Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 17, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 December 1886 — Page 9

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

WOMAN'S TEARS.

Ths fountain of a woman's tears Lies cloeer to her heart than mana. She lives by momenta, he by years I

She pities where be looks astranm

fii-gt she to act the Christian part. Keener to feel for grief ami pain Perchance it is because ber heart

Is Jess a stranger to ber brain.

Howbcit—'tis womanly to weep. And her sweet, Midden tears -ft sham* •Our better selves from torpid sleep

To win a purer, nobler name.

Dear, tender, tear-dimmed, woman eyes". How oft ymlr tender, pitying tears Bare lifted from us, garment-wisa.

The pent-up bitterness of yars: How oft yonr tears in some dark day. Down dropping?, iwcet as scefeted thyme. On our rough hearts, bafo Used away

The stafn of some Intended crime! —Eobcrt Ogdcn Fowler' Brooklyn Magazine.

Denslow's Cure.

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I'd a knowed that hen war blind I wouldn't ha' brung it to ye." The speaker wan a tall, gaunt Arkansas ""boy," and the lady he addressed wan Madoline Field, a small, girlish woman, standing bareheaded under the bright, jloudles* sky of an Arkansas summer.

A soft, dimpled hand shaded her eyes, and the floating white of her morning dress enveloped her like a summer cloud although it was a striking picture.

The big, rough-bear(Jeu fellow standing in his ungainly market wagon, the tired mules with heads down-hanging, and their ragged-looking ears pathetically (lapping at tho persistent llies, the rustic basket up-piled with luscious, satin-cheeked peaenes, and the latticed box of fowl in tho rear. "Not at all an unpleasant picture, thought the weary invalid, Hurt Denslow, as he sat down opposite them and noted the homely events.

He had tho eye of an artist, and always found tho picturesoue especially in this wildlv romantic village in the Ozarks.

Ho he watchod the small figure of this pretty blondo *s she stood there negotiating with tho native for an exchange of fowls, as sho said one of the hens she had bought, at a provious visit, was blind another, she said, had lits and she was obliged to have its hoad cut off, while the tjiird "laying hen" persistenty t«rowed every morning, to her distress and to that of the invalid mother, on acfount of whose health tho two had come there from a Northern town.

Matters being satisfactorily adjusted, tho man drove on with a loud crack of his lashed whip, and she went into her cottttgc bearing a basket of those tempta

Twontv-three vears beforo her mother had married Dr. Kicld, who was an army surgeon, and she a hospital nurse, solffloctod, coming South from her quiet New England homo to do her share in the struggle between North and Mouth. Her lover had boon killed in the first of the war, and sho Uok her aching heart tlown into tho blood-sprinkled Southern hospitals, and l)r. l-'iefd had wooed and won it in tho unromantielife, and Madollne, their only child, was a natural phyMlclan. ... •She could never see pain or Illness of any sort that she did not seek to reliove. It was a perfect passion with her.

She had eagerlv read all of her fathers books, and only tho strongest opposition from both parents prevented hor from regularly studying for the profession. Uke all hobbyists she had a great many theories.

Sho practiced on hor young friends when at school all tho servants, since

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was a child, had come In for a share of "Miss Muddies doctoring," »nd even hor parents were obliged to submit to her tyrannous rule In that particular.

Bringing her mother to Wanako Snrings had lx»en her idea entirely. She had learned that tho water there was absolutely pure, hence, sho snid, hating very little of the solids, it must eliminate ill, which In her mamma took the form of rheumatism, but as she to this day sutlers still from tho dread companion'of damp atmosphere and north lake winds, it is safe to assume that Madoltne's theory failed in this instance at. least. Another of her theories was that starvation would take any poison from the system, and once, when only thirteen, sho had starved herself from tho poison of ivy.

Hor cure (whether it were "faith," or "mind over matter," is not known to this dav) was certainly effected, and she always*held that up as a living example. \t*the time of which I writo Wanako Springs was not the thriving metropolitan town it now Is, with its huge cutstone hotel, its railroad, and Its omnibus

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""Twas twentv miles from tho railway and essentially baekwoodsy, with its nhakv little collages set up on pegs, and Its unllghted streets, and mixed society.

