The Syracuse Register, Volume 7, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 September 1896 — Page 3

HE ART ofthe WORLD. by h- rider Haggard. A Hinn Ktsry, Takes Ftmb • Barorrlpt •*> t*«lM t>y aa <Hd Sexless ladUa to Sb ; Friend sadOrarade,«a FjojslKhau Xaaed Joan. «*?. . Copyrtgbtod. IBW by n Rider Ba«*Nl CH A ITER xxtv -Coarnrcsn “Lords of the council, listen to a tale, the strangest that you have heard, and i Judge between me and Tikal, my hus- . Land. and Mayo, tny rival, and her friends. Mattai. my father, WM kn>’» n to you all, seeing that at the time of | his death, and. indeed, since Tikal was appointed <*a,*'i he stood next to him ■ jin place and power among the People | of the Heart, holding the offices in the brotherhood whfah now are tilled bv Dimas, and among them that of keept*' of the sanctuary. 4 “*et, lords, Mattai. mv father, was no true man Alasl that 1 should have to say it. wring that it was more for my,m’-c tisa*. he .sinned than for his ' own, Cui U® h;V< Ime and,desired tny welfare above every thing on earth It yeas this '.eve of his that ruined him, > Bkk.n-’ fofae his g «!. to ins oaths an 1 to hr* ■■‘■••.rf: v. Thus, in thbeginning; he km .< Ahnt- sr. ••• I was a child I hud set my heart on.the Lord I Tikal. yvhp was affianced” to the Lady j Marts, and also that I was ambitions, aaj desired to be great. “ Therefore it was that he deceived Tikal. pretending that it hud been rev, d to 1 :I* av< . ‘ :at t 1... Mn* A ati i her father v ess- deal in the wilderness. Therefore it was also that wb ii lie’ bail p* 'Was lost to him foiwer. he pressed it upon ' . 1... I i I rfi? •’»’ i marry sic in place of' Maya, his affianced, who was dead* prbanhwßg him In return that ho would bring it about that he should be anointed cacique of the ! <s>p!c tliv 11- art. '•Ail these things and others he did. though at that time 1 knew nothing of them and thought in mv folly that Tihal married rue bc-i-ause he loved me and desired me as the isampauioii of his life and power. “Then Zilialhav returned on the night of my marriage feast. and with I him came Maya and the ’ranger., and from that hour my huslaml. begun to hat® tae, la-cause 1 was his wife* in | place of Slays! whom he loyed: More, ns i haw ’ .i d since, in-Went *.<» Z> baibay while he lay in n and offered t’» resign'bis place aa cacique in his favor for so long a* he should live, and no m -rc to • ■ • - ■ - if he would give him : Mitya in marriage after I had been put away either by death or I by divorce. „.. I . ‘ ''This Zibalbav wohld have done, and ! gladly, but. as it chan-vd. Maya here had set her heart up>:i <he white wan during their i■ ’ togs-ther-through the vs ! : ■ til*. I refused to be separated from hun that she might be palmed off in marriage np*>ti Tikal. . Yet he might haw w-m his way. for tl eir .-.1 .<■ . ■. I. ra'e. an-1 the ..Iti r Ml w was death, hud not Mattai., niy | fathen found . a p;i*ti whereby ’h- . ituild t.oi >.v d and I remain the wifeof the e ( “This WM the plan, lords:, that a propliecy should lie s«’t.iii Die syndssl of the Heart vopd-r so- ha,v. . i -I. tho ('<iun A of the Heart and bri -g it about that Maya should tk? given in marriage to the white man whom she loved. I.onl-s, this was done. At the dead of night they crept to the sian-tu- i ary. and'.sH-i ii. gt: v Heart, p'.i > d w -thin it that tablet v. hi h von have seen, the tablet that foreshadowed lye birth of adelivi rvr. Tin- rest you know ” •’lt is false," cried , many votcea. “Such sacrilege 'fa not p.M.silde.’’ • “It is not false." answered Nahiia. “and 1 will prove to you that the s;o rilegc was possible.' The Heart «js opened ami the false prophecy .forged } by my father was placed'with where it wa» found by von on the night of tho festival of the Rfaing of Wutyi-s. this day lust year. But wliNi the holy lieart was opvm-d. Isdiold! it was not empty, for in it lay another prophecy, .a true pi ■ »phe ’ yv.ii ih from it. that the lie which hu* di*ee;yed i you might be set in its place," “Where, then, is that writing?"asked j Dimas. “Here,” she answered, drawing the > tadjlcl from her breast. "Listen-— ‘and she read : ? “The eye that has slept and is awakened the heart and pnrj>*se i of the v. iyhed/ I'Sty tbi-.t in the hour of the de -ol a lion of my city, not all the J waters of the Holy lake shall wash j awtiv their-kin." “Tak® it, J lords, and. see for yourselves." she continued, laving the tablet on the altar. “And now listen again ’ and learn how it ci..ni »ed that this r> .s • came into my keeping. After he had i wrought--this great sin the curs** of the nameless giid fell vpon my father, and, ' as vou know, ht was smjtt.-n w ith a. Hire diM-rfse Then it came about that - when he lav dying remorse took him. and lie wrote a err ain paper which he ' causedto "be w itne-ssed and given tome, ; together vu| .s this tablet. “In m\ hand I It >!d that paper, lords; hear it and juice f<r yourselves j whether I have spoken truth or falseh'.Msl- «nd she ry.id aloud the confes- ' sion of Matta! that set out cvcrv detail of *>ur plot, and the manner of 1U execution. ' "Ni»w, lords." she added when the reading was finished and the signatures ha>l been examined, “v-ci will understand how- it happened that> in my rage ; at this tidings I strove to kill y.