Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 14 February 1894 — Page 3

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the enemy way be pacified and brought speedily and easily to term'. That potent Seyutator ot dictation. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, disciplines the rebellions organ thoroughly. Indlgesttcn arises from weakMesa of the stomach, and the toad in it, for vast ot the power to dlsest, decomposes and acidifies, riving rise to heartburn, flatulence and pain, besides a Inraliliade of symptoms both changeful and perplexing. Bnt peace aeon reigns when the great stomachic is re. sorted to and ud with persistence. Dys pepsia fires rise to morbid discomposure of mind, and even alernleajnesi and hypo chondria in chronic eaos. To the complete dismissal or rneetne miters is tuny adequate. LiTer complaint, constipation, debility, rhen. mattsm and malaria are completely subdued oy tots genial mewcrae. noes Foreign IKiaslonarr Work Fay? Pessimists say that it does not. Opti mists say mat 11 does. Whether the ene is right or the other must be judged from the facts. One fact is that in India tne number or heathen is increasing continually. There are 2,03K.5SI0 native Christians out of a popu lation ot z&i,ijuu.iiv. mo .uoliamme dans number 57,0H,lflO, the Hindoos 200.000.000. It is said there were 30, 000. 000 more Christ'ess souls in J8P1 than in the previa::; decade. Here is the other fact, stated in the Missionary iteview ot me worm tor isovomoer. "The native ordained pastors of India bare increased 90 percent, within nine years. 943. BO FOR A FARM WAGON. The best wagon in the world can be had for 812.50: a barrel cart for J3.50. If Ton Will Cat This Oot nd send It Tfith 5c to the John A. Salzer Seed Co. . La Crosse, Wis., you fill receive their mammoth catalogue, where you can read about this wi. .on. Violets for the Bath. "You cannot conceive what a vast number of violets eo out of my store everyday.-' says a Reir lork florist. "The largest number is bought by fashionable belles, who, thoy say. use them every morning to perfume their bains. Ol course 1 can't vouch lor tne truth of these stories." Tax bsth of a chronic catarrh patient is often to offensive that he becomes an object of disgust. After a time ulceration sets in. the spongy bones sre sttseked, and zreqneutir destroyed. A constant source of discomfort Is the dripping of the noralest secretions into the throat, sometimes producing Inveterate bronchitis, which is usual? the exciting caw of pulmonary disease. The brilliant results br its use tor years past property designate Ely's Cream Balst as by tar the best sad only cure. WHEN a public office holder comes to feel that he is a big gun, it is time for him to be fired. Why so hoarse? TTse Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup. All druggists, 26a The most accurate weather report it the thunder clap. En "Colchester"" Spading Boot ad. i other column. Ardext Spirits Those that kiss tbe medium at a seance. HhiloA's Consumption Core Is sold on s gnar antes. It cure incipient Conbumptlcn- It la the bast Cough Cure. 25 cents, 50 cents and ftjM. Backus is the patron divinity of race-horses. ST. TITUS'S DANCE, spasms. Convulsions, Dizziness, Fainting Spells, Nervous Prostration and those nervous conditions brought on by functional disorders are permanently curtd by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It's a strengthening nervine and restorative tonic, prescribed by an eminent Physician for all those distressana lrregrHflrriea common Mrs. ADAS Berk. Auxiny, iserKuo..ro, writes: " Dr. B. T. Pierce: Dear Sir Mv sister. Mtas Cordelta Mertet. had St. vttue'8 Dance. Her head and right arm moved or twitched constantly: abe could not walk without being' held under her arms. She tried four doctor, but without good. After fifteen months, bavin; been given up as a hopeless Invalid. I bought ber Dr. Pierce's Favorite Mr Merkel. Prescription : in two months sue wag wen ana strong-. FIERCE Guaran CURE. tees KNOWLEDGE Brings commit and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used- Tbe many, who live better than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting tbe world's best products to the'Deeos of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleasant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of aperfecflaxative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers, and permanently curing constipation.' It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels without weakening them and it' is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. f?yrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 60c ana $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, yon will not accept any substitute if offered. The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, 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 ease, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Bosron. Send postal card for book. 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. Read the label. tf the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat (He best you can get. and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonfuUn water at bedtime. Sold by all Druggists. We offer special facilities to operators, bun or small, for trad in ftcecat. Grains r Pmrfatoes- sfsHcetlener ' r". ;f.;-' c .v.:-)., ihirl.rok. ' tt!C: At lr . o- lio.v t. -Tr:l, ," l;.V'4 on "rJ' ''; ' - ' !ur . I v an W18KUE tO . 335 t Salle '(, : hK,2.

