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w JSw w 4hsW । W >®M w m\ Jk J<- V CHAPTER XXlX—Continued. Lord Clanyarde and his daughter left at the end of the week. There were fever cases talked of already, and all the American tourists had fed. Lord Clanyarde felt he was not getting away an hour too soon. They dawdled about among Swiss mountains, living a life of rustic simplicity that was wondrously beneficial to Constance, but somewhat painful to Lord Clanyarde. At the beginning of July thev had established themselves at a little lonely village in the shadow of white, solemn mountains, and hero Constance felt as if she had passed beyond the region of actual life into a state of repose, a kind of painless purgatory. She had done with the world and worldly interests and affections. Even the little stranger’s heart must have been weaned from her by this time. Lord Clanyarde saw the gradual decay of his daughter's strength, and trembled for the issue. She had grown dearer to him in this time of close compansonship than she had ever been since the far-off days when she was little Connie, the youngest and loveliest o his daughters. He told hi r self that unless something occurred to rouse her from this dull apathy, this placid calm, which looked like the forerunner of death's rozen stillness there was every reason for fear and but little ground for hope. Lord Clanyarde prayed more earnestly than be had ever done before in his sell-indulgent life, and it seemed to him that Providence heard his cry for help. Ono morning there camo a letter j from Rome which startled father and daughter alike. It was from Mrs. Walsingham, written in a tremulous hand, and addressed to Lord Clanyarde. “They tell me I am dying, and the near approach of death has molted the ice about my he .rt. I have been a very wicked' woman, and now conscience urges me to make you what poor reparation I can for the most cruel and treacherous revenge—not upon the man who wtongel me, but upon the innocent girl for whose sake

I was deserted. । “I have deeply injured your daughter, Lord Clanyarde, and 1 meant to carry the secret of that wrong to the grave —to leave her desolate and childless to the end. But the long lonely night , the pain and weariness of decay, the dieary seclusion from the dreary outer world —these have done their work. Conscience, which had been deadened by anger and revenge, i slowly awakened, and there came a longing for atone nent. I can never undo what I have done. I can never give your daughter back the years that have been darkened by sorrow her wasted tears, her vain regre s. But I . may do something. Let her come to me—let her stand beside my deathbed, and 1 will whi per the story of my crime into her ear. I will not write it. She must come quickly if she wishes to hear what 1 have to tell, for death stares me in the fare, and this letter may le long reaching you. Everyday drifts m > further down the dark river. How swifty it rushes sometimes in the dreary night-watches! I can fancy I hear the ripple of the tl ie and the hollow moan of the great ocean that lies before me —the unknown sea of death and eternity.” Here came a broken sentence, which Lord Clanyarde could not decipher, and it seemed to him that the writer's mind had wandered toward the close of the letter. There was no signature, but he knew the handwriting, and Mrs. Walsingham's address was engraved at the top. The letter had been more than a week on the road, and was readdressed from the hotel where Lord Clanyarde and his daughter had stayed at the beginning 0 their tour. “It’s a curious business, ” said Lord Clanyarde, doubtfully, after he had given Constance the letter. “I believe her mind is affected, poor soul; and I really don't think you ought to go. Who can tell what she may do in her ravings, an I not a vestige of truth in | it, perhaps.”

He thought Mrs. Walsingham’s j * death-be I confession might concern i 1 her relations with Gilbert Sinclair, ; ' and that it would be better for Constance to 1 ear nothing the unhappy lady could tell. “This letter bears the stamp of truth,” sa'd Constance, firmly. “I shall I g , papa. Pray get a carriage and let I us start as quickly as possible." “But, my love, consider the unhcalth- ; iness of Rome at this time of year. We I -might as well go and live in a fever I hospital. The Pontine Marshes, you ! know, steaming with malaria. We j should be digging our own graves.” _ “You need not go there unless you i like, pa a, but I shall not lose an hour. She has something to confess —some wrong done me — something about Christabel, perhaps,” cried Constance. He saw that the only wise course was to yield to his daughter’s wishes, and lost no time in making arrangements for the journey back to Rome. They entered Rome in the summer sunset, the city looking beautiful as a dream. The atmosphere was cool and balmy, but Lord Clanyarde looked with a shudder at the silvery mists floating over the "valleys, and fancied he saw the malaria fiend grinning at him lehind that diaphanous veil. Constance thought of nothing but the purpose for which she had come. “Tell the man to drive straight to

