Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 25 October 1893 — Page 3

Professor Wise is an absent-minded loan, yet so thoroughly genial and unaffected in his absent-mindedness that it never occurs to any one to take offense at it. It so happened that the Professor arrived late one winter's afternoon in a small Western town, intent upon visiting an old college chum he had not eeen for many years. Arriving at the house he was shown immediately to his room, where he prepared himself for dinner before meeting his host's family. When the various stains of travel were removed he descended. The drawing-room door was open but the lights were not yet lighted. A bright fire was burning in the grate and somebody's head was just visible over the top of a big chair in front of it. The Professor is a little bit near-sighted, but he could see that there was some one in the chair. So he tip-toed softly up behind it and patted the occupant on the head. "Hello!" he said. "Warming up your shins as you used to." And then his old chum's wife, whom he had never met before, rose out of the chair to greet him. Boston Budget. Many people soe themselves as others see them but they keep their discoveries quiet.

SEE TO IT that you're not put off with some poor substitute, whea you sfc for Dr. Pierce's Golden . Medical Discover. Get ( it of an honest water. As Mood - cleanser, ti-ensth - restorer, and flesh-builder a certain remedy in every disease caused by an inactive liver or bad blood. than nothing else that " jsst es eod " s Che "Discovery." It's tbeonly medicine yoaMntecd to benefit or care, or the Bnaeyh TCtonded. Gtm Brook; IT. C. Dm. R. T. Pikbcb: JJear Sir Twelve months I was hardly able to work at aiL suffered from nervousoeai and weakness, had a bad cough. I can work all tbe time ew Bud have a good appetite. I have famed twelve pounds since taking tbe " GoMea Medical Die. co very" and leef the kta all due to the G. Jfc Dt" Orates fitt bubsl Yet. WHAT A MINISTER SATS OF SWAMP-ROOT. Sacevflle, N. Y. May tt, tan. Gentlemen; yor yean t suoered . with kMatr and liver tmnslt, boctor after doctor treated tee with no avail. I BTew worse and was la despair of ever being any better. Wort asony tendered when the attetek came on, rwWug on the floor. Screaming; and half crazy! Nothing but morphine woul-l quiet ne. It seemed death would be a relief from any suffering. My stomach was In a terrible condition, food, what little I ate, distressed me, my complexion was yellow; bowels constipated; I was only able to walk as far as the front porch. A friend recommended yonr I began to take it at once. Svt?-!.03t tared Eta. After passing or from my system a fearful amount of poisonous matter, imagine my Joy to and I was decidedly bettor. My improvement after that was rapid and awinterrupted and la six months I was completely cored. Rev. Wb. H. Van Denser. A mragglata, S0 reataad ftl.eOBtte. "IaTad3- 9fc to WiEX" fre C laWIBU ha, Dr. Kilmer Co., . BtHgtaattiton, K. T. The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. niuD tmar, of boboby, mass., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred rases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of Us value, ail within twenty miles of Boston. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them-, the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first Mo change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tabiespoonful in water at bedtime. Read the Label. Send for Book. The Rugged Chid is largely an "outdoor" product. Fresh air and exercise usually produee sound appetite and sound sleep. Sickly children obtain great benefit from Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil with Hypo phosphites, a fat-food rapid of assimilation and almost as palatable as milk. ft3 Die!) Process Ho Alkalies OB Other Chemicals are used in tSm preparation of W. BAKER tec's reakfastCocoa ttktch U aswoftrtaiy IlthasMorstAanCnrMtiasai Ikattrtngth of Cocoa mixed with Starch. Arrow-oot of "Sncar. and is far more eeo. nomlcal, costing Urn than tm atmt a ewav It is delicious, Bourisbinfr sad URUT 8aM hySrerm tvtrrwaef. W. BASER CO., Borefaeatar. THeBesI Waterproof Coat in the WORLD t LIGKER TliriSH BKASD SLICK EH Is wainiind wUr. hmat. and will imp yrn dry In Ilia harden norm. Tin) pww TOXMKL IUULEK I, a perfect ridlnf coat, n4 motm tb sntirs asMit. Ibwssoat Iftlw Bswaracfiaitteusss. nm'u i 'res Irani to I" U net an It.