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BY MRS. M. CHAPTER IX.-Continued. But all t hese feelings died down nouan he contrasted Hie two women: nverywhere he looked he -oemcd to see the sweet fair face ot his wife Grazing at him, and at the vision his heart swelled. "How beautiful she was la.-t. nijjht," was his thoughts as ho hurriedly performed hia toilet. "No lady of the land could have been more superb. There is blood in her veins aa blue as flows in any Parrel I- I know if. lam sure of itl Oh. how cruel we have been! How 1 have misjudged her! I have left her nil these months nep-leoted, unhappy, and despised. But now now all shall bo i.-banged. 1 feel as if a heavy cloud . were rolled away from mv life. Sunshine is everywhere, and blue sky blue as the glorious radiance of her wonderful eyes around me: but 1 must not startle hei How do I know sho will forgive me rd.v poor sweet darlins" Iwill plead to her to day. This very morning shall see me at her teet: then, if shewillforgive, we will go away away to Italy or some sunny place together, alone with our love.'' His valot scarcely knew hia master, he seemed so happy and changed; he smiledand spoke cheerfully, and looked like a man who tasted joy after a long sorrow. It is a darK day, Mason," the Earl said, as he opened his letters by the window. ''Yes, my Lord: looks like a storm. I beg pardon, my Lord, but I forgot, here is a note from my .Lady, your mother." Roy took and read it rapidly. "Lady Darrell is fatigued. J will go and see how she is. Send my letters and newspapers down to t he breakfasttable, Mason." The Earl left his room and wended his way to his mother's apartment. She was still in bed. 'I am too tired to rise for breakfast. lioy, she said with a faint smile, as her son bent and kissed her white hand, "Had you not better go and ask your wife to take my piaee?" Roy pressed hia lips again to the slender fingers. 'Mother,'' he whispered passionately, ''you see all." "All," sho answered gently. "I read it in your face last night. You love your wife, Roy; it is good and right, my dearest, that you should: I honor and respect the girl; she will make you a true wife, and a proud Countess. She has been tried severely, but has come through the Are without a scar. You do love her, Roy?" "Yes. mother. I do. I did not know bow much till now, when I hear you praise her. I will go at once and give her your messago. And this morning T want to write to Brown, or his wife, to make inquiries about her birth: there is some mystery, I am sure. She is nobly born.'' "I agree with you," Lady Dan-el replied. "We must try and discover the truth now." A sharp knock at the door disturbed them, and in answer to the summons Davis entered abruptly, with marks of agitation on her face. "Oh. my lady I beg your pardon, my lord: but I am so frightened. I can't find the Countess anywhere:' "Can't find the Countess!" exclaimed Lady Darrell. while Roy 6tood silent, grasping the bedpost. "She is not in her room: the bed has not been slept in: her mantle and hat are gone: and I think sho has left the Castle." "She has gone for a walk." cried Roy, suddenly pushing aside the horrible pain that crowded hi breast. "How can you be so absurd! The Countess is in the grounds somewhero: she will be in directly. Don't you see how you have alarmed her ladyship:"" "My Lord, I am very sorry. ' murmured Davis, her eye9 full of tears, "but I feel somehow that my dear young mistress has gone. The room looks so strange; and why did she not sleep in the bed, ray " "You are talking nonsense." Roy said roughly, scarce knowing what he said, the tread and fear that came at her first words almost suffocating him again. "There is some mistake, Roy, ' Lady Darrell interrupted quiotly. "Davis. send my maid to me; go back to your mistresses' room, and wait for me there. Roy, go into my dressingroom. I will go and investigate this mvself." The Earl strode into the othr apartment, while Davis white and nervoub, went back to Alice 8 room. In a very few minutes Lady Darrell called her son. She had wrapped a warm silk peignoir round her. and though her face was pale she smiled at him. "She often rises and goes into the grounds, I know." she observed as she put her nana on ner son s arm: still, it will satisfy Davis, perhaps, if we go andfinvestiffate matters. jjje r.arl aid not speak, but he pressed her hand gently, and they moved towards the .vounsr Countess' apartments in silence. Davis met tnem in tne doorway, and Lady Darrell walked into the bedroom, while Roy remained just outside, his hand grasping the door-post for support. iouia it tie true." v as narmincss to slip from him just as he had had it in his hotu.J His mother stood in (he room and glanced around. Sho saw in an instant the maid was right. I he rich coverlet was undisturbed. the bedclothes were neat, there was it slight indentation on the pillow, but otherwise the bed bore no signs of being touched. 