At that time thev had regularly oxpcrlotico iMOOtiujP whore the invalids •tood up '°ld

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spring* luul done for the good of their atUic&d bodies. At one of theso meetInirs Madolino mot Hurt lensl«w, and he frankly said he was not Improving.

Here, then, was a chance for her to experiment. Skmo one of her hobbies might here be safely ridden.

She looked at him earnestly. He was not an uninteresting subject— tall, wellbuilt, and dark, with the blackness almost of an Italian in his hair, though his beard swmed to have taken some of tho blondenoss of his far-back Danish •ncestrv, and his complexion was pale and colorless as marble almost. Thev tiecame good friends. Electricity and starvation were plainly invented to cure

^l^enslow was not so ill that he could net #66 how charming a little girl this

In fact, he fell in love with her, but ahe did not reciprocate, as he was to her onlv a patient, nothing but a suffering human being*

Nothing so trivial as a love affair had ever entered Into her reeearchea. The physical well-being of the patient

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that interested her, although she

waa aware that It was a line subject, realty a very handsome patient. He waa wealthy man. In fact, he had lost his health in a mine where he dtut gold, and not being content with what ne had and could make in a slower

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h« determinedly followed a lead far under ground, hoping to make a grand thing out of it, though he had been wtrnw by older miners to keep

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**11 would seem that all the water In Wanako Spring* was not sufficient to eliminate the poiaon. There had be*® no word* of love between him and Miai Field.

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She had been so matter-of-fact that it seemed impossible for him to talk sentiment any way.

Beside, as he bitterly said to himself: "It wtfuld never do for a man with one foot in the grave to think of matrimony.

One evening he escorted Madoline home from the invalid's experience meeting.

Ali the way up the long bluffy hills, the good people of the town have placed rude benches, that the invalids may not weary themselves too much with climb-

f^hese two were sitting awhile beneath the starlit skies upon one of these rustic seats, when Madoline Field did a most astounding thing. She made a proposal to this black-haired, blonde-bearded man with the colorless face. She declared that she knew she could care him if she had him entirely under her supervision, so that she could diet him and starve him to her heart's content. So she offered to marry him. This was merely for the sake of convenience.

There was no romance in the matter, a purely practical business transaction. She wasn't at all in love with him, and he was not such a man, perhaps, as she should choose for a husband, but she wanted him for a Bubject, she wished to experiment on him.

She would marry him and cure him, and then she or he would go away and the other would get a divorce on the ground of desertion.

No one in his home or hers, remote from this little pioneer town in Arkansas, would ever know anything of it.

The marriage should be simply a legal contract, and broken when they were ready to dissolve it.

He entered into the spirit of it. At the rato he then was going, he reasoned, he could not live long, anyway, and he was stagnating there for want of a sensation of some kind, all had been so humdrum and monotonous for him since he had been ill tftid obliged to leave the bustle and war of active live. Beside, he was very much in love with this erratic little person, and when he died he would loave hor the whole of his large fortune, which should make her comfortable for the rest of her life, whether she married again or not.

Added to this, ho knew she was not cognizant of tho fortune he was possessed of, and that her interest in him was born entirely of her disinterested love for all of the human race, her wonderful sympathy with sufforing, and a noble self-abnegation. He admired and inspected her above all women, and would have dono so, had sho been old and ugly but when a large-hearted young man admires and respects a woman who is young, sympathetic and good-looking, with a thousand little tricks of manner that are absolutely charming, it generally happens that the admiration deepens into affection, and the respect into tho warmest lovo. So they were married very quietly. No one thought it odd in any way or different from other marriages. Every one In Euroka Springs was a stranger to every 0110 else no one know anytning of his neighbor's homelife, or antecedents, or cared to inquire. She took him under her special charge, and a strange honeymoon it was, with never a kiss, or caress, and never a word of lovo, for that was part of the business arrangement. Sho had said: "Of course you don't care anything for me, nor I for vou, except as the physioian caros for his patient, and thero is no uso in pretending wo do, so there will be no making believe the love we havo not, and do not care to have. We shall treat each otjher in every way oxactly as wo havo dono bofore, except as you give up all these poisonous medicines you aro taking, and leave your cure In my hands."