-i infant, who has fa-cn palmed off upon you as the seed of the god, and I leuve j It to you to deal w ;;h tho»e w ho plan nisi the fraud." I CHAITKR XXV. rsnswaix Nahua ceased ar : sat down, and an great was the astonishment of the council at talc that she had told that ford aw hile mine of th -m spoke. At length Dimas rose and said; “Maya, Lady of the Heart, and you. at rangers, you have heard the awful charge that is brought against yon. What do you say in answer to it?" \ “\Ve say it is true," answered Maya. “ tVe were forcctl to choose bet ween our, lives and the doing of this deed, and we ehose to live. It was Maltai who hatched the plot and exeentud the forgery.and now it seems that we must suffer for his'sin as well as for our own. | 'One word more. Ignatio here did not; enter into this plot willingly, but was foiced into it by my husband and myself. and ehicffy by myself." Dima® made no answer, but at a sign the two priests who guarded the altar with drawn swords came forward and drova us into the passage that »ed from the sanctuary to the Hall of the Ik-ad. where they shut ns in between the double dooirs. leaving us in darkness. « Here, as el) was finished. I knelt ■ down to offer, my last prayers to Heaven, while Mayo wept in her husband's arms, taking farewell of him and of her child -Truly.” he said, “you were wise, wife, when you urged us not to enter this Country of the Heart. Still, what fa done cadnot be undone, and. having been happy together tor a little space, let us die together as bravely as w« may. hoping that atill together we mar •wake presently in some new world of peace." . ' ' While he spoke the door was opened •nd the priests, with drawn swords, led ua back into the sanctuary. Aa Maya cross ?d the threshold first of the thretpfip the waa®et by Tlkol.wbo,

with a sudden movement, but without , •oughness, took the child from her. 11 Now we saw what was prepared for , us. for the »t«nc in front of the altar 1 had been lifted, and at our feet the black shaft yawned; from which ascend- - ed a sound of waters. They placed ua with our backs resting against the altar, ! but Tikal stood in front, and bet ween - him and ua lay the mouth of the pit. “Maya, daughter of Zibalbav, white man. lion of the Sea, Ignatio the Wan- ■ derer, and Mattal the I’riest, whom. ; being dead in the body, we summon in j the spirit,'* began Dimas, in a cold and | terrible voice, “you, by your own con- i session. are proved guilty of the great- < est crimes that can be dreamed of in i Hhe wicked bruin of man, and executed | ! by his impious hands. _ J“This is the sentence of the Council lof the Heart: That your name. Mattai. > b<- erased from the list of the officers of j the Heart; that roar memory Ik- pro- i claimed n.eurseu; that your dwellingplace Ik* lt«rne<! with fire, ami the site of it strewn with salt; that ybur corpse . be torn from its grave ami laid U{H>n the summit of the pyramid till the birds of thchlr dcvour.it. and that your soul be handed over to the tormentors of the lower world to deal'with according to - their pleasure forever and for aye. “This is the sent cnee x»f the Council | 1 of the Heart upon you. Maya, daughter ; of ZibsUbav; white man. Son of the Sea, [ - and Ignatio, the Wanderer: That your \ names be erased trorn the roll of the ' Brethren <-f the Heart, and pr.* laimed } aceursctl in the street* of the city; that ' you be gagged, bound hand and foot. ’ and i huine4 iivinv to the* walls of the ■ saflctuary. and there Ik’ left before the ; : I altar of the god which you have violated, fill death from thirst and : . hunger shall overtake you; that your i-orpses Ik- laid upon the pyramid us a prey to the birds <>f the air, and that y your souls be -handed over to the tor-'me?it<-rs of the under world to deal J with according to their pleasure forever and for iiye. “It i* sjMikcn Let the sentence of- - il be dene. But first, since bastard babe is too young to sin! and suffer punishment, let him l>c j handed into the keeping of the god, i that the jod may deal with him accord-1 ! ing to his pleasure." ‘ As the words passed his lips, and be- . fore we fully understood them, dared ; as we were with the *.erp<- of our aw- , ful doom. Tikal'stepped forward, and—even t'-ow I shudder when I write of it | ho-diiig the jxKir infant, which at |. this instant began to wail as-though j with pain or fear,- over the iwonth of the pit. suddenly let it fall into the j ba beneath. ■ , • The shriek of the agonized mother I ran round the walls of the holy p'a. <-. I an 1 before it had died awgy the senor > i. i ! le.nx-d forward; leaped like* puma ’ a : >sx tiie open well; find gripped Tikal bv the throat and waist. He gripped bny, ami. rage giving him strength, he , ; lifted him high above his head and hurled him down the dreadful place, wh* re the child had gone before. With a h>S’.rse s renin Tikal vanished | • *and ; for a moment tm re-was *>•»-nee. ltd was broken by the voice of Maya crying aioml in of madness and de- | sjxiir: T -.X »t all the waters of the Holy Lake shall wash away our sin. yet may they ; serve to avenge us upon vou, 0, you luurdcrerx of a helpless child!" A* she s;x»ke, followed by the senor I and tnvst-1 f, who 1 think alone of all the ; company guessed -her mad pur;«’se. J. Mava ran round the altar, and with i both her hands grasped the symbol of I the Heart which lav upon it. "Korbear!" cried the voice of Dilmui, but ajic did not heed him; and be! re I he'or any of us could rea.-h her, drag- ; ging at it with desperate strength, ah® had torn the ancient svmfad from Its Led.and,with a loud und mocking laugh, cast .it down upon -the marble iloor, where it shatteisd into fragments. From the altar there came a sound as of burp strings breaking, that was followed by another und more awful sound, the sound of the roar of many I waters. “Fly! flv!" cried a voice. “The floods arc h»osed and d< .trnct.ion is upon us and uixm the I’ropk* of the Heart!” .