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Author of "Barbarm Hraiheote Trial,'
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ClarTIK ZTIIi. THE BCD Tk.RU.
I prcivd a great change la Mrs. Mark
bam aftr mr miittrexa' visit, hue Uwk
IrM nolle of tba children, seat fewer
tutu to the nursery, ceased to Inter
fere Id tb nursery arrangements, and of
ten ignored mr presence if she chanced to
meet ma In tbe ball or garden. Her mau
oer convinced ma that she was deeply of
fended by ber sister's patronage- of rur.
Very probably Mr. Morton hail spoken a
few forcible words in my defense. They
made her understand that they trusted
me implicitly, and tbal any interference
in uiy department would lie displeasing to
tbein. It was easy to read tt! from her
averted looks.
Now and then I heard a word or two
about "Violet," "ridiculous infatuation,"
when I passed the 0eu drawing-room
door. Rolf once akd ine curionsly why
bis mother disliked me so. "You are
not to tery wicked, are you, Kenny? Is
it very wicked to be stuck tip? Mother
Is so fond of nsing that word, you know."
I Iried not to Iisteu to Knlf. I could af
ford to be magnanimous, for I was very
happy Just then. Gay's partiality for me
was evident, and I soon conceived Die
warmest attaebmeut for her. She seized
everv ouoortunity of running tip to the
nursery for a few minutes chat, and she
often Joined ns on the beach, One after
noon shs asked to accompany us in
country ramble, llunuah had gone to
Wheeler's Kami to have tea with Molly,
and l.uke was to walk home with her in
tbe eveuiug. I thought how they would
enjoy that walk through the trn-nld
and down tbe dim. scented lanes. Life
would look as sweet to them as to richer
lovers; youth and health and love Ix-lntr
the threefold cord that cannot lightly lie
broken. (Jay made the excuse that she
would be useful In taking care of Joyce
while I wheeled Reggie in his perambula
tor; I overheard her saying this to Mrs.
Markham. but her speech only elicited a
scornful reply.
"If Miss Kentou encourages Hauriuh lu
gadding about, there Is not the slightest
need for you to tuke her place, fifty; but,
of course, you will please yourself."
"Oh. I always please myself, Addie,"
returned Gay, cheerfully, "and I shall eu
joy a ramble among the laues."
And. Indeed, we bad a delightful after
noon gathering wild llowcrs, and resting
ourselves In any shady corner w here a
fallen tree or style Invited us.
We were gathering some (Hippies thai
irrew among the corn when (iay called
me. She looked a little anx:ovs.
"Merle, I am really afraid there is a
storm coming up, You were noticing just
now bow close and sultry It felt; those
cloud look ominous, and we are a mile
and half from Marshlands."
1 felt conscience-stricken at her words.
We bad been talking and laughing, and
had not perceived how the sutishiiie had
faded. Certainly, the clouds had a lurid,
luAuticruuR mil i nu i . 1 1 . j vvviv cas
ing low, and seemed fussy aud uucertaiu
la their movements. True, the' storm
might not break on us for another halt
boar; but we should never get the chil
dren home In that time. I thought of
Keggle with dismay.
"What shall we do. Miss Gay?" I re
tained, hurriedly. "It would be nearer
to Wheeler's Farm. We might take
. I I 1 1. - .1 . 1. .. II
refuge there."
"Walt a moment," was her answer;
"we shall be drenched before we get
there. The Ked Farm is not half a mile
off. I think we had better Ukc the chil
dren there, and then Mr. ilawlrr will
end us home in his wagonette Como
cornel Why do you hesitate, Merle? He
Is father's old friend; and even Adelaide
would find no fault with ns If we took
refuge at the Ked Farm."
I held my peace, for of course Miss
Cherlton must know what her falher and
sister would approve: but I did not like
the notion at all, and I followed her some
what reluctantly down the field. I would
.much rather have gono to Wheeler's
Farm, and put ourselves under Molly's
protection. Most likely they would have
placed a covered cart or wagon at our
dlsnnssl anil w should all have enjoyed
the fun. Gay was so simple and uncon
ventional that she saw no harm at alt In
going to the Red Form; but I knew what
Aunt Agatha would say, aud I took all
my notions of propriety from her.
