Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 January 1897 — Page 3

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\HK FAMOUS NOVELIST.A8 SHE WAS WHILE AT FLORENCE.

She Hated Society ami Loved Does—Moved For Change of Climate From One Side of Her Villa to Another.

Nearly every Chicogoan who has traveled In Europe has visited the city of Florence and counted his time lost if he failed to see the delightful villa where formerly dewit Mdlle de la Rame, the novelist, known, in the world of readers as Oulda, says the Daily News.

To such people especially the report that Ouida is now reduced almost to poverty proves interesting and among others impressed by the story is Fernando Jones, who was some years ago the distinguished and eccentric writer's neighbor. "When she lived in Florence," said Mr. Jones, "the authoress was at her best or worst, as some critics declare. In those days when it was rumored that she had a new book in press the fair dames of Florence trembled in their boudoirs, each fearing her time had come, for Ouida's maliciousness seemed 'to increase with the passing years and her polished and poisoned darts w-:re always aimed at shining social marks. 'Society,' her apparently natural enemy, credited a peculiar motive to Ouida for keeping up constant warfare with its devotees and declared that when she came to sunny Italy, though no longer young, she was still heart whole and fancy free. No tender thoughts had ever knotted themselves in the wool of her unsentimental life. She was happy she Biudied, read, wrote, petted her forty faithful dogs and her sleek steeds, communed with herself and regarded man simply as good material for a clever woman to weave into romances for silly women to read. But one can play with fire a certain length of time, and then one is sure to be scorched, and Ouida's time came. "She who had traveled the world over, had hobnobbed with the intelligence and fascinations of every clime, unscathed, was destined to surrender her stony heart at last and, terrible and illogical to relate, to an effeminate, languid and luxurious son of Italy. At that happy epoch in her life the authoress never failed to chant the praises of Italy. Whether or not this affection was returned is still an unsolved problem. Her hero, who was a young marquis, said no. But Ouida stoutly maintained that his devotion was deep and unchangeable, but that alas! her lover was so inextricably enmeshed in thetoile of a married woman, that he dare not approach the adored of his soul. Ouida proceeded at once to drown her sorrows in flowing bowls of ink and through the medium of a facile pen poured her woes into the willing ears of the public, contrary to the usual methods of her heroines, who had Invariably permitted concealment to gnaw thetfr damask cheeks. All her heroes at once fell desperately in love with clever young girls, but were invaribly fettered by artful married women, whom they detested, but to whom they made love from fear or force of habit, while the neglected adored ones were slowly dying. "Ouida was not contented in those days In being considered a clever writer only. She aspired to fame as an artist and her villa wag adorned with creations of her brush. Ouida was rarely courteous and when she received on Mondays was never more than frigidly polite. She had a novel way o? changing climate, without disturbing her domestic arrangements to any extent. When the comparatively cold days of a Florentine winter oame mademoiselle removed her household goods to apartments on the sunny south side of her villa and to avoid summer's heat they were removed to the cooler north side. "We had an opportunity of testing ber kindness of heart where pet animals are concerned. Our landlord and his wife died, leaving a young family in the lower apartments of the house we occupied. The children had a fine dog, which was kept in the rear garden and, whether from neglect or grief at the loss of master and mistress, maintained unceasing lamentation. My w'fe who knew of Mdlle. de la Rame's love for dogs, asked tfhe children's guard'ans whether he was willing to sell the howling animal. He consented to part with the dog and Mrs. Jones informed Ouida by note cf %he circumstances. The great writer came the'fol'ow!ng day in answer to the communication and paid an almost fabulous price to the orphans for their dog, which, till Its death, along with two score other dogs, was care« fully fed, housed and exercised."

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DRESSY ACCESSORIES.

