Bloomington Progress, Volume 26, Number 14, Bloomington, Monroe County, 25 May 1892 — Page 4

A. CHILDLESS HOME. Smith and his wife hve every luxury that money can bay, but there is one tiring lacking to their happiness. Both are toad of children, bat no little roices prattle, no little feet patter in their beantirol home. "I would give ten Tears of my life if I could baVs one healthy, Uvfae, child of my own," Smith often says to nimself. No woman can be the mother of healthy offspring- unless she herself Is In rood health. If she suiters from female weakness, general debility, bearing-down pains and functional oenuiKements, her physical coouunm m rnasu tn sue cannot nope to hare healthy children. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a sorerien and pwraafeei remedy for an these afltnenta. woru-oat, ''nm-down," feeble women, need Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It builds them up. It's a powerful, restnmnve tonic, or strength-giverfree from alcjhol andininrfctris dram. 1tu rtlpe gystem is renewed and invimrablood, dtapcls aches "and piitui Tf"wre - freshlnc: sleep, and restores flesi. and IPs the otllv tmaranUeA mwMrii fnr women, sold by druggists. .DRKILM Q) Q) Kidney, Liver and Bladder Cure. Rheumatism, bsntbafo, pain in Joints or back, brick dtncm mme, frequent calls, irritation, innamaiioB, gravsi, nicentiua or catarrh of bladder. Disordered Liver, jntaied caseation, avut, UDfotavheanaobSL SWA ill r-BOOT cures kidney difficulties, Aa Qrippa, urinary trouble, brig-ht'a disease. Impure Blood, Berofula, malaria, getil weakness or debility. fumtii ra coadcnta of OraBotU9.lt uot baa SMd, Draexfate win rotund to yovtbopno paid At BracKlaSa, SOe. Size, tl.OO Bsxa. jarBaa" Qutfe to H Ith'-rree- uaoi am Dm. Knjuat Cow Bixohaj-os, N. Y.

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Batiker lie Wltkeat Brat. XI Bm aor s Xbbdwscb, HinouBrm, Miih., ) Not. 7, IBS), f 3k Bav. J. Koaabiel, of above plana, -writes; I fen saflendagreat da, and dawn I MvHtBimn attack coming I take adoae f Pastor Komrtg's Nerve Tonic and faeliaI think a great deal of it and osld r fce without bread than without the Tonic Wall la What It Purparts te Da. BoilRKSKT, Onto. Not. 11, W90. 3fy wUe'.iraa troubled i nervousness. Men so affected her mind that I beeama very aaaeB ---a as a mental farangem ant ae laaliilllaij After using Faator Koenig's Nerve Tonic Of day she could Bleep soundly, her asanting caaarrl, and I can say that car mental sstaattioBis very tarn improved. -Tllfi E a XT. A 1 1 in1 FRED VlnhlA Ttoek mm m mm Wiaasmi sent free to any address. ana poor paueu can sun pan tbi medicine tree of ens re. mta hr has been re oared by the D Snir. nf Fort warae. Ind sine jautmuKH-rrin1 nndnrhin illrnrtt i brtao KbCN'O MED. CO., Chicago, ML Ma 1 i-xfcaiSilperBottie. ettaeS. Iesr.ee Bba, S1.7S. SBcttla-eoraM. The Change of Life. The sole aim of women ncaring this eritkal period should be to keep well, strong, and cheerful. Lydia E.Pinkkam'l Vegetable Compound is peculiarly adapted to this condition. Girls about to enter womanftj ; p&fftTl hood find lis assistance X m tinaoie. It cures the worst forms of Female Complaints, Bearing-down Feeling, Weak Back, Ln tconrb a, Falling and Displacement of the Womb, Inflammation, Ovarian Troubles, and all Organic diseases of the Uterus or Womb, Bloating, etc. Subdues Faintncss, Excitability, Nervous Prostration, Exhaustion, Kidney Complaints, and tones the Stomach. ABDraaxWa tdt ,or atat it vail. In Sum arPSIsac Llaiatii.w.TOlatotSjS.ate,. UnfWtlKt. CgsvsaBBBdencam!; aawrd. Addrcai in eanfldnet, ' lanMAB. PISKHAM MED. COl, VTSSl, StASS, A SiunpieCak of Soap hvand x& Bags Book on Dtraiatology aud Beantv. lllntg"M- in sua, Scale, Servoui i and Blood Bia. eases. Sent Malm) fnw less, t alnrt Dirfnin. lawnts like Birth Hsrks, JfotM, Warts. IndUIiiS and Ponder marks. Scars rittinra,KedneMof Ksss Snnerfluous Kair. Pinw piet.ttc. JOaXK WOODBDRV, UmaaUitolaajrSaS. 1S W 4Sdireet, IS. jr. City. Cosaulutloa ireeMonceor By isutn oooooooooo oTutfsTinyPiflso O drapeptle to eat Trhetever A waatsrWaea. Tbeyemuas the rood toa-w Oshsilhste and aworlah the body, crrsiA aappesisa mm& develop Son. Price, SsO its. zct slse shown 1b herder. OOOOOOOOOO . the MooiAch, UTr aoa bovete, M&rt'X l it w blood, art) and otrectaai p, cculpfttion, dTipejaU, foal I Diuliral dimlteB. had uaui jiaKijeecanaeQ m a - txte Momacn. Synr or s Sfone flftassa Moaer fufisliOHa. FsUMiia s wls.ni av (eWtUed byuJclrxg om after Pstrt CHCAt CO., PILES gU(l7s1sstant 1 1 aa OramKB for PTLK8, Pries, i; at dnicalsts address "ANA; ii j msu. osmpies rrs Boxaus, Haw loaa Out Barlows Inoico Blue. The TsetUr Wash Bine, or sale br Grocer). MmTW OECHKEll with Flutes. Enamels and Paints which . I . , .1 I 1. - ajnsB Sue siauiu9, juxo ,iw u uoi akwa viua off. The KisingBnn BtoTePoliab tsBrilUant. Odorless, Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin or glass package I with erery puxcnaao. WaJAL&slECF3sO0OTDBl

