Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 January 1897 — Page 3

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ABE QUEER BEGGARS.

VEBSONAL EXPERIENCE OF A KICH AND BENEVOLENT QUAKER.

Iofimiodi and Impudent Devices For Extracting Money From Its PoMessors— Some Curious Pleas.

According to Charles Lamb, "the beggar Is never out of fashion he is not required to put on court mourning. His costume hath undergone less change than the Quaker's, and-he is the only man, in the universe who is not required to study appearances. The ups "and down of the world and the prices of Stocks and land affect him not, neither do the flutuations of agriculture or commercial prosperity concern him, o"r, at the worst, but change his customers, writes Sir Richard Tangye, in Chambers' Journal, He is not expected to become bail or surety for any one no man troubleth him with questioning his religion or politics indeed, he Is the only free man in the universe." But "the gentle Ella" spoke of only one. class or type of beggars. Experience, however, shows that beggars are of various kinds for, as in the old days there were footpads and mounted highwaymen, so now there are beggars on1 foot and beggars on horseback.- Indeed, I have knoton them to come on begging expeditions riding in vehicles of various kinds.

On one occasion a man rode up to my house on, a tricycle, and, premising that I knew his father, requested me to give him money to buy a horse, as he found cycling too hard work, and his doctor had ordered him to take equestrian exercise. if a c)

Another man, dressed as a gentleman, a*l entire stranger, sent in his card desiring to epeak with me. When I appeared he greeted me with the greatest familiarity, as though he had been an intimate acquaintance, and at once proceeded to ask me to lend him a couple of pounds to take him to London. Of course I declined, and, on showing him out, I found he had a cab at the door, the charge of which from the nearest cab stand would have nearly paid his railway fare.

About thirty years ago a clergyman in an agricultural country, who was known to me only by name, applied for a donation to en able him to carry out some useful work among the poor of his parish. I acceerled to hife request, and every year since—indeed cftener than the year—I have been applied to in the most urgent terms for contributions, sometimes to enable the good man to pet a change of air, sometimes on behalf of the children, and again for the poor old people afChristmas time. Occasionally I tvould not respctad, and then would come further most urgent entreaties -but these jocond appeals were always addressed by another hand, lest, being recognized, they phould be put aside without being read. Wily old parson. To this day we have never met.' 'f

He Wanted More.

On another occasion a member of the profusion called upon me at my place of business and sent in his name. Now experience has taught me that when clergymen visit me in business hours, such visits are not altogether unconnected with financial considerations and if from any cause I do not intend to give them anything, I usually send a message to that effect, after having ascertained the motive of their call, or else I go to them In the waiting room instead of asking them into my office. On this accapion I went to the gentleman, and he proceeded to explain his object in calling, and I'saw plainly that he. expected a considerable sum. But having recently had some very heavy demands upon me for charitable purposes, I gave him only $5. My visitor took the money, and, having looked at l-t', was turning away without a word, upon •which I said, "Mr. you have forgotten to say good-morning." "I beg yur pardon, Mr. Tangye, I thank you very much and, like the young man in the parable, he was turning sorrowfully away, when I said,

Now, Mr. shall I tell you what your thoughts were? You were thinking I ought to have given you $50 at least." And so he was.

Another time I had left my house and was Walking toward the station, on my way to town, when in the distance I saw a clergyman coming toward me on the other side of the road. Instinctively I felt he was coming to my house and walked quietly on, hoping to avoid him, but, crossing the road, he planted himself in front of me, remarking: "Mr. George Tangye, I believe?" "No, sir, I am not," said I and tried to pass him., "Surely I cannot be mistaken," he said, but I assured him he was and pretended to be indignant at his want of belief in my disavowal. "It is very strange," he said "I know your face perfectly, having often seen you on the platform of the town hall, but stay,"—a bright idea occurring to him —"you are his brother?" This time I was fairly caught, but tried to get away on the plea that I had barely time to catch the train. "Oh," said my tormentor, "here is an omnibus going to town and I will go with you." And he did, and got a subscription from me on behalf of the temperance society connected with his church, which was situated in a miserably poor part of the town. I continued the subscription for some years, but at the next general election my reverend temperance friend became one of the principal supporters and advocates of a brewer candidate for the representation of his district in parliament and I withdrew my subscription advising him to try *ml get it from the brewer.

Queer Requests

Another man writes asking help !n elearing off the debt on the chapel, the trustees having got into arrears because "the sermons do not come up to the requirements."

A schoolmaster, who had fallen on evil times, asked me to lend him £10 to enable ilm to publish twelve pieces of music which are "sure to take. He says: "I am a Liberal, but have been staggered because of Mr. Gladstone's sympathy with Bradlaugh, who Is a very clever man, and would be a star in parliament if he were converted. Now, a gentleman in your position could easily have a day set apart in two or three places of worship for special and earnest prayer for Bradlaugh's conversion, which prayers may be effectual. Hoping to receive a favorable^ reply," etc.