Sho was very much surprised when sho found the' lavish way in which ho spent money. She suggested a Russian bathroom, and soon he had it constructed. Sho wished for this or that appltaneo to assist his cure they were each forthcoming.

Sho was in her elemotit. Thero was hor mother for propriety, and it seemed as though sho wero at home, and hero was this gentleman, pleasant, and Intelligent, only an ordinary guest and a docile patient.

Sho got nil tho books she could find on gas poisons of all sorts, and ontered enthusiastically upon hor life of experiment. "One great thing," sho had said, "is to keep the mind in a elieorful condition, and think as little as possible of your maladv." So she sang for him, read to him, entertained, starved, and experimented upon him with untiring energy and persistent good nature.

Denslow had a body servant, who was her strong allv. He followed hor orders implicitly, not allowing his master to have one thing which she prohibited.

Cigars wero banished wine, with the exception of a tablespoonful of port everv morning, was thrown out of the menu, and everything wont on with the most exact regularity.

At the end of five months he was very much bettor, almost a well man, and walking steadily on to a complete cure, and in all that time ho had never brokon his part of the contract, he had never even kissed tho bright little girl, who was his self-appointed nurse, physician, and wife. "She mv wifo really and actuallv according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Arkansas," he would sometimes sav to himself, consoling himself with tliat fact.

Ho had often been sorely tempted, in these sweet months of what was really his courtship, to take her in his arms and sue for the love he craved so strongly. It was bad enough when ho expected to die and leave her, but now when he know he should live, perhaps as long as other men, and never be able to win her lovo, It was terrible. And. then, when he contemplated the parting which must come soon, he felt that he would rather be an invalid always, and have her daily companionship if nothing more.

Still It was something to be well again, and when he thought of all her patience and unwearied kindness, hor noble selfsacrifice, he said to himself "1 will be a man. I should be a poor coward did I say or do anything to offend that pure spirit. I will go away and make no sign. Let her get her divorce. I will see she has a sufficient allowance." But it was very hard for him.

In all this Unit she had been a akilfnl physician, an intelligent student of his case, a considerate, though despotic nurse, and an agreeable companion, nothing more and when she found that at last the disease yielded to her persistent effort*, her professional enthusiasm knew no bounds, she had been the cool, careful, passionless practitioner, now she was the triumphant victor. She had overcome disease in one of its most treacherous and insidious shapes. She had conquered Death and was radiant with professional self-congratulation, as the most learned savant might be. But apparently the weakness of a tender love had not come with gentle Insistence Into her cold heart.

It was the morning before Denalow** departure. Black Care pressed down his brows, and Oloom had laid It* dark mantle about his shoulders. He sauntered to the window and looked out.

figure her white flannel dm*, peering Into the cavernous depths of a market wagon,

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while the same lank Arkansan flourished his whip over the straight backs ot the patient, unoffending mules.

So had she stood on that summer morning months before when Denslow had seen her for the first time, and he turned away sick at heart, thinking how she was just as far away from him now as then, even though the law made her his property. His property, indeed! And ne smiled grimly as he'thought of any man being able to control that highspirited, strong-willed, imperious girl. "She has not the slightest idea of what love is," he sighed. "She is utterly cold and emotionless, save where her sympathy is temporarily awakened. Even I tire her now that I can lio longer be deemed an invalid." "Thar's two as good cookin' hens as ye ever seed in yer life, and haint nary one on um blind. I 'lowed ye wouldn't want um ef they wuz, and ef they hed a been I wouldn't a brung um."

There was a rattle of silver coins, a crack of the long-lashed whip, and a creak of the mountain-break, and the market wagon started on, and Madoline turned back into the porch and vanished from her husband sight.

He sat down thinking of the changes that had been wrought since that first merning so long ago. Then he had been an invalid waiting for his coffin, a dying man eking out a few more days, now he was strong and comparatively well. He looked at the dumbbells (his little physician's prescription), and he felt of his well-musclid arms, and threw back his shoulders and let the bracing March air into his lungs, and was glad that he lived. "Ah, well," he sighed, "a man can't have everything in this world. Let me be thankful for what I have."

He went away with a heavy heart. Madoline smiling gave him her hand at parting, and it was all over.