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CEtAPTK I. WHITE TlOUrS. - Haple Leaf Farm lay bathed in the golden sunlight af a rare autumnal day. They had named the place well those sturdy old Forsjthes who, for three generations, had drawn from its soil the rioh fruits of an Inexhaustible fertility, redeeming the broad acres from the wilderness, and building and improving until the square mile of field, timber and brookslde resembled some notable Engliah grange. rt,A, fhA mi.nv tr n HI oil lirmaA ntnnri. - !the thrifty maples shut it in to a nest flooreu vviffi ifclikii-hued fallen leaves, and fanned by crimouJ bwities still pendent to the mother stem, haunting their gay tinting s like vari-colored banners. It was now, trh-n the glories of the harvest still lingered, when each Hold looked like some swept lawn, and the barn groaned with golden store, and nature, man and boast seemed renting for a later battle frith winter and storm, that Maple Leal Farm looked its best, and it was now that stalwart, iron-knit John Elliott, gaiing across the fencedin paradise of hi 3 hopes and ambitions, thrilled proudly. Ten years agcne he had brought his motherless child , Buth, to the farm, to be weloomed by old Geoffrey Forsythe, his dead wife's bachelor brother. "I wrote for yDu," the sad-faced recluse had said, "because the farm was going to ruin, ai,d you have the vigor anil the ambitioi to redeem it. I am failing daily. I give you the use of the place as virtual owner while you live. After that" and he gazed affectionately at gclden-hairec little Buth "she shall be my heiress, i nd her husband shall carry on the wort you begin." And then Geoflroy Forsythe hud kissed the wond9r-eyed child who so resembled his dead sister, h id retired to the gloomy stone residence 1 e owned in the village of Eldgeton, a m le distant, and dropped out of their live; as fully as though he had gone to foreign parts. A recluse, an. invalid, once a year he eame to the fan), oneo a month Buth visited him In ti e hermitage, where he seemed to dwell only to brood over a broken past. They told of a love episode in his career that had loft him in its wake only heart-wreck an 1 sorrow. She had jilted him, but he could not recognize the coquette in the i'air being who seemed an angel to his blinded, longing gaze. sue naa weaoxa anotner. xney naa both died, leaving a son, lialph, and when John Elliott came to the farm old Geoffrey had sale , to him: "I make but one restriction to your exclusive control of everything. A sense of duty impels me to keep her boy out of the poorhouss. 1'ou are to take B&lph, make a man of him, and some day, may be, he iind Bath " Giim John Elliott understood, and Balpa had become a member of his family, to all eyes, e ccept the blind ones of Geoffrey Forsythe ana John tiiiott, de veloping traits o'' sei-recy, cunning and rudeness mat esrneu out tne aoieoave training of a duceitful mother and a reckless, unprincipled sire. Since then the rears had gone on , each one adding to the beauty and value of Maple Leaf Farm , and John Elliott might well experience s flush of joy as he surveyed his goodly heritage that bright, glowing afternoon. "It took time to get the hang of things," he.murmured, with self-gratula-tion, "but I managed it. There isn't a farm in a day's Journey that equals this. The last year has mended every broken fence, propped up every orooked barn, and the profits I shall be rich before I die, very rich!" Farmer John spoke truly. The last year had been a golden one indeed. In his stubborn prido he took all the credit for it, but his was not the hand that had wrought the change. Ee half guessed it, as a tall, manly fellow of about twenty-five came from one of the granaries. "Mr. Elliott, the wagons will be hore for the wheat to-morrow," he remarked. "Very well, you can attend to it. And, say, Dalton, we had better cast up account? to-night," The young man bow ed with u dignity that told of a past career considerably above the level of farm culture. Farmer John turned and watched him with n calculating eye as ho strolled toward the road. "I can't make him o it," he mattered. "I never could. I never will. Ee came here, quiet and gentlemanly, a year ago, end atiked for work so friends, no references. He thrashed like a bound hand, but I'll wager h never saw a flail before. Then I put him in eharge of the men. Then he began to nelp me out with my accounts, and he's been a jewel, earning double hl wages, saving me four times as much, and always the quiet, gentlemanly, unassuming fellow Great Goshen! it never struck me before. But suppose it is him him that's at the bottom of the new mischief I've scented!" Farmer John brought his sinewy list down on the fence till it quivered, under the force of a new and overwhelming idea. Black as a ttiunderuloud grew his broad, bronzed face, so lately wreathed with smiles of satisfaction. "Some one is at the bottom of it. Some one's robbing me systematically. It can't be him, tut who knows? He's a stranger; he knows where the keys are, and I'll watch!" Muttering, black-browed, the farmer took his way slowly towards the house. The sun had gone undpr a hazy cloud, tho first forerunner of damp weather. atur.i was in sympathy with the dark shadows that the impression of a wilful suspicion was about to cast about tho peaceful home. Paul Dalton, the young superintendent, all unconscious of the web with iron warp and woof of steel that fate had just begun to weave for him, walked on till he reached the grove of maples lining the road. Farmer John adjudged him a mystery, and Farmer John was right. One glance at his expressive face, intelligent eyes, expansive brow, daintily shaped hands, told that he had not always leen a tiller of the soil. Something in the half-veiled eyes spoke of a hidden past, of ambition thwarted, of a soul bound to iron -like, uncompromising duty for the sake of othors. Something, too, just then awoke the sentimental in the heart of the inexplicable mystery of Maple Leaf Farm that would have made hard, practical Farmer John stare in wondor, had he been there. i Whistling softly to himself, Paul Dal- j ton, glancing down, saw some t'liy flow- j ere growing at his feet. ! lie leaned over and picked two of ' (hum. 