Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 18, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 February 1888 — Page 2

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POST-MERIDIAN.

AFTERJTOOjr.

When in thy glass thou studies* thy face* Not long, nor yet not seldom, half repelled And halfattractod when thou hast beheld

Of Time's slow ravages the ci^mbling trace {Deciphered now with many an interspace The characters erewhile that Beauty spelled),

And in thy throat a choaking fear bath swelled Of Love, gfovnt cold, eluding thy embrace: Oould'st thou but read my gaze of tenderness—

Affection fused with pity—precious team iqpt, 11. Would bring relief to thy unjust distress |H§ Thy visage, even as »t to me appears.

Would .seem to thee transfigured thoo would'st bless Me, who am also, Dearest, scarred with years!

EVZSIK.

Age can not wither her whom not gray hairs Nor furrowed cheeks have made the thrall of Time

For Spring Ilea hidden tinier Winter's rime, And violets know the victory i* theirs. Even so the corn of Egypt, unawares, 7^

Proud Nilus shelters with engulfing slime 80 Etna's hardening crust a more sublime Volley of pent-up fires at last prepares. 0 face yet fair, if paler, and serene

With sense of duty done without complaint I O venerable crown!—a living green. Strength to the weak, and courage to the faint—

Thy bleaching locks, thy wrinkles, have but been Fresh beads upon the rosary of a saint! —"Wendell P. Garrison in Century.

RESCUED BY LUCK.

In the fall of I8601 was employed as a clerk in a general store at across oads in southern Indiana. The 6tore, a church and a blacksmith shop, with two residences, made up the buildings, and the families of the merchant and the blacksmith were tlie only residents. The conn-. try about wsis thickly settled up, however, and trade was always good. Before the merchant engaged me he announced that I would havo to sleep in the store o' nights, and that unless I had pluck enough to defend the place against marauders he did not want me at any price. He showed mo a shotgun, a revolver, and a spring gun, which were used, or on hand to be used, to defend the place, and the windows were protected with stout blinds, and the doors by double locks. The close of the war had drifted a bad population into Indiana. The highways were full of tramps, and there were hundreds of men who had determined to mafcs a living by some other means than labor. Sevetal attempts had been made to rob the store, and it had come to that pass that no clerk wanted to sleep there alone.

The merchant seemed satisfied with the answers I gave him, and on a certain Monday morning I went to work. That same night a store about four miles away was broken into and robbed and the clerk seriously wounded. Two nights later three horses were stolen in.our neighborhood. At the end of the week a farmer who was on his way home from our store was robbed on the highway. If I had not been alight sleeper from habit these occurrences would have tended to prevent too lengthy dreams as I lay in my little bedroom at the front of the second story. The revolver was always placed under my pillow and the shotgun stood within reach. The spring gun was set about midway of the lower floor. It was a double barreled shotgun, each barrel containing a big charge of buckshot, and the man who kicked the string and discharged the weapon would never know what hurt him.

It did not seem possible that any one could break into the store without arousing me. There was no door to my room, and after the people in the neigh borliood had gone to bed I could hear tho slightest noise in the store. I had lookod the place over fcr a weak spot, and had failed to find it. but my own confidence came near proving my destruction. I should have told you, In describing the store, that just over the spot where wo set the spring gun wns an opening through which we hoisted and lowered such goods as were stored for a time on the second floor. When not in use tills opening was covered by a trap door. Toward evening, on the tenth day of my clerkship, I hoisted up a lot of pails and tubs, and had just finished when trade became so brisk that I was called to wait upon customers. Later on I saw that I had left the trap door open, and I said to myself that I would lot it go until I went to bed. The store had tho only burglar proof safe for miles around, and it was customary for tho farmer who had $100 or so to leave itvwlth us. Ho received an envelop© in which to Inclose it, and ho could take out and put In as ho liked. On this evening four or five farmers came In to deposit, and, as I afterward figured up, we had about $1,500 in the safe.

