Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 June 1879 — Page 3

THE INDIANA: STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, iMOKNING,! JUNE 11, 1879,

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UNION OF OCEANS.

Some Pacts About the Proposed InterOceanic Darien Canal. A Project That luu Been Discussed for Three Centuries The Different Boutes , Proposed, and the Difficulties to be Overcome Estimated Cost of the Enterprise The Day Dream of Columbus to be Fulfilled. Cincinnati Commercial Public attention, both of America and Europe, has of late been turned to the congress of international delegates assembled at Paris to consider the question of uniting the two oceans by a ship canal at some point aero as the isthmm connectine; North and South America. - This matter of effecting a union of the two great oceans of the globe, the Atlantic and Pacific, by an inter-oceanic canal sufficient for the passage of ships of any size, is by no means a new or modern suggestion. To us of the present day it may Beem strange that even the existence of the vast Pacific ocean was unknown to Christendom until only 3C6 years ago. In 1513 the Spanish advanturer Bilboa crossed the Isthmus of Darien, now known as the Isthmus of Panama, and was the first of civilized men to look out upon the wide wastes of the Pacific ocean, and to make known to the world the existence of that immensity of waters. As compared with the great continents that it winnMh and the vast oceans that it divides. t isthmus, only . 47 miles across, is the merest neck of land. But, narrow as it is, it compelled the commerce of the world to pass around the stormy Cape of Good Hope on the one hand, or of the still stormier Cape Horn on the other, in order i to reach either Eastern Asia or Western America. Of course the idea of cutting through that narrow isthmus barrier would be an early and natural suggestion. Ac cordingly, In 1528, only 15 years after Bilboa' s 'discovery of the Pacific ocean, this idea of an inter-oceanic shin-canal across that isthmus came to be warmly, enterkainly and seriously considered by the mar itime nations ol wes'ern Europe, f rom that time forward to the present, that idea bas from time to time been made promi nent among the great commercial nations. In 1778. Mr. Jefferson took up the subject with great interest, well-foreseeing the advantages that, if accomplished, it would confer on the commerce of the world in general, and of this country in particular; and wrote warmly in its Denaii. -The long wars of Europe that then ensued, attending the career of Bonaparte, put this great enterprise out of public consideration for the fame being. But, in 1826, almost as Boon as European tranquility became restored, this matter was again revived, a survey of the isthmus was made and a line of location run from Portobello. on the Atlan tic, to Panama, on the Pacific. Then, again, the enterprise . was abandoned Dy reason of the wars between the Somth American Republics, and which involved the locality in question. In 1843 the subject was once more revived, and the United States took an active interest in the matter. Under Governmental appointment other routes were surveyed, especially the one known as the Nicaragua route, by Which the waters of lake Nicaragua were to be utilized for the purpose. This lake, about 100 miles lone and 40 miles wide, lies an interior basin, having toe racinc t range of mountains on its west and e Cordilleras on its east, ana is ltseu bout 100 feet higher than the ocean level. he distance between tne two oceans by una bnte is 110 miles, of which the lake itself euld yield about 62 miles, leaving 48 mnes or land catting, being just about the same xtent of land as that by tee Panama route. These surveys had scarcely been completed when our war with Mexico broke out, and once again the enterprise was postponed by reason of hostilities. Soon afterward the gold discoveries of California and the immense migration tending thitherward once more directed the attention of Europe and i America to the ithmus transit. The surivAva nrevinnslv made were now renorted to our Government and the Nicaragua route was it commended as the more feasible. The Government at once proceeded to take action on the subject, by opening negotiations with England as to the construction of the proposed canal, in conjunction with the Republic of Nicaranga. The result of this was that a treaty convention was entered into between the United States and England for the prosecution of the enterprise. By this convention, signed July 4, 1S50. it was stipulated that neither Government should seek nor procure any territo rial dominion in connection with the canal. (that the canal