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" - .. a mm mi i mi I "White violets," ho murmured with a bright smile, "tho first I have ever seen, though, from the dairymaids' talk, they are common enough to the faithful lover. Little of that for me," he sighed grimly, "but what superstition shall I fit to them. Crosu the stile with violets white, Tour lvve shall pass that way ere nirht I'll pave the way for some loyal swain. Here goes." He smiled dreamily, the poet's reverie in his fine oyes, as he bound the two pretty flowers with a thread of grass and caught tho brittle stems against a splinter in the slanting rail. Then, more serious, as some duty of labor was suggested to his mind by observing the workmen idling about a hay-mow, he crossed the field. Half way thither, turning he saw Buth Elliott passing the spot he had jUBt left, a book in her hand, her steps directed toward the grove. A faint glow came into his oheeka. Perhaps he thought of the violets, and the superstition his ready mind had associated with them. At all events, he thought of the pretty, wild-rose face, and the trim, dainty form, for his eyes grew somber, and he direoted the mea at thoir work In a preocoupied. mechanical way. Some fabvinatioii of destiny camo into hisoheerless life as, at liberty again, he wended his way toward tho grove where Ruth had disappeared. His heart gave a quicker bound as he caught sight of her pretty blue dress through the shrubbery. Then a frown darkened his brow, bitter and distrustful, as ho observed that she had a companion. "That idler, Balph Proscott!"he mur mured. "What does Mr. Elliott keep that man about Here rorr An unwelcome companion was the favorite of old Geoffrey Forsythe just then to the dainty Buth, however. Paul Dalton knew that a moment later. For, as he was about to retrace his steps, a fluttering, indignant outcry reached his ears. "How dare you, sir!" I'uth's mellow tones, robbed of thoir usual gentleness, spoke. The reply gratea narsniy. " Dare? That's good, Buth! Give me the books, I say! I saw; I was watch ing. You've got them between the leave, lou won t take a keepsake from me, I ain't handsome enough for that. but some other fellow I will have them!" You cowardly spy!" gasped pretty ituttt. -un, l bate you! l hate you! Help! You shall not have the book!" "I will!" Iri half a dozen sturdy strides, Paul uai :on reached tne spot where the altercation was going on. An exciting scene greeted his vision. The great rough Balph had just torn a book from Ruth's hands and she was Striving to recover it. "Give it to me!" she cried, her eyes Hasting, her face aflame. "Oh, if I were only a mon!" "JUss Buth, here is your book." Quick as a flash, Paul Dalton had acted. How it was ever done the confused Buth could not tell, but the next moment his athletic form had sprung through the shrubbery, the book was snatched from the cstounded Balph Prescott's hands, was tendered to its owner, and Balph himself lay prostrate, ten feet away, seeing stars. With a growl of rage and muttered thres.ts he limped out of reach of his indignant adversary a moment later. "What was it?" querried Paul, solicitously; "you will pardon me, but that great, rough fellow " Trembling all over Buth Elliott confusedly turned over the leaves of the book. "I I had something; it is loBt," and then she burst into inexplicable womanly tears. "Was it something of value?" asked Paul, gently. "Perhaps I can help you find it." "No, I have found it." Paul Dalton started as from a shock A tell-tale blush on hor face, hastily, guiltily, pretty Buth Elliott had picked up at her feet the object missing from her Itook, tho cause of all the exciting episode Of the moment. Two white violets bound with a thread of gr.iss. Oomprehondingly, quivering with nameless emotion, Paul Dalton recognized them, and as she, shame-faced, fluttering, dropped the ilowers again, he regained them and tendered them to her with earnest, searching, hopeful glanoo. Their hands touohed as she took them and she trembled! Thfiir eyes met as he realized that they were precious to her and he thrilled! CHAPTER 11. FliOTTINO. IU-l'avoied, sullen-hearted Bulph Prescott nursed his swollen cheek and his impotent rago in silence and solitude the remainder of that eventful day. He lid not appear at supper time, and the ensuing day he mounted a horse early and gave Maple Leaf farm a wide berth until after dark. Far ner John met him the next forenoon, and asked him what was up, but lie evaded a dir. ot reply. 1'roTty Buth only laughed slyly when interrogated. He was too happy; she saw too much of brave, eirnest Paul Walton those days to get even the officious Balph into trouble by betraying his rudeness. Once only she met the surly Balph faoe to face. "I'm watching and I'm thinking," ho told lior in tragic accents of mysterious import;. "You won't keep up your flirtation wry long." "Poor Balph!" she replied banteringly. "Don' t think! The effort might bring on brain fever!" "Dou't fret!" flashed out Bulph flercoly. "You'll see what kind of a man this new lover of yours is soon. You're mine, by rights; it was always so understood, and I'll have revenge." Happy Huth laughed at the dark threats and hhn-hod at the idea of a lover. Ralph evaded Paul Dalton, anathematized him at a distance, refused to break bread at the samu table with him, and the third night after the altercation stole ( autiou8ly into the house at dusk, stole f,;ulltlly out again, and made for the dlntantjtlllage much with the excitement mcl haste of a midnight assassin. "I've done it," he chuckled, gleefully. "Old Elliott has been suspicious for a week. HeM miss it, sure, and the way I've fl ted it " Cra:ty Ralph seemed to feel very sanguine and very joyful over some plot that bid fair to materialize ere tho evening ha i passed away. He reached the village and proceeded straight to its tavern. Arrived, it seemed necessary for hira to prep up his courage, for he drainod several glasses at the bar, and then, retiring to an Inner room, sat at a table lost in reflection. "I'll give it time to come to a focus," ho soliloquized. "In about an hour I'll go home and witness the explosion. Paul Walton, you crossed a bad man's track when you crossed mine!" Morn meditation, the crafty face ex-, pressing varied and fleeting emotions, and t.ien Kalpn drew two photographs from ids pocket. At tne he gazed loudly; it was that of Buth. At the other he glared venomously