Mrs. Walsingham's, pa; a,” sho said, : eager y. । He gave the directions to the driver, J and the man pulled up his tired horses I before one of the stately palaces of the , past. An Italian man servant admitted i them to the anteroom lavishly decorated with pictures and bric-a-abrac a room in which 1 ord Clanyarde had eaten Neapolitan ices or sipped coffee on those Saturday evenings which Mrs. Walsingham had made so agree- i able to him.- He had never seen the | room empty before to-night, and it [ had a singularly desolate look to his fancy in the flicker ng light ot a pair of wax candles that had burned down to the sockets of t.li> Pompeian bron e candlesticks on ha^^velvet draped mantelpiece. “How is your mistress?” Lord Clanyarde asked, eagerly. The Italian shrugfred his shoulders. “Alas, excellency, it goes always the sane. She still exists, that is all.” i “Tell her Mrs. Sinclair has come from Switzerland in the hope of seeing her. ” The Italian s mmoned Mr . Wabing- ‘ hams n aid, who rep osted Constance to come at once to the sick-room. She was expected. Bit she must prepare herself to be shocked by Mrs. Walsingham’s appearance. Her end seemed near. "You had better go to your hotel, papa,” said Constant e. “I mty have to stay here a long time. You can camo back for me by and by.” Cn reflection Lord Clanyarde considered this the best arrangement. Ho really wanted his dinner. Indeed, ho had never yet to ind any crisis in life so solemn as to obliterate that want. The servant led the way through a suite of reception rooms to a tall door at the en lof a spacious saloon. This opened into Mrs. \\ alsingham's bedroom, which was the last room on this side of the house; a noble cuaml er, with windows looking two ways one toward the hills, the other over the stately roofs and temples of the city. Both windows were wide open, and there was no light in the room save the rosy glow of sunset. The bed was in an alcove, voluminously dra ed with amber damask and Roman lace. Mrs. Walsingham was in a sitt ng position, propped u > with pillows, lacing the sun-zlow beyond the purp e hil s. Thore was a second do or opening onto the staircase, and m Constance entered, some one—a man- left the jnom by this door. She supposed that -this person mu-tbeone of Mrs. Walsingham’s medical attendants. Tne doctors were hovering about her no doubt, in these last hours. “You have come,” gasped the dying woman, “thank God! You can go, Mori ris,” to the maid; “I will ring if 1 want you. Come here, Mrs. Sine air. Sit down by my sid •. There is no time to ! lose. My breath fails me very often. I You must excuse—be patient.'’ “Pray do not distress yourself.” said i Constance, seating herself in the chair beside the bed; “1 can stay as long as you like.”

; “How gently you sj o;ik to me! but you don't know. You will look at mo dinerently presently—not wit i tho e compassionate eyes. I am an aw ul s ectacle. am I not?- living death. Would you believe that 1 was once a beauty? Mint painted my portrait when we were both at our best—" with a bitter little laugh. i “I have not lost an hour in coming to I i you. If you have done me a wrong that, j you can by any means atone for, pray | do not lose time.” “Death is waiting at mv door. Yes, I must bo quick. But it is so horrible to talk o it, such mean, low treach: rv. i Not a great r vcn.e a pitiful, paltry aot cf spitefulness, oh, if y< u knew how I lived Gilbert Sinclair, how i firmly I believed in his love ves, and he was fond i f me. until tho luckless i I day you crossed his path and stole his ; heart from me." [ "I never knew,” faltered Constance. * “No; y* u wronged me ignorantly, bat that did not m ke my loss lighter to bear. I hated you for it. Yes. 1 men - * ured my hatred for y ni by my love for j him. Life was int lerab eto mo with- ■ out him. and ono day 1 vowed that 1 I would make your lilo intolerable to ■ you. I was to d 1 hat you we:e making । an idol of your child, that your happiness was bound up in that baby a existence, and I resolved that the child should be taken from you— —“ “Wretch.” cried Constance, starting up in sv.dden horror. “You wore there —at Schienesthal: you pushed her I down the steps. It was not an accident —” “No, no. I wai not quite so ba las that; not capab e of taki g that sweet young life. To take her from you, that { was enough. To make y< ur days misj erable, to make you drink the cup of | tears, as I had done, because of you: j that was my end and aim. I found a , willing tool in your French nurse-maid |—a skillful c adjutor in James Wya t. I Everything was well planned. The girl had teamed to swim, the year before,