should be open to ali ships, either naval or mercantile; should never be 1 subject to any blockade; ana mat tne ports nat each end should be forever free and J neutral ports. Parsuant to this convention a contract was made between the State of V Nicaragua and a New York company of capitahsts for the construction of the canal, ' and preliminary operations were coml menced. But scarcely had the signatures to this treaty become dried when England 1 commenced intrigues for the acquisition of I the territory on the Atlantic aide, known as the "Musquito Coast," by a pretended grant from a pretended king, who proved to be a runaway negro from Jamaica, and for whose enthronement they actually bombarded Greytown, at the Atlantic mouth of the proposed canal. Of course this warlike demonstration put an end to the great undertaking. At the same time that this convention between this country and England was in progress, 1850, an American company . had secured a grant from New Grenada for the construction of a railway across the isthmus, from Limon bay, where Aspinwall now is, to Panama. This work was vigorously prosecuted, and was completed in 1855. It was stipulated under the grant that the company should build such a road as to enable them to carry passengers across lrom ocean to ocean in 12 hours. The distance by rail is 49 miles. It is bow traversed in three boors. This railway grant is to continue 49 years from the completion of the road. It will expire in 1904. The Government of New Grenada reserved the right to redeem the road by purchase at any time within 40 years after completion, on payment at the end of 40 years of $2,000,000. That road now carries yearly, besides ' passengers, about 460.000.000 of merchandise. Bat this, though great as its convenience was. did not fully meet the demands of L every case. - So vessels continued to pursue their lengthened voyages around the southf ernmost capes of Africa and South America C to reach India and China and the Pacific 1874. the idea of the inter-oceanic canal. which had been suspended by reason of our civil war. was once more revived, and new surveys were made under the orders of our Government. In 1876, during our National Centennial exposition, certain . eminent French engineers came to this country, and repaired to Washington to lay before the authorities were a proposition ior loint sur veys of the Central American isthmus for a hip canai. Ana wey were amazea wnen our secretary of the navy caused to be exhibited to them the full surveys of ali the various routes already completed under the able superintendence ol onr commodore Schufeldt and Commander Lull. This circumstance however, paved the way to further international correspondence on the aubieet. and finally led to the appointment. by different nations, of cpnunlattonen, who

were to assemble in a congress for the common consideration of this very Important subject, now so interesting to the commerce of the world. On the part of the United States, Bear Admiral Amen was appointed the commissioner, and has attended the congress assembled at Paris, and now just adjourned. The practicability of a ship-canal to connect the two oceans is not a matter of doubt; the question of "ways and means" is the only problem to be solved. Numerous estimates have been made by experienced engineers connected with the various surveys, both American and Europeans, and their figures have not varied very materially. Of course the amount in any case and by either route must be large, too large to come within the pecuniary means of either of the States of Nicaragua or Panama. In 1835, when this project was under consideration in England, the estimates then submitted amounted to $20,000,000, and this was then considered ample. Since that time more thorough surveys and more careful estimates have been made, and the amount le quired for the construction . of the .work has been estimated at from $100.e00,000 to $120,000,000. And these larger sums undoubtedly represent wbatwou'ld be the more probable amount required. The Panama railroad across the isthmus was built at a cost of $5,000,000, being about $100,000 per mile, and its dividends have been such as to send its stock up atone time to 185. The completion of our own Pacific road has, however, diminished the value of that stock to some extent by withdrawing travel and traffic to a considerable degree from the isthmus route. But no railroad accommodation can ever fill entirely the purpose to be subverted by a ship canal. The cast and delay of transshipment in every case, added to the greater expense of railway transportation, must always constitute an important factor in the business of the carrying trade of the world. This is shown by the example of the ship canal across the Isthmus of Suez, directly alongside of the railway running from Alexandria to the Red sea. The Congress of International delegates, convened at Paris, have had before them the question as to feasibility of different routes, the estimated cost of each, and the advisability of constructing the work by locks, or

