Bloomington Courier, Volume 16, Number 5, Bloomington, Monroe County, 16 November 1889 — Page 3

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A Record of Kemaxsuable Adventure a and Disco varies BY H. RIDER HAGGARD,

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SYNOPSIS. , Allan Quatormain, hunter, chafing under the restraints of civilization, and in the death of his son Harry being lonely and disconsolate, without kith or kin, concludes to make .'another trip into Africa. He had heard indistinctly of a distant part of (Africa being: peopled with a strange white race, and he proposed to go to Mt. Kenia, thence to Mt. Lekakisera, thence into the unknown beyond, and ... if possible, discover the the truth or falsity of the. report. He broached " the subject to his old friends and as-, sociate adventurers in Kukuanaland Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good who themselves weary of their situation, eagerly join in the proposed expedition. .Thereupon the party embark for their new field of adventure. In due season they reached Lamu and with the , aid of the consul soon complete arrangements with a party of Wakafi Askai to transport their goods. This party were loth to make the trip, but were induced to do so by the demands and threats of Umslopogaas, a deposed Zulu chief whom , Quatermain had known in other adventures. 1

The reader will be enabled by this synopsis to peruse the thread of the

,A,story in. toe following chapters:

CHAPTER H. THE BLACK HAND. In due course we left Lamu, and ten days afterward we found ourselves at a spot called Charra, on the Tana River, haying gone through many adventures which need not be recorded here. Among other .things we visited a ruined city, of which there are many on this coast, and which must once, to judge from their extent and the numerous remains of mosques and stone houses, have been very populous places. These ruined cities are immeasureably ancient, having, I believe, been places of wealth and importance as far back as the Old Testament times, when they were centers of trade with India and elsewhere. But their glory has departed now the slave trade has finished them and . where once wealthy merchants from all parts of the then civilized world stood and bargained in the crowded marketplaces, the lion holds his court at night, and instead of the chattering of slaves and the eager voices of the bidders, his awful note goes echoing down the ruined corridors. At this particlar place we discovered, a mound, covered up with rank growth and rubbish, two of the most beautiful stone door-ways that it is possible to conceive. The carving on them was simply exquisite, and I regret that we had no means of getting them away. No doubt they had once been the entrances to a palace, of which, however, no traces were now to be seen, though probably its ruins lay under- the rising' mound. . Gone! quite gone! the . way that everything must go. Like the nobles and the ladies who lived within their gates, these crtios havejtad their day, and now they are as Babylon and Nineveh, and as London and Paris will one day be. Nothing may endure. That is the inexorable law. Men and women, empires and cities, thrones, principalities and powers, mountains, rivers, and unf athomed seas, worlds, spaces and universes, all have their day, and all must go. In this ruined and forgotten place the moralist may behold a symbol of the universal destiny. ' For this system of ours allows -no room- for standing still nothing can loiter on the road and check the progress of things upward toward Life, or the rush of things downward toward Death; The stern policeman Fate moves us and them on, on, uphill and downhill and across the level; there is no resting-place for the weary feet, till at last the abyss swallows us, and from the shores of the Transitory we are hurled into the sea of the Eternal! . ' I':-... . At Charra we had a violent quarrel with the headsman of the bearers we Had hired to go as far as this, and who now wished to extort large extra payment from us. In the result he threatened to set the Massai about , whom more anon on to us. That night he with all our hired bearers, bolted, stealing most of the goods which had been intrusted to them to carry. Luckily, however; they had not, happened to steal our rifles, ammunition and personal effects; not be-eause-of any delicacy of feeling on their part, hut owing to the fact that they chanced to be; in the charge of live Wakwafis. After that, it was clear to us that we had enough of caravans and of bearers.. Indeed we had not much left for a caravan to carry. And yet, how were we to get on? . It was Good who solved the question. Here is water," he said, pointing to the Tana River; "and yesterday I saw a party of natives hunting hippopota-" mi in canoes. ... I understand that Mr. Mackenzie's mission station is on the Tana River. Why not get into canoes and paddle into it?" ' ; . This brilliant suggestion was, needless to sayreceived with acclamation; and I instantly set to work to buy suitable . canoes for surrounding . the natives; I succeeded after a delay of th ee days in obtaining two large ones, each hollowed out of a single log of some lignt wood, ; and capable of holding six people and baggage. For these two canoes we had to pay nearly allour remaining cloth, and also many other articles. On the day following our purchase of the two canoes we effected a start. In) the - first canoe were Good, Sir Henry and three of our Wakwafii followers; in the second myself, Umslopogaas, and the other' two Wakwafis. As our course lay up stream, we had to keep four paddles at work in each canoe, which meant that the whole lot of ns; except Good, had to row like galley-slaves; and very exhausting work it was. I say, except Good, for, of course, the moment that Good got into a boat, ; his foot was on his native heath, and he took command of the party; And ,i oh -, my word, didn't he work us! On shore Good is a gentle, mild-mannered man, and giyen to jocosity; but, as we found to our cost. Good in a boat was a perfect demon. To begin .. with, he knew all about it, and we didn't. On all nautical suhjects, from the torpedo fittings of a man-of-war down to the best way of handling the paddle of an, African canoe, he was a perfect mine of information, which, to say the least of it, we were not. Also his ideas of discipline were of the sternest, and, in short, he came the royal naval officer over us pretty considerably, and paid us out amply for all the chaff we were wont to treat him to on land; but, on the other hand, I am bound to say that he managed the boats admirably. After the first day Good succeeded,

