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Tli-e onJy Stilng yon can tic a good
man down w?fli is an apron- string, re
marks tho Dallas News. i
By some unpardonable Omission, no
•Carnegie hero medal was'awardod tile
■Vt>\ icyboider, observes the Memphis
News-Scimitar.
' Maryland election judges refused io
allow an admiral to vote there on the
ground that lie is a “floater,” relates
tlie New York Herald.
: Some men are born infamous, some
gradually lose their reputations, and
some have their reputations taken
away from them by committees of in
vestigation, avers the Houston. Chron
icle.
It would be much better if there were
fewer boy land girl marriages, thinks
the General Practitioner. The new sys
tem of furnishing little homes on the
weekly payment system leads many
to marry far too young.
' The Chicago Record-Herald says:
French, English, German and Amer
ican hankers are making arrangements
to lend $300,000,000 to Russia. Evi
dently the bankers don’t believe the
Russian students will he able in the
near future to accomplish their pur
pose.
I Now that peace has come there are
still more definite signs of a new
grouping of the powers, a grouping
which it is hoped will make for last
ing peace, asserts the Philadelphia
■Ledger. With the strongest of the na
tions bound in solemn compacts to
maintain the status quo, or to abide
•by an agreed policy iu the regions
where they have been in competition,
the second peace conference will as
semble with much brighter prospects
of permanent results than was the
ease in 1899.
! The Japanese Emperor and the
statesmen of Japan, in surrendering
nonessentials and firmly maintaining
essentials, suffered no diplomatic de
feat at Portsmouth, but added greatly
ito their country's laurels, and greatly
hastened forward on the path of prog
ress the newest accession to the ranks
of thoroughly “civilized nations,”,
declares the Century. The best pub
lic opinion, of the wdy$ sustains the
action of the Japanese Government in
making peace on terms which havo
had no such sting as that left by tho
peace compact between beaten Franco
and conquering Germany, a peaco
which has cost Germany dear indeed
in strain and warlike expenditure.
“It is difficult to convince mankind,”
says Cicero, "that the love of virtuo
is the love of ourselves,” which is
much like .©oethe’s selection of en
lightened self-devotion as his idea).
.“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile
a sin as self-neglecting.” It need have
nothing in common wlttr unkindness,
over-confidence, or complacency. In
deed, continues Collier’s Weekly, it
should contradict them t.nd all other
faults that a wise man would not
wish to see in others. The greatest
enemy of a narrow selfishness is the
highest and most comprehending inter
est in ourselves. Happiness is about
■the most unlikely thing to bo secured
•by the blind mistake about ourselves
kbat we call selfishness.
1 It has been borne in upon Europe
tby the experiences of the war that
there is to-day no Western nation with
« fibre so hardy, with the spirit of
•unity so intense and so extensive, with
ithe capacity for self-surrender at once
#>o disciplined and so instinctive, and
,wlth the sense of obligation so unl
iversal and positibe, as Japan’s, re
marks the Outlook. To a degree that
the Occident not only cannot approach
hut “finds It. hard even to realize, Japan
is a state nnimated by the passion of
private sacrifice for public ends. Eu
ropean fact lias to acknowledge, and
to rearrange her diplomacy by the ac
knowledgment, that Japan is a power
of the very first-class, secretive, in
cognizable, perspicacious, fearless, res
olute, indomitable, equipped morally,
mentally and materially with all that
makes a nation victorious and keeps
her great.
The American soldier is n being
quite past tile* German officer’s com
prehension, say the New York Even
ing Mail. Every little while some
military German visits us, looks at our
men swinging easily in campaign uni
form through a drill, and returns to
liis own country with the report that
4he American army is nothing hut a
•nob of tramps. Evidently tbe Neuc
Presusaiche K/euzzeitung, an im
portant Berlin paper, has based upon
«uch reports as these its announced
opinion that the American army is
“rotteD.” Against this judgement Sec
retary Taft has seen fit to reply. He
points out to the Germans that, in
«pite of its remoteness from the Prus
sian standard, our little army is really
quite fit for its purpose, which is to
serve as a nucleus for our national de
fence. Whether we do well or ill, we
Slave nothing that can be truly called
a standing army. It is our national
.purpose to do without oue. But we
lhave some sixty thousand regular sol
who are nowhere excelled in
physique, in courage or iu individual
irgsourfe.
i
A Suggestion from
STEINWAY & SONS
About Piano Tuning
Incompetent Piano Tuners
are continually doing a great deal of mischief to good pianos. It
will therefore doubtless be of interest to owners of Steinway and
other pianos, residing at not too great a distance from New York, to
learn that we are now prepared to take orders for the tuning and
regulating ofgpiar.cs during the summer months at special rates.