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oonooatratea look. "I stole It from her room. He gave it to her, hissed the Beif-oonfossea thief. How I hate him!" Paul Walton's placid eyes gazed up from the picture. Their earnest glanoe maaaenea nis lniuriatea rival. He spread it out upon the table; he struck it; tie spat upon it. Then, taking out his pooket-knife, he began to ub at it. How I hate him!" He burrowed out one eye. I wish it was his real throat. And the envenomed plotter described a SKUliul svroop across the cardboard "There's his miserable heart!" Jab. lab, jab! the blade quivered in the innocent cloture, until it was perforated like a bullet-riddled battle flag. "Hello! Queer amusement, I says. Balph Prescott started violently. Turning quiokly, he observed a tramp-isn-iookinj; renow at ins eiuow. "Who arj you?" he dcniaudod, ungrlly wnat Dusiness The stranger leered craftily at the picture, unmoved by Balph's blustering manner. "Queer amusement, I says," he re peated, insolently. "Is it any of your business?" de mandod Balph, hotly, securing and hid ing the photograph. "Oh, no." retorted the other, coolly: "only I can guess the truth you hate that man. Balph gritted his teeth veimefully. "And you haven't got pluck enough to deal with the real fellow as you do with his pioture. "See here " began Balph, furiously. "No, you see here. I'm a keen one, I am. Mebbe 1 can help you. That man Is a rival, eh? "Supposti he is?" "And yov. want to ge; even with him? "What if I do?" "Well, I know something. It's curious how I know it, but I happen to, all the same. You want revenge. Tell mo your story, all about that man, and I'll tell you something in return that will make your eyes snap. I'll show you a way of revenge that will mako you just get up and howl with aeiignt. "Do you mean it?" muttered Balph, dubiously. "Treat me right, promise me enough to pay a night's lodging and keep, and see if I'm iioastlng." Over their glasses Balph Prescott re luetantly awarded the confidence de rounded. "Now, then?" he oried expectantly, glaring in eagerness at bis companion How men it is. v nen i Baw taat picture I was sort of startled." "Why?" "I know that man." "You know him?" "Yes." "What of it?" "His name begins with a W, first name P Paul. Is that a clever guess? and how a Dalton for the rest of it? "I don't see anything wonderful in that. Everybody about hore knows that" "Yes, but I don't live about here Never was here before, and didn't know that Paul Palton was within a thousand miles of here." "Well, knowing now that he is, what of it?" "What of it!" repeated the other ex citedly. "This of it. If I can tell you something about that man that will sweep him from your path like a hurri cane, if I oun prove certain facts that once known will drive him from Maple Leaf Farm like a Hash, what then? Balph Prescott's face was white with eagerness ana hope. "Can you do it?" he panted, "loan. Ib it $50 if I uo?" "Yes, a hundred. Out with it. Wha do you know of this man, Paul Dalton?' The tramp leaned over. His blowsy lips touelieo the ear or the eager rialim He whispered seven words worda, freighted with an intelligence that meant ruin and disaster to the innocent Paul Dalton heart-break and misery for the girl with the trusting heart una the wild-roee faoe. Palpitating, his eyes glowing luridly with mingled joy and hate, Balph Pres cott sprang to his feet. "Prove taat!" he gasped, hoarsely. "Prove it, and I'll give you, not fifty, not a hundred, but Ave hundred dollars. Oh, Uie luck of it! Oh, the joy of it. Paul Dalton, 1 have you in my power at lasf I TO BE COKTISPKD. The Indian. The popular idea of the Indian roaming over the prairies, living; on the fruits cf the chase and just what he can gather, does not properly characterize all of the tribes. Some of the Indians of the South and Southwest were excellent agricult urists. In Georgia and Alabama, when the white man first went among the Natchez Indians, they found them all cultivating maize, beans, suiifltiwers, sweet potatoes, melons, pumpkins, and a large number of the. native fruits growing in orchards persimmons, honey- locusts, mulberry, black walnuts aud shell barks of the best kind were sorted arid planted by them. Many of the 'Sew Mexican and Arizona Indians were also far advanced in the agricultural art. The Blateh. Seven cities contended to be the birthplace of Homer, and about as many nations claim the inventor of the match as their son. As a matter of fact, the inventor of this indispensable 'and highly important industrial ar ticle is a Hungarian chemist who is still living, and who himself tells tis: "One day duriug the year 1838, while I was studying at the University of V ienna, I heard a lecture on peroxide of lead, and the lecturer rubbed the brown powder in a mortar with sulphur, which should have caused the sulphur to catch fire. However, he did not succeed in this, and it occurred to me that phosphorus instead of sulphur would ignite much quicker. This was the origin of the invention." The Daisy. In Scotland the daisy was, and in some partsi still is, regarded as a healing plant; and