with the help of some cloth and a

couple of poles, in rlgging.up a sail in

each canoe, which lightened our labors

not a little. But the current ran very

strong against us, and at the best we

were notable to make more than twenty

miles a day. Our plan was to start at

dawn, and paddle along till about half

past ten, by which time the sun got

too hot to allow of further exertion.

Then wo moored our canoes to the

bank, and eat our frugal meal; . after which we slept or . otherwise amused

ourselves till about three o'clock, when we again started, and rowed till within

an hour of sundown, when we called

a halt for the night. On landing in the

evening, Good would at once set to

work, with the help of the Askari, to build a little scherm,' or small inclosure, fenced with thorn bushes, and

to light a fire. I, with Sir Henry and

Umslopogaas, would go out to shoot

something for the pot. Generally this was an easy task, for all sorts of game

abounded on the banks of the Tana.

One night Sir Henry shot a young

cow-giraffe, . of which the. marrow

bones were excellent; on another I got

a couple of waterbuck right and left;

and once, to his own intense satisfac

tion, Umslopogaas (who, like most

Zulus, was a vile shot with a rifle)

managed to kill a fine fat eland with a

Martini I had lent him. Sometimes we varied our food by shooting some jguinea-fowi; or bush-bustard (paau) both of which were numerous with a shot gun, or by catching a supply of beautiful yellow fis, with which the waters of the Tana swarmed, and which form, I believe, one of the chief food supplies of the crocodiles. Three days after our start an ominous incident occurred. We were just drawing in to the bank to make our camp as usual for the night, when we caught sight of a figure standing on a little knoll not forty yards away, and intently watching our approach. One glance was sufficient, although I was personally unacquainted with the tribe to tell me that he was a . Masai lmoran, or young warrior. Indeed, had I any doubts, they would have quickly been dispelled by the terrified ejaculation of "Masai!" that burst simultaneously from the lips of our Wakwafi followers, who are, as I think I have said, themselves bastard Masai. And what a figure he. presented as he stood there in his savage war gear! Accustomed as I have been to savages all my life, I do not think that I have ever before seen anything quite so ferocious or awe-inspiring. To begin with, the man was enormously tall, quite as tall as Umslopogaas, I should say, and beautifully, though somewhat slightly, shaped; but with the face of a devil. In his right hand he held a spear about, five and a half feet long, the blade being two and a half feet in length, by nearly three inches in width, and having an iron spike at the end of the handle that measured more than a foot. s On his left arm was a large and well-made elliptical shield of buffalo hide, , on which were painted strange., heraldic? looking devices. On his shoulders was a huge cape of hawk's feathers, and round his neck was a naibere,' or strip of cotton, about seventeen feet long, by one and a half broad, with a stripe of color running down the middle of it. The tanned goat-skin robe, which formed his ordinary attire in times of peace, was tied lightly round his waist, so as to serve the purposes of a belt, and through it were Btuck,on the right and left sides respectively, his short, pear-shaped sime, or sword, which is made of a single piece of steel, and carried in a wooden sheath, and an enormous .knobkerrie. But perhaps the most remarkable feature of his attire consisted of a head-dress of ostrich feathers, which was fixed on the chin, and passed in front of the ears to the forehead, and being framed like an ellipse, completely framed' the face, so that the diabolical countenance appeared to project from a sort of feather fire screen. Bound the ankles he wore black fringes of hair, and, projecting from the upper portion of the calves to which they were attached, were long spurs like spikes, from which flowed down tufts of the beautiful black and waving hair of the Colobus monkey. Such was the elaborate array of the

Masai Elmo ran who stood1 watching the approach of our two canoes, but it is one that, to be appreciated, must be seen; only those who see it do not often live to describe it. Of course I could not make out all these details of his full dress on the occasion of this my first introduction, being, indeed, amply taken up with the consideration of the general effect, but I had plenty of subsequent opportunities of becoming acquainted with the items that went to make it up. Whilst we were hesitating what to do, the Masai warrior drew himself up in a dignified fashion, shook his huge spear at us, and; turning, vanished on the further side of the slope. 4 'Halloo!" hallooed Sir Henry from the other boat; our friend the caravan leader has been as good as his word, and set the Masai after us. Do you think it will be safe to go ashore?" I v did not think it would be at all safe; but, on the other hand, we had no means of cooking in the canoes, and nothing that we could eat -raw, so it was difficult to know what to do. At last Umslopogaas simplified matters by volunteering to go and reconnoiter, which he did, creeping off into the bush like a snake, whilst we hung off in the stream waiting for him. In half an hour he returned, and told us that there was not aMassai to be seen anywhere about, but that he had discovered a spot where they had recently been encamped, and that from various indications he. judged thas they must have moved on an hour or so before; the man we saw having no doubt been left to report upon our movements. Thereupon we landed; an d, having posted a sentry, proceeded to cook and eat our evening meal. ... This done, we took the situation into our serious con-, sideration. Of course, it was possible that the apparition of the Massai warrior had nothing to do with us, that.he was merely one of a band bent upon some marauding and murderous expedition against another tribe. Our friend the consul had told us that such expeditions were about. But when we recalled the .threat of tho caravan leader and reflected on the ominous way in which the warrior had shaken his spear at us, , this did not appear very probable. On the contrary, what did seem probable was that the , party was after us and awaiting a favorable opportunity to attack us. This being so, there were, two things that we could do one of which was to go on, and the other to go back. The latter idea was, however, rejected at once, it being .obvious that we should encoun

ter as many dangers in retreat as in advance; and, besides, we had made

.up our minds to journey onward at any

price. Under these circumstances

however, we did not consider it safe

to sleep ashore, so we got into our ca

noes, and, paddling: out into the mid

die of the stream, which was not very wide here, managed to anchor them by means of big stones fastened to

ropes made of cocoanut-fibor, of which

there wero several fathoms in each

canoe.

