Bloomington Progress, Volume 21, Number 47, Bloomington, Monroe County, 18 January 1888 — Page 4

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FWSDSBIFS WRITTEN WOSDS.

Bach, a 11U1 thing a letter, Tet so nanch ft noay contain; Written thoughts and nutg ipreuiooa, Fallot pleasure, frasght wttii pais. When oar hearts axa sad at parting. -Corns a gleam of comfort bright In tha mutual promise given : Ws wilt not forget to writ." Flans and doings cf the absent, ' 8eraposwwsaUaatohear:. aB remind as, e'en tborigh distant, KfisdremembranoaksBpsusnsaz. Tst sometimes a siugia letter Turns the ssjnshiua tnto shade; Otitis oar efforts, clouds oar prospects. Blights oar nopes and makaa themlatfe.

i of joy or sorrow.

Ufa or death, success, deapatr; Buamis of affection's wishes. Greeting kind or losing prayer. Prayer or greeting; were we present. Would be felt but half unsaid ; W ean writs, because oar letters

Who has not sums iisansiwl 1

Fragments eboias of others' Ursa; Belies, some, of friends departed.

r still survives T

VraebaeThy neither time nsrdistanse, W1U tlMir words unspoken last ; Votoaless whispers of the present. Silent eeboas of lbs pastl

THE

MINISTERS DISAPPEARANCE. '

Bf CO. Haffif.

Arthur Dana was a. minister in the

little viUaee of Grove City, seven miles

aanthwest from Columbus. Ohio, He

was voting, unmarried, well educated, and poor. Notwithstanding the latter qualification he was looking forward to marriage, and was engaged to a young lady in Ms parish, Kate MoNiel, by

known throughout the neighborhood, that "the apostate parson" had gambled away the greater part of his fortune.

One night ha and Worthington sat at the card table until morning, and when he arose Dana had lost the last dollar of his inheritance. The winner went to bed and the loser saddled his horse for a ride. He rode away, up the turnpike toward the oity, and that was the last

that was ever seen in the Tillage of Arthur Dana, the wicked parson. About a mile from the village the

road passed through a dense forest, and

as Dana approached this place he saw, coming to meet him, a man who was his exact counterpart in every respect save olothing. As the two men approached each other, each was struck with the resemblance the other bore to him, and in mutual astonishment they topped. "We look enough alike to be twin brothers," said the stranger, "and I would like to know who you are. As for myself, my name is Arthur Tredennis. "Arthur Tredennis," Dana repeated. "I think I was once acquainted with your father. If you are not in a great hnrrv. anrrooae we stop in the woods

awhile, where we will be free from interruption. I have something to say to you." The two then alighted, and, leading their horses, entered the woods. Three hours afterward one of the men returned, mounted his horse, and rode toward the city. Arriving there, he stopped at a small town in the su-. bnrbs and put up for the night. In the morning he paid his bill, called for his horse, and took the road towards London, town about twenty miles distant, During that day the little village of Grove City was in a fever of excitement. When Mr. Worthington awoke

in the middle of the afternoon, the day before, he was surprised not to find

Dana, but gave his absence no second thought But when he did not

appear the next morning, quick to sus

pect foul play after his recent heavy winnings, Worthington caused a search to be instituted. By noon it was ev

ident that something had happened to

the dissolute preacher. By night

every one knew that Mr. Worthington had, within the last week, won from

him, not only his money, but the en

tire property which he had inherited from his uncle, John Tredennis. And as such a debt of honor was not collectable by law, Mr. Worthington was probably worried over the parson's mysterious disappearance. The good people of the village did not care much about what had become of their wicked minister, nor whether Worthington got fall property ox not, but how the whole matter would end was a theme the equal to which, for gossip, was not to be expected in a lifetime. While the whole village was in an uproar, who should come calmly riding

up to the tavern, but Arthur Dana himself. Now the inn-keeper had sat under the Rev. Arthur's ministrations while the latter was dispensing the Gospel, and had ministered

vsto him many times thereafter, when the services of a publican were required

atihe mansion, so if any one should

know the ex-reverend gentleman, he

should. But when addressed by name,

the wicked parson stared at the inn

keeper ia astonishment, and replied that

his name Was not Dana, but Tredennis;

that he was not a minister but the son of the late John Tredennis, and that , he had just arrived in the village for the purpose of taking possession of his

property. The inn-keeper and .others,

stall doubting, he drew forth and

whose reputation as far had been that! flowed them divers papers, to identify of a lover of games of chance more than himself, among them being a certificate of business. To the newly -released of his father's marriage to a Creole girl Minister he ws.-tfaw impersonation of in. New Orleans, and another of his own

that delightful free-and-easy, wnregen- birth. As for Arthur Dana, he declared erate world whkth the formeKwas about that ho never knew him. This was to enter. Their intercourse heretofore looked upon as the latest of the wicked

had been of the meet distaat character, parson's mad freaks, and the sturdy for the Rev. Arthur Dana had a care villagers were about to become for appearances But that evening abusive, when a farmer ap-

