggs are still performing. Altogeth-er
this is one of the most thrilling mov-ing
pictures ever shown.
In addition to the moving pictures
there are many other features of inter-est
at the Musee. Concerts are given
afternoon and evening by the Neopoli-tan
Troubadours which are. attracting
much attention as much on account of
the skill of the players as their pictur-esque
appearance. Among the wax
groups there have been many additions
and visitors can find enjoyment and in-struction
for hours in inspecting the
hundreds of wax gro.ips and figures
that fill the large halls and corridors of
the Musee.
At all times the Musee is kept delight-fully
cool, not only by electric fans but
also by tubes of compressed air.
Stopping the Bird Slaughter.
An important agreement has been
reached between the Millinery Mer-chants'
Protective Association and the
bird protectionists, regarding the im-portation,
manufacture and sale of
North American birds. The associ-ation
agrees not to use any more North
American birds after the stock on hand
is exhausted; in return the Audubon
Society and Ornithologists' Union-are
to do everything in their power to pre-vent
the passage of laws interfering
with the manufacture and sale of orna-ments
made from the plumage of barn-yard
fowl, edible birds, game in season
and foreign birds.
Household Hints.
To Clean Looking-Glasses — After
washing them with warm soapsuds and
water, polish with a pad of soft news-paper
covered with kitchen rouge. This
will give them a polish of great bril-liancy.
The air in a room may be greatly puri-fied
by setting a pail of water in it for a
few hours. It will absorb the poisonous
gases, and the air will be pure and the
water utterly bad. The colder the
water is, the more perfectly it will ab-sorb
impurities.
Spots on Furniture—White spots on
varnished furniture can be taken out
by holding a hot iron over them, or by
rubbing with a flannel dipped in equal
parts of spirits of turpentine and sweet
oil. If the varnish has been taken off
in small spots, it can be restored by rub-bing;
with a cloth moistened with sweet.
Spirits of salts six parts, salts of lemon
one part, mixed, and poured a little at
a time on the spot, will remove stains
from mahogany. The spot should be
rubbed briskly until it disappears.
If Mother Was Short.
—Last fall I Bprained my left hip
while handling some heavy boxes.
The doctor I called 011 said at first it
was a slight strain and would soon be
well, but it grew worse and the doctor
then said I had rheumatism. It con-tinued
to grow worse and I could hard-ly
get around to work. I went to a
drug store and the druggist rcommend-ed
me to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
I tried it and one-half of a 50-cent
bottle cured me entirely. I now recom-mend
it to all my friends.—F. A.
BABCOCIC, Erie, Pa. It is for sale by
James C. Brobst, Druggist, Lititz.
A Wild-Beast Farm.
The close of the Spanish War left
the way open for the carrying out of
a farming scheme that is somewhat
novel in design. It's object is to raise
wild animals in captivity, so that cir-cus
managers may not have to scour
foreign lands to procure them. Wild
animals in tropical countries are fast
decreasing in number, and it is feared
that hunting and the increase of popu-lation
will soon exterminate them.
The idea is to provide a regular farm
for the raising of animals that hitherto
have been procured only from hunters.
More than two years ago a thousand
acres of land were purchased in south-ern
Florida for the carrying out of the
scheme, but the whole country round
about was roused to indignation at the
thought that ferocious wild beasts were
to be turned loose in the neighborhood.
The scheme was consequen tly abandon-ed,
so far as that location was concern-ed,
but negotiations were entered into
for the purchase of several small islands
not far from the Florida coasi-.
The war with Spain delayed the
completion of the purchase, but event-ually
three islands of about six thou-sand
acres each were secured. They
are said to be ideally located for ani-mal
farms. There is no fear of the
beasts crossing over to the mainland,
and the islands are far enough apart to
deter the inhabitants of any one island
from paying an unwelcome visit to
another. It will thus be easy to divide
the animals into three classes according
to their ability to get along together,
and to give each class an island to
itself.
It is said that when the scheme is
perfected the farms will be as homelike
as it is possible to make them, and
that experts will be in charge of each.
The animals will be brought from Asia.
Africa and South America, and turned
loose in their new homes.
Portions of the islands are wooded,
and in so rie ti i ì is thick undergrowth
that w II 1 1 1 a fair imitation of a
jungl \n ani nal hospital is part of
the scheme. Already expeditions are
being fitted out to search for the ani-mals.
Over the State.
Alexander Goshack was squeezed io
death by a mine wagon at Hickory
Ridge colliery, Shamokin.
N. G. Umstead, of Schwenksville, is
displaying several specimens of black
raspberries measuring from two to
two and five-eighth inches in circum-ference.
Charles Oberly, of Linfield, brought
suit against a man before Magistrate
Dreibelbis, for giving his thirteen-year-
old child whisky. He was com-pelled
to pay a fine of |7 and costs and
furnish $100 bond to keep the peace.
By a fall of rock Anthony Raymond,
of Norristown, had a limb crushed.
At Merion a south-bound Rreading
train ran through an open switch on
the siding. The engine plowed three-quarters
through the cars, and when
stopped a dozen cars with merchan-dise
were dumped over the embank-ment.
Amandus Harris, a farmer of Lower
Saucon township, Northamption coun-ty,
committed suicide by swallowing
Parris green.
A large storage barn of J. W. Snyder,
in Lower Mt. Bethel township, near
Bethlehem, was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground together
with the contents. The loss is $5,000,
covered by insurance.
Thieves broke into the Reading sta-tion
and freight house at Hellertown
and carried off a case of whisky, a lot
of shoes, a small sum of money and a
few tickets.
Charles Brunner, taking shelter un-der
a tree near Campbellstown, Leba-non
county, Thursday evening, was
killed by lightning. Two children of
Ezra Light, at Annvil-le, were probably
fatally shocked by an electric bolt.
George Demmy was killed and his
father, John Demmy, was seriously in-jured
in a runaway near Mount Zion,
Lebanon county, on Friday. Father
and son started away to assist a neigh-boring
farmer in the harvest field.
Their horse took fright and ran away,
and both men were thrown out of the
buggy and dragged. The dead man is
survived by his young wife, to whom
he was married a month ago.
Miss Alice Miller, resding near Hill
Church, Berks county, was severely
burned by lightning on Saturday.
Marion Smith was struck by light-ning
and instantly killed while work-ing
in a hay field at Grove Summit.
Caught by a reaper while his horses
were running away, Morris Shucker, of
Girardville, Berks County, had a foot
nearly severed.
Stewart Burns, one of the firemen
who was injured in the Evans fire, at
Pittsburg, died, making the number of
dead five.
A disease which has broken out
among the horses and mules of Harry
Brenneman, near Shippensburg, is sup-posed
to be an thax.
—Horses are becoming higher in
price every year. Six years ago the
market was more than supplied and
good horses could be had at half price.
The demand for horses in the armies
of the World and the improvements
of the public roads in many States may
be given as among the reasons for the
change. The demand is mostly for
good horses, and at prices which give
a large profit.
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