A man describing himself as a mounmental sculptor in a considerate way of business writes: "The writer of the enclosed letter Is a half-sister of mine, but I know little of her as for years she has been -an Invalid. I am sorry to say she seems a poor, thoughtless, (helpless creature. I ask you In her fiame if her case comes within your kind benevolence.

Here is a pleasant note from a worthy clergyman: "When you kindly sent me a. contribution towary the debt on my church you were good enough to promise a further sum If I did not succeed in clearing the debt before Christmas. I am happy in being able to tell you that I shall not require further help, having received a check for the balance due and a little over." I An old gentleman, applying to me f£»r a loan of twenty-five pounds, said he knew he should never be able to repay me "but," said he, "the furniture in my bedroom is worth more than that sum, and it is my

Dwn property, and I will give you a memorandum to that effect, so that when I am dead you can. claim it" j,\ Some years ago a firm of auctioneers wrote to my solicitors informing them that they were commissioned to sell a tropeny

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adjoining one of the pubiio parks, and suggesting that the matter should be put before me in the hope that I should buy it, and thus "add another to my many bounties to the public."

Give, give, be always giving Who gives not, is not Jiving. The more you give The more you live. Thus saith the leech's daughter

Not Grateful.

Gratitude is not always shown for help rendered, but here is a genuine example of it, (although expressed in peculiar phraseology:: "The humble petition of O showeth that your petitioner his ever greatfull for your benevolence threw the sick vissltter in my illness and as on dutey bound shayy ever pray."

Various are the forms of begging. A good woman once sent me what she called "an alliterative carol," which ended with the following choice lines: Dear Sirs, If you think this carol a goop 'un*• Please send a trifle for a plum-pudden. V* For Tangye Bros, a hearty cheer,

Xmas blessings and Happy New Year. Sometimes very curious reasons are given by persons seeking assistance. On one occasion a gentleman with a very Irish-name asked me to help him, so that he might be able "to form an evemr^ciass for the teaching of Gaelic in BirmiL%am."

An "old man of the sea" once tried to get some money from nie under the following circumstances: Being at Boscastle I went on board a ship and had a little conversation with the captain. Next day he sailed, and a few days after I received a letter from him, in which he said he had come into collision with a ship, causing damage to the extent of £80. Would I help him, although a stranger? The ship was at Newport, so I asked my agent there to see the captain, at the same time telling (him the man was a stranger to me. My agent asked the'old salt why he had applied to me, having only seen me once, to which he replied he thought I had a fork-outable sort of a face.

I have looked in the Trades Directory in vtain for .the business of my next correspondent in want of assistance. Here is an extract from his letter: "I am a young man, 24 years of age, a good scholar and bearing a good character. My present occupation is that of a translator of boots and shoes that is, a make-up of second-hand boots and shoes, and, I assure you, sir, it is an inconceivably poor one"—which indeed I can readily believe.

It is said that "Freedom's battle once begun" must needs be continued "from sire to son," and so it seems to be with beggars if you once yield to their solicitations, it becomes very difficult to shake them off, for they appear to look upon your charity in the light, of a versed right which you are not entitled to discontinue without their consent. I have recently received a letter from a man to whom I have occasionally given relief, and this is what he says:

Wanted a Wig.

"I am "awkwardly situated in respetft td a personal matter which I scarcely know how to explaih. I then had.a good head of hair, but since that t)me it has ceased to grow, and for some years I have had to wear an artificial scalp, which is now withered, broken, and so worn out and shrunk that I can scarcely keep it on my head. It has become absolutely necessary to buy a new one if I am to retain my work. The person who makes the article is of It must be well made and exact, and I shall have to go to London to be fitted, and wait at least a day to get it right. I ought to go up on .Saturday, but I have not money enough. The article itself will cost quite 2 guineas."

A young man, writing to me' from the Black country, informs me that "Poverty is a relative term and depends upon the constitution of men's minds. It is true I have always had enough to eat, and have never borrowed money or been in debt, but what of that? I feel that within me that makes me miserable until I have seen Niagara and St. Peter's at Rome. I understand music thoroughly, theory and practice, but have never seen an opera! I want to attend the concerts in the Birmingham Town Hall, and for years have dreamed of the 'festival.' 1 long to hear the great organ of St. Paul's and to attend a concert at the Albert Hall. But these are all forbidden pleasures, and this, sir, to a man like me constitutes poverty." And after reading his letter, strange to say, I did not feel inclined to help him.