\ow the d rusl-id one at:d a!l toward thedp-r of the san -iinirv. but ! 1, Ighaiio; by the grace of Heaven, rv- . membered the otner door, the secret j door through which we had entered, thut the pr.es! had left ajar. ' “This way.” 1 ciied in Spanish to the senor. and seizing Mava by, the arm I dragged Ik-r with me into the jxissagc. When all three of us were through 1 turned to close the d<x>r. and us I did so 1 saw-, un awful sight. Out of the j mouth of the pit In-fore the altar I sprang a vast column of water, , I which struck the roof of the ’ sane- ‘ tnary with such fearful force that already the massive marble blocks began to rain down upon the crowd of fugitive*, who struggle 1 and in vain to open th ■ dodi the Hall ! of the Dead. <<n w Aflvd before the ad vancing flood, and well was it for us that our course l.i v upward, for otherwise we must have been drowned M we * ,o . f ■ j keys to oj>cn the different gates and dnord But U”.. fortu*c. rVhich for so I long bad b**eij our foe. befriended us. \ and the end of it was that we res* -her! the summit of the pyramid justusthe \ dawn began to breaa. 1 | Tire dawn was breaking, and seldom, | perhaps, has the light of day rcveuleo ii more wonderful .or terrible sight to the eves of man. Outside the gates oF i the eourtyar*! of the pyramid were -gathered u great multitude of people; ' waiting to be admitted to-cclebrate tby feast that on this day of the year was to be held, a ■ >r*bng to custom, upon the summit of the pyramid. Indeed, they should have ulrvadv been assemtdod there, but it was the yule that ; I th® gates conld nut lie opened until the ‘ council had left the sanctuary, and this bight the < ouncil sat late. I A* we looked al them a cry of fear ! and wontier rose from the multitude. . and this was the cause of ft: Along! i that street which ran from the landing i J place to the great Mjuare rushed a vast I wall of waler twenty f**cl or more in I i depth by one hundred broad. Now w.c I J lean»e<rthc truth. The MM&ei on the ; I altar, I know not how. was connect***! with secret sluice gates which for many generations had protected the City of the Heart from flood. When it was torn from its bed th«sse sluice gates were opened-, and. th® waters rushing in, sought their natural level, which was higher than the housetops of the yity. On the summit of the pyramid ! were two priests, who tend***! the sacred fire am! made ready for the service to Ik- eelebratetl. Seeing us emerge j from the watch house, they ran toward ns,* wringing their hands and asking ‘ what dreadful thing had com® to pass. I I replied that we did not know, but | ; that, seeing the water gather in our I Criw-n, wc had fled from it. How we ad fled they never stopped to ask, but ! ran down the stairway of the pyramid, I ? only to return again presently, for be- , sere they reached its base their escape i-wasentoff. Meanwhile the terror thickened and th® doom began. Everywhere the j waters spread an*! gathered, replv-n-1 iihed from the inexhaustible reservoir -j of the lake. Whole streets went down : f lefore them to vanish suddenly bc--1 ucath the 1 .- foaming face, while from the crowd below rose one continuous i ! shriek of agony. Maya heard it. and I casting herself face downward upon ! the surface of the pyramid, that she might not see her handiwork, thrust I her fingers into her ears, while tho , tenor and I watched, fascinated. i Now the flood •struck the people, i some thousands of them, who wwe, , gathered m» the rising ground al the i

gates of the Inclosure of th® tempi®, and. lo! in an instant they were gone, borne away as withered leaves arc borne before a gale* Ere a man might count ten the most of the population of the Citv of the Heart had perished! For a little while sonic of the more massive houses stood, only to vanish one by one, in silence, as it seemed, for now the roar of the waters covered all other sounds Before the sun was well up It was finished, and on the ancient and beautiful city. Heart of the World, there remained nothing to be seen except the tops of the trees and the upper parts of the pyramids of worship rising above the level bf the lake. The Golden city was no more. Presently Maya rose to her knees and looked out from beneath the hollow ofher hand, for the light was dazzling there upon the white summit of the pvramitl Then she flung her arms above her head and uttered a great and bitter cry, “Behold my handiwork." she said, “and the harvest of my sin! O, my father, that dr*;.-i which was s-ent to haunt- mv sleep was dreadful, but it did not touch the truth. O. my father, the people whom you would have save*! are dead, and lost is the city that you loved, and it is 1 who have destroyed them. O. my father, tny father, your enrse has found me out, indeed, and I am accursed.” Some such words as these she spoke, then began to laugh, and turning to the senor, said: • “Where is the child, husband?” He could not answer her. but she took no note of it, only she bent her arms, rocking them and crooning ax though u-.fant lay ®poa her <M*®ast| then came first to him and next tb’jme, saying; i “Look, is h<- not a pretty boy? Am I not happy to be. the mother of such boy?" Weariness, sorrow and shock had turned her brain, and.she was mad. W*- led her to the watch house, where there was shelter, and the priests, who had returned, gave us food as so*'n as we could make them understand that we needed it. for they. too. wire almost mad. Here her last illness seize*! her. It began with a hardening of the breast v.hieh changed presently to fever. Two days and nights with breaking hearts we nursed her there upon the pyramid, striving not to listen to her mad ravings and piteous talk about the child, and at dawn upon the third day she died. Before she died her aeasefi returned to her. and she spoke to- her husbau*! l»*-autiful and tender words which seem too holy to set down. She turned to the senor, and in a gaspingand broken voice prayed of him not to forg’et her or her child. 