Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 17, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1883 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 18S3.

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CHARLESTON CONVENTION. The Facta as to Cuhlnc and Batler Told by an Eje Wittne.' Recent remarks cf Governor EuVisr f HaseachuFe'.ts , have brought out icrtiiiistenceB cl th9 Charleston Convention f IrOO. Tho following is from the pen of Hon. Frederick "V. Horn, new tho editor cf the Cederburg ("Wis.) Uewf. lie was a delegate to the Conventicn frcm "Wisconsin, and was a supporter of Stephen A. Douglas' nomination. Mr. Horn y resided ever the Convention temporjily lid ia a recent Lumber of his paper say : "When the Convention met at Charlsston, Dccglaa would have been nominated on tho irit ballot if it Lai net been for the so-called two-third rule, requiring a veto of twothirds of all members requisite for a nomination. A violent anti-Douglas man, Caleb Cusiin, cf ilai?achuett9, was elected Trident of the Convention by a voi-3 of Stite (another relic of the power of the South in getting control of the Convention) when, if the vote had been taken by calling the roll f tseinbers, a Douplas man would have been efcescn. The Vice President, one from each Sute, were selected by delegates from their refpectiv3 States, and we were chosen from "Wisconsin, taking our position from the start at the right hand of President Cushisq:, sever bln absent from our post, and having the bt'S. chance to observe everything going cn. Among the Southern delogaiei, and especially those from Georgia ani Louisiana, many were in favor cf Docgl&s while a large m&jority or til were at the time utterly opposed tr any f cheme lesding to a conflict with tho North. Tie game of the handful of fcecaasionista Ui j Yancey, Keitt and one or two others, W43 to delay the proceedings of the convention u rmch as possible in order to bully or coax the Douglas de.egntea away from him, and vnite all the slave States against hU nomination, even if they had to eecjde from it and ake ft nominaticn cf their own. How well Ihey succeeded is a matter of hiotory, and Caieb Cushing, together with Iisn Butler and John Cochrane, did their utmost to dolay the balloting so that these dolegites frcm the South could be seen and won for the dark schemes of secession. MFor nearly eight days Butler and Cochrane, chiefly, kept CusLirg busy deciding questions of order; the latter, no doubt, being Jully petted as to the object of the delay. Untier would rise to ft 'point of order,' and, titer stating it, commence a long epooch to sustain his point, "and after a discu.-ßion of several Lours the Convention would adjourn t the next day, only to have the saui3 sham proceedings over and over aeain. TYethirk it was on the fourth day of the sess'.cr. when Cushing called us to tho chair and left the platform; we were hardly seated before Uen Butler presented his poirt of order' again. We had been at a boiling heat for the last two days and determined to sit down on Ben and Cochrane if ever a chance was offered; so, after th3 gentleman from Massachusetts had stated his point of order, we immediately decided against him, and before he had time to commence his usual epaech in favor of his point. "We remember that he squatted down as if truck by lightning, but Cochrane at once came to his rescue with 'another point of order,' which we were about disposing of in a similar manner, and it seemed that we wculd be ready for balloting, when at once we heard behind our beck, on the platform, the words, "Send for Cushing, send for Cuihing!" and in a few minutes that worthy gentlemen came rushing in all out of breath, and we had to surrender to him to hear points of order raised for several days more, until the secessionists bad most of the doubtini members fixed, and Cushing, Butler, Cochrane, and company allowed us to ballot for a day or two, when an adjournment was had to Baltimore. "It can not be poesibie that his working y these men right into the hands of the sv cession ists was merely done to defeat Douglas, and that neither of them had an idea of the consequences that must arise in the raptare of the party. They knew it well enough, but they, like the Southern secessionists, believed that the North would not fight, and would consent to a peaceful secession. The fact that the Southern men did believe so is a matter of history, and where and from whom should they have derived tteir information if not from Cushing, Cutler, and others of their stripe? Ban may have looked at the Jlili3 House and taid these words to Gov. Barry, but certainly in such a way &3 to have the Governor understand it merely as a big joke, and now Butler ie tolling his iitllo anecdote as if ho had been in earnest at the time. "Why didn't these Northern traitors proclaim thoe sentiments in open convention the first opportunity they had? They did no such thing, but a 1 their words and actions tended to make tho South believe that no fighting would be necessary, and that tbe North wa3 divided so much as to yield to a peaceful separation! "When Ben Butler and his ether Breckinridge men in the Northern States immediately took up arms against the South it was only as fee from the popular wrath, for until that time these men were cansidorei the firm allies Of the secessionists, and would have moved South to receive their reward if a peaceiul separation had