He had come out of the sweetest dream of his life with seemingly everything to make him happy, health in a'fair degree, money, a good appetite, and plenty of friends in his old home glad to welcome him back from the border land of Death, but man will be an ungrateful creature to the end of the world, and he cursed his fate and sighed for the graceful figure and the bright, sunny face of one woman, when the world was full of women, each ready to be taken from the home-hearth, as a flower is waiting to be plucked from the multitude of the unchosen.

But in modern parlance "he wanted the earth," and it was a very small part of its dust embodied in the sweetness and charm of little Madoline, that seemed so desirable to him.

Months passed slowly enough. He had expected to be notified in due, legal form that his wife wished to be separated from him, and was puzzled to Know why such notification aid not make its appearance.

Ho determined to make her a handsome provision when the time came, and all tho old interest in business having returned with his health, he became a most assiduous man of business, forming stock companies, working mines, buying and selling, and negotiating and trying in all this to lose sense of the small pain tugging away at his big unsophisticated heart.

He traveled about a good deal at that time, and at last business brought him to Chicago, and his arrival was duly chronicled.

He knew this had been Madoline's home at one time, but he had heard no word from her all this while, and he wondered if she were still at those blessed springs, or whether she were well and happy, and, indeed, he wondered all things about her, for she was continually in his thoughts.

As he came Into the hotel one afternoon and was about to step into the elevator, a lady, who had been for some time waiting and watching from the reception room, stepped forward and laid a little hand on his arm. He looked down, and thero smiling on him, half afraid of tho reception she might get, stood the wife he had left down in Arkansas.

You know how dim it is in that little corner by the elevator, and no one was passing down thestairs just at that time to see the tall man stoop down and gather the little woman in his arms and kiss the pretty little mouth, and then there was the deserted reception-room and he drew her in there, and together thev sat down on the sofa and looked at each other. "You do love me yet, don't you?" she asked, her eyes full of tears. "I don't want any divorce. It want to live with you always, may I?"

And she looked so pitiful and so lovable and so altogether womanly that he was on the point of repeating the idiocj ha* 'P of tho liveried watchman.

of which he had been guilty in the hall, when he was prevented by the entrance

"Will you come home with me?"'asked Madoline. "My carriage is at the door." And before they reached her father's home on Michigan Avenue they were both In the most utter state of content. "There Is one disease that starving will not cure," said Denslow, to his father-in-law that evening, "and it seems that Madoline agrees with me. It is a disease of the heart called love."

After that they had their wedding tour and the wedding reception, and were quit# "old married folks" before he could get accustomed to the Idea of this shy, clinging,^ April-smiles-and-tears, little woman being the same individual as that cool, decisive, tyrannical, selfassertive physician who had saved his life and bidden him so indifferent a farewell.

After he left she had been restless and moodvand missed him much, and still she did not properly diagnose her own case.

She and her mother went home, and this restlessness still held possession of her, this nameless longing still kept her company in its silent, insistent wav. "Nothing amuses me any more,*' ahe she had said to her mother. "I wish I had another pationt to cure," and when ever her mamma suggested the propriety of proceeding toward a divorce (not that ahe wanted her to get one but only to see what she would answer), Madoline would say "Oh, there's time enough for that later," and during that time I'm afraid she developed a hitherto dormant taste for flirtation, and there is many a young man to-day in Chicago who carries a little scar on his heart from Madoline's stabbing. And then, one morning, In looking over the Times, she saw among the arrivals die name of her husband, and she knew by the way the blood seemed to seek her heart, and then leave it for the smoothness of her cheek, mnd by the trembling of her little hands as they held the precious newspaper, and by the unutterable longing once more to see the tall figure and the bearded face of one man greater and more splendid In her eyes than ail the rest of the men in the world—by all these signs and symptoms she knew that this meant love, and that her obdurate heart had fallen a victim to a disease that all her science oould not cure.

As the greatest pain-cure, St. Jacob Oil Is recommended by public men of America and other countries. Hon. Bills Flint, Life-Senator of the Dominion Parliament, Canada, fatond it to act lika a charm.

TERES) HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MATT.

A MAN OVERBOARD.

ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT ON DECK IN A CRISIS.