Collars, Collarettes and Trimmings That Add Much to Plain Hnwnj. There is such a profusion of trimming and fanciful ornamentation seen in the shops and in the most approved costumes that a number of women who are turning their attention to dressy accessories as a distinct trade, and some visiting milliners have added the ability to create these dainty confections to their skill as makers of artistic headgear, says a writer in the New York Ledger. And now the young woman who comes to make up hats and bonnets is put in charge of ribbons and laces, chiffon and velvet and silk and all of the charming materials that enter into the make-up of thes'3 alluring affairs. The bolero is, perhaps, the favorite article in this line! and the variety •in which this is furnshed is a striking evidence of the versatility of designers and the Ingenuity which enters into their conceptions. The bolero may be made either of the dress fabric or of contrasting material. In the former case it is to be worn only with the dress itself: in the latter it should made of a material that will harmonize with any and all toilets. Probably the most satisfactory all-around bolero is made of very heavy black satin, embroidered in jet and black silk cord. This can be worn with any costume, and is dressy and becoming. Another pretty model is made of black chiffon uron a firm lining of some fine black fabric, such as bepgaline or lustreless silk, with a suitable lining. One of the items of imrortance is to make the body of the garment firm e-ouT so that it will neither draw nor wrinkle, as this is fatal in the beauty. Very stout women will find the bolero much be~o-ning if they have it made with darts, and so acsurately fitted thit ihe curves over the bust ire as smooth as though thpy had bern molded over the figure. Another way is to 111 lin the entire front with a full cascade of Jace.

A beautiful model is made of b'adk ei'k velvet. It is elabortelv embroidered in th° finest jet and cord silk ani has a nTrrow fringe of fine jet all around the eclg". There !s a moderately hisrh-fiaring rolled-back collar faced with white satin and covered with puffed chiffon.

This chiffon puffing is an im-orrant i'etn In all collars of white cr light f-o'ors. It preserves the freshness of the garment and should be renewed as often as it becomes soiled. Indeed, too much delay in putt'n tn fresh facings of the thin material allows '.he delicacy of the satin to become clouded, ind after a short time the beauty of it Is gone and there is flo such thing as restoring it.

A stylish waist fini?h which Is —»'h for slender ladies is inade with short fronts

and the upper portion rolled back to form, cape-shaped epaulets which are elaborately embroidered or beaded. A yoke of Bome plain rich material is preferred with these extra elaborate trimmings.

A handsome waist garniture Is made by fitting a large, square yoke to the figure, covering it with silk, then a puffing or lace or chiffon. This is carefully sewed down at the edges.. The silk filling Is put on and outside and lining are over-seamed together very neatly. A frill of chiffon or lace very closely side-plaited is sewed around the .edge and falls over the shoulders. A. very narrow ruching of the material is placed at the head of the drooping ruffle. There are sleeve cap of the material side-plaited and edged with narrow lace. An arragement of silk, lace and ribbon completes the neck finish. This may be worn with any dress, all that is required being a few small black safety pins to hold it in place. These ar eattaehed under the ruffles and do not show. Indeed, If it is properly put on, no one would knbw that it did not belong permanently to the dress.

A more complete and comprehensive garniture is made in a somewhat similar fashion as the yoke, but has a front extending from the sides of the yoke to the belt, continuing down to the front of the skirt and ending in deep wide tabs of plaited lace. Another model shows long scarf ends attached to the front of the yokfc These cross in front, puss under the arms, and tie in a large bow at the back. This design is. expressly intended for slight figures, as the crossing of the scarf and its bulk under the arms apparently increases waist measure, which, for women with full figures, is by no means desirable.

Shawl-shaped collarettes of lace are worn for dressy occasions. A square of net is trimmed with lace edging about a finger wide. The edging is put on quite full. The article should be large encn^?h to allow the corners to cross and pin to the belt at either side of the waist.

ORAL TEACHING FOR THE DEAF.

What Has Been Accomplished By This System of Instruction. The public are always interested in results. What, then, is a conservative statement of the results obtained by the oral method aside from the general education? It gives to those deaf from infancy a speech that is intelligible to their immediate friends, and in .varying degrees, to strangers. It enables them to understand conversation on ordinary topics wherever the lips are clearly visible. It restores them to the society of their fellows in very much larger measure than is possible without speech and speech reading.. I do not claim that they are on the same footing as hearing people. They cannot be their speech is never perfectly natural, and they ca nnever take part in general conversation, as those in the possession of their hearing, writes John Dutton Wright in the January Century.