taken place. ""When the adjourned convention met in Baltimore it was understood that Cushing, Uutlcr and Company only waitad for some pretense to leave the convention and join the Jeff Davis show which met at the eamo time in Baltimore and which afterward nominated Iireckenridge. Cushing was taken up again with deciding points of order, and frequently leaned over to us for consultation cn the questions to be decided. This play so exasperated Keverdy Johnson, who occupied chair in the rear of the piatlorru, that he suddenly stepped up to us and spoke without doubt intentionally loud enough for Cashing to hear every word the following: Vhal does the G d d d scoundrel mean by consulting you so often? It is all sham; he knows well enough how to decide himself.' I shall never forget those same worda. Cushing blushed BCirlet, and we expected that his gavel would instantly coma in contact with Mr. Johnson's heal; but he thought better of it and appeared as if he had not heard those words. ''That Ben had a bad conscience all the time and expected a good threshing while with us, was proved by the fact that he got Via ally Cushing to appoint as messengers leveral fighting men, and among them "the then celebrated ring-lighter Price, from Boston, who was never far from Butler, and when the latter made his exit from our conTention, those men took care of his person, Price bringing up the rear, and feeing him eafe over to the Jeff Dayis convention. A few days after, while in session, Gov. Tod, Vice President, of Ohio, who occupied the eat next to us, rec'tivad a little slip of paper, And after reading it bont over toward us and said that he had just boon informed that Cushing w s going to abdicate to-day, and fcould carry on" the gavel; but he (Gov. Tod) should take it from nim, and that we in the meantime should slip into Cashing'! chair and go on with the proceeding as if nothing had happened. I whispered back to Tod that we had better change places, and that I would settle the matter with Cushing as to his carrying the gavel away if he would take the chair, to which he consented. The change of seats was at once made, and a fa

minutes after Costing left. Tod slipped ia his place, but my gavel job had gone up; Cutting left it cn the desk. A Disabling Di . Ko disease which does not con fiue a man to his bod so eoroplcelj unfits him for business as dyarepeia. When tbe irtonisch Is foul the brain i always muddy and confused, and as the cares a id axioties e.f life are a suCictsrit burden ior the O'concf thoucht to bear, without beln tormented by the miseries born cf lndiecEtiou. it is hialy desirable lor the brain's Bate, as well as far the f sie of every other portion of the eystera, that tue iiKordmd Ptoraatii should be restored 'with tfee utmost dispatch to a bealtar, vigorous condition. This object can always be accomplished by a course of liofetetter sbtotuarh Bitters, tfce parent sud Itstof vegetable specifics, w&ica evacuates the morbid humor Uironja the bowels, rouses and touts the torpid stomnch aud res?ulatvs the liTtr, imparts fjrmi.esd to the nerves and clears e sens;rlum Of its mental cobwebs. Persons subject to attack of indiecs'Jon, bilious headache, irregularity of the bowels, kicitness at the stomach or "the blues," fhould taue tne Bitter once or twice a day throughout the present scai on.

I'OKKK WITHOUT A LIMIT. KlCOllettion' Of Some Heavy Fokcr Oaines lijr an Old Stager. (Interview with porting man in ChicK-. Herald. J "The palmny day3 cf poker, so far as big mency is concerned, were during the war. Tne officers and privates, in fact the whole army, devoted their hours of peace to iu vsufare. The s olJiers wero piid only a few times a year. Jl&ny oi'thain would set their money, lose it wittin a day after the paymaster t.vi left the cümp and then go broke fcr three months. The bot ol5c.ra were, of course, the best players. Joe Hooker toll Prt sidtnt Lincoln ttat no good general was a poor poker player. "When money bacauie fierce they would stake other things. They wculd put up their ratioas and personal property gained in 'foraging.' I've sean the option of peculiar privileges in a pot in camp, the right to the bigseit firid in the neit Louso they destroyed on their march, and so on. SVhea a lot of Confederate currency was captured the game was high. It was no raro thing for a private to capture a bale cf it and bet $-,-COO or $00,100 of it on hi3 hand. It was worthless stuiT, but it made th3 game enlivening. I paw a United States paymaster," continued tfc.3 narrator, "lo&o $c'0.000 in goM bakrgingto tho Government, ia a game with a prcieEaions! gimtlar, on a MUsisUppi .River boat. There was a majority of Union men aboard, and the gambler had to give up his earnings, which wore won on the square. I remember the paymaster's white face when he saw his iaft srold eagle di3app3ar. He almost felt the halter aröund his nock, for the penalty for breach of trutt wa3 pretty cevore. 'Ite river, lmniecialsly bofore the wai, ' tbe speaker continued, "was groat gambling Loube. The splendid steam eis pljinc baiweon I'ew Orleans tnd tho North wcra loaded with men wheae ir;tr;ei ws deep in games of chance. 