A very objectionable method of begging is that adopted by secretaries and others on behalf of various charitable institutions. Their plan is to look through the subscription lists of other charities, and to persecute the more liberal contributors. Of course this is the easiest way, but a more just metlhod would be to use such lists of contributors for the purpose of seeing what names are absent which should be there, and then to follow such people up until they recognized their duty. Of course this method involves labor and invites unpleasant rejoinders from persons unaccustomed to giving, but, if persevered in, it would in many cases be productive of much good in opening the hearts of many who have been content hitherto to admire generosity in others, and who have never felt that there is as much joy in.giving as in "getting." "Beggars" of this description would do well to bear in mind that, although there are many who give because they feel it their duty to give, there are perhaps more who give because it is the custom or fashion to do so, and when the latter class find themselves flooded with applications for money as a result of their liberality in a particular cause in which they are interested, they become disgusted and close their hearts and purses together.

THE LAST STRAW.

Why He Thought It Was Tlmo to Tarn Respectable. He was a bold, bad man, observes the Detroit Free Press, but he did not look so when he walked up to the policeman and said: "I've made you fellers a good deal of trouble, ain't I?" "You livened business up a good deal at times, Jim," was the answer. "Well, you needn't have any more uneasiness. I've hunted you up to tell ye that ye kin scratch me off'n yer visitin' list as fur as any good it'll do .you ser call is concerned.' "I've heard that kind of a story before. But I reckon we'll be around now and then just the same when any job turns up that seems to have your finger markso^ it." "Course. I didn't expectxggjSrTake my word for it. But jest the sSmel'm done.' "How are you going to live?" asked the policeman. "I can't say yet. I'll drive a dray or somethin'. Anyhow, I'm clean discouraged with the old life that I've been leadin'." "I'm glad you've come to show something of a conscience." "I don't want no credit when I ain't earned it. 'Tain't me conscience. I'm jes' clean discouraged. Times is hard and valiybles is scarce, but I could 'a' hang out ef it hadn't been thet these modern improvements is gettin' common." "Burglar alarms and such things?" "Not exactly burglar alarms, though they're bad enough. I could a kep' on dodgin' them, but when I get into a feller's room, ez I did the other night, an' wake him an' he jes' shets up in 'is foldin' bed an* shoots at me through a knothole, I don't see nothin' fur a man ter do but lay down and tuhn respectable."

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The Express is the only Sunday paper la Texxe Haute, 15 cent* week.

SCAR-FACED CHARLEY

DEATH OF A NOTORIOUS MODOC DESPERADO.

Jtle, of the Indians Who Assisted In the Massacre of General Canby and Dr,- Thomas.

The dispatches last week announced ifie death of ticar-Faced Charley, a Modoc Indian, on the reservation set apart for the Modocs in Indian Territory, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Scar-Faced Charley was one of the Indians who assisted in the massacre of Gen. Canby and Dr. Thomas and-the wounding of A. B. Meacham and others during the outbreak in. 1873. It was one of the vilest pieces of Indian treachery ever heard of, as the men injured and killed were in reality the best friends the Indians had and were working in their interests up to the very moment that the bullets which riddled their bodies were flred.T*t

George F. Meacham, city treasurer of Seattle, is a son of A. B. Meacham, who was wounded seriously at the time Gen. Canby was killed. He was seen by a reporter, and in speaking of Gen. Canby said: I was 1 ving at Salem, Ore., at the time of the Modoc war and was aged about 17 years. My father had been superintendent of Indian affairs in that section and in that capacity had acquired their confidence. The Modocs had left their reservation and, as my father had induced them to go back on another occasion, it wa sthought he would have sufficient influence to induce them to return on that occasion. With that end in view President Grant appointed him a peace commissioner to treat with the dissatisfied Modocs, who were then encamped at Lost River. I think the trouble arose in this way: The Modocs had been placed on the Klamath reservation on which the Klamath Indians also resided. The Modocs did not like this, for the reason that the Klamath Indians were their hereditary enemies and they could not dwell together in peace and harmony, and so the Modocs left the reservation. They were in a savage frame of mind and committed many outrages on settlers and miners in that vicinity. "I have often heard my father describe theassassination scene. Those present w%re: Gen. Canby, A. B. Meacham, Dr. Thomas, Tobey Riddle, Mr. Dyer, white men, and Capt. Jack Schouchin, Boston Charley Shacknasty Jim, Hooker Jim, Ellen's Man, Bogue Charley, Tobey and Black Jim. Indians. It must be remembered that the meeting with the Indians was at their request to hold a conference for the purpose of arranging peace, and that the stipulation was that those who attended the conference should do so without arms, and this compact was kept generally by the white men, but not by the Indians. My father thus described the tragedy: 0MI1

