Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1885 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL: WEDNESDAY MARCH 11 18 -55.

JOHN BROWN AND CAPTAIN COOK.

Reminiscences of the Harper'a Ferrj Trials. Tbe Darios Towns Wanderer Who Ordered lilt Own l ottin HI Appearance la Jail. I had Job desired for a literary purpose, "Writes George Allied Townsend to the Cincinnati Eaqairer, to obtain from Senator Daniel W. Voorhees hia reminiscences of the trial of John Brown, where ha was coosel for Captain John E. Cook, and made in Cook's behalf one of tbe most remarkable speeches in Causes celebrea of history. Mr. Voorhees is S3 much employed in his public avocations that it was with as much difficulty as reluctance that be obliged me a night or two ago with this most interesting story. I have undertaken to jot It'down for myself, but perhaps when I have finished it, it may be better preserved in print. I think there can be no impropriety in the publication if I so conclude. Beginning slowly aad with reflection, Mr. Voorhees speke to me, somewhat as follows, though I c&a not eiactly pive his words: "I have refrained from talking on the subject of my employment in the Harper's Ferry trials of twenty-five years ago. Some things connected with me there 1 probably can not speak of new. I think, however, that you have had some bias established in your mind to the prejudice of my client, Captain Cook, as one of John Brown's band, and it is due to the memory of that poor boy that I should tell you that my defense of him was cot Lis defense; that he had no part in it; that I, in the effort to Eave his life, chose my own coarse.consulting nobody but his brother-in-law, Governor Ashbel "Wiilard, of Indiana, who was a Democrat, like rnyeelf. Cook was as determiaed a follower of John Brown as anyone in the baud. I believe he was as brava a man as any of those invaders. His nerve was ai good aa liia courage. He had a gentle, affectionate nature, and in our attempt to save his life the inference might properly be drawn that he put us upon tha: line of defense. Such was cot the case. We were Democrats and he was an abolitionist. We male thsonlv nun 'o ?:tve Lis Hie in eur power, and that wa3 tj repreeeoung him aa having beau v.nder tli )Etluf r.ca of a powerful mini iiie John Brown's. "I w3 anointed by President Buchman United S;es attorney for tLe State of Indians. Jadt9 VA&ck, the Attorney General, niac?" out iLy hppomtment. At the time of Jhe Brown laid I was perhaps thirty-one years osd. Tbe news of the invasion at Harper's t trry ca:i.e to Indiana and of course excited the Uemccrats and most of the people at lerj.e as being a terrible thing without any apparent context or connection. Tee feeüB was very high. The United Stages had a tait t t'nat time, aüectiug sorae bank property, ana I bad to represent the Government. My oDponent was a lawyer named Judan. 'lne case was tried at Yincnnes.the oldest to n in Indiana and one of the oldest in tbe Wt s" It was the old territoral Cip'tal, I had jest f ebbed my speech, eouie four days after the arrest of Brown, when, as I was about tu täte my eeat, I observed a rrarshal making a aienal at me. He took ice nntside of the court and put into my hands :m nn sealed letter "It aid something like the following: We bav9 reason to bslieve that the John E. Cook, who has just been captured In Pennsylvania, and ia one of Brown' men, is Mrs. "Willard's brother. Carrie and Kate fear that ha is their brother. We appeal to you to defend him.' This letter was signed 'Ashbel 1. Willard.' I read the letter, and a strange thrill went through me, partly incredulous tfcat euch an extraordinary .performance of Brown's raid could come home to a democratic cf5cial family. M was then trying to get a position as a young lawyer, aad I saw at once that to defend oca of Brown's men would probably break me down at the threshold cf my career, when, as yet, I had acquired no means to sustain myself. Batjjl ma-le up rry mind at the moment that if tri connection really existed I should go to the defense of Governor Willard's brother-in-law. I wa'ked back into the court, stepped up to the bench, and put the letter before the generaus Irisa Judge. He read it through, and looked up at ma with astonishment. aid I: 'Jade, I shall 0. How am I going to get rid of the case? You are right.' eaid the Judge, in his strong Irish brouge. I know you will ro. He called up the opposite counsellor, a Mr. Judah, who demurred a little to putting o3 the case. They asked me how long 1 would be absent. I told them I had not the least idea. 'Will thirty days be enough?' said the Jndge. I eaid I did not know, but I thought the case ought to be put off for sixty days. Mr. Jcdah shrugged his .shoulders. Bat the J edge ta'.d emphatically: 'I am going to adjourn this case for sixty days, if necessary.' The case was adjourned I then telegraphed my wife to pack my trunk and bring it to the train, which was going from Vinrenres to my own town of Trre daute. j did not explain to her. She met me aad n a few hurried words I told her that Gov- - ernor Wiilard had aiked my aid and I mast give it. The train went on to Indianapolis and the news bad been received then that tbe Governor had applied to me. The United States Marshal, Mr. Bobinson, aa good a man ni ever lived, had made up his mind that Governor Willard had no basinets to employ me in such a cause. He took me to his room at the hotel and spoke severely against the policy of Democrats encaging in the defense of thtBe marauders. 'The Governor, Wiilard,' eaid he, 'may have this brother-in-law in John Brown'a band, but he must take his chance with the other desperadoes. These men have attacked not only Virginia, bat the United States, and raised a rebellion in our midet.' I listened to him quietly, but eaid when he had finished: itobinsoa, I am going all the same.' He then walked the floor and spoke yet more fiercely. Jost as he had finished tbe door opened and in walked Governor Wiilard. Said he: 'Voorhees, did you get my letter, and will you go?' 'Yes, WiUard,' said I. when do you start?' 