1 he planters were the most reckless gameelers. They seldom had any ready xncney, but would lose their cotton and live stock siulnigirprs with equanimity. I went clown on the Bello Key in from Mamphis to New Orleans. At Natchez a groat planter got aboard w ith f fty slave?. IIa chipped into a game with a !Northorn judge, a Mew York merchant and an army oflicer. The slakes amount xl up to no proportiens something like $20,000 in one pot, which I saw the judge win. lie held the best hands, and beforo v;e reached the Crescent City owned fortv of tho planter's nietrers, valued at from $l,0CO to 1,"00 each. "But by all odds the most interesting garaa 1 ever saw was cn the Boll Lamar, Jn 1337. There were circumeiances connected with it which riade it au aü-abserbing event to the few people who understood what it reUy meant. The players were two only. They are both dead, and probably all "their desen dants have followed them to the grave, so I may mention their nam as and tell voa abcut tho train cf events which loi" to that game and its attendant tragedy. Ia 1SCG there lived in a small town in Kentucky a beautiful girl named Alico Crayton. She had a number of suitors, but of a 1 cf them only two seemed to meet with passing favor in her eyes. One was a rich youag planter ramed Horace Ellison, and the other a young lawyer recently from the North, named Converse. Ellison had the advantage of his rivai in looks aa i accomplie hments. He had traveled extensively, wm well read,poli6ted, and bore the reputation of being a dare devil in affairs of gallantry, aud was said to bejnot over upright or honorabla in his affairs w'ith women. He was the sort cf a man to attract most girls. But Miss Crayton preferred Converse, a plain young lellow, and)finaliy married him. Ellison, alter swearing to oe revenged, went, abrotl. In the course of a year Converse and his wife went to New Orleans to live. Two years after their marriage, Converse, retiming hcKte on the Bella Lamar, after a businets trip North discovered his old rival, Ellison, among the passengers. All feelings of resentment had died out in his heart and he greeted Ellison heartily, th9 latter returning the h:;r.dehake with well simulated warmth. For a day the two men c a at tod altogether agreeably, to all appearances gcod friends. Th3 next eveniug Kilisen proposed a little draw to while away the mosotony of the voyagn. Converse readily assented, and they flatted the game in a large stateroom. Four or five othors were present, but they didn't join it. At first tho anfb was trilling. As Converio steadily lest, he insisted on raising it with each deal, and began drinking, a rare thing for him to do. His ill-fortune continued, and after a seance of two hours ho begn to borrow money of his friends in the room, having lost ail of hs own to Ellison. The latter was ccol and firm as a rock. Ha asldom spoSie, and then in cutting accents, which added to the fist growing enmity his opponent felt toward him. 'Ferhaps it Mr. Converse would finger hü glass less and his cards more, his game would be more interesting and less easy to boat,' Ellison remarked. '"Mr. Converse can take care of himself under all circumstances,' Converse retorted. 'Yes, he demonstrated his facility for looking after his own interests two years ago, when he won a groat stake; but not by fair play.' 'I saw Converse's face flush. IIa understood the all ub ion to the old rivalry between him and Ellison, and its covert insinuation. He started, as though to say something, but stopped. The game went on, and soon after Converse had lost every penny, and hia watch and diamond pin. "Ellison laughed sneeringly. Mr. Con verse should apply his method in lovemaking to card playing he said. ""Wtat do you mean, sir?' ""What you please. Snail we continue the game?' "Converse was white with fury The gsmbling spirit,mingled with hate and rafe, was on him. As if ia answer to his unspoken thoughts, Ellison said in his cold, exasperating tones: "You lack a stake. I will hazard all my winnings against the night key of your house. "We will play three hands in five for it." "This monstrous proposition struck us all dumb. Converse bounded from his chair and gasped. lie was speechless. In fact, the emotions of this great experience had deprived him of the power of words. Ellison alone was unmoved. He Bat quietly tossing the pile of gold befoie him with his white fingers. yen consent?" he asked.

"The loss Converse had sustained he ccukl tot rep-luce. Ruin was before him. On the other hand, the privilege he was invited to hazard meant, if he lost it, a dishonor worse than death. What thoughts ran through that man's mind in a few sec onds will never bo known. He grasped the back of the chair, etared wildly around and hoarsely muttered yes. 'You may imagine how breathlessly wo bent over the players now. They shuffled the cards in silence. Ellison won the first two deals. The next, Converse won. The fourth time, amid a silence in the room desp as tho tomb, Hl li son dealt and gve Converse two queens, a jack and two nine-epots. The latter draw one card and annoancod himself ready. Ellison glanced quickly at him and laid down four aces. I always thought he had Etccked his hand. " ' You have won the key,' said Converse lie drew it oU the ring, r nd thon, qxick as lightning, crowded it into the barrol of hia revolverl 'Take it, and pulled tho trigger. Then he turned the weapon upon himself, and fell dead upoa the corpse of hia antogoniet, whose brains bespattered the Cirdj which had destroyed their fortunes and honor and lives." DEADLY POLITENK4S. A Tery Yonns Treacher's Experience on the Ml'flippl It iv er. f Arkansaw Travcler.l "Nearly every man who traveled cn tho Mississippi River in the old days can relntd an interesting experience," said the It3v.Mr. Jackscn, a minister whose reputation as an impassioned public orator has gone beyond the boundaries of Arkansas. "There was something about a Mississippi lliver experience that tended to aid in vivid reproduction. The grand Iloatirg drawing rooms.the wealth displayed at every turn, and the studied p litenees and conventional caremony of a supposed good breeding which you everywhere meet, all come up at ence in repor trayal of a character which, thus surrounded, you have contemplated. But all of this politeness and exhibition of good breeding, I must sav. was but the white foam on muddy water. It was the courtesy that could grasp the hand of a new acquaintance or fchoot an old friend." 