The IWnrdor of r»nhvfstl 'The Indians had demanded Hot Creek for a home. It was partially promised them. Then Captain Jack thrust his hand under the left breast of his coat and drew forth a. pistol, Which he pointed at Gen.1 Canby's head and pulled the trigger. The cap exploded but the powder did not ignite. Quickly the bloodthirsty Jack revolved the cylinder and in another instant a bullet passed through the general's head. The wounded man turned and fled. Captain Jack and Ellen's Man pursued him till he fell on the rocks. The monsters stripped him of every article of clothing while he was dying on the rocks. Broncho came up and Ellen's Man snatched a rifle from his hands and with it put.another ball into the general's head. Dyer had fled for his life as soon as the shooting began. He was followed by Hooker Jim, who fired repeated shot at him as he ran. Dyer had a pistol and once in awhile he turned and pointed it at .Hooker Jim, who would drop to avoid the shot. Finally Dyer proved too fleet of foot for the pursuing Indian and got away. Frank Riddle also ran, pursued by Black Jim, who kept firmly at him, but failed to hit him. also escaped. 'At the time that Captain Jack fired, Gen. Canby Boston Charley's first shot struck Dr. Thomas in the left breast, just above he heart. The doctor dropped partly down and with one hand to steady himself he raised the other and begged the assassin to shoot no more, as he had already received a death wound. Bogus Charley joined Boston Charley and the twain taunted the dying man with his religion and said to him: "Why don't you turn the bullets? Your medicine isn't strong." The doctor rose to his feet and they pushed him down and laughed and jeered in his face. Then the red devils pushed him once more to the ground for the last time. Finally Bogus Charley put the muzle of a gun to tie doctor's head and sent a bullet crashing through his brain. Then the body was ruthlessly stripped of clothing, while the dying man was sending up his last prayer to his Creator.' "When the signal for the attack was given Schonchin. sprang to his feet and, drawing a knife and revolver, prepared to attack my father, who was only a few feet away. My father drew a derringer and, putting it squarely against Schonchin's breast, pulled the trigger. The weapon did not go off, because it was only harf-cocked. Schonchin thrust his pistol forward into my father's face. As Schronchin fired my father drew back, and the ball tore through the collar of his coat and vest and burned his whiskers. My father ran, with Schonchin in pursuit, and soon the derringer was ready for use. Schonchin soon emptied one revolver and quickly drew another. My father was afraid to risk his only shot. At this moment Tobey, an Indian woman, came up, and sh3 pleaded with Schonchin to spare my father's life, for the reason that he had always been a good friend of the Indian. The woman was struck on the head by Slolux, and then Shacknasty Jim grabbed a gun from Slolux and pointed it at my father.

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"The latter struck his left breast with his hand, and said: 'Strike me here, you cowardly red devil.' The woman Tobey struck down the gun. Shacknasty Jim raised the gun and fired just as my father took refuge and fell down behind a low ledge of rocks. Then he decided to fire his only shot, and he pushed the pistol over the rock and was trying to get a bead on one of the men who were thirsting for his blood. At this moment Schonchin fired and struck him in the forehead between the eyes. My father then fired at Schonchin, and wounded him. Almost at the same moment a ball passed through my father's right arm, and he dropped the pistol to the ground. Then a ball passed through his right ear, and another struck him on the right side of the head'and glanced off and he fell senseless. Shacknasty Jim was the first to reach my father and began to strip his clothes. While Shacknasty .Tim was engaged in this work, Slolux came along and placed the gun he was carrying to the head of my father and was about to pull the triger, when Shacknasty Jim pushed him away and said in Modoc that he need not shoot, as my father was already dead. __ A 1*hy«iCHl Wr««rk.

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'I am going to have old Mecham's scalp to put in my shot pouch,' said Boston Charley. 'He has no scalp,' broke in Hooker Jim, or I would have had it" Then Boston Charley took out a common pocket knlfe and tried to scalp my father with it. The Indian woman Tobey, who was at that moment wiping blood from what she supposed was my father's dead face, for he had compelled a maa

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named Riddle to make her his wife and she liked him, repu||£jL Charley and knocked him down. He «rose and, putting his foot on my father's neck, cut two long gashes in the top of thet seaSp and was about to .tear it off. Then Tobey.- cesorted *o strategy.She told the bloodthirsty savage that two* soldiers were oomiifggand he abandoned his bloody work. Thgjaet that my father's head was almost bald doubtless saved him from losing his hair. -Although he was so grevously wounded hi #fes not dead. "He was taken to-camp and as soon as the news came to SaJfcra my mother started to the scene of the wltr to take care of him. It was a trying jouriiey for a woman in thos'9 days but she finallK-reached his side and just as soon as he could jje removed with safety, he'was taken, to 'Safem. He was a pitable sight at this tintf.** When he departed on that mission he wbs*a giant in strength and weighed fully 200 pounds. There -Was a marvelous difference in him when he re? turned. His face and head were fearfully mutilated and his nose was turned to one side by one of the^Sullets. He was reduced, too, to a mere skeleton. It is true that he lived for some nine years after that terrible day but he was never the same man ag&ht, as he was a semi-invalid from the effects of the many wound)* that he received. The woman, Tobey, who tried to save him, was always gratefully remembered by him.''