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HA ITER XV. TTNMISTAKABL,R EVWENCE. The audience ;ilil not wait for tho sentence to be finished. The ludier.iisnei f the situation waft i-enl.v appreciated by all. or.o goneral burst of laughter, endiVig; in a derisive wail iu concert artieij aleii in by everybody wtCept tho dignilied "court, the witness. tiround-wig', and his attorney?, provoked the judge to order the inmtt 'cleared, but he at once rwhnVed ami revoked the order, mweb. to tlio p-ratil!cntion of the spectators. Jfedge: Proceed Mr. Lewinsohil, Hrfth the cross-examination. Q. You can now complete your answer, when tho audience w boisterously interrupted you) yttu were saying "but " A. I eenltneneed to say that I have since that time learned to write my name. The audience began to think thtiy had halloed before thay were but of the woods. Q. How hwg aftr yon were charged ! with forging the name of Mr. Living-! stone aid you learn to write.A. About sue months. Q. Did you learn to write any inoi-e than your own name? A. That was all. Q. How long after your acquittal of the forgery before you went to living where you now tfo? A. About two months. Q. And you say you had resided there only tsh days when you were asked to sign your name to Major Nordum's will? A. I don't know. Q. Don't ktww what? A. I dVynl know. . 'Groundwig's attorney: Tho witness is under the protection of tho court, and I ask your honor to protect him from the insulting questions of the gentleman who has tho honor of Mujof Nordrum in charge. Mr. Lewinsohn: Your attempt, sir, at sarcasm will fall still-born in this court-house. Judge: Proceed with the cross-ex-amittation. Q. Under what name were you indicted for forgery? A. William Wallace. Q. You say you learned to write only your Same was the name you learned to write James Martin or William Wallace? A. I don't remember. . Q. What, after reaching the age of forty years you learned to write your name and don't know what name you learned to writo? A. Well, sir, It learned to writo both name', Q. After your acquittal why did you ao suddenly change your name? A. I don't know. Q. Did you read this letter? (Showing the witness a half sheet of foolscap covered with writing.) A. Idont remember. Q. Now Mr. James Martin or Mr. William Wallace, or whatever your name may be, is it not a fact that you can read and write, and that yon ctimmitted perjury when you swore in the forgery case that you could not write yonr name? A. Yes, I did learn to read and write when a boy, but I have roughed it so much and got out of the practice of writing that at the time Livingston's name, was forged I could not writo. Q. I propose now to compare your handwriting with tho signaturoon that alleged will. Take this pen and write your name on that piece of pajier. The witness was now so agitated that the lookers-on pitied him7 and they wished the cruel torture would end. But Mr. Lewinsohn did not propose to lose any vantage gained. When the witness trembled so ho could not write, and became so agitated he could not speak, Mr. Lewinsohn, in a pleasing, reassuring manner, asked him why the request to sign his name so unnerved him. The witness sat stiff as a stick, palo as the newly whito washed ceiling over his head, and not a syllablo passed his lips. Mr. Lewinsohn rose to his feet, stepped to within a few inches of the witness-stand, and in a louder voice than the attorney had any time em-1 .lMMAja .i i i . a u - . i. . i. 1 Miujruu, ttiiu iuvh.iji wiy witness SU'HlIlt in the eye, said to him: "Sir, does rot your agitation come from the knowledge you have been swearing to a paok of lies, the fear that the strong arm of the law will bo laid upon you, and cast you in prison? Sir! tell the court and jury, before God strikes you dead, how rniioh Groundwig paid you for this perjury." Never was witness more ready to answer a question than was this one now. Hardly had Mr. Lewinsohn time to finish the sentence when tho answor came : "He agreed to pay me" "Stop, hold there, not another woi-d. witness! Yon need not answer that question," yelled Mr. Wmlilol of the opposing counsel. "The ronrt should not permit a witness to criminate himself without explaining to him his legal rights. I ask your Honor to instruct the witness that he need not answer the question." The court so instructed hint. "I withdraw the question," said Mr. Lewinsohn. But enough of tho truth had been told to destroy the credibility of the witness. It was evident to every one who hud heard the test imony that the man wasatool of Groundwig's, and for pay had committed perjury, and that Grouhdwig had made tho mistake of affixing to the will the name of a person who had died a