'In the spring of 1S50 I boarded a grand steamer at Now Orleans bound for up the river. I was a very young preacher at that time, and wa3 under orders to repair to a small community and assist in conducting a revival. There w something of a war being waged between two churches, and it steed our church in hand to concentrate forces cr lose ascendency in the neighborhood. These were tho days of political and religious vigor, and avowed opposition in religious contests was regarded as bring no more cut of place or in ill keeping with the faith than the fierce struggles engaged in by the "Whigs and Damocrats. I was told at headquarters that another young preacher would be sent to assist me, and that if I neided moro help to make my demands known at once. When I boarded the boat I looked around for my companion in arms, whoee name I even tad not learned. Tho closest search failed to discover my assistant, and concluding that he had either p-ocedoa or would come after me, I dismissed the matter and settled down to the quiot enjoyment of the occasion. 'There were quite a number of gamblers polithed gentlomen on board, and although I was opposed to gambling, I could net refrain from looking on and contemplating with what serenity of countenance the players alternately parted with thousands of dollar!. 4 'Wen t ycu take a hand?' asked one of the players one evening1, addressing a youag pleasant looking gentleman who stood near. " 'I never play, he remarked. '"Won't qo you any harm.' " I know it won't, for I don't intend to play.' " 'The gentleman ia a raro joker,' replied a tail man who handled cards with an ease and lost with a good will that almost challenged respect. " 'Yes,' replied the young gentleman, 'a rare joker, b-cause it is rare that I joke.' " 'Ah, and a punster,' said tho iall man, relinquishing $1,000 with a smile. "It makes little dirTercnce to you what I am, I camo here to quietly look on, not intending to engago ia the game or the conversation, and, especially, not to be the butt of any jok's that might arise from ill luck or success at the table. Bcgardlos3 of tho business you follow. I hope that you are well enough acquainted vrith the manners cf gentlemen to treat an unobtrusiva looker on with civility, if not with courtesy.' "You speak well,' exclaimed the ttll nun. 'I hope that I am a gentleman of good birth and education, and I hopa that I have not insulted you. If I have, I sincerely teg your pardon. Grant it willingly, and all ;will bo well; reluctantly, and, as a gentleman, which you undoubtedly profess to be, ycu know your recourse.' " 'But for your last remark, I woull lnvo heartily forgiven you of any intention t: insult me. As it is I do net grant pardon, realizing that a gentleman is not expected to have dealings with Euch a man as you. And, furthermore, let mo say that I regard you as a cowardly villain.' The tall man sprang to his feet aad drew a bowia knife. The quiet man did not even look at him- " 'Tak8 that back, or I'll rub your heart over your face!' "Every cne arose, but no one felt disposed to prevent bloodshed. I said that I regarded you as a cowardly villain. Keep cool and I'll tell you why. "While we were engaged in insinuating conversation I saw you steal a roll of bills from that man,' pointing to one of tho players, 'Untii then, arvl but for the reaiirk you made, trying to compel a cheerful tT-anting of pardon, 1 was diapos to pay h.tlej attention to anything you mignt say. Now, sir, I have made my statement. I h.tve boon led into this, and 1 may regret the consequences don't hold him but 1 shall make no concessions.' " The tall man's eyes actually glared. I have killed five men, and all for less than this.'he exclaimed. 'Get out of the way. I'll cut him in twol' " 'Get out of the way!' said the quiet man, 'It would greatly please me if he were to sit down and conduct himBelf less dangerously, but if he is determined upon a wicked action, let him be under no restraint.' " 'You are foolish!' exclaimed one of the gamblers, turning to the quiet man. 'You are act armed, and even if you were Capt. Aide would kill you. I am the man from whom you say he purloined the bills. I saw the action, but did not dare to interpoBe.' " 'So this is Capt. Aide?' Slid tho young gentleman. '1 have heard of him. He has a very unsavory reputation ia New Orleans. If well constructed report be true, ho is not only a thief, but a murderer,' " Gct out of the way!' howled the Captain, and, struggling, ho threw his companions aside and sprang forward. Like a sudden revolution of a wheel like an action whoee quickness can not be contemplated the young man drew a derringer and sent a ball through tho Captain's brain, killing him instantly. Gentlemen,' said the quiet man, begioting to talk ere the smoke lifted, 'I