The orally educated deaf are found in many of the callings of life, such as journalism, civil engineering, architecture, designing, business and the trades. They have written for publication on various subjects, in a clear, forcible and interesting style but I am not aware that any of them have ever attained literary prominence. The realm of poetry is practically closed to them. They appreciate the beauty of its expression, but though they are frequently quick to catch the rythm of motion, and are fond of dancing, the rythip and swing of words seem to escape them. There has been, I think, but one deaf poet, and his poems were chiefly remarkable in the light of his infirmity.

So much for the most conservative view. On the other hand, there are irtany deaf people in t"he country who have acquired all their, speech and speech reading by instruction after becoming deaf, who go into society, entertain in their own homes, and are entertained in the homes of others, as freely as any members of the community. There are many with whom a stranger might talk for an hour without suspecting that they are deaf, acccounting for their slight peculiarity of speech by supposing all the time that they were foreigners. Methods are being constantly improved, and it is to be expected that still better results will be obtained hereafter. Meanwhile experience has demonstrated that by the use of speech as a medium of instruction the deaf can be successfully educated, and taught to speak and understand the speech of others and I believe the time is coming when this will be the only way in which they are taught.

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PARROT CAUSES TROUBLE.

Uses Bad language in the County Treasurer's Office in Cleveland. Cleveland, O., Jan. 11.—A taxpayer who was dissatisfied with his statement of taxe3 stepped up to a window in the county treasurer's office today and said to a clerk:» "You have made some mistake in tny taxes. I want to see it figured out."

The clerk behind the window had his head bent down nearly to the counter, as he was engrossed in some interesting figures. As soon a sthe man at the window finished his request was met by the answer: "Oh, goto ."

The words were rather muffled, but they seemed to come from the clerk with his head bowed. "How's that!" exclaimed the taxpayer, bristling up. "Oh, go to "Say, young man," said the taxpayer, becoming very angry, "I want you to understand that you can't talk that way to me just because you have a county position." "Sir,

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clerk, flushing. "I am," shouted the taxpayer, now thoroughly aroused. "And if you will step outside I'll show you how to go to "Go to came the reply once more.

This time the clerk looked up in astonishment. He had heard the profane expression and he looked wildly about to see where it came from. "It was not me, sir," said the clerk, meekly. "You're a liar!" thundered the taxpayer. "Come outside, where I can get at you and I'll lick you within an inch of your life!"

The loud voices attracted the attention of the clerks. They imagined crooks were attempting to make a raid on the treasury, and within a moment thirty gleaming revolvers were pointed toward the man at ch* window. County Treasurer Hubbard rushed in with anax in his hands. He raised it toward the»taxpayer, when in rushed another individual and stayed the hand of the treasurer with the exclamation: "Don't kill him he's a taxpayer."

The impending tragedy turned into a comedy right there. "It's a parrot," exclaimel one of the clerks gleefully. He pointed toward the top of the window, and there sat a parrot, an ordinary green pirrot. looking wise. There was a general laugh all around, the taxpayer Indulging with the rest.

Treasurer Hubbard earlier in the day had been given a bandbox, but did not examine its contents. The parrot was ins'de anl managed in some way to get out and nearly caused a tragedy.

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FREE COUNTRY MAIL DELIVERY.

Teat Being Made in Bartholomew County. Indiana. Greensburg, Ind., Jan. 11.—A few months ago Postmaster General Wilson decided to give the rural free mail delivery a trial with the view to adopting it in all the country districts in the United States in case it should prove a success. Consequently Mr. Wilson sent a letter to Congressman George W. Cooper of Indiana authorizing him to se lect a territory in which to give the system a trial as the test experiment, beginning the 1st day of November and continuing till the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1897. Mr. Cooper recommended his home county, Bartholomew, in which' to make the experiment and Hawcreek township was selected, as it was a congressional township and six miles^square.