few days before the death of Major Nordrum, thus corroborating that part of Mrs. Patterson's statement which fixed the time Groundwig prepared the will as several months after the Major's death. Groundwig's cunning was manifest In the provision of the will, bequeathing a large sum to the popular Lutheran Church. The bequest made many advocates of the validity of the will. Witnesses were called, who proved that while there was no such church at the time of Nordrum's death, such an organization was talked of, and at the time of the trial was the most prosperous ohurch in that part of t he country. No doubt the church was being built when Gronndwig framed tho will, but he made the mistake of not ascertaining w author such an association was organized at the time of Nordrum's deaNu No further evidence was introduced. The lawyers rnado their argumentstone, learned, and able pleas on both tides. The Judge read his charge to the jury, reviewing the testimony on bath sides, tho jury retired in cu-itody of a bailiff and the court was adjourned until the next morning. CHAPTER XVI, A GHOST'S DISPATCH. "

oourt, tho jury wero isi,ort'd incir soats by theUirflff. and the crowd of peQtate)i' eagerly sought to read the Vtsrdict in the jurors' faces. A painful silence iiosserwed the vust audience. It was known Into at night that a verdict had not been agreed upon. Tho

oontest in t he jury-room had excited

the people to a high pitch of anxiety, and while to tho spectators the case appeared to havo but one ide.i j ot the long time the jury were deliberating had created a feeling of doubt just sufliment to make the audience eager trt know the verdict. The Cier: Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict? (. Foreman: Wo have (hahdhir paper to the ele,t . t.'fcrk (reading the papen: We. the jury, lind that tho document purport' nig to be the last will and testament of Andrew Nordrum is n forgery-. The uudicuce avhed t' testify in cheers and otheV- demonstrations of applause its approval of tho verdict, but the jtrovions warning of the court, and the threat of the Sheriff to arrest the first person that violated the order, kept the assemblage from giving vpnt, to their pent-up feeliiigi The opiu't-tyom was quickly emptied, and tniee outside the building the crowd went wild with enthusiasm. In the excitement Gronndwig had disappeared, and Martin and Hickman were never more heard of in that part of the West. Fortunately for thcut they had anticipated t he anger of the populace by hurrying out of town. The excitement over the will case soon died away. Months passed rapidly. No matter how black a heart the personator of Louis Patterson may have had, he seemed to possess the power to bestow upon Mary Nordrum love as (rtnet'ro as that which springs from a heart that never knew ought but innocence. Patterson continued to faithfully serve his employers, but no sooner was he off duty than he sought the company of Mary Nordrum. Hours were dailyspent in. talking over the events of l ivelr childhood and hardly an incident, no matter how trivial, could be referred to by Mary, but the impostor was able to take the subject from her lips and complete it. Sometimes when his thoughts were fixed on other scones and other events, which many knew nothing of, she would gently chide him for nis indifference to her prattle, and then he Would recover himself only to wonder whether there was any suspicion lurking in her heart of his deception, 'Do you remember that beautiful summer evening Louis, when we were enjoying one of those delightful sails oh the lake; and when wo saw the sun accompanied in ife setting by that brilliant light, and encircled by "a sky Of such radiant splendor? How I did laugh when you said the sun went down into the water to kiss its shadow because it had nothing else to kiss. Do you forget it? "You know you said ydu had rather be a boy than t he sun, because you had something bett er to kiss than shadows. What a magnificent sunset that was! Louis, what can you be thinking of, you don't seem to care to be reminded now of those happy, thrice happy hours. Why? I kuow I do you wrong, Louis, to talk so, I know 1 am over-exacting. But I should die were I to think, that, recalling those scenes, when wo wore so happy together, was painful to you, or that you had lost interest in them. Thi;y are among the happiost hours of my life. Were they not yours, dearest Louis?" "Yes, yes, love, but do not think because I do not on the Instant grow enthusiastic over your pleusing reference to them, that I have lost any interest in them. They were my happy hours too, my memory is busy tilling my brain with the recollection of hundreds of other like scenes, or like incidents. Pi'attlo on, my love, and I Will never tire of listening." 