at Ostend, and was not afraid to plunge into the river when she saw hoi no uno coming. This gave a look of reality to the business. I m t Melanie Duport at the ruins that September morning, and tock your baby from her. 1 carried her away in my i.wn arms to the I place where a carriage was waiting for I me, and drove straight to Baden, and j from Baden traveled as fast as 1 could Ito Brussels, keeping the baby in my I own charge all the while.” I “She was not drowned, then. Thank God. thank God. ’ cried Con tance, ! sinking on her knees beside' the bed, j and lifting up her heart in praise and , thanksgiving. Os Mrs. Walsingham’s i guilt—of the vain sorrow she had en- ■ dured—she hardly thought in this momerit of delight. j “Where i she. my darling, my angel? j What have you done with her? Where j have you hidden her all this time? । A wan smile crept over the ashen face of the dying sinner. i “We are -trange creatures, we womyen —mysteries even to ourselves,” she : said. “I took your child from you, a d . hearing you were dying broken-heart- ■ , ed, gave her back to you. Your old ■ i lover pleaded strongly. I gave her . into Sir Cyprian Davenant’s keeping. , I know no more. ” “Then I was not deceived. My Christabel—it was my Christabel they i brought back to m»N Tha jjoatinct ol

my mother’s heart was ncta delusion • “Can you pity—pardon?” faltered Mrs. Walsingham. “Yes. I forgive you for all— f or I months of blank, hopele >s grief—all—because of what you have told me tonight. If you had taken this secret to the giave if I had never known—[ should gave gone on steeling my heart against my darling; I should have thrust her from mo, loft hor mother- i 1 less to this cruel world, an I thought that I was doing my duty. Yes, j £ | give. You have wronged me cruellw | and it was heartless, treacherous abominable, what you did at Sehcen j esthal; but 1 forgive you all f or i sake of this bossed moment. Mhv God pardon you, as I do.” “K° u ^ re an an ^el,” sighed Mrs Walsingham, stretching out a feeble hand, which Constance pres ed t«n I derly in both her < wn. Death is a great heale •< f b -gone wrongs “And will ^ouL rgive the friend who brought you your own child, behoving that ho was bringing upon you a strai ger a - d wh > experimentalized with jour’maternal love in .ho hope of winning vnn from the grave?” y “You mean S r Cyprian Davenant?” said C ns anco. t "Yes’.” , “I felt angry with him whelF^W ' father told me what he had done* but । I am sure all ho did was done OUt of affection for an old friend. I have nothing to f. rg.vo.” "1 am glad to hear y< u say that. Sir । Cyprian has re urned fr m Africa after a successful expediti n. He is ini Rome.” C nstance’s pale cheek grow a shale paler. “He is in Romo, aid has paid mo ma iv visits in tho sick-ro an. He has talked t>me of your go tlene s v* ur divine compass! n. But f r that Ido no think that L should ever have bad tho cou age to send for y. u ” “I t auk him with all my heart,” ex- ! claimed < k nstance. "Let your ips thank him, too,” said Mrs. Wals ghan, touching the spring I ell on the little tab e b her • ide. She struck tho bell three time.