'We leave here at 8 o'clock for Harper's Ferry,' said he. Ilabininson walked out of the room." At this point I interposed a question to Senator Voorhees: 'Had Governor Wiilard ever met tins brother-in-law. Cook?-' "Yes, I think he had: but not for eome years. He told rae tha: whea information came that the yonng mm had been born in Had Jam. Conn., Mrs. Wiilard and her sister Kata had concluded that he mnst be their missing brother. 'Voorhees,' said he, 'we ; thought you would go. Bad as the boy's act E3s been, I am going to stand by him.'" The brother then continued: "We traveled by railroad lirect for Harper's Ferry, and we went bo fast that we anrived there during the day, while Cox himaUf had onlv been taken through Harper's Ferry to Charlesown tte same morning. He had to be brou?ht by conveyance, while we came by eteazj. He Lad therefore been in Charlestown jsil only a te w hour3 When we got out of the carj at Harper's Ferry ao so an aflev this memorials raid, the people of tbe iliae, still suspicious of dangers, looked at cs, and asked some questions indicative pf their feelings i Joseph McDonald had come with us from Indianapolis. He was a Democrat and the attorney General of Indiana. While we jrere in this UDtettled state, with the villagers pressing arouLd d, none of whom probibly had ever beard even of Governor Wil&rd, notwithstanding he had maia the

memorable contest ngalmt Oliver P. Morton and beat him for Governor, same one sid that Governor Floyd, a member of tbe cabinet at Washington from the State of Vir ginia, was in the armory grounds at that time. Governor Wiilard knew Floyd, and aiked to be taken to him. He was a floelookir g, typical Virginian, with curling dark hair, rather eagle like nose, and warm temperament. His misfortune, I think, generally came from hia personal fealty to his fiienda. He received Wiilard with kindne?s, beard the statement that Cook was probably bis brother-in-law, and said he would send cs oil to Charlestown without farther eratariatsment. 'Now," remarked Mr. Voorheea. "I had tat gona to Harper's Ferry under any great belief that my services would be really required. I thought that Wiilard tad labored ULder some misapprehension; that 'this ycung outlaw cob 11 cot be tbe brother of his w ife. whom I knew very well, and who was a beautiful woman and a highly intelligent ore. This opinion I continued to have until we reached Charlestown and entered the jail. It is a popular mistake to ay that the people of Charlestown were turbulent or offensive. There were a good many people there, and they wore a dstermiaed. significant lock, but they were quiet. Governor Wiilard led all the proceedings we took at that moment, and when it was sa:l that Senator Mason, of Virginia, was In the town he asked at once to be taken to him. Mason was a very fine looking man of considerable hauteur. Ab a Virginian, he was sensitive to the attack made on his neighbors. I had never seen him before. Willsrd, however, was quite his match in address. Governor W iilard was one of the noblest looking men I ever saw, and perhaps the greatest natural leader Indiana ever had. He was a very young man when he died, sooa a'tr these occurences, but he tad swept our Stats like a tornado against a man a? able as Morten, and was the idol of tbe democracy cut tfcere. He etcod tall, with his head well thrown back, and when he introduced himself to Mr. Mason, Mason e emed to feel the qnalitv. Mr. Mason went with ns to tne ja J. We entered tbat building and passed into a ball or corridor and were taken into quite a large room. Nobody was in that room but a rather small young man, who was sitting near the window with his cheek in the hollow of hia hand. He was looking out of the window in an abstracted way, as at something far off. I was tbe last one to enter. Mr. Mason, I think,- went in first. Bat I looked in that room as we came to it, and there I taw etamped on that young man's face, though he was of a mere flaxen complexion than hia sifter, the unmistakable likeness of Carrie Wiilard. My heart begua to droop. I bad the evidence before nis that Wiilard had tot been mistaken in the identity of the young man. I wi eo much overcome for a iL omen t that I did not enter the room, but paced the hall outside. I knew thtt I had to defend this youth upon the tr ible charge against him. When I went into the room Governor Wiilard was sittirg near this young mau and Senator Mascn wa3 loosing at theai both from a chair. I di net think mush, if anything, hd ben said The young msn had now turned his face around, mil keeping; his hand a be st against his cheek, and fee looked at Wil.'aid with a distant recogoif ir n as if he was not decided about welconiir g him. He had a brcal forenead, fiao long lecks of brown hair, a nearly transparent ekin, in which you couM see the blue veins, a tmcoth face, and tbe chin firm though slight. He had a fine mouth and beiotiful white teeth in it, as I saw afterward. Be was looking at Wil.'ard as at a tnend ho might now ba an enemy, aad witbf.nt very great concern, but liks one wearied. I will not attempt," eaid Mr. Voorhees, "to repeat the con veriation, though it was not leng. It was something like this: 'John,' raia Governor Wiilard, 'how came you to be in such company? These men are of a different sort from you. You have been netter bred, better educated. The yonng man replied without any excitement that he was tfcere. Governor Wiilard th6n said: 'John, why have you not written to your sisters? TLey loved you, and you have been tost to ttern for two cr thiee years.' Cook replied in the same wearied, dreamy way, turning hia face back from the window out of which he had looked with the same air of dreaminess: 'I have been in Kansas and out where I have had a good many things to think of. Sometimes I have not had the facilities to write. At other times I have been toomu:h engaged.' 'But John,' said the Governor, locking at him with all his might, 'what were you doing in Kansas or anywhere with thcEe outrageous criminals and disturbers of your country's peace? I waat you to tell mo how you came in Buch company.' "Cook then drooped bis hand and looked firmly in Governor Willard's face, and his blue eyes distended and Hashed, and as he raised his upper lip I could see those fine white teeth shine. Said he: 'Ashbel, I went to Kansas three years ago to get my living and disturb co man. I had no intention of breaking the peace anywhere, but the harder rcli'ans had come into Kanees to do as they pleased. 