Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 1 August 1894 — Page 3

MIRACLE IN MISSOURI

The Achievements of Medical Science Far More wonderful than the Magic of the East. - The Remarkable ExperitncW of Poet trac tor Woodson, of Panama Ho. Tea Ten Tear n Cripple To-day a, Wo11 and Hearty Mas. (Fnvm tho Kansas OH v TlmMt The -people of Rich Hi!l. Mo., and vi tWrt have recently been btartle.1 hv a scorning miracle of healing-. For -years one of the best-known man In Kata od Varnon Coi.ntios has been Mark ai. vvooostm. now postmaster at Panana, and brothor oi ex-State Inspector of Mines CX C. Woodson, of this citj The people of Rich Hill, where ha fortaorly resided, and of his present "raw rememoarwew in Dent form, misshapen almost rtm the semblance of man, which lias painfully- bowed its head half to earth and labored snail ufce kcross the walks season after seaton ad when one day last month it stmightencd to ite futf height, threw -way the heavy butt of cane which for .years had been its only support from o'al he plet-sno-s, and walked erect, firmly, Unhesitatingly about the two vitie.i, people loosed and wondered. Tim story of the remarkable case has iwcome the maryol of the two counties. exactly as air. vvocason tola it to a Times reporter, it is here published: "For ten years I have suffered the torments of the damned and have been useless invalid: to-day I am a well and Hearty man, tree from almost every touch of pain. I don't think man ever suffered more acute and constant asrony lhau I have since 18?vi. The rheuma tism started then in my rig-ht knee, and after weeks of suTcrins in bed I was at last relieved sufncently to arise, bat it was only to get about on crutetoej for . five years, the ailment having settled in the joint Despite -ceosiaiii treatment ol tae most eminent physicians the rheumatism grew worse, and for the last four veara I have been compelled to go about bent naii toward toe ground, in tne winter of 1S90-SU. after the rheumatism had settled into its most chronic form, I went to Kansas City upon advice of my b other, and for six weeks I was treatvd in one of the largest and best-known dispensaries of that city, but without fche slightest improvement. Before I vtame home I secured a strong galvanic battery; this I used for months w.th ne same result, in August, 189-', I wet te St. Leu is. and there conferred ith the widely known Dr. Mudd. of iiospital practice fame, and Dr. Kale, of the city hospital. None of them would laae my case with any hope of ffortiing me more than temporary relief, and so I came home, weak, doubled with pain, helpless and despondent Aoout this lime my attention was called to the ace. unt of a remarkable cure of locomotor ataxia, rheumatism and paralysis by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for 1'ale People. I ordered some of the pills as an experiment. When I began to take them, the rheumatism fcad developed into a phase of paralysis; my leg-, from the thigh down, was cold all the time and could not be kept warm. In a short time the pills were gone, and so was the cane. I was able to attend to the duties of my office, to get about as a well and strong man. I was free from pain and I could enjoy a sound and restful night's sleep, something I had not known for ten years. To-day am practically and, I firmly believe, permanently cared of my terrible and agonizing ailment. No magician of the Far Ejst ever wrought tho miracle with his wand that Dr. Williams" Pink Pill did forme." To verify the story beyond all question of doubt, Mr. Woodson made the following affidavit: State of Missouri, ) County op Bates, ) I, M. M. Woodson, being duly sworn, on my oath state that the following statements are true and correct, as X verily believe. M. M. WOODSON Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d day of March, 1S94. John D. Moore, Notary Public. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peoplo are manufactured by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady. N. Y., and are sold only in boxes bearing the firm's trade maf-k and, wrapper, at 50 ceuts a box, or six boxes to.- fci.-iO. Bear in mind that Dr. Williams" Pink Piils are never sold in hulk or by the dozen or hundre 1, and any dealer who offers substitutes in this form is trying to dafraud you and should be avoided. Dr. Wiliiams' Piak Pills may be had of all druggists or direct Vy mail from Dr. Williams' MedV cite Company. Presence of MInl. A good story is told of clerical presence of mind. A curate who had entered the pulpit provided with one of the sermons oi a celebrated divine, was lor a moment horror-struck by the sight of the author of the sermon in a pew beneath him. Immediately, however, he recovered enoujrh self-possession to be able to say: '-The beautiful sermon I km about to read is by the Rev. Charles Bradley, who I'm glad to fee in Rood health among us assembled here."' That Tired Feeling Is due to an imp ve: ished condition of the biccd. It should be overcome without delay, and the best way to accomplish this result is to take h'oad a !-;- Hood's Sarsaparilla saparilla, which will tkC Snrify vitalize the UlCd lood, gi:e strength and appetite and producesweet, refreshing sleep. Besureto get Ho. d's b'arsaparhla and only Hood's Hood's Pills cure naosea and biliousness. Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound CURES