There were two strange faces in the crowd that evening. One belonged to a roughly dressed, evil eyed man, who announced himself an a drover, and the other to a professional tramp. I gave the latter apiece of tobacco and somecrackers and cheeso and he soon went away, and vro were so busy up to 9 o'clock that I did not give tho drover much attention. When wo came to shut up the store he had gone from my mind altogether. We counted up tho cash, made some charges In the day book, and It was about 10 o'clock when tho merchant left I was tired out, and I took a candle and made tho circuit of the store, set tho spring gun and went to bed. I had to pass within six feet of the trap door as I went to my room, but I did not see It. It was a rather chilly night in October, and wo had no fires yet, and as I got under tho blankets the warmth was so grateful that I soon tell asleep. It was thn first night I had gone to bed without thinking of robbers And wondering how I should act in case they came in. I did not know when I fell asleep. I suddenly found myself half up* right in bed, and there was an echo in the «tore, as the fall of something had aroused me. It was 1 o'clock, and I had been asleep almost three hours. Leaning on my elbow, I strained my ears to catch the slightest sound, and after a minute I heard a movement down stairs. WUile I could not say what it was, a sort of instinct told me that it was made by some human being.

Everything on the street was as silent as tho grave. My window curtain was up, and I could see that the sky bad thickened up and was very black. I did not wait for the noise to he repeated. I was just as sure that some one was in the store as if I had already seen him, and I crept softly out of bed, drew on my trousers, ami moved out into the big room, having the revolver In my hand. There was no door at the head of the staira. I intended to go there and listen down the stairway. As I was moving across the room, which was then pretty clear of goods as far as the trap door, I suddenly recollected this opening and changed my course to reach It. It was terribly dark in the room, and one unfamiliar with the place would not have dared to movt a toot Half way to the trap I got down oa my hands and knees, and as I reached ti* opening. I settled down oa my stomach. There was a dim light down stair*. That settled the fact that some one was in tha store. After a minute I heard whispears,

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then the movement of feet, then a certain sousi? which located the intruders to a fooJU I drew myself forward and looked doton the opening. I could see a-lighted candle and two or thrco dark figures at the safe, and I could hear the combination being worked. My first thought was to drop my hand down and open fire in their direction, but I remembered that we had so many articles hanging up that no bullet had a chance of reaching to the safe. I was wondering what to do when I beard one of the men whisper: "It's aU d——d nonsense. We might woik here a week and not hit it." "But I told you to bring the taols and you wouldn't," protested another. "Oh, dry up?" put in a third voice. "What we want to do is to go up and bring that counterhopper down and make him open the box." "I'll give the cussed thing a few more trials," said the first man, and I heard him working away again. My eyes could not have told me the number of robbers, but my ears had. There were three of them, and they were no doubt desperate and determined men. They spoke of bringing me down to open the safe as if no resistance was anticipated or taken into account. Indeed, they might well reason that they had me at their mercy. The rain was now failing, the night was very dark, and a pistol shot in the store could not have been heard in either of the dwellings. If they had reflected that I might be armed, they would have offset it with the fact that I was a boy of 18, with a girl's face and probably a girl's nerve. I don't deny that I was a bit rattled, and that my lip would quiver in spite of me, but I was at the same time fully determined to protect the store if it cost me my life. How to get at the fellows was what bothered me, but that trouble was soon solved. "There," whispered the man at the combination, as he let go of it, "I won't fool here another minute. That kid knows the combination, and we can make him work it. Come on."

They were coming v.p stairs. The best place for me would be at the bead of the stairway. The stairs bad a half turn in them, and I would flre upon the first man who came within range. I heard the men coming back to the stairway, and my nerve gave way. It wasn't from cowardice, but the knowledge that I was to kill a human being upset me. I decided to retreat to my room, and, if they persisted in coming that,far, I would shoot. The trio had rubbers on their feet, but they came up stairs without trying very hard to prevent mnking a noise. The one who came first had the candle, and, as he got to the head of the stairs, I saw a knife in his other hand. They made no delay in approaching my room, and with a great effort I braced myself tor what I saw must happen. They could not see me until within three or four feet of the door, and their first intimation that I was out of bed was when they heard me call out: "Stop, or I'll shoot you!"