1 was going from Leavenworth to Lawrence with a cherished frienl, Alexander Stuart, when a band of these bordtr rulhane rode ud to us and firei upon us, and they killed my friend by my side. His bJood" was epilied upon my garments. He died in my arms. I raised my ri"e and emptied two of their saddles. For this act a price was put upoa my head, and I was hunted like a wolf.' As Cock f poke these words he turned his face from his brother in-law and looked right at James M. Maeon, as if he instinctively guessed that man to be in sympatb with tboEe border ruffians. Mason wa3 a proud nan, but aa he heard these words his mind setmed to be disturbed, and the young fellow locked him through. overnor Wiilard then epeke up and sa?d : Jol.u, if that was tbe case it will account for yenr having been in Kansas, but what are you dcicg bere in this pta:efnl community ancoEg a band of as;ains?' Cook, who had been aroused before, as if resenting the reflecticns upon his companions and their motives, hesitated a minute and faid: 'Yer, I am here.' He gave that dreamy look out of the window again, and then returningthe faze cf his brother in-law, though in a more softened way, he said: 'Ashbel, when I was in Kansas I learned to hate tlavery. I felt that it was not right to keep men enslaved, and I did for these men what I would expect them to do for me if I were in their place. I came to set them free if i could." Governor Wiilard remarked that it had been a poor busicess, or something to that effect. Cook seid: 'Well, I am disappointed in the slave. I put arms in hia hands, and he would not fipht. I thought he would fight for his freedom. He has not done eo, but I can not feel that I tried to do wrong when I came to help him.' 'John,' eaid Governor Wiilard, 'your sister is my wie. And I have made up my mind to stand by you. You are in peril of your life. I shall not desert you.' 'Ashbel,' replied Cook, "my li'a has ban in peril foi two years, day and n'ght. I have been in ceril all tbe time. This is nothing new to me.' 'But, John-' eaid Governor Wiilard, you have never been in euch peril as yoa are cow. Every probability of a crlmnal death is before yon. Wbat will your old father and mother think when they come to tee yen?' Cook now showed emotion, and eorxethingof a Bhndder went through him. P'or a moment he broke down." Baidl: "How was he dressed, Mr. Voorhees?'' "He wore a corduroy suit of drab color. His bair was rather wild and uncombed. He bad been brought across the country from l'ennsylvania and had been but a few hours in the jail when he got there. He looked like a boy. Indeed he was only twenty-three years old. Yet underneath tbat gentleness was rather a eeiions nature. I should think he was five feet nine iccbe3 high. He was Upht and wiry. His countenance was generally mild, but would be lightly exprersive. His vo ce was soft and low as a woman's. As I leck&d at him with my anti abolition feeling, a ronviction of the tremendous aignitirac cs of this sentimental, cruMcling hostility to slavery depressed me. It bad entered into the house of my friend, and here it was no longer in d'stant Kansas.bnt right among us. Democrats as we were. We left Cook at the first interview with oar minds still dis-

lulled, and Fought our quarters. From that time onward I saw him daily. I inquired of Mr. Voorners about tbe social connections of Ceok and of Governor Willard. 'Cook," said Mr. Voorhees, "was the only eon of very respectable, upright parents in Connecticut. He bad four sisters, cne of whom married a Mr. Crowley, a prosperous merctnt in New York; another married Mr. Stanton, of New York, also a man of consideration ; a third married Governor Wiilard; tbe fourth sister, Katie, was nn married, and, I think, never baa married. John Cook studied law at Williamsburg, X. Y., with Mr. ßtearna. Mr. Steams' daughter is the wife of Homer A. Nelson.fcrmer member of Congreea and Secretary of State in 'ew York. She remembers Cook well when he waa in her father's office in Williamsburg, and how much children took to him. He bad a very pleasant wsy with youn children. He did not complete his ate dies, I think, but went to Kanoas when be was about twenty. Governor Willaid was born in Utics, N. Y., of old Massachusetts steck, and it is said that bis great great-uncle was executed at Salem, Mass., for hostility to the authorities there who were hanging witches. The Cook girls were bright and vivacious, and bad fine characters. Governor Willard's wife had been a school-teacher in southern Indiana when be came there to settle. They were very fond of each other. Wiilard had the consumption. Governor Wiilard died while governor, and his widow survived him but a little while. Their son is the leader of the Indiara Legislature, is a Democrat, and has twice snpported me for Senator. They had a daughter, who is married to a gentleman at Liverpool. England." Bald I: "Did Captain Cook, of Harpers Ferry, leave posterity ? ' "Yes; h9 had a child which was only about four months old when he was eieuud. That child lives at Blcomicgton. 