'Does your mistress ever sleep in tbe dressinir-room?" sho asked Davis in low tones. The maid shook her head. "No, my iady." Roy now moved in slowly. 'Well, mother?" he murmured. "I can't say anything, dearest." she answered. "You can see for vourself she has not slept here." What is the matter, dear Ladv DarreH'f'" said Valerie who entered at that moment. "Can I do Anything.-' My maid told mo you were Rov, what is it?"' '.My wife has gone," lie said simply. 'Gone! Oh no. you must be mis taken: she is out for a wulk. It is her custom to rise early, I know." Valerie spoke cheerfully: she looked beautiful in her morninsr srown of crrav. fitting her rounded form to perfection: there was a troublod expression on her face, out ner eyos, beneath their deep lashes, glowed with excitement and joy. 'Search the other rooms, cried the Earl, striding himself towards the boudoir. Lady Darrell gazed after him in dis tress. What can have happened?" she rrurmured to Valerie, who shook her hoaa. Davis at this instant heard steps in the passage and looked out. It is Mason, my lord; ho wants to speak to you." wnatis it?" asKeu Hov. cominc from the inner room. "Mv lord, there has been a robhnrv. Chelmlck is in a dreadful way. Three ol the gold cups are stolen, and a plate. The door of tho Tower Winar is nn. laoched, and we nicked un thia fihlmn on tho path leading to the coppico. "That," cried Davis, seizing it "l-hat belongs to my mistress. Obtlen sho is in ihe grounds, after gJa" Ana my lora. cneimick desired to tell you that Count Jura has away; he has not slept in his room,jsnd !.'. fc.iTgaso nas i;ip:-.wi. ! took jr :i- m.:s;i; r.im this n '.r;ir. but wild not ojjtin .it ; l'oi it wan -"

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"Gone! Jura gone!'' repeated Hoy blankly, passing his hand over his eyes. "Mother Valerie! what, does it nioan?" Valerie .pushed the servants from the room, and shut the door "It moans," she answered deliberately, "that, you have been robbed, and that they have llod together." "Valerie !"' cried Lady Darrell. "You lie!" said Roy in low liusky tones. Valerie turned awav and buried her taco in her hands in reality to hide ilivi bi'iuuipil l nil l i; icaimiiK uu it. lhc ;Mi'l approa -ned ner. "Valerie, forgive me! 1 don't know what I am saying or doing. I think 1 am mad, but this is too horrible, it cannot be true!' "Question them further. Roy." his mother murmured: the shock was so great to her pride and honor, she looked almost ill. The Earl hastily opened the door. "Mason, go at once, and see if it bo correct about the Count; there may be some mistake. Davis, come in here. Now tell mc all that occurred when vou were with the Countess last night." The maid complied, and went over all that had happened. ''You took all her jewels off. you say?" Valerie sintcrrupted quiotly, though her hands were trembling, "and put them away?" "No; her ladyship did that." "Then you carried the diamonds back to the care of the butler?" Davis looked round suddenly. "No. miss; I left them here. My lady said she would put them away, and' " "They are gone, too," finished Valerie quietly. "Come, dear Lady Darrell, there is no more to bo said: you know the worst now." Lady Darrell put. her hand on Yalerio's arm, and turned away with bent head and drooping limbs. The Earl watched them go, then sank on to a conch and covered his face with his hands: all was too conclusive, the evidence was damning against Alice. Alice, his sweet dream-love, his wife, had fled she was a thief, and a traitress ! As yot ho could not comprehend it, and strongest in his pain was tho feeling that slia was gone from him forever yos, ever, though her guilt seemed so evident, he loved her still. He sat for many minutes, t hen rose with a groan and strode down the corridor, unconscious that a woman's eyes were following him hungrily and eagerly. "All works well," muttered Valerie, from her hiding-place. "She is lost now: their pride will condemn hoc a thief. It wns a good thought, on .1 lira's part to take the diamonds, but 1 dori't quite understand about tho plate: she had no share in that Could .lura be indeed a " She stopped, then a thought came to her. "He mentioned i Paul: now 1 see it clearly, .lura is no count: they arc leagued together. What if the girl discovers Paul to be my brother. She may