'Now that is charming, Louis. I like to have you talk that way. What ft merry evening that was! I can't drivo it from mo, even if I cared to. Do you remember, Henry, when you said the shadows chasing each other across the meadows, through the pasture, and skipping over the fields of grain, were fairies bringing flour to make the wheat; and I told you the fairies got the fiouv from the great white clouds that wer.' floating over our heads? Didn't we both laugh at the silly things we both said? Some how or other, my heart is not as light now as it was tlien. The recollection of those innocent fancies brings no such thrill of joy to my heart as they did then. Why is it Louis?" "Oh, you are getting serious now. Your cheerful disposition can not brook seriousness, and there is no serious side to beautiful sunsets and charming fairy tales. There is really no place for despondency in your heart, Mary, so away with it, and tell ine more about those fairies." The lovers separated. The one to enter upon a career of intrigue, plotting and villainy of the deepest dye: the other to retire to her room and wrestle with her heart to keep it from doubting her lover's love. The next morning Louis had answered a call for information from the superintendent of the road, when the wires bore a message which so startled him that he shook as with t he ague, and the blood rushed to his head, as though the fever and chill came together. Tho name of the person addressed was Matilda I 'atteiison. Matilda Patterson! Who above the earth should lie sending a dispatch to her? She had been dead nearly a year. What could it mean? - Louis had no time to soliloquize. The message came quick and fast, quicker and faster, it seemed to him. than any dispatch that ever before came over ' the wires. So quick and so fast that his pen could not keep pace with the click of the instrument, and had the click come over so slow it would have made no difference, he could not have put the message on paper had his life been at. stake. The pen dropped from his hands, his whole frame trembled from head to foot, the room suddenly darkened, and he reeled and fell like a drunken man. The dizziness lasted but a moment. Tho fall aroused him to a consciousness of the situation. He realized that he must act. and act quickly. Ho had heard enough of the message to understand that he alone of all the world must hear it, and that all his hopes of tho future depended on his keeping it from the knowledge of any other human being. Kising to his feet ho made a superhuman effort to throw off the fearful incubus which had borne him to tho floor, and, grasping the key of tho instrument, he asked that the message bo repeated. The words commence to come, O, loo slowly now, for it seemed minutes between each syllable, but he listened to each click, click, click, as they came, one after the other, like a battalion of fiends passing lie fore, his eyes, each screaming as if to let all the world know that this man's crime should 1known to all the world. Not a word was put on paper. It was a ghost's dispatch sent to a dead woman. It ought never to have been sent. It ought never to have been received. Thus ho mused, but only for a moment. In his breast the terrible message was locked up as In a iron chest and the chest at tbe bottom of the sea. "Saved again, as if by a miracle ' What a commotion in my brain ! What a tumult in my heart ! A message from Louis Patterson ! "God in Heaven, wfcat cn it mean? Ths Louis I'aUci'eun I loft lifelee on that usltftowB iliori'? fte Ur I K

to sail this aay from Liverpool for New York? He coming to his old noma, and he to bask again iii the light of Mary Nordrum's love? She to bo his bride? "No, no; it cannot, it must not be. No mortal now must come bet ween me and her I loro: ... "Lotti 1'iittiTMin's plans must be thwarted. Ha must be prevented from coming to Sandv Lake or communicating with Mary Nordrum until I shall havo mado her my wife. That accomplished, and the arrangements I have been making to live In a foreign land carried out, 1 will run ail the risk of oven his discovering us.'' The impostor sat 'down, buried his head hi lits hands, and cooly contemplated a plan to prevent the proposed visit of the real Louis Patterson to his old homo: His thoughts fiew thick and fast, Anything, everything, no matter what, must be done to stay that fellows coming. Desperate mesns hdutfl be employed if ttccessary. Even his rival's death was discussed with his conscience, and it was convinced the crime ought to bo committed rather than the Impostor should fail In his shtuiic to marry Mary Nordrum. TO HE CONTINUED.