111., at dis cow a fine boy or yom man. The mother, whom Cook married at Harpers Ferry, and whom he dearly loved, is a respectable lady, and has long been married to ber iecond hnsband." Said I: "Mr. Voorhees, you were saying that Captain Cook had not been responsible lor your line cf argument leaving bim oat of the usual motives or status of Brown's men?" "Why," said the Senator, "we who had come there to save Ccok's life bad no other purpose than that. All that we were looking to was his sister and parents. To that single end I bent my whole argumeat. I was a Democrat, and an anti-abolition Democrat. John Brown and his raid were at the moment the subject cf universal execration. I made up my mind if po-sible to save Ccok's life by putting bim in the poiitioa of a young man under the megneti?m of down. So 1 denounced the abolitionists as net only responstMe for this raid, bat for misleading this young man. I used every point within my reach to that end. There was cot tbe least chanca any other way to get him off ad not ituch in that perhaps. But I took the desperate chance. Now," eaid Mr. Voorhees, "it is a singular fact that Cook neither before Lor duiiDg tor after my defer.se evsr alluded to it Whea I wes making my speech, with Governor Wiilard sitting near me and Cook cot tar off, and while I was denouncing the tbcliMonists who woald so pervert this fair haired wanderer, I saw Cock's face at one time lookiag at me with a most extraordinary expression of countenance. It was tbat of astonishment, as if he was surprised that I should take that way of defending him. I have no doubt myself but that old Jchn Brown inferred froai my speech tbat Cook had deserted his cause. The anti tlavery papers may have fallen into that inference. But there is nothing whatever to sustain it in real fact. Cook never repudiated bis companions. He always spoke of John Brown to me in terms of the highest admiration. He spoke of his associates with equal respect He simply allowed bis brcther-in-law for tbe sake of his sisters to use what legal line he choe, bat he never n ade a suggestion cor did anything to alter my firm conviction that he was a sincere fanatic in that extraordinary perforcaarce." Mr. Voorhees remarked: "Since time has elapsed, and I am speaking of things in their actoaUties, let me say this: There never was, probably, in this world such a remarkable band of men as that of John Brown. Think of it! All of the band were mere youths, almost boys, except Brown himself, and he was perhaps sixty years of age. They fought with bim In the most unflinching way, lost their lives with a courage unsurpassed, and those who remained to be executed were cool, consistent and firm in the end. None of them went to tbe gallows with more bravery thaa John Cook. In eome respects he surpasses all tho rest in force of character. I heard him order his own coffin. After he was sentenced to death, instead of giving way to despair, be sat down and wrote that most wonderful letter to his wife and mother, telling them to bring up bis boy to understand in what cause he bad died. John Brown probably thought from the nature of my defense that Cock was not firm, but that wes an error. Wien Cook went to the scaffold with young Coppick, his cell-mate, and the death cap bad been pulled ever their laces, he said: Ned, where is your hand? Let me take your hand,' They grasped each other's pinioned hands, and died in perfect composure." It here occurs to me that perhaps I have misQUoted Mr. Voorhees as to the time when Ccok wrote the above remarkable letter. I thick it was written after he and Coppick had attempted to escape and were brought cut from their cells. Mr. Voorhes said, I think, that be saw the shackles struck from their feet, and tbat then Cook sat down with the callows cloie behind bim, iiaving.indeea, but a few hours to live, and wrote the above cod letter in a e'eir and untkazen hind. As another instance of Cook's coolness, Mr. Voorhees said that he was a supero handler of arms, and that Lewis Washington had remarked to him (Voorhees) that Cook could take a revolver in each hand, and alternately lifting his hands could drive a buliet throuzh a spot as b-g aa one's eye. faid I: "Did he ehow any gratitude to jcu for your endeavors? ' "Cook really loved me," said Mr. Voorhees. "He was more open and frank with me than with his brother-in-law, because he knew that I had complete sympathy with him. Hia brother-in-law had reflected on hia case. I never did to him. I took the boy into my heart, and wile in court I used my own way to eave hia life. I never upbraided him for what he had been engaged in, privately. To me be waa a constant being, notwithstanding my aversion at that time to abolitionism." "Was he not a little set up in his own esteem?" "He bad confidence In himself, but I do cot recall that he was yaln. He let us handle his cauee as we saw fit. As I have already told you, he never referred to my speech in his favor, though it was made a feature of by almoit everybody else." Said I: "I would like to have from you an idea of the delivery of tktt soeech." "I spoke about two hours." eaid Mr. Voorhees, "and, although lean not eay that there were tears or expressions of sympathy with Cook, the interest in the court-room was most remarkable. I Baw old Lewis Washington, for instance, who was a very nice man, and whom Brown had kept in the engine house, standing on the top of a stove which had no fire in it, and on tip-toe at that, looking down at me with his mouth wide open, and I thought to myself: 'What is be standing on that stove for?' Then I saw the people standing on their chairs all around the court. After I bad finished the whole jury, led by their foreman, came over to the hotel to say to me that in deference to my argument they had not cenvicted Ccok of treason in order that he might have a chance for executive clemency. All those prisoners had been indicted for murder, for inciting slaves to rebel, and for treason against the State of Virginia. Incases of treason the Executive could'not pardon. Now, Cook was juat aa guilty of treason gainst Virginia as any of tbe other prisoners, il treason there was. All but he were brought in guilty of treason. He was found guilty on only two counts. Jamt? M,