return and tell all." She threw a "terrified glanco around, then a smile came. "No. I am weak and foolish: he swore they should neither of them cross my path: he. has tho girl he loves, ho will trouble me no more." CHAPTER X. "Going out again, J-'rank, in this weather?" Frank Meredith laughed. "I expect you think me mad. Gooff" he answered his friend. Geolfrey Armistead: "but I shall return so soon to dingy smoky London, I want to get all the air I can." The two young men were, in the smoking-room of the Grange. Geoffrey Armletead's country house. "I shall b? sorry to lose you, old fellow," went on Mr. Armistead. "But I shall follow you soon, remember so look out for mo." Frank nodded. "Why are yon not more sociable with your neighbors, Geof?" he said after a pause. "You go nowhere." "I don't care for any of thciu; the only people I like are the Darrols. Bnt. 1 don't see much of them now. because they have a woman staying with t hem I hate with all mv ' heart Valerie Ross." "Is that why you refused to go to that dinner tho night before last?" Mr. Armistead nodded. "She is no good. I cannot bear her. I knew her brother, though it is a secret, Frank, that she has such a relative. He is an awful scamp was convicted and sentenced toponal servitude for seven years for forgery. Ho is out somewhere on ticket-of-leave. The proud Valerie here thinks no ono knows of it. Well; 1 shall never say anything. You are safo, too, f know.'' "Why should I speak of it?" Frank Meredith relaped intosilcnco. He recalled Valerie's face the day he had seen her at the ruins, then his mind went to Alice, and his cheek flushed as ho remembered hor lovoliness. j "I. wish I could see her again," he ; murmured as he turned from the winl dow to go out. "She looked so un- ! happy, and now I know. her story I uni derstand what she meant about being j friendless. J do not care to see her at j the castle. 1 should liko to bo able to ! do something for her." i "Well, you are oS," exclaimed Geof- '. frey Armistead, "to tne abbey ayain. j Why, Frank, I believe there is some j siren hidden in the ruins. Don't blush. I old man !" j Frank smiled, and at that, instant Sir Robert Carlyle was announced. ; "Have you heard the new.-?" ho Kaid i hurriedly. They both answered in the negath :. "The castle has been robbed, the celebrated Darrell diamondsare stolen, and who do you think is the thief? No one less than the young Counters Darrell'" Frank uttered an exclamation. "1 could not have believed it," hcii( ; on Sir Robert; "at the dinner the j other night she was charming, and yet they discovered yesterday morning she j had eloped with u guest staying in the i house a Count .lura-taking tho din-j monds and u quantity of plato with ner. " ".lura!" repeated Geoffrey Armistead. "Where navo I heard that "She is in trouble." thought Frank Meredith hurriedly: "there is seme my6tery here, I am sure. She may letmo know. Well, let her summon me. when sho will, 1 shall be ready?" Tho cart with its i-trangc. burden was j driven rapidly by Paul Ross along the i deserted lanes. ! Count Jura sat silent, beside his coin- I panion. The smock-frocks and slouched bats ' were complete disguises. Any one i mooting them would have taken thcni j for honest farmers returning to their I homes from a distant market-town. The 'Count was thinking and plan- ; ning. ; It was not tho first time by many he ! had robbed a host of heirlooms and j valuables; but never before ha 1 ho car- I ried away, or attempted to induce a j woman to come to his secret and ha.- j ardous lifo. Ins reason and good common bcnsc had fled bofore tho passion that Alice j id inspired witiiin mm. ins lawless heart bowed down before her fair. ' sweet beauty. Ho had thrust all fear I from his mind, and with Valerie's aid ! had got tho girl into his hands. ! He determined as they approached ! tho Abbey to mako speedy arrango- i monts with Paul about disposing of the plate and jewels, and thon to start at j

once from England, taking Alice with him. When t lie cart dnew tip outside the ruins. Count-Jura bent over the gii'l'g lil'elefs form, and lifted her easily from her hard resting-place. 'Show a light, Paul." he said sharpb' Paul Ross al once opened his dark lantern and shot a ray of light onto the broken steps I ha! led" to th vaults of I lie Abbey. "WhH here; I will return in nn int ft nt . Yon are -vm''! Pump Burden is hero all right?" said the Count. ' Yes," hp:- oroj Paul shoivlv. ns ho held the lantern high over Ins head mid threw the light on hiscoinpanion's path The omit moved do.vn the stops earof'illy and Mitor'd a Javk passage. He travoi sod this frr a few so- onds.