The Mysterious Singer. It happened during the long vaca lion, before, Congress convened, that an unknown lady strolled into the rotunda, of the Capitol. There was nobody about but the guides ami a few tourists, and a couple of friends who were with the unknown suggested to her that she try the acoustics of the hall. At first shedemuri ed, but the idea seemed to fascinate her. As she stood silent for a;moment. as if watting for her accompaniment, something in her easy pose suggested familiarity with the footlights. Then she lifted up her voice and satig easily ahd Unaffectedly as a bird and such singing' It was only a simple old ballad, but the voice was olear and pure, the phrasing fine, and execution excellent But this was not all. The echoes of the great dome awoke and joined in the song until it see ; cd magnified and expanded into a whole great chorus. The guards and guides crowded in to bear this impromptu concert, and even the anxious sightseers, who had allotted fifteen minutes to "do the Capitol" paused to listen. It was graod: it was inspiring, and the singer seemed to enjoy this realization of her art, which she could never attain in an ordinary hall. When she paused, a round of applause awoke other echoes until it sounded like the tribute of a great audience. And then the singer, realizing her situation, departed. Wlio she was ho one at the Capitol knoWs, but a remark as she thanked the doorkeeper, saying that she had sung lu many halls, but node like this, gave rise to the silrmise that she was not unknown to fame. Washington Post Progressive Animosity; He was a very down-hearted and disguited-loriking boy, with torn clothes and rumpled hair, and a few suspicious bumps on his face; so I stopped and asked him what tbe matter was, and whether I could be of any assistance to him. "Naw, yer can't do nothing fer me; it's a business trouble," he explained. ' 'Ah! have you lost your position?" I asked. "Naw: and I wouldn't care if I had. The president of our company is the worst old duffer in New York," "Does he ill-treat you?" 1 said, kindly. "Naw; he doesn't even know me by sight; but he came into the office cross as hornets this morn in' and climbed up the secretary's collar the Worst you ever seen.'' "But how did that affect you?" "Why, don't yer see?" the boy asked impatient ly, "the secretary had to get square somehow, so he jumped on the cashier with both feet; and after the cashier 'd thought it all over and got good and mad, he jumped on the bookkeeper and the bookeeper jumped on the entry clerk, and tbe entry cleric lumped on the bill clerk, and he just sailed in and gimme particular rats. An' there wasn't no one fer me ter jump on, so I thought I'd go out and lick a district messenger. " Well, couldn't you lind one to lick?" I asked "Ob! I found him quick enough; but I didn't lick 'iu." "Why not?" "'Cause he licked me." Puck. Why Shouldn't Doctors Marry I'oopie? Said a prominent doctor tbe other day: "Why is it that authority for performing marriage ceremonies is lodged in the hands of ministers, instead of belog given to the doctors? Of course, I do not advocate such a course as was taken by Lycurgus to make the people of his country a race of perfect physical beings, but there are many mild steps toward this end which might be taken by the rulers of this country. What is a minister supposed to know about whether two certain persons shguia marry or not? If a cripple red-headed man, weighing 105 pounds, comes to him with the request that he be joined to a deformed red-headed woman, weighing tfOO pounds, he ties the knot, waiting only long enough to examine the license and collect his fee. Now. physicians have enough to do, but I believe it would be a good thing for this country and for the human race if they were iriven this authority aud would exercise it properly. If 1 had my way no two should be united for life unless they had good, strong and sound physical make-ups. Then I would never marry two blondes, but would always require a blonde to secure a brunette for a partner. If this were done we would have fewer red-headed, weak-eyed people, and besides becoming more beautiful as a race we would soon become stronger and longer lived." St. Louis Republic. A Good Reminder. A wife recently gave her husband a sealed letter, begging him not to open it till he got to nis place of business. When he did so he read: "I am forced to tell you something that I know will trouble you, but it is my duty to do so. I am determined you shall know it, let the result be what it may. 1 have known for a week that it was coming, but kept it to myself until to-day, when it has reached a crisis and I cannot keep it any longer. You must not censure me too harshly, for you must reap tho "esults as well as myself. I do hope t, won't crush ou." Here ho turned the page, his hair slowly rising. "The flour is out. Please send me some this afternoon. I thought that by this method you would not forget it," He didn't.