Bat tbe Fates were against us, for Just
as we reached the stile there was Kunlre
Hawtry himself, mounted as usual on
brown Peter, trottiug quietly home. He
checked Peter at once, and spoke lu rathe
concerned voice.
"Miaa Cherlton, this is very Imprudent.
There will be a storm directly. Those
children will never get home."
He spoke to her, but I fancied he meant
that reproachful look for me. No doubt I
was the one to blame.
"It waa very wrong," I stammered; "hut
talklnir and did not notice. 1
want Mlas Cherlton to hurry to Wheeler's
Farm." ,
"Oh. nonsense!" he said, abruptly; but
it was such pleasant abruptness; "the
ftml firm is a mile nearer. Give tbe lit
tle girl to me. Miss Kenton, aud thou you
ea walk on quickly. 1 will soon have
her under shelter."
There waa do disputing this sensible ad
vice, and as soon as Peter waa trotting on
with his double burden I followed as
tnlk1v u nnaaibla with Reggie. We
ware onlv lost in time, after all. As
whaalait RjHriria under the the porch of
the Red Farm tbe first heavy drop pat
tered down. ...
I waa In such baate that I only stole
quick glance at the low red bouse, with
ta curious mnllioned window and stone
ore. I bod. noticed, aa we came np tbe
gravel walk,, thick privet hedge, and a
yew walk, KC1 Tand old waluut tree In
Ue center of the small lawn, with clr
ealar seal There were seat, too, la the
exarch, and a weet smell of jasmine and
lenulli Than the door opened, and
tfcere stood Mr. Hawtry, with beam-
tmm faaa. and Jovce besid him, evidently
peaajaatl
to welcome us an ui ,uw
I lifted Reggie oat of tbe perambulator
Md anted him into the aalL It nau
mm il.iin omk furniture la It; heavy
mutt mMmU and chain, and a tail
jtek. TfcenwaaaUgtr akin lying be
tMiMM Irrwtaee. An open gU door
i I) s ekamlng otd-faehioned garden,
ssgk . howling-green and rustte arbor
eWSftwa tralgM walk, bordered with
Crrffi ma tree.
A t-X thin woman, with npUeid faee
c;J cr
ti . . . .. . , . ...
Cornish, my worthy housekeepr," aud
tlieu bade her, with good-humored ir-
eiiiptoriness, "to get tea ready as s-kiu as
pumible in the oak-room."
"I am afraid tbe druwiug-roum has
rather a chilly apect," he continued.
Ibrowiug open a door. "Should you not
prefer sitting iu my deu. Miss Gay, until
Mrs. ('ornlnh tells us tea is ready?"
I was s-wry when .Miss Cherilou pro
nounced iu favor of the dt-u. 1 l.ted the
look ot that drawiug-nsiiu, with its three
long, uarrow wimlows ojieiiiug ou to the
bowling -green. It had faint, yellowish
paneled walls and nu old fashioued blue
couch, uud there wussome beautiful china
ou au luilluu cahiuet. No doubt thai was
where bis mother auil Miss Agnes used to
sit. Perhaps the room held wl ineiitories
for hint, aud he was glud to lose the dour
upon them.
Mr. Hawtry's den was a small front
room, with a view of the privet heilge anil
the walnut tree, riiiI wuh piaiuly furnish
ed with a round table, ami well-worn
leather chairs, the walls lined with ma
hogany look shelves, his gun aud a pair
of handsomely mounted pistols occupying
the place of honor over tin mantel piece.
Joyce called it an ugly room, but 1 thought
If looked comfortable ami home-like, with
it pleasant litter of mngaxitiesaud papers;
and Guy wild at onre:
"I do like this old den of your, Mr.
Hawtry; it Is such a snux room. esjieciBlly
in winter, when fat lier and I have come
in after a long, cold ride."