if the sick man can only put his foot on a fully expanded daisy, he has hopes of recovery, just, as in some other parts some mountain stream or quiet spring is supposed to possess magical powers. Faith, no doubt, lias a good deal to do with the cure, and the thought that touching any given object would effect a cure would do much to accomplish the same. It Is further believed that if the fanner kneels down and bites off the first daisy of spring a plentiful crop will be the rewiL Tricking the Dog-. When compelled to travel all night, the Siberian natives always make a practice of stopping just before sun rise and allowimc their dogs to go to sleep. They argue that if the dog goes to sleep while it is yet dark and wakes ur in an hour and llnds the sun shining, he will suppose that lie has hud a full night s rest and will travel all day without thinking of being tired. One or even two hours' stop at any other time is perfectly useless, as t he dogs will be ti neon t reliable from that time forward until they are permit ted to take what, the; think a full allowance, of sleep. Tnu more we reflect upon the unspeakable meanness of t in? nun who stole a fine overcoat belonging to a distinguished New York clergyman while he was preaching to a Chicago congregation the more firmly do we become convinced that the thief was some bitter and unforgiving Si. Louislan who commit ted t he act in order to bring reproach upon Chicago.

Bacteria. Bacteria have their name from their rod-like shape. They are vegetation so minute as to be visibla only by the aid of powerful microscopes. They multiply by division, each rod separating into two parts. Then each part speedily becomes a complete whole, but soon divides into two parts. It will be seen what countless numbers must result. The view has been extensively adopted tl:at these mioroscopio vegetations are -she actual poison that produces most infectious diseases. Prof. Lionel Boole, F. B. &., knighted for his attainments in microscopy and medicine, is not prepared to accept this. We present a condensed statement of bis views. The tongue is constantly covered by whole forests of bacteria. Millions pass into the stomach whenever we swallow. It is the same with all animals. Every vegetable and fruit and leaf also contains countless numbers. So does tho air we Itch the and the water we drink. All disintegration and decay facilitates the growth of this minute vegetation. It is certain now, that bacteria in large quantities are constantly passing into the alimentary canal of men and animals without doing hnrni. There is probably not a part of the body of any one of us, one-quarter of an inch in diameter, where their germs are not present. So small are they that they pass freely into the tubntanoe of every organ. Thev exist within us, even in the blood, without disturbing us in any way. In disease their numbers are vastly increased. "I have seen every part of the stomach, the small and large intestines, filled with curdled milk which, when placed under the microscope, seoiued to be almost composed of bacteria. But this probably did not originate the disorder, but resulted from the prior diseased stato of tha secretions. It is still an open question whether infectious diseases originate from some special kind of death-carrying bacteria; or from practices wholly independent of all such organisms. Though some evidence has been adduced in favor of the first hypothesis, many new facts must be discovered before the problem is solved," I was going to speak of Mrs. Kellogg's devotion to her daughter's career. I know that it is a coiomon theme of the local press when Miss Kellogg is traveling through the country, but it is a prolific theme. I don't believe that there is another such instance on record. There are stage-mothers by the hundreds, but, as a general thing, they are only that and nothing more. Mis. Kellogg is a woman of varied accomplishments, and there is no doubt in my mind but that she would have made a career for herself if her daughter's talents had not been of so extraordinary a nature as to divert her mind from herself. The development of a singer's voice and the care attending its culture and preservation can only be realized by one who has had experience in the art. A prima donna requires a good deal the sort of treatment awarded the raoe-horse. She must only eat certain food at certain times; 8-ie must be kept out of draughts; she must sleep nine good, solid hours; she must have littlo or no worry, or that delicate organ by whioh she wins fame and fortune will give way. It is no fun to lead the lifo of a prima donna. When she is singing her nerves are strung up to tho highest pitch, and she works as hard as

any class of workers in the world. Tho public, who only see her wreathed in smiles and sparkling with diamonds. tliink that her work ends when the footlights are turned out. It only begins then. Philadelphia Secord. Mr. F. S. Chanfrau is accredited with the following anecdote: "Once," said Mr. Chanfrau, "when traveling in the South, I noticed in our car a tall, stout gentleman in a big coat. He was alone. His manner was so gentle and unassuming that I was both charmed and amazed to learn he was Thackeray. We'd a prompter in our company, Jack Huntley poor old Jack ! who was an En glishman. When he found out it was Thackeray, he shuffled up the aisle until he stood just behind the novelist, who was smoking. Huntley took off his hat and gazed with a world of pride down upon the quiet face and then, with that charming English pronunciation, blustered out ; 'Mr. Thackeray, yer Honor, Hi am an Henglishrnan 'When the man began to speak Thackeray had half turned his face but not his