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THE NATION'S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Liuv-.Makrr iintl Wtmt Tlii-.v Are Doing for tho t.ootl of the Country Various Measure Proimsml. UUcussed, snd Acted 1'uon. OolllffS lit i'oll;i'tfb. After ti opiniuwous fit-s-lon ur fift-tvv.. hours, (luring nlilcb absolutely notlilns W!1S IliHTtlHipil-llSlI, h? ?n'lto UtiJOUMMMl at 1 : 40 ti. iii. Friday bt'0!ius! f:( Mtturrim could bo Mustered. The House is lu session, but nothing Is t-elite doue. The Senm1; Met Friday ut 11 o'elock, audi though badly demontlizeit Vv t's f, r-ty-two-hour session, j rof('ivlr.-( ;U iuh'o to the discuflsluu of the silver Isfcue. Nnticn wtii Riven hf litres Sehatot of Mir Introduction of its niiiily :itiietidinbiits to the repeal bill. In tho Houso n'hlll "tis ptissed Increasing from 75 to 100 the number ut nrmy offleers who mny h detailed for military instruction at educational iiistllutlcna. The sesiion of tho t-en:,te fatiinliiy lat d only six hours. Mr. Morniin, of Alnh.ui:. denied having over Intimated that hwould vote nKftinst unconditional tepR9 proposed to the Voorhees sitbstli. Various important amendments to '. rules were offered, which proixisc to forbid reading by Senators of speeches, el! her written or printed; to permit the counting of Senators present and not voting; to disqualify i?ehntor9 interested in natlcnal banks or national bank stocks froin votiur or. any bill affecting coinupe or currency: to provide for closing debate on any bill or resolution by the same arrangement as is now in operation in the House of Ilepfoseiitii'ivos. -he silverpurchase repeal bill was taken up." itud was under discussion when adjournment was taken. At no timo during tlej Any were there uoro than 100 members present In the House, and the dlseusHon of the bill for the suspension for six months of the provisions of the Geary exclusion act wa1 rather dreary and uninteresting . Without disposing of the bill the House at 5 o'clock ndiourned. Tbe Senate met with largo attendance Monday morning, but the opponents of repeal so managed matters that no vote could be taken. The House resumed the discussion of the Mc'reary bill to amend tho Geary Chinese exclusion act Tbe first amendment called up win that offered by Mr. Geary deflnlnft a Chinese merchant and containing the photographic feature. It was agreed to with practical unanimity. Ue vote standing 120 to 1. An amendment was agreed to providing that no T! nese person heretofore ccuvleted a court- of tho United ?taes sh:,, be permitted to register. The question then recurred on a lengthy subject offerod by Mr. Mahon (Hop . I'a. j the purport of which Is that It shall be the iluty of the master of any vessel carrying all Chinese or othor en immigrants to receive a statement from each passen.cer. Lost. The question was then upon the final passage of the bill, and on a standin-; vote there were 107 In the affirmative and 5 In the negative. Tuesday was a day of se,:satlon in the Penate, Senator Sherman and , Senator Hill were the central figures', each speaking In the same line, and each arrai.'nlng the Senate for its dl'atory action Their remarks effectually awakened every member, nnd It is believed sottw a.'t'.cn Is nonclose at hand. Tl Hmie resan-.cd contlderatlon of the House banking bill. A lubstttute was ottered b? Mr. Cox- Including directors with salaried officers Of U:ltlonal banks within the operation of the act. Jt was agreed to. 7S to 45 The lime of the Senate Wednesday was occupied in listening to Messrs. Hill and Mills, who spoke in favor of repeal Tbe remainder of t-ho wral: In the House promises to be exceedingly dull, it was decided to postpone consideration of the hatiktuptcy bill, and after the disposal of tho esular morning business, the House went ahead with the (onsldorat'on of tho printing bill. Paring the first morning hour Mr. Wolvcrton from the Committee on Judiciary called uptV.o bill to reduce and regulate the fees and work of the 1,'nlted States District and Circuit Courts and terms made by district attorneys, marshaK and commissioners. It was passed. Gtmrr called tip the New Jersey brl.lge bill HeVVltt Warner, of New York and Geary almost canto to blows in a dispute over an amendment f the bill, after which It wsa passed. Tho H also then resumed consideration of the printing bill THE SMALL-CHANGE POCKET. ft Breeds Proftigney and There Should lie a Crusade Against It. 