-, and at tho third chime t e door opened and Cyprian I avenant <ame in. It was he who had withdrawn quietly at Mrs. Sine air's entrance, and whom she bad mistaken for the doctor. "She has forgiven all," said Mrs. Walsingham. "Yo i wore right when you called her an angel. And now let me do ono good thii g on my deathbed. Let me be sure that Hie lest of hor life will l»e bright and happy, that there will be a strong arm and a true heart between her and st rrow. It will help to lift tho butden from my conscience if 1 can re sure of that." Constance spoke not a word, sho stood More her firs lover blushing like a seh ol girl. She dared not lilt her eyes to his face. Happily there was little need of words. Cyprian put his arm r* und the slender figure, in its dismal black dress, and drew the love of ye irs to his breast. “God has been very good to us, my daring," he said. “May lie never part us any more! I think He meant us t > live and die together.” * onstance did not qiivsti n this assertion. Her heart mutely echoed her lover's words. In the early > -prlng ITHijfclowing year I avenant awoxe 1 ko of the >1 oping Beauty, an 1 the »otnfortablo o u servants, who had grown fat and she k during their period of vonparative idleness, rejoi el and made merry at the coming home of the! • master. They had known him from his boyhood and to them this raising up of the od fam )y to more than its former prosperity was like a ■ per onai elevation. I.ven >he neighi boring villages had their share n the ; gladness, and there were more boni res ami triumphal arches between the j railwav tntion and the park gates on i the opening of >ir t y rian’s return : with his beautiful wife than had e er been seen be for • by the olded inhabi itant. I aby < hri-tao 4 was waiting to receive them on the threshold of the old oak-paneled hall; and Martha Br ggs, re-plendent in a new si k gown do- ■ dared that this was the happiest day of her life an a-sertiou wui h .lames • Gib on, the .amekeepcr, rc.entedasa ! personal a” rout. "Bar o e. laity." he remonstrated. “1 should think your own wedding-day i ought, to be still ha pier." “No. it won't.” cried Martha, decidI ed y: "and I th nk you ought to know, Jim, that 1 would never have given my 1 con-ent to yet married if my mistress hadn’t “Set you the example,” cried James, with a guffaw. "And a very good example t is, too. Sir Cyprian has ; pronnedme the new lodge at tho south gate—live rooms and a scullery. That's the issus'doing, I'll be bound.” (THE END | Old Superstitions. It is curious to observe how many strange ideas and superstitions have teen handed d wn to us I y our greatgrandmothers. many of which are still , firmly believed in in remote country ' places, particularly by the peasants in the north of England. It was proverbial with our grandmothers that— A maiden should never be married in colors if she wishes to be happy, ' the most unfortunate colors VAng yellow aftd green. \vuu>ws wiio re-marry ought to bo dre sed in white. Wednesday is the most fortunate day for marriages, Saturday the most unlucky. The thirteenth of the month is unI fortunate for all purposes. ■ • If a wedding party should meet a funeral on the way to church, separar . ; tion will ensue. ’ ! Birds in flocks are lucky, and the sun to shine upon a I ride is most propi- : tiou-, denoting success in all matters , and mutual love. ' ’ , ' If a green pea-ped containing nine I peas is put by a maiden over the hall 5 door, she will be married if the lirst - j stranger who enters happens t > be a ■ | bachelor. j Everything commenced upon the ■ i first day of the moon is supposed to 5 ; turn out successful. Never pick up an old glove or sorrow i , will follow. A dream told before breakfast will - not come out true. It is ^aid to be un--3 lucky to dream of a baby, lucky to 1 dream of a white horse, and luckiest of - all to dream one hears music being 1 played. To dream of a wed ting means r : a death, and t > dream of a death '• ; foretells a wedding. >- i When Tea Was a LuxiiFy, > t 0 IGs l toa WaS Sold iu England d tor SSO a pound.