gaze upward toward Huntley, but at the sound of the familiar cocknev voice, tho note of manly respect and reverence in that ier Honor, Hi am an llenfflishman. his whole face was illuminated. He grasped Huntley's hand and there he sat and chatted with our rough old prompter for over half an hour. It was a very gracious act." MRS. LEROY Q. COVILLst. A Laily Writes a Letter for Publication, Hellevliiff It Will Interest Many Suffering trum Rheumatism. From the Chenango Union, Norwich, N, Y, McDonovgh, Chenango Co.,N. Y. ) April 5, 1892. J Dr. Kilmer & Co., Btugbamton, N.Y. : Kind Bins I had been troubled for years with that terrible disease rheumatism, and last spring a year ago I was confined to my bed and could scarcely rrove or stir. Could not bear to have any one walk across the room or make any noise of any kind, was also troubled with female weakness and was completely used up. I had doctored with the best physicians 1 could get, but grew worso all the time. Having read ot your remedies I at last made up my mind to try them. I had very little faith, for I thought, perhaps, they were no better than lots ot others that I had used before without any benefit. But thanks be to Ood and also to you, I tried them and found it to my benefit. I only took two bottlcB of your Swamp-Root and one of Female Hemedy and used one bottle of your V. & O. Anointmont, and was completely cured. It is now over one year since I was troubled and yet I have not felt a single touch or return of the old complaints. I think I was better before I had taken one-half of the first bottle. I now be lieve and have more faith in you than any other doctor on earth. If this will be of any benefit to you or othors, you can publish it and if need be I can prove It by more than twenty good and reliable people in this vioinity. uoa Diess you and yours, and with great respect, &XBS. JLiBnOT li. UOVIIiLB. IThe nrecediuK testimonial was set lit) In ihi office from the orignal letter written by Sirs. IHJVIUO. EDITOR OF UKtON.J Five thousand dollars 1b offered to any me who will prove any portion of this testimony untrue. Hundreds of similar tetters are received daily by the propriaI w MWswn.jaot,

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OUR SPECIAL REPORTER SECURES THE FACTS. He Deteriained to Thoroughly Investigate a Sahjeos That Is Caasinf Much Comment;, and Be Has Sueoeederi. New York Sun. Two dars afo oue ot the most prominent professional men In New York published a lottor so outsuoken, so unusual as to cause extensive tMk sud awaken much comment. Yesterday I Interviewed tlia gentleman as to tbi- contents ot the letter, and ho fully confirmed It in every respect. Us not only aid this, but he also mentioned a number of unusual cases which bad come under bis observation. In which little less than a miracle nac. Dean performed. So important bas the entire subject become that i determined to Investigate it to tho tot ou:., ami. accordingly, called upon Mr. Albert G. Eaves the prominent costumor, at .No. S3 Kast Twelfth strH, the gentleman mentioned in my interview with the doctor yesterday. Mr. Eaves ha-i made oultu a name. A comulcte knowl edge ot Us .ory, an appreciation of art and reliability are essential in his profession. "Mr. Eaves, " I said. "1 learn that your wife has had a most unusual experience) are you willing to describe ltl" 'luo gentleman thought a moment, and an expression of pleasure passed over his face. "Wh.in I think," lie said, "of what inv wife once passed through, and the con dition she 1 1 In to day, I cannot bat feel gratitude. Nearly three years ago she was at the polni of death. Yon can understand h w sick she was when I say she wA totally blind and lay in a stato or unconsciousness. Three doctura attended her, and all agreed that her death was only a question of hours, perhaps minutes." May lafk what the doctors called her trouble!" "Uremia and puerperal convulsions, id you can Imagine ho v badly she must have been. At List one doctor lit was Dr. R. A, Gunn) Bald that as she was ntlll able to wallow one more attempt might Do maae, and a medicine was accordingly given her, Bhe seemed to lnn.rove at unce; in a few days her slg lit wan restored. 'I have bad a. long, long sleep,' she said, upon recoveringconsciousness, and 1 am rejoiced to say that she was restored to perfect health wholly through the use of Warner's Safe Cure, which was the remedy we admlnls-' tered when she was past all consciousness," 1 looked ut Mr. Eaves as no said this Bis face was beaming with satisfaction. He continued: "The nbvnlctans told us. after m wife's recovery, that she never could endore childbirth, ana yet we have a Baa boy nearly a yer old, and do not know what sickness Is. I attrllmto It all to tbe wonderful power of Warner's Safe Cure. Why, my Sister, who resides in Virginia, was, a whilo ago. afflicted precisely as my wire bad boon. I at once ad vised bor to use this samo great remedy : it curea ner-promptly,." "You find that it Is specially adapted for women. dovou7 I inquired. By no it eans. I have known It to b wonderful la its power in the case or gentlemen to whom I have recommended It speak from my experience entirely, and yoi should not be surprised that I am so arra believer in this discovery, which has dons so much for me" I n as not suprlsed. I saw by every word, by every look, that Mr. Eaves meant all bo said. I had ample confirmation of Dr. Gunn's letter and interview, and I do net wonder that people oho nave seen such thin.