'A 'Conrrress to Abolish the SmallChange Pocket' would be an appropriate way in which to wind up the series of meeting's under President Homiey." remarked a sad-eyed man ut Ohiemro. 'Thero is nothing in the world thai tends more in the direction of profligate expenditures. The Sherman law has had the major part of the burden of hard timos laid upon its shoulders, but no greater evil to the prosperity and financial well-doinjr of humanity exists to-day than the little receptacle on the right-hand side of a man's coat, where tbo stray nickel, dimes, quarters, and halves find their way when a larrre bill is chanced. From the moment the coins drop into the pocket they might as well be chat-pod up to dead loss, for the owner loses their identity rifrht then and there, so far as value is concerned. It is so easy, when passing aloDg through the streets, in the shops, or the many places whero there are opportunities to spend money in little driblets, to dip into this pocket, and it is cleaned out before one has any notion of it. To the ehansro-pocket also 1 lay the blame to a considerable extent of the increase in tho drink habit. Many a man lias indulged himself in a cocktail simply because he had the price so handv, whereas had he kept it in a purse f.e might have thought twice before drinking-. I might go on enumerating the evils growing out of the mall-c-ban?e prckct system, but I have told enough to show that the timo has arrived to take up the cudgel against it and lxgin the crusade for its abolishment." Kjrypliuu Muuimit-s. It is estimated that tbe numlier oi oodles embalmed in Kjrypt from 15. C 2000. when tho art is supposed to have been first practiced, to A. 1). 7i0. when it ceased, amounted to JiO.Ut IMMKI. Another estimate places the total number of mummies ut 741.000.000, hut this is based upon the extension of the beginning of tho practice to a much oarlier date. Hhonlil Fight Hel'oi-e IlronkllaM. A prominent Western specialist declares that a man shot in the abdomen when his stomach is empty has by fai better chance of recovery than if Ik had recently eaten heartily. Applying his theory to soldiers, he says, they ought to do their lighting before breakfast. No Chimneys In Ancient Timc-N. Chimnevs wore unknown to the ancients and are not mentioned by am Greek or Roman architect. A bole tithe roof let out the smoke. Capital rullluKs. CONGHKSSMEN from Chicago me I and decided to lose no time in urginj; a bill for a new postollice. Purchases of silver under the Sherman law proraiso to bo less for Oetoboi than for August and September. JUDGE Huntkr offered a resolution that tho House take a recess to see tho Fair. Mr. Outhwaite objected. Mk. Van ALEN'S nomination to Im Minister to Italy came before the Henate, but went over without action. Chairman Wilson of the Ifousn Ways and Means Committee thinks tho tariff bill will be ready Nov. 1. DEBATE on the Federal election bill in tho House closed. Congressman Aldrich made his maiden speech. The Republican Congressional Campaign Committee organized, with John A. Caldwell, of Cincinnati, Chairman. Democrats in caucus adopted reo. lutions calling on members oi the party to present an unbroken column for ret peal. SEVERAL. Congressmen gave IheU financial views at a meeting of tin House Committee on Banking and Curt renoy. TMAStTKY information is that Eng land contemplates another blow bj piacln naciDf an import duty qu suvvt' u