thdM suitknur i raafattin him; ha I oroashed and excitedly stated that

informed Mr. Worthington that he had the Rev. Arthur Dana had been found given Qp tfce ministry and was about lying dead in the woods about a mile sjntflsmp; the world: Mr. Worthmeton up the turnpike, and that the body was was glad to hear that such a talented then on its way to the village. A farmyoung " bad decided not to bury er's wagon arrived soon after, and sure himself beneath, a musty D. D., and in- enough, the body of the ex-minister

rited Dana to spend the evening with was within it On examination it was him and a few friends. The invitation found that he came to his death by a was accepted, and for the first time in blow upon the back of the head, but his life Dana played cards for money, further than this, the case was a mysThe gaine fascinated him asBotbjnghad tery. What instrument had been used, ever done before, and before the or who had committed the deed was evening was over he"- had ex- never revealed. tended an 4 invitation to each one In a few days Mr. Tredennis identi-

of the party to visit htm in Grove fied himself according to Jaw and took the foUowmg week, when be hoped possession of his property. His first to be settled injiis old home. act was to pay off the Bey. Arthur

When he returned to the village his Dana's honest debts and give Mr.

first visit was to Sate McNiel, and in Worthington a modest cheek for the

'debt of honor." He then settled

down in the Tredennis mansion and soon converted it into an entirely dilferent establishment from what it was under its former occupant

By degrees the story of his life leaked

out and it was learned that his

father had really married the Creole girl with whom his name

had been linked in early life, but that

soon after their marriage the two had

quarreled and separated. Arthur was

born after the separation.and his father

never knew of bis existence. The

mother had died several years after,

not Arthur Tredennis Arthur Dana' INDIANA STATE NEWS.

idealized? And was not the former aU that Kate had wished in the latter?

But 1(hey never married, and after , ten years of usefulness Arthur Treden-

nis died. When his will was opened it was found that he had loft his whole estate to Kate McNiel. She, too, lived a life of noblo works, and when she died the mystery of Arthur Dana's disappearance was disclosed. On his death bed Arthur Tredennis asked her if she did not know him Arthur Dana. He had met his cousin, young Tredennis, and with him entered the woods on the Columbus road, where the two conversed for several hours. Each told the other his history and they were about to part, the one to enter the world in stern reality, the other to take possession of his inheritance, when Tredennis,

stooping by his horse received a kiok j from the animal which killed him in- j stautly. When Dana saw that he was I dead, the idea of personating the dead man came to him. He exchanged clothes with his oonain and rode out of the woods a free man free in the true

sense this time free from his own past

individuality.

A KMC It HALLOW BBS JOKR.

"When about 15 years of age I lived : ceived, while sixteen were

on an island in the Ohio River, and pos- ! Governor and thirteen died.

The Bev. Arthur Dana was, inasmuch as he knew, alone in the world, so far aa relations go. Both parents were dead, and the only relative ho had ever een was a brother of his mother, James Tredennis, who had gone on a voyage to South America when Arthur was 10 yean old, and who had never been heard from since. Tredennis had never been known to marry, but there were rumors current, when Arthur was a boy, that his uncle had been infatuated with a Creole woman whom he had met in New Orleans. Some said that he had recently married her; others, that, because of his love for her, he would always remain angle. However it was, Tredennis became godfather to the young Arthur, and frequently stated that his nephew should be his heir. When he went upon his voyage to Sooth America, he left a fine estate near Grove City, which was rented for a term of years, besides considerable property in the capital oity itself. Bat as the rents of these were collected by his lawyer regularly eaoh year, and Tredennis' name waa never mentioned, the man, in time, became nothing more than a momory to his old iriendsand his nephew, One Saturday morning, when the irnnfrtiTT entered his study to pot the finishing touches upon his Sunday sermon, he found a letter "upon Mi desk

from his uncle's lawyer. It stated that John Tredennis had' recently died in

South America, and'that ho, as next Of

km, was heir to his large estate.

Arthur Dana's first act was- to thrust

his newly-written sermon into the

stove. He then sat down and wrote a note to his betrothed, and another to the session of his church. By noon he was on his way to the city. His inter

view with the lawyer was satisfactory,

and from the latter'a . office he

to a. hotel. In the dining-

ha mot- an acauaintaaioe, a

of fashion, wealthy, and

The officers of the northern prison have filed their annual reports with the Governor. The condition of tho prison is, in the customary language, represented as being in every way perfect. The directors stats that solitary confinement is the most severs mods of punishment now used, and the warden, in speaking of the same matter, says: "Since my last report I have abolished the ass of the 'cats' as a means of punishment. After a long experience, I have become convinced that it is lowering in its tendencies, and is not conducive to good discipline, and degrading in its effects, and is wholly unnecessary in controlling convicts. I think better results come from a more humane system of treatment, with a jndieioua use of milder disciplinary measures. As the years go by I am more strengthened in my opinien that a classification of the inmates of our prisons into different grades is imperatively neoesswry, if we hope to decrease crime snd place unfortunates under our charge on the road to reformation. The promisouonu herding of the young in age and crime with the old and hardened criminals is a relic of the past. This age demands better methods, and every effort should be brought to beat in our Legislature to bring about a change in this respect.'' The number of convicts in the prison at the beginning of the year wes 697, and at the close 634. The num.