1 -heard him .answer that this she need not fear, as his happiness died with her, and even if he should escape he thought that they would not be parted for very long, nor could any other woman take in his heart. She blessed him and thanked him. caressing his face with her dying hands, and unable to bear more * f such a sight 1 h ft them together. At) hour later the senor came from the watchhouse, and’ though lie did not fepeak one glanre at his face was enough to tell, me that all was over. Thus .died Maya. Lady of the Heart, the last of the ancient royal blood of the Indian prjn-e*. myself alone ex copied, a very sweet and beautiful woman, though at times headstrong and capricious. Now while Maya lay dying we learned that some Indians still lived on the mainland, men and women who had been sent there to tend the crops, for we s.;w a i;an->e hovering round what once/had been the Island of the Heart. From the Indians we learned that those on shore were so overwhelmed with! '.:wr. at the eatastrofihe which had fallen upon their holy city that they did not dare to approach the plaee where it. had stood. But when last night they saw the great flame of Maya’s funeral pyre they knew that men : till lived on the pyramid, who, as they thought, were signtiling- to them for help, and ventured out to save them. They ashed us how it came about that the waters had twcrWlieltin-d the city which had stood amoug them safely from the beginning of Time. We replied that we did not know, and the priests with us. now that they had es* raped w ith their lives, seemed too prostrated to tell our deliverers that we had been* imprisoned in the hollow ot the pyramid, even if they knew that this was so. On reaching the shore we found a lit- ■ tie gathering of awe-stricken Indians, perhaps there may have been one hun* | dred and fifty of them, the sole £ur* ■ vivors of . the People, of the Heart. Open-mouthed --and almost w ithout comment, they listened to the terrible talc of the sudden and utter destruo tion of the city. Then we turned our faces to the mountains, and on the second day er;iss***l them safely, for Maya had told us the secret of the passage which we had pas.ed blindfohied. Thus at length, having looked our last upon the blue waters of the Holy lake, sparkling iE the sunshine above the palaces of th* citv and the bones of its inhabitants, -did we-l*-ave that accursed Country oi the Heart, where so much evil had befallen us. ’ . It was a terrible journey, and onct we both of us fell ill with fevyr, from which 1 thought that we should not re 'caver, but recover wedid by the help 01 some wandering Indians who nursed us, and at length reached this place f from which we had fled for our live* ' nearly tw o years before. Then the hacienda v as deserted, fol it bad the reputation of living haunted; i though some of the Indian dependents. . or rather slaves, of that great villain, I Don Pedro Moreno, still worked patches | of the land., , Well, the senor took a fancy to stay in the place, for it was here that h« had first seen his wife;, aud so we sold that girdle of emeralds which Maya ! took from the chest of ornaments and i-.-.ve to me when we were imprisoned in the hall of the pyramid (by the wav, ! do not !*»-*• the clasp, for it n the only | remaining relic of the. People of the Heart), and with the proceeds bought at a cheap rale from the government *>! the day. who had entered into possession oi tly-in. this house and the wide lands around it. that I have cultivated | ever mnee. ’ - For now my ambitions were finished. I had playe*! my first card and it had faiksl me’, and. albeit with a sorrowful i mind. I abandoned my hope f<w the regeneration of the Indians, which 1 had no longer the tucafls or the vigor to at* j tempt. Also I was no longer lord *d the Heart, for It was lust yonder beneath the waters of the holy lake and with it went much of my power. For five years th'e senor and ! lived here together, but 1 think that during all this time he was dying. He. whe used to fie so strong in body and merry i in mind, never regained his health or ' spirits from that hour when Maya died upon the pyramid, and though he seldom spoke of her 1 know that she was ■ always present in h's '.bought*. Tvrice in the spring seasons he suffered from ealenturas, as we call the : fever of the country, which left him sallow in face and shrunken in body. . anil when the spring came round for the third time. I begged him Vjgolo I Mexico for a change, returning to the ! hnciynda in th® summer. In vain, he wouhl not do it; indeed I dp not think he care*! whether he lived or died. So theendofit was that thecalentnre took him again, and die he did in my arms, happily as a child that foils asleep Now u>y days are seeumpiisbpd al» •nd I ro to Join him. I (mt