! then a t'liramer or liffht at Ihe father j cml ,old- him he wa8"j tiK' right di fOCtion j Ho wist led softly, and a figure came I towards him. j "Dame Burden' "Yes: George. " he asked quickly. What Is it? The swag's safe?" j "Yes -yes. outside. Lead the way j in. I have got something here for you ! to look after." I "in another moment he stood in a j large stone chamber. It was a curious j sc; iie. On tlv rough walls, stained I and wrecked hv time, -.vero, hung rich curtains, caught on great rusty nails, i The tone floor was lined with rugs i and skins thrown cirelessly down: a j pile of cushions were hung on ono end ! of the matrrs-. over which was stretched a rich silken coverlet. ' The light came from two tallow-can dles stuck into the most beautiful old silver vases. A profusion of strange and costly silver and glass stood on the ground at tho extreme end of the vault. TO BE CONTINUED. The Battle ship or the Future. The battle ship of the future will, like all human contrivances, be ol gradual growth, resulting from the adaptation to her use of improvements and discoveries in tiianj branches of science. I'nder the crucial test of war It may be found i that many mistakes have been made. If 1 should venture to point nut one ' of these, it would be the multiplicity ' of devices which every branch ol physical science has contributed to overcrowd our ships. Not that the do not admirably serve their purpose, but I fear that we, as sailors, are growing to rely upon thcro, and will be lost when the rude shock ol buttle breaks our electric wires and disarranges the delicate machinery upon which we now depend in a thou; sand ways. In the main, however, I venture to think that the battle ship of to-day lias a sound reason for all her principal features, and the typo will persist. The stability will continue ti lie carefully protected by vertical armor. Many of the accidents, both in battle and in times f peace, to which great ships are liable, will be diminished by the adoption of liquid fuel. The main buttery will be mounted in turrets furnishing couplcto protection to the gun, and, as far as possible, to th : machinery for their manipulation, and for the supplj ofiiunnunition. Tbe secondary battery will be protected in proportion to its Importance, while every gun position, with its crew, will be protected acainst machine, and rapid (inn fire. The time will never come when we shali cease to demand tvgher re .uiroinents in the battle ship Fortunately, all requirements are interchangeable. Armor may !e substituted for guns, guns Tor fuel, so that the saving iu one direction may at once I e utilized in another. The advent of hard-surfaced armor will demand that the calibre of the main battery be maintained; for until pro'ectllesof grcatei strength can be pro liiced. the onlj way to overcome Harvey arracr is to crush it with an overwhelming blow. In addition to this. It will undoubt edly be found that all armor under tho constantly varying angles of irn pact in battle will furnish greatei protection Uian is considered possible when judtrcd by the result of normal impact on the proving ground. For this reason again, the larger calibre of the gun must be maintained, and this, In its turn, determines the great size of the battle ship of the future, subject to the restrictions which have been indicated. W. T. Sampson, Captain, United State! Navy, in The Korth American Review. The Old Men of Hotels. At a desk in a down town hotel the other nay a fussy old man came up and rioted with the clerk over a grievance he claimed to have. He grew red in the lace spouting it, but the clerk answered liim good-naturedly. After he bad gone the clerk said: "Trial, s nothing, he does thit nearly every day. He is the oldest boarder in the hotel. Every house has one of him. Ho stays so long he thinks the place is run only for him, and he gets mad at almost atiytbing The proprietor always humors him, and lie really dos not do any harm. One at another hotel, 1 called him down and the next aay lie left The third day he was back again, and was tradable for a time. 1 Jo not think it would seem right in a house il tlir.ro were no oldest I onrder, and he didn't fight with everybody now and tho n. Pittsburgh Commercial. licepinK Company. .Sailing ships sometimes spend lona Intervals at sea without raising a sail of any kind iilmvelhclrever-ehanginij horizons. Hence the unique experience of the Lorton and Cockermouth Is well worth recording. They left Liverpool toeeiher, and arrived at Astoria. Oregon, within forty-eight hours of each other. Throughout tins long passago of over l.'i.oun miles they were not widely separated at any ;lven instant, and loi' forty davs wore Mutually in dose company, captain .Steel and his family or the Lorton would dine on board tho Cockermoth ononoSuni day, and Captain Mc Adams and his I wife of the Cockermonth woufd pay a i return visit to the Lorton on tho lollowing Sunday Life may bo made I more worth living on sailing ships, j remote from the land, were such an j interchange of com tes es always pos- ! sible. Chamber's Journal. No More Ice Wagon. It Is predicted that, ten years from now the distribution of co!d air will be as general in the cities as is gas or water, and the system will be perfected whereby tho refrigerating gas necessary fur attachment to a family refrigerator will he delive cd in a tank just like carbonated water Is to the soda fountains, once a month or as tcquircd. I'Kiiii.M'-i one reason why ladies arc called dears Is because it osU so much to maintain them. "That -v;is a sad blow," exclaimed the man whose house had been overturned by a cyclone. Talk about women beinii Look at bank cashlorj.