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CHAPTER XV VERY PAINT CLUE. "Butyou hinted at some hope, some chance of escape," Felix cried at last, looking- up from the ground and mastering his emotion. "What now is that hope? Conceal nothing: from me." "Monsieur," tho Frenchtnaa answered, shrufifgriug his shoulders with an expression of utter impotence. "I have as good reasons for wishing- to find out allthat as even you can have. i our secret is mv secret; out wit n ait my pains and astuteness I have been unable to discover it. Tho natives are reticent, very reticent indeed, about an these matters. They fear taboo; and they fear Tu'Kila-Kila. The women to be sure, in a momcut of expansion, might possibly tell one; but, then, the women untortunately, are not admitted to the mysteries. They know no more ot tneso things than wo do. The most I havo been able to gather for certain is this that on the discovery ol the secret depends Tu-Kila-Kila's life and power. Every Boupari knows this Great Taboo; it is communicated to him In the assembly of adults when he gets tattooed "and reaches manhood. But no Boupari man ever communicates it to strangers; and for that reason, perhaps, as I believe, Tu-Kila-Kila often chooses fo Korong, as far as possible, those persons who are cast by chance upon the island. It has always been tho custom, so tar as I can make out, to treat castaways or prisoners taken in war as goas, ana then at the end of their term to kill them ruthlessly. This j plan is popular with the peoplo at large, because it saves themselves from the dangerous honors of doiflcation: but it also servos Tu-Kila-Klla's purpose, because it usually elevates to Heaven those innocent uersons who are unacquainted with that fatal secret which is. as the natives say, Tu-Kila-Kila s death- his word of dismissal," "Then if only we could find out this secret" Felix cried. His new friend interrupted him, "What hope is there of your finding it out, monsieur, ' ne exclatmed, "you, who have only a few months to live j when I, who havo spent nine long j years of exile on the island, and seen : T 7.' ; 1 .. I'll i f . 1 1 1 two Tu-Kila-Kilas rise and fall, have boen unable with mv utmost nains. to discover it? Tenez; you hare no idea yet of theupei stitions of these people, or the diihculties that Ho in the way of fathoming them. Come this way to my aviary; I will show you ' .1.: . n i , . . cleared space at the back of tho hut, where several birds of sraudv nlumace were fastened to perches on sticks byleathery lashes of dried shark's skin, tied just above their talons. "I am the Kine of the Eirds, monsieur, you must remember," the Frenchman said, j i: ,t Li . . ' luuuuug uuo ui us screaming proteges. "These are a few of my subjects. Hut I do not keep them for more curiosity. Each of them is the soul of the tribe to which it belongs. This( fof example my Clauseret-i8 the Soul of all the gray parrots; that you see yonder Badingueti I call him -is the .Soul of the hawks: this, mv Mimi. is the .Soul m tne uttie yeuow-crested kingfisher My task as King of the birds is to keep ; a representative of each of those always on hand; in which endeavor I am ' faithftillv aided bv the whole nnnttla. tioh of the island, who brina me efrirs ' and nests, and young birds in abund- j

niuiouiuie; uiib win neio you to real- iu-aua-uu. iur wo uouparese nave ize the complexities of the situation." a proverb like our own about the king, He rose and led the wav to another "The High Go t is dead: mav the Hisrh

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ance. n tne bjul oi the little yellow "W ho can say?"' the i renchmanankingfisher now were to die without a ' swereJ. slmis-erin his shoulders IioId-

Successor being found ready at once to ! receive ana emnoay tt, tnen the whole race of little yellow kingfishers would ' vanish altogether; and if I myself, the j King of Biras, who am. as it were, the ; soul and life of all of them, were to die ' without a successor being at hand to receive my spirit, then all the race of mras, witn one accord, would become extinct forthwith and forever." He moved amonsr his nets easil v. like a king among his subjects. Most of them seemed to know him and love his presence. Presently, he came to one very old parrot, quite different from any Felix had ever seen on any trees iu liib isianu; was a parrot wiin a black crest and a red mark on its throat, half blind with age, and tottoruu n peueHtai. xms solemn oia

bird sat apart from all the others, and anxiously awaiting her lover's renodding its head oracularly in the sun- ; turn, tor she made no pretences now to light, and blinking now and again with h erself that sho did not really love its white eyelids in a curious senile j Felix. Though the two might never fashion. return to Europe, to bo husband and

The Frenchman tnrned to Felix : with an air of profound mvsterv. ! This bird." he said, solemnlv '

stroking its head with hiB hand, while though they had pliglfted their troth the parrot turned round to him and in solemn fashion. Felix had risked bit his linger with half-doddering af-! his life for her, and had brought all fection "this bird is the oldest of all , this misery upon himself in the atmy birds -is it not so, Methuselah? tempt to save her. Felix was now all and illustrates well in one of its as- j the world that was loft her. With peets the superstition of these people. ! Felix, she was happy, even on this horYes, my friend, you are the last of a ' rlble island: without him, she was miskind now otherwise extinct, are vou 1 crable and terrified, no matter what