by tunnels, to meet the inequalities o( e evatien. As to the routes, their conclusions have reduced the choice to the two, Nicaragua or Panama. The estimates submitted were, for the Nicaragua route, $60,000,000; for the Panama route, $95,000,000, with a margin of allowance in each case of 25 per cent, above the estimate for contingencies and unexpected : difficulties. By the Panama route, the Chagres river can be utilized by slack water navigation for about 16 miles from its mouth, which is fully one-third of the whole distance; and the elevation to be overcome is less than 250 feet, as that is the highest point reached by the present railroad between the two oceans. By the Nicaragua route the San Juan river, emptying into the Atlantic at Greytown. can be utilized by slackwater for about 40 miles from its exit from the Nicaragua lake, and the remainder of the distance by independent canal. The elevation to be overcome by this route is about 4(30 feet, through the Cordilleras. But by this route a new harbor on the Atlantic side will bave to be constructed at Greytown. Upon the question of advisability as between the use of locks or tunnels, the congress at Paris decided in favor of locks. The examples, of the great tunnels now made and in progress, notably the Hoosac tunnel, in which Massachusetts sunk about $20,000,000, and that wonder, Mount Cenis, yet unfinished, and which has received the aid of three Governments, inclined the minds of that congress to recommend th mse of locks rather than tunnels. Of course, locks for the accommodation of our present huge steamships, of 5,000 tons measurement, must be something enormous, both as to capacity and strength. But they are not beyond the engineering science and skill of the present times. lei the money required be ior incoming, and the work can be done. It is considered that on the Panama route the elevation can be overcome by 12 locks on each side of the summit, besides tide locks at the mouths. On the Nicaragua route, 10 locks on the west side and seven locks on the east side of the lake will be required. and tide locks at the mouth of the canal. From present indications it would seem that the Nicaragua route, aided as it is by lake and river, would become the chosen route. At all events, it seems certain that, if wars do not interpose, the isthmus region that connects the two great continents ot the Western hemisphere is soon to become the theater of changss important to the whole world. The union of the two great oceans ot the globe, so long a charm as a sublime problem in engineering, must eventually be consummated. Time and money will effect that union, and it may be soon. Only "let us have peace," and this grand idea, entertained now for three centuries and a half, will be realized before the nineteenth century shall be closed. Then the paths of com merce will be "mace straight" between the 275,000,000 of Europe's population and the 600,000,000 of Asia and the islands of the great sea, and all across the center of the American continent. Then the day-dream of Columbus will be fulfille d, and the west ward way be opened from Ea rope to Cathay The Longest Tunnel in the World. Galignani's Messenger. The opening of the first railway is spoken of as a memerable event, but every one seems to forget that centuries before this occurred loads were transported on rails in mines, and the fact is equally overlooked in regarding the piercing of whole mountains, such as Mont Cenis and Saint-Gothard, that similar works bad been enected ages ago in mines on a far larger scale. The long est subterranean construction of this kind is to be found in the mines of Freyberg, in the kingdom of Saxoay. Already, at the end or . the year liwo, toe galleries had at tained a length of 102 miles, or 163 kilometres. - At the same time, the works. commenced at the end of the twelfth cen tury, had reached such a depth that any further descent was found to be imprac ticable, from 18Z4 to 1634 tney naa pro duced 7,504,581 marcs, (1 franc 25 centimes each), in silver alone of a value of 200,000,000 thalers nearly. Consequently a new gallery had:: to be opened. This was to lead from the village of Rothschcenberg to a distance eC 12,882 metres; its cost was estimated at 1,300,000 thalers (3 francs 75 centimes each.) and 22 years were calculated as the time necessary to cary out the