ber discharged was 314, against 290 re

paroled by the

The warden

sessed more spirit of deviltry than any

other boy of my age there. It was the custom to have a party or 'taffy' pull, at some one's house on halloween, and on the halloween I speak of it was to be held at my father's house. On this occasion, the crowd being too old for me, I assumed the role of the enfant

terrible. On the day preoeding I

slipped away to the garret, and, unobserved, bored a hole in the roof and inserted therein the neck of a large bottle. To the lower end of this I fastened

a tin funnel, and a puff of wind coming

along just then produced a more ghastly sound than I had bargained for.

Stopping up the funnel with rags, 1

went below into the parlor. To the back of each picture on the wall I fastened a black thread with a pin bent

like a staple. Bringing them down along the weather-boarding, I brought them all to one common end in a remote corner. My work done, I awaited the arrival of the guests. A strong wind was blowing down the valley and naturally I felt highly elated. Before long there was a happy, animated crowd in the parlor having lots of fun, and, watching an opportunity, I slipped

to tho garret, where I removed the rags from the funnel, and, leaving the attio

door open, rejoined the guests. Sud

denly a low moaning-like sound startled them into silence, until some one observed: "Tis only the wind." The gayety went on until it was brought to a lasting halt by a succession of hollow moans, and the large, empty attio mag

nified the sound ten-fold. The girls huddled together in little groups and the boys looked kind of queer. In a

few minutes another still more terriWe moan was heard, coming from my funnel, and, believing my time had come, I pulled the string. Every pioture on the wall began to shake and move slowlv to and fro. This settled it

Shriek upon shriek filled the room, and some huddled in corners of the room, sobbing aloud in their fright,

and some had run outside and never ! turns

stopped until they reached home, I could scarcely keep from laughing and

stuffed my handkerchief in my mouth.

This fooled me, for father caught sight

paid to the State Treasurer daring the year $110,245,56 and received from the State $102, 2-15.50. His receipts and earn

ings amounted to $105,635.42, He now has 810,107.59 due the State and $3,270.98 due the convicts. The sales to prisoners

amounted to $5,250.63. The average cost of feeding eaeh prisoner is 3 5-6 cants per

msal; ef clothing, 2 cents a day, and fuel,

11 a day. Including everything, the aver

age cost of maintaining each prisoner is

37 9-10 cents per day.

A serious accident occurred at Martin's

ice house, two miles north of Crawfords-

ville. Preparations were being made to put in a new stock of ies; the old ice left

ever from last season was being removed,

and in doing this work dynamite cartridges

ware frennentlv used. Charles Coombs

laid one of the cartridges en a stove in a

small room adjoining. When the cartridge became sufficiently hot it exploded with disasterous effect, the occupants of the

room being ign nt of the fact that snch a thins was upsn the stove. The following

parsons were injured: Perry Endicott, frightfully out about the bend and face,

having thirteen gashes; B F Snyder, Be.

vsrelv out about the head; Will Martin, hit

in the face and one cheek badly injured,

also one eye. Three other men were also

more or less injured.

The press dispatch sent out from

Louisville to the effect that there is a great scarcity of coal in the Ohio Valley does

not apply to the lower Ohio Valley, of

which Evansvills is the center. There is

no scarcity of coal there, there being sixty

eoal shafts within twenty miles, six of

which are within tho city limits, Evans.

villa being situated over two heavy veins of rich bituminous coal. Higher prices

elsewhere never affect Evanaville materi ally, the average price for coal for steam

matin l nurDoses being 75 cents per ton

the year round.

'While boring for gas, one mile west of

Edinbure on S. C. Thompson s farm, coal

was struck in tiavine Quantities at the

depth of sixty feat, which was tested snd

pronounced equal to Cannelton coal. A company was organised with a capital stock of $10,000, with the following officers: S. Cutsinger, President; H. Maily, Vice President; S. O. Thompson, Treas

urer; H. W. Schooler, Manager. Prepare--j

will be begun at onoe to work the

DIVINES DISAGREE.