"You do not come as ofteu now. Miss
Gay," he said, looking at her a little keen
ly. She colored, as though the remnrk etn
liarrassed her, and seemed In-nt on excus
ing herself.
"I nin Hut h a busy person, you we, and
now I spend all my leisure Mine with the
children. Am 1 not a devoted aunt,
Merle r
"You are very good (ogive ns so much
of your company," 1 returned, for I saw
she wanted nie to speak; but just then a
fljvsti of lightning frightened Joyce away
from the window, and she came to me
for protection. Reggie, too, began to cry,
ami 1 had some trouble lu pacifying him.
(iay good-niftuTedly came to my assist
ance. ".Suppose we tuke the children Into the
other room and show them the shells; It
woiftTl distract their attention from the
storm. We will leave you to read your
paper in peace, Mr. Hawtry." Hut he in
sisted on going with us. The cabinet had
a curious lock, kit insured us, and no one
could open It hut himself.
The children were delighted with the
shells, and a littlo green Indian Idol per-
fectlv fascinated Reggie. He kissed the
grinnlug countcmiuce with Intense uffee
lion, and murmured, "Pretty, pretty."
My attention was attracted to a minia
ture In a velvet frame. It was a por
trait of a round -faced, happy-looking girl,
with brown eves, rather like Mr. Ilitw-
ti-v's.
"That vvns my sister Agnes," he said,
with asio-h. and for a moment his face
Clouded over. "She died two years ago,
Bftcr years of Intense suffering. That
miniature was nalutcd when she was
eighteen. She was a bright, healthy crea
ture then. Look, that was tier coucn,
where she spent her days. There is a mys
tery In some lives. Miss Feuton. I uever
understood why she was pernV'ted to suf
fer all these years.
"No, indeed," observed Gay, who heard
this. "Violet and I were so fond of her:
she could be so merry, in spite of her pain.
I thluk some of my pleasantest hours have
been spent in this room. How pleased she
used to lie when 1 had anything uew to
tell her or show her. I do not wonder you
miss her, Mr. Hawtry; 1 have always been
sorry for you."
1 thought he seemed sorry for himself
for I hod never seen him look so sad. 1
wished then that Gay had not brought ns
back to this room; It was evidently full of
relics of the past, when womanly hands
had busied themselves for the comfort of
the dearly loved sou and brother.
The little round table beside the couch,
with its inlaid work-box and stand of
favorite books, must have been Miss Ag
ues', but the netting case and faded silk
bag on the other ido of the tire-place,
with the Hoectncles lying on the closed
Bible, must have belonged to the mother,
llow sorelv must he have missed theml
Few meu would have cared to have pre
served these little homely treasures; they
would have swept them away with the
dead past. Hut now and then a strong
mauly churacter has this element of feml
nine tenderness.
1 thluk my look must have expressed
vmnatuy. for Mr. Hawtry came up to mo
as I stood aloue by the Tvindow (for Gay
was still showing the shells to the chil
dren) and said, a little abruptly:
' It Is good of you to bs sorry for mo,
but time heals all wounds, aud, in spite of
pain aud loneliness, one would not call
them buck lo suffer." And then his voice
changed to a lower key. "I wish Agnes
could have known you, Miss Kentou; how
she would have sympathized with your
workl All good women are fond of little
children, but she doted on them, There
were so many children In the church-yard
n the dav she was buried."
I was uia much touched to answer, but
he went on as though he did not notice my
silence.
You seem very happy lu your workf"
"Vcrv haimy."
' "One can see that; you have a most con
touted exnresslon; It almost makes one
..v nn I wouder how vou came to
n, Hindi work was possible."
do uot know bow it was, but I found
myself telling Mr. Hawtry all about Aunl
Auntlii aud the collage ill ruiuey.
von id full word or two about my mis
ersblc deficiency. I am not sure what I
.Id Imt I eertalnlr saw li I tn smile, as
thnnirh uinielhiuif amused him.
