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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1898)
"TV t ? TOT OMAHA DAILY BEKt APRIL 3 , 1896. 11 FAMOUS TREES. All Prominent ii the Historical Aimals ol This Cwntry. / Y ALICE LOUNSltURY. ® America hat paid homigo to * number of grind old tree * that have spread their branches ortr many generation ! and have been the silent witnesses of history. The charter oak to , perhaps , the most famous ol these trees In the colonial his tory of our country. It stood In the city of Hartford , Conn. , upon a elope of Wyllys' hilt. Its circumference , a foot from the ground , was twenty-five feet. The orifice , which wat the ark of safety of our charter , was near the roots and large enough to ad roit & child. The episode is , In deed , Inter esting. When Jamci , duke of York , who had ascended the British throne , conceived the cherao for making all New England a sort of vice royalty , he sent Edmund Androsa to take away the charters from the different colonies , and to rule over them us governor general. Connecticut refused to give up her charter. Andross was furious. During the carton. October 31 , 1687. he marched with a band of soldiers to the assembly room to demand that the charter should bo instantly surrendered. The subject was then discussed until evening , while < tbe charter reposed In A neat box on the table. Finally , when Andross stretched out his hand to take It , the candles were suddenly extinguished , shouts arose from a large crowd outside and tiumbem pressed into the room. Order woe soon restored , however , and the candles relighted , but the charter could not be found. Captain Wadeworth had skillfully borne It away In the darkness , lie lild It In the silent oak In front of the he fled alcog the river pathway by which he escaped to the Vulcan that waa to bear him away to England , he stopped an Instant to bid farewell to thin willow. It never budded Into luxurious greenness again. The Inhabitant * ot that part of tbe country etlll assert tint It bad been blackened by his parting glance. At ! 3 bylon , L. I. , there ta now In exist ence a tree upon which an evil spell was alflo cast. It Und on the Hlgby property. Some yeara ago Tom Paine , a noted athelet , sat under Us branches , and. the story tells UB , that since that day It has never raise ! Itself toward beavcn , but spread Itself over the earth. OT February 27 , 1867 , A reckless dray knocked down and destroyed the oldest liv ing thing In the city of New York. It was the Stnyvenant pear tree. From a box In posr.eiulon of the family ot Benjamin Robert Wlnthrop the following Inscription Is copied : "New York , May 24 , 1864. This box Is made of the wood of the old pear tree now standing on the northeast corner ot Third avenue and Thirteenth street. Tradition eayo trial this tree was brought out and planted by Governor Petrua Stuyvesant. probably when he returned from Holland In 1664. It Is now In full blossom and given promise of a good crop of fruit , and from present ap pearance It may continue to do so for many yeara to come. " The pear tree was quite targe , and In Its last years an Iron fence encircled It to give protection. After It was knocked down a shoot which sprung up from the trunk gave hope that It might yet keep old Petrua1 memory green , but It dwindled In the heavy air ot the city and died. WKh the cutting up of the Stephen , Jumcl tmt to fate college tiUteoce , and that ot hl home In Now York. At t o'clock every morning he la about overseeing and helping themcnln the mint * . Ho sayshe hM no longer time to shave. A short time ago when ho returned to New Haven for a reunion of the famous secret society to which he belongs , "Skull and Dones , " hU friends found * hat he had grown quite a formidable beard , which was the cause of much good-natured comment. Mr. Theme may be quoted as one to whom athletic training has been of much benefit ; for the scale has been balanced by true soundness of character. TWO ISTEHSTI.VG CHIUIUH.V. 1'olltp I.ltlle John Sherman A Tiny MnlUrn' Starr of Some Anmrln. I had the honor ot riding down Four teenth street In tbe same car with John Sherman ono day not long ago , says a writer In the Washington Post. Ho is the merest scrap of a little boy , not 4 years old , I should gtiers , but ho Is a real little man. When the car Mopped at K street , hla home corner , he scrambled down from the scat and treated to the car door. His nurae wae a