. Dissuasion Mot Decided by Prayer Intolerance of Opinion, Tha following is an extract from a lata

New York Tribaiu editorial: "There is, perhaps, no meutal vice so common as intolerance of opinion. Kven such as tliiuk they litre emancipated thcuualvos from the clinging defect find it hard to acknowledge frankly

w themselves mat uis opinion oi soma una

eise upon a matter tuey nave studied may very well be si deserving of respoct as their own, if it diners radically from then- own, 1 ...... 1 .1 .11 ..,, ..1,1 nt tl.ia 'Inut i nS 1in i tv. '

not only of 'noblo minds,' but of neany all human niiuds, now much loss friction tuers

would Ds in ine, now 11111011 was muoni and lii-art burning sjo.il envy and all uuciiaritublet.ass," In an adjoining column of tho samo papor was found the following peculiar ooumienUry on the editorial: ".Tli biitcraoas of the controversy m ttie American Hoard over the question of probation after death was very great This ratlior shocked the simple-minded and earnest foreign uuasiouaries who attended the sossious of the Hoard, one of whom said bo bad always thought Such questions were deoidod by . ni -. i . l . . n 1 .Wn-Atlm,

irayer, ssi u uiu uuuaw was twv Christian in spirit, it was strictly parliaaentary. The brethren didn't forgot to yu a

cop; of liusmug's Manual in uieir vaiise smut; with their Bible, and apparently some of them consulted it of toner than the Bible."

Is it a fact that there is but litue toleration in this oountry and less than in others?

Jompansons are ouorous, saiu ;io.

DroD 1'eruaps we nave neon cuuiiuuk tw

muoh for this free nation.

We must admit that m the professions were is yet much of the old-time prejudice against new ideas. Freaehera preach the old dootrmos and doctors prescribe the old medicines

Bitter controversies arise When aayiuing new is proposed. ... But the march of progress is not stayed. Han are traveling hoavenward under new creeds and being eared by now medicines. Much the same stats of facts seems to exist

in other countries.

When Dr. Bobson, a leading pnyaician of

London, formerly of the Boyal Navy, proclaimed that Warner's safe cure waa a specific in kidney dorauRemenus.the hide-bound school , . , t i i ' i .i . .i ... .1

w wuicu ue uowugou uiroaitwvu u ubw uuu from practice if ha did not recant. But ha replied (list his ststemont was baaed on such evidence that he could not recant

Since then Dr. Wilson, J?. K. S. ML, editor or

Health, " a recognized JSnghsh authority, an

nounces in his magazine that "Warner's safe

euro is of a perfectly safe character ana perfectly reliable." Many English physicians are

mine. John W Vaughn, an employe at the Ohio Falls oar works, Jeffersonville, was killed while assisting to raise a new coal S - ..W.o.nn .linn. TtlO

of me, and. dropping to the game in a, ( y WM nging mX ot

minute, made a grab for me. Snffice it to say that I ate from the mantle-piece for days after and carried two nice

repair, the catch slipped, allowing the oar to tonole over on him. The main sill en

the side of the oar on which he was work-

black eyes as souvenirs for several j ing caught Vaughn across the chest, pin-

enswer to ner ihqumes with regird to his future he said:

"Kate, I was forced into the ministry a calling X never liked, and a calling for which I was never fitted. Z have

siways felt like a prisoner; now I feet l

i a man. No, I shall not con

tinue in the church; I have preached

my last sermon.'' "How long have you fett this?"

"Ever since I began say studies.

Preaching was never to my taste, but

yon know it was both father's and mother's 'one desire that I should be

comes minister. 1 followed their wish,

but have known all along that I was I but had left with her son the necessary

unfitted for the work,"

"Then why did you not give it up long- agoV Can yon say to me, Ar

thur, that this sudden renunciation baa not been the result, wholly, of

yon recentiy-sxxTtired inheritance?

Would you have taken this step ii you

were to-dav poor instead of rich 7

"You could not use snch words to me

if you loved mo," said Arthur.

"Perhaps I do not," replied Kate.

"Yon know I have often said I had my

doubts, for you never appeared real to

me. At our last meeting I told you

that yon never seemed to be your real

sell Was I not correct"

And so they parted, still engaged,

but with vows so nearly broken that

they hung together by but a thread.

Dana's life -for several months follow-

papers to prove his parentage. News

of the death of John Tredennis came to him, and after investigation he found that the deceased was, indeed, his fa

ther. As soon as he learned this,

young Tredennis started at once for

Grove City. A mystery to himself all

his life, he found the entrance upon

his possessions the entrance into a

greater mystery than had oyer yet surrounded him.

The new master of "Tredennis

House" proved to be a man entirely different from his predecessor. There were no more tales of midnight revelry, no more fast young men were seen calling at the mansion. Instead,

Tredennis acquired as great a rep

utation for goodness as had Sana in the opposite direction.

maets' with bin brothers." St Paul

Globe. a. TRBK commss MAUr ACRES. The banyan tree is one of the remarkable products of the East Indies. Its life is usually begun from a minute seed dropped by some bird upon some other plant, such as the wild date, which it crushes as it grows. Every branch from the'main body throws out its own roots, which, constantly thickening, descend to the ground several yards below, where they strike in, increase to large trunks, and send out new branches from their tops, which in turn repeat the process. The botanic garden at Calcutta contains a great banyan, now

about a century old, which has a parent

trunk 42 feet in circumference, 232 roottrunks ranging from a few inches to a

foot around, with a vast leafy crown 857 feet in circumference. Near the

hill fort of Wysatgarb, in the Bombay

presidency, is a banyan whose top in 1882 measure i 1,687 feet in circumference.