not, mem vieux? No, no, there- gen- i tlyl Once upon a time, the natives tell me, dozens of these parrots existed in the island: they flocked among trees, and were held very sacred: but they were hard to catch and difficult to keep, and tho Kings of the Birds, my predecessors, fallod to secure an heir and coadjutor to this one. So as the Soul of the species, which you see here before you, grew old and feeble, the whole of the i ace to which it belonged grew o'd and feeble with it. One by one thev withered awav and died, till at last this solitary speeiueasiooB rcmuuea w vorcn lor tne former existence of the ra e in tho island. Now, the islanders sav. noth ing but the soul itself is left: and the Soul dies, the red-throated parrots will be gone forever. One of my prod- j ecessors paid with bis life in awful tortures for bis remissness in not providing for the succession to the soulship. I tell you these things in order that you may see whether they cast any light for you upon your own position: and also because the oldest and wisest natives say that this parrot I alone, among beasts or birds or unin- : itiated things, knows the secret on which depends the life of the Tu-Kiia-1 una tor tne tune being, ' ; Can the parrot speak?" Felix asked. with profound emotion. ; Monsieur, he can sneak, and ho 1 speaks frequently. But net one word of all he says is comprehensible eithor : to me or toany other living being. His tongue is that of a forgotten nation. The islanders understand him no moro than I do. He has a very long sermon or poem, which he knows ny heart, in some unknown language, and he repeats it ofien at lull length from time to time, especially wnen he has eaten well and feels full ana haunv. The oldest natives tell a romantic legend i about this strange recitation of the good Methuselah - I call him Methuselah because of his great age bit I do not really know whether their Ule is true or purely fanciful. You never can trust these Polynesian traditions." i "What is the le.end?" Folix ask -d. I with intense interest. "In an island where we find our: elves so girt round by mystery within mystery, and taboo within taboo, as this, every key is worth trying. It : v.-o I f..r us at least to learn everything v: can about the ideas of tho nati e.-i. Vv'l o Kikiv.-k what, clue may supply iw at hiM with tne, missing n nit, on urn win i-nab o 1.3 to eaic through this intolerable ;rvi-i a?" 1

2fe "Well, tho story thoy toll us is this," the Frenchman replied, "thoiiph I have gathered it only a hint at a time. from very old men, who declared at tho same moment that some religious fear o' which they have many-prevented them from tellinsr me any further about it. It seems that a long time ago how many years afro nobody knows, only that it was in the time of the thirty-ninth Tu-Kila-Kila, before the reign of Lavita, t he son of Sami a strange Korong was cast up upon this island bv the waves of the sea, much as you and I have been in the present generation. By accident, savs tho story, or else, as othors aver, through ! the indiscretion of a native woman who ! fo" la lvo with him, and who worried the taboo out of her husband, the stranger became aeuaintcd with tho secret of Tu-Kila-Kila. As the natives themselves put it, he learned the death of the Hih Go !, and where in the world his soul was hidden. Thereupon, in somo mysterious way or other, ho became Tu-Kila-Kila himself, and ruled as High God for ten years or more here on the island. Now, up to that time, the legend goes on, none but the men of tho island knew the secret; they learned it as soon as they were initiated in the great mysteries which occur before a boy is given a spear and admitted to tho rank of complete manhood. But sometimes a woman was told tho secret wrongfully by her husband or her lover; and oue such woman, apparently, told the strange Korong, and so enabled him to become Tu-Kila-Kila.