Here tho mosquitoes nearly eat us

up alive, and this, combined with anx

iety as to our position, effectually pre

vented me from sleeping as the others

were doing, . notwithstanding tho at

tacks of tho aforesaid Tana mosqui

toes. And so I lay awake, smoking

and. reflecting on many things, but, being of a practical turn of mind,

chiefly on how we wero to give those

Massai villains the siin. It was a

beautiful moonlight night, and, not

withstanding the mosquitoes, and the

great risk we were running from fever from sleeping in such a spot, and for

getting that I had the cramp very

badly in my right leg from squatting

in a constrained position m the canoe,

and that the Wawakfii who wore sleep

ing by me smellod horribly, I roallv besran . to.eniov mvself. The moon-

beams played upon the surface of the running water that speeded unceasing

ly past us toward tho sea, like men's lives toward the grave, till it glittered like a wide sheet of silver, that is . in

the open where the trees threw no shadows. Near the banks, however,

it was very dark, and ,he night wind sighed sadly in the reeds, To our left, on the further side of the river, was a little sandy bay which was clear

of trees, and here I could make out the forms of numerous antelopes advancing to the water, till suddenly

there came an ominous roar, where

upon they all made off hurriedly. Then after a pause I caught sight of

the massive form of his majesty the

lion, coming down to drink his fill after meat. Presently he moved on,

then came a crashing of the reeds

about fifty yards above.us, and a few

minutes later a huge black mass rose

out of the water, about twenty yards

from me, and snorted. It was the

head of a hippopotamus. Down it

went without, a sound, only to rise within five yards of where I sat. This was decidedly too near to be comfort

able, more especially as the hippopo

tamus was evidently animated by intense curiosity to know what on earth

our canoes were. He opened his great

mouth, to yawn I suppose, and gave mo an excellent view of his ivories; and I could not help reflecting how easilyv he could crunch up our frail canoe with a single bite. Indeed, I

had half a mind to give him a ball

rom my eight bore, but on reflection

determined to let him alone unless he actually made for the boat. Presently he sunk again as noiselessly as before, and I saw no more of him. Just then, on looking , toward the bank on our right, I fancied that I caught sight of

a dark figure flitting between tho tree

trunks. I had very keen sight, and I

was almost sure that I saw something,

but whether it was bird, beast, or

man I could not say. At the moment, however, a dark cloud passed over the

moon, and I saw no more of it. Just

then, too, although all the other sounds

of the forest, had ceased, a. species of

horned owl with which I was well acquainted began to hoot with great persistency. After that, save for the rustling of tree3 and reeds when the

wind caught them, there, was complete

silence.

But somehow, in the. most unac

countable way, I had suddenly become

nervouB. mere was no particular

reason why I should be, beyond tho ordinary reasons which surround the

Central African traveler, and yet I un

doubtedly was. If there is one thing

more than another of which I have the most complete and entire scorn and

disbelief, it is of presentiments, and yet here. I was all of a sudden filled with and possessed by a most undoubted presentiment of approaching evil. I would not give way- to it. however,

although I felt the cold perspiration stand out upon my forehead. I would

not arouse the others.. Worse and worse I grew, my pulse fluttered like a dying. man's, my nerves thrilled with