--;, who hrivn watched their dearest friends go down Into the dark valley and be brought back into the light, should be both enthusiastic and grateful. I myself caught the spirit, and I shall be glad if the Investigations I have made prove ot profit to those who may read them. From Small Beginnings A gentleman once tried the experiment of raising a harvest from a single seed. He put a pickle ot wheat into the ground: It sprang up and yielded two full cars. Tho nhxt year ho planted tho corn of these two ears, and had, as tbe result, nearly a busnel of shelled corn. This he planted ago.in, and broad acres of larffe yellow ears at lenprth rewarded bis patient toil. One ot tbe commona-it kinds of wheat now is what is called "mummy-nheat" It all sprang from a few grains f wheat that wore found in the hand of an Egyptian mummy. Tiio reproductive power of sin is not less than this. One lie or act of deceit produces fifty or KK). You sow an evil deed, and it is almost impossible to calculate tho amount of wickedness ai.d misery that will grow out of it, Kept Dp to tuts Day.; Many years ago a Spanish galleon, caught Id a sudden storm at nightfall, was sunk off the coast of Portugal because every rope that was handled in the effort to shorten sail refused to run through its block. "The devil Is in those sheav'is," cried the captain as the ship went d3wn. In consequence of that calamity tho Admiral Issued an ordar that every day, at sunset, the men should bo sent aloft "to chase the devil ont of tho sheaveti." It is said that the order is still religiously obeyed In the Spanish navy. What Are Sun Uoa-a? The term is applied to that variety of halo in which there is a luminous spot, or the Imag3 of the sun, beside it Generally there are two, three, or four ot these seen at once. They are sometimes called parhelia, or mock-suns. They are only seen when the sky is covered with those highest thread-like forms of clouds known as cirrus or cirro-stratus. These clouds are composed of fine particles of ice, and the phenomena of sun-dogs is due to the refraction of the sunlight passing through tbe clouds. Had Keen Observant. A pretty I an was presented to a little girl 4 years of age, and she, wishing to show her new treasure, hung it on her finger and held it cut at arm's length. A lady on entering the parlor was attracted by the peculiar attitude of the little girl, and dually said to her: "Isn't it very fatiguing to hold out your arm In that way so long?" Said little Elsie in return, with a deep sigh: "Isn't it always fatiguing to be tilegant?" The Statistic Mineral Mad Baths, Given at the Indiana Mineral Springs. Warren County, Indiana, on tho wabidh Line, attract nore attention to-day than l.ny other health resort in thin country. Hundreds of peoples suffering from rheumatism, kidney trouble, and skin diseases, bavo been cured within the last year by the wonderful miignotic mud and mineral wo tor baths. If you aro Huffering with any of these diseases, investigate this, natuio's own remedy, at once. Tho sanitarium buildings, bath-house, water works, and eleolric light plant, costing ovor $150,000, just ocmploted, open all tho t ear round. Write at onco for beautiful illnstra :ed printed mattsr. containing comnlete information and reduced railroad rates. Address F. Chandler, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis. Mo., or H. L. Kramer. Ooueral Manager of Indiana Mineral Springs, Indiana. Diwo on Cigarettes. The peopla of Surry, Me., will not tolerate liquor selling in town if they can help it, but they aro more strongly opposed to the cigarette. Good Hope temple, having discovered thatsomo of its younger members had been Indulging In tbe pnnnv weeds, voted to buy and burn all tho cigarettes In town, on condition that tho dealers would sell no mere. The dealers agreed to that, and there was one big, final cigarette smoke In tho public square. Uirnut all circumstances, under all conditions, under all lnliuencos, Ursdycrotlue will promptly cure all headaches. Of all Druggists. Fifty cents. Afflictions 1.1 ke Weights. Our afflictions are like woights, mid have a tendency to bow us to tho dust; but thero is ;i way of arranging weights by means of wheels and pulleys, so that they will even lift us up. Grace, by its matchless art, has often turned tho heaviest of our trials into occasions for heavenly joy. "Wo glory in tribulations also." rrs. All Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Gi Nerve i!etnf ei ko ri;ti &n,r nt-fit any h use. iaar Vfitous curt-H. TreatiHO a ul fSOOtriiil bottle froe to CIS cases, oenu to m. nuao.wu Area En.,x-mia. x e. Last year there wore as mauy as 550 Japanese newspapers and other period icals, and In the city of 1 ok m alone there were seventeen political dallies, with a weekly circulation of ovor 1,000,000 copies, besides weekly and monthly publications devoted U progress, sclecee, literature, tbe lino arts, and social af fairs.

Ta Slity o to B S' Whtoht le attack the dragon of disease coi aanuuV lacs him bifore his deadly tsloni grow, or to allow him . attain dangerous maturity ana destroy us that is tbe question of paramount importance to ail afflicted with organ to ailments. Amng these, disorders of the kidneys and bladder are of the fatal order if unrestrained at the outset. Thoir growth Is rapid, their oulmfr atton dsath. Blight's disease, ordinary nephiitia, diabetes, entanh of the bladder, gravel, uuppression of tho secretion, ounnou bo tampered with or dlHrsgarded safely, Hostettor's Momach Sitters in a Superb depurative tonio, giving tbe due Impulse, wH&oat excitation, to irw renal orgsns, besides strengthening and regulating them in common with the rest of the sys em. It in 'nsi s, too, vigor and regularity Into ihe stomach, Iwweli and Uver, suooesslully counteracts Hataria aud rhsumtlsm, and is a pre-omineuUy flue tonio for tho aged, the enfeebled and tht couva eioout.