EXPENSE oJcoNGRESS ' WHAT IT COSTS THE COUNTRY FOR ONE SESSION Salaries of Senators, Rspresentatlveg and Their Clerks F oo t Up n u arße Som _ Various Contingent Funds for the Comfort of Itiwinakers. May Soon Reach 195,000 000 Washington correspo idino-,-The session of Congress just closed was perhaps the most expm s lve Congreesional experience that the countr y has ever had By this is meant not tho cost of what Congress did, nor the appropriations that it male for the general administration of tho govern fOI V lO a ° tUal °° 6fc Os tho two houses thorn.elves, it is an interesting study to watch the growth of expenditures that the two houses of Congress are willing to appropriate for, whtm ,Xhe Oxpenditu re is for their own “pSrsonn.! recompense, comfort and y ensure. The ej^ensa ih some of the collateral channels is simply appalling, • a d it is something that will one day cause a wild s; irit of resentment, throughout the country. There is too much money spent at "the annual sessions of Congress and entirely t io much recklessness in appropriating the public funds for the purpo e, Tho great waste of money is naturally in the direct.on of salaries. Both wings of tho Capitol are loaded and overloa led with employes. The e are clerks to do this, clerks to do that, and clerks to supervise the other clerks. The light und scramble and const mt wrangle and furious contention is to get on the pay roll. The earlier C ngresses rarely cost as much as rlj Od.ouii pe.-s ‘ssion. Here is what tho fifty-third Congress app. opriuted for the ast session of its term, it must be reim ml cred that this is the short session, covering practically but three m inths, which expires March 4, IStU. The bulk of tho appropriation, however, covers the whole period of tho fiscal yea •, for most of the salaries are ; nnual. (•(Br OF A HIX ITE SESSION. Senators’a Harles f 440,000 Senators'mileage 4 ,000 Compensation of ofllcers, clerks, mesaenaers 420.313 Clerks to Senators, not otherwise provided for Contingent expenses 17.000 Miscellaneous items llti'W Total for Senate $1,083,818 HOUSE Os HEF^iESENTA 1 IVES. Salaries of membsra |l.B«X),<o : i Mt’eage of members 130,000 Officers,clerks .messengers in the service of the House 374 o**o Cl< rks to members ami delegates 9T,o<»i Contingent expenses Icbjmo Official reporters of debates 3 >,us Expenses of Congressional library ... 71 tan Expenses of botanic garden 18,8- 0 Expenses of capitol poiic • Ss.uoo Total for House s3.tw> 700 Expenses for both houses $ -7 1 OH This d 08 not in dude IM C J)W appr >- printed by the two houses jointly for tho salary of the Public Printer and his clerks and tho miscellaneous expenses of tho Public Printer's office, nor dt ea it include tho eno mous expense of printing t ho public documents, tho Congressional Record, and all manner of public printing ordered by Congrus-. Tonre are th msa ds of । eop!e employed tn tho t> mting vtlico of whom it Is impossible to get any record. Thev are employed on piece work, and it is impos iblo to ostimito what will bo needed to pay them. Tiier.’ Is not a depart meat < f the t government that dot's not ii o'.u io in ts estima'C’ a -mailer or great >r amount for tho printing of its own department, and that b ings up tho cost of the printing bureau to flgures which It would l>e impn-sible to folk w out. <i fit I xpense or C crks. The grossest Ite n in the Senate and ■ House bi lof exp.ms ■ are the charges j for clerk hire, it long ago I ecarno a byword that there oft m wore more i clerks sitting m tho Senate in their i employers chairs than there wore Sen- i ators. It is true. Wh m Senators feel i l >at they can a ford t > appoint th- ir i eons, their brothers, their in-other -in- i law and any other male members of ! thei - family to act as their so retry ' and d*aw the pitiful SI 0 a month, they ought not to le ashamed of their presence on the floor, ami perhaps they are no . There are S nators and many of them wno have not only placed their sons on the pay-roll , but who have in-talle I wives and da ighte.G as their private se netaries and stenographers, thus keeping tho amount allowed for clerk hire all In tho family. Anl among tho Senators who have thus provid d for their dependents are tho o be-t kno.xn to the country as leaders. There is no way of getting at the names of the people who draw those salaries, but it Is an open secret that fully one-half the Senators have th ir s; ns or some memb r of their family on the ; ayroll. Perhaps nobody should blame the Senators of ei her party forth: s aiding in the support of their dependents, for they 1 ave an ill istrious example in the Vice President of the United States, whose first official act after taking oath was to app int his son his private secretary 7 . While the Hou^e of Representatives is in a general way more co tly than the Senate, that fact muA be attributed to its gffEate.' membership, but the House is learning fast. Fer years it has been trying to have a corps of clerks, on * for each member, like those appointed by the Senate. It is only within the past year that the Senate wou d con ent to this, but finally through me ms of a deal it was acc mplished. It is the c sdiest innovation that the Ho so has made in its expenses in many years It involves in fact, so much moi cy that every method of disguising tho real expendituie is employed. There are 36 ■ members of tho House, of whom about : OJ, not being chairmm o 1 ommittces, are entitled to this clerical benefit. I nder the new rule each member, notachairman, is entitled to ^lO ' per month during the session f r clerk hire. Care was taken in tho wording of the resolution that the members shall m t appoint a clerk to draw that salary, but that he should draw that sum himself a d use it as ho sees fit in hiring clerical help. This serves a double purpose. First it keeps a lot of names off 1110 pay-roll, where it is not desirable to have them and ng tin, if a Congressman does not want to employ 7 a clerk, not need ng one, ho can d aw the money and put it in his own po. ket, and it is an open secret that many 'of them doit. Nothing since the famous back-pay scandal years ago has | errated so unpleasantly 7 upon the Con-