BRAVE MEN KILLEDr *■—... Falling Walls Crush Out Uves ot Firemen at Benton Harbor. Mieh. Benton Harbor, Mich.,*Sept. 7.—-Yore’s op?ra bouse and adjoining buildings were burned early Sunday morning, entailing a loss of about $65,000 and causing the death of 11 firemen and injury to a number of others. The killed nre: Frank Watson, Edwardll. Ganges, Arthur C. Hill, Frank Seaver and Robert Rolfe, all of St. Joseph; John Hoffman, Thomas Kidd, Frank Woodley. Will Melten. Scott Rice and Loiiis Hoffman, all of Benton Harbor. All but three of the dead men were married. The injured are: Ex-Fire Chief John A. Crawford, of Benton Harbor, burned andriftercome by heat and smoke, seriously injured; Frank Paget, of St. Joseph. legs mashed by falling brick; Will Freund, of St. Joseph, cut about the head and burned; Jack McCormick, of Benton Harbor, legs broken und internally injured. Several others were injured, but none of them seriously. The opera house was a large four-story brick structure. The fire brbke out shortly after midnight. It had gained much headway before 1 the alarm was given, and when the firemen arrived the building was a mass of flumes. The St. Joseph departments • were sent for and arrived soon after. The fire continued to gain on them and was spreading to other buildings when the hook and ladder companies went to the rear of the building, hoping to lx? able to direct a stream into the mass of flames from a second-story window. Hardly'’had they arrived there than the wall, with a mighty crash, came down before them, burying 15 men under the red-hot bricks. Other portions o' the wall were tottering, and the rescue of the imprisoned firemen was deterred for some time, as it was expected every moment the remainder of the wall would fall. Finally, some of the crowd rushed into the mass to rescue the shrieking and struggling men. Frank Wutson, of St. Joseph, was the first nian rescued, but he was dead, and his body was n mass of broken b.->nes and mangled flesh. The search continued until five o’clock when the last victim, Arthur Hill, was removed, They were carried to' offices and private houses whcre.doctors from both cities were in waiting to render aid. Some of them died en route and others died while their wounds were being cared for. The dead were taken to the city halt, w hich was turned into a temporary morgue, fjome of the men were sc badly manpled that identity was only had by letters and jsipers in their pockets. As the bleeding ionus were carried t hrougb t he streets they were followed by thr.ngs of awe-stricken men and women eager to learn whether the victims were friends or relatives.

LYNCHED AT GLENCOE, MINN. Citizens Rise Vp Against a Jury’s Verdiet, Glencoe, Minn., Sept. 7. —At 20 minutes after one o’clock Sunday morning CharlesCingmiirsand Dorman Musgrove, murderers of Sheriff Rogers, were hanged to the railroad bridge, less <han a quarter of a mile,out of town. One of the men was hanged 9 from the north side of the bridge aud the other from the south side. The. deed wrs done by 100 citizens of McLeod county, who thus expressed their disapproval of Saturday’s verdict that Musgrove be confined to the state prison for life instead of being sent to the gallows. The murder was one of the most coldblooded in the annals of Minnesota. Cinginars and Musgrove, two tranip desjieradoes, were traveling northward, according to their own story, to the w-heat fields of North Dakota. A few miles'below Glencoe they accosted a farmer, took possession of his team and drove, into town. On the wny up they beat him for trying to handle his owj team. The farmer reported them to the officers at Glencoe and a warrant was issued for the arrest of the men, who by thisjime had disap(K*are<l. Sheriff Rogers took the papers himself and started in pursuit ( >f the desperadoes. Just at dusk rn the • veni*’g of June 20 he overtook ’he two men five miles south of Glencoe. Riding up to them he said: “Boys, I wan*, you to go back to Gleacoe with-me.’’ ’AVell. we, don’t have to g*£” shi-l Musg.o' e. *s he brought a Winchester rifle to his shoulder. Before Sheriff Rogers could sny another word the tranip begun firing on him and he fell down, his body pierced with five bullets. Twenty-four hours later the two fiends were captured ty a posse of 500 men in a neigboring county ami taken to Glencoe. The jail was surrounded by several hundred meh. an<l a lynching w ould have occurred but for the prompt action of Gov. Clough, w ho sent out a eonqiany of militia from St. Paul just as.the hanging was about to come off. The prisoners were immediately taken to St. Paul and put it* jail there.. CONFIDENCE INCREASED. The liasineM Situation Helped by the Gold Imports. N'ety York* Sept..s.—lt. G. Dun A Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: * There is distinct increase of confidence, due largely to the continuing ard heavy imports of gold which have put an end to monetary anxiety, and also Io political event* which are closely watched While It doe* not yet start more miHs and factories than are closing for want of work! It crops out tn heavy speculative purchases of pig iron, wool and seme other materials, ly experienced men who believe that a revival of business I* not fay off. and for the first time' In. nearly two months a slight upward turn appear® Lt prices ot manufacture*! products. The same spirit appears In speculation. ’Failures have been for the week SSI in the United States, against l.“> last year, and ll In Canada, against 3S last year." CHOLERA ON THE NILE. Report* from Egypt tsive Heath Bateas lUOi’erMeek. Washington, Sept. The surgeongeneral of the marine hospital service has received information concerning th® previ-.lenee of cholera on the Nile. His latest reports weredatetl the fatten ;«rt of July, und indicated that ih’erc was then an average of about 10*' d-uths a week In Cairo caused by this «jfa**ase. and more than half that number in Alexandria. There lad been deaths from the disease in Egypt ep to July 20. Out of 11343 cases. In the Hand* of a Receiver, Columbus, O.» Sept. 3.—The Columbus Central Street Railway company was thrown into the hands of a receiver Friday morning. George H. Worthington, of Chwelaud. being upjiointed. Business wfis tight. The road is new and occupies new territory, the old line having the Lest streets. The assets are $1,030,194. of which $1.5t5.‘,000 is bonded indebtedness. The balance is in notes and .open accounts. The property is in fine condition and the oianagers claim it win pay out. A wtt auuuuer reduceJ neeiptt. - i. . . ••' *- ■ - I