The rural delivery was begun on the 1st day of November to the residents of this township, continuing ever since, and the experiment so far seems to give general satis faction to some, while others are strenuously objecting- to the new method. In the township selected by Mr. Cooper there are three postoffices—Hope, with a population of about 1,200 Hartsville, with about 600, and Rugby, a small postoffice at a crossroads. It was decided to discontinue the latter during the term of the test, in order that the experiment might be given a fair trial. Three carriers were appointed—two from Hope and one from Hartsville. CO' lumbus, the county seat, is the distributing poin't, and the mail is dispatched to that township at 7 o'clock in the morning and reaches Hope, ten miles away, about o'clock, and reaches Hartsville, eighteen miles away, about 9 o'clock.

The test was purely rural, and people living in either Hope or Hartsville have to go to the postoffice, as heretofore, to get their mail. The mail that formerly went to Rugby is now sent to Hartsville. After the arrival of the mail at Hope and Hartsville it is worked and classified and given to the different carriers. Bach carrier has just twtlve miles to cover every day, except Sunday. The township is densely populated and has good roads, tbis adding to the interest that is being manifested in the experiment.

Mr. Wilson is now in receipt of a remonstrance from patrons of the Rugby postoffice asking that it be continued. The remonstrators declare that the system is detrimental to them, as those who could formerly get their mail at 8 o'clock in the morning now have to wait till fhe mail is taken to Hartsville and distributed, and it is not deliveerd to many of the farmers till afternoon, too late to reply by return mail to any communication, no matter how important or essential it may be. Another inconvenience is that the farmer is sometimes compelled to go all the way to one of the offices to mail a letter, as the carrier seldom passes an out-of-the-way place for which he has no mail.

In all other parts of the township, however, the rural delivery is meeting with great satisfaction, especially to the people who live farthest from the offices, as they now get their mail every day instead of only two or three times a week as previously, as many farmers who lived a few miles from the postoffice are not in the habit of going after their mail regularly.

If the township were to vote on it the system would no doubt be permanently installed, as everybody is benefited except the residents in the immediate neighborhood of the discontinued postoffice, which ate not many. It seems that the matter would meet with general approval, as the majority of townships have not more than two postoffices, and no office would have to be discontinued the delivery would certainly be quite satisfactory to all.

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ASSAULTED AND MURDERED.

Mrs. Hattie E. McCloud the Victim of a Terrible Crime in Massachusetts. Shelburne Falls, Mass., Jan. 11.—The body of Mrs. Hattie B. McCloud, a young and prepossessing widow, was found beside the highway a short distance fromNher home yesterday morning, with marks on the throat, plainly indicating murder by strangulation. It was at first thought she had been waylaid and robbed by a tramp, as her purse containing $18 was missing, but today's developments point to the fact that the crime was committed by some one living in the town, who committed an assault, and, being recognized, killed his victim in order that her lips might be forever sealed. The authorities offer a reward of $500 for the arrest isuid conviction of the inurdlerer..jjd have had four state detectives at work on the case today.

Mrs. McCloud was the widow of W. L. McCloud of New Haven, Conn., and since he cSet a violent death a few years ago had lived with/her little daughter Alberta, now 9 years old, in a cottage near the home of her father, George D. Crittenden, a well konwn lumber dealer, a mile west of this village.

Her girlhood was spent here and, in common with her eight sisters, she thought nothing of making trips to the village ilone, and frequently returned after nightfall. Friday night she left her residence about $ p. m.. and, leaving her little girl at the grandparents' home, she started to purchases# She Is known to have visited sav«ral stores And

made small purchases. Her failure to return did not alarm her father's family, they'thought she had decided to remain in town with her sister, Mrs. W. £f. Ball. Her failure to return in the morning to give' a musto lesson to a young pupil led to an inquiry and the discovery of the body.