undertaking. The work was completed a year ago, and its execution had occupied AS years, and necessitateu an expenditure of 7,186,697 marcs. The considerable increase on - the original estimates was caused by the rock to be pierced turning out much harder than bad bee a ex pec ted, and the fact that the quantity of water . yielded by ' the mountain was far larger than had been calculated upon. Other circumstances help to swell the costs; the rise in wages and the prices ot materials greatly augment ed the expenditures, and the delay in the execution increased the general costs and those of superintendence and administration. Moreover, the gallery had become longer than was originally intended. It rises. generally speaking, at a gradient of 3 in 1,000. Including the secondary galleries, the shaft ot Rothachaenberg has now an ex tent of tunneling of 29,900 metres, which will soon reach 60,900 metres, or nearly 32 miles, xnis length lar surpasses any railway tunnel in tne world. During ex-Secretary McCulloch's recent stay In Cambridge, Mass., he visited the spot where a tablet was erected some 60 years ago to bit brother, who died while a senior in Harvard College. He was a vounc man of , rare ability and auperb physical

BUDDHISM. ; , ' ! The Founder or the Religion of Half the World Its Doctrines Resemblance in Worship to Catholicism. I John Russell Tonne's Correspondence in N. Y.Keraid.J In the sixth century before Jesus Christ came upon the earth there lived near Benares a man whose influence has not been exceeded by that ot any spiritual teacher known in history. This was Sakya Muni, better known as Buddha The Wise." He belonged to the caste Cshatnyaa the military caste and descended from the sun, whose descendants still reign in Rij pootanah, among them our friend, the maharajah of Jeypore. Sakya Muni was the son of a prince who reigned in a small territory about 100 miles rorth of Benares. He was not a priest, but on the contrary, belonged to a class npon which the priests looked down the "military class," who governed states and commanded armies. He lived until he was SO, as such princes are apt to do, seeking pleasure and exsitement, ever ready ior the camp or the chase. There came npon Sakya Muni in his thirtieth year a sense of nnworthmess a feeling that there were better things than physical gratification. He became an enthusiast, and like Loyola, dedicated himself to religion to the practice of the most severe forms of asceticism. Christian monasticism is pale in its exactions when compared with that an Indian devotee will undertake. To sit under a tree with an arm uplifted for years until the member shrinks and withers, to lie on the ground under the rain and sun, to stand all day on one foot, to go naked in winter and summer, to accept death in the most cruel forms, walking to a funeral pile and lying down among the flames, to live in the woods and the jungle subsisting on roots and fruits and leaves these are among the methods of the devotion which Sakya Mum certainly embraced. He sat down under a tree and there remained in meditation five years. He thought of the sins and sorrows ot the world, its vanity and selfishness, the canker of ambition, the shame of vanity, of the immorality of priests, the disrespect shown to sacred things

and the general unsettling of all goodness and virtue. For five years he remained in silence. In seclusion, with no root but the tree, exiled from court and palace and throne and the attractions of a military career. During these years of meditation he derived a new faith, and rising journeyed to Benares, the holy city, and preached his faith. The es sential principle was that man by meditation can make himself so holy as to come into possession of that knowledge which God only bestows upon the most holy, and which raises the man himself to the rank of deity. In other words, that man by goodness migbt become God. THE MEANING OF BUDDHISM. Many dogmas have been proclaimed by the various religious teachers who have arisen from age to age to control and lead mankind. But I know of none more daring or fascinating than this which came to Sakya Muni as be sat under his tree, mat man oy virtue and holiness may make himself God. He became at the end ot five years Buddha, and in this character, as the human expression of deity visited Benares. For . 