had more than cne reason for committing this deed; I was insulted as ysa saw and was in danger, as you knew; but, worse of all, that man murdered my father. I did not contemplate killing him, but, as I said, I would have granted pardon but for his insulting taunts. Prom the first, though,I contemplated his arrest,which 1 should have accomplished had ho not attempted to Uke my life. I am eorry that I have caused such confusion, and I hope that joa will all, as I know God will,, forgive me." "He walked away, gracefully bowing to some one who hurried to the scene cf the tragedy. The boat was soon landed. The Captain's acquaintance took charge of the body, and went ashore. "We were ecn on our way again, and but for certsin little influences that hung around no one would have kr own that a tragedy had boon enacted. Our band of music, a common steamboat feature in thuee daye, struck up a lively air, acd the only saggeitive remembrance cf the Captain's dath was the wet carpet where a boy had mopped away the blood. "it WS3 l3te at night when I reached my landing. Alone I made my way to the nearest hcu6?, where, after my buoinesa was trown, I was kindly received. Hext da 1 attended church and was at once escorted to the puipit, behind which some half dozen pi each era wore seated. A well-known minifiter arose and said that two preachers from New Orleans had arrived. Brothers Jackson (myself) and Mabluson, and that Brother JIableson wpu'.d first address the congre. gaticn. The gontlemaa arco, and imagine my surprise when I rcognized in the prisoner the quiet young gentleman who had killed the Captain. Ho delivered an clcquoat, powerful sermon, and after services approached me and, extending hia hand, said: Yoa mußt excuse me for not making myself known to you. I kept my identity under a clcak cf cau'.ion. "When I boardod the boat I recognized my father's murderer, and I thought that if I revoalei my idcatity my plan: might bo frustrated. As I siid, I only inu cdod to follow and arrest him at tho next town, but you see how it resulted.' "Yeara have passed since then, yeara cf intimate acquaintance between the quiet young man and me. Some time ago, after a successful life, I closed his eyea ia death. He smiled with sublime willingness, aad went without a groan. I never knew a truer or kinder-hearted man." LITTLE FOLKS. Her father steod at the güte talking with a gentleman, and the 7-year-old miss threw out several hints about supper being ready. At length, anxious and impatient, she called out from the side stoop: ''Papa, if you don't come right in to supper theico cream will all get coldl" "Put tho pie right into Nellie's plate. No need of another for auch a child; this ia cloan enough," said grandma. "Indeed," cried the indignant six-year-old, "I'm not going to have my pie in the plate I eat my meat from. Grandma, if you had traveled as much as I have you would not think of such a thing." 'The other morning a little boy who waa eating shad lor his breakfast, became Tery much exasperated at the annoyance the tones cau?ed him, when he yelled out, "Mamma, why don't somebody make shada without splinters in 'em? My throat feels as if it had been Eliding down a cellar door a month without stopping.'' Over tho baptismal font in St. Paul's Church, Pawtucket, saya the Providence press, is painted the following inacription on the wall: "He that belioveth, and is baptised. Shall be caved." A Sunday or two ago ft little girl attended St. Paul's, and when she returned home informed ner father that she had been to the Baptist Church. "Didn't you go to to St. l'aui'a Episcopal Church, my child?" asked the father. "Oh, yes, sir," replied the littio one, "but it is Baptist, just the same, for it had a eign on tie wall which said, "He that believes in the Baptists shall bo saved." An Interesting Anecdote. One of our read6r3 tells the following amusing anecdote: "In 1S78 the Annual Conference met in our place, and, as ia usual on such occasions, the houses of the community were thrown open to receive those in attendance. Among thoe entertaining guests were Mrs. Jonas, and supposing her little boy Frankie would be catechisei to some extent, she settled in her own mind the leading questions and appropriate answers, aa follows: "'Well, sir, how are you to-day?' " 'Pretty well, I thank you.' " '"What is your name?' 'Fr&nkie Jones.' " 'How old are you, Frankie?' ' 'Three yeara old ia June.' " '"Who made you, Frankie?' "'God.' " 'What did God m&ka you of, Frankie?' " 'Duct.' "T.ie day for the convening of Conference arrived, and with it the corps of ministers, two of whom were brought to Frackie'a home. Frackio was not long in mtkiag his appearance and ingratiating himself into the good grace? of tha guoet?, whon, sure enough, the iirst question propounded by the goodEütured minister.on whose knoo Frankie had almost unconsciously seated himself war, "Well, sir, how do you do?' " Tretty well, thank you Frankio Jone3 three years old in June Gcd diwW responded Frankie, without a moment's hesitation, turning hia mother's catechism inside out in an instant, to her utter astonishment and mortification, and tho amazement of hia questioner." Mcrrison it Dupre-z, druggists, Shelbyville, rever heard et a case where Brown's Iron Bitters has cot given more than satisfaction.

