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20 Til 13 OMAHA DAILY KME { SUNDAY , JANTTABY 23 , 1808. WOES OF A CONSUL GENERAL Besieged by Stnctbd Americans nnd Worked by Swindlers , EXPERIENCES OF A CONSUL IN LONDON Itlrli Ainorlciilii Whn llfuurit for I'lihsitKc Moiiej I'llKltt of i MtirrliMl Cmiil | < ' _ ' ( IIP Ilxiil atic of J-coflnml Vurit , "Tho woes of 111 American consul In ft great forolRii city nru manifold , " sold Clou- trol Tntrlrk A. Collins of Hostnn , himself tlu > recent United StnU-s consul at London. Evidently General Collltm regarded tlio "ttocn" of which he spoke ns more hu morous than [ inthuti : , for liu mnllol as ho made the obscrvatUn. The \\rlter knew thnt kindly smile of old. It was llio same which until a twolvoniouth ngo grcfto.i the casual American ucyfnrurhj clmntcd to > twy Into St. Helens place , city , anil rnilcr tl'O ' big stars ami striken which linns Invit ingly over tlio offices of Uticle Sam's con sulate. "Let mo begin nt the beginning , " con tinued General Colllnn , "and narrate my own personal experiences. When Mr. Cleve land sent mo to London I was n simple , confiding Ilostonlan , with a vast amount of honest belief fn my fellowman. As a result , I hnd not been In London n week bcforo 1 fell an easy victim to the wiles of a cliovallcr il'l'idustrlo. It was In thli wise : A card waH brought to mo bearing the name ( let us say ) of 'Major J. H. Illank , late of thu Dlank regiment , and member of thu Grand Army of the llcpubllc. ' I felt proud at bring enabled to greet in my olllclal capacity a veteran ot the war ; and ' .Major I'lank * wan itshurrd In. llo proved to be n inarming gentleman , full of anecdote and pjsllhcly effervescing with patriotism. We smoked a cigar together , and agreed the I'rlti-d Stales was the greatest country on the footstool. Then all of < x sudden my Dew friend sprang to Ills feet. KIlldT OF THE SWINULBUS. " 'O , by the way , general , ' said he , 'I had almost forgotten what I came about. Kact Is , not knowing London very well , 1 fell among thieves yesterday , and they flcrccd mo of all my ready cash. I have cabled ( or funds ; but In the meantime I should really HKo yon la lend me a llttlo ready money Can > ou ? ' 'Could I ? Of course I could. I felt. In deed , that , Itas my boundcn duty to do en , and I did. Ho took my check , and departed. The check was cashed within an hour , but I never saw ' ' .Major Illank' again. AVhen I mentioned the fact of his visit to n friend of experience , the friend merely laughed , and told mo In brutally plain language that I had been swindled. Hut It \\ais not until I had Investigated 'Major lilank's' antecedents over here by means of letters of Inquiry that I knew the entire truth of this assertion. Since then many and ma1.u 'Major HJlaiik' has visited mo ; but very seldom have 1 been caught by the tame dodge. "When an American gets 'stranded' In a foreign cllmo and sees no Immediate moans of raising money , what is his very drat place ot call ? The American consulate , almost In variably. Umclo Sam's wandering prodigals think that It in their fond parent's actual duty to ship them home ftom wherever they may haioen to be. I believe that there exists a i opular superstition that a special fund has been set as > ido for this very purpose , and * t'Mt this fund Is at the disposal of consuls for the Ui-o of deserving 'citizens who have gone 'broke. ' I know a great many pcrecus ha\o at different times come to St. IlelC'ii'a place and claimed as their rights a portion or portions of this mythical fund. When In formed of Us non-existence the majoilty'of them have not hesitated to hint that I was mendacious. | "If I had sent home all the persons who , during my term of office , aoplled for trans- tinrtntlrrtl I nhnnlfl hnvn boon Hio mp.itis nf restoring to Uncle Sam's basom a very re- epectatlo army of errant citizens. To satisfy all the claims for relief which pourcJ In wjon mo In the ramo time I should have needed the wealth of an Aster or a llocke- feller. I need not tell you that the really deserving applicants were few and far be tween. Tlio great majority of those who oamo for aid were cither rogues or spend thrifts. GRATITUDE OP A MILLIONAIRE'S SON . "Let me glvo you a few Instances. One day a young man called and proved to mo by means of Itttera and references of un questionable strength that ho was the iron of a well known western millionaire. He liail vlfilicd Monte Carlo and had been , as he expressed It , cleaned out. The gambling had been done contrary to his father's expressed commands. Consequently ho did not dare just then , to write home , but ho asked me , as one acquainted with his position and pros pects , to lend him some money. The story was a perfectly straight one. I asked for n fi-ly to think the matter over. During the day I Investigated my young friend , and , findIng - Ing trat everthing he said was true , let him have wtiat he wanted. The sum was to bo returned In a week , but many a weary week IMS gone by since then and I have yet to look upon those departed dollars. I sup- rose the young man sin-ply forgot nil about ( he ttuntmctlan. Let us at least bs charitable and hope so. "Confidence men a-many have visited mo v 1th this same story ; and , while I will not I'osltlvcly Htato that they have never suc ceeded In victimising mo , I will siy tint I pretty generally managed to see through ( heir Itttla utMcmes In time. FLIGHT OK NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE. "I remember an amusing' and yet some what 'touching case touching In a double tense , for I will admit , In this Instance , to have been touched ) bath as regards my heart and my pocket. A newly married couple from America had been spending their honeymoon In Europe. They had spent their funds lavishly , Imagining 'that , like their love for each other , those funds were with out limit. Hut slghtse'elng in Switzerland nnd kh-pplng In Paris will cmptv a fit porkctbook In short order , and when the > oung turtle doves fetched up In London iuoy awoke to the stern fact tbit they were for the time being pciinllefs. Arm in arm they tlutteied Into my gloomy old oinee , the bride trying to look woebegone under a hat which ha i coal quite n llttlo fortune In the mctiopoKs of millinery. They told their story with such unconscious drollery that upon my word , I cannot tell you which 1 foil most like doing laughing or crying. Aa a result , I cabled for them to their friends on this side of thu water and was h.ppy in the knowledge that I had done two do- Annual Saloo avcrOOOO 000 Boxea FOR BIIiIOUO AND NEBVOUS DIBOEDEES if finch M Wind ntul Pain in the Htomneh , B , GUdlni'ss. Fulness after mealn , Hrnd- f nclu > . Ulzzlnotts. Drowsiness. 1'lunhlnus of IloaU Loss of Appetite. CoHtlvtmchS. lllotolies on the Klein , Cold Chills , Dis turbed Bleep , frightful Dreams nnd nil Nervous and Trembling HcnsalloiiH. THE FIEST D03B WILL GIVE BELIEF IN TWENTY UINOTE8. E\ory Bufforor Will ueUuouloduo them to bo A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. Iir.lXlIAM'H P1I.I.S , taken as directed - ed , wlllquluklyri'stoio Vonmlos to com- jili'tii health. They promptly rcmo\o obHtruclIonsorlrrcKUhirltle-s of the BJS- turn mill euro Melt Ilcntluclio. for a Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disbrdered Liver IN MEN , WOMEN OR CHILDREN Boocham's Pills are Without a Rival And IIIT * 111 * LARGEST SALE f ally i'utritt Medicine In I ho World * 25o. at all Druu Store * . -X.J llRhlful Innocents n. good tarn. I wss re paid fully for my cxpcnto and trouble ; but the brldo'3 smile when they visited mo a fciv day * after put a positive prcm.um on I h.d not been very long In office when I had to ii.ako a rule-never to do monetary favors for my country men and country no- men at all. Of courtf , ( HIS rule , Ilko others , was broken In exceptional cases , but It wax not brohca often. iHad I yielded to my 1m- pulsrs upon -all occasions 1 should now be a pauper and deeply In debt to boot. PITKOfS APPEALS OP CUIMINALS. "And now Ibt me paa to another ptuee of the consul's life -qulto different from that of llatcnln ; tto npprato far aid , ytt Just n unplcarent. If not more GO. I refer to the part plftycd In thn capture nnd extrndl tlon of criminal. Tha corn spondence on this subject passes.'throuRh the consul's of fice. In extradition trla'n ' It Is the consul who appears In court In bchnlf of the Amer ican frofflS. Ho U a sort of pioeccutlng attorney In the land of the stranger. I will any 'that this objectionable part of my du ll tn waH alnays mnda is light a ? possible by the courtesy of English official * , U la very painful , though , when the criminal himself nmlccrf an appeal to me calling up momoritii of hmnn and drawing upon one's stock of Anicrlranlsin-ilu order that ho may c-vJps extradition and punishment. Many such ap peals have been/made / to me. Men have told mo that I was ruining their lives. They hnvo sworn to reform and begin life anew