TRUTH OR FICTION ? The Question Which Worried the Mind of the Banner Scribe. I Proven VndoubtmUy True by a Practical Test Applied Locally by One of Bussey's Best Known and Respected Ladies—A Strange Story Easily Verified Kight Here at Home Prove* That “Testimonials” Are Not Fakes— Mrs. Elliott's Story a Clincher. Bnuuer, The givnt frequency with which our attention has been attracted to certain articles, i which generally go the rounds of all the leading tueixspapers, has caused us to wonder mil speculate a great deal as to why j none of these tuiugs ever happened to oc- I cur uea er home, and finally our inh rest ; and wonder grow to such a pitch that, know- ' lug a certain lady iu Bussey to be a regular i purchaser of Pink Pills for something over | two years, by reason of the fait that she ■ had also induced our own wife t< give it a ■ trial, with very beneficial results, we at last de ertniued to put the matter to the test and see if this lady could, pnl as ice her natural repugnance to appealing sc yroniineutiy in print in order to encourage people generally to the greater use ot her favorite remedy, by giving her testimonial lor publi.'atiou in her home pai>er, where those who read would know that it wus no hoax flxel up merely to catch the unwat-y and creiulous. With this object in view, we called on Tuesday afternoon, ba Anna Elliott, wife of our esteemed to wnsmau, W. A. Elliott, proprietor of the Commercial He tel, the leading hostelry of Bussey, lona. Mrs. Elliott it a lady well known for ti e abi.ity and tact displayed in the mat agemeut of the interior arrangements and ; flail s of the hotel, and the wouder has always bem with those who have obser. ed tl e amount of care and exertipu required on her part, as to h > w she ever managed to keep up sowell under the strain, and we g.ve the seque lin her >wh words ' “I have been land’ady of the Commercial House now for nearly six years, and for a long time was hardly able to get along with tlie'.vot'k at all, being always out of sorts, affected by pains in the head, dimness, and gen T,d weakness and nervousness, always feeling over-worked and hardly ab e te drag inyselt around from morning till u ght •often nearly yyishing that 1 were read. • if tilings had gone on much longer in this wav 1 would certainly have broken dowaentirely and had to give up my work, but,luckily, just at this juncture, Ibapi cned to read an article about Dr. Williams’ Pit k “Pilis for- Pale People, Whieli seemed to cover the symptoms of my case <x; 11 y. and I seat direct io the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, at Schenectady. N. ¥.. and procured two trial boxes. These did me so much good and 1 felt so mi.ih encouraged that I sent fori a *2,50 package ai.d have always taken good care to keep a supply of them on haudjsi ice, iu over two jeuf* nvw - “Their continued use put me 011 my.teet completely, as the saying is. aid 1 have felt stronger and better able >0 do my work and see teethings sjbout the hotel than I ever was in tuv life before andTiuk Pills have become the 'standard remedy iu our family for every ill arising from debility of any kind. -One member ot Our family has been, completely cured of a very lad and longstanding case of kidney .trouble., while a number of ttie neighbors who have tried them speak highly iu.tlie praise of this lemedy and declare that there is no other medicine that can possibly supply its p ace." ■Those who know Mrs Elliott know full well that she would not be willing tc authorize’the publication of the above statement without every word of it being strictly true, but t> prove conclusively tn any strangers who may read this article that it i? every word “as true as gospel'' she subscribes to the following affidavit. in the hope that her fellow beincs who suffer as six did may be convinced of t >e wonderful merits of Pink Pilis for Pale People and theteby be let! to obtain relief through giving them u prompt and thorough trial. State of low s. ‘ ’ County of Marion. > Personally appeared before me Mrs Anna Elliott, of the town of I-vs.-ev. State of lowa an i i'—inty of Mar <ll.^l.d to n e persouaily known, wh ■ t<st:fi«c i ii caththat the sta e neut aoove set ferth, and to her accredited, is her own voitntary testimonial and is dnlv authorized by lee to Ie published over her nu t e and H at ti e same is true and vorre -t iu every particular. Given under my hand this 3rd day of June, A. D, ISM. tSEXL 1 W. Bvrton, ' .Mfill r PUhhC. . Dr Williams’ Pink PH s contain. in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to rive new jite ami riclii.css to the blood, and restore shattered nerves. They are un unfailing specific for such diseases asjeeomoxor ataxia, partial ;>aralysi«. St. Vitus’ dance. siatiea. neuralgia, rhepmalisin, nervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart,, pale and sail iw complexions, all forms of weakness eit ,erin male or female. Pink, Pills are Sdd by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt o’ price, 5Q cents a box. or six b »xes for $2.50 (they are never sot t in bulk or by the U*>>. by address ng Dr. William*' Medicine Company., Scheuec ady. N. Y.