Not only the members of our large regular tuning force but also
those of our staff of experts who, during the winter season, have
been traveling with eminent pianists on their concert tours, and
who have now returned to New York, are available for this work.
The greater the number of orders from any one place or vicinity
the lower our charge will be -for each piano attended to. Conse
quently we would suggest to prospective customers in any
locality that they "club together" in sending us their orders, when
ever feasible and agreeable, as the most economical and satisfactory
plan. Your patronage is respectfully solicited.
STEINWAY & SONS
109 East Fourteenth Street, New York.
Used Pianos Taken in Exchange.
Neks Steinksay Pianos from $$ oo up.
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Subways in Jersey Cities.
A certificate abandoning a proposed
branch of the Hudson & Manhattan
Railway Company, a mile and a half
long, in Jersey City, has been filed
in the office of. the Secretary of State
at Trenton. In place of the aban
doned {line it is proposed to construct
a trolley road from Jersey City to
Newark. AVitb ' the ' certificate of
change is a deposit of $16,800 required
by the Corporation laws. Decision
to abandon the first planned branch
was reached at a meeting of the di
directors. The accepted branch will
run from Jersey City to Market street.
Newark, almost eight and one-half
miles. The start in Jersey City will
be on Pennsylvania Railroad property.
Thd road will pass through Kearny
’ and Harrison and under the Passaic
River into Newark, in the latter city
1he road will follow Railroad avenue
south of the Pennsylvania viaduct. In
the Jersey City section of the line as
well as in the Newark section the road
will be a subway, with convenient
access at suitable points. It is said
that this move has been made by the
i MeAdob tulrnel’ interests in New York*
City, which are planning to invade
New Jersey in competition with the
lines of the'Public Service Corporation.
Scared Over Robbers’ Raid.
A shiver went over the town of
Palmyra when it was learned that
robbers had paid visits to a half-dozen
homes. Prom the house of George
Harvey, ou Garfield avenue, they car
ried off considerable clothing, some
money and two rolls of carpet which
had not been relaid since houseclean
ing. At Charley Mock’s Chinese
laundry the robbers were frightened
off by tilled Celestials who peeped
from behind as many doors squinting
their almond eyes along the barrels
of the wicked-looking revolvers. The
next stop was at L. A. Walkman’s
feed store, where they secured about
$50 In cash, but at Harry Kemmerlfe’s
cigar store ' they were'frightened off’
by one of the sons, who was sitting
up reading. At W. J. Wear’s cigar
stor'd, a few“"dobVs!'doVvn the street,
they got only as far as the kitchen
when they were scared away. About
a square farther down they forced
an entrance to the grocery store of
P. A. Windisb and secured $25 in
cash and a ring.
Probe May Hit Mercer.
Former Judge Robert S. Woodruff,
who has been actively engaged for
some time in an effort to secure an
investigation of charges of graft and
corruption among the officials of Mer
cer County, says he intends to press
the matter to a finish. The charges
he says, are not merely campaign
ammunition, but be believes that they
can be proven, and, if so, it will go
bard with some of the county officers
who have beeu waxing fat on the tax
payers’ money. Judge Woodruff says
the matter is now at a standstill,
awaiting an opinion from the Supreme"
Court as to the proper method of go
ing about the proposed investigation.
In the event of the court upholding
the constitutionality of the law of
1888, under which the petition for an
investigation was drawn, the actual
probing into the county books will
be commenced at once. The petition
is now fully signed and ready for pres
entation to the court.
Paterson Jews to Help.
In answer to an appeal for funds
to aid Ihe Jews of Russia, represen
tative Jews of Paterson met and de
cided to appeal to the citizens of the
city for subscriptions. Former Mnyor
Nathan Barnert presided. He aroused
the audience by saying". “I do not
know bow this money we are to
give is to be expended, but if 1 were to
spend it 1 assure you the greater part
of tt would purchase dynamite to be
used for the assassination of the Czar,
the Romanoffs and all their followers.