Mniself. .. uous French : !.s, was a nota'.ccntricity of ' -it his entire i is one, of his Tdent admirer ' in alarm and Mie met him poet ble --v.: genii . fort i... lies i i of I t dislivs I !.! U C hlin the street, penniless and cheerful. "You must come to our home," .she said. "1 was going there." he replied; and then began a visit which pro longed itsel." into years, rim ing which La Fontaine never seemed to be troubled by a thought thai he wa dependent. Nor did the lady or her family have any other leelins than cne of delight and pride that he made his home with thcni. .Some one adopted one of his sons when the child was a baby. Knowing that the boy was in good hands, he seemed to forget all about him. Years afterward at a dinner party he met a young man whose wit and charm of manner pleased him greatly. "Why, that is your son!" ho was told. "Indeed! lam pleased to hear it," was his remarkable reply. 'La Fontaine," said one of the most brilliant critics and wits of the time, "is such a fool that he does not know he has more genius than J. sop or I'h.idrus." In truth, he was a severe critic of his own work. He attended the first presentation of his "Asl.rec," and sat near some ladies who did not know him. At some of the important passages lie exclaimed, "That is wretched! That is absurd!" When they protested that it was cood, and that it was by the great La Fontaine, he rejoined: That makes no difference. The piece Is bad. 1 know that La Fontaluo you are sneaking of. He's a stupid fellow, llt's myself." Then he wont out, entered a cafe, and went to sicep in a corner. Some of his friends found him there, and inquired w ny he wasn't listening to "Astree." K.h," said tho author, rousing himself and stifling a yawn, "I just came away. The first part displeased me greatly. No one agree I with what I said about It. but 1 didn't cara to hear more. I admire the patience of tho Parisians "Youth's Companion. In New York Tblrty-slx Years Ago Following is an sxtract from a letter dated New York. 18"i: "Mv Di-:.n : There is nothing hero but bank- j ruptcy. Pretty much every merchant I has failed. Hanks are all broken, or I will be. Affairs are substantially j stopped. Peoplo neither buy nor sell, nor (live credit: above all, none pay their debts. Htich universal ruin I never witnessod. Vou can't iret any ironoy. f had $32." paid to my account at Cincinnati eignt days nyo, nut there is no means of getting it to New York. Workmen are discharged everywhere, and God knows what sufferingand crime will be tho consequence!" New York Sun. Odl Theory as to Petroleum. The rather interesting theory is held by aHtissian geologist that petroleum is produced hV water which pen etrales the earth s crust and comes in contact with glowing carbides of metals, especially of iron. The water is decomposed into its constituent, pases, the oxygen uniting with the iron, while tho hydrogen takes up the carbon and ascends to a higherregion, where part of it is condensed into mineral oil and part remains as natural gas to eocape wherever and whenever ft can linii an outlet. Mechanical News. Thiwe Western Romances. .limson iwho had read Bret Harte and is now reVitoring for the first time at a far-away western hotel) Say, stranger, if you hov a corner where I can bunk up fur the night, which the same I'm ineanin' to do, tix 'er up while I takes a swig of tanglefoot. Clerk of the far western hotel I beg your pardon, my dear sir, but I do not quite, comprehend your meaning, .lust wait, till I ring for our interpreter. Chicago Record. Sweden's Woman Doctor of Lairs. Froken ElBa Eschelsen, candidate of philosophy an.l law, has obtained permission fiom tho King of Sweden to plead at the University ot Upsala for tho degree of Doctor of Laws, although she has not, complied with the regulations, inasmuch as she has not ott ciated as a Judgo. Froken Eschelsen will bo tho first woman doctor of laws in Sweden. Fashion in Sprecb. Arc wo ne ver to hear the last of that hackneyed word, "awfully?" fjWith the "society girl. "just now everything is "awfully ghastly" or "awfully charming, don't you know?"' If your new bonnet isn't awfully charming it must be awfully ghastly. Pretty is no longer pretty, but "pooty." "Gorgeous" or "deadly" are the correct adjectives to use when speaking of tho weather. 100 Reward. 