Z 1 ™” 1 IXe'tl’fh’W thi ' w Per .ulaite,. AVi 1 •200,0 m To .O o aS, CT ‘ han h© I'ackiiix B isl branches of in both e.uallvL^ which Beem of continent or lnstan ce, the item compoSnX'vofT 0 ;’’’ * lo<o '°’ 18 being anm-onX° n ® r y-

Thoie iVa n h • that alone - Rent accm n i ? n tbo C‘^tingreatd<vil "hich always makes a ofTacku^ox^ aad that ? B the item every Member "s o >Ht od^wY 01 ^ ff es home, to have H^e 0 b I^°^ in which to pack his books ai d papers Faeh e ß et X eo a °f lnade under ctntract. 1-ach set consists ol tw-> la, ir O b >xe < and one sm«ll one. Those in tho Si n“l°, ^ re “nd® elaborately. The ° t v Of ’naming the-e boxes is not so J bo Senators cost about $1,209, those for tho Hou o cost but U W ?«’ but actual cost is i£le compared with what it | coats the postort co de t artment to । transport the boxes and their contents a :out the country. And from year to year it is growing. I very Congress finds tome new neces-

sity, some new comfort some new perquisite or some other new way 7 of spending money. If it is not or e thing it is another. If it is not a new SIOO clerkship it is a new horse and wagon or an additional bureau or a better packing box or a larger collection of printed books for distribution or more garden seeds or more roots and plants. Taking tho appropriations as made for the next short session of Congress as a basis, we may soon expect to see each session of Congress, no matter which party L in power, for they are both alike in that respect, cost the American people something like $5,00U,C00. As it is to-day, it is the most expen ive legislative b dy < n the face of the earth. Thore is nothing to oeual it anywhere. Tho mst extravagant mot archies of i urope, while they s inander money upon their royal families, and in proper maintaining of royal dignity, are exceedingly chary of their legislative exp mses. Tho British Parliament roes not co t one-third the amount expended by the Au.erican Congress. SHOWERS IMPROVE PASTURES Late Corn A ho TromUes a Larger Yield Than Hail Been Anticipated. The repiortsof th' condition of the crops throughout tho country received an 1 compiled by the weather bureau at Chicago a e us follows: ihinoii—ieiuptraiuru. except in central por ion. above aoruinl; rahituil above and Bunsbine below. Ft oat in northern portlon; no damage. Corn maturing listi chinch bugs damaging some sections. Decided improvement in pastures Ground in excellent condition for plowing and seeding. Indiana—Showers have improved pasture* and gardens In most sections and seeding h progressing rapidly. Corn is maturing slowly und 1- tillin' well; much In shock und m st corn free from ftost. Wisconsin Rain has been general In all sections. 0.-iiss allows a remarkable growth and fall feed is abundant. Fotatoes improving. Ikirn turoinu out betier than expected. Cranberries nearly all picked C nsiderable wheat and rye sow n. Minnesota — Temperature above normal. Nights cool, wl:h irequ nt frosts, which only damaged garden truck. Moro rain needed. Fall plowing pr gressiug rapidly. Potatoes being dug; yield light. lowa—turn generally safe from frost. More than the usual amount of plowing has 1o -n don x Pastures and late p tatoes show marked Improvement. tenth Dakota—High winds have delayed thrashing during the week, but It L nearly finished now. Frost has killed all vegetation that had not matured. Kansas —Abundant rains in south half of the State and lighter rains In the north I half, xviih much cloudy, cool weather, have er-atly improved pastures, garden-, meads ows and orahardi Plowing for a large . acreage of whe t’. Feeding begun. Nebraska —Very little change In crop j conditions Kiln much needed for fall i I I lowing and seeding. Frost did little dam- I I age. Oklahoma —Weather cool and pleasant, j Copious rains fell every where, with the ex- [ ■ ceptlon of limit* I areas in the north por- ; tions of central section, where the ground Is too dry for plowing and chinch bugs are damaging f rage crops. Some wheat sown. Late crops doing well. Grass will make good late hay and pastura re. Ml-s uri—Plow lug »nd seeding progressing well, with soil in good condition except I in some southern counties, where they were ; retarded by heavy rains Pastures, turI nips, late potatoes and considerable late I corn greatly Improve I. Arkansas—Weather very unfavorable. Cotton seriously injured by rust, rot, she 1ding and worms. Opening slowly and picking not general yet. Corn will be a good crop. Potatoes, pastures and fall gardens fine. MORTON IS NAMED. i i New York Republicani At ant the Ex-5 ice Presiden 7 for Governor. , j Ex-Vic3 President Morton was nomij nated for governor < f New York by ’ tho Republican State convention at