Other specimens greatly exceed even this prodigious size, single trees being said to cover thirteen acres. The famous banyan under which Alexander the

Great stopped, on tho banks of the rierbudda, once sheltered 7,000 men, and

when seen by Forbes a generation ago,

though much reduced in size by floods, was still nearly 2,000 feet in circum

ference, and had more than 8,000

trunks.

KXTK X 7 Of CIVlLtZATlOX. People hardly realize how far civilization has extended in this continent It has been heard of from Washington Territory, where it seems, extremes have met in an old lady who wears false hair and false teeth and a small child

whose teeth have hardly more than come. These would appear to be harmless agencies, but when this story gets back to Washington Territory the old lady will probably lay aside both and go for the small kid. Somehow it does not seem a reflection upon Washington Territory that it should have fallen already into some of the small weaknesses, not to say vices, of civilization. I wonder if false hair is a vice,

if falso teeth are criminal? They might be. Matrimony will never be safe until a law is passed making it possible to

ing was a scandal to the quiet little vfl- Much of his time was passed in deeds lege, and ho soon acquired the nam of of merey, and his purse was always open 1 "nnttlatA" and th "dissolute" Daz- to the needy. In the course of time

son. His ancle's old-iaabioned mansion he met Miss MoNiel, while both were was the scene of many a carousal engaged upon some philanthropic work, which shocked the good people of and the two became friends. Village drove City. Mr. Worthington was gossips were continually planning a with him the greater part of the time, marriage for them, but they never oarand the Tredennis home was filled ried out the gossips' plans. That such with visitors from Colwnbus. At the a marriage would hare seen fit sad

toning him to the ground and crushing out his life in an instant. Mrs. Hannah Ellis, of Bockport, met a horrible death by fire. She was more than 70 years old and a helpless paralytic, and was left in her room by the family sitting

in an arm-chair by tha fixe. Mo one visited her room for bslf aa hour, and when she was discovered her clothing wss all burned up. She was speechless, and her suffering was terrible. She died within an hour without regaining consciousness. Postmaster John E. Banta. of Munoie, issued an order which provides that no minor can get mail at tha offioe without an order from his or her parents or guardian. The moral effect of the proclamation is working good results, as the schemes of many young ladies who have been carrying on correspondence with young men, for no good cause, has been checked altogether. In tha number of pensioners on its list the Indiana pension agency ranks third in the country. During the month of December there was a decrease of 116 and a net gain ef 286, making the number on

the list 36,081. The last quarterly dis

bursement amounted to a million and a quarter. At Columbus, Berne Springer and wife were dri ving in a single buggy, when the horse became frightened and ran away, throwing them violently to the frozen ground. Both were dangerously hurt. Mrs. Springer is in a delicate condition, and it is feared she cannot withstand the shook. Frank Binder, 8 years of age, son of a P. Brnder, of the New Albany Fire Department, in attempting to get on a train in the yards of the New Albany and Chicago Railroad, fell and was run over. The left leg was so badly crushed that death ensued in two hours. A large vat of mash in the distillery at Terrs Haute exploded, breaking the leg of

an employe, destroying the building, and causing a loss of several thousand dollars. Archie Smith was run over by a freight train at Spray's Station and killed. His head was severed from his body. Judge Vinton, of the Lafayette Circuit Court, has decided that telephone companies doing a general telephone business, are compelled by statutes to furnish instruments at the legal rate of ?3 per moi.lh. The Executive Committee of the Hendricks Monument Association of Indianapolis, have $18,000 in the treasury, and only require $3,000 more. The committees are considering several designs.

i lUOBUYOr WIUW" j

now nraBeribine it.

The "schools in this country still bar all proprietary medicines. But Dr. Gunn, Dean of a New Xork Medical College, long since published: "Warnor's safo curs is a very nliiMn niii!" and savs ho knows that

many physicians prescribe it, though not by name. Good things in creed or practice are not to be cried down by the old fogies simply because they are new. Tha spirit of toleration

thrives on opposition, An Economist. "How much yer charge ter go er mile?" an old negro asked of a street car conduotor. "I wanter go out ter see my Brudder Lias Smif. Ain't or flesh an' blood brudder, yet, understan', jast er brudder in de faith.." "Five cents." "Jesfcr er mile?" "Yes" "How much is it fur two miles?" "Just the same." "Look yer, how fer yer take me fur fi' cents? "Five miles." "What's de name o de olaoe?" "City Limits." "Take me all de way out dur fur ii' cents?" "Yes." "An won't take me no mo'n er mile w'ar Brudder Smif libs fur no less?" "No."