9100. The readers of this jrap-"r will b pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that seiem-e has boon able to cure in all Irs stages, and that- Is Catarrh. Ball's Catarrh euro is tbe only positive cure now kAs to the niedloM fraternity. Catarrh bainff a eanstituliot-ftl disease, reouires a con stitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure!? I taken iot-ernally. acting directly upon th blood end murous surfaces of the svotem, thereby destrorlng the foundation of tho disease, and glving'tho patient strength by building np tbe constitution and assisting nature iu doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith In itt, curative powers that tbey offer Ono Hundred Pollars for any case that it fails to oure. Bend for list of testimonials. Address, F. 1. ( IIENEY dt CO., Toledo, O. erSold by Druggists, 75c. The Ilest-iressed Queen. Tho Dowager Duchess of Portugal is one of the host-dressed women in Europe; perhaps her o.viuisito fitrure and extraordinary charm of manner have a great deal to do with her handsome apiicurance. 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ft WolTa Illessing. is It fair to call a wolf "ruthless' because it eats a sheep and fails to consider the transaction from the sheep's point of view? We must surely i admit that If the wolf is without mercy no is also wiMiout malice. We call an animal ferocious I ecauso a man who acted in the same way would be ferocious. Hut the man is really ferocious because he is really aware of the pain whi h he inflicts. The wolf, 1 suppose, has no more recognition of the sheep's feelings that a man has of feeling in the oyster or the potato. For him they are simply non existent: and it is just as Inappropriate to think of the wolf as cruel as it would be to call tho sheep cruel for eating grass. Are we, then, to say that "nature" is cruel because the arrangement increases the sum of general suffering ? That is a problem which 1 do not feel able to answer, but it is at least obvious that it cannot be answered ofthand in theaiiiruiative. To the individual sheep it matters nothing whether he Is eaten by the wolf or dies of disease or starvation. He has to die anyway, and the particular way is unimportant. The wolf is simply one of the limiting forces upon sheep, and If he were removed others would conn into play. Tbe sheep, left to himself, would still have a practical illustration of the doctrine bt Malthus. Ir, as evolutionists tells us, the hostility of the wolf tends to improve the breed of sheep, to encourage him to climb better and to sharpen his wits, the sheep may be, on the whole, tho better for the wolf in this sense, at least. Thm. the sheep ot a wolfless region miirht lead a more wretched existence and be less capable animals and more subject to disease and starvation than the sheep in a wolf-haunted region. Tho wolf, may so far, be a blessing In disguise. Tho Contemporary Review. How a riant lias Traveled. I -ess than a 125 years ago the little plant known to the botanists as Lepachy s Columnaris was only known to inhabit a small section of country in the very southern portion of f xmisiaua. Some time later it v.-as reported as occurring sparingly along tho Canadian River: and, later still, on the Arkansas. Since that time it has slowly spread North, West, and F.ast, even to the very source of the .Missouri, over into the British possessions, and Is now said to ho creeping along the Snskatchawan towards Hudson Bay. How a plant which originated in a warm climate could accustom itself to such changes is another of nature's mysteries. St. Louis Republic. Sleeping; Santlulc-li. The sleeping sandwich is a powerful compound of bread, sliced thin, and buttered with a mixture of chopped raw onion, caviare, mustard, salt, and pepper. It should be nflercu only to strong digestion and not loo sensitive olfactories. It is a palatable lato luncheon to those who like onions and havo not the aversion to caviare ascribed by Shakspeare to every day citizens. The onion and caviare" sandwich, iaken with boor or alo, is said to promote sound sleep.- New York Sun. AS A SIMPLE YET EFFECTIVE REMEDY for Threat Affections. Hrown'i. Buonchul Tboc hes stand first in public favor. They aro absolutely unrivalled lor tho alleviation of all Throat irritation caused by Cold or us of the voica. Politeness is like an air cushion. If thcro be nothing in it, it eases our jolts wonderfully. l-ovely uurmtii ol color, with traces of pink sal hit. is tue exqmtitu complexion which follows the use ot Glenn's Sulphur Soap. Newspapers are the second hands of history.