Falling from a Terrible Height—A leap to the Rescue—Adjusting the Life Buoy. A Shark In Sight—A Moment of Horror—Sared at Last.

George and I crossed over to the lee side of the deck to see what was the matter, and on looking np we observed Hunter gradually making his way out to the lee yardarmj his head alone was visible to ns as we were standing forward, the sail hiding tjie rest of his body from us. What was he doing} "He is sitting on the foot rope and working his way out to leeward to get hold of that gasket yon see flying away to the leeward," said tieorge. "He has managed to let it go somehow." "Come in," again roared Mr. Khoades "como in do you hearF But the lad took no notice of the order, still working his way out to recover the gasket. Finally he saw hi™ seize hold of the thin line, and begin to work his way back with it Presuming that he was now all right, George and I crossed back to the weather side to resume our walk but we were scarcely there when a cry from Mr. Rhoades quickly brought us back again to our post of observation. "Hold on, for heaven's sake I" he said. "Here, jump aloft, two hands, on the royal yard, and get hold of that boy. Bo quick, for heaven's sake!"

To our intense horror, upon looking up again we beheld the unfortunate lad hanging to the bare end of the thin gasket, hanging in mid air about the height of ninety feet above the deck. Two smart able seamen sprang aloft as fast as they possibly could, one man carrying a stout line with him but time was precious, every instant of it the boy could not possibly hold on to that thin line for long. Up at that giddy height, swinging out far to leeward as the ship lurched over, the spectacle that poor Hunter presented was enough to turn one's blood cold. "Get the gig ready for lowering and haul up the mainsail," said Mr. Shaw, who, hearing the excitement, had now come up on deck "it is quite impossible for the lad to hold on much longer, and those men will not be able to render him any assistance aloft." The two men and Hamilton, who had run up afterward, were now on the topgallant yard and quickly making for the unfortunate boy. The excitement was intense. The captain and all bauds were upon deck, some frantically hauling np the big mainsail and others clearing away the gig. I foresaw plainly what would happen—the lad would let go and fall into the water, and the boat would be lowered the moment that the ship was brought to the wind and her headway stopped.

A LEAP TO THK RESCUE.

My mind was made up on the instant I resolved to enter the water after him, and disencumbering myself of my shoes and coat, I awaited the catastrophe. I had not long to wait, for just as the man with the line had secuiWl one end of it round the topgallant yard and had passed the other round the gasket upon which, Hunter was hanging (for the royal yard had been braced up again to enable them to reach it, forming a running bowline to slip over the lad's shoulders, the ship gave a heavy lurch to windward and his body was seen to fall swiftly through the air on its way to the sea. "Down helmf' shouted, the captain. I waited to hear no more, but catching up a life buoy which was hanging on the poop rail, I leaped overboard with it in my bandj and was in the water almost as soon as Hunter's body had reached it

Born and reared up in a watering place, I had very naturally acquired a strong taste for aquatics and freely indulged in boating, fishing and swimming whenever an opportunity was afforded me of doing so. My knowledge now stood me in good stead. The body of Hunter had fallen a considerable distance to leeward of the ship, and I made direct for the spot with the lifebuoy, intending to place it over him as soon as he appeared upon the surface. Some few seconds elapsed before he did so, and when he rose a glance was sufficient to tell me that he was insensible. Without a moment's hesitation I seized him by one of his arms before he again sank and slipped the life buoy over his shoulders, treading water at the same time, and then waited patiently for the arrival of the boat. The ship was a considerable distance off, with her after yards thrown aback, but the boat was approaching rapidly. The water was beautifully clear and I could see down in it for several fathoms.

A SHARK IN SIGHT.

What was my horror when, after congratulating myself that all was well, I chanced to cast my eyes down and beheld that most dreaded of all fish, a shark, slowly swimming upward toward me. Great heavens! what was I to dof I never experienced such a fright beforo or since as I did when I beheld that hideous monster approaching me. In the water a man is, comparatively speaking, helpless it is nearly as much as he can do to sustain himself without being obliged to contend with a fish in its natural element The shark seems to know this as if by instinct, and will attack fiercely if hungry. I at once threw myself upon my back and kicked about in the water frantically, making as much splashing as I could, hoping in this way to frighten the horrible creature away. It did not, however, seem to be much intimidated by all my splashing, but would swim away for a few yards and then return. I felt almost sick with fear, and prayed that the boat would soon come. She was approaching us rapidly, and if I could only hold out for another two or three minutes all would be well, but the exertion of kicking about in the water was beginning to tell upon me.