-' "But where does tho parrot come in?" Felix asked, with still profounder excitement than ever. Something within him seemed to tell him inStinetively he was now within touch of the special key that must sooner or later unlock the mystery. "Well," the Frenchman went on. still stroking the parrot affectionately with his hand, and smoothing down the leathers on its ruffle 1 back, ' "the strange Tu-Kila-Kila.who thus ruled in the island, though he learned to speak Polynesian well, had a language of his 'own, a language of the birds, which no man on earth could ever talk with him. So. to beui'e his time and to have someone who could converso with him in his native dialect, he taught this parrot to spoa t his own tonsrue, and spent most of his clays in talking ; . ) . t 1 ' . . . i . , x r. with Hand fond i in? it. At last, after he had instructed it by slow degrees how to repeat this loner sermon or poem which I haye often heard it recite in a sing-song voice from beginning to end his time' came, as they say, and he had to give way to another fn . . T : . . i - . . . t . . . GoJ live forever."' But before he gave up his Soul to his successor, and was eaten or buried, which ever is the custom, he handed over his pet to the King of the Birds, strictly charging au ztuure Dearers ot mat divine omce to eare for tho parrot as they would i care lor a son or a da :ghtcr. And so the natives make rati, h of the parrot to the present (.ay, saying he is greater than any, save a Korong or a god, for be is the Soul of a dead race, summing it up in himself, ani he knov, ; the secret of the Death of Tu-Kila-Kila." "But you can't tell mo what language he spooks? ' Felix asked with a despairing gesture. It was terrible to stand thus within measuring distance of tho secret which might, perhaps, save Muriel's lif. nnl v.t. hn m-nt. uallv balked bv wheel within wheel of more than Egyptian mystery. less'y. "It isn't Polynesian: that I -now well, for I speak Bourareso now like a native of Boupari: and it Isnt the only other lauguago spoken ut the pesent day in the South Seas the Malanesian of New Caledonia for that I learned well from tho Kanakas while 1 was serving my time as a con vict among them. All we can say for certain is that it may, perhaps, be some ancient tongue. Some of them, it is said, excel their cont-.irv. Is it not so, eh, my friend Methusalah?" CHAPTER XVII. FACING THE WORST. Muriel, meanwhile, sat alone in her hut, frightened at Felix's unexpected disannearance so earlv in the morninfr. wife, she did not doubt that before the eve of Heaven thev wore already botrothed to one another as trulv as happened. Man," sue cried to her faithful at tendant, as soon as she found Felix was missing from his tent, "what's become of Mr, Thurstan? Where can he be gone, I wonder, this morning?" "You no fear, Missy (,'ueenie," Mali answered, with the childish confidence of the native Polynesian. "-Mistah Thurstan, him gone to see man-a-oni-oni, tho King of tho Jlirda. Month of Birds finian last night; man-a-oni-oni no taboo any longer. King of tho Birds keep very old parrot, Boupari folk tell me; and old parrot very wise, know how to make Tu-Kila-Kila. Mislah Thurstan, him gone to find man-a-oni-oni. Parrot tell him plenty wise thing. Parrot wiser than Boupari people: Know very good medicine; wise like gueonslund lady and gentleman." And Mali set herself vigorously to work to wash the wooden platter on which she served her mistress yam for breakfast. It was curious to Muriel to see how readily Mali had slipped from savagery ! to civilization in Queensland, and how i easilv sho had slioned huck airain from ! civilization to savagery in Boupari. I In waiting on her mistress she was inst the ordinary trained native Australian i servant: in every oth ier respi'ctshe was the simple miadulterate:! heathen Polynesian. Sho recognized in Muriel a white lady of the English sort, and treated her within the hut as white ladies were invariably treated in Queensland: but she considered that at lioupari ono must do as Boupari does, and it never for a moment occurred to her simple m nd to doubt the omnipotence of Tu-Ki)a- ila in his island realm any more than she had j doubted the omnipotence of the white j man and bis local ro igion in their i proper nlaco (as sho thought it) in I yuoonslatid. An hour or two passed before Felix j returned. At lust he arrived, vory white and pale, and Muriel saw once j by tho mere loo!: on his faco that he : had learned somo terrible news at tho ! Frenchman's. I 'Well, you found him?" sho cried, ! taking his hand in hers, but hardly : daring to ask the fatal question ut oneo. ! And Felix, sitting down, as pale as a gho.it, an. wered, faintly. "Yes. Muriel, I I loiiiul him " : "And he told you everything?" "Fvervllliilg he know, my 1 noi-cliild. j Oh, iUurici, Muriel, don't ask mo what i it is. It is too terrible to tell vou."