Saratoga on the first ballot. ( en. B. F. Tracy in an extended speech placed in nomination ex-Vice I'resident Morton. Col. Buxterof I liniris placed iu nomination K J. Si* at Fassett. Si as B. Dutcher of Kings * County nominated Gen " Stewart L. Woodford John S. Wise of Now York, .formerly of Virginia, seconded Merton's

■6 - A 1 *• ’ ; WWW LEVI P. MORTON.

! nominati n. E. A. Nash < f Cat- ! taraugus, named Gen. Butterfield. Ext i Congressman Parker of St. Lawrence [ : County presented the name of ,1 Ju Ige Leslie W. Russell. Cries ' ! for a vote followed and the chairman I I ordered the roll to bo called by coun- . I ties. Before Ontario was reached . i Morton had been nominated, and when . i the vote was finished the clerk, amid I great c nfusion, anno need: ''Morten, , a'l-b; I assett, 09: Woodford, 40; Butterfield, 2!»; Russell, fO Bliss, 401, and Arkell, I.” The nomination of Morton was made unanimous. Charles T. ’ , Saxton was nominated for Lieutenant I Governor on the first ballot. A feature ; of the meeting was the enthu-iasm caused when .1. >L at i'as-ett was menj tinned as a candidate, but it ended . ; with a demonstration, for Fassett was : not in evidence when the votes were counted. The platform denounces recent tariff legislation and the present administration in general. John Morrow kilted James O'Neill at Dallas, Tax.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. A Scholarly Exposition of tho LessonThoughts Worthy of Calm ReflectionHalf an Hour-g study of the ScriptureH ._ Time WeU Spent.

Lesion for Sapt. 30. September CO i 9 quarterly review Sunday and it should not tea wasted be th^ho T contrar y, it should e best of the three months’ calenends t Um ° ° Utch u ’ loos ® ends, to fill up empty Hpaces, to glance backward and forward as from a kind of promontory. Travelers pause at mos for a general glance and to take their reckonings. Tho past is revmwed and the rest of the jo. rney is more intelligently and expeditiouslymade. So may it be with this review of our pilgrimage in the Holy l and. “ K '>acUward.. W e Have studied jurist s now from infauev. Benin- * ning wltn the ot .lesim, Julv 1 we nave come with these autumn days to the beginning of his second year's ■ ministry. In the period of vouth and