If' we could, raise an army to fight
the Russian dynasty I should gladly
go myself and give np all my pos
sessions for the cause.” The former
mayor is worth considerably over
a million dollars. It was decided to
hold a non-sectarian mass meeting at
the Hebrew free school hail. Before
the close of the meeting subscriptions
were called for and in less than half
an hour $1200 was raised in small
amounts..
Mother a Good Surgeon.
Beau Smith, a seven-year-old pupil of
the Stockton Street public school, of
Trenton, chewed up a small wad of
paper and wedged it in his ear three
weeks ago. A few days later, when
the ear began to pain him, he told his
parents what he had done, and they
hurried him to a physician, who fail
ed to find the wad. The pain contin
ued to grow worse until the boy com
plained of a buzzing in the head.
Greatly alarmed, his mother made an
investigation. She inserted a crochet
needle for a probe and brought out the
little “spit-ball.” The boy is now all
right.
Mystery of Hide Bullets.
For the second time within a few
weeks a EuTIef was sent crash if;
through a window at the home of e.
S. Groves, on Lippincott avenue,
Kivinglon, barely missing Mrs. Groves.
Mr. Groves laid the mntter before
Chief of Police Major, who offered a
reward of $25 for information that
would lead to the arrest of the guilty
person. Mr. Major also announced
his Intention to have rigidly enforced
the ordinance against the use of fire
jarms, stungsbots .and air rifles within'
the borough limits.
In All Parts of the State.
New Egypt residents are discussing
the organization of a national bank.
Many muskrats are being marketed
by tbe Cumberland County trappers.
Millville’s Health Board reports the
city in the best of sanitary condition.
Bowling has become the fad at Cape
May, and two new alleys are to be
erected.
While digging in tbe marsh below
Canton, James Baker found a cannon
ball three feet in diameter and weigh
ing 800 pounds.
The tax rate of Beverly city has
been fixed at $3, a decrease of 15 cents
over last year.
Rutgers College conferred the degree
of Doctor of Laws upon Mr. Veliida,
■dhc Jnpanese*COnsul General at New
York.
V One of the’artesian wells gt the,
Salem water works has been dug to a
depth of 1079 feet, but still no water
has been found.
Because the safety valve failed to
work, a holler in a Midvale shoe mill
exploded, killing Daniel Beatty, the
boiler-tender, and injuring two other
men.
DEATH RECALLS GRIM TRAGEDY,
Years Ago Men Fought to the Death
Over Mrs. Kennedy.
By the death of Mrs. Thomas Ken
nedy in Harlem, another name was
added to the tragic list that began its
enrollment in the Onawa hotel, when
Myles McDonnell fought six of Ken
nedy’s followers and killed two of;
them. Mrs. Kennedy was the cause of
the feud which resulted so fatally, and
which finally included among its vic
tims McDonnell himself.
Kennedy and McDonnell were gam
bling partners, and Kennedy brought
his wife to City Island, where Me
Donnell lived. McDonnell refused to
allow Mrs. Kennedy to meet his wife,
saying that he "wasn’t a very decent
man himself, but he drew the line of
respectability around his own fam
ily.”
The next night Kennedy and Price
attacked McDonnell in a saloon and
beat him severely. Three nights
’ater they waylaid him again in the
Onawa hotel cafe and fought a Ho
meric battle which led to McDonnell’s
trial for murder. Mrs. Kennedy took
the liveliest interest in the case, and
when McDonnell was acquitted de
clared that if God were just McDon
nell would never die a natural death.
Some three years iater McDonnell
was shot and killed in Albany, and
by a friend of the Kennedys, al
though the immediate quarrel did not
arise from that association. Ever
since the Onawa hotel affray Mrs.
Kennedy has been in a hysterical
condition, and indirectly it was the
cause of her death.--New York Press.
Not Intel ested.
"Well, is there anything doing in
politics down your way?” he asked of
the old farmer in the seat beside him.
“No. nothing very much,” was the
reply.
"What, do you think of the next state
election?”
“I don’t think.”
"Have any idea who will be the next
President?"
“Noap.”
“Will the member of congress from
your district run again?"
“Can't say.”
“Then you don’t take much interest
In politics?”
“Not a bit. All I know is that my son
Sam was elected to the legislature last
year and come home from the session
with J800 in cash in his pocket and
wouldn’t lend me |5 without a note and
a good indorser. I haven’t even asked
him whether he sold out the gas com
pany or the butter and milk trust."—
Baltimore American.