Man wants but little here below. As some one said before. But when he gets it, don t you know, He wants a little more. ■ —;— . _ <p_ ■■ When Nature Needs assistance it may be best to render it < promptly, but one sdxould remember to use even the' most perfect remedies only when needed The best and most simple and gentle remedy is the Syrup of Figs, manulactnred by the Califorma Fig Syrup Company. ■■ y ■ >.. ■* ' Teaciiek—"Who was the wisest man!” Tommv -••Noalf.” “Noah t". ‘‘A’ies’m. He was the only man who I knew enough to pom? in when it rained." Vnky low rates will be made by the Missemi. Kansas and Texas Kailway for excursions of August tsth. September Ist. 15th and *»ih. to the south, for Homeseekers and Harvesters. For particulars apply to the nearest .ocal Agent, or address Jambs Bakkeh, lien. Pass, it Tkt. Agl, Louis, Mo. •Emii.e.” asked th- teacher innatural historv. -which animal attaches himself to man the most ’" Emile (after Some refleottont—“The leech, sir 1“ THE MARKETS. New York. Sept 1 LIVE STOCK—Steers 33 35 0 4 ® Shfcep 275 p3j Hogs... ..z. 3« V J£» FLOt'R-M Innesota Patents J « » 3 <S Minnesota Rakers'. .... . WHEAT—No 2 Red. Sept... WVu SJ‘i No I. Hard CORN-No 2 OATS-Western T 9 § LARD 3S2K«JSr PORK- Mess. Old i M ft S 25 BI’TTEK- Creamery IHv® Wi4 Dairy S w 12 EGOS... - ll’ve , - CHICAGO CATTLE-Beeves KU fl 5 K Stockers and Feeders..... 250 « S o Cows and Rolls 1 25 V 3 *£> Texas Steers..... 2 50 W 3 15 HOGS-Light 3 15 «Jl> RoOgh Packing 2 25 jt J ® SI IEEE ........ ft®. BI TTER- Western Cr’m'y.. 11 W 15 • l»atry 10 « M EGOS—Fresh 11 v •- POTATOES tper bit.) i 19 O. $ PORK—Mens -. — I.A RD—Steam 3 3 t. FLOUR-Winter .............. gjw Spring - — 3«0 ®3 75 GRAIN —Wheat, September. » • SK’E Corn. No. 2 < asn 19'*® 20 Oats. No. 2 Cash. ... ’ W O IJj-4 Barley.-Fair to choice.... 25 6 33 MILWAUKEE. GRAlN—wheat.No,2 Spring | 53H® 54 Corn. No. 3 • I> '4 Oats. No. 3 White DO W<4 Barley. No. 2...~ 33'-O PORK —Mess 5 55 2s’’ LARD - 3 30 O 3 3» DETROIT. GRAlN—Wheat. No 2 Red.. 3 Corn. Na 2.... »g Oats No. 2 Wh'te IS».® W Rve. No 2 32%® 33 ST. WITS CATTLE-Native Steers..... 33 « « 4 ?> Texas 2* l W 3 ** HOGS sw. 290 6 3S • SHEEP ~ 3 » W < JO * OMAHA CATTLE-Steers 33 (* ts 3 iW Cows .; I « g J Feeders .. 25U O 3di HOGS 3® 6 3 SHEEP ,1W • I HI

Use of the Beat Trains to Be Found In the World. ‘•lf you will go down to the Union Station almost anV evening now you will see the finest mail train in the united States, or elsewhere for that matter,” said Chief Clerk P. M. Coates of the Railway Mail Service in charge of the Chicago and Omaha fast mail. The ears have nearly all been re- ■ modeled, renovated.' ami painted-anew. The third set of cars is now tn the Burlington company's shops undergoing treatment. All the old oil lamps have been removed and instead the entire train of five carsis lighted with Pints.-h gas. There are seven lamps of four burners each to each car. The cars have been furnished with new trucks, or the old ones taken apart ami re-fitt-ni piece by piece. AH the most modern appliances in the matter of couplings and air brake x help to give the flyer the best possible equipment of any train .extant. The uew fast mail" engine No. .MH), built especially for service on trains No. 7 and 8, by which Uncle Sam's trains on the “Q.” between Chicago and Omaha are known, lias been trained into tine,service, ami others'of the same pattern will s on be on the rails. The government's train now makes Omaha in eleven-and one-half hours, running 500 miles between 3a. in. and 2:30 p m. Chief Clerk Coates says , that he cannot remember of a single instance when Uncle Sant's flyer has lieen one minute late nt the Union Pacific transfer this year .— Chicago Tnbmu. “These.” said the poultry farmery©inting to a group of energetic hens, “are Macduffs.” “What a queer name,’’ observed the visitor; “why are they so called? ' “Because they always lay on.” . You Are Not “Shaken Before Takeo” With malarial disease, but with prodigious violence afterwards, if you neglect immediate measure of relief. The surest preventive and remedial form of medication is Hostetter's Stomach Betters, the potency of t which as au antidote to miasmatic pcisou has been demonstrated for over forty years pasL The liver when disordered and congested, the bowels it constij at d. and the kidneysif inactive, are promptly ai 'ed by it, and it is invaluable for dys]H'!