I began to feel weary and faint The boat was being propelled rapidly through the water by four powerful oarsmen but I thought it would never reach us—every second seemed an hour. The horrible fish bad apparently grown emboldened at seeing that all my kicking ended in nothing, and was swimming slowly round and round us, getting nearer each time. Oh! those horrible moments of suspense that I endured while waiting for the boat to relieve ma "Help! help!" I shouted, in as loud a voice as I could command *quickt oh! come quick— a shark, a shark I saw Uie men in the boat ply their oars with renewed vigor—they had heard me, and Mr. Rhodes was urging them along. A feeling of fain trass and dizziness came over me I could n0 longer bold oat I felt myself sinking down, down, and remembered no mote, until upon recovering I found myself in one at the saloon cabins with Mr. Shaw and Hamilton standing over me.

The ifcark was driven away through one ot the boat's crew thrusting the biadeof an oar down to throat, which the fish bit right through and decamped.—Life in the Merchant Marine.

Bubh Lep ef IhMqpal Lragth. Careful measurements of seventy human tktktom have shown the lower limbs to be equal in only seven. If appear* that a person^ legs may differ in length from an eighth of an inch to an inch and five-eightlM, witfeout any deformity being recognisable. amber has IBIITIT flaw at rial amber in the

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THE THREE GOLDENBALLS.

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Pawnbroker Gtree Away Some Secrets of the Trade—Stolen Goods. The row of overcoats which hung in the window of a pawnshop with tho prices placarded upon them in big red letters about the beginning of October has been reduced to two or three garments which the economical purchasers have found undesirable. The proprietor of the place stood at the door this morning rubbing his hands. "Yes, we have done good business this fall in ovcrcoats," said he "in fact, a good deal of our profits come out of this line of business. On the first warm day in April a number of young men, whom you would open your eyes to see coming into my place, walk in to pawn their outer garments. I accommodate them, and frequently that is tho last I see of them. Not more than 25 per cent of the pawned overcoats are redeemed. "Then about July 1 we haVe another tush. The 'boys' want to raise money for their sammer vacation, and the overcoat is the easiest thing to get rid of. 1 think I might start the proverb: 'Fools pawn overcoats, and wise men buy them.' There are many men who dress much better than their employers. How are you going to tell that that swell who goes along the street swinging bis cane and luxuriating in a $50 ulster bought it off me for $12 to $15/ It's a great gag and the more people who catch onto it the better our trade. About September we begin to put a price on the unredeemed apparel, and we can get almost anything we have a mind to ask, because a man will often come here and buy a $6 overcoat for $10, and think he is getting a big bargain because it is at a pawnshop." "Don't you have stolen goods palmed off on you?" "O, we can generally tell what we are getting, and we know what we are about It is through us that half of the stolen goods are recovered. That was, on the surface, a pathetic little incident that occurred here a few days ago. A little girl came into the store, barefooted and wearing a calico dress which the sharp wind tossed about in a frightful way. 'Won't you please buy papa's overcoat he's sick and won't need it, and we want the money, she said. I gave her what I could for it It was quite a nice one. and I threw in a pair of shoes. Will you believe it? That very afternoon an officer brought a man into the store who identified the coat as one which had been stolen from him on the cars. 1 had been nicely fooled but that don't happeu once in a dog's age."—Rochester Post-Express.

Women's Clubs In London. Tho first club designed exclusively for women was founded in Ixradon ten years ago by a clergyman's widow, who saw the need of such organization fo»* her sex. Its members now number 200. The initiation fee and annual dues are each two guineas, members having the privilege of introducing kinswomen by blood or marriage at a guinea a person. It is considered quite aristocratic, scrupulous care being taken to look after the antecedents, but not tho private morals, of all applicants.