Set a Hard Task.
Edwin Stevens, when he made up
his mind to tackle vaudeville, for the
first round ^elected Manager Meyer
felt, founder of a well-known circuit
The manager had a gruff manner and
a German accent, and was, moreover,
very busy. Turning on Mr. Stevens
brusquely, he exclaimed: “Veil, vat
do you vant?” “I would like to go
into vaudeville,” responded the candi
date, meekly. “Vat do you do—vat is
jour line?” “I am a comedian,” was
the modest but very general answer,
"A komiker, hein?” and tho manager
faced him sternly. "Veil, make me
laugh.”
The Peril
Richard’Pardon,
A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
btst :b.1-., :F.A-:R,cr:E]o:isr.
CHAPTER XIII.
Continued.
■'When this “ reaches your nands I
shall be dead, lying in a dishonored
grave. By man I shall be condemned,
and in man’s' eyes my name will be
infamous; but the Supreme, I bope and
believe, will forgive the sin it is my
intention to commit. This contemplat
ed sin will take the form of a confes
sion, in which I shall declare myself to
be guilty of the awful crime you com
mitted. When you read these lines,
you alone, of ail men living, will know
that I am innocent.
“It was an hour past midnight when
l was awakened from my sleep by Mr.
Wilmot’s voice. Thinking he needed
my services, I went into his room and
found him in deep slumber talking to
himself. He was talking of you and
my honored and beloved mistress and
daughter; and although, after I had
convinced myself that I was not re
quired, I did not stop to listen, I heard
enough to suspect that, unless you bent
yourself to • Mr. Wilmot’s - comjtaands,
tt was his purpose to ruin and beggar
you. Sad at heart, I returned to my
room and’sbught my bed,* and presently
fell asleep again. I must have slept
about two hours, when I started up in
bed with an impression that some per
son besides myself was in Mr. Wilmot’s
apartments. I arose, and was nbbut to
ascertain whether this was so, when
the door between his room and mine
was softly opened, and you came forth.
“I shrank out of sight, and could not
help seeing that your face was white
and convulsed, and that your limbs
were trembling violently. Stepping
very quietly, fearful of attracting no
tice, you left my room. Waiting a Vittle 1
while to give you time to get clear
away, I once more entered Mr. Wil
mot’s apartment, and discovered, to my
horror, that he had been murdered—
by you! V
“What was I to do? To give the
alarm and point to .you as !the ,mqr-;
derer? In that case, Indeed, your ruin
and disgrace would be complete; and
not alone yours, but that of the beloved
mistress for whom I would cheerfully
have laid down my life. Overwhelmed
by this reflection, I devoted a few min
utes to thought. To all outward evi
dence I was the only witness of your
awful crime; my evidence, and only
mine, would convict you. What a
frightful repayment for all the angelic
kindness I andjmy dead wife had re
ceived from myTieloved mistress! To
condemn the man she loved to the
scaffold, and make all her future life
and that of the daughter she loved so
deeply a life of agonizing shame and
sorrow! I saw them pointed at,
shunned, or thrust aside in rags, beg
ging for a crust Could I not avert
,this terrible fate? I could.
“From" syinfrtojiis whlchwere unmis
takable I knew that I had myself but
a short time to live—perhaps not more
than a few days. I was, happily, with
out a relative in the world to whom
my death would bring a pang of sor
row. I could give up my life for yours.
.1 could take you crime upon myself.
"My resolution was made. All that
I desired to avoid was a shameful end
upon the scaffold. Flight would fasten
suspicion upon me. I might me able
to conceal myself till I was convinced
the end was near. Then I would give
myself Into the hands of justice, and
make confession of the crime. Even If
I were taken, I should in all probabil
ity die in prison. After all, the sacri
fice would not be so great; a few days
of suffering—that was all; and when
we have done with'mortal life it is by
God—not by man—that we are judged.
Doubtless you would keep your fearful
secret, and my beloved mistress would
never know that the hands of the hus
band who held her happiness and honor
In his keeping were stained with blood.
“I fled, and for some time have suc
cessfully evaded pursuit; but I feel I
am sinking fast. It is time for me to
give myself up and make my false con
fession. From newspapers which I
managed to obtain I learned all the
surroundings of the crime. I read of
the money being missing from the
dispatch box, and of the stolen ring.
It is by means of this information
that I shall be able to make the con
fession so circumstantial that it can
not be doubted.