the horrible sense of impotent terror which anybody who is subject to night

mare will be familiar with, but still my will triumphed over my fears, and

lay quiet (for I was half-sitting,

half-lying in the bow of the canoe), only turning my face so as to com

mand a view of Umslopogaas and the

two Wakwafii who were sleeping along

side of and beyond me. In the distance I heard a hippopotamus splash faintly, then the owl hooted again in a kind of unnatural screaming note, and the wind began to moan plaintively through the trees, making a heart-chilling music. Above was the black bisom of the cloud, and beneath me swept the black flood of the water, and I felt as though I and death were utterly alone between them. I was very desolate. .. Suddenly my blood seemed to freeze in my veins, and my heart to stand still. , Was it fancy, or were we movingP I turned my eyes to look for the other canoe which should be alongside of us. I 60uld not see it, but instead I saw a lean and clutching black hand lifting itself above the gunwhale of the little, boat. Surely it was a nightmare1. At the same instant a dim but devilish-looking face appeared to rise out of the water, and then came a lurch of the canoe, the quick flash of a knife, and an awful yell from the Wakwafii who was sleeping by my side (the same poor fellow whose odor had been annoying me), and something warm spurted into my face. In an instant the spell was broken ; I knew that it was no nightmare, but that wo were attacked by swimming Masai. Snatching at the first weapon that came to hand, which happened to b3 Umslopogaas battle-ax, I struck with all my force in the direction in which I had seen the flash of the knife. The blow feel upon a man's arm, and, catching it against the thick wooden gunwhale of the canoe, completely severed it from the body above the wrist. As for its owner, he uttered no sound or cry. Like a ghost he came, and like a ghost he went, leaving behind him a bloody band still gripping a great knife, or rather a short sword, that was buried in tho heart of our poor servant. Instantly there arose a hubbub and confusion, and I fancied, rightly or wrongly,, that I made out several dark heads gliding away toward the righthand bank, whither we were rapidly drifting, for the rope by which we were moored had been severed with a knife. As soon as I had realized this fact I also realized that the scheme had been to cut tho boat loose, so that it should. drift on to he right bank (as it would have done with tho natural swing of the current), whore no doubt a party, of Masai wore Waiting to dig their shovel-headed spears into us. No dctubt this owl was a wingless Mrd. I afterward learned that tho hooting of an owl Is afayorite signal among tfce Masai tribes.

1 Seiz ing one paddle myself 1 tolS TJnr'

S'opogaas to. take another (for the remaining Askari was too frightened and bewildered to be of any use), and together wo rowod vigorously out toward the middle of tho stream; and not an instant too soon, for in another minute we should have been aground, j and then there would have been an end of us. . . I As soon as wo were well out wo set to work to paddle the canoo up stream j again to where the other was moored;

and very hard and dangerous work it was in tho dark, with nothing but the notes of , Good's stentorian shouts, which ho kept firing off at intervals like a fog-horn to guide us. But at last we fetched up, and were thankful to find that they had not been molested at all. No doubt tho owner of tho same hand that had severed our rope should have severed theirs also, but was led away from his purpose by an irresistible inclination to murder when ho got the chance, which, while it cost us a man and him his hand, undoubtedly saved all tho rest of us from massacre. Had it not been for that ghastly apparition over the side of the boat an apparition that I shall never forget till my dying hour the canoo would undoubtedly have drifted ashore before I realized what had happened, and this history would never have been written by me. TO BE CONTINUED.

, A Curious Map.

Wi-Hor In Washington Capital.

I saw a map in the library of the

War Department which 1 have often

wished to see again. It was Mr. Cam-

erons idea of what the map of the United States ought to look like after

the suppression of the rebellion. In it the names of the revolted States were obliterated. None of the Southern State lines wore retained. Even

the border State lines were rectified.

Delaware was absorbed by Pennsylvania and Marland. Maryland also

took in the eastern shore of Virginia;

Virginia was divided and the ancient

name disappeared; natural lines were adopted to form new . States, and Lou

isiana west of the Mississippi was

thrown with Texas to make four new

States, but none to come into the Union

until 1880. Florida was obliterated,

States taking the place of Mississippi,

Georgia and Alabama crettin"' a coasts

line at her expense. I hope this map has not beon destroyed. It would be of great interest to the future histor

ian, as showing what a politician would

have dono with the United States if ho had had the power. From all that

I observed in those early days of the

war I am convinced that the revolu

tion did not go deep enough for Simon

Cameron, and that it went deeper than was anticipated at its beginning by

Mr. Lincoln.

Josh Billings' Philosophy.

New York Weekly.

Thare iz nothing we are more apt to

parade before others than our kares

and sorro ws, and thaie iz nothing the

world kares so little about.