The Alexandra is another fashionable club, which men are never permitted to enter, even as guests or visitors. Those women only are eligible who would bo admitted to the queen's drawing rooms. It began with 200 members and now has 500. Initiation and dues are two guineas. The Alexandra has bed chambers, where members may* make their toilet for the evening or may stay for a limited period at a stipulated price. It is two years old and flourishing.

The Somerville is a club for working women annual dues, five shillings no initiation. Lectures, debates and other entertainments occur every week, when all subjects, except theology, are discussed. It is eight years old, has 1,000 members and is exceptionally prosperous.—Boston Traveller.

A Flatter in the Khedive's Harem. As the Englishman's home is his castle so is the harem considered to be inviolate in the eyes of the Turk. Such, however, does not appear to le tho ruling code in Paris, as shown by a recent expression of the ex-khe-divo of Egypt That ruler, who has a strong weakness for not paying his debts, was suddenly surprised at the Grand hotel in that city by a Syrian named Nicholas Raad, his former secretary, to whom' be owed a little bill of 10,000 francs. The Syrian sued his ex-majesty, and as Ismail was out when tho bailiffs entered tbey invaded his harem and levied on the valuables found there. Tho excitement and commotion ont.be part of Ismail was great on his return, but his highness at once deposited the amount of tho claim pending the decision of the Paris tribunal and tho flutter in tho harem subsided. Had this happened in the land of the Pharaohs, the secretary would never have lived to rue his temerity in thus disturbing the serenity of the odalisques in tlieir Parisian retreat. Tho leading journals bitterly regret that their chief reporters were not on hand to describe the harem and its inmates, as such an opportunity is not likely to occur again in a lifetime.—San Francisco Chronicle.

The Klrat Keen Twinge.

As the season advances, the pains and aches by which rheumatism makes itself known, are experienced after every exposure. It is not claimed that Hood's Sarsapariila is a specific for rheumatism—we doubt If there Is, or can be, such a remedy. But the thousands benefited by Hood's Sarsapariila, warrant us In urging others who suffer from rheumatism to take Itbefor the first keen twinge.

Oeuflemeo—Itl4«

Rheumatism

We doubt if there is, or can be, a speettte remedy for rheumatism but thousands who have suffered Its pains have been greatly benefited by Hood's Sarsapariila, If you ham failed to find relief, try this great remedy. "I was afflicted with rheumatism twenty years. Previous to 18831 found no relief, hut grew worse, and at one time was almost helpless. Hood's Sarsapariila did me more good than all the other medicine I ever had.** H. T. BALCOM,Shirley Tillage, Mass.

I had rheumatism three years, and got no relief till I took Hood's Sarsapariila. It has done great things for me. I recommend it to others." LEWIS BURBANK,Biddeford, Ma»

Hood's Sarsapariila is characterized by three peculiarities: 1st the combination ot remedial agents 2d, the proportion Sd, the process of sectulng the active medicinal qualities. The result is a medicine of unusual strength, effecting cures hitherto unknown. Send for book containing additional evidence*.

Hood's Sarsapariila tones up my systenu purifies my blood, sharpens my appetite, ana seeins to make me over." J. P. THOMPSOX* Register of Deeds, Lowell, Mass.

Hood's Sarsapariila beats all others, and is worth its weight in sold." I. BAIUUXOTOI^ 130 Bank Street, New York City.

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SOLID TftAlNH aro run through without change between Ht. Louis, Tern' Haute and Cincinnati via Vandalla Line and Hlg4.

Five Trains each way, dally except Sunday two trains each way on Hunday, between Indianapolis and Cincinnati. m|,n Iktilv 1 no Which makes Clnclnine UlllY ljlll»\mtl It« Great Objeotive point for the distribution of Hon them and Eastern Traffic. The fact that it connect* In tho Central Union Depot, In Cincinnati. with the trains of tho V. w. A It. It. It.. [B.« O.,] N. Y. P. A O. It It, [Erie,J and the C. C. a A I. It'y, fBee Line] for the East, as well sm with the trains of the C. N. T. P. RJY, [Cincinnati Houthern,] for the Houth, Houtncast and Southwest Klves It an advantage over all its competitor*, for no route from Chicago, Iafayetteor Indlana|olln can make these connections without compelling passengers to submit to along and disagreeable Omnlqus transfer for Iwth passengers and

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