“You are .ree; your secret is safely
bidden in my grave. What I have
Bone and shall do is for my beloved
Inistress and her child. To you I say,
tepent. Endeavor by good deeds to
atone for the crime which must weigh
heavily upon your soul. Pray, nnd
humble yourself before the Divine
throne; and not only for this deed of
blood, but for your guilty intimacy with
Mile. Rosalie, may God pardon you!
Destroy the last visible trnces of your
■tfime, and burn this paper. Farewell!
“SAMUEL FLEETWOOD.”
CHAPTER XIV.
Stiwned and bewildered, I sat gazing
at the death warrant in my trembling
hand. It was no less. This letter,
made public, would seal my doom.
I was, then, a murderer. In my sleep
I had killed my uncle, and had after
ward drawn the rope from his neck
and the ring from his finger. In this
way it was that those articles came
into my possession. Mechanically my
hand stole to the pocket in which they
were concealed. Mile. Rosalie smiled,
and in that smile I saw that she knew
the meaning of the motion.
I could not speak; I could not lift my ;
head.
“Well,” said Mile. Rosalie, “have you
nothing to say ?”
“What can I say?” I muttered.
How much higher than I was this
base woman. Full of venom, malicious
ness, and spite, as she was, her soul
was free from blood-guiltiness.
“You are guilty,” she said.
"I must be guilty,” I said mechanic
ally. “What do you propose to do?”
"I propose,” she replied, In a voice of
much sweetness, “to save yon."
"To save me!” I exclaimed. "I am
not fit to live.”
“Perhaps not,” she said, dryly; “but
yon have a wife and daughter. What
would your disgraceful death mean to
them?”
This reference to those, dear innocent
ones whose honor was my honor,
whose shame was my shame, and who,
were I brought to the bar of Justice,
would share my infamy, completely
unmanned me. A sob of agony es
caped from my lips.
“Is it not worth while,” skid Mile.
Rosalie, “to save'yourself, so that they
may be saved?”
“Yes, yes,” I gasped, seizing her hand
and looking imploringly into her face.
“To save them from ignominy and
from lifelong sorrow. O God! Is it
jpntsihle ’that you will do this for me
and them?”
“I will., Hush! !■ There is a knock’at
the door. Ask1 who's there.”
Her voice, as she spoke, did not rise
above a whisper. I strove to utter the
words she dictated, but my tongue
clave to the roof of my mouth.
“Richard! Richard!”
It was my wife calling softly to me
from without.
"Open the door,” whispered Mile.
Rosalie. “I will hide behind there,”
pointing to screen. “She will ’not sec
me. Do not let her keep you long.
When she is gone I will show you that
you have nothing to fear.”
She glided with noiseless footsteps
behind the screen, and I moved to the
door. I forgot for a moment that it
was locked, and my wife called to me
that the key was turned. I'unlocked
the door and admitted her; but I did
not allow her to step into the middle
of the room.* She was in her night
dress, and I well remember that there
was a piece of narrow red ribbon at
her neck, which looked to me like
blood. She told me that, waking and
finding me absent from the bedroom,
she grew anxious and came to seek me.
I responded with wandering words and
looks, and this appeared to render her
more anxious. She tenderly asked
whether I was not well. Oh, yes, I
answered, I was well, but I was en
gaged upon a most important task.
Why had she come to disturb me? I
must be alone—alone! And still she
lingered, and continued to speak in
sweet and loving tones; and clasped me
round the neck, and kissed me; but
I pushed her from me, and bade her go
to her room and sleep.
“You will ceme soon?” she asked, so
licitously.
“I do not know, I do not know,” I
muttered. “I have much to do. Good
God! Do you not see how you are
distressing me!”
Shortly afterward she left me, hut
not before she made another effort to
soothe me. She smoothed my forehead
with a cambric handkerchief and put
it into my hand, saying it was clean
and cool and would refresh me. As
she crossed the threshold I quickly
locked the door upon her, and the
handkerchief fell from my hand. Mile.
Rosalie, gliding forward from her hid
ing place behind the screen, picked it
up and toyed with it, and I made no at
tempt to take it from her. The vital
issue at stake completely, engrossed
me.
"We are free now from, intrusion,”
she said,. "and our business will not
take long.”
“Business?" I muttered. “What busi
ness?”
“The business of saving your life,”
she replied. “I have terms to pro
pose.”