The prominence of the father, the beautiful character and person of Mrs. McCloud, her many acts of charity and the dramatic interest and mystery of her death have caused widespread interest in the affair, and the scene of the murder on lonely West Mountain has been visited by hundreds today.

After a thorough search all through the .village it has been brought out that Mrs. MtsGloud was last seen at 7 p. m. Friday as she turned the corner at the Odd Fellows'

Hall and started toward her home. She was seen plainly by Frank S. Tatreau, a oarpenter, who was familiar with her personal appearance, dress and walk. He places the time definitely from the fact that the clock in'the village church was strlking the hour. There is little doubt that within a half hour Mrs. McCloud was murdered.

Her daughter passed the spot at 7:30 on her way to meet her, and she heard what she thought were the grunts of pigs in the field, but which it is now believed were the dying groans of the mother. -gH *3

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The man proved to be George Kroah, a maniac, who had escaped from his home near Brockwayville the night before by jumping from a second-story window, and who had covered the intervening distance of eighteen miles by rushing over frozen mountains, wading ice-cold streams and struggling through brier patches and "slashings" in order to escape the score or more of pursuers who started after him as soon as his escape became known.

Alight snow in the wood showed the direction that he took, and a posse of neighbors were soon in pursuit. The crazy man crossed an old reservoir, where he broke through the ice into three feet of water, and from this 'his course lay directly through a swpmp of briers and fallen tree tops—an almost impenetrable mass—yet the fellow made his way through it. ijhe mercury was down to 18 degrees above

Two miles away from home Kroah waded a creek seventy feet wide, with water! over five feet deep, so that in fording the stream the water must have reached his neck.

It was seven hours after his escape from home that he was found near here, he having run eighteen miles in that time.

When discovered Kroah was utmost exhausted. He was stiff from the colfl. Doctors say that both feet will have to be amputated at the ankle, and the man's chances for recovery then are slim. He was placed in the hospital ward of he jail here.

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Found His Wife Murdered. Shakertown, Ky., Jan. 10.—William Divine, a highly respected farmer, went home last night after an absence of several hours and found his young wife dead on the floor, her two infant children lying on her breast crying bitterly. There were finger marks on the dead woman's throat, her clothing and all the furniture was disordered, and there were other signs of a terrible strug-1 gle. Divine gave the alarm. A hunt for the murderers all last night and today has been without result.

The lilairs Acqnitted.

Nevada, Mo., Jan. 10.—At midnight last "jaight the jury ih the case of John and Alva Blair, father and son, returned a verdict acquitting them of the carge of murder. The Blairs killed John Anthony, son-in-law of John Blair, shooting him to death on the principal street of Nevada, in the presence of a large crowd. They accused

Anthony of having seduced his wife's younger sister.

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W* Fonnd Murdered and Kobbed. Sedalia, Mo., Jan. 10.- The dead body of William Brice of Peru, Indiana, was found this morning lying by the side of the Missouri Pacific main line track. The evidence is,almost conclusive that Brice was murdered and robbed and his body placed on the track with the expectation that it jyould be mangled and the crime concealed.*.

^Organised Socialist Club*. "... .i London. Jan. 1L—The Chronicle's Brussels correspondent reports the discovery that there are organized socialistic clubs In the Belgian army and that*evestean noftcomTniasioned officers have bfcen etlspeadAd for belonging to them.

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MANIAC'S FEARFUL FLIGHT.

Almost Nade, He Flees Over 8now-Clad & Mountains and Frozen Streams. Ridgway, Pa., Jan. 11.—William Collom, who lives on the mountain about two miles from.this town, at daybreak yesterday found in the woods near his home a man in a most pitiable condition, whose almost naked body w&siibruised and battered from head to foot, who hobbled along on feet that were frozen to the marrow, and whose fingers and ears were also frozen.

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Second Chapter of a Scandal That First Obtained Notoriety Tbroagh the Death •5 of Annie McOrath.

Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 11.—S. A. Henszey, receiver of the Comstock coal mines, yesterday made answers to the petitions of Samuel P. Langdon of Philadelphia, former president of the Langdon-Henszey Coal Mining Co., filed in the United States Court in November. In his petitions Langdon charges that Henszey and his typswriter, Miss Kate Waite, have conspired to cheat him (Langdon) that Henszey bad improperly issued to Miss Waite $50,000 in bonds which should have been issued to him (Langdon) that he had also issued to Miss Waite $300,000 of the capital stock of the corporation, which should have been issued to Langdon, and that Henszey was an incompetent man for the office of receiver, and that his reputation in Philadelphia, his former home, was bad.

The answer of Henszey denies all of the charges, and alleges that, instead of Miss Waite having been the beneficiary of his favors, she was the recipient of many favors from Langdon that it was Langdon who gave her the $50,000 of bonds and the $300,000 of capital stock, and not Henszey, and he attaches to his answers copies of a bill of sale from Langdon to Miss Waite for these articles, and alleges that the transfer books of the company show that it was Langdon himself who transferred all of hi3 stock, $600,000, to Miss Waite. The cash value of the stock was at least $100,000.

Henszey goes on to say that on September 2d, to be rid of his importunities and insolence," Miss Waite gave Langdon back $300,000 of the stock and $25,000 of the bonds, upon his executing a release to all the remainder, a copy of the release, which appears under oath, being attached to the answer. It is said that Langdon lavished gifts upon Miss Waite and that they were engaged, she believing him to be unmarried. In the release which Langdon signed he swore before a magistrate that Miss Waite was a good woman. In March Langdon, who is 55 years old, was arrested in Philadelphia, pending the result of the investigation into the causes that led to the death of Miss Annie McGrath, a typewriter of that city. Six weeks before Langdon, who had not lived with his wife for several years, rented a house on Girard avenue and took up his residence there with a pretty girl of 18 whom he introduced as his wife. Miss McGrath, Langdon's companion, was the daughter of a Philadelphia pressman, and there wag no suspicion in the minds of her parents that she led a double life. While living on the bounty of Langdon she was engaged to be married to Howard Fitzsimmons, a jeweler, of West Chester. Pa. Langdon heard of this and it resulted in several quarrels between the pair.

On March 24th Miss McGrath was found dead at the Girard avenue house. Langdon was arrested, but he claimed to have been away when the girl died, and he knew nothing as to the cause of her death. Poisoning was suspected. Testimony at the coroner's inquest showed that the girl had bought chloroform a few days before her death. An examination of the stomach, however, showed traces of poison. Two weeks after his arrest Langdon was released, there being no evidence against him.

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RECALLS HIS IDENTITY.

Inmate of the Des Moines Poorfwrm Will Be Returned to His Home. Burlington, Iowa, Jan. 10.—Duringa lucid interval in the mind of John Conrad, an insane inmate at the Des Moines county poor farm, he revealed the mystery of his life to Chairman Mathes of the county board of supervisors. For more than twenty years Conrad has lived at the poor farm and was only known by that name. Some time ago a letter was rec %, 3d by the clerlcwf the district court in Turlington from Miss Josie Parrett, corner Orchard and Underwood streets, Zanesville, O., asking information concerning her father, Edward Pilkinroth, who, she said, had mysteriously disappeared twenty years ago-from his home in Zanesville, O., when she was a baby. She said she had traced him to Des Moines county, but could learn no further news of him. Yesterday while Chairman Mathes and other members of the board were inspecting the poor farm one of tbem spoke to Conrad call ing him by that name. To the astonishment of all who knew him to be a quiet inoffensive lunatic, Conrad grew angry aid said thit was not his name, but that it was Edward Pilkinroth. Miss Parrett's letter was remembered and produced' and its contents verified by Conrad. Then almost in an instant all intelligence faded from Conrad's face, and he was again lost to all idea of his identity. Miss Parrett was informed of th? facts and she will come at once to meet her long-lost parent, whom, it is understood, was a prominent citizen at the time of his unaccountable disappearance,

STRANGE CASE OF A WOMAN.