li' I would 'let them go' and not press the rise against them. Just as If I had the power to Met them go ! ' Hut you cannot i cat-on with a man In all la situation. His own mlrcr > blinds him tn the truth. Ho looks upon the consul , not 01 an olllclal doing hlr plain duty , -but as n ruthless Instrument ot vengeance. The bitter reproaches and. passionate pleadings of criminals against whom I Avaa piwhlng extradition proceedings have , I assure jou , given me many sk-ep- lcm nights. Finally I ibegan to halt- the appearance cf n dctectlvo In my office , for I knew , on seeing one , that Jir had como to get oiio wrotchoJ felon sent 'back ' to pun Ishmcnt. nsi'.toNAGD ov SCOTLAND YARD. "When first I went to England there war a great deal published about the espionage kept up by Scotland yurd upon nil my do ings , and the fears ot the Hrllish govern- ini-nt that my Irish-American associations might lead mo Into dynamiting and other per nicious practices , j will not say there was not some truth In these printed statements , but thn major part of them were pure sen sational rubbish. John Dull Is , above all else , n practical man , and the fact that a man happens to bo 'Patrick A. Collina of lioston. U. S. A. , ' does not ssaro him , when ho recollects that the said Collins 1,9 also a responsible and accredited representative ot a great friendly power. Right well he knows that a United States consul general la not going to take a hand In blowing up Westminster palace or wrecking Padding- ton station while he Is In office. And , knowing this , he U not golnp ; to waste good detective material and valuable time In hav ing him 'shadowed.1 No , my life was not 'made miserable by Scotland yard's Paul Pry methods , ' as some sensational London correspondents informed their Amcrlacn newspapers. The pleasanteat part of my life as consul was the social. My olflcc brought me In touch with hundreds of charming people Americano and Britishers. Your Kngllsh- man loves particularly a good dinner , and I could not now enumerate the many happy forcgatherlngs of this kind to which I have been bidden. The public speaking I never liked over much , but these dinners Intro duced mo to many of the very men I had all my llfo been anxious to meet. A number of cle.'e and highly prized friendships sprang out of my stay In St. Helen's court. "Yet I do not think I should care to be consul geneial again. An I mentioned before - fore , an American consul In a great foreign clj.y has troubles of his own. " And with an expression of humorous sad- neos General Collins lit a fresh cigar and changed the subject. 'n Arnica jalvn. The best salvo In the world for Cuts Hrulpcs , Sores , Ulcers , Salt Rheum. Ftve Sores , Tetter , Chapped Hands , Chllblalus Corns and all Sliln Eruptions , and positively cures Piles "cr no' pay required. It is guar anteed to g'vo perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Prloo 25 centfl cor box. For sals by KuhD & Co "COVWMlIAMTlIiS. Several cases have been discovered o wealthy New-York women having employee proxies to go to Oklahoma to Impersonate thbniMrTsceurlng divorces. Casslus M. Clay confesses to having lovci eight d'fferent women during his life. An other Kentucky man , George Ford of Louls- v'lle ' , has been married nine times , his latest wife being 17'years old. James pilland..js3 ! Fluta Leo were mar- rloJ In ,1 flower-embowered window of a sa loon In.Orawfordsvllle , Ind. , on Saturday by Rev.V. . H. Sanders , while a band on the In side sw'eetly fllscourscd "There'll Be a Hot Time ( nv the OM Town Tonight. " In Louisville , Ky. . recently a clergyman who was called upon by a mutual friend to perform the cei oniony at his wedding re- fusel ! " because fie -nas In love with the girl himself. TJio t'irloverho.nl the statement dismissed her betrothed and married the parson. In the Presbyterian church at Lexing ton , Va. ' , January'C , Mr. Tnom s P. Oalbreath was married to Miss Sarah IJrownlee of Rcanoko , Va. , a daughter of the late Mr. James C. Browulee of Natural llrldge , V-a. Ttils Is the third sister of the same famllj that Mr. Calbreath has married. Jarrd Fox ot Atchlson , Kan. , was marrlei the other night to Ruth Parker , one of thcr belles or the place. The organ pumper of the church was missing anJ while Mr. Fox was watting for h.s bride to come up the aisle he pumped the organ so tb.t no music might bo lost. Just before the time camu for him to go and meet his bride the pumper returned and the music