"Name them.”
“First,” she said, and now her voice
had assumed a new form of malignity,
“tell me what you think I was doing
-tfbile I was hiding behind the screen.”
“Doing? Nothing!’*
“Not even listening?”
"Ah, yes; you could not help doing
that."
“Of course not. It Is not to be sup
posed that I would play the part of
eavesdropper unless I was compelled.
.Such an infamous woman as I am!
That is what you called me a few min
utes ago, I believe. I was a liar and a
thief as well, was I not? I like to be
correct. And but a few short hours
before that you discharged me in a
manner that would ruin the fair name
of any lady, and informed me that
I was not a fit associate for your wife,
and daughter. And yet l am going to
save them; yes, indeed I am, and to
save you, too! But I must tell you
first what I was doing while your wife
was here. I was taking down in short
hand every word that was spoken be
tween you. You had no Idea of the
extent of my accomplishments, had
you? I am really accomplished. Years
ugo I learned shorthand, and it used to
bring me in a few shillings. Oh, what
a hard life I have had! what a bitter,
cruel life! But I am going to enjoy
myself now that I have the chance.
You see, with this handkerchief and
this little piece of paper in my hand I
can go to your wife and say: ‘Not only
Is your husband a murderer, but be
tween him and I there is-’ Well,
she can guess the rest when I prove to
her, by relating what you said to each
other just now, that I was in your room
concealed while you were so anxiously
trying to get rid of her. Proof positive,
I call it. And at such a time of night,
too! Oh, fie!”
She did not speak rapidly; now and.
again she paused, to give me au .op
portunity of replying; but I could find
no words, so confounded was I by bet
altered manner. That I was more com
pletely than ever In her power was evi
dent to me in spite of my agony of
bewilderment. Thief, murderer, adul
terer—I was thus to be proclaimed to
the world and to my wife and child.
But the woman who held me in her
tolls had said she would save mel In
what way! Not out of tenderness and
pity, but out of hate and scorn. What
course was to be dictated by these
sentiments?
“You understand me?” she asked.
“It is necessary that you should tell
me that you understand me.”
“So far,” I said, “I understand you.”
“I am about to dictate terms. My
silence, my mercy, must be purchased.
I have set a price and terms upoD
them.”
She forced me to reply, keeping
silence till I spoke.
"Let me know what they are?”
“That is sensibly spoken. In the
murdered man’s dispatch box there
were five thousand pounds. I must
hate that money.”
“I have not got It.”
“Nonsense! I must have it.”
“I have not got it.”
“Swear by the living God.”
“I swear by the living God!”
She laughed mockingly. “But, my
dear sir, my innocent, virtuous gentle
man, money I must have. You drew
from the bank to-day £1000. I must
have that. It is in this room. Ah,
there is a safe in the corner! You keep
your precious things in it. Your eyes
are wandering toward it now. And
these two keys upon the table—why, as
I am an honest woman, they must be
the keys of the safe! I wonder, now,
if I could unlock it!”
I allowed her to do as she would.
She unlocked the safe, and drew there
from two bags of gold, 500 sovereigns
in each.
I sell you your lire ror the gold in
these lings,” she said. “Is it agreed?”
‘- I nodded vacantly. My senses were
numbed. If I could have poured out
/my life’s blood ,to i save from sorrow
and shame my darling wife and daugh
ter, gladly would I have shed it. What,
then, in comparison, were these bags of
gold?
“It is fortunate,” she said, “that you
were paid in gold. I should have re
fused bank notes, and then you would
have been on the straight road to the
gallows. But there is another condi
tion: Your life is not worth a mo
ment’s purchase if you decline it.' You
will go from this house to-night within
the hour, and you will never set foot
in it again. Wheire you go to I do not
care; disappear, drown yourself, hang
yourself; it will not matter to me. If
you refuse to obey me, if ever you seek
again the society of your wife and
daughter, they and all the world shall
be made acquainted with your crimes.
That is^py revenge; as, sweet to me—
ah,' sweeter—than' money. You would
have driven me forth. I drive you
forth. So long as you are in hiding
in any part of the world you like you
ar^ safe. Do you agree?”
“I must agree.”
“Then there is nothing more to be
said.” She moved toward the door,
opened it, and spoke to me from that
spot. Every word of her hissing voice
fell clear upon my senses, although she
spoke in a tone so low that it could
not travel to any other part of the
house. “I shall watch that you keep
your word. I hate you and yours!