Sinks Into a Partial Trance Which Has Luted Thirty Day*. Defiance, O., Jan. 10.—An unnatural affliction is that of Mrs. Deatrick Van Sagfcrn's of McClure, a small town north, of this city.

About four weeks ago while sitting at the dinner table, surrounded by the members of her family, she suddenly stopped eating, her bends dropped to her sides and her eyes closed, she having, to all appearances fallen

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fast asleep. Her husband carried her to a lounge, thinking she would recover in a short time from what he imagined was a fainting spell. She continued, however, ia this condition for twelve hours, when she awoke only4long enough to ask for and drink a glass of water, after which she again sank into a comatose condition.

In this condition she has remained during thirty days, only rega ning*onscicumcss far a few moments at regular intervals of twelve hours. At these waking moments an attendant feeds her a small quantity of milk or soup, sufficient to sustain life during the long hours of unconsciousnrss

Mrs. Van Sagern is 25 years of age, the mother of threfe children. For some time before being stricken down she sutff red from a peculiar brain trouble that affected her mind and it is thought the trance in which she now lies is due to that disorder.

ENDTHEIR TROUBLES IN DEATH

Several Men Who Take a Gloomy View of Commit Rniclil* Superior, Wis., Jan. 10.—Frank E. Williams, freight agent of the Omaha road, committed suicide at the West Superior Hotel last night. The lifeless body was discovered in room 211 at 1 p. m. In his hand was clutched a large revolver. Williams had pulled the trigger with the thumb of one hand while holding the pistol in place by grasping the barrel with the other hand. No cause is assigned for the act except despondency. Williams was to have been succeeded as agent at Superior January 15th, but it was understood he would receive a position at Ashland, Wis. 'He was a brother-in-law of General Purchasing Agent W. H. Wright of the Omaha road. His father resides at Hudson, Wis. Williams was about 36 years old and single. He had been here since 1889. .Cincinnati, Jan. 10.—Taylor Brent, individual bookkeeper of the Covington (Ky.] German National Bank, committed su'ri during the night by cutting his throat witl his i-azor. His accounts with the bmk said to be correct and the only cause mentioned is temporary insanity, caused bv insomnia. He was unmarried, was a brother-iu-law of Richard P. Ernst, late candidate for congress in the Sixth Kentucky district

Ashland, Wis., Jan. 9.—A Penning ol Wahpeton, N. D., committed suicide her« this morning. On his person were found over $1,800 in bank checks and $104 in cash. His bank books also show deposits aggregating over $600, and letters on his person claimed assets in Wahpeton amounting ta $2,825 more. In a letter he says his wif lives in Saxenburg, Germany.

Fond Du Lac, Wis., Jan. 9.—George ?'er« guson, who attempted to kill himself yesterday. on being found short in his account* with the county, is still alive.

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A Steamer in Distress.

Halifax, January 10.—A large steamer was sighted off Whitehead Lake this afternoon flying signals of distress. A heavy snow storm prevented the near approach of schooners and small boats which had started out to reach her, and at dark the unknown vessel was firing rockets. It is thought to ~be either the steamer Damara, overdue some days from Cardiff, or th State of Georgia, from Dantzic.

All authorities single out Price's Cream Baking Powder as the best.

Big FJr» in Buffalo.

Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 10.—The five story brick building at Elliott and Seneca streetf occupied by Altman & Co., wholesale and retail clothiers, was badly damaged by fire this afternoon. The fire apparently broka out on the fourth and fifth stories simultaneously, but its origin is unknown. Mr. Altman estimates the loss at $150,000 fully insured.

Large Industry to Kf«om».

Johnstown, Pa., Jan. 10.—The Johnstowb Company's steel motor works, after a sis weeks' shut down, will resume work tomorrow morning. It is expected that every department will be working full force before the close of the week. The Cambria rail and scrap mills will resume work this week, glvipg employment to many idle men. The steel mills were put in blast tonight.