step or two ahead ot him. "Walt , wait , " he piped , with dignity. "Walt till I get down and he-lp you out. " And ho performed the task with , a chival rous courtesy I hope he'll cetala all -his life. The wife of a well known senator took her little daughter , a 4-year-old damsel , to a matinee once thl season to see "Jack and the Beanstalk. " A week or so afterward she waa seen pirouetting and lifting her pet ticoats before a coeval glare. Her fanhcr reproved her and told her It wasn't a pretty way to do , "Why , " said the child , "I saw the angela do It. " "Tho angels , " exclaimed the father , "why , where ? " "When mamma and I went to heaven tha't say , " said the child. The father explained that the fancied heaven was only the theater. The llttlo girl's face fell. "And wasn't they angels ? " she asked. "No , " said the father , "they were Just girls. " The child put on an air of Intense disgust. MILL BOY AND .MILLIONAIRE T t 'i/hi * Sir llano Holdon'i Ufet a Romance of In dustry and Generosity. RESULTS OF TOLlNULLGENTLY ! | DIRECTED Him- from n Colllrjr' * Cottage to Stnllon of Kmlnritfe In the * World' * Affair * Kind , Gcnprona and Syliilinthctlc. ' * Isaac 'Holden ' , the mllboy ! who became a millionaire , the mechanic , Inventor , philan thropist and ( talesman , passed away not long ago at the ago of 99. ' Spurgcon , his friend , once described him as ' 'being good and doing gooJ. " jn spite of a frail form , writes lltshop John P. ( Hurst In Harper's Weekly , he maintained his health through the years of strenuous labor , tolled at his numerous Inventions , built up a gigantic business , and preserved to the end his simplicity ot man ners and sympathy with the needy. Ills life Is a romance ot Industry and generosity. He was born In a collier's cottage In Scot- Land. George HI was king of England. Jefferson was president ot the United States and Bonaparte , -who that year declared Great Britain blockaded , was the national bogle. His father was a Cumberland man , who bad married a Scotch woman. The parents of both had 'btcomo Wesleyans un der John Wesley's personal guidance. The father , when quite young , worked In a lead mlno. Ills little homo In Cumberland la still standing. He the. , removed to a Ucotch village and became head man In a coal pit near the Clyde. Times were hard , wages low and food at famine prices. The collier bad often only two-days work la the week. Isaac , when 5 years old , began his educa tion In a little village school. Five years later , when work at the pit ceased , the family removed again. The parents de voted all ihelr savings to send the boy to Kllbarchan Grammar school. But the LJ HL'NO ' CI NGi TKEfc. mansion ot Hon. Samuel Wyllys , a magis trate of the community. On a stormy night In August , 1854 , the oak was prostrated. It was estimated to be over COO yeara old. William Penn'a treaty with the Indians was made under the eprcadlngr branches of an elm tree on the banks ot tbe Delaware. It was not for lands , but for peace and friendship. "Wo meet , " said Penn , "In the broad palhway of peed faith and good will ; no advantage - vantage shall be taken on cither side , but all shall be openness and love. I. will not call you children , for parents sometimes chide their children too severely : nor broth ers only , for brothers differ. The friendship between mo and you I will not compare to a chain , for that the rains might rust , or the falling tree might break. Wo are the same as If one man's body were to bo divided into two parts ; we are all one flesh and blood. " The Indians replied : "Wo will live la love with William Penn and his children a long as the moon and sun shall endure. " The Treaty trea , an the elm was called , was laid lovr by a storm -on the night ot March 3 , 1810. Its consecutive ring * proved It to. be 283 years old. The Penn society erected a monument upon Its site with a suitable inscription , which Is still to be seen in Kensington , a suburb of Philadelphia. It was under the hospitable ahudo of a great elm at Cambridge , Mess. , that Wash ington stepped forward , drew his sword and In a few terae remarks formally ceaumed command of the Amerlao army. Ever alter that memorable morning the tree was known an the Washington elm. and until a few years ago It waa pointed out as a solitary witness of those exciting days ot our coun try. try.Until Until 1819 the toyal Inhabitants of Charles ton. S. C. . held In special vcueratlon a beau tiful magnolia , called the Council tree. Ac cording to tradition It was under Its ( shade that on April 21. 