"I ain't got no bizness out dar at yer limits but yer may take me on out dar an' Til walk back ter w'ar Brudder Smif libs. Yere's ver money, sah. I'so

one o' dese p'litieal 'oonomists, an' blobes in gettfn' de full wuth o' nier money. It would be a mighty fool man dat would jiav a dollar fur a p'ar o'

britches w'en he ken get er whole suit o' cloze fur do same price. Take me on out to de limits, sab. "Arkansaw Traveler. Mose Sehanmburg Excommunicated, Mrs. CoL Percy Yerger was passing the Sehanmburg Emporium, on Austin avenue, when Mose, who was standing in the door, said : "Mrs. Yerger, I vas terlighted to see you. Choost step inside." "Not to-day, Mr. Sohaumburg," "O, choose valk in till I show you some of dose fine ladies' goots." "I've been converted, and I've been reading about what yon Jews did about eighteen hundred years ago. I think it sinful to deal with you any more. " "So dot ish dor reason you don't trade any more at my store, is it?" "That's the reason." "Veil. I triye you my vord of honor,

ash a shentlemau, if I had been there it

vould never have happened. 1 vouia have put a stop to it I vould have made it hot for Schudas Iscariot and does scribes and Pharisees. Choose

valk in and look at dose peaubful ladies' underware." When Mrs. Yercer emerged from the

store she had an immense bundle on her arm. Texas Sifting.

Abb yon sad, despondnnt, gloomy T Are you sore distressed ? Iijtn to tho welcome blddmg--"Be at rest " Have you aches and patns unnumbered, Poisoning llfo s GoUlon Cup? Think not there's uo linliu iu Gllead, and O.vo it up." A Golden Iteinody awaits you Golden not ulono in name Usacll, oh, suffering one, and grasp it, Health reclaim. Tbero is but ono "Ooldon" Remedy Dr. IMerco's Golden Medical Discovery It stands alone as tho great "blood-purillor, " "strongthronowor" nnd "hoa:th-roatorer," of the agol 1 ho Liver, it regulates, removing sll impurities. Hio Lungs it stroiurtliens, cleansing and nourishing them. Tho whole system it builds up, supplying that abovo all ether tilings most noodod pure, rich Blood They Were All Ladies. "Ah, Mrs. Genteel, how do yon do to-day? It is an age since I have seen you. How is your daughter Katie? I haven't seen her for a loug lime." "Slio's quite well, thank you. She is sales-lady new at Plush & Silk's "Indeed? And your daughter Mamie?" "Oh. Mamie is fore-lady in the new

tomato canning ostablishmont."

"I hadn't heard that, ia iiuiu at

homo now?" "No, she has gone to Hartford as waiting-lady to a very wealthy and aristocratic woman living there. " "Oh, has she? Then you have only Lena at home, I presume?" 'Oh, no; Lena has just accepted a situation as nurse-lady in the family of Judge K. She has an elegant place," "So you are living alone?" "No, wo have given up our house for tho winter, and I am now cook-lady at Mrs. Blank's boarding-house." TidBil. "1 have been ooeasioaally troubled with Coughs, and ia each case have used Brown's Mroncliial Troches, wiiion have never failed, and I must say tliay are second to non in the world." Ftlix A. May, Cattier, SL Paul, Iftnn. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the philanthropist, never goes to the theater, and has read but two novels "Jane Eyre," and the "Scarlet Letter." Her tastes are perfectly simple. She has

a great liking for bread, milk, and np -idea. It is doubtful if society has ever

heard of her. But she is the only woman who has the freedom of the floor of the House, a right which even the

President's wife does not have.

In answer to oainal question, How easy and truthful to tell it's A cure for the worst indigostion, To take Fierce'a Purgative Pellets.

Bed pepper may not be a great luxury, but, nevertheless, it makes one'e eyes wa

ter. fuck.

A Letter from the Pastor of the M. K.

Church. Fbahsxix, Oak i. inn Co., Miott., i Dae. a, 1887. f nh.nmt(. Kvrmi Comnanv :

Ds. aSiss-Mr. A. A. Kust, of this place, j furnished roe one bottle of your Rheumatic i Kvmn Have taken about two-thirds of it

Before taking it the slightest ohange in the weather affected mo very much. I am now almost entirely free from the awful twinges of rheumatism, and changes in tho wostber do not affoot me. a A. Loko, Pastor of Kethodist Church, Frankhu. Mien. Good resolutions, like a squalling baby at church, should be oarried out. Boston Advance. In General Debility, Emaciation, Consumption, and wasting in children, Scott's Zmulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hyponhnsnhitos is a most valuable food and medi

cine. It creates an appotite for food, strengthens tho nervous system, and builds up tho body. Please read: "I tried Soott'a Emulsion on a young man whom physicians at t.mes Rave up nope. Since he began using tho Emulsion hii cough hss ceased, gained llesh and strength, and from aU appearances his life will be prolonged many years." Joan BoixrvAM, Hospital Steward, Horgansa, Pa.

ST. JACOBS OIX.

WHAT IT HAS DONE.

Relief. In any climnto at any season one or two applications of St. Jacobs OH relieves; often cures permanently. .This is theaverago experience in ten years.