gether, held hlnoilless downward, una looked at him fixedly. ".Mali, you can

bo. she said. And the Shadow, riS' fna- up with childish confidence, glided from the hut, aid left theiu, for the first time since their arrival on the central island, filonc together. Muriel looked at him once more with the samo deadly lixed look. "With you, Felix," she' said, slowly, "I can bear or dure anything. I feel as it the bittcrne:,d of death were past long ago, I know it must come I only want to be quite sure wiien. Ana oe sides, you must remember, I have your promise. ' Felix clasped his own hands de spondently in return, and gazed across at her from his seat a fow feet off in j unspeakable misery. ! "Muriel:" he cried. "I couldn't. j haven't the heart. 1 daren't." ! Muriel roso and laid hor hand I solemnly on his arm. "You will!" she S answered, boldly, "xou can! You must; I know I can trust your promise for that This moment, if vou like I would not shrink. But vou will never let me full alive into the handsofthoss Wretches. I'Vlix. from vnnp hand could stand anything, i'm not afraid to die. I lovo ou too dearly Felix hold her- white little wrist in his grasp and sobbed line a child. Her very bravery and conlidenee seemed to unman nun utterly, isho looked at him once more When?" she asked, quietly, but with lips as pale as tieatn. "In about four months from Felix answered, endeavoring now, to be cairn. "And they will kill us both?" "Yes, both. 1 think so." "Together?" "Together." Muriel drew a deep sigh. "Will you know the day beforehand?" she asked. "Yes. Tho Frenchman told me it. He has known others killed in the self same fashion." "Then. Felix the night before it comes, you will promise roe, will you?" "Muriel, Muriel, I could never dare to m you." (TO BE CONTINUED. A Vain Penman. It is said that Tomkins, the cele brated writing-master of St Paul's School in London, was the vainest of all penmen. Th ough life he dreamed that penmanship was one nf the tine arts, and that a writing-master should be seatea with his peers in the Academy. He bequeathed to the British Museum his opus magnum, a copy of Macklin's Bible, profusely embellished with the most beautiful and varied work of bis pen, and as he conceived that both the workman and the work would be darling ob jects with posterity, he left some thing immortal with the legacy his fine bust by Chant rev, unaccompanied by wnich tne Museum was not to receive the unparalleled gift. When Tomkins applied to have bis bust made, the great sculptor gener ously abated something from his usual price, and considerate of the feelings of the writing master, treated him as a brother artist. This was undoubtedly the proudest day in Tom kin's lif& An eminent artist and wit, look ing at this fine bust of Tomkics, once exclaimed: "And this man died for want of a dinner!" Which lematk was in a measure true. The penman had long felt that he Stood degraded in the scale of genius by not being received at the Academy, at least in the class of engrav. ers. The next approach to academic honors he conceived would be that of appearing as a guest at the annual dinner. But unfortunately the Academy persisted in considering Tomkins as a writing-master, and in spite of many stratagems and remonstrances he never received one of the coveted invitations. The vain mm never ceased to deplore the failure of his hopes, and allowed the disappointment to prey upon his spirits until it affected bis health. In spite of everything, the luckless calligrapher died without having dined at the Academy. A Poisonous Monarch. A monarch among poisonous snakes is the enormous hamadryad, which grows to be as much as fourteen feet in length and is so fierce that it will sometimes attack and even chase anyone who ventures near to Its nest .Native snake charmers, who will handle the He: cost cobras fearlessly, are usually loath to touch a hamadryad, though I have occasionally seen a specimen of this venomous reptile in their bags. It lays its eggs in a heap of decaying leaves, which it collects lor the purpose, and sits upon the top to ke.-poii intruders. A. road through the jungle will sometimes be closed airainst all comers by a pair of these snakes, and woe betide the unfortuuate traveler who stumbles unawares upon the nest of these reptiles. The hamadryad feeds largely upon other snakes, but it is fortunately somewhat rare. Curiously enough, it is not always aggressive. Indeed it sometimes happens that it Is quite unwlllltig to strike. Superficially it is not unlike a harmless r.ck snake, and not very long ago in Burmali a man brought one in from the Jungle an I kept it loose in his bouse for some days under the impression that it was ohe of tlc;.se creatures. During the whole of its captivity It never attempted to bite anyone, and its captor, who bad been familiarly pulling it about by the tall, was only apprised of his mistake by a forest officer who happened to turn up and who knew a good deal about snakes. It is easy to Imagine the haste with which tho amateur sr.ake charmer p.oceeded to dispose of bis captive. The Nail.. Sulphur is especially useful in improving the nutrition of the nails. Hulpbur is a normal ingredient of nail-tissue, in which it exists in comparatively large proportion. It is consequently an excellent remedy in cases where the nutrition 'of the nails is perverts !. In such conditions sulphur may be justly regarded as a specific nutrient remedy. The mode of administration Is an important point It should be given regularly for a lengthened period iu such as live grains three times a day. Adni;nistered in this manner sulphur not only directly supplies the nail wlib an element necessary to its healthy life, but it also exerts a beneficial inflnen 0 upon the composition of the blood, hulphur is of material assistance In the treatment of the constitutional disorders upon which the trophic changes in the nails depend. This remedy possesses a decided value in Ihe management of chronic rheumatism. From Its action upon the liver mid iutestinal glands, sulphur is iiotiraolc in the treatment n anemia and chlorosis, I have found sul tun- of tmicli value when the nails are brittle and marked by while spots or ridges. As an excellent local application in the same conditions, I can recommend an ointment containing from ten to sixty grains of t he oleato of tin to the ';tince of excipicnt. To this, for the fake of el eg nee. may be added a Utt e carmine. h n rti'i.,ed along the nail and the surface surrounding it, the ointnunt o: ten oleate Ira proves the structure and lustre o lajia4J-rViin 4?ljrV