the first year's ministry the gospel narratives have not been equally full or explicit. Luke tolls the most about Christ’s early days. John is the one who describes the first year's ministry. Now we enter upon a period where there is a chorus of all voices increasing toward the last. A glance forward. Wo shall in the next threa months accompany ( hrist in his earthly pilgrimage unto tho “Sending forth of the Twelve toward the close of the second year of his ministry. It is thus seen that we shall give the quarter’s study to one whole year in the life ot our Lord, namely, the sec nd year of his ministry. Stalker thus briefly and luminously divides the ministry of Christ: 1. Year of Obscurity, in Judea. 2. Year of Popularity, in Galilee. 3. Year of Opposition, six months in (ra ilee, six months in Perea and Judea. A broad glance. The International Lessons fr* m 8 -1 to 1899, bringing us to the close of the century, take up, with a wise dis riminati n, both the Old and New Testament threads, twining them together, as they were evidently intended to be. The first half of the year we were reading from Genesis to Exodus xiv. With July we began the life of Christ. We shall carry it forward a solid year, completing in that tin e the survey of Christ's earthly ca eer from the manger to the Mount of Oliver The ramainder of the course is as follows: !'!;>. Second half, Cla Testament to 1. Samuel. IN •<>. First half, Gospel of Luke. Sec md half, I. Samuel to Division of Kingdom. Im.. First half. Acts. Second half, Epistles. l s '8 l irst half, Division to Captivity. Sec >nd half, Gospel of Matthew. 18 Ik First half, Captivity to End of Old Testament. Second half, Gospel of John and Book of Revelation. Two hints. Fgloubdt makes-a, wise suygestidn* for tlie home study might also be carried out in connection with the Sunday-school room. It is that the c urse of Christs journeys vith his diseipies across the Holy Land 3e represented o i the globe o map by means of pins with colored heads. Or, an adjustable wafer or star might be u ed. As an ente. taining and profitable exercise for boys and girls of a Sunday afte ncon v. e reprodu e the following mathematical Review from I'eloubats Commentary: “Multiply the number of the gospels' ( ) by the age o. Jesus when he conversed with the learned men in the temple ( ); divide by number of his temptations in the widerness : multiply b ? the age of Jesus when he began his ministry ( , divide by the number of miles between Jerusalem an i Bethlehem ', add the I hour at which John's disciples first ■ wen’ to see Jesus ( ); and the hour at । whica Jesus sat by Jacob's well and conversed with the S maritan woman : multiply b, the n imbe.’ of John's disciples who first went to talk with Jesus : and the number oi the apostles ( : and the result wi Ibe the num--1 er of cities and towns in Galilee with more than 15,UG0 inhabitants at the time of Christ, accoiding to Josephus.” LESSONS OF THE QUARTER. Lesson 1. .he Birth of Jesus. Luke 2: 1- Hi. Golden Text. “Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is ohrist tho Lord.” Luke 2: 11. Lesson 2. Presentation in the Temple. Luke 2: 25-38. Golden Text “A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. ” Luke 2: 32. L-ssou3. Visit of the Wise Men. Matthew 2: 1-12, Golden Text “They saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshiped him. ” Matt. 2: 11, Lesson 4. Flight Into Egypt Matthew 2: 13-23. Golden Text “The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in.” Ps. 121: & Lesson 5. The Youth of Jesus Luke 2: ' 40- s>. Golden Tex’t “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man ” L,uke 2: 52. Lesson (>. the Baptism of Jesus Mark 1: 1-11. Golden Text “Thou art my Son, in whom I am well plea ed.” Mark 1: 11. Lesson 7. The Temptation of Jesus Matthew 4: 1-11. Golden Text “In all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Heb. 4: la ; Lesson S. First Disciples of Jesus John . 1: 35-49. Golden Text “We have found the Messiah, which is. being interpreted, the ! C hrist. ” John 1: 41. Lesson 9. Hie First Miracle of Jesus I John 2: 1-11. Golden Text “This beginning of miraI cles <ll*l Jesus in ( ana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory.” John 2: 11. Lesson 10 Jesus Cleansing the Temple. John 2: 13-25. Go den Text. “Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. ’’John 2: 16. Lesson 11. Jesus and Nicodemus. John 3: 1-16. Golden Text. “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth In him should not perish. but have everlasting life.” Jolin 3: 16. Lesson 12. Jesus at Jacob's Well. John 4: 9-26. Golden Text, “Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” John 4: 14. Lesson 13. Daniel’s Abstinence. Daniel 1: 8-20. Golden Text “Daniel purposed in bls heart that he would not defile himself." Daniel 1: 8. Next Lesson—“ Jesus at Nazareth.” — Luke 4: 16-30.