Cu res. The contents of a bottle have cured thousands of extreme chronic cases. Used according to directions there is a cure in every bottle. The Testimony. Thousands of testimonials substantiate the alwe statements in the cure of all kinds of painful ailments.

The Proof. To make sure of this showing, answers to ir.qiiirie concerning the permanency of the cures resulted as follows; That from date of healing to date of retponm teery cure has remained permanent tcilhout w mrretme of pain. Its Supremacy. The twentymillion bottles sold can be justly rated as so many cures; in almost every case a permanent cure. Its price is Hie surety of every bottle being the same, every bottle being a cure and tha poor

arc protected.

Sold bt Drvffgitti and Dealen EvttyKka.

Tha Charles A. Vogeler Co., BaJto., KaV

The best sad surest Bcaaeay fcr Can ef

an diaaasss sensed by any denaceaent of!

the liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels.

Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation, Billons CompiauaadHalariaofaUUnds yield readUy to the iMaefloeBt lafiBesoe of

mm

It is pleasant to the taste, tones up the

system, restores sad preserves healta.

It is purely Ysgetahle, and cannot fall to

prove beneficial, both to oU aad yosag,

As a Blood Purifier it Is superior to all others. Bold everywhere at 1.00 a bottle.

DoijUDoii't!

D

O NT continue to suffer frosn

the mani ailments brought oa

by an impure state of the blead when Dr. Guy sou's Xetto w 1oose and samnaxiua will restore perfect.

health and physical strength. Uss) J

it, and you use t MM Diooa j

purifier and tonic that medical setonce is able to produce. It cures) Scrofula, King's Evil, PlasV Boils, Pimples, Sore Eyes, Pain in the Bones, Joint-aches, SypbHh and Syphilitic Symptoms, Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Costiveness, 8aU rheum.Weak Kidneys, Liver Complaints, Female Irregularities, Sick and Nervous Headaches, General Debility, Low Spirits, Loss of Appetite, Chronic and Constitutional Disorders, and as a Spring and Sail Medicine, as a Cleanser and Bonewer of the entire system. Jte. Guysotf s Yellow Dock and Barsar pariua is far better than any other remedy made.

M! Congo.!

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What ia more grating to the ears' and saddening to the hearts of lowing friends who thus behold their dearly beloved "who have inherROdl : consumptive tendencies approaching the brink of an early gravel. What effort can be counted toogreat, what exertion too .seven that will give to all such suffering ones a new lease of life I And yet the way ia open. Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry will give satisfaction when all else falls. Keep a bottle always in tin house; a single dose will relieve a painful fit of couching.

A SURE CURB FOR INDIGESTION and DYSPEPSIA. Ovor 5,000 Phyxiciuut hare sent us their approval ot BlflBn-YXIN. saying that it is tlio best preparation r Indigestion thsttlierhave ever used. VY have never heard of a capo of Drspepala where OIUESTYIJN wss taken tbat vas not cared. FOR CHOLERA INFANTUM. IT WILL RELIEVE CONSTIPATION. For Bummer Complsinbi snd Obronic Diarrues, which aro the direct results ot imperfect digestion. PIOBSTYLIN will effect an immediate cure. Tako DKiEKTILlN for ol pains and disorders ot tho Htom-cli; they all rnmc Emm iudiKCuuon. Ask rourdrugx-ist for DKiESTYLIN (prire $1 per large bottle). If ho docs not have it, send ono dollsr is us snd wo will sond a bottls to you, express prepaid. Do not hesitate to send your manor. Our house ts reliable. Established tw.nt.v-fl vests. WM, T. KI11DKK CO., ItiurafatetBriiia: Glu-mliis, 8.1 John St.. H. T.

get a divorce for false pretenses. Then j turnjng 0nt oro rook that assays $69 of i . ... . j, . i 3: I . . . . . . . nit

mere will do notning out uivorotra. "Do you take this woman to be your

lawful wedded wife?" asked the minister, solemnly. "I'll take the chances, "he responded. San Francisco Chronicle. Pbof. Von Hippel has shown to the Ophthalmologics! Sooiety of Hiedelburg his second success in grafting the

rabbit's cornea into the human eye. The patients visual power with the new eye is about one-tenth of the normal, and coarse print can be read. A broken pipe has interrupted the British Boyal Sooiety's boring in the Nil delta. At a depth of 324 fast or 290 feet balow sea level--the sojty roak ia itiU untouab4

I silver and $4 of gold to the ton. J.no 1 smelter treats about twenty tons of the rock per day. Congressman Brown, of Ohio, has in- , troauoed a bill to appropriate $20,000 to i erect a monument at tha grave of Gen. W. ! H. Harrison, at North Bend. Indianapolis is credited with having the secoml largest baking-powder manufactory in the United States. Susan Wilson, aged 82 years, was fonnd dead in bed at Oloverdala from heart disease. I George Halverson, fireman, was

' crushed to death in a railway accident at

Wabash. T::"Tms is a fee-nominal enso." remarked a

lawyer who receive! dollar for tlefeadnira matt.