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HOYAL BAKING POWDf ft 60., Ills IM 1st like. She was a tall and stately young WO: man, but the face beneath her light hair had lieen browned and reddened until she rivaled an alxiriginal American. She spoke excitedly to tho drug store clerk and to the friend who accompanied her. "I've used benzoin and I've tried lemon, and Mi-3. SO-aild-So's lotion and Mrs. Blank's ointment, and I'fn just as much like Choctaw as ever. Olt, Madge, I know there's nothing to do. I'll never regain my normal hue before November. But tliis year I must." Th en to the clerk : ! 'Bring me acids, poisons anything!" Then to her friend: "Don't you see how it is? I've fot to be married this month, and X on't want to look like a rare old bronze dressed ih satin and tulle. If only if only Ed had proposed In time for me to get my complexion iii Shape for the wedding'" New York World. A Very Curious Experiment. The French are nothing if not ingenious. On July 31 a novel experitneitt was tried in Paris. Five balloons were sent up from the Esplanade des Invalides, and the aeronauts in charge of them were instructed to descend within an hour as close as poasible to Combs la Ville, after passing over a radium of thirty kilometres supposed to bo occupied by an enemy. After tho balloons were sent up a number of cyclists left tbe Esplanade with instructions to pursue and capture any of the five balloons that failed to cross the zone of investment. Three of the aeronauts succeeded in their purpose, while the other two balloons fell within the radius and were immediately captured by the cyclists, thus demonstrating how useful the latter would be in actual warfare. Legislative Intelligence. The intelligence of a member of the Kentucky Legislature has at times been railed into question, but it is hardly fair to that distinguished body of statesmen to have any doubt on this subject. In testimony whereof is this: Two newspapermen reporting the-proceedings at Frankfort wore disputing over the spelling of a member's name. "By George," contended One, "I tell you it is spelled with an a." "I'll bet you a dollar it is an e," insisted the other. 'I know better' and we'll leave it to him.-' The other gave a long whistle. "Leave it to him, nothing," he exclaimed, "he doesn't know how to spell his name, and I've seen him run his tongue out four inches trying to write it." Could Not Forget. Sir William Fraser says that one ot the saddest sights he ever saw was at Interlaken, where he was standing on the hotel steps watching the arrival of travelers. 1 noticed that whenever a carriage drove up in the evening a large dog trotted out. to it, wagging his tail and looking at the travelers. For live or six days in succession this went on. Xo one seemed to notice the dog, who retired to his corner. I asked a servant at lust what it meant. "Oh," said he, "that is a dog that belonged to Mr. Dutton, whowasltilled early in the summer on the Jungfrau. He is always waiting for his master, and examines every carriage that arrives." Poor Writing. Mr. Charles Dudley Warner is credited with telling a war-time story at his own expense. He was editor of a daily paper in Hartford, and was doing his best to arouse patriotism of his readers. One day a type-setter came in from the composing-room aud planted himself before the editor. 'Well, Mr. Warner," he said, "I have determi ned to enlist." With mingled sensations of pride, and responsibility the editor replied that the was glad to see that the man felt tho call of duty. "Oh, it isn't that," answered the compositor, "but I'd rather be shot than try to set any more of yourcopy." .Surlt Is Fame. It is not Df Earl Beauchamp. whose coming of ags was celebrated quite recently, but of his father that this story was told two or three years ago. 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