continued. Mr. Walter Scott Durton , the young man who manipulates thq rollers for the Somerset ( Me. ) Reporter , and Miss Elizabeth Hudson , a beautiful and charming young 'lady ' of the Flslilns Creek nelghborhojd , were ni'.rrlei ' ! at the rcsldencp of George Poison on Chrst- mas day. This Is Mr. Burton's second ven ture on the troublous sea of matrimony , and being only 1C years of age , It Is safe to say that If ho perseveres at this pace ho will be a world beater before ho reaches the ago ol maturity. At the tlmo Scott made applica tion to the clerk for a marr'age license the usual question of "Is this jour first m.r- rlago ? " was asked. Ho replied : "Oh , h , no. I Just gave up a blamed gooil nurlo to get a divorce from the other woman In order to marry this one. " The culmination of a lomanco that may l.avo been worked up artfully by a ohrewj detective who wtnted free advertising took place In Cleveland last Saturday evening when Private Detective Jake Mlntz of that city took out a marriage Tcense and wedded Mrs , Laura Caroline Henry , who lg tald to bo a mllllqnalro widow of a New York flntn- cler , who. In hit lifetime , v.is one of the principal holders of Manhattan railway ( Hock. About three weclca ago Mlntz announced that ho had received a commlMon from a wealthy New York widow to fin.d a husband for her. Ho at rnco' inserted thu following advertise- mcuLBlKUei ) by Mrs. Henry In a local piper : "I am 2f > years of age , and I'm prepossessing In appearance , with an exquisite figure and good face. I am worth $1,600MO. I want < i trustworthy 1mnland to be a companion for mo cad a father to my little boy. I am of a very' loving disposition and would bo a good wife for the right man. " When the widow arrived in CIeveand : to pick a husband out of the 200 llnei up for inspection , Mlntz pro- pcaed , was accepted and marriage followed , lllklurlflll . , Among the HUtorlcal hlg nuggets found In various parts of the world there have been rome wonderful yellow- lumps , fays the Seattle PJat-Iniolllgorcar. In Cata-rus county , Noith Carolina , onifwus found In 1810 which welshed , thirty-seven pounds troy. In 1SIO the gold fields of Zlatoust , In the Ural , E < we- a nugget of ninety-six pounds troy. Thu Victoria ( Australia ) nugget weighed HO pounds and three psnny-wclghts of whlrh only six ounce * was fo.-clsn rock ; and the Hallarat ( Australia ) nugget was thirty-nine pounds heavier jet. The largest nugget ever found was also dug In Australia the "Sarah Eands , " nan-ed for a far-otf loved one. It readied .the astonishing weight of 233 pound * and four ouncc-s troy. What must. Miner Sands' fccllne have been when ho struck bla pick ID to that fortune In one luuin > 'ERATIVEiiuJiJiuuibuuui ' ' Some Matters of Interest to As osialbns In Nebraska , PROPOSED AMNDMNTS : : TO THI LAW ix uf n > IM Vorl < I'roiiKitor The Oimiliu'N Aiiininl V. S. 1.I'llKuc ( 'IIIM viillunA &iic-oi- | Nebraska loan and building associations have been given , for the first time , an op portunity to iccommend to the state legls- laturo through the State 'Uanklng board such amendments to the law as experience dic tates. Secretary Hall of the board addressed p. letter to the officials of the associations requesting their opinions on the law and In what direction It could be Improved. Doubt less thu request will bring out a variety of suggestions. The executive committee ot the State League ot Local Loan and Building associations has given the request consid erable attention , and appointed n subcom mittee to draft Its views , which will bo for warded to. the sectctary at an early date. It Is the Intention of Secretary Hall to em body In his forthcoming report the sugges tion ottered , so that the legislature will have a basis to work on at the beginning of Its session next Jnnuarj' . It Is to bo hoped whatever recommenda tions are made wlfl receive the courtesy of serious consideration from the next legls- latinc. The last legislature would not touch the law with a hayfork. And thereby hanga n tale. A bill was Introduced' to amend Uio * law so as to make the maintenance of a re serve fund oompulForj' . Associations may create reserve funds now ns a measure or safety , without authority of law. These having the permanent welfare of the asso ciations at heart urged the Importance of compulsory reserve funds. A bill for that purpeo was Introduced In the legislature of ' ! ) G , but It perished In the trap which marked the close of the session. It was rclntroduccd