No Law to Her. A little miss of 5, with a good deal of originality and independence in her composition, has a brother-in-law of whom sho is very fond. They are great chums, and it is hard to decide whether tho little girl or the man is tho more mischievous when they begin their romps. Hhe persists in calling him "my brother." "Your brother-in-law," corrected a precise lady visitor one day. "He's no law to me," retorted the youngster a fact so self-evident that it precluded further genealogical explanations. "I Don't Want Belief, Bat Cure,"

is tho exclamation of thousands Buffering from catarrh. To all such we say: Catarrh can bo cured by Dr. Sago's Catarrh ltaraody. It has been dono in thousands of eases; why nit in voure? Your danger is in delay. Inclose a'stamp to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y., for pamphlet on

this disease. Orchardifits' Foes. T a nanar on ininrious insects. Prof,

J. A. Lintner placed the total number of insect-species in the world at 320,000. Of those found in the United

Stntfls. 7.000 or 8.000 species are fruit

noafar and at least 210 attack the apple.

A borer which had hitherto troubled Anlv Tieach and lnm trees has begun

todeBtrov the applo within the past

two veara. The successful l ruit-grower

! must be something of an entomologist

The Ancient and Honorable Artillery

dates its orionn te March Id, lod-o,

when it waa formed under ite nrstname

nf th "Military Company ot ine Mas

sachusetts."

AM OPEN LETTER

From Rev. J. Roberts, Pastor First Bt B. Church, Fremout, Mich,, Rheumatic Byrup Co., Jackson, Mich. : UEMXly uaushtorluud has , tued Hibbard's ahouniabo Syrup and l'laaters, whioh you so strongly recommended her to Sv fl has now been about eleven woeks since she commoucad, and her inflammatory rheumatinm is nearly broken up. Hor limbs wire badly swollen, and tho poor girl was m torriblo agony. In tho midst of tBo pain wa wound the Plaster, about bor limb, and, aa a result, the swelling was reduced and she became quiet and rested. The Syrup corrected her indigestion, cleansed the. rheumatic poison from hor blood, and shs is now able to be arouud the house. Sho still uses the Syrup and Plasters, and wi.l continue to do so unhl entirely well We oonsulor Hibbard's Uhonmatio Syrup and Plaster romodio ofj greai merit Bav. J. IIobebts, Pastor Ftrst M. E, Cburoh. Fbemont, Mioh., Oct 26, 1887. Money flies pretty fast, considering that it has no wings. Judac Old pill boxes aro fpresd over tho land by the thousands after h ivins; been emptied by suffering humanity. hat a mass of sickening, iliggDHtinz medicine the poor rtomaob has to contend w th. l oo much strong me Heine. Pn.'kty Ash ilitt- rs is rapidly taking tho pl ies of ail this class of drugs, .;nd cur iiK nil the ills arisin.' from a disorder! d condition of the Jiver, khuioy , stomach and bowels. Whicn your toss ar asleun (hay art foma9f,-4t, UmM,

They, are preparing for war in the oil regions. At least, they are drilling eonatandy. Texae Hiftinga. Itching- Files. Symptoms Moisture; intense itching and stinging; most at night; worse by scratching. If allowed to continue tumors fo-m, which often blood and nlenri'.te, becoming very sore. Swayno'e Ointment stopi tho itching and bleeding, heals ulc r.nion, and in many rases the Inmorx. It is en null v efficacious

in curing all Skin DUpasea.- Df. Swayne A Bon, Proprietors. Philadelphia. Swayne'a Ointment can be obtained of druggists, or by mail . Catarrh Cured. A olorgyman, aftor years of suffering from that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly trying ovory known reiuody, at last fonnd a prescription which completely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this droadfnl disease sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Prof. J, A, Lawrence, 213 East Nl ith street, Now York, will receive the recipe ;ree of charge. ConsnmpUon Sorely Cured. To the Editor: -Please inform your readers that I have a positive remedy for the almvennmed disease. By its timely use thousands ot honeloss cases have been iionuonenUy cured, I si. nil be glad to sond two bottles of my remedy fkkk to any of your readers who have consump

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Scrofula Probably no form of disease U to generally distributed among-our whole population as scrofula, .almost erery indiridrwl has this latent poison cousins his veins. The terrible sufferings endared by those afflicted with scrofulous sores cannot be understood by other, and their gratitude on finding a remedy that cores them, astso tones a wsU person. The wonderful power oC Hood's Sarsaparilla In eradicating every form of Scrofula has been so clearly and fnlly demonstrated that It leaves no doubt that Is the greatest medical discovery of this generation. It is made by C. I. HOOD CO, Lowell, Mass., aad is sold by all dragglsts. iOO Doses One Dollar 1XAIX1I80KDEBS0FTHB Stomach, Liver

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hZ felines not under tho hone's feet. Writs

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LADIES provided for during conri,...mt at irr. Thayer's Sanitarium. St Walton ava. Ft Wayne, Ind.

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