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation's Capital What Is Being Done by tbo Semite and House Old Slat ten Disposed Of ami Nov Ones Cousld reL Tho Semite and House, Tlo Eoimto was occnnliwl Friday In Unit ing out 'where It wi. j at" ou tbo turiiT question, lloenusii ot a vory sniull atlund mice by reason of trreuter attractions ii tbo BenuU tho llou-o vol uMo to traiinuct much Qiisluus-i iu 11 short tlum llulf dozon bills woro nussod without opposition or debato. Most of the day was devoted to the discussion of the resolution Introduced tv Mr. Tanker, of Virginia, to amend tho constitution by takia.! away from Congress authority over the electiou ot United Ftates Senators and empowering tbo tatos to proscribe the time, place unu manner ot holuins elec tions for senators, liorore a vote was roachou tho Uouso wus compelled, under tno regular ordt'r for Friday, to take a recos Tbo nl'bt session was devoted to pension business. The debate oil the tariff In tbo Senate, Moud.iy, attracted members of the lower house, which was forced to adjourn for luck of a quorum. In a speech which occupied three hours in delivering Senator Gorman charged the l'resldrnt with duplicity In connection lth the tariff bilL Three of his associates testified to tbo Iruth of his charges. Among tbo nominations sent to the. Senate were those of ft H. Hoblnson for pension use 11 1 at Pes Moines and F.. II. Hunter for post master at the same place. Tbo President's letter on the tariff again occupied the Senate on Tuesday. Mr. IIIU spoke earnestly in defense of the executive, renlylnn to Sir. l.orman s at tack. In the House, a bill was passed to relnstato Democratic postal clerks dis missed from service by .Mr. Wunuutaker In 189. The debate In the Senate Wednesday was rather tame. 'I he millorios were crowded. as usual, in expectation of a renewal of tho great struggle or the past row days. Mr. taffery Rot tho floor early and re sumed his speech. His remarks did not arouso much Interest, and the galleries were soon visibly thinned out Mr. Ilunton, of Virginia, and his colleague, Mr. Daniel, followod with short aid uninteresting spoecbos, and ut 2:3.) the Senate went Into executive session, ana snorny uuerwaru adjourned. In the Houso a bill was passed peimlttlnE fourth-class postmasters to ad minister oatbs to pensioners In remote districts. Was the Companion of Inmortlnt. There died recently in l'arisa tvomun whose sweet compnni uihIiid c mse-loa and cheered the declining yea -s of Lamartlne. Mile, de Cessm was ore of the many womon who are content to live for a few and who never seek no toriety. She was the mec : of the poet. a daughter of his sister, anil some time after he necamo a widower, wnen n was the prey of tinancial difficulties of the most trying kind, she took up lie aliodo with hitn an I remained to tin last his most faithful adviser, compan ion und nurse. Of noblo family 011 t-ie paternal as well as the materna1 side, sho solicited and d.tuinod tho diirnity of clianoinesse, whioh also confabs the title of t'omtesse, and it was as (.' mtessede I.atnartine that alio ruled her uncle's hou.-ehold, acting tho part m hostess t) the numerous friends and admirers whom l.amartine was alwnys pleased to gather around him. .Vai, of those of a votinircr generation wh were admitted to the privacy of ti c aged poet remember with gratitude the warm welcome thoy received from his niece. The Queen. Ui inglng Cp ol' Mothers, A young person has been writing au artie' e on the bringing up of mothers. Thirty years ago mothers were not brought up; they just grew. They wore caps early, gave up duneingwhen their children were iii short frocks and knickerbockers, und developed alls u-ts of incorrect ideas about chaperons and flirtations. 1-ormorly tho young idea was trained the way it should go. Now tho old tree is pruned and pared into shape, liirls have a-'sumed the responsibility ot looking inter teci -mothers. Mothers are kept l see t 1 a well-ordered house. c.a- refractory fathers and attend to bores. They must, moreover, be ornamental, look well at the head of the table, dress be comingly, keep ftp with the fashions, look nice when the girls take them out with them, and smile encouraging ly at the young men. A or are their morals forgotten. Frequently am hears a girl say: "it is an interesting show, but not one I'd care to take uiy tnother to." Graphic Description. Alvin R. Berry, a real estato dea'cr. is suing hirt wif for divorce in the Chancery Court at Newark. Rerry testified that his wire had gone riding with David IS. Carpenter, a livery stable keeper. A servant girl who had been employed by iliv. Kerry said she had seen her greet Carpenter with a kiss as ho entered the house. Asked if it was a hearty kiss the witness re plied: "It sounded like a t ow taking her hoof out of the mud." Kats Eye Stones. The cat's eye stone, now prized as an ornament, is a very different thing from the ancient cat's eye or eye stouo of India, an agate cut so as to show the so-called eye or eyes. It is sup posed by some mat tins latter was used as money in parts of India four centuries ago, and specimens found to-day have ail interest to numismatists. How We Multiply. It ii computed that the death rate of the wor d is sixty-. even a minute and the birth rate. seventy a minute, and this seemingly light percentage of trains is suilicieut to give a not in crease of population each year of almo-t l,'AW,U0.i souis. Revolutionary Relic. The nublie library of Ka-thani'iton Mass.. has been presented with a wedding dross over loo years old. The garment is of "changeable silk," and weighs less than eight ounces. lli.s and Tint. A RACE horse clears from twenty to twenty-four feet at a bound. It costs Great Uritain $2t,n 11 to scrape the barnacles off the hott. ni of one of its big men-o'-war and lopuint it, and this has to bo none twice a year in the case of nearly eory vessel. IlKl-'OKE beginning to fold clothes, or even to hang them out on tho line. 1 ut on a clean apron if you wish to have the clothes entirely clean. There is always a chance of the d;iinp muslin wiping something from anything soiled with which it comes in contact. A SIMPI.K but graceful and decora tive match safe may ho m.tilo of a gooso or duck egg. lircak near the smaller end, not being at all part ieu into mako the edges even. Fasten a noce of sauil pat or with goo.t gmo. Deuorato according to tan v. Evkhy once luawhl-OMimcthiiignew is recommended for destroying tho odor of onions. Tho last thing ad vanced in this line is that pa- sley is absolutely effective. We give the in formation to our readers lor what it is worth, as we have never tried it. This same vegetable is also strongly recommended as a remedy for tirotl nerves. It If. said to possess great tonic i.roportle.s as well. It is estimated that the Bimtlowor plant draws from the soil ami exhales, 11 twelve hours, twelve ounces ol water. IT is reported that Mr. Donald II. Far juhar, of st. I. mils, has smveo lt d in so concentrating the electric i fiht that: it will il limine the brain. Tho same plan can be utloptel when it is necessary to study the t athoioiiieal condition of the ho ly. A small e tte of light from an eight-htimlred-cninllo power lump is m;ulu t i penetrate tho tissues, and it is salt! that lirol.eu bones can be Ktudieil ami In tirics learned that could not be determined by tho ordinary metlp di of examination