I u-rs almost sorrv when Mrs. Cornish
mlleil o into the oak room, and yet
ni nleiisiiiit hour followed. Mrs. Cor
nlHli rmll rod out the tea, and the chlldreu
were very good; even Reggie behaved
ni,nniiiv Tha room was very dark
.,wl lnw mid furnished eutirely with oak
but a cheery Utile Are burned on th
kurth! kii.l though Ihrt thunder ruin beat
heavily against tins window, It seemed only
t.i.ild to our merrluu-nt. Mr. Hawtry
nrnmiHtd to drive us home In the wag
onette, but we dared uot veuture until th
Inrm was over.
Wh.n tha children bail finished the it
bread and honey, they played about tht
room, while we gathered roanu tue wm
dow. .
u. IL.trv snnka moat to Oav, and
eat by and listened. He spoke about Mr.
Usli nraantlv.
"I think him a capital fellow." h
aid, in hi hearty manner; "aud it qnlu
pnules ma why Mr. Markham d 11 Ike
blm o; she I alway llnrtlug fanlt wltH
him "
"Oh, there U no accounting tor Ade
laide jin.es sua flisllKes," replied Gay,
a little impatiently. "Sometimes 1 think
she would have found fault with !-t Paul
himself, if she had kuowu hiui."
Mr. llawtry laughed, "rtossiter Is not
a Haiut Paul, certainly, but be is a down
right huti-sl fellow, and that Is what I
like. Perhaps be is not a shining light ie
the puipit, but he is so earnest aud pains
takiug that we cannot blame bis waut oi
elou,ueuce. lie is jut the companion that
suits me; always cheerful and alway
good tempered, aud ready to talk ou any
subject. I must say I am rather partial
to Walter Rossiter.
Now 1 wouder what made Gay look so
pleased, aud why ber eyes beamed so soft
ly on Mr. Hawtry. Hut she said nothing,
and Mr. Rossiter's name soon dropped out
of the conversation
Very shortly after that the rain cleared,
and the wagonette was ordered. W hilf
we were waiting for If, Gay a-sked ine tr
come with her Into the dairy, to see l.ydis
Kowerhy. I was anxious to see Hannah t
sister, but 1 own I was not prepossessed
wllti her appearance. Khe bad red hair.
like Mollyindeed, most of the Howerbys
had red hair but she was far plaiuerthan
Molly, aud it struck me her fuee looked
hard.
I had to own by aud by, however, that
mv first Imtiressions were wrong, for a
few moments afterward when Mrs. Corn
Ish carried Reggie, into the dairy, Lydia's
hard-featured face softened lu a wonder
ful manner, and such a pleasant smile re
deemed her plainness.
"Oh, do let me hold bun a moinem
she said, eagerly; "he reminds me of litt le
Davie, our poor little brother who died.
Hauuah has talked so much about him."
Aud when Mrs. Cornish relinquished him
reluctantly, she carried him about the
dairy with such pride aud Joy that Mrs.
Cornish nodded her head at her benig-
nantly.
You are a rare one for children, l.yddy;
I never saw a woman to beat you. She is
always begging me to ask Dan," she went
ou, turning to us. "She spoils Dan huge
ly, and so does Molly: they are both of
them soft-hearted, though you would not
believe it to look at them; but many a
soft fruit has a rough rind," flubbed Mrs.
Cornish.
Reggie was asleep all the way borne.
but Joyce prattled incessantly. I took
them luto the house as quietly as I coulu,
after bidding Mr. Hawtry good-night. I
thought it best to leave (iay to explain
things to Mrs. Markham.
lint nil that evening, until I slept, a
sentence of Mr. Hawtry's haunted me: "1
wish my sinter Allies could have known
you, .Miss r entou. vv ny uiu ne wish
that? And yet and yet I should have
beeu glad to have known Agnes Hawtry,
too.
(To
h Contioqeil.)
Jtringing- tbe Bank
of England
to TcrniH.