Matcn cirxe down from Winchester to tell me tbat be bad cot beard my epeeeh, but tbat it waa to noised a bo at that I man prepare it and publish it Said I to Senator Mason: I am just getting sheets readf now.1 Then.' said he, I will go right oat, because that tpeecb must be publisaed and pat on reccro.' " Mr. Voorhees spoke with diffidence, and undoubtedly withheld from me the fall narrative of the effect of bis address. He paid a compliment to Mr. McDonald for his assistar ce in tbe ca?e I was led to inquire about Governor Wiss's refusal to i ardon Cook. Mr. Voorhees said: "I can not talk to yoa about that matter. I felt indignant toward Wiae on acicunt of my friend Governor Wiilard, but 1 8hU not SDeak on that subject except to tell ycu that I went to Richmond with WiUard when he asked Wise to pardon his brother-in law. Wife could rot brave the public opinioa. WiUard went into another room with him, and when be came out I heard him say: 'Governor Wise, all I shall ask of you now is to let me have tbe Dody of my wifs's brother.' Wife sat down and wrote the orier. As we walked down the hill, Wiilard being ahead of me, I stepped to his sid and bataid: 'lam Governor of Indiana and Mr. Wise is Gorernor of Virginia, If his wife's brother were cccdemned to death in Indiana, and the public opinion oi that State were howling at my dcors, he should not lave cue minute to wait for a pardoa. It as a bitter hour," eeid Mr. Voorhees, "atd as both parties are dead I .will col say mere about it" Said 1: "t-enator, did you see anything of Jed Bron and tbe other men?'1 "Yes, they were trying John Brown waea I reacted Harper's Ferry. He looked to ma like a Eubstaniial old larmer. There was nothing vicious or very particular about nis fsce except its firmness. He bad some intellectual ability, too, and would conduct parts of tte cross examination or concede itatenienis bv witnesses before tbey were made. When he got tired he would eay to the coart that he could cot stand it any more that day, acd tbe court was generally adjeurned for him. He was a remarkable instance of how a popular impression of a wrong will lift a man out of his ordinary level when be rises against tbe wrong. Any ideal cause which a man espouses and gives his life and courage to will raise him intellectually and even morally. Brown put into action what other people were talking about, and so he ro?e to be the perfect hero to tboee young men. Young Coppick, woo was hanged with Cook, waa a bright, plai , candid young fellow. Stevens, another of Brown's men, seemed to cs Democrats who went there to ba somewhat more of the ruffian than Cook or Coppice." Said I: "Dil you find, when you returned to Indiana, that ycur defease of Cook bad injuiea yoa? ' "No; quite to the contrary. Even Robineon, whom I have mentioned, the marshal, carre to rxe and siid: 'Voorhees, ycu were riht in come there ' I was elected to Congress in the district where I hi i been defeated not lout: before. One's instinct of frierdhip hardly ever misleads him." Mr. Voorhees concluded his Btory with an eccount cf the fcneral of Captain Cook: 1 Governcr Wiilard and myself waited in tbe Jereey City depot for the train to . coxe which contained tha bod. I aaaitteJ with my own hands to put the c:iliin iu a hearse wa had brought there. It w&s a cald end chilly night in winter. Tine hearse was then put on the ferry bear aad taken over to New York and to an undertaker's where a magnificent colli n was prepared. Some struggle arcse about having the funeral in a church, as most of the orthodox denominations were boelile to the abolitionists. It was finally concluded to have the funeral at a private house, aud some gentleman who waa cot afraid of what o hers might say gave his house for tta'. purpose. There were probably ataousaad person? at the funeral, which was hld in Williamsburg, N. YM where COvk had studied law. Mr. Callicott delivered an elcqient address, and Ccok's letter was read. The body waa Ihen taken to one of the cemeteries ia the iearof Williamsburg and interred. I stw the body as it was being made ready tor the ccfEn. He looked like a gentle bov, as be was. While he was in prisia atCaarlestown, Governor Wil'ard provided him with excellent clcthicg and all that money could bring. Cock was the uncle cf the present leader of the democracy in the Indiaca Legislature and the chairman of its finance committee." "Did the Wil'ard family feel that their brother's dea'.h was a disgrace." "No. Governor WiUard did not live long, but there was a hardenitg in hia mind on the slavery question. Coo is sisters became anti siavery iu their feeling. 1 thins: they et their faces exiles', tint condition of thitps which brought tha' bay to his end. But there we were"," ead Mr. Voorhees, "like the first little vi s?ei canebt on the leeshore, with the great ocean of the war coming on behind us." Senator Unai'i Absent-mindedness. IWasninstou Special. A good story about Senator Lamar h a leaked out lately. As is well known, the Senator is in a day dream half his time. He is the most courteous of men, but when he is wool-gatbering be walks along, saluting his beBt friends with a stony stare, and acswerirg questions at random. One day aome time ao, as Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, was sitting in his committee room at the Capitol, Mr. Lamar walked in. He approached Mr. Ellis, and, seating hlmsalf, siid in b;s grave and gentle, voice: "E!lip, I don't believe you like me?" No," itid Mr. Ellis. "I don't" "Why cot?" asked Mr. Lamar. "Well," aid Mr. Ellis, "whea I firs', came here jcu led me to believe you were my frier d. You seemed to take an interest in me as a new member, and I felt honored by your regard. Lately you have hardly spoken to me. I pns you and you don't look at me, and such conduct has offended me. I dislike vou very moch." "But Ellis," said the Senator, "yoa know its niy "I don't care." said Mr. Ellis. "It's a tad way." "My dear fellov," eaid Mr. Lamar, throwtrg his arms around Mr. Ellis' neck, "the next time you see me in that bad way, iust come up and punch me in the ribs. Now, promise me, and let's be friends." Mr. Ellis promised him, and they are friends. Knocked Out by Disease. The most vigorous physique and adamantine endurance can not bold out unaided against climatic and other influences prejudical to health. No one can persistently breathe vitiated or mlsasinatic air, eat unwholesome food, indulge in excess, or toll nnceatingly, without eventually falling a prey to disease. One of the surest defensive measures agaitiBt it is Hostetter'a Stomach Bitters. Bat potent as this auiil'ary of health is, it would be preposterous to expect It to maintain a sanitary condition of tbe s stem it they who seek Its aid wilfully abandon every otber precaution against disease, and thus thwart its operation. Sobriety, the avoidance of exciting canse, are important elements in health maintenance. A re?ar3 beios had to thcfce. a ejgtcm fortified by the Bitters will be exempt lrom malaria, rheumatism, dyspepsia, couitipation und other maladies.