If you hav enny doubt about the

vast amount ov virtue that the last

geuerashun po3sest, go and studdy the

epitafls in the grave-yards.

Take affability, good sense, honesty

and good breeding, mix them together,

and shake them well, and you hav the ingredients for a gent eman.

The good things a man duz are hard

to remember, the easy things are dredful easy.

The world seems to bo governed bi

example; thare iz hardly enny one so low down the skale but what he haz

hiz imitators .

Truth kan stand alone, but a lie haz

to lean on sumthing, generally another

lie.

Thare iz nothing that grows so fast,

and reaches maturity so quick, and beoitfs to dekav so soon, az a mushroom.

It would be well for 6um pholks to

think ov this.

He who seeks fame will hav a hard

road to travel, and poor fare when he

gits thare. ..... ,

Flattery iz like kounterfit munny; if

it iz well executed it passes, people giv

and receive it, in small amounts, bi common konsent.

SPARKS OF HUMOR.

The tailor frequently has pressing

business on hand.

There is one good thing about a pig.

He noses business.

History of a strike in the coal re

gions: Mine, miner, minus.

Texas Siftings; A colicky baby at ght is athletic. It can raise the

house.

Man will give ten words to the ex

pression of his joy, and fifty to lament

his sorrows.

The Western railroads have now

made, a sweeping reduction in the

rates for broom corn. It is estimated that some women carry forty or fifty miles of hair about their heads. Forty or fifty miles without a switch is a good long distance for an air line.

OVER THEIR GRAVES.

Over their graves rang once the bugle's call, The scarchiog shrapnel.and the crashing balV, The shriek, the shock of battle, aud the neigh Of horse; tho cries of anguish and dismay; And the loud cannon's thunders that appall. Now through the years the brown pine-needle fall, The vines rur riot by the old stone wall, By hedge, by meadow streamlet, far away, Over their graves Wo love our dead where'er so held in thrall Than they no Greek more bravely died, nor Gaul A love that's deathless! but they look to-day With no reproaches on us when we 6ay, "Come! let us clasp your hands," we're brothers all," .... Ovct their graves! Henry Jerome Stockard in The Century.

Little Helps. Good Housekeeping. .. Plants will not thrive in a draft. Sponge a shiny coat with ammonia and water. Soak machine oil stains in cold water before washing. Butter is tainted by any strong smelling odor. Therefore it should he keptjy itself. Have colfeo pulvorized; A third less will be required, and tho quality much improved. There is no economy in cheap soap. Get the best, when half tho quantity will be needed.

THE MODEL HOUSEWIFE.

She doeth her hnsband'swill alway, She weeps when he's sad, smiles when hes ga. Cooks as his "mot her used to cook," Copios recipes from her book, . presses the children to suit his taslc. And never le-s anytblog go to wasto. Sews on his button, and darns bis socks. Never speaks of her nervous shocks, Sings to him, read? to him latest news, But never gossips or glvc3 her viewB. Where is this model you wonder where! The eonoia borausn the ?pty air