The Seuret of True Jteoreetlonw Minds, like other measures of capacity, when they are full cannot be any fuller of that which they are full of. ODe more drop r f water will cause the brimful glass to overflow. lint that same brimful glt.ss may have packed into it mora than its bulk ot loose raw cotton without spilling the water. Similarly, one may have his mind 30 full of one flow ot thought, or care, that one drop more would be disastrous: but a wholly different kind of tho lght can, llko the raw cotton, lio pack.Kl into it without seemingly making It any fuller. This is one of the $ecret3 of accomplishment. It includes the secret of true recreation. HALIS CATARRH CUKE is a liquid and is takon internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of tbe i rstem. Write for testimonials, fii. Manufactured by F. .1. CHENE? it CO.. Toledo, 0. Why Be hIt, Questions Df political economy will stray into the most serious moments of young life. "Don't you think, Evlllii.i, dear, that you er need a little projection?" "Possibly. George. Hut I don't know as I am in favor of quite so much raw material." And then ho picked up his hat and went out into the damp fog of a relentless world. To Suosm-lbers of This Paper, After twenty-live years constant use of various File Remedies I never found anything to do me any good until I tried Dr. Kilmer's TJ & O Anointment. I used it in connestion with the Swamp -Boot, and I tell you it made a ne w man out of me. J. P. Bbows-, Osgood, Ind. At, a public ball Riven near Honesdale, Pa., whor? the etitlrj neighborhood participated, no less than forty-two babies could bo seen sleeping together, huddled In a corner of the room, placed there by mothers bent on the pleasures of the night The Only Oss Eier I'Hnted Cam Too Find the Word? Themis a 9-lrob display advertlseraint In this paper this week wh :h has no two words alike exce pt ono word. The samo Is true ot each new one appearing each week from The Dr. Barter Medicine Co. This house places a "Crescont" on everything they make and p jblish. Look for it, send them the namo o! the word, and they will return you boos, beautlkuu-uthoobapss, 0B SAMPLES FREE. "I have met this man," said a lawyer to a Penobscot County Jury, with ex treme severity, -'in a greet many places where I would b-3 ashamed to be soen myself," and then he paused and looked with astonishment at the smiling court and jury. Daily Kenncbej Journal. Cbagin Si Co.. Philadelphia, Pa., will send, postpaid, for 2 Dobbins' l.lec :rie Soap wrappers and 10 cents, any volume of "Surprise Series." (best authors) 25 cent novels, about 200 pages. Send 1 cent stam p tor oatalogue. CttocoDit.E eggs are much sought after by the natives of Madagascar, their flavor closely nisembling it niix-.uro of rancid oil and u usk. In the Pacific and West Indian Islands lizards and lizards' eggs are eaten in a varietj' of styles. IN 1850 "Bretcu's ProiicJifci! Troelutv worn Introduced, and :helr siicce.-u as a cure for Colds, Coughs, Asthma, and Bronchitis has been unparalleled. One reason why some people are not oo wicked as others Is because thoy havm't had so good a chance. Nobody but Gump Nkc lects a Cotton. Take some Hauc's Hokbt of Morkhoiikd ssd Tab tiuin liter. Flax's Toothachb Dbops Core us one Minnte. Jagsos says he has found more grass widows in clover than in weeds. Beecitam's Pi i.i.s quickly :ure sick headache weak stomach. Impaired digestion, constipation, disordered livtr, etc. Pain will frequently transform a child into a groan person. Ir afflicted w til Horo Eyes, nee Dr. Isnao Thompson's Ey Water. Druggists sell it S5a There is ono crop that Is grotty short this season the hnir crop. That Tired Feeling Prevails with itu most onorvatinc i.nd diB03urinx effect in spring and early suminer, when th 'lay, grow warmer and tbe toning effort of tbo c?Jd air U gone. Hood's Ha saparilla BpodlJy overcome "that tired loelinjt," wf other caused by ,iaittf at climate, gftason or life, by overwork or ilhit tt, and i'tnpairta n fwling of btrengtrt, comfort and w tt-coaftdtoco. Hood's Sarsapara'Ila Cures where otlior preparations f TU Ktim tt got Hood's siarsaparli la. It in iWuIir to Itolf HOOD'S PILLS euro Hv. r ilia, coaff.lpaiiim, tuUouanem, iauntlice, sick headache . Ovr (OltM fMB.lt of tarntl nut. Inarie urea Blk HclMliei reaioraC,amplexTon;rrit&ittillp-.Tlfta lui itu rtm muis m i ittt Ma,aMn1 m ami. vj. m FIT FOLKS REDUCED Mr. AMca Maule. Orn. Me., write 'M v a rhf mikm XXl tn An bnw It ft, 191 redaction of 12T Ib." For circular iiddrM. with Jcu Vo.W.F.SNYDER. UeVioker'f TtMr. Oi.Wo.lU. MSIXVSXOlva - Dae mil KOUklRSUil m- u dii'aweu. s, ror incn-.wi. ytar. px. perience. Write for Laws, a .W. Mi&OBb it'K A Bona. Wa8Uinuton, D, C A. cimcimatu. O.

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