A Vtoman Who Advertise. (From the Boston Herald. 31 rs. Lydia Finkham, of Yegetabld Compound fame, died of paralysis Thursday at her residence, No. HC:) Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. There waa no woman in the city so well known as she; her name had a world-wide circulation and fame and had become almost a household word. She was bora in Lynn February t'th, lSl't, both her parents beicg I'uakers. Her maiden name was F.Ete3. fche passed through the public schools, graduating at the Lynn Academy and teaching school both at Warehaai, Mass., and Lynn. Some forty yeaia since she was married to Isaac Pinkham, by whom she had four sons and one daughter. Throe of the former are dead, but her husband is still alive, as also her daughter, Mrs. Caroline C. Gov p. Fifteen years ago, Mrs. Pinkham com. menced to manufacture the compound which has made her so widely known. She first started in the business in a very small way, acd used to distribute the medicine about to those whom she thought needed it. Seven years ago the firm commenced to advertise extensively all over the world, the sum annually spent in this way being not far from $2vC-5, PJIinrT th3 pfit ttreg years Mrs, Pinkham has been at the head of tho firm, devoting her entire energies and tinio to it. Mrs. Pinkham was a Spiritualist, and her funeral waa conducted by a prominent mem ber of that denomination from Boston, If you are tired taking the large old-fasb ioned griping pills try Carter's Little Liver Pills and take some comfort, A man can't stand everything. One pill a dos.

THE HOME.

It Is cot dr u'bted that rr en have have a borne In that place where each one has established his hearth and tbe sum of hi possum tons and fortunes; whence he wül not depart, ii nothing calls him away : whence If he has departed he seems to be a wanderer, and if he returns he ceases to wander. Lefinitiou from Civil Law. Then stay at horae, my bearVand rest, The bird is sstm In the nest: O'er sll that Cutter their wines and fly A Lawk Is hovering in the sky." Longfellow. -OCH TOCNO POLKS. No." lien . Eexfcrd In Golden Days. Yesterday, out of my window I lee.ii cd, andcheucod K henr Two toys as the plotted muthief, Xot thintirK 1 wes near, "We qu have Joe to help ns," One of tbe plotter f aid ; "lie's at rood es a dozen for helping, Whenever there's fun sacad.'' As they rtood there talking together About tfce wort to be done. If they carried out the iai&chicl Tbey called by .he name of fun, Cp the Rt.-eev we beard a whistie. And anew that Joe vim uiti By the f ound of his merry musie, Like the blackbirds in the rjc. "We've jnst been talklnp about yon." The toys cried out to Joe; "We've planned the joliiott frolic, Ard we count on yon, you know." "It depend on whnt'g to be Jone, boy, ' As to wfc ether I help," nd be; "If it's fen, tnd only fuu, you know. You can always count on me." They told him what their plans were; lie gravely Fhook hin head. "1 couldn't celD with that, boys, Kor it wonidu't be right." he &id. 'I'trhaps yon call it only fan. But you know it isn't so." And though ihey urged, tüey urged ia vain, icr he firmly ans'vered, "Hoi" I w as r rocd of the boy with courage, To stsLd up for the right; Ho w&s as much a hero As those who battles fight. WhereTer a boy is tempted As was lay hero, Joe, It's always best to win the dr By a fiira,anwaveririg "So'." Bnttons. lilnry N. Prescott In St. Kicholas. "Button, button, who has the button?'' asked a elove that had been drooped on tho tuilct-table. "I've got it," answered Jimmy's jacket. "I've several buttons, in fact." "No," put in the closet-door, "I have it myself; the carpenter gave it to me." 'I had a dozen cr so," said a boot, looking rather down at the heel. "And I have a hundred cr more," yawned the ea:y ch:.r, ' but they don't button aaytkinjr; they don'i belong to the working class.'' "Here's a bachelor's button," remarked a vase of flowers on the bureau. "There's a button-wood tree in the garden," said the button-hookir. "I suppose you ail grew there." "I know better than that," pouted tho closet-door. "Mine grew in the veinH of the earth, where all tho precious metals aro found. It's a poor relation of theirs." 'And we,'' added a pair of ivory sleevebuttons, "we grew in the land of the white elephant. "Wu were carved from the tusks of the leader, who threaded tho jungles and swam the mera at the head of his trcopn." "ily buttons," said the glove, "were & early related to the gem which Cleopatra dissolved for Antony. They were mother-of-pearl, grown in the shell of the pearl oyster, for which divers risk their lives." "That's ecmethirg of a fish story," thought Jimmy's jacktt. "My buttons are only glass; but glass is sometimes made of Eand, and who knows but their atoma may have been swept down to the sea shore from 'farthest India?" 