A wealthy Xew Yorker had an ex
citing parley in the Hank of England
when he presented a number of notes
for exchange Into American money,
says, hugene field in a London letter
to the Chicago News. "We don't knmv
you, sir," said the teller. "You mustba
identified." "I shall not be identified,"
said the Xew Yorker. "You must cash
your notes or 1 shall make trouble."
The cashier came up and fri'xi to
smooth things over; he spoke about the,
time-honored custom, etc. "At lease,"
said the cashier, "we shall require you
to put your name on the back of the
notes." 1 shall do no such thing."
vociferated (he Xew Yorker. "I am
solvent auileiitindyresuMiirfible; I shall
nol endorse ;f luptl. Bit (taking out
his watcli)ii!ilss yen accept, your notes
ii live minutes' timfi I shall send them
to rotest." This heroic treatment
created a great sensation in the sleepy
old bank; but the notes were cashed
and the Xew Yorker went his way
triumphantly. He was Jay lio;ild's
secretary, Morosini.
Why Booth i Carrie.
From time to time 1 have noticed thaf.
the critics have deplored a tendenoj in
Mr. Ktiwin jtuoth to walk through his
parts in a eareleas way. Several times
recent ly Xew York papers have contain
ed (illusions to the great actor's lack of
lire and enthiisiaam, perhaps this little
story may explain why Mr. IJooth does
nol take as much pains as usual with
ids work.
When Mr. Lawrence Harrett severed
his acting alliance witli Mr. llooth at
the close of the season of 1888- J, re
taining only the business pari nership, ho
wiid to a friend of mine: "You will see
a falling olf in Mr. Hooth's work next
season, or I shall bo greatly surprised.
As long asl was acting with him lie felt
the stimulus of rivalry. Not font mo
ment do I pretend to think that 1 am a
rival of Mr, llooth, but there are a good
many jieople in all the places we visited
who take an interef in my work, and
Mr. ilooih knew this. It acted upon
him as a stiinuleiit to make him do his
liest to show his wondrous power as an
actor. Xext season he will nut be.
brought into anything like competition
with Madame Modjcska. She will play
characters which cannot be made to riv
al those in which Mr. dooth appears.
There will lie. no pressing reason for hint
lo exert himself, and the consequence,
will lie, as I have said, that he will not
let out all that is in him."
This theory is very reasonable, and it
accounts for the phenomenon which so
many e;istern dramatic critics have re
marked. The inlluence of Mr. Ilarrett
was good 'ipon Mr. llooth -n liMny ways
beside the one indicated alxive. Mr. Ilar
rett was his companion and friend in the
best sense; he checked Mr. Month's ap
petite for cigars and high living - not
d inking, bear iu mind, for Mr.lJoothis
j,ot inlemieratc -but as to thelatemtp
pers mid tin wholesome habits in diet,
mid so on. Xext season, if Ilarrett re
covers hi health fully, he will act again
with Hootri, to the advi:tgeof all con
cerned.- J'lttsburg Dispatch.
Poliitlnir for Ure
I la nf the former nalnce of the
bey of Constantlne, say Utber
u,r iru adorned with extraodi -
nary frescos of tbe rudeat and most in
artistic design, TLe story of their
origin is curious enough. Ahmed, tlw
last bey of Kaentina (ConsUntiue), was
anxious to have th wails of his palace
decorated with oil paintings, but not
withstanding tlie most diligent search
in the city and neighborhood, no native
artist could ! found w.-io was capable
of carrying out his w ishes. In this
diieiniim it occurred to him to intrust
the execution of this diaiciilt task to it
French prisoner, a shoemaker bv trade,
who was employed as a slave in the
palace. He promised restore him to
liberty. The poor wretch, who knew
well how to ly ilie awi and the. ' w ax-
end," but had not the faintest notion
how to mix colors or lutudle a brush,
humbly and piteously declared over and
over agaid (hat he was utterly unworthy
of the great honor. It availed him
nothing, for the bey exclaimed:
"You lie! A I! -rangi (Frenchmen)
can paint, so 1 am told; get to work this
instant or I will have your head lopped
off.-
In f -ar and trembling our new-Hedged
artist took up the brush and paint put
and spurred on by mortal terror his
laboring fancy "produced those tm'y
wonderful freseoe?. With anxious ex
pectation he now waited to hear what
his master would say to hjs performance
The hey came, he saw, and approved.