17SO. General Lincoln held n council with his offlccvs and promi nent cltlmia ot Charleston during tbe siege ot the place by the Hrltlefi. At that time Its branches covered a space of more than 200 square foet. It unfortunately passed Into the possession of ono that surely should have been king of the Goths and Vandals. Ho ruthlessly chopped it down for fire wood. For a long time a gavnt and almost life less willow stood In the highlands of the Hudson , almost opposite West 1'olnt. It waa known as Arnold's willow. Arnold bad a passion for willows , and whoa this tree was In the nelght of Ita glory he would nit under Us shade for hours. U Is said that after his treachery to America was knona , as property In upper New York , which was forj j merly owned by Robert Morris , there were I laid low tbe famous Egyptian cypresses that I for many yeara spread tnelr weird-looking | branches over adopted roll. They hod been sent ae A present from the sultan , of Egypt to Bonaparte. But it was In the year 1815 , and the exiled emperor probably never heard ot the gift. < Mr. Juaiel bought them as they lay unclaimed on the Paris wharf , and , with their native earth clinging to them , had tuem put on board his Eblp Eliza and brought to this country. Ono the weat drive In Central park there stands ono of the two trees that were planted by the prince of Wales when he visited America in 18GO. For some unknown reason the trees were always sickly and one of them finally died , notwithstanding the great care H received. Not so with the sturdy little tree LI Hung Chang planted with aucb Infinite care. It stands near Grant's tomb , whore , it is toped , It may vividly speak to the coming genera tions of that Interesting Cnlnaman'e visit to America. ATIILETIO THAIJJING PAYS. "tlrlnU" Thorn * of'Yale I'rofHInsr br Illx Sclioollnpr In the "arm. " Mr. Brlnkerboff Thorno of .New York , familiarly called by his friends "Brink" Theme , and well known In athletic circles for his famous run made while captain of tbe foot ball team at Yale. Is now putting Into practice some ot the experience he learned on tbe field. In 1890 Mr. Theme was graduated from Yale and with the end of hla college career hU exploits at foot ball were relegated to history. He refused an offer ot $20,000 a year that was made him to coach a team in the west. He said he did not wish to give aid to an enemy that might one day defeat his own college , although his doing so would have been considered honorable as tending to raise the standard ot sport. He also said that , having made his record , he woulfl never again play foot ball. The winter of ' 96-7 Mr. Thorno spent at Lafayette college at Easton , Penn. , to pre pare himself for tbe position In the Penn sylvania coal company that ho now holds. This position has taken him to West Pltt- ston , near Scranton , where he Is In authority over a number of men. Few would recog- nlza In the grave man who governs his men so well the former merry favorite at Yale. Undoubtedly his training as captain on the foot ball field has helped him to hold at tention and Interest of these men with whom ho now cornea In contact. Ills life at West Pitta ton Is In strong con- FREE TRIAL TO ANY HONEST MAN The Foremost Medical Company in the World In the Cure of Weak Men Makes this Offer HAPPY MARRIAGE , HEALTH. ENERGY AND LONG LIFE. In nil the world lodny In all the history ot the world no doctor or Institution has treated and teitmvdno many men nshn the famed I'.UIK MEDICAL CO. , of Buffalo. N. Y. 1 his U due to the fact that the company controls * omo Invention * and discoveries which have no equal In lha nolo realm of medical science. So much deception has teen practised In advertising that tbU Kritnd old company now makes till * startling offer : They will send their custly unit magically effective appliance and whole month's course of restorative remedies , positively on trial , vilhout tipmtt , to ny honest and reliable nmn I NotndollariircdbotuUnuccd not a inny paid till results are knonn toand acknowledged by the patient. Iho Krle Medical Company' * appliance nnd remedies have been talked about and urltteu about till o\er the world , till every man has hcanl of them. They restore or create ttrength , vlKor , healthy tUsuoand new life. They repalrdraltuon thc 3Mvm that cap the energy. They cure nvrvousnc&i , doixunlcucy. uud ull the