COSTLY WOODS IN NEW YORK.

Small Piles of Lumber Worth 850,000 and u? More.

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There are seveffel hundred 'tftMfeties "of fine woods brought each year into NViwYork, but of these only a few are known to commerce to any extent.' Ma&tJgktry, French buri, rosewood, curly •aSH',-'* A'ttierfcan quartered oak,Tlgured bii*cb, bla&k-wal-' nut, Circassian walnut and stairrwood are the fancy timber' varieties that sell the best, their prices running from 3 to 10 cents a foot a foot for veneers. These figures give no adequate conception of values until they are'examined carefully. But the calculation is a Simple one. A veneer is a thin strip cat from a board by a' Shaving machine, thirty veneers being allowed each boards of an inch thickness, the boards .of thesef: costly woods, running about two feet in width. As a rule these boards are eight to ten feet long, and thus a stogie 'veneer of mahogany, two feet wide and ten in length, is worth by itself from 50 cents to $1. A double row of these veneers piled up five feet high is worth easily |2,000.

In the log mahogany sells here at $1 to $1.50 a foot, board measurement. It comes from Mexico and Cuba and brought to this city in logs, is sold in veneers. These veneel's stacked up in piles in the sheds, are so brittle that the only way of shipping them to the furniture and piano manufacturers is to pack them in cases. A case usually holds 500 sheets, or from $300 to $500 worth and is so heavy that the fst|gngth of. from four to sii mdn, with rotters, is necessary to-^et it upon a truck. A case is known in the, trade as a "flitch."

Even unvarnished and unpolished as these rare woods a,re in the rough the, pat-, terns are easily visible and the designs and veinings are very beautiful. Nearly all these woods are sold in veneers, for two reasons: first, they are too costly to use solidly, and second, all have a tendency to warp. Next in popularity to mahogany comes American figured walnut, from Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and the western part. of Nq^t| Carolina. The finest logs of this timber are to be found on the slopes of the Blue^Ridge and Cumberland mountains. So important is it to get woods of fine patterns that the leading walnut dealers inspect the^iees themselves' before they are cut down.'F^They employ experienced woodsmen ?o Jlkrch

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Lying in some Jf the great lumber ^afds of New York and only showing their value to the experts and the initiated ones are heaps of rare and costly woods, some from the countries of the equator, othera cut from American forests,

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bune. In. one single lumber yard it" is no uncommon thing, to see a stock that is valued at $50,000 or more. In one block near the east river front there is often $l,000,00fr worth piled up in the open air or under the cover of rough sheds.

The veintng and mottling of a log and the veneers that are made from it fix its value. While all these special woods of commerce are costly, prices three or four times the average W'^aid for unusual patterns of rosewood, 'mahogany and black* walnut.

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region where tihertbest walnut lias for! months at a time, SUj/feen, tlie finest trees' having been marked ,the dealers leave the city and travel t^rc^Ti the woods on horseback selectingJh'^most valuable treeB, afterward buying from the farmer or the owner of the l^^

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The First Thing to T^kch Him is to Retri^e. rtfever i&f to8*' familiar witlT&'r He must have a certain respect, not necessarily. fear of you but he must learn to obey, says Harper's Round Table. Any intelligent puppy will learn his name in a few lessens. Once you have given it to him, never change it. Mind you this—when he has once recognized you as being his master, his one idea is to please you and to deserve a pat on the head and a word of praise. Never tussle.y^ith him with a stick and never deceive him under any circumstances* More dogs have been spoiled by their masters not playing fair with- them than one could reckon. Be honest with your dog and he will be honest with you.

If you possess a gun, and your dog is of that kind which has inherited the scent for game, the first thing to teach him is to fetch and carry—that is, to retrieve—and this without chewing or mutilating the object which he brings. A way to break a dog of. this is to take an old glove, put a few tacks with the points extending outward, and fill it full of Cotton. He will find by picking it up gently he can carry it without discomfort, while if he attempts to worry it the consequences are not agreeagle. The lesson is much better for him than any amount of whipping and he will remember it much longer.