I had them covered with the weapon, and for fifteen seconds there was dead silence. Then they got a plan. The man with the candle dashed it on the floor, and I suppose they meant to rush in on me in the dark, but I checkmated it by opening flre. They then either meant to retreat down stairs or toward the rear of the floor, for I saw the three together moving off, and fired at their dim figures. Three seconds later there was a great shout of horror, followed by tho tremendous report of the double barreled spring gun, and then there was absolute silence. I think I stood in tho door, shaking like a leaf, for fully thre*, minutes before the silence was broken by a groan. Then it came to me that the robbers had fallen through the open door upon the cord leading to the gun. I struck a match, lighted my own candle, and, going to the opening, saw three bodies lying below. Running back to the bedroom to recharge my revolver, I then went down stairs to investigate. It was as I suspected. The three had pitched down together. The top of one's head had been blown off by the §hot, a second had a hole in his chest as big as your fist, while the third, who was responsible for the groans, was severely wounded in both legs. It was three months before he could be put on trial, and he then got four years In prison. JThe whole thing wns a put up job. The "drover" was a Chicago burglar called "Clawhammer Dick," and ho had hidden himself in the store that night, and then let his pals in by the back door. They had a horse and wagon in the rear of the building, and the plan was to rob the store of goods as well as to get at the money in the safe. A bit of carelessness on my part not only saved the store and probably my life, but wiped out a very desperate gang.—New York Sun.

A Royal Case of Emergency." The Princess of Piedmont's dress caught in the spur of an officer of lancers result, a tremendous rent in the*8weeping skirt, and along whisp of gown trailing on the floor. Before the princess had time to appeal to one of her ladies in waiting, the crown prince of Prussia had produced a pretty little morocco etui, from which he extracted a dainty pair o' scissors, and kneeling down at the feet

FERRE HAUTE

the bride skillfully cut away the wreck After he had effectually relieved the princess of her incumbrance he rose, bowed profoundly, returned his "case of emergency" to his pocket and resumed his place by the king's side, amid the subdued murmurs of satisfaction of aU the ladies near him.

The tremendous social success that attended his graceful little action was tenfold enhanced when, later on in the evening. It came out that, on Victor Emmanuel complimenting him anent the forethought he displayed In carrying a complete trousse about with him, even in the ballroom, "our Frit*" replied: "The whole merit of the idea belongs to my wife, sire, not to me. Long ago she gave me a pocket necessaire with all sorts of useful things in it—needles and thread, button hooks, sticking plaster and scissors, as yon saw just now—and made me promise to keep it always In my pocket wherever I went What took place just sow only proves that I am a lucky fellow to have such a clever wife to look after me."—"Monarchs I Have Met," W. Beatty Kingston.

Flats in New York.

The fiat system is more and more extending, and while it gives rest for the weary and freedom from annoyance on the one hand, It on the other hand, a la Paris, covers «p some amount of immorality. It enables, however, a great many poor girls employed in stores, telegraph offices, theatres, etc., to go by twos and threes together and set cheap and comfortable homes, which they cannot get in large hotels or poor, overcrowded boarding houses with wretchedly cooked food. Besides, they get to have a pride tn their little homes, which they adorn with taste and comfort—New York Cor. Htnw City Journal.

Kij&t diamonds and rt&ka be rsctly called st**ta gems?

HEART PICTU&SS|

Her

hair

the gofel brown of chestnuts,

Her eyes blue as the heavenly^fone, Bftr sldft *s the kaow of tiie lift

When rose blushes are over It blown Iter lips shame the heart of carnation. Her movements are exquisite grace. Her voice is *he sweetest of music,

And smiles lie asleep on the face Of the woman I love.

Tberq is less of gold glint ia her tresses, A few threads of silver wove through, The crimson of lips not so vivid,

And lighter the eyes in their blue Her movements more stately and grander. Though losing no whit of their grace, And the smile ia more patient and tender

That shines on the matronly face Of the woman I love.

Faded out all the brown and the sunshine. Burnished silver the curls of hair shine. In her eyes less of earth, more of heaven—

Less stained are the cheeks with life's wine The stein not so lily in whiteness, Paler now t!ie waves o'er them roll But the voice still retains all its sweetness,

And the face is illumined by tfie soul Of the woman I love.

Earth, keep her to bless and to brighten, Death, send not thy stern fiat down And heaven, linger long in the weaving

Strands of gold and of pearl for her crown? There are angelB enough clothed in glory

Few given life's griefs to assuage And tbe tenderness, purity, beauty, Are perfected and hallowed by age

In tbe woman I love.

—William H. Bushnell in New York Mercury.

"CINDERELLA IN EGYPT.

We may find sermons in stones, but who would look for fairy tales in a sand heap?