45 years he preached his faith in Benares.and from place to place throughout India, malting converts, encouraging disciples, planting the seeds of religion, until when he died he had won a divine recognition, and his religion was so firmly planted that lor centuries it was tne religion of one-half the human race. Eren now, although the Brahmins have expelled it from a greater part of Indtt, you find it here in Burmah; and you know that it rules China, in Thibet, in Japan, and is, per baps, the dominant religion of the world. What is pleasant to know in the progress of this faith is that no blood was ever shed to enforce it. Mohammed founded a creed and an empire, but he carried his religion at the point of his sword. Sakya Muni, like Jesus Christ, was content with preaching and teaching and, apart from the blasphemy which Christians see in the rejection ol tbe Deity, his teachings form a commendable code of moral law. Subtle expounders of these teachings have changed this law. Some believe in a Supreme Being, an eternal God, who remains in a state of everlasting repose not an active and an angry God, like that of the Jews, who slew enemies, and visited His punishments npon the the third and fourth generations of those who obeyed not the commandments. Others believe that this Supreme Being is only another name for nature, and that with Him la a second deity, associated something like the Father and Son in our own Holy Trinity. These two gods unite and form a third being, who created the world, thus shadowing forth in a startling manner the mystery of the Trinity, and showing that the idea of the Trinity had been dimly seen by good men of the Indian race before our bavior preacnea it. ine leading theory in the Bhuddist faith is repose, that with repose there may be meditation, and from meditation felicity. Another dogma is that there were other Buddhas before Sakya Muni; that each Buddha belonged to a separate world; that Baity a Muni's world will last 5,000 years, when another will come and bring a new world with him. In this dogma one sees the doctrine of geological ages of a Messiah coming again of the destruction of tbe world. Each world leads into a higher stage of existence, so that even the expo nents of Darwin's theory ol evolution may find out that its essential principle was thought out more than 2,000 years ago by an Indian prince sitting under a tree. There are many variations of this faith, the most important of which is that there are stages of moral development, men rising into higher giades of felicity by the sanctity of their lives. No one has ever succeeded in reaching to the knowledge which came to sacya Mum, tne profession ol which is the creed of every Buddhist. There are various translations of this creed, which one finds written over the temples, "ot all things proceeding from cause. Their cause hath Buddha explained, Buddha bath also explained the causes of the cessation of existence." This lacks the ringing martial force of - tbe creed of Islam "There is lio God but God, and Mohammed is his prophet" It wants the supreme, majestic declaration recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures "lam tbatl am." It fails in that lofty beauty with which John records the creed of Christians "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him Was life, and life was the light of man." But one notes a resemblance between tbe two creeds the one of Buddha and that of John. Each recognizes the beginning of things, tbe divinity which then reigned and the end of things over which divinity will reign, and the mystery which arose from the medita tions of the Iadian prince, as well as that which was revealed to the beloved disciple is the mystery which to-day possesses and perplexes every Christian soul, and which will only be known when tbe last day comes ana ail tnings are maae Clear. HK RELIGION AND ITS PRIESTS. There are other phases in the Buddhist faith whioh are worthy of mention. The institution of caste, npon which the Hindoo faith and the whole structure of Hindoo society rests, is not known in Buddnism. There is no priestly class like the Brahmins, claiming grotesque, selfish and extraordinary privileges, aescenaing rrom lather to bod. claiming honors almost divine, and teaching that all the good things of the world are especiaily intended for Brahmins. The priests, like those in the Catholic church, are taken rrom any rank in lite. . They do not marry. They deny themselves all pleasure of the live a monastic life, drees in yellow