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ROYAL BAKING POWDER Kach Recruit Got a Kiss. Near the close of the last century rumors of a French invasion alarmed Great Britain and artmsed military ardor to such an extent as to lead to fresh regiments being raised. In ono of a series of interesting sketches by the H-.-n. Mrs. Armytage ef "British Mansions and the Mistresses Past and Present," recently published in Tinslev's Magazine, the raising by the famous Duchess of Gordon, of the battalion of Gordon Highlanders, which has since held such a distinguished place in British military annals, is thus described: "The Duchess of Gordon is said to have had a w&ger with the Prince Regent as to which of them would first raise a i attalion, and that the fair lady reserved to herself the power of offering a reward even more attractive than the King's shilling. At all events the Duchess and Lord Huntly started off on their errand, and between them soon raised the re Ui ed number of men. The mother and son frequented every fair in the country-side, begging the fine young Highlanders to come forth in support of King and Country, and to enlist In her regiment, and, when all other argument bad failed, rumorsnid that a kiss from the beautifnl Duchess won the doubtful recruit. Sho soon announced to 4 headquarters the formation of a regiment and entered into all the negotiations with the military authorities in a most business-like manner, reporting that the whole regiment were Highlanders save thirty-live Lord Huntly was given the first command of thscorps, then and ever since known as the Ninetv-second or Gordon Highlanders, and wearing the tartan of the clau." Village Astronomy. A certain John Hodgdon, who lived in Weare, N. H.. more than 100 years ago, was one of the men who seem always to have luck on their side. Whatever ho put his hand to pros; ered. As his neighbors used to say, "John Hodgdon"s dish is always right side up when it tains porridfje. " 1'robably his good luck was mostly shrewdness and frugality. We are told that he was an excellent farmer. At all events' shrewd or lucky, ho grew richer and richer, and bought more and more land, till people began to wonder where the thing would end. The general feeling was well expressed by Polly Tuttle. She was one of a company of young people who, being out under the full moon, began discussing the question whether the darker portions ' of the moon's face were land. "Wo can ea.-ily settle that." said tho bright Polly. "Let's go in and ask Mr. Hodgdon. He'll know: for if it's land, he's got a mortgage on it." Physical Strength of the Czar. Another story of tho great strength of tho Czar of Russia is told. WhJe on a return journey to St. Petorsburgh a few days ago the train bearing the Czar and CVarina stopped at a small station to allow the Imperial party to take luncheon. The daughter of tho Mayor of the village presented a bouquet of flowers to t he Empress, but forgot to dry the stems. The Kmpress, not wishing to soil her white gloves, hesitated a moment about taking tho flowers and the situation became embarrassing. The Czar, however, saw a heavy pewter plate on the table, picked it up, twisted It into a holder, placed the bou.,uet in it. and handed it to his wife. The Czar is said to be ono of the strongest men in Europe. Whore Bears Dwell In Peace. Up in the Sierra Aneha Mountains of Gila County there are plenty of bears, great big bears, as big as four-year-old steers, and with claws on them that leave a mark like a butcher's cleaver in the snow. There are not many people in the Sierra Aneha. A few people go up among the pines and plant potatoes. Nobody shoots bear in that country. Phil Askins, the famous mountain lion hunter, with the assistance of a lino pack of hounds, managed to kill one a lew years ago, out mat was not in too boar region of the mountains. Hoar and humans live together with mutual respect, if not amity, and neither sido 1 cares to break the truce. ijnn-nix . (Ariz.) Gazette. At Second-llaacl. Among the many peculiarities of inventors is a complacent confidence in their cwn originality of thought. Ono of the el;;ss recently told a friend, in strict confidence, t hat he had struck something a device really needed in our civilization. the friend smiled and said: "My boy. I supposedly inented tho same identical thing fifteen years ago. Hofcre 1 took out a 1 atent I had the patent ollice searched, and tho reply come back, 'Your device is old: was invented ten years ago.' -' The patent oltieo ought always to bo searched before big fees are rolled up. An Odd Beglment. In the Russian army there is one particular regiment of infantry of the guards, formed by Emperor Paul, the men of which are recruited not bo much with regard to their height or the color of their hair and completion as to the shape of their noses. Kmperor Paul had a typical Kalmtik noo i of tho most excruciatingly uptiltcd , pattern, and since then, out of compliincnt to him, all tho oitieers and men ! of this particular regiment havo noses of the samo shape, tho sight which they present on parade being somewhat startling. M ife SoM for a Pot of Iteer. Wives are cheap to-day. At Croydon Sunday a laboring man disposed of his wife for a pot of "foiirponny."' and gave a receipt in duo form. Tho paragraph reporting the transaction, says: "Tno husband and wife took an affectionate fniwvoll of ouch othor." It must havo boon a touching sight. Manchester (England; Gazette. "What did sho die of ?" "She over- I loaded her stummielc with turkey an' ; nnneo pie on l liiuiksgivin ; " "On, : what a lovely death how I envy's her corpso!"