If you wish to shoot over your dog, the next thing is to make, him find the bird. To do this the best way is to produce .a live, quail, which can easily be had from any bird fancier put it in ajgmall cage and show it to the pup. .Then conceal the cage in a copse of fern or .grass and bring htai carefully in that dd^f&tion. Never let him nearer than within fiour or five feet of it then sped^k to him jfpqouragingly. Under the influence of your words he will become ail attention and a dog thus properly broken will never "t^ush a covey" unless he runs into them by agpident, or when he is carried away by ex cement, under which circumstances he will.,show contrition.

Somathln'sr to Connidnr.

You are weak, slcjf, out of health. You have tried local doctorg. Did you ever stop to think that it is J^he great specialist In your disease who can. cure you, the physician who treats and cures thousands of cases like yours?. Dr. -Greene, 35 West Fourteenth street, .New Yprk City, is the most successful of all specialists and has the largest practice in the world. You can consult him free. Write to him without delay aid he will explain by lettejrxgour .case fully. This will cost you nothing'and doubtless lead to your cure.

IT IS BLAMING.

A LAT^FAD OF fHE. GOOD WEALTH

AN6 BEAUTY SEEKERS.

If Ton Will Get Enoajrh Glume Into Tour System, Tou Will Id»e to a Ripe Old

Age—Deeiftiiptltai "«f the Treatment—A Professional BeMty*# Confession, r?

Glaming is^lhe lateat 'oQcupatlon of women wHg devote thsmselVes to. the pursuit of health and beauty. Glame ta a raw word which represents the chief object of these disciples of physical culture. Those who asek it are said to be glaniing and are denominated glamera.

Not only are many AWda and matrons of fashionable society occupied In flaming, but at least one professional beauty has resorted to the process to heighten and preserve Jwr charms.

Alexandra llartens, the professional beauty, oonfessed to reporter that she had for some mctaths been laying the principles of glataing on her own person, and obtained the most pleasing results from them. Daily she takes copious drafts of milk fresh from the cow at a temperature of 98

She also reposes in .fresh air

and sunshine at regular intervals. The treatment' she follows is described in detail hereafter.

Mmo Martens has appeared as a noted beauty in all the oapitals of Europe, and received first prize in every contest she entered. The ozar and the Prince of Wales are said to have deolared that she was first among stage beauties.

She is a woman of splendid figure,-but her face is her principal charm. Her skin is smooth and soft and very fine. Her eyes are bright and

dark brown and have much,

expression. She bears a strong resemblance to Mrs. Langtry at her best. For the.preservation of all these charms Mme. Martens declares that glaming is doing much.

What is glaming? According to a high authority the nearest word in .the JEngiish language to represent glame Is vitality. Yet glame is not the same as vitality. Chemicals have vitality, but no glame. The chemist can take the four elemeiits of blood and preserve thein, bnt they are not blood. H6 can collect from other sources all these four elements arid put theni together, but he oannot make tbem live. How is it that tbe exaot parts will not produce their original? They lived. Something called the spark of life imbued the combination with vital force. It was impulse. This impulse was glame. Organlo vitality is originated, directed awl controlled by glame, and when 'this is gono life becomes at once a prey to dissolution.

The food substance which contains glame in the most efficient form is milk, fresh from the cow, at a temperature of 98 degrees. As soon as this falls nearlr all of the glame vanishes. If you should look into dairies in the neighborhood of New York these days, you would catch a glimpse of beautiful glamers busily .engaged in glaming.

Some of the essential rules of glaming may be briefly stated for the benefit of inquirers. They are:

To drink milk fresh from the cow at a temperature of 98 degrees. To inflate the lungs at regular intervals, close the eyes and let the mind dwell on one of the pleasantest proHpeots in life.

To repose at regular periods during the day in air which has recently been in motion and on which tbe sun has shone.

To have the skin kneaded daily with sweet oiL Glaming, it is claimed, retards indefinitely wrinkles, gray hnirand all the other signs of old age, beautifies the.oomplexion, gives the eye wonderful powevs.of fascination, keeps the figure youthful and elastic and'preserves the powers of the mind...

Tbe aim of the glamer's diet is to prevent the ossification produced by the deposit of oakareous or mineral matter iii the heart, brain and arteries. This deposit is the cause of old age. Physiologically one may become old at 80 as well as at 60.

The skin hardens, wrinkles and gets old, the hair is killed and the blood does not circulate freely. The brain turns to bony substance in intricate parts and thinking becomes diffioult.

To guard againsb this ossification it is necessary to preyeat or dissolve the osseous deposits. One or two pints of distilled water daily are of great benefit. The diet should include apples, pears, grapes, orange juice, cherries, plums, peaohes and berries.