Violate the conditions I have imposed,
and I will bring your lady wife and
daughter to the gutters. I will hunt
and pursue and exposq them, so that
they shall never know a moment’s
peace. You know what you have to
expect Good-night.”
She was gone, and I was alone.
Well did I know that she would put
her threats into execution if I did not
keap faith with her. And was it not
better, apart from this, that I should
disappear from the sight of those I
loved and never see them again? Was
it possible, knowing what I knew—
knowing that I was a murderer—that
I could ever allow them to place their
innocent lips to my guilty ones, that I
could ever gaze into their dear, inno
cent eyes without shuddering? True,
I felt that I had sinned unconsciously,
but the guilt was no less mine than if
I had done the deed in the broad light
of day, with all my senses about me.
Yes, I must go; from this home to
which I had brought my young wife,
in which my dear child had been born,
in which we had enjoyed a heaven of
happiness. I must go, and live hence
forth a dead life.
To be continued.
Mine. Loubet.
The mother of President Loubet, who
died recently at the age of ninety-one
years, was a woman of a type to be
met with nowhere outside of France.
She came of that country stock, to be
perfectly candid, that peasant stock,
which is the backbone of the republic,
and she never pretended to be any
thing but what she was. Even after
her son became President of France
she could not be induced to pay a visit
to Paris.
Of course she was proud of M. Lon
bet’s success, but it is said that her
first remark after she learned that he
was President was: "I shall see him
Jess than ever now.” In this, however,
she was mistaken. M. Loubet con
tinued to be.: a frequent visitor to the
little farm at Marsanne where he was
born, and which, after her sons became
successful men, Mme. Loubet looked
after alone. She always refused to in
trust the management of the farm to
anyone else, and remained vigorous
in brain and body almost to her dying
day. When her sons visited her she
made them help in the work. When
Emile Loubet went to Marsanne soon
after he had been elected President,
her first words, after she had greeted
him, were:
“Come on, Emile, I want you to do
something. I am too old to knead the
bread, but I never let anyone else bake
It; you must help me in the job.”
The President thereupon took off his
coat and went obediently to work.—
New York Times.
The counsel of George Washington:
“Labor to keep alive in your breast
that little spark of celestial fire called
conscience,” is a word of advice al
ways worthy of thought.
“That man has a perfect right to dic
tate, to his wife.” “How so?” “Oh,
lie married his stenographer."—Prince
ton Tiger.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL' '
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT!*
FOR NOVEMBER 26.
Bnl>je«»: Almtlnencr Foi the 8»he of
Others, I. Cor. x., *3-33— Golden Text,
]. Cor. x„ *58—Memory Verses, 31-83
—Commentary on the ITay’s Lesson.
In verses 14-22 Paul resumes the dis
cussion from chapter 8:18 touching the
eating of meats which had been offered
in sacrifice to idols. In the lesson be
fore us we have some practical direc
tions on this subject.
, I. The duty of living for others (vs.
23, 24).
23. “All things are lawful.” I may
lawfully eat all kinds of food, but nil
are not expedient. It w'ould not be be
coming in me to eat. of all, because I
should by this offend and grieve many
weak minds. Though it may be ad
mitted that it is strictly lawful to t*at
meats offered to idols, yet there are
strong reasons why it is inexpedient,
and those reasons ought to have the
binding force of law. “Not expedient.”
And so, being unprofitable a nip injur
ious, may thereby become unlawful.
. "Edify not.” All things (to. not. tend
to build up the cause ot Christ, and
therefore are not expedient. 24. “His
own.” Let no man consult his own
happiness, pleasure or convenience,
but let him ask wbat«wiil be for the
good of others. No rule is laid down
about eating or not eating any kind of
food as a matter of importance in it
self. With such things the gospel has
no concern. What Paul does prescribe
relates to the effect of our conduct upon /
others. Let every man live not for
himself, but for every part of the great s '
human family with which he is sur
rounded. “Another’s wealth.” “But
each his neighbor's good.”—R. V. This
will cause true happiness.
II. The duty of guarding the weak
(vs. 25-30). 25. “Is sold.” The meats <
of idol sacrifices were often exposed to '
sale in the markets especially by the
priests, when they had on hand a sur
plus. To the Christian this was a*
> lawful ns any other meat. “Sham
bles.” The meat stalls ip the market.