"This fellow w.ttited to deceive rue."
lie said, "but I knew that all Frangi
were liars."
And, true to his word, he set the hon
est cobbler free.
A GirP. lr M-ii e of Mind.
A whole village was thrown into ex
citement not long ago by an ignorant,
uncontrolled young mother, who ran
screaming into the street "Jack is
bleeding to death! Itun for the doctor,
quick!"
ihe father walked the floor m a
panic of terror; the children cried; the
neighliors flocked in; the mother went
into hysterics, and little Jack was faint
ing from loss of blool. The "blood
spurts" showed that an artery had been
severed. His father was trying to
plaster up the woitort in his arm, when
a young girl of sixteen, from the high
school, came rushing in. She snatched
ii pillow ease? oil the bed, cut it into
strips and bound them tightly above
and below the wound
The doctor came soon, and simply
said: "My dear, you have saved the boy's
life. Your knowledge of physiology
was as good as mine, in this case."
Home Magazine.
The wind often turns an umbrella, but
a borrower rarely returns it. j
society Business Done By Proxy.
Very little of the paying of visits by
people in high official life is done in
person. J he president makes no cans,
savs the Xew York Tribune. The vice-
president does all of his "calling
through his private secretary, whoso
chief duty is to ride around in a cot'pe
and 'wre the cards of Mr. and Mrs.
Mori o.i at the doors of houses where
calls are due. The members of the cab
inet do most of their "calling" by mail.
The men whose duty it is to do this
"proxy" calling, I am informed, have
anything but an easy time. Hiding
about in a carriage all day is an attrac
tive occupation when viewed from a dis
tance. It loses many of its charms
when it is practiced day after day, and
nearly all of its attractiveness when it
is interspersed by constant stoppage
ulotig the route oi travel, Somj of
these deputy-cabinet oflicers make Mly
and seventy-live calls a day. They have
many amusing encounters, for they visit
all parts of the city and pay their re
spects, or rather the respevts of their
superiors, to people of all classes and
conditions. The receptionsof the mem
bers of the cabinet are open to all
comers, and all sorts of people m.iketho
rounds Wednesdays. It is a social
obligation, to which all people in high
oflieiailife must conform, to return
all of the calls that are made upon
them. So the deputy secretaries spin
around the city all day, driving from
cottage to palace, distributing graceful
bits of pasteboard, which tlie recipients
may place on their center-tables as a
mute evidence to the uniniated thaltho
secretary of has called upon them.
At the houses where ''receiving" has
been thoroughly systematized, the col
ored man at the door gracefully holds
out his salver to receive the cards, and
watches the rapid escajie of the card
Learer without either surprise or com
ment. At other homes when the-coupc
stops at the door there are evidenrt-s of
preparation for the reception going on
within. Children peep out ot he whi
tlow and run back with the evident in
tention of "telling mamma" that some
body is about to call. The servitor
tl-.i'ows wide the door to ndirit the ex
lK'c.ted guest. Then there is a sudden
pall thrown over theexpectai t commu
nity by the bland announcement of tho
young man with the card case that he
will not come in; and, as the doorkeeier
accepts the cards hi :t rather doubtful
way, three pairs of eyes from the upper
wimlows follow the young man in liis
jtriig.vf-i iu the coiie, and watch it as
It v:.;.m down the street. At some of
t iajower dwellings it is necessary to
pdifli tlie cards under the door and lleo
pefoee Hie bed is onswered tor fear that
fa.; ambassador w'll i dragged in by
Imce arms anJ uux'e to pay his chiefs
sail 1.1 pMaOi. Tljpse litlle vriatlo"
tfthe nee snuier? ,. monotony ire .All
Hint uuUut life end ,u able to the profe-
,ionHi ofllclal callem,
1
A LOVELY WOMAN
overheard ono say of her, "By Heaven,
she's painted!" "Yes," retortexl she in
dignantly, " aud by heaven onh ! " Kuddy
health muntltl her cheek, yet this beautiful
lady, once thin and pale, and suffering from
a dry, hui-kiug cough, nigbt-sweaUi, and
spitting of blood, suemed destined to till
a consumptive's grave. After spending
hundreds of dollars on physicians, without
benefit, she tried Dr. Pierces (Jolilen Medi
cal Discovery; ber improvement was soon
marked, and in a few months she was
plump and rosy again, a perfect picture
of health ajid strength.