'And I,'' whispered tho bachelor's button, "I spraag from a tiny seed, with all Ely splendor of blue and purple wings, like the AlritO from the jar which the fisherman found on the beach. It is a miracle how I whs packed away there!" Tcathsr Pictures. Our Little Ones.1 The Aztecs, the people who ruled Mexico four hundred years ago, were very clever. They could copy any object in nature that they saw around them. Fregs, birds, leave, ducks, lizards, serpents, foxes, wolves and dogs of all these they made images in gold, silver, clay, and stone. Many of these they adored 68 go dt, but mo3t of them they used rs ornaments. The Spaniards, who took their country from them in 1021, wondered at their skill. They raid that no silversmith in Spain could make such fine work. Bat what they xcost admired, and what they had never seen before, was tho feather work, liven the old soldiers, who h&i paised all their lives in war, were struck with its beauWhen the Aztecs were conquered, nearly all their beautiful arts were lost.. They soon forgot how to cut precious stones, and how to mould silver and gold,for they were made slaves of, and had to labor in the fields. Tha art of making objects in feathers is about the only one they have kept and passed down to the present time from father to Boa. Even this they are very careful not to show to strsngers. They work in secret, and carefully guard it from siht. "When in Mexico I tried hard to find out ow they made the lovely birda on carda, which they offered for sale on tie streets. A friend took me to the house of one of these trtists. It was a little hovel, where ho sat ca the mud floor and toiled. But when ha hejrd us coming he put away all his work and wculd not let us see it. He waa aa Iadiaa, with brown skin an black, straight rair. He wore rsgged clothd, and had aa Old blanket to keep him warm at night. Pocr i he was, no money would tempi him to show the secret process he had learned from kis father, which had been kept in the faaiily for hundreda of years. Great skill it required to produce a psrfset picture. First, the Indian traces on the carfi the outlinee of the body of the bird in way juet enough for the feathers to stick to. Then he begins at the lower part ana places them cn, on at a time, one row lapping over the other, as a slater lays slates. He works very slowly and patiently. Psrhaps this is the secret of his perfect work, and tke reason taat no othsr people have been able to equal him. The result is, a bird that looks aa though it might sing cr fly. The eyes are made with small glass beads, and the bill and feet are painted so nicely that they appear to be part of the bird. Thon he paints a twig or branch for it to rit on, or makes one from a feather, and his work is done. The finest pictures are made from the bright feathers of the humming-bird. These are found only on the throats of these livi? g jewels, and it takes several birds to yield feathers enough for one picture. When in the sun, or strong light, the feathers glow like bright gems. They gleam like ruble and emeralds, and seem like live birds perched in the eunlight of their native trop lcs. As works of art, these feather pictures are admirable. As the last remains of a jrifted people, they take us back to the storied rut. My Chum Mike IKose Laiumore, in St. Nicholas. I We were off for our summer vacation, Mike (my chum) and I. Mike took it rather quietly, but this is his way. People have different ways cf talking; his was through his eyes, and how much they could tell a fellow! Hut "I 'm not the mum kind, and I wanted to talk to everybody wantei

to ask them if they, too, wore going way from the hot, dusty city, to stay three long, restful, delicious weeks. Finally, aa we came near our journey's end, and packed ourselves away in the old stage which was to land us at the lake-side I felt that I must talk or explode. I toll yon, being shut up in a dingy little oSiro ia a dingy little street of a dingy big city for eleven months of the year makes one appreciate 6ome things; eo, when I sniffod the real country odors, and then caught eight of a pond through the treea, I cave Miko a rapturous shake; but he made no reply except to rattle the fishing-tackle in his pockets. This was expressive, but rather dull fcr steady conversation; so, in desperation, I began to scan my fellow-passengers, in hopes effinditg somebody else who wanted to talk. There was a tall, good-natured man, his wife, big girl, little girl, poodle, and baby, and a jolly-looking bey, who sat cocking his 6ve at ne in each a remarkably funny way that 1 laughed, which laugh seemed to act cn him like an inspiration, for Le immediately broke tho silence by inquiring in a rapid voice: "Wfcero you going? We're going to the Leke View Hcufetip-tcp place ever been? Splendid fishing was there last summer lts of fun." I inlcrmcd him that I WS3 goirg there also, d then followed a spirited discussion ae to the relative merits of grasshoppers or angle-worics for bait. As my experience

ith either waa limited, tha subject soon dropped, when he inquired, 44 Aren't any of yctr fclks goirg to be there?" possibly envy'ag me freedom from the sister hood. "iffne of my folks," I replied, "but my chum, ny best friend; we're going to have fi times together. You'd like him; he's a t -1 -1. 1 felIow when he ia in the mood," I i - o, j racing, as 1 noticed him sitting euent ai.e ''id Leaide me. "You must come up to cur 1 -m some day," I added, a3 the stago stepped before our hotel. 1 saw ncthiDg cf my new acquaintance for a c'ay or two, and Miko, who had come out of his dumps, was such good company that I forget all about the boy till, one afternoon,' re came rushing down the hill alter me as I ws returning to our room from a long tn.ro p. Halloo! Where you been fishing?'' he asked breathlessly. "Yes," I answered. "Catch anything?" "Of course." "Where's your chum?"' 'Mike? Oh, he ia upstairs; hi doesn't like fishing. Come acd see him. Ht will bo in a gay humor when I Ehow what I have. We will have a festive time. Come up?" 