Nevertheless, in the last tomb of the last king of the twenty-sixth dynasty, lies buried the original story of Cinderella and her slipper.

There is, indeed, only one variation of any consequence between the two versions, and the ancient one is certainly the more romantic. Cinderella's princely admirer finds inJier lost shoe a clew to his vanished enchantress, but King Psamr.iciiclms lulls over head and ears in love v.- di lie knows not whom from only seeing her sandal.

The ancient Cinderella was a beautiful Greek Sappho calls her Doricha, and that was most likely her proper name, but the Greek people, with whom fairness of skin was one of the highest qualities of female beauty, named her, from the loveliness of her complexion, Rhodopis, Rosy Cheeks, and as Rosy Cheeks she is known in history.

She is mentioned by several writers, but the slipper story rests on the authority of iElian. He relates It as having occurred to Psammetichus.

There were three kings of the name, and he probably meant the third (Psametik III of the Sculptures), the last of the dynasty of the Saite kings, who was conquered and deposed by Cambyses the Persian.

Rhodopis waa originally a slave and a fellow bondswoman of iEsop, the writer of fables, in the house of Iadmon of Samos and, like the heroine of the in&dern tale, a menial and a drudge, so the parallel holds good from the beginning. Like Cinderella, too, she had a fairy godmother, but a more powerful and lavish one, and her.name was Aphrodite.

This patroness procured her liberty and heaped upon her richess and Rhodopis, to make her name immortal by an offering such as had never been made before,? dedicated with a tenth part of her property a quantity of Jfch spits in the Temple* of Apollo at Delphi, and this extraordinary gift was still to be seen there in Herodotus' time.

Some also say that she built one of the Pyramids of Egypt but, as Herodotus remarks, those who say so evidently know nothing about it and however this may be, if Rhodopis was not so simple as our own Cinderella, she was, at all events, more lucky and if her coachman, and horses, and chariots were really rats, and mice, and pumpkins, they never resumed their proper shape and no disenchanting clock sent her hurrying back to her scullery, one shoe off and one shoe on. Midnight never struck for her, and she lost her shoe in quite another way.

At the time I speak of she was said to be the most beautiful woman in Egypt, and she lived at Naucratis, a port on the Canopic branch of the Nile, founded in the preceding reign by colonists from Miletus and though a born Greek, living in a Greek city, it pleased her now and then to play the Egyptian, and to adopt the manners and fashions of her new country. And so It came about that one morning, before the sun was yet high, she went down, just as did Pharaoh's daughter, with her maidens to bathe in the Nile.

At a short distance from the bank she left. her litter, and sought a secluded creek, where, screened in by the feathering papyrus, she would be undisturbed and unseen from the busy river, and there her girls unmade her toilet Now the banks of the father of rivers are hard in places—a mixture of sand and clay baked by the scorching sun, and rough to delicate feet So Rhodopis did not quit her wandala until the moment when she stepped down into the still, cool water, herseU as white and rosy as the lotuses around her.

There, half wading and half swimming, she played and frolicked, happy in the pure joy of living, like the gay butterflies that fluttered about the rushes. She gathered handfuls of lotoses, and threw them away again and then, in a lazy fit, she floated on her back, and gave herself up to thoughts on things in general, and on herself in particular. But to return to her sandals, which she had kicked off on tbe river's brink. They lay as she had left them, a pair of dainty shoes fit for such dainty feet They were em-v broidcred in gold and brilliant colors wltlr a quaint pattern, and with the ever present lotus, and most curious of all, the upper surface of tbe sole, on which her foot rested, bore the figure of a captive with bound arms, on one sandal an Egyptian, on the other a Greek—a fanciful way of suggesting the dominion of their owner over the hearts of two nations.

Now it chanced that just above, sailing round in his vast circle, a mere speck In the dancing blue sky, waa an eagle, and as the sandals glittered by the water's edge they caught his eye. Now, whether he thought they were good to eat or whether be waa aMid of cultivated taste, 1 know not, hut straightway he swooped and seised ooe.

Rhodopis, roused from her reverie by the rash oI wings, caught sight of the great bird as It flew off, and, frightened, set to screaming and then docked. By the time she had recovered herself and taken in what had happened tbe eagle and hersaadal weretn the next parish.