As animal food fish, poultry and young mutton 'are recommended, because they contain less earthy salts than other meats. Phosphorus is necessary for the nourishment of the brain, and this is to be found in lean moats, fish, cheese, whole wheat, oatmeal, almond nuts, white cornmeal, beans, peas, figs and prunes.

The*glanlor seeks by diet to increase Arid strengthen the glame that is in her or him, and by exercise to draw in the precious fluid from natural sources, tbe chief which is the sun.

-iGlanio is the most mysterious of all principles and appears in many forms of lifo. The sgil creates it, and man creates it by tho functions of life. The value of glame may be realized when it is understood that it imparts a buoyant feeling, identical with tbe vigor of youth, into the nature of even an old person.

Somo physicians say that if a person is standing in a slaughter house near cattle at the time when life is passing from the animals some portion of the vital principle of life enters the person. This is glame.

As glame in tbe system becomes mord abundant the pulse will beoome firmer, the skin take on a healthier hue, the eye grow brighter, the step more elastic, and day by day life will be better worth living.

Glame enters the body with the o£ygen we breathe and passes out with every exhalation. The following rule of glaming is intended for tho benefit of the lungs:

Sit or stand perfeotly still in some place where the air is In motion or has been recently and upon which the sun has shone. It is not necessary to sit in the sun. Fill the lungs to their utmost capacity and hold the breath long enough to count three or more. The time should be about three seconds. Let the breath escape very slowly. Repeat by drawing in the breath very gradually and hold for five seoonds. Always inhale through she hose if possible. —New York Journal.

WHIST.

b«aie%g Play. !*4

Cor-

The Proper Method of O reot Style of Flay, The way*to get a whist education is-not in studying the "books" nor in memorizing leads that have been figured out And recorded by the schools, but in examining and replaying hands that have occurred in actual play. If a man had memorized every rule and every lead in every book, he could never play whist' unless be had that card sense necessary to comprehend and appreciate the development of a hand In aotual play. He may be able to lead with the most unerring precision, but unless the three cards which follow his on the table teach hiitrsomething which he can remember to the olose of the deal his knowledge of rules is in vain. He must learn by experiened ttiii^'he oannot always lead the long suit, nor the short rait, nor the fourth best, nor must he always play "second hand lew," OK "third hand high."

Tho accepted or "book" whist leads are not born bo much of the experience of good whist playara as of the calculations of mathematicians, ^ny Atkinson, if he never played oaeds, could calculate the correct lead frem any whist band. The "book" leads are necessarily correct, but they do not and oannot insure every trick possible to the hand. The number of tricks secured depends entirely on the judgment of the player, baaed upon the development of the

Band And ^^^^"^h^n^t^o

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How Rogues Are Caught.

Professional criminals are usually persons of a oertain shrewdness, but it is noticeable also that many of them are under a kind of oompulsion to betray The very dread of detection makes it haru for them to held tbeir tongues. The New York Tribune lately printed an account of some of the ways in which such men get themselves into custody.

One man oonld not resist the temptation to "crow over" the polke, anabegan sending them impudent letters, boasting of his exploits and of his easy escape from their clutches. These letters be sent to distant points to be mailed—some of them abroad but the detectives traced them all back to Brooklyn, and by and by arrested the sender.

A house was robbed in a New York town, and the burglar, being chased by two policemen, dropped the satchel In whioh he carried his kit. Along with the tools there were several newspapers. On looking these over, the polloe found that they had one thing in common. Each of them contained an acfaount of some thieving exploit by J5dward JBannon, a convict who bad been released from Charlestown prison some time before.

The detectives ooncluded that the man was proud of his nefarious calling and had kept these accounts of his work. So sure were they of this that they arrested him, and by means of other evidence afterward obtained secured a conviction.

After a safe robbery in New York some years ago the detectives noticed the print of a bare foot in the dust on the top of the safe. Evidently the thief had climbed upon the safe to examine some boxes on a shelf overhead. The footprint showed a deformed toe, and when one of tho detectives saw it he said:

Well, Fish Daly was one of the gang, anyhow." Fish Daly was looked up and accused of tho robbery. "You oughtn't to work at a job like that with your shoes off," the detective said, and Daly, finding himself in the toils, owniad up and told who his "pals" were.

The Diggers' Idea of Their Origin. It is difficult to obtain information on what they believe to have been their origin. It is the one thing which they seem to hold sacred and do not care to talk about. One Indian smiled as he said, "Ob, all same as white man Indians think lots of things 'bout that." However, the following traditions were told to me by one old Indian, and I afterward learned from a civilized Indian woman that they were what the majority of these Indians believe:

The first was that two big mountains, probably Mounts Shasta and Lassen, got mad one day along time ago and threw up lots of dirt, all kinds of wild animals, one big chief and two mahalas.