“Asking no question.” The Jews were
vekedTvith innumerable scruples wlthi
respect to their eating and were accus
tomed to ask many questions about
their food, as to where it was obtained,
how prepared, etc.; all of these scruples
and questionings the gospel abolished.,
26. “Earth is the Lord’s.” See Psa.1
24:3. This meat belongs to the Lord
and is made for man’s use. It does not
belong to the ido!, even though it has
been offered to it. It may therefore be
partaken of as God's gift. 27. "Bid—
feast.” This refers to a feast in a pri
vate bouse. In verses 34-22 the apostle
severely rebukes the practice of eatingf
at feasts in heathen temples, because
this was one-part of idolatrous wor
ship. If a pagan friend invite a Chris
tian to his home to dine he should eat
what is set before him without vexing
his host with questions about his food.
But there is nothing here commanded
which wouid'require a person to eat or
drink that which is harmful.
28. "Sfty unto you.” .. That is, if one
of your fellow guests should display
scruples of conscience, or a heathen
should be likely to draw the inference
that you approved of idol warship, this
altogether alters the case. You are no
longer simply eating with thankfulness* ,
the food set before you ns the gift of -
God, but the question of idolatrous
.worship of idols as permissible to a/
Christian. 20. “For why,” etc. This
verse and the next as a little obscure.
The meaning seems to be that “no man
has a right to interfere with the liberty,
enjoyed by another, save so far hs hia
own conscience and conscientious con
victions are likely to be affected there
by.” We must guard the point of
yielding to another’s conscience, for
we may by obeying a man’s false con
science confirm his self-conceit, or es
tablish a fnlge morality. 30. “If I by
grace.” “If I partake with thankful
ness.”—R. V.
III. The correct rale of conduct (vs.
81-33).
31. “Eat, or drink.” The glory of
God is to be the end of all our actions.
In themselves eating and drinking are
things indifferent, but there are eir
enmstances in which they may be mat
ters of the highest importance. In our
own day, for instance, the question of
using or abstaining from intoxicating
liquors is one which ought to be dealt
with on the same principles which Paul
has laid down In this chapter. Such a
question should be decided on one
ground alone, namely, whether by us
ing them or abstaining from them wo
shall best promote the glory of God.
“Do all.” This requires that we should
plan and order our whole life in ac
cordance with God’s law. “Glory of
God.” To live to God’s glory should he
the high aim of every individual. This
is a sufficient rule to regulate every,
man’s conscience and practice.
32. “Give none offense.” See R. V.
Though you^iinay "be no better or worse
for eating meat or not eating, yet if
your conduct injures others and leads
them into sin you should abstain en
tirely. It is far more important that
your brother should not bo led into sin
than that you should partake of meat
which you acknowledge is iu itself of
no importance. This is a general prin
ciple which should regulate Christian
conduct at all time. “Jews.” The
apostle ever avoided offense to his
kinsmen after the flesh. “Gentiles.”’
Crossing none of their prejudices where
God’s law does not require it.
33. “Please all men.” He did this
so far as he could righteously. “May
he saved.” His main object was tt>
seek the salvation of all men. This
was the end In view. Salvatton ena
bles men to set aside their own way*
in order to uplift another. Strife over
non-essentials destroys rather than
builds up the work of God.
Japan's purchases from the United
States in the fiscal year just closed
amounted to $51,724,726.
Woman Runs an Engine.
Mis. G. W. Manning, wl:o lives sev«
en miles south of Monroe, Mo., is prob
ably the only woman engineer in Miss
ouri. Her husband operates a sawmill,
and for two years Mrs. Manning has
acted as engineer. Mr. Manning says:
“Prior to two years ago I employed
men at different times as engineer,
all of whom were more or less unsatis
factory. Upon one occasion the engi
neer did not show up. My wife told
me to turn, the engine over to her. To
my surprise she handled the engine all
right and we did one of the best days’
work of the season. For two years
she has' run the engine with little ex
pense for repairs.”
Bears Hold Up Trolley U.r*
An electric car, loaded with early
morning passengers bound from Wood
land, a suburb, to Duluth, Minn., was
held up half an hour by a big bear and
her cubs. No one oh the car was in
clined at first to expostulate with Mrs
Bruin, but at last, as she evinced uc
dangerous tendencies, two or three of
the bravest approached. The bear
was annoyed by their attentions ttuO
moved majestically uwny. , s