Of course, directly It was aM over, girts, who had been busy telling one another secrets, began In their alarm to hide everything away In a place of safety, as if they expected a wtela phalanx «f

EVENING MATT.

eagIhs were coming to carry off their miatress' tilothea. And no doubt they had some reason for their concern, for ancient ladies had a variety of amiable little ways of producing sympathy in their slaves when things went wrong and Rhodopis, sweet as she was to look at, was like the rest But after all it was not a very serious matter, for Rosy Cheeks had cupboards full of sandals at home, and besides, her litter was only round the corner, so, after her first astonishment and fright were over, she thought little more about it Now, this event was, in reality, the turning point of her life, for what did this mysterious bird do but fly straight away with his prey over the Delta, far up the long river to Memphis, and there, as if his mission ended, he dropped the sandal before the judgment seat of King Psammetichus.

The king was sitting in the open air, close to the city gate, dfepensing justice to his subjects. The sun was hot, and the imaginations of plaintiff and defendant equally inventive and inexhaustible, so Psammetichus was bored, his thoughts wandered far away and he fell to building castles in the air. Now, no Oriental could ever build a castle in the air, or otherwise, without giving it a mistress so he pleased himself by imagining for his ideal palace an ideal beauty. He pictured her with the eyes of the gazelle, the voice of the nightingale, the_ litheness of the panther, the tread of a goddess and as his thoughts dwelt still on the dainty toes that hardly pressed the ground they rested on, the sandal fell from heaven plump at his royal feet. Astonished out of all dignity, he jumped up, stared np into the sky and down at the slipper, and then stooped and picked it up, for no one had dared to touch it. Was it a goddess'P No it was a lovely little shoe, but certainly an earthly one, with the print of five little toes distinctly marked on it—the very little toes he had just been dreaming of. Then of a sudden it became plain to him. -It was an answer from the gods to the wishes he had just been indulging in—he had planned a castle, here was a mistress for it. "Let search be made," cried he, "for her who owns this sandal, and by these signs shall you know her: Whomsoever the shoe fits, and who has the fellow shoe, and who can explain the symbol on the sole, she is the rightful owner bring her to me, that I may make her my queen." To hear was to obey, and the messenger started on his search. Many days he traveled down the Nile, making proclamation of the will of Psammetichus as he went, bearing the sandal on a cushion. And wherever he came through the whole land of Egypt there was a routing out of cupboards and a hunting up of left off shoes, in case by chance there might be found among them a match for the wonderful sandal but none came to light, and the maidens were left forlorn.

At last he came to Naucratis, and when the proclamation reached the ears of Rhodopis she remembered the rape of her sandal, and knew herself the one sought for by the king. The ambassador was admitted to her presence, and then at last the Bhoe fitted. "And here," cried Rhododis, "is tbe fellow shoe and this is why I Wear these symbols on the soles—as Greece is captive to my beauty, so shall Egypt be, and Egypt's master." And then she went with him to Memphis, and when the king, whose heart was sick with iiting, saw her, he succumbed at once the charm of her loveliness he did as _ie had promised and made her his queen. And the rosy cheeked Greek slave sat beside Psammetichus on the throne of Pharaoh.—Harper's Bazar.

A Waste of Money.

One form of advertising that always seemed to me to be a waste of money is the scattering of dodgers broadcast. I have noticed lately that it is coming into quite extensive practice again. At one time tons of dodgers were thrown out every week in this city. The pavements of the business streets would be snowed under with them. After a while the rage for this form of advertising died away. It never quite ceased, but lately began to recover its past popularity. I have watched, with some curiosity, the manner in which the public receive dodgers thrust upon them in the street, and it appears to mo that they ardty glance at them. Only one person in a hundred puts one in his pocket. As a rule they are crumpled up and thrown away, or more frequently dropped even without the trouble of crumpling up.

Yet advertisers will have these affairs printed by the hundreds of thousands, on the theory that they are cheaper than a space in the newspapers. They may cost less money, but as an advertisement must be judged by its returns, not by its cost, they are to my thinking the most expensive and least effective method of getting your goods before the public that human ingenuity has devised—to judge from the big bundles of this sort of printed matter one sees at the old paper places moreover, the dodger distributors are not all faithful in the performance of their tasks so that even the compartlvely little service the dodger might perform is rendered less by the dishonesty of the agents employed to put them out—Trumble In New York News. •.: -t..