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CO., 108 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. i Stories of the Cloth. The following, if not true, is well founded, says tho London Globe. A French priest who was passionately addicted to card-playing is said by a writer in the Paris "Temps to havo inadvertently remarked, instead of "O Lord, who boldest in Thy hand iho hearts of kings." "O Lord, who holdest in Thy hand the king of hearts." Tho foregoing anecdote may be capped by tho story, told by Archdeacon Sinclair in tho current Young Man, of tho nervous curate who, when preaching on tho parable of the Prodigal Son, managed to say correctly "nut a ring on his finger," but was totally incapable of resisting the temptation to add, "and bells on his toes, and he shall have music wherever ho goes." Truly also a prodigal curate. The I! Riles t Women. The ugliest women in the world are tho cleverest, according to Sir Crichton I3rowe. Ho fears that what woman gains intellectually by the higher education now in vogue sho will lose in beauty and grace, and often in health, too. Amongst the Garo nation, a people dwelling on a range of hills between Brahmapootra and Soorma Valleys, the women are supreme. They woo the men, they control the affairs of tho home and tho nation, property descends through them, and in everything they are dominant, but note the sequel they are the very ugliest women on the face of the earth. Mighty Is the Truth I Ana ft will prevslL Against underhand competition aud spurious imitation, the genuine efticacy ot the great national tonic, Hostctter's Stomach Bitters, always baa and always will prevail, )'he public recognize it everywhere as the chief preventive ot malaria, and a reliatle specific for dyspeaata, constipation, nertou8nes.t, rheumatism, kidney trouble, biliousness and loss ot appetite. Efforts made by irresponsible dealers to compete with it by indirect means have and will continue to fall upon the breads and, it may bo added, the poe-C-t3vof those making them. Through the length and breadth of the American continent it is tbe acknowledged household remedy, reliable and prompt. It relies upon facts, upon public experience, and upon the emphatic coninie&datton of the medical fraternity. Not In tbe Uooks. A boy was once brought before "Old Steady" Ha'.ter, the Mayor of Folkestone, for stealing gooseberries. Baker turned over Burn's "Juotice," but, not being able to find the article he wanted in tho book, which is alphabetically arranged, he liftod up his spectacles, and addressed the culprit thus: "My lad, it's very lucky for you that, instead of stealing gooseberries vou were not brought here for stealing a goose: there is a statute against stealing geese, but I can't find anything about gooso i erries 'n all Burn: so let the prisoner be discharged, for I suppose It is no offense." "Valley, Plain and Peak." An art book of Northwestern seenes. from plictosxtipbs. over 100 views, with descriptive mutter, olegautly printed, sent with otbnr pubtieations ot much interest to investors and bomoscekcrs, for 10 cents in postage. Containing ranch more Information and nrtlstin beauty than many onedollar publications. Address F. I. Whitney. G. P. Hi T. A.. Great Northern Sailway, St. Paul, Miun. Marriage ot Freaks. A curious marriage took place at Verviers. in Belgium, recently, when Mile. Elizabeth Kunneich, without arras, was married to her imnressario, an Austrian. The woman signed the register with a steady foot and the wedding ring was placed by the priest on her fourth toe. Hall'B Catarrh Cure la a constitutional cure. Price 73 cento. Bis Own Invention. A down F.ast farmer travels In great comfort through tho long reaches of snow, und in the face of the bitterest north winds in a one-horse sleigh, hooded over like a prairie schooner, and with a stove inside, the funnel sticking through tho top. It is a rig of his own invention, and, while not architecturally beautiful in appear ance, is very conuortauie in use. Attekd the Fort Wayno Business ColUvge. AwTCT.tiV worthless people occasionally make a heap ot costs in a court. "Ail Tom, tho 10 Is so uroater charm tbnn u petit-ti-bleom complexion, such as tbo young l:u!y bad wo beard extolling Glenn's Sulphur to mi" Pkopi.k always pick at a woman who dresses beyond her means. PIERCE"" " CURE to every nervous, delicate woman, suffering from "female complaint," irregularity, or weakness, In vrery exhausted condition of the female system, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is an invigorating restorative tonic, fitted to tho needs of nursing mothers, and women approaching, confinement. South Bend, Pacific C., Jfort. En. B. V. Pnncm, Buffalo, K. T. : iaar 1 taxing your " Favorlto Precrtption" the first month of pregnancy, and have continued taking it since confinement. I did not experience the nausea or any of the ailments due to pregnan cy, after I began taking your " Prescription." T was only In tabor a short time, and tbe physician said t got alone unlimiKtlv Well. Mrs. Bakir. Wn think It saved me a creat deal of suf fering. I was troubled a great deal with leucorrbca also, and it has done a world of good lor me. Dincemy yours. Mrs. V. C. BAKEH. FVERY ONE WHO WEARS Till! Owen Electric Bi:lt Says: "They aro tho Best. 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