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The newspapers poke a good deal of fun at tho Hummer girl, but even editors know that the Summer girl and a narrow-seated buggy and a moon-light nijht make a very' attractive combination. " Tariff and. Taxation. Tariff duties and Intornal revenue taxation on Incomes and corporations are exciting public Iniorest, but of quite us much interest are those things which tax tbe 8ysiem aud. require at once an external remedy. On this subject, with special recommendation, Mr. Pierce IX Brown, lirldgptrater. Muss, says: "lo accidents from all kinds of athletic sports, to reduce sprains and bruises, I hare used St Jacobs Oil and always found It most reliable" Also, Mr. a It. Sands, Mar gum, Okla., writes: "I have used St. Jacobs OH for sprains and rheumatism and would not be without it fcr anything." Mr. E. Ledbettor. Denton, Tuxaa, says: "I have used Et, Jacobs Oil an i it is tbe only thing I over saw tbat would euro toothache in ten minutes' time." an i it Is usually prompt and sure for frost- bites. Allot these communications are of recent date, shotting unabated Interest. "Your son has been graduated?" "Yes." "Now tho question is, will he be able to make his knowledge nseful, to impait it to others?" "I guess so. He has begun to impart it to me." The Only One. The Chicago. Milwaukee and St Taut Railway is tne only line running solid Vestibulad, Electric Lighted and Stetm Heated trains between Chicago, Milwaukee. St. Paul, and Minneapolis, The Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul Railway is the only line running solid Vestibuled. Electric Lighted anil Steam Heated trains between Chicago, Omaha, and Sioux Cicy. The Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Comps.ny now operates over sixtvone hundred mileB ot thoroughly equipped roatl in Illinois. Wisconsin, Northern Michigan Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri. Houth and North Dakota. On all its through lines of travel the Chicaeo. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway runs tho most perfectly equipped trains of Sleeping, Parlor and Pining Cars and Coaches. The through trains on all its lines are systematically heated by steam. No cflort Is spared 10 furnish the best aenmmondations for the least money, and. in addition, patrons of tho road are sure of courteous treatmeut from its employes. Dk Smart:e Why do you pot-Hint in buying your clothes at installment houses? De Sharpne They always try to give me stuff that will last at least until all the payments are made. 14 to California. This is our sleeping car rate on the Phillips-Rock Islf.nd Tourist. Excursions from Chicago to Los Angoles or San Francisco, via the scenic route and Ogden. You can go with Phillip, the best of all excursion managers, fcr he baa each party accompanied by a special agent who gees the entire trip witb. pa'.rons. These personally conducted excursions leave Chicago twice nweeU.Tuesduv and Thursday. We have also a daily tourist car service, via our Southern route, through the beautiful Indian Territory and Fort Worth to Los Angeles and San Francisco. The tourist car rate via this route, the same. Apply at Hock Islanti ticket office, 101 C ark street. John Sebastian. G. P. A.. 'C IU I. & P. Ry.. Chicago. cradles sre never made of cheap (eat hor. That is because .justomers demand more rocker. Dos'r Allot Youbself to tr lie with a Cold, and so encourage the development of some latent Pulmonary and Bronchial disease, which c ften ends fatally. You had better cure your Cough or Cold by promptly resorting to Dr. P. Jayna'a Expectorant, an ild-tlme remedy for all Cougha, Lung, and Throat affections. It is considered strange that aristocratic peoplo will consent to live in a commonwealth. UTS! Allan :opptdfrbf Pr. K1-ev Great Nem l;esto.-er. No 6c it-r tint list's una. Msrvel. m ewes Tnutl-enl Si.eitrial bott e fn to Fit tases. Sand to Ur. One. Ml Arch St. Fttita, Isn't a temperance lecture a waterspout? liniment

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