This wonderful "(iolden Medical Dis
covery," now world-famed as a remedy for
consumption, which is really lung-scrofula,
is not only an acknowledged remedy for
that terribly fatal malady, when tukeu in
time and given a fair trial, but also for all
forms of Scrof ulous, Skin and Scalp diseases,
as White Swellings, Fovcr-soros, Hip-joint
Disease, Suit-rheum, Tetter, Eczema, Boils,
Carbuncles, Erysipelas and kindred ail
ments. All scaly, cruHty, itching, trouble
some eruptions yield readily to its curative
powers. It invigorates tbe liver, enriches
sick: headache,
Bilious Headache, Dizziness, Constipation, Indigos
tion, Billon Attacks, and all derangements of tbe stomach and
bowels, ore promptly relieved and permanently cured by tho use of
DR. PIERCE'S PELLETS.
They are Purely Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless.
As a Xj XV -13 XI. FZXjIi, tuequaledl
ONE PELLET A DOSE !
LABOR NOTES,
Railroads and Finances.
To show the importance of the trans
portation question it is only necessary
to state the facts connected with the U.
I. railroad as an illustration. The peo
ple, through their government, ltave
paid for the building and equipment of
this road 12,800 acres of land and lil,
000 per mile. This total fund of the
lands and money should have coveretl
the entire cost of the road about twice,
and tlie ieople should now lie using
their own road at mere cost of running
exienses and repairs. There should lie
neither stocks nor bonds in existence
as charges on the travel and traffic on
the road.
Hut, what do we see as the, actual
condition of things '( The people paid
for the road twice its cost, and there
should lie no out standing capitaliza
tion. Yet we llnd on this road a cap
italization of 1050110 per mile, in the
form of bonds and stocks on which in
terest and dividends must lie paid by
the people! Over $100,000 per mile
resting as a burden on the shoulders of
the people, for use of a road which they
have paid for twice! Surely Issachar
is a patient ass to meekly bear so great
and ho unjust a burden.
The Union Pacific is but an example
The condition of other roads of Kansas,
and in the country at large, is akin to
this. In many cases, if not in most
cases, the roads have been paid for by
the people in lands, bonds and money
direct, or in cash paid for fictitious
stocks which cost the companies only
the paper and printing. Vet, on the
state of Kansas rests a capitalization of
nine hundred and fifteen millions of
dollars, (f 15,000,000) on which divi
dends or interest must be paid, for the
use of roads in which the companies
mostly have no investments of their
own in equity! And on tlie country at
large, rests a burden of over nine bil
lions of dollars (30,000,000) which it
is admitted by railroad men pays the
holders on an average of four per cent
ler annum. A tribute from the people
to the millionaires of three hundred
and sixty millions of dollars (3110,000,-
000) per annum, for the use of their
own property which, on. the average,
the ieople have paid fori Talk of the
national debtl Talk of the tariff! Here
is a question worth the serious con
sideration of every citizen j , It la, sure
ly, time that this great factory of tramps
mid millionaires should be investigated!