The Ages of the Presidents. Watertown Times. Wfcen Grover Cleveland becomes President of tbe United States he will lack fourteen days of being forty eight years old. Only one younger man has been inaugurated President, and that is Grant, who backed some six weeks of being forty-seven vears old when he entered the White House. Franklin Pierce was three months over forty-eight, and Arthur and Garfield were each a trifle less than fifty. All the ether Presidents have been older, William Henry Harrison, with his sixty eight years, being the oldest of them all at taking the oath of office. Eest French Brandy. 8mart-Weed, Jamaica Ginper and Camphor Water, as combined in Dr. Tierce's Extract of Smart-Weed, Is the best rtmedy for colic, diarrhea, cholera morbus, dysentery or bloody -flux: also, to break op colds, fevers and inflammatory attacks, If used early.

OLD HICKORY'8 P0RTRi.LT. How Be Looked 'Wlille ait tha Hermit Age as Moutb. before U.s Death.. Washington Letter to Chicigo Tribuns. In the Concoren Gallery there is a collection of the portraits of all tbe ex-Presidents up to Anarew Johnson's time. It was male by Healy. The most interesting is that of Andrew Jackson. Healy visited the Hermitage about a mnntb before Jackson diel, and with great difficalty persuaded him to give him a sittinz. The old gentleman was determined that he would not. He had a great prejudice against having his portrait painted. Healy finally succeeded in getting an interview with him, and of cnuree aftr that succeeded, for Healy is a diplomatist who knows how to flatter atd make his way with noted people. His picture of Jackson makes tbeold gentleman look hideously ugly ardsava.e. The pallor of death is on his face. Healy made no attempt to flatter bim, but painted him as he found bim. This resolt it ail the more interesting. Lookirg at tbe picture of Jacksoa, one recalls the remark of tbe rural visitor who came into the gallery for the first time and saw the n arb'e statue of Vela's last days of Napoleon.' Napoleon, emaciated and worn, is ecated in an invalid chair with a pillow and a thick dressing gown wrapped about bia worn-out frame. Tbe dresing-gown is open at the throat, showing his hollow chest. Upon bis left knee is an op2n map of Europe. Napoleon's lcok ia far away, as if he were still brccdirg over his hopeless ambitions. The countryman looked long unoa this tlatue and then he said, with a sigh: "So this ,s old Napoleon, :h it? What a pity it is tbet tbey could ret have taken him "when he was In health!'' "Ycur3 is a bard life," eaid a commiseratirg philanthropist to a hand-organ man. "Eet ees," replied the musician, sadly. 'Obliged to be out in tbe co'd all day," continued tua philanthropist. "Dit is not da worst of eet," was tbe melancholy rejjinder "No?" "No, de mieeree ees dat I am obliged to la'en to de music of my own instrument." The philanthropist was so overcome with this view of the matter that he gave the organ-man a dollar. Boston Courier.