A Breakfast In China.

A young American lady, writing from Shanghai, China, says: "What wouldn't I give for a good American breakfast of steak, hot rolls, coffee, etc. Breakfast in this part of the world is altogether a different affair. First they bring you eggs of some sort and sherry. Then follow three courses, such as pigs' feet, frogs1 legs smothered in sauce and served with claret then coffee. When the sight of these things has taken away your appetite, there appears a tiny little chop in a huge paper frill, looking, oh, so sad and lonely you could weep for it Then come qaeer cheeses of different kinds, cakes and sweet crackers, fruit and cognac and a tiny cup of tea to finish with. They ha?e only one way to cook potatoes here —that is, to boil them—and hot muffins, fresh toast and broiled steak are onknown.—Chicago News.

Indians StUl 1b Heathenism. Out of 40,000 Sioux Indians there Are 85,000 still in heathenism. There are sixty-six tribes on the western prairies for whom nothing is yet done. There are 40,000 Indians of school age bnt when every school Is packed to its utmost only 12,000 can be accommodated. This In* clndes government schools, Roman Catholic schools and all so that thoaa under mission teachers would be far less a number than 12,000.—Public Opinion.

Tbtt world presents the greatest boon, Salvaiioa (Ml It cares wo soon. When Christmas came with its good cheer. Its fan, and its merry-making, we used to deprecate its oolds, bnt that1 ago, before the days of Dr. Boll's CtoaghSyrup. Now It to very different Anew era has dawned on as, and great and ""*11, little and tall, merry men au an happy.

To auute it BUS as rtemm.

The remarkable powers and adaptability of electric current to the uses of society have been further demonstrated by an invention which has at least the charm of novelty. This is nothing more nor less than a patent to open the windows of heaven at the will of man, and Michael Cahill, M. D., of this city, is the inventor. "I expect to see the sagebrush deserts of Nebraska aud Nevada under cultivation and affording pasturage for thousands of cattle in a few years," began the doctor. "There need not be an acre of waste land on the whole continent." "By what extraordinary means do you intend to tap the clouds and interfere with the iaws of nature?" queried tho reporter. "Simply by a condenser or captive balloon and an electric cable placed wherever the rain is required. I have long believed that rain could be produced by artificial means, and I have worked at this hobby of mine for several years—ever since I left college, in fact. You see, first of all, vapor, as it ascends, receives heat from the solar rays, which a^so impel* it upward until restricted by the cold. The vesicles, or dewdrops, being crowded together, become electrified and float on the air at an altitude Of from 8,000 to 5,000 feet, and all that is required then to produce rain is to intercept these vesicles by artificial means. What I have invented is a condenser of peculiar shape and construction, and connected with the earth by an electric cable. Whenever the vesicles come into contact with tjje condenser or current, they are broken up and the water forced to the ground with great rapidity. The rain will be produced by the same law that causes condensation on the window pane. The surface of the glass is covered with microscopic points, and on becoming chilled, the layer of air next it falls, allowing the vapor to flow on to the points, and thence to the ground." "You will require a gigantic balloon for such a purpose," was suggested. "Oh, no. A condenser of about 200 feet in diameter will bring down something like 25,000,000 gallons a day, or as much as would irrigate almost half of this state. The volur&e of water can be preserved or formed into rivers, whichever may be desired."—San Francisco Chronicle.

Thrift of a Royal Mothcr-in-Law.

I hear that the queen has written privately to the Emperor William, strongly urging that an arrangement should at once be made to afford a liberal provision for the crown princess and her younger children In the event of the deaths of the emperor and crown prince, as if they died now she would be left in very moderate circumstances. The emperor had vast wealth at his disposal, of which it is supposed nine-tenths will pass to his successor on the Prussian throne, the grand duchess of Baden getting, tho rest. It would be easy for his majesty to make an equitable arrangement In favor of the wife and family of his eldest son, and he certainly ought to do so, as it would not be right tliatf they should be left to depend on the liberality of Prince William. The crown prince and the emperor might die almost simultaneously and it would be most imprudent to trust to the chance of the former surviving the latter for a sufficient time to enable him to settle his affairs. The crown prince can do nothing himself during the emperor's life.—London Truth.

A Hotel In Arkansas.