ELECTION? NOTESi

All the State officers recently elected in Iowa aro Republican, except the Governor. New York's Democratic majority may reach 20,000 to 25,000. The Democrats gain ten members of the Legislature. It is reported that some Kepublican members of the Iowa Legislature will join with the Democrats in the adoption of high license. Lampson, Kep. candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, is elected by 27J. Tho Republicans thereby elect tho entire State ticket except Governor. Gov. Cumpbell, of Ohio, in a speech at Richmond, Ind Friday, where ho was awaiting tho connection of trains, facetiously said he would accept the Democratic nomination for President in An interview with Gov. Foraker is printed, in which he lays tho the whole blamo for his defeat on the liquor interests. He will not say a word against Ro publican politicians who fought him. He thinks tho third term matter didn't hurt him. Ho will retire from politics. Gen. Kuapp of the New York Hiopulican state committee announced Friday morning that "tho mo3t astounding frsiuds upon the franchise had been discovered in Troy and other places" on the part of tho Democratic party in the recent election. Ho would not state what ho expected to do about it or whether the results in tho election would be effected by the disclosures. Campbell's majority, unofficial, is 11,454. AIL tho other State officers ol acted are Republican. Tho Legislature is Democratic, and a hustle is already begun for the Seuatorship. The candidates so far known are John H. Thomas, tho millionaire manufacturer of Springfield , Calvin S. Brico, John R. McLean, L. T. Neal, George L. Converse, and others. Thomas, it is believed, has the inside track. Ex-President Cleveland was interviewed Thursday night on the election returns. ltIt is evident," said Mr. Cleveland, "that the leavon of tariff reform has at last leavened the whole lump. Tho West, which has suffered the most from the unjust burden of tariff taxation, has awakened. The State platforms of both Iowa and Ohio were abreast of the rft. Louis platform on the subject yf tariff reform. The people have considered and passed judgment. It was for the people to decide. They are now deciding. It is enough to say that I am satisfied at the indications and results of Tuesday's elections. The verdict in Virginia indicates that the South is still faithful to the Democracy of Jefferson and Jackson."

THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS.

The most important group of events inthe history of the Catholic Church in America began at Baltimore Sunday morn ing. It was the commencement of a triple celebration the one hundredth anniversary of the appointment of the first Amercau Catholic Bishop, the inauguration of tho first Congress of Catholic Layme held in the United States and the dedication of the new National University for Catholics. Ten thousand strangers were in Baltimore to witness the spectaclesfour times as many people, not counting local Catholics, as could possibly be accommodated in the Cathedral,, whore the initial scenes were to be witnessed. Kxcept for the inevitable inconveniences due to overcrowding, everything moved like clock work. The hall in which the priests assembled was elaborately decorated. Above tho doors were the papal colors, yellow and white, and above these, stretching upward to the eaves, were great streamers of red, white and blue. When all was ready 600 clergy, walking two and two, emerged, clad in white surplice and black cassocks and berrettas The celebration was conducted on this extensive scale, and was an important event in Catholic historv. ; Tho Catholic Congress at Baltimore, Tuesday, adopted a lengthy platform in which Sunday observance and temperance was insisted upon, a higher education demanded, and closer relations with non-Catholics recommended. The paragraph on secret societies given more freedom to Qatholics than has heretofore been enjoyed. If rightly interpreted it takes the inhibition off all societies save the Masons. Nihilism, i Socialism, and Communism are condemned. Labor societies are encouraged and recommended. Another forward step is "in favor of Catholics taking greater part than .they have hitherto taken in general philanthropic and reformatory movements. The obligation to help the needy and instruct the ignorant, is not limited to the needy and ignorant of our communion, but we are concerned, both as Catholics and as Americaus,in the reformation of all the criminals and the support of all the . poor in the country." A Pleasing Sense Of health and strength renewed and of ease and comfort follows the use ot Syrup of Figs, as it acts In harmony with nature to effectually cleanse the system when costive or bilious. For sale in 50o and $X bottles by all leading druirgiits.

Dr. Talmage very fitly characterizes the late Congressman Cox as "a typical American.1' He believed Ms own country to be the best in vhe world, that Is to say, and omitted no opportunity to declare its greatness, and to picture its possibilities of future growth in power, influence and ezceU lence. His political philosophy was at once both logical and cheerful. He looked on the bright side, which is always the best side; and his countrymen will long remember his fine service as a consistent and practical patriot. The Hnodiomesttiidyln Town Remarked to a friend the other day that She knew Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs was a superior remedy, as it stopped her cough instantly when other cough remedies had no effect whatever. So to prove this and convince you of its merit, any druggist will give you a Sample Bottle Free. Large sizet 50c and $1.

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