The second is best told in the Indian's own language: "Long time ago no Indians, no white man, no nothing all water—one big lake. Sometimes little mountains, little trees, little grass, but no Indians. LotB of deer, lion, bear, wildcat, everything liko that. Great Spirit oome in big canoe, take good deer, good lion, good wildcat, good bear, make Indians then tell these Indians kill all bad deer, bad lion, bad bear, bad wildcat—they all bad." There is a shadowy relation here to the oriental idea of the transmigration of the soul whioh the student of comparative religions may take for what it is worth.—Mabel L. Miller in Popular Science Monthly.

The Black Tracker.

The "black tracker" is one of the most useful members of the Australian polioe force. He is to be found in uniform at all the head stations throughout the colonies, and his services are in constant demand.

He is recruited from tiie aboriginal tribes, who, as a rule, are spoken of by a scientist as being perhaps tbe lowest race of mankind yet discovered, but certain it is that the Australian^aborigines' senses of seeing, hearing and smelling excel tboeo of every savage tribe, not excepting the North American Indians.

And these traits make him a substitute for the bloodhounds used in America and other countries.—Pearson's Weekly.

An Arithmetical Problem.

••The man with the arithmetical puzzle got in our department* a fow jnornings ago," remarked a goVerritnefift clWk whose ideas run toward probife^fand i!nles| than two days there were a ntimber engaged iti trying to unravol it. Though it iiin'v hot be a new one, it was new to rilari'y "6f us and a rather difficult one. The proposition is to place the figures 1, 2, 8, '4, 5, G, 7, *8 and 9 by addition in such a way as to make them iiddnp 100. The figures can be taken in anyway, though each can be used but once. For example, the 3 and 4 can be joined, starting with 34. The puzzle is to mako combinations with the other figures so that the sum total will be an even 100. 1 have tried it hundreds of ways, but so far I have not succeeded in having them add up to but 90. By using the 1 and 8 as a fraction and the 4 and 6 as another fraction, the 4-6 being afterward reduced to 3-3, I got the 100. This uses each figure but once. But as I underst-uod tbe puzzlo, fractions are not allowed. Simple as the puzzle may seem, it is not simple, as hundreds have proved to their own satisfaction unil are still proving it."—-Wash-ington Star. .s

Ca*itna Whisky,

The Apaches of southern Arizona make whisky from the sap of a small species of cactus. 1 hoy cut out the hearts of the plants, resembling little cabbages, and in tho cup shaped receptacles left behind the sap accumulates. From this sap they distill the famous mescal, whioh drives those who drink itto sheer madness.

Accommodating.

Tenant—If you don't have that roof patched, we will be drowned out. Landlord I'll send you down half a dozen life preservers. Anything else?—Detroit Free Press.'

Nearly all plants keep tbeir seed vessels closed until tbe seeds are nearly or quite ripe, in order that the germs of the future plants may come to perfection before being scattered. ,.

BW knows that fish bite better }«t before a shower than at any ether time

DOCTOR

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yet understand why the "nd.^®8" piquet or whist do not take J* jaok, when the ace and queen are has poor-card sense, and his is not an aggerated case.—New York Mail and press.

Hundreds of Others on the Bapid Road to Recovery.

Unbounded Gratitude From All—A Medical Triumph.

The End of Ail Manner of Medical Monopo* ., lies in Sight.

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Terre Haute had expected much from Dr. Ballentine's mission her people knew of the wonderful results of his labors la Philadelphia, Buffalo, Cleveland, Chicago and Indianapolis, but they could not half understand Che great and immediate benefits were to come from his visit to this city.

For one week now the Great Homeopath's force of Free Physicians have been visiting the sick. Night and day they have gone about into every part of the city and among all conditions of people. Their care, treatment and advice have been called for. by those suffering from every form of disease, from mothers with babies lying at the point of death, from men and women who had been told that their days on earth were numbered. Huhdreds of homes have been visited, hundreds of lives have been saved and put on the road to speedy recovery, thousands of relations and friends express unbounded gratitude to Dr. Ballentine for the relief and the happiness he has brought to them. Words of praise for the Great Homeopath are heard wherever men and women meet.

During the past week 482 patients who have been viisted and prescribed for by Dr. Ballentine's Free Physicians have been discharged as cured, and hundreds of others (have shown such improvement that a speedy cure is assured. In but few cases attended has there not been great benefit derived from the use of the remedis.

Besides those who have been visited at their homes, scores and hundreds have called upon Dr. Ballentine and his staff at Bis offiees and received examinations, advice and treatment.

Dr. Ballentine's purpose is to continue his mission in Terre Haute until he demonstrates to all the people the marvelous value of the True Homeopathic Remedies prepared by his own hand3, until he has taught the people how, by means of these remedies, to cure themselves. a

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