Theve is a hotel in Arkansas where t^ie rooms are designated by the names of cities and states. "Here, front, show this gentleman to New Orleaus, take a pitcher of ice water to Minnesota, see what that man in Boston wants, and make a flre in Chicago," is a sample of what one hears in the office.—New York Sun.

Knglish Speaking People.

The number of people who speak English has increased sevenfold during the last century and now amounts to 100,000,000. At the same rate of increase the end of another century there will be 700.000,000 English speaking people.— Gladstone in North American Review.

How to Make Klegant Bronr.es.

Plaster of Paris statuettes can easily be bronzed with Diamond Bronze Paint, and will look like genuine bronze. Diamond Bronze, Gold, Silver, Copper, and Artists NBlack but ten cents a package, at all Djug and Art stores.

Some one says of Morrison that "be says more mean things and does fewer than any other man in public life.",

"As glares the tiger on hIs foe*/ Hemmed In by hunters, spears and bows, And ere he bounds upon the ring, Selects the object of his spring."

80 disease, in myriad forms, fastens its fangs upon tbe human race. Ladies who suffer from distressing ailments peculiar to their sex, should use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It Is a positive cure for the most complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrbea, excessive flowing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus, or falling of the womb, weak back, "female weakness," anteversion. retroversion, bearing-down sensation, cnronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, inflammation, pain and tenderness In ovaries, accompanied with "internal heat."

Beware of Scrofula

8crofula is probably more general than any other disease. It is insidious in character, and manifests itself in running sores, pustular eruptions, boils, swellings, enlarged Joints, abscesses, sore eyes, etc. Hood's Barsaparllla expels all trace of scrofula from the blood, leaving it pore, enriched, and healthy.

I was severely afflicted with scrofula, and over a year had two running sores on ray neck. Took five bottles Hood's Sarsaparilla, and am cured." C. B. LOVXJOT, Lowell, Mass. & A. Arnold, Arnold, Me., had scrofulous sores for seven years, spring and falL Hood's Sarsapaiflla cured Mm.

Salt Rheum,

Is one of the most disagreeable diseases canaed by impure blood. It is readily eured by Hood's Barsaparllla, the great btoodportfler.

William Spies, Syria, X, suffered greatly from erysipelas and salt rheum, caused by haadBsc tobacco. At times his bands would crack opea and bleed. He tried various preparatfoos without aid finally took Hood's Bar* caparUla, and now ssys:u last entirely wen." "My son bad salt thena an his hands sad oa the calves of hh legs. He food Hood's Sarsaparilla aad Is entirely cored.? B. Stsntwi, Mt Tenon, Ohio.

Hood's Sarsaparilla

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IOO Dotes On# Dollar,

Worth Knowing.

Mr. W. H. Morgan, merchant, Lake City, Fla., was taken with a severe Cold, attended with a distressing Cough and running into consumption in its first stages. He tried many so called popular cough remedies and steadily grow worse. Was reduced in flesh, had aiffi- *, culty in breathing and was unable to sleep. Finally tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and he found immediate relief, and after using about a half dozen bottle found himself r. well and has had no return of the disease. No other remedy can show so grand a record of cures as Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Guaranteed to do just what is claimed for it —Trial bottle free at Carl Krietenstein's Drug Store, cor. 4th and Ohio. (4) ——^—————.

Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. Phtobo Chesley, Paterson, Clay Co., Iowa, tells the following remark-

able story, the truth of-which Is vouched for by the residents of tho town: "I am To years old, have been troubled with kidney complaint and lameness for many years coulci not dress myself for without help. Now I am free from all paiu and soreness, and able to do my own housework. I owe my thanks to Electric Bitters for having renewed my youth, and removed completely all disease and pain." Try'a bottle, 60c. and ?1 at Carl Krietenstein's Drug Stor.fi, cor. 4th and Ohio.' -sV

IJucklen'ii Aralon Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns,

of the present generation. It Is for it» cure and lte attendants. Sick Headache, Constipation and Piles, that

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Consumption Surely Cured,

To the Editor Please inform your readers that I have a positive romeily for the above named disease, lly its timely use thousands of hopeless easses have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles of my remedy FRKK to any of your readers who have consumption if they will send me their Express and P. O. address. Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM, M. C. 181 Pearl St., New York.

JE^O PAIN. I E S

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