>sia, nervous debility and rheumatism*. What is the-difference between the man who cuts off the end of bis hose and a boy who has just finished his task? One lessens his nose, ami the other knows his lesson. ■m ■ . 1 ' 1 ' McVicker’* Theater, <. Ini-ago. Following “In Mizzoura " come E. M and ‘ Joseph Holland iu a repertoire, including “ASocia I Highwayman" and txvonew plays. On, lightning bug, how fair yoitr fate. What peaceful hours you pass; You lavishly illuminate, • And get no bills for gas. Fits e<opi e<i free an i |>eriuanently cured. No fits after first day’s use of Dr. Kline's ■Great Nerve Res orer Free $3 trial bottle & treatise. Dr.Kijne.9B3 An hst, Phila .Pa. TofjttsT i presenting his operc 1 Baedeker to tbe< coach man - .“Here. Oliver. I want to see the first four pages.'.' I'liegeude Blaettoc. Mill II ■ * After physicians ha I given me up. I was saved by Piso's Cure. R klpu Ekieg, Williamsport. Ea., NoV. 22, INU3. Which is tho oldest. Miss Antiquity, old Anntv Diluvan. Miss Ann Teripr. Miss Ann Cestor. Miss Ann T. Mundane or Miss Anu T. Cedeut! Hall’* Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutioual Cure. Price 75c. Smith-son r-Heho. Dobson, you are getting stout, aren't you?" Dobson- "Will. I was getting stout; but 1 ‘ ought my wheel. I have lieim fallingoff considerably.

if The Blue and the Gray. ® Both men and women are apt to feel a little blue, when the gray hairs begin to show. It's M|7 a very natural feeling. In the normal condition i'lm of things gray hairs belong to advanced age. They have no business whitening the head of man or woman, who has not begun to go down the slope of life. As a matter of fact, . Wn the hair turns gray regardless of age, or of life's seasons ; sometimes it is whitened by sickness, birt more often from lack of care. When the hair fades or turns gray there's no W/ need to resort to hair dyes. The normal color of the hair is restored and retained by the use of ® Ayer’s Hair Vigor. ,• • Aver’s Curebook "a story of cures told by the cured.” 100 pages, tree. J. C. Ayer Co.. Lowell. Mas*. ® w 1 \ A \ £ I »1 I A Good Foundation.” *" H 1 I Lay your foundation with S H Battle Ax* n It is the comer • stone of economy* It is the one j| tobacco that is both BIG and | GOOD* There is no better* There 9 is no other 5-cent plug as large* • Try it and sec for yourself* || IVi I Vli HI 11 win v

S Warner’s Safe Cure ? 5 i I* LAROS 1 BOWLES. 5 OR SMALL) t U iFWARNER-rf Owing to the 7 £ SAFE many request* a S ’ from its patrons, t Warner’s Safe 7 G ; I i C ure have put « jj’ KEjfri on the market a z sm aller size) E* SIDNEYAwS. bottle of Safe t IJMi Cure which can 2 ||5 h now be obtained | MS! at 811 druggists at half the price of ? ' -the large bottle, a : is not only a scientific vegetable ? : preparation and does all that is a : claimed for it, but it is the only ( : Kidney and Liver medicine used 7 : by the best people of four conti* \ : nents. A medicine that bears ? ) : the stamp of the world’s ap- « t : proval, and maintains its posi- 7 7 : tion for a fifth of a century, 5 \ : must necessarily possess pe* | s : culiar merit-. 7 jl « rrrxuwu * jtl aTi J_TT j EDUCATIONAL 1841 ST. joint’s COLLEGE, K™ FORDHAM. N. Y. CITY. ‘ JESUIT FATHERS. UNIVERSITY. SCIHNTIFIO. CLASSICAL and PRk PARITORY COURSES MILITARY PRILL by aU 8. *. offievr. FRENCH. GERMAN. LIBRARY. REAPINO ROOMS and GYMNASIA f’l'e separate buildings. *K. K. Trains at Oat«. Fur Information addrea, “TH|E PKESIBENT.” CMXOA.OO COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY Dental of Lake Forest I nt versttv. Kelt Semico open* October I st. 1R96. Facilities for fnstnic* tion un«nrpi»sxe<l tFFor information addreas-PIL YRVIAS W. BKOPHY. IXaa. IM State Str««U Chicago Hi. I ■ ft If WK PAY CASH WEEKLTand w 1 Bi Rail want men everywhere to SELL W R R K ». be '^AKK r HkJ'tHKK*. 99 Ullla I.OUISIANA.MO..ROCKPOHT.IU. Our Native Herbs box seat by mall *nrwher*, roe M« peatMe pal*. UAKKT, Apral, OAKLa!<l>, XAS. j STOPPED: HEART BURN, YUCATAH. ABIIIU •“ ,1 WHISKY h* lll *' ♦■‘t*’ Book "*■’ UrIUM mi" Hr. H. ff.WiMilhy. Atlanta. «*. —; i ■: V— — 4. N . K.-A l®ai |ii" r UJR£SWHERE ALL ELStTAILS ", Ej ' Cungh Syrup. Tastes GamkL Use fgj Frl Ln time. Sold by druAtKj*!'*' P|