'Yes, guets I will. I'm si;k of things here, anyway." This was no uncommon boy. He was just like a thousand others a rough-and-tumble sort of chap, but good-heartei, and ready to loam gocd or bad, just which ever happened to come his way. As I listened to his bright talkef his thrilling adventure with a picket ei 1 congratulated myself that be would te quite aa addition to my pleasure, for Mike, as 1 have intimated, was a queer one, sot fond of the active part of fishing cr hunting; but he did ample justice to the spoils, as 1 essured Bot) which I found to be the boy's tame when he made some damaging remark abcut my friend, to the c fleet that Mike couldn't be much of a fellow it he didn't fish." So I had to plead his cause as we ascended the last fight of stairs, declaring that he made up for his masculine deficiency by the host of things he knew. "Why," I said, "he is the most interesting company in the world; he telh the most wonderful stories, more marvelous than the Arabian Rights, or Jules Verne, and all true, too, and he wil keep at it as long aa you have a mind to sit up of an evening." The look of disdain over Mike's deplorable lack of interest in these sports dear to the heart of every well-regulated boy had changed to one of lively interest when 1 promised, as I turned the key of 131 andfung open the 3c or, to "set Mike a-going for his benefit." Mike was not visible, and while 1 disposed of my fishing apparatus, Cob surveyed the empty room with disappointment. "Where is he? Trot him out," he demanded. 'Oh, I keep him locked up in a closet when I am gone out," 1 replied, stooping to draw eff my muddy boots, and at the same time hide my amused face from the perplexed Bob, who exclaimed, "Gracious! you don't do you?" Thinking the climax of his bewilderment was reached, I proceeded to unlock the deer of a black walnut box standing on the fleer, and drew out and set upon tha table a micro!cope, announcing, as I waved my hand toward it, "Bobold my friend, my chum, my blessed old Mike!" B. b's face was a circus in itself. Many cxprefsions struggled for the field, but disgusted disappointment gained the day, and he muttered, as he picked up his hat and Etartod for the door, "Who wants to see your old telescope!" "Hold cn!" I cried "ßtay five minutes; then you can go back to the girls and abu;e me and my friend if you want to." So back he shu tiled, but slowly, and with a icoh cf determined suspicion at me. I went about my allsir, feeling sure he would chßDge his tune when once Mike had a chance to defend himself. And sure enough, as soon as Mike began to show him and enlarge upon the "catch" of my fishing, which I tad brought home in a wide-moutho-d bottle of slimy water. Bob was all attention. Ey tho lima Mike had been put back into his box. Bob was ready to acknowledge that my chum was a mighty fine follow. HÖfjtTs'-gÄRSÄPÄRILLA" Ii designed to meet the wants of a large portion of our people who nr? either too poor 1 employ a physician, or are too far remove to easily call one, and a still larger das who are not sick euouli to require medical advice, and yet ar out of sorts and need a medicine to build them up, give them an ijxMite. purify their Mood, and oil i;p the machinery of their btnlies so it will do its duty wiKiiiqilv. No othvr article takes hold of tho system and hits exactly tlu spot liko HOOD'S S ARS AP AR ILL A It works like magic, reacliing every rart of t'.ie human body through the blood, giving t all renewed life and energy. My friend, you need not tike onr word. Ask your neighbor, who has jut takeu out liotrie. He will toll you that " It's the best dollar I ever invested."--- (j I.ctavovTn. IT.. Feh. 1PT9 MrSRTiS. V. I. 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"My dear sir," retorted the pentleaaan, with a slight show of temper, "I W nothia? against those articles, but I ain a business man, and always ask for precisely what I want, and lor thing else; I msy erlisten jon, however, whea I say that some time sgo, for another dLcase, of which tie Capsicum has Fiiice curd me, I trie 1 sll those you mention, with to aprred&bld beaeCt. They are inerTident, every one cf them, the meanest act of tbe proprietors of toma ol them being this: that they make plaster with siimllaz sounding names to dccclva the unwary Into belicrisg they are the same thing. Experlenca taught no the difference. I'll go to the next man in your line. Good-day." Been your guard against imitations. The geeine nas the word CAPCTXE cut cU aaly In the middle of the p laster. All others are impohiUoas. Keabury Ji JohLEoa, Chcmtfts New York. Sarsaparilla' Is a highly concentrated extract t tvirsaparilla and other blood-pnrifying roots, combiuctl with Iodide of Potassium ami Iron, ai d is the safest, most reliable, aud inot economical blood-purifier that can bo used. It invariably expels all blood, poisons from the system, enriches and renews the blood, and restores its vitalizing power. It is tho best known remedy for Scrofala and all crofuIons Complaints, Erysipclas, i:?ema, ltinsworm, BloUJbes Sores, Iloils, Tumors, and Eruptions f the Skia, as also for all disorders caused by a tliiu aud impoverished, or corrupted condition of the blood, such as Rheumatism NVuralsi.i, Itheuinalio Gont, General Debility, and Scrofulous Catarrh.' Ifitaatcrj taisaiisn Cure?. ? ' A vnn's SARSAPAKitta has eared ate f the Inflammatory Rheumatism, witla which 1 have suffered for many years. W.H.M0CE.' iKED Et - - Durliam, la., March ! 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