effect * of eII habits , exctMieM , over-work , etc. They ulve full etrvngth. development and tone to every ponton and orgnn of the body. Failure Is Imioisl- bio und age Is no barrier. This "Trial without Expemo" offer Is naturally lira- . . , ite > l l > y the company to u short time , and applicationffll mint bo made nt once. Write to the ERIE MEDICAL COMPANY , BUFFALO. ) V. Y. , and give your express address as well as your/ Kilw to feeing U * account ot thelt ofler "Well , " she raid. "I fink they ouglit to be taken borne and spanked , 'cause they wasn't dressed any more than the angels. " AN IXTEHVAI * OF QUIET. Ida GoMsmlth Morris In Atlanta Constitution. You ( wouldn't think ) to look at him a-layin * thar so meek , Wrtth his chubby hands both folded under neath his sunburnt cheek ; You wouldn't think , to sea the peace his sleepin' features take- Jest what a holy terror ho kin bo when he's awalrol I bet If you could got a peep1 beneath those lashes now. You'd find a spark -mischief lurkln' In his eyes somehow ; AM those curved lipa that's molded like a cherub's , soft an' sweet , They're yearnln' Jest to jrlve a whoop would lift you off your feetl Look at hla ragged llttlo coat a-hangln' on that chair Thar ain't a thin ? belongs to him-thatl don't show signs of wear. Jest see thoset rusty little shoes , with both the toes stumped out , They plve a sort o' idea of the- way he gits about ! Somehow It don't feel natural fur the hou"e to be eo still , It'a full of empty epaces that it takes his voice to fill ; An * I kinder miss the racket an' the patter of his feet , An' the litter that I growl about things look a bean too neat. It's curious how ) a llttlo scamp like that kin take a part In all your though ta an * fancies , till he fills a feller's heart With the rattle an' the prattle that you learn to love somehow. Till you'ro lonesome when , you miss It Sh ! < Jreat Scott , he-'s waking now ! PRATTLE Of TIIE YOU.VU5TERS. "Grandma , " exclaimed Nebraska a 4-year- old , who had Just donned man's distinctive garment : "grandma , llttlo girls can't ever have pants , can she ? " "No. dear. " "That's too bad. " ' "I'd like to hear you play the violin , Mr. Billing , " said 7-ycar-old Tommy , who was entertaining tbe visitor. "But I don't play the violin , Tommy. " "Then papa must bo mistaken. I beard him tell mamma that you played second flddlo at home. " Little Oscar had Just received a train of cars for his birthday , and he Insisted on tak ing them to bed with him. His mother pro tested. "You should not take the cars to bed with you , " she said. "Why not ? " asked Oscar. "These are sleeping cars. " Jane ( reading ) "Tbe wtarled sentinel leaned on his gun and stole a few momenta * sleep. " Little Robbie I know where be stole it from. Jane Where , Bobble ? ? Bobble From his napeaclc. "Mamma , what docs Jumping at conclu- slora mean ? " asked 10-year-old Janet. "I know , " replied 8-year-old Mabel , before mamma could reply. "What does it mean , dear ? " asked mamma. "It means a kitty trying to catch its tall. " "Say ! " exclaimed little Willie , suddenly breaking a long sllenco and turning to ho ! mother , " 1 there such a thing as a photo graphic heart ? " "Why. what do you mean , Willie ? " asked his mother In surprise. "Well , I heard that man who was here last night tell Sister Sue that her features were photographed on hla heart , " explained the i > oy. "and Judging from the way he was holding her I should think they ought to have been. " wages again failed anJ food waa so dear that Isaac had to go to work after he was 10 years of age ; and this time as draw-boy to two weavers. He went to school at night. The sight ot machinery became his constant Inspiration. 'He was always devising , even then , new plans for saving labor. Atter a while he became a full-fledged mill-boy and worked fourteen hours a day. THE''BOY AT SCHOOL. When better days came he left the mill and was sent to the" school kept by a Mr. Fraser , who had known well the pact Burns. This school master was popularly called "Old Radical. " Sir Isaac was tend ot tell ing , later , how ' "Old Radical" had "A man's a man for a' that" printed in large type and mounted on boards for the boys of the school to look at and parse at sight. When , in the year that George. Ill died , 1820 , Isaac's father removed to Paisley , Isaac went to say goodbye to "Old Radical , " -who talked to him about George IV's accession , and said : "If you want to study the new king , read Suetonius and Petronlus. You will find bis counterpart in their works. Isaac had been an apt pupil , and replied : " 'The kings of the earth take counsel together , ' but what Is true and Juat must live In spite ot them. " The boy ot IB was placed with an uncle at Paisley to learn shawl weaving. Here his health broke down , eo that ho could do llttlo or no manual labor. Ho then be came assistant to John Kennedy , a scientific lecturer , with whom he etudted Greek , Latin , French and mathematics. Twice he offered himself for the Wesleyan ministry and was accepted as a candidate , but his feeble health closed this path to him. When bo was 19 ho became a mathematical tutor at ReadIng - Ing and formed a mathematical institute , giving lectures in natural science and history. Young Holdcn's lectures at Reading were given to about 100 young men , who clubbed together and furnished a llttlo laboratory. In the course of his chemical expsrlments. In 1829 , ho originated the Idea of the luclfcr match , though ho never patented It or de rived any financial benefit from It. But \\a shall hear him tell his own story. Be- for a select committee of the House of Com mons , appointed to Inquire into the workIngs - Ings ot the patent laws , ho PI Id : STHUGQLK3 OF GENIUS. "In the morning I used to get up at 4 o'clock In order to pursue my btudics , and I used at that time the flint and steel , in the use of which I ifou'rid very great Incon- vonlenco. I gave lectures In chemistry at the tlmo at a very argo academy. Of course I know , as pther chemists did , the explosive material .that waa necessary in order to produce In tpntanoous light , but It \vua very difficult to obtain a light onood by that explosive material , and the Idea occurred to me to pud , under the explosive mixture sulphur. ) < dld tbat and published It in my next lectury , And showed It. There was a young man In the room whcee father was a chenilt't in London , and he Immedi ately wrote to bis 'father ' about it , and shortly afterward lucifer matches were issued to the world. I boltevo that waa the first occasion that we had the present lucifer match. " i Mr. Holden gave tip 'teaching In 1830 and obtained a place as bookkeeper at Culllng- wortb , near Kt-lghley , to Measrs. Townsend Brothers , In which ratabllshment ho after ward became manager. From the tlmo when he waa mill boy ho had never lost sight of the need ot an Improvement In tbe process of wool combing. He watched tbo hand combers at work and learned that many attempts had been made to treat the fiber my machinery , but that the fiber It self waa so delicate that every experiment had failed. Ho determined to try again. At last he succeeded In tbo production ot the "square motion wool comber , " with action to Imitate that of the bands. In the same year Holden Invented a device for gfnappo yarna. He next entered Into partnership with Mr. Lister , DOW' Lord Masbam , whom he bought out at the end o ! ten years by the payment of 85,000. He Improved bk patents , A GODSEND TO HUMANITY. Ohloan Invents a Device That Is a Sure Cure far Alt Nervous Diseases , Rheumatism , .Weakness * and All Forms of Constitutional Sickness. Those Who Have Used it Declare it to be the Most Remarkable Invigorant tver Produced for Man , Woman or Child. A quick-witted Individual from Toledo , Ohio , has patented nnd placed on the mar- key a bath , cabinet that will bs of great In terest to the sick nnd debilitated. It Is u scaled compartment la which ono comfort ably rc ts on a chair and , with only the hcadi outside , may have all the Invigorat ing , cleansing and purifying effects of the most luxurious Turkish bath , with none of Its dangers , Inconvenience * * or enervating Influences. SIHVI. \ ( ! CAIHXKT IX USB. A > w ll knan physician , In Hudson , Mich. , C. H. Colbath , M. D. , enve up his prac'leo to sell these bath cabinets , feeling that they were to a very large extent all that his pa tients need have to get well. Another phy sician of Llgonlcr , Ind. , Dr. P. W. Black , hns followed Dr. Colbnth's example , and lie , too , devotes till his time to "elllnsr the bith cabinet * . Many remarkable letters have been' written to ths Inventors from those who linvo used the cabinet , one of which , referring to 1M'I.\MM.VI 011V IllIUtniATISH , will bo Interesting to tboso who suffer with this dreaded malady. Miss Nellie B. Hewitt. Concadca , Alle- gany county , N. Y. . writes : "My mother tended his business , and accumulated a vast fortune. His Bradford works alone combed 60,000,000 pounds of wool a year. Great fac tories have grown up In France at Hhelms and Crolx. At the latter place the popula tion rose as the result of his enterprise from 1,700 to over 10,000. The firm of Hol den & Sons ha9 become the largest Indus trial concern of the kind In the world. The French towns which owe their prosperity to him acknowledge with gratitude the two free meals each day provided for them dur ing the Franco-German war of 1S70. Miss Emily Crawford tells us how Sir Isaac killed nnd burled the "flounced petticoat , " which for long had been the prldo of the Paris laundress. The cotton famine which followed our war of 1861-65 gave a great stimulus to the wool trade. Muslin dresses almost died out In Franco. l > ut the- particu lar petticoat , eo richly flounced , long de- fled all opposition , but In time was. doomed to entire extinction. It had been a work of art to bleach , starch and Iron tbe garoicnt , with Its multitudes of small flounces , and It cost from ten to fifteen shillings to "get ono up. " When Ironed , the petticoat was carried horuc suspended from a pole , and In , streets where there -were many laun dresses there were dally petticoat proces sions. Sir Isaac believed that the cotton garment could bo replaced by light mohair. Ho plotted for that result , The day of the flounced petticoat was gone forever. The Holden factories grew apace under the in creased demand for the new and very fash ionable fabric. ENTERS PARLIAMENT. Mr. Holden entered Parliament In 1865 , and retired from public life In 1892. He attrib uted his vigorous old age to regularity and temperance in living. After 1892 be made It a rule to take ten hours' sleep out ot the twenty-four. On one occasion , In 1893 , he said : "I take for my breakfast at present ono baked apple , one orange , twenty grapes and a biscuit made from banana flour. My midday meal consists of about three ounces of beef or mutton , with now and again a half-cupful ot soup. It I take a little fish , I take so much less at meat. For supper I practically repeat my breakfast menu. After the system has been built up , and tbe period of manhood has been reached , all starch foods should bo banished from the human diet. " Thus this hard-working man , who In early years had feeble health , could look back on a ninetieth birthday ! He was habitually cheerful , and In his home life he was sin gularly happy. The baronetcy , which the father won by his .distinguished public services , now passes to bis eldest son , Mr. Angus Holden , M. P. , who was born In 1830. Sir Isaac was for many years a local or lay preacher in the British Wesleyan church. Ho waa strongly opposed to liturgical worship , yet used to otten to say that If he were a minister he would prepare his prayers as carefully as he would his sermons. As an employer he was exact and Just , but very kind , generous and sympathetic with all hla work people. Of his factories at Rhelms and Crolx ho was proud to bo able to say that of the English population there three-fourths were children whose falters had been in bis employment , most of them more than thirty years. His own valet had at the time of his death served Six Isaac twenty-three years , and said that be had never. In all that time , noticed a shade ot Ill-humor on "tho master's" face , or heard an Impatient word cross his lips. Thousands of workmen stood bareheaded In the lanes as his funeral cortege pawed by , and many a tear fell as the remains of this eminent master of Industry were laid to rest In the family tomb. A friend ot Sir Isaac , ono-who know him well , has said : "He was not a man spoiled by success. When honors poured In upon him , and high positions became his , and the queen selectmJ him for knielithood , and ho attained Euro pean fame , be was the same gentle , modcet , sympathetic man as he was seventy yeara ago. " THE : SOUL'S srmxtj CI.IAXIXG. Sam Walter Tosa. Yes , clean yer bouse , nn' clean ycr shed , An1 clean ( yer barn In ev'ry part ; But brush tbe cobwebs from yer head , An' sweep the snowbank from yer heart. Yes , w'cn spring cleanln' comes aroun' Bring forth the duster an' the broom , But rnko ycr fopry notions down , Au * Bweep yer dusty soul of gloom. Sweep ol' Ideas out with the dust , An' dress yer soul In newer style ; Scrape from ycr mln' Its wornout crust , An' dump It In the rubbish pile. Sweep out the bates that burn an' smart , Brlrvi In new loves serene an- pure ; Aroun' the hearthstone of the heart i Place modern styles or furniture. Clean out yer morrll cubby-holes. Sweep out the dirt , scrape oft the scum ; 'TN cleanin' time for healthy souls- alt up an' dust ! The spring hez cornel Clean out the corners of the brain , Bear down with scrubbin1 brush and soap , An' dumi > ol' Fear Into the rain. An' dust a cozy chair for Hope. Clean out the brain's deep rubbish hole , Soak ev'ry cranny , great an * small. An * In the front room of the soul Hang pootler pictures on the- wall ; Scrub up the winders of the mind. Clean up. and lot the spring begin ; . Swing open wldo the dusty blind , An' let the April sunshine in. Plant flowers in the soul's front yard. Set out new shade an' blossom trees , An' let the soul once froze an' hard Sprout crocuses of now Idees. Yes , clean yer bouse , on' clean yer shed , An' clean yer barn In ev'ry part ; But brush the cobwebs from yer head , An' sweep tbe snowbanks from yer heart ! was prostrated with Inflammatory rheuma tism when your cabinet came , one week PRO. Today she la around the hsuse. the swelling In her band nnd arm gone , and l < * Retting- perfectly well. Our doctor wns vury much astonished , nnd says be will recom mend tnc cabinet. " Quite a number of others write In n similar drain , and there seems to , be no doubt but wh.it the long- sought-for means of curing rheumatism , Brlght's Jl ease and all urinary affections bus been found. Others write ot various benefits , one ot tbe principal ones referring to the bath cablnot as A KI.KJ1I KRDI'Cnit. 'it l.i Important to note that the Inventors of 'the cabinet guarantee that flesh will be reduced nt the rate of five pounds per week If the baths are taken regularly. That Is , of course , n good scientific reason why the cabinet accomplishes the fact ot reducing flesh , nnd these points nro well brought out In a very Instructive little book Issued by tbe Inventor. As a means to CtllK SKIN 1HSUASES the- cabinet Is unquestionably the finest thing In the world. People who have been testing patsnt medicines , spring tonlesi nnd blood purifier * should gut Into a v.ipor bith cabinet , nml It won't be Ions before they 'hive n nlslii iii smooth , c'e.ir nnd nlossy aa the most fastidious could desire. Thu great feature uf this bath cabinet Is the fact that It op-ns the several million pores all over the bods' , stimulates the swe.it glands and thui nil the Impure salts , acids nnd mois ture In the system nre liberated In a nut- ur.il nvinner. Instead of oveiworklnu the luni3. kidneys , bladder nml the liver. At * Inched to the bath. If desired. Is a COMIMvUXIO.V STHAJIKU I In ( which the face may .be ulven the pnme I vapor treatment ns thq body. This pro- j | dures the most wondotfully brilliant results 1 and will undoubtedly be popular with the billies. Whatever will hasten porstilr.itlon , e\ery one knows will prove a benefit. TurkIsh - Ish baths' ' . masa.-iRc , tut drinks , stimulants nnd hot foot baths , with quinine doses In ternally , nre all known to the majority uf l > topl ? as benellc-lal , but the best of the o mfthod > ( becomes crude and liiplsnltlcnnt when comrwied with the convenient nnd matve'.ously curative power of the cabinet b.ith us referred , to above. The cabinet Is known ns the SfBW IMl'ltOVKIl TUK11MAI * VAl'On MATH CAIIIXnT v\as patented In October. ISM , by Mollen- kopp Sc McCrenry , Toledo , O. , who .iro ltd solo manufacturers. A plea-Mill feature of the cablnot Is that It Is so constructed th.it it may be folded flit In small vpnce nnd put behind a doof out of the way. People biilldiiiK house * may thin ilNiicnsolth the costly tattk room , n the Inith cabinet can be used In any room In the house. For tha tick room Us mUantug's nro ut once apparent. Th cubluet ! < nlrtlKht fliul natcrproof , so thhtl the vapor cannot possibly escape Into th < room. Th cabinet Is ( imply huge enough , to comfortably hold an adult. ThTe IIIIVP been so-cnllcd bnth c.iblii9ts > on the market for years , nnd hav sold' not upon theli merits , but beeausu thera \vm nn indent domniiil for such n bnth. , The New Improved Cabinet , made by tha Toted'i llrni. It the only practical nrllnlo ot the lilnd. Is ftroimly niul handsomely nudofet nnd Its manufacturers. uuAUAvruB iiicsi'i/rs. ' They n-wrt , positively , and their stntft * menta nre backed up by nn army of It-nit * niony fiom persons of Influence In their re spective tonn , tft.U tholr fiblnet will eur r.mous debility , clear the skin , purify th blood , cure ihv.imntlsm ( they otter VA ru- wnnl for n eJso that cannot ba ru'ievtd ) , cures women' * trouble * , nlirht sweats , ln pamnta , n ml all diseases of the nerves aodkV blood. It " WIMj lHB ) IV HARD COLO with one bnth. anil for such n purpose ltlll really n hou.'eholcl necessity. It Is. otj course , the finest and most luxurious nnJl , bcntllclnl h.ilh ImiiKlnnhle , but Its rnl viilui- lies In Its marvelous power to drair out of thu > st'rn the Impmltles thnt cau * * > dHae. and for this reason * Is rcuiily a eoJ4 send to 'humanity. 1IO\V TO fiKT OXK. Renders who nro rick or suffering front any of the dlsfrnsei referred to above should hmo one of lenutkiiule cabinets. The prlcu U wonderful.y low. SPAL-O will iu ; permit of u detailed ilescilutlon ot th crtb- Inct , but It will bear out the most exacting demand for practicability and curative ) properties. Write to MollenVopp Sc Xlc- CK'.uy. 621 , tifi nnd C.JS Summit 8tre t , To ledo , Oilo , ami usk. thorn to * eml you thtlr pamphlets and clruul.int d'terllilnu their Improved Thermal Vjpar llxth t'nhlntt. The icRuliir price of the cabinet Is J5 , nnd , It would 1)3 illtllcult Imlcod to ImnKlna where ono could Invest thit amount of money in unythlnir * ! Unit r.m promise FO much real gfrtiulno hea'thlsor ' nnd ro bust PtrviiRtn. Write lodiiy for full In formation , or , better Htl I , order a cabinet. You w jn't be dMuppolntPd , ns the makers ] Kunrnntcu "n-eo thins they ship. Tln-lr ref erence * are the Toledo Stvines Hunk A Tiu. t Co. , uny express company , mercuntll * i ncPMC'les , or nny business Him In Toledo , I Uo not fall to send for booklet , ns It will ptovo very interesting reading. New York Society Ladies ENDORSE The Misses Bell's * CompSexion Tonic Lovely Complexion { SSfe Clear , White Skin 3ggs& & Nothing will CURE , CLEAR and WHITEN the SKIN so QUICKLY and PERMANENTLY as The Misses Bell's Complexion Tonic. Complexion Tonic is not a new. untried remedy , but has been used by the best people for years , and for dissolving and removing forever Tan , Sun burn , Moth , Freckles , Ballownc&s , Blackheads , Krzema , Pimples , Red ness , etc. , and bleaching , brightening and beautifying the complexion , it has no equal. THERB NEVER WAS ANYTHING LIKE IT. Its merits nro known everywhere. The Misses Bell's Complexion Tonic is used and endorsed by the cntiro theatrical profession , lending actresses , professional beauties , society ladies and people of refinement everywhere eagerly uniting in its praise. It is absolutely harmless to the mo > t dclicntc skin. The marvel ous improvement after n few applications will biirpri'-e nnd delight you. for the skin will become as Nature intended it should ho smooth , clear mid white free from every impurity or blemish. .It cannot fall , for its action is such that it draws the Impurities out of thu akin aud does not cover up. This is the only thorough and permanent way. The Misses Bell nro the Pioneers in the art of treating the complexion at your homes by means of Complexion Tonic. No massaging , face steam ing or operations nre necessary ; Himply the application of Complexion Tonic , which is absolutely invisible , as it is not n ccomctic to cover up , but * n cure , most effective in its results. No discomforts are felt by its use , and a euro is obtained without the slightest annoyance. A dRAND OFFER. The price of the Complexion Tonic fa $1 per bottle , which places it within the reach of all. Kvcry reader of this , who purchases a bottle , will receive , free , n bar of our I.nmb's Wool Oil Soap. This Is Indeed n generous offer. Itemit only by 1' . O. Money Order. Express or Ucsistercd Letter. Complexion Tonic is sent securely packed in plain wrapper , free from observation , to nny part of the world on receipt of price. S fo delivery guaranteed. Ladies can address Tiio Misses Hell on nil nintteio of complexion nnd hygleno in the strictest confidence , nnd satisfactory advice will be given promptly without charge. An intereitinir pamphlet will be sent upon receipt of stamp. Address all communications and all orders to THE MISSES BELL , or THE BELL TOILET CO. , 78 Fifth Avenue , New York NEW PUULICATIONS. COSTS YOU NOTE MUCH SHODDY JEWELRY Is sold thr6uKhnd\ertKcmcntt SO nowadays that many persons havu become skeptical and hubiUito to risk their money. YOU NtED I1AVI ! 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