Ilorsrord'a Actd Phosphate. WELL PLEASED, Dr. C. "P.oberts, Winchester. 111., says: "I have med it with entire eatisfac .ion in cases of debility from age or overwork, aud in inebriates and dyspeptics, and am well pleased with its erYtcts. rixs All Kits stopped frea by Dr. Kline's 6rt Serve Kcetorcr. No fits after first day's cso. Marvelous trnres. Treats aad fi trial bottle free to fit oasea. Scad to Dr. Kline. 21 Arch su. Phi.a., Pa Todsk Men I Bead This. The Voltalo Belt Company, of Marshall, Mich., otler to send their celebrated ElectroVoltaic Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days, to men:(young or old) afflicted with nervous debility, los3 of vitality and manhood, and all kindred troubles. Al?o for rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis and many other diasasea. Complete rettoratioa to hetlth, vigor and manhood guaranteed. Mo risk is incurred as thirty days' trial is allowed. Write them at one? for illustrated pamphlet free, Khe&matUra Juickly Cared. There ras never teen & raedlclne for rheumatism introduced in this State that has piven such univerFal eatlFfecttcu as Dnrang's Kheumatic Remedy. It stands out alone as tbe one greU rca-edj tbat actually cures this dread disease. It Is taken internally and never has and never cau fail to cure tbe worst case ia the shortest time. It has Hie irdoreement and recommendation of inny leading physicians in thia 8tate and elsewbeie. H is told by every drupsist at $1. Write for free forty-prge ramphiet to R. K. HtLPHENSTINK. Lrt)p2if,t. Washine'on D. 0. CIATINO H expressive of th? most Intense rain, and xvt sufferers from kho'imirttm 5,ni Neuralgia say it doc3 not express the agony they endure. CANTHEPAISi BE RELIEVED? Mr. Benj. F. Congdon, Pvandolph, N. Y., writes: " Mit. "Mary .T. V.'ilcox is iisin Atelophohos row continually for lomr-stauiliutr Inflammatory Rheiiriatlsux, vrolwlily her case is incuraliift, but notliiinr el-e ttives ht-rmich n lif f from tUd excruciikUiitf j'aius as Athlophoros." reo medicine has ever b;en produced tha' has been so successful aa r.n l testimonials regarding Its efficacy coino unsolicited from all parts of the country. Ilr. It. B.Watson, 151, lth St. Detroit, Mien, says: " Ax)ut Marrh 1t. my wife was taken rnth a ppvere attack of Phianmti.4iu. iinx r and lower liml f wollen badly. KüüVreil i:it-:is jiain, dm t art of the tin.e lli.rel to remain ia 11 Tri-,1 various rfiuwlicn with no relief; waiiu diu-ed to try AiHLopnonoa May 1st. After tak. inif fi x d'"we, iain was eutirelv t- nun an J swelling nearly til reauoe.1. The meilieirie has worked i charm, al I fvl auriM tUat another buttle or two will ive positive curj." If you cannot pet ATHLornor.os of your dn:?ist. we will send it express paid, on receipt of rernlar price one dollar ier bottle. We prefer that you buy it from your dmgeist, but if he hasn't it, do not 1)0 persuaded to try aoirtelhini e!so, but order at once from us, as directed. ATHLOPHORQS 00. 112 VVAIUL ST. NEW YORK " I ache all over!" What a common, expression; and how much it rqeans to rrpny a poor sufferer! These aches h.ave a cause, and rrpra frequently than, is generally suspected, the cause is th.3 Liver or Kidneys. No disease is more painful or serious than th.ese, aqd no rerqedy is so prorript an.d effective as No remedy has yet beeq discovered tfiat is so effective iq all KIDNEY AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, MALARIA, DYSPEPSIA, etc, an.d yet it is s'mplo end h.arm.less. Science er,d rqedical skill have corqbined with woqderful success th.ose rierbs which, nature rjas provided for the cure of disease. It strengthens arjd invigorates th.9 whole system. Hon. Thaddeua Stevens, öie distinpniRhed Con. pressman, once wrote to a fellow mem ber who was suffering from lnditretion and kidney disease: " Try Mishlera Herb Bitters, I believe it will cur you. I have used It for both iudijrestion and affec. tion of the kidneys, and it la the most wonderful combination of medicinal herbs I ever saw." MISHLEB HEBB BITTEB3 CO 525 Commerce St.. Philadelphia. Paiker'i Fleas ant Worm Syruc Never Faili Mood Restored RimedtIuc. A victim of youthful imprndenc esifinir Prera&tor Decay, Kervous Debility, Lost Bfaohood, Ac, having tried in vain every Vnowa remady.haa dioovrea a imple meaosof elf -cure, which h will soni 1'REK tohis fellow-suffurers. 4d4raa. J.lLßJiü VtS, ii CUthaui &WS w York,

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mug Mien tlie weaih?r rrrows warmer, tl;nt ; extreme tired feclm?, v:i::t of ntreiite. ' miuii v uiiu tauu'ii y iiAav a. . almost tbe entire human family, and scrofula and otber diseases caused by lni;;i'; s. manifest themselves with many. It is impossible to throw off this debility and exil humors from the Ll.vd without the aid of a reliable medicine like Hood's Knrsnrariila. "I could not sleep, and would pet up in the morning with liardly life enough to pet out of lied. I had no appeiite, and my face would break out with pimples. I bought . ilood a bottle of II. Kid's Sarsapari'la, ard s-on began to sleep soundly ; could pet i;; without that tired and languid feeling, .v.id :.iy apatite improved." IL A. Sankoi:i, Kcr.t.O- ' I had been much troubled by -soiv.I debility. Last pprins Hood's Sars.v..riIIu proved just the thing needed. 1 uci-ivcd an immense amount of beneCt. I never felt better.". II. F. Milllt, Dost on, Mass. Hood's Sarsapariiia Sold by all druggists. $1 ; six for ?5. Made only by C. I. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses Ono Dollar A CHILD! Taleottos Ga., BepU 12, 1SS4. My little son. now 6even years old. broke out when a babo tare weeks with what the doctors called eczema, beginning on tbe bead and sradnally spreading ovei his whole body. He was treated for five years oj more by various physicians without relief. anC the little boy's nealta was completely broken down. About a year ago I was induced io use on Mra Pwlft'g Specific, end two bottles cured hlrx sound and well, and there haa fcen no Men of t retun of the disease. F. O. H0LM.E3. Poisoned by a Nurse. Some eight years ago I was Inoculated wltb poison by a nurse who Infected my babe wiu blood taint. The little child lingered along unti: t ii wrs aooui iwo years o;a. when its little lite wa 3lelded up to the fearful poison. For six Ion? years I bare suffereduntold misery. I was cov ered wlih sores aud ulcers from head to foot, and la my gnat extremity I prayed to die. No lnfruace cun express ray feelings of wee auriau these lotg six years. I had the bet-t medical treatment Several physicians fucees-slvely treated me, but to no purjose. The Mercury and Potash seemed to add iu-l to tbe awful flame which was devouring me. About three month aeo I was advised tojtry Swift's fc-pe 1 i y KJ V" Ui " revive ia ray cific We uk Lvisc -J brem; but sc, aad IM r Jt VT ) i i:as!alas:we hope tgain1 IM ' ' ff T" " 'jad fpent so much for medical treatment that we were too poor to buy. Ohl the agony of that moment! Health and LnrplueES within your reach, but too poor to grapp lt. 1 applied, however, to those who werf able and willing to help me, and I have taken Swift's Soeeific, and am now sound and well o"C more. Swift's fcpeeic is tne bett blood purifier in the world, and Is the greatest blessing of tüe age. HAS. T. W. LEE, Greenville, Ala. A Druggist for Twenty. five Years. ArBCEjr, Ala., Sept 8, 1SS4. lard an old phafrnacifd, and have had to do largely with blood diseases for over twenty-five years. I have dealt ia all kinds cf blood purifiers, and do not hesitate to lay that Bwift'a Specific is the best, and Las given more general EStisfacticn than aay other I have ever handled. Last year a younz stnJent came to my store cmaciatea and covered with 6ores. 1 recommended S. S. S, He took only three bottles, end the f-ores disappeared, his throat healed up and his Kkin cieared off. Eis fiesh was smooth and freth as that of a chiid, and he has gained ten pounds. I tcaicely knew him when ho returned alter an absence cf several weeks, lit ClRioaei to ce renewed in flesh and spirits. A number cf other esses lets ma Hen ant have come under my observation, and all with the best re suits. Swilt's SptciSc is an excellent tonic and as an antidote for malaria has no superior. Many ladles are using It as a tonic for general debility, and find it tbe most satisfactory one erer used. J have been denlirir in Swift's Specific for live yeart or more, and am satisfied that I do not place too high an estimate upon its merits. G. VT. DIXON. Treatise on Blood and Pkln Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga. 1T3 ( established i3.i. I ' Ciacicaati, Cab. Vino Str. The regular old estab!is!i3 K9k t diseases upecia: CLAKKK is j'-"-: r-y? 'he ci jst Ad vcrtisin Physician, did Rcsi jeclD kiiovr. A so ünd c.vjc: ienco luiCtT" ICorrcna diseases (wilh cr without drearr.s.) er tbillty .nd lof, cf nervo powei '.rented scientifically by i.ew ncthoi'.s with never .!.ikn;r success. C3L it rn:i!e no diücrence vrliat i'iia have tsiea or ibo has failed to cure yau. (27Tourt men and middlo-aged men anä ell who suffer should consult the celebrated Dr. Clarke at once. C.3The terrible poisons ct all bad blood and akin diseases of every kind, arjne and nature completely eradicated. Reraeni "jot, that cm horrible disease, if neglected or improperly trc?ed, cnrs3 the present and corninff generations. CS" Diseased discharges erred --ompt:y without ! indrance to business. Beth tetes consult coi rcontially. If in trouble, cii.ll cr write Delays arc dnnjrerous. "ProcrastiUp.tion ia tho thief o'i time." A written vavranty of cure given in every case Undertaken. Cr?" Send two stamps for celebrated rork On Cbroc fc. Nervous and Delicate Diseases. You Lave an exhaustive symptomatology by which to study your own case. Consultation, personally or by letter, free. Consult the old Ivactcr. Xhoaiaudi cared. Offices and parlors private. You see no one but the Doctor, lief arc cordUinyour case consult Dr.CLiAItKE. A triendly letter or call may save future suffering and shame, and add golden years to life. Medicines cent everywhere secure from exposure. Hours, 8 to 8; iSunduy, 9 to 12, Adress letters: F. 1. rAr.iit;, n. d no. mzo vine sxn CIA CaXNATI, OHIO. 'Are the CHEAPEST and IIESTfort'HIIDRKN. None s-emiine without trade-mark aud "JoHvMrsrrLt. : Y." on ho! of each pair. KIT I'KltFH'TI.V. l.ooU M.-e. ti: vet 'om fori .On t wea r other The 1-N Kov, in ;lrnr4 CoUene, Philadelphia, all U'KK TI1F.H, and th-ir tiuardiaUH will Lav. NO OTIIKli M AIvK. ir-;iK M ILA It TIP SHOIn A TUIAU !tId by all reputable dealer. " RBROQK STE5L PENS leading Nos.: 1 4, C43, 1 30, ! 35, 333, 1 61, For Salo by ali Stationers. rtiS CSTCRSROOK STEEL FFJN CO, Uais-Caiodeo. K. J. IS iz -'S- K ' STOPPED FREE tats P ft tafl DrJODlS I GX.EAT NerveRutorcb

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