gowns (yellow being a sacred color), shave their heads and beards and walk barefooted. They live in common, eat in common. When they sleep it is in a sitting posture. They go to church, pray, chant hymns, make offerings to their gods principal among them a statue of B lddha sometimes alone, sometimes with bis diciples. The statue of Buddha holds the same position in the temples of bis faith that the statue of our 8aviour holds in the Catholic churches. As you go into these temples yon are impressed with other forms of resemblance between tbe two systems of worship. The priests go in procession. They chant hymns and prayers and burn Incense. They carry strings of beads like the rosary, which they count and fumble as they say their prayers. There is no single solemn ceremony like the sacrifice of the mass. Priests and people kneel before the imsges surrounded with blazing wax lights, the air heavy with incense. They pray together, tbe priests only known by the yellow gowns. They pray kneeling, with clasped, uplifted hands. Sometimes they hold in their hands a rose, or a morsel of rice, or a fragment of bread as an offering. During their prayers they frequently bend their bodies so that the face touches the ground. There are convents for women. The temples are places of rest and refuge. Hither come the unfortunate, the poor, the needy, the bait and blind, the belated traveler. All are received and all are given food and alms. As you walk into tbe temples it is generally through a lane of unfortunates in all stages of squalor and wretchedness, abandoned by the world. Tray or basins of iron are stretched along the road in which attendants pour uncooked rice. Animal life is held sacred, and a Buddhist temple looks like a barnyard, a village pond and a church combined. Cows, parrots, monkeys, dogs, beggars, children, Sriests, sightseers, devotees all mingle and lend on a footing of friendliness, the animals fearing no harm, the men meaning none. A Buddhist priest will not kill an animal. His sacrifices do not involve bloodshed. Before he sits on the ground he will carefully brush it iest he might unwittingly crush an ant or a worm. This respect for animal life is so strong that some priests will wear a ganze cloth over month and nostrils lest they inadvertently inhale some of the smaller insects which live in the air. I am curious to know what would become of this tenet ot their religion if they were to examine tbe air or water with a microscope. I am afraid the discoveries of the microscope would bring sorrow and shame to thousands of believing souls. JLS ELOQUENT EULOGY. Colonel Robert O. Ingei-soll's Oration Over the Body or His Brother. The funeral of Hon. Ebon C. Ingersoll, brother of Colonel Robert G, Ingersoll, of Illinois, took place at Washington, June 2. The ceremonies were extremely simple, consisting merely of viewing the remains by relatives and friends, and a funeral oration by Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, brother of deceased. A large number of distinguished gentlemen were present. The following is tbe oration of Colonel Ingersoll, which was received by all present with marks ot deep and sincere feeling and sympathy: Mr Friends: I am going to do that which tbe dead oft promised he would do for me. The loved and loving brother, husband, father, friend, died where manhood's morning almost touches noon, and wbile shadows still wre tailing toward the west. He hod not passed on life's highway the stone that marks tne highest point, but being weary for a moment he laid down by the wayside, and using his harden for a pillow, he fell into that dreamless 8.eep that kisses down tbe eyelids still. While yetln love with life and raptured with the world, he passed to silence and .pathello dust. Yetai'ter all it may ba best just in tbe happiest, Bunniest hour of all tbe voyage, while eager winds are kissing every sail, to dash against the nnseeu rock, and in an instant hear the billows roar above a sunken ship; for, whether here or among the breakers of the other shore, a wreck must mark at last the end of each and all ; and every liie, no matter if its every hoar is rich with love, and every moment be swelled with Joy, will, at its close, become a tragedy, as sad and deep and dark as can be woven of

me warp ana wool or mystery and death. This brave and tender man in every storm of ine was oaK ana rock, bat in tne sunsliine lie was vine ana nower. He was tne iriend of ail heroic souls. He climbed the heiehts and left all superstitions far below, while on his forehead fell the golden dawning of a grander day. He loved the beautiful, and was wth color, form and music touched to tears. He sided with the weak, and with a willing hand gave alms, with loyal heart and with the purest purpose. He faithfully discharged all pub lic trusts, lie was a worsuipper of liberty, a friend of the oppressed. A thousand times I have beard him quote the words, "For justice all places a t-mple and all seasons summer." He believed that happiness was the only good, reason the only torch. Justice the only wor shipper, humanity the only religion and love ine only priest, rieanuea to tne sum ol Daman Joy, and were every one for whom be did some loving service to bring a blossom to his grave, he would sleep to-night beneath a wilderness of flowers. Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks ot two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond tbe uelebta. We cry aloud, aud the only answer is the echo of our walling cry. f rom tbe voiceless lips of tbe nnreplytug dead there comes no word, bat in the night of death hope sees a star, and listenins love can hear tne rustle of a wing. He who sleeps here when dying, mistaking the approach of death for the return of health. wuispered witn nis latest Dream, "i am better now." Let us believe, in anile ol doubts and dogmas, and tears and fears, that these dear words are true oi an tne countless aeau. And no w to you who have keen chosen from among the many men he loved to do the last sad ollice for the dead, we Kive his sacred dust. Speech can not contain onr love. There was, there is. no gentler, stronger, manlier man. Two belles of Toddtown. Ia.. went to a ball with a joint beau; but he was not im partial in his attentions, and tbe fair ones went out to fight. "During the hair pulling which ensued." says a witness, "the contest ants got up against a barbed wire fence which appeared to be hungry for calico. Their clothing would now make a good variegated pattern for a rag carpet." A Matter of Interest to Travelers. Tourists, emigrants and mariners find that H oft tetter s Stomach Bitters is a medicinal safeguard against unbealthful influences, npon which they can Implicitly rely, since it prevents the effects that an unhealthy climate, vitiated atmosphere, unaccustomed or onwnoieeome diet, oaa water, or otner conditions unfavorable to health, would otherwise pro duce. On long voyages or Journeys by land in latitudes adjacent to the equator, it is especially userul as a preventive of tbe febrile complaints and dlsordsrs of tbe stomach, liver and bowels, which are apt to attack natives of the temperate aones sojourning or traveling in sach regions, and is an excellent protection against the influence of extreme cold, sodden changes of temperature, exposure to damp or extreme raugue. it not only prevents intermittent and remittent fever, and other diseases of a malarial type, but eradicate them, a fact which has been notorious for years past in North and South America, Mexico, the west incues, Australia ana otner countries. Pond's Extraet Is an unrivalled remedy. This grand curative has been in existence for over 30 years, and has steadily worked its way into popular favor, until it bas won for itself an undying fame. Its effect upon the human organism is wonderful. It arrests inflammation at once, inducing a permanent and natural action. . It is unreservedly indorsed by a legion of champions, among the most prominent of which are Hon. T. R. Westbrook, judge of supreme court. New York. Hon. Cornelius Evans, mayor, Hudson, N. Y. Hon. D. P. Ely, mayor, Norwalk, Conn. Hon. Joseph H. Sprague, mayor, Hartford, Conn. ' Hon. ChaWes S. Pratt, mayor, Worcester, N.Y. . Rev. Isaac Clark, Rondout, N. Y. Rev. Aaher Anderson, FishkiU, N. T. Rey. R. M. Stratton, M. E. church. Rev. J. Leroy, Nashua, N. H. Rev. J. Stamford Home, New York. Rev. Dr. Francis Wheeler, Poughkeepsle, Rev. J. A. Todd, Tarrytown, N. T. Rev. W. F. Lewis, Peekskill, N. Y.

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While there ia lite there is hope, and t be most perilous hoar of a person's life is when he gives way to despondnucy. lie member, ali these complaints, which are so prevalent, and so fatal, can be cared by Dk 8wavne's Compound svrcp of Wild CherRr,"and oftentimes a single 2S-cent bottle will prevent much suffering and risk of life. Being the favorite prescription of one of PhiladelEhla's most eminent physicians, it can be reed on. Home Testimony. MORE WONDERFUL CURES. Dr. Swayse Dear Sir: I feel it to be dne to you and suffering humanity to give the following testimony respecting the wonderful curative powers of your "Compound Svrup of Wild Cherry " and ' garsaparilla and Tar Pills." I was afflicted with a violent eongh, pains in the side and breast, night sweats, sore throat, my bowels were costive, appetite nearly gone, and my stomach so very weak that my physician was at a loss to do for me, as everything I used in tbe shape of medicine was rejected; spit different times a pint of blood. I remained for months in this awful condition, and gave up all hopes of ever recovering. At this time yon recommended the use of your "Syrup" and "Pills," which immediately becan to soothe, comfort and allay tbe violence or the cough, strengthened and healed my lungs; in short, it bas made a perfect cure or me, and I am now able to pursue my dally labor. Any person doubting the truth of tbe above statement will please call, or address me, at the fa-story or at m v residence. EDWARD H. HA MSON, Foreman at George Sweeney's Pottery, Ridge Road, below Wallace, Philadelphia. Over 90 years bave elapsed, and Mr. Hansom still remains a hearty man. Asthma and Dlatresatna Congli Cored. My mother was a great snnerer from Asthma, coush, could not sleep. Her symptoms became very alarming, short breath, pains and oppression. Dr. Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry restored her to good health. H. MEYER, Urocer, 17th and Carpenter Sis., Philadelphia, Trial Bottle, 25 Cents. Price, trial bottles, 25 cents. Regular size, J1.00, or six bottles for S3. A single 25 cent bottle will oftentimes cure a recent cough or cold and thus prevent much risk and sutlering. If your druggit or storekeeper has not got it, ask him to procure it for you, or write to us direct. Describe symptoms in all communication, and address letters to DR. b WAYNE SON , 830 North Sixth street, Philadelphia. No charge will be made for advice. Sold at French's Medicine Depot, (UNDER MASONIC TEMPLE, INDIANAPOLIS. DD A DISORDERED LIVER, from which so many persons suffer, is frequently tbe cause of Headache, Indigestion and Dyspepsia, is speedily relieved, and are ofted permanently cured by Swayne's Tar and SarsarariUa Pills. Fevers are often prevented by the use of these Sarsaparllla Pills, as they carry off, through the blood, tbe impurities from which they arise. For cost! yen ess there is nothing so effectual as Swayne't Tar and SartaparUla Pills. Tbeyare purely vegetable, and act specially on the Liver as blue mass or calomel, without any bad results from taking. Address letters to UK. HWArSE BON, Philadelphia. No charge for advice. Sent by mail on receipt of price. Price, 25 cents a box; Ave boxes for f 1. Ask your druggist for them. Held at French's Drnc Store, Indianapolis. DD ITCHING PILESI are generally preceded by a moisture, like per spiration, aisiressina licning, as inougn pin worms were crawllue in and about the rectum, particularly at night, when undressing or in bed after getting warm; oftentimes show itself around the private parts, and frequently females are sorely afflicted, extending Into the vagina, proving very distressing. Cases of long standing are permanently cured by simply applying littAYKE'S OINTE2EUT! HOME CURE?. We were ereat sufferers from Itchinz Piles: tbe svmntoms were as abwve described. The use of Swayne's Oint ment in a snort time maae a periect cure. J. W.Christ, boot and shoe bouse, 844 N.Zd SU T. C. Weyman, hatter, 8 S. 8th st. Phlla. David Urosnickie. Ladieabure. Frederick eounty, Md. A, J . ueacn, r arm wen siai'n, Lionaon CO., v a. J. M. Heister, Mercersburg, Franklin CO., Pa. Jos S. McComb, Millersburg, O. B. H. Wakely, McLean, Tompkins CO., N. Y. B. F. Moore, Atlanta, Ga, J. E. Crandell, Crandell's Corners, IT. Y. Kienzle Scott, EnOeld, Conn. Wm. B. Rutland, Nashville, Tenn. N. U. Workman, Sclota, Iowa. CLEBGYMEBI AID PBTSICIAHS, as well as thousands of others in all parts ot the United States, are constantly sending certlflloates and informing us of the beneflta derived from using our "Ail Healing Ointment," but space will not admit of their publication at present. HOME CERTIFICATES. An Eruption of Eight Years' Standing. I was troubled with an eruption for eight years, itching intolerably at times; tried many preparations without finding relief. Through tne use of Swayne's "All Healing Ointment"! am entirely cured. JOSEPH H. LAMBERT, At florsbman A Bro.'s5lh and Cherry, Phlla. Price, 60c. Three boxes, 9135 (in currency or postage stamps). Sent bj mall to any address on receipt of price, by DR. SWAY. E A BON, Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by all druggists. Sold in Indianapolis at "FRENCH'S MEDICINE D1X)I," under Masonlo Temple. DD BEAUTIFUL HAIR! LONDON HAIR COLOR RESTORER! Seleatlfle Tearetable FBEPAB AT I O H f Iter Ingredients. CULTIVATE YOUR HAIR." 'London Glsv, nair Restorer' 'London Lcxdkiakt Hair Restorer Lot ion HAIR is Oxb or THE Hair Restorer' 'London Greatest Hair Restorer' 'London or all Hair Restorer' 'London PeksomaL Hair Restorer' 'London Charms. Hair Restorer All that art can accomplish In beautifying tranetheninB-. thlokeulun and adorning tbe hair Is efleeted by using London Hair Color Restorer. It stimulates and forces a rapid arrawth: if era v. restores its natural color and renders It silky and beaatlfal : cures dandruff; keeps the scalp clean, cool ana neaitny. Price 76 cents; three bottles, S3; six bottles, t. Bold by DR. 8WAYNEJ SON 830 North Sixth street Philadelphia. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. In Indianapolis at I FRENCH'S KEDICINE DEPOT, TJADEB MASONIC TEMPLE.;

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