Unburden the people of this capitaliz
ation and hogs can lie shipped one hun
dred miles at ten cents a head, and peo
ple can be transported in the costliest
coaches, the same distance at t cents
each. These ostounding facts can be
verified by the official reports lying on
our table;
As to the money questoin, it is the
most terrible enginery ever trained on
the prosperity and liberties of a free
tlie blood and promotes all the bodily fun
turns, ft is tlie only liver, blood and lung
remedy, sold by druggists, under a positive
guarantee, that it will do all it is recom
mended to, or money paid for it will be
promptly refunded. No ordinary remedy
i-ould be sold under such peculiar and Iryinij
conditions. To do so would bankrupt its
manufacturers. Not so with " Uolden Medi
cal Discovery" which outsells every other
liver, blood aud lung remedy, throughout
the civilized world. It's a legitimate itwd
icitw., not a beverage; contains no alcohol,
to inebriate ; no syrup or sugar to derange
digestion ; as peculiar in remedial effects as
in its compositiou ; it stands alone, tran
scendent in curative properties, unique iu
composition, its sale backed by a substantial
forfeit in case ot failure to do all that is
claimed for it. There's nothing at all like
it, either in composition or curative effects;
therefore, don't be induced to take some
thing else represented to be " just as good,"
that the dealer may make a larger protit.
Every dealer knows it's the liest and only
guaranteed Liver, Blood and Luug Remedy.
World's Dispensauy Medical Asso
ciation, Proprietors, No. 663 Main Htreet,
Buffalo, N. Y.
SMALLEST, CHBAPS8T,
EASIEST OO TAKS.
HARMONIC TUNE REVEALER!
Tha miwt wonderful Helf-uvtRher nf tlie age. Time
taught in a few lioum. Note reading. Harnviny
anil T horouKh Btwsespnciiilly made ci.-Mir. 8iacf
will not permit a full ilicnition of Unit the mjtk
lem teaclien. If yon have an instrument, yon need
ILliio 8Ktem. No trouble tounswer ini'3tioaa.
JCimilarHand N-Bf imnnialb free. Address
ifAGKNTS WANTKU.
Tl MacMaxtrr Si Co., Belleville, Kaiina.
Y. N. U.
Yobk. Neh.
people. Senator Plumb stales that the
mere shrinkage of the volume of the
currency has cost three billions of dol
lars 100,000,000 in three years! A
net loss to the people of one billion dol
lars (1,000,000,000 per annum, in the fall
of prices of property!
The money lords of this country be
lieve that they have the people at their
mercy. They preside at t he financial
piano and play the music. The people
do the pancing and pay the bills! The
only hope of the people is, first to or
ganize for unity of action and then to
put their numbers at the ballot box,
against the dollars of bur tyrants! The
Alliance men are coining to understand
this very fact!-Hon. John Davis in
Junction Cily Tribune.
Cloned Its Doiim.
Camden, N. J., May 2. The Glouces
ter City national bank closed its doors
this morning. The suspension is sup
posed to be due to the failure yesterday
in Philadelphia of the Bank of Amer
ica, with which it had dealings. No
statement of the bank's affairs could b
secured today, the officials declining to
give any information.
'fltelr National Food.
It may be interesting to many delicate
people to k'ow that a popular scientist
declares lint t'-e Scotch race owes near
ly all its Ic-trJjiicss of brain and body to
its national food. Now everybody i:i
eating oalinejtl. and, unlike the majority
of fashions, this happens to be one which
every one should be induced to follow.
One linn, manufacturing a brand know a
to newspaper readers all over the I 'nitcd.
States, is even said to luive great ililli
culty iu supplying the demand. A
menilMT of the lirm said the other day
that the demand was nothing let's than
an oiitiiiciil "craze," ami that no nun nr
woman who aspires to live correctly
nowadays would think of omitting that
savin' dish Iroid at. least one meal dur
ing tin- day. -New York Telegram.
A Hard Test.
Until within a few years a curious
custom has obtained iu Switzerland.
When husband and wife expressed a
desj.ro for a divorce they were required
to enter a room aud live therein together
for a fortnight, during which time they
were neither to see nor to converse with
anybody else; their fowl was passed to
them through a narrow opening In the
wall, and all communication with the
outside world was shut oft. If, at the
end of a fortnight of this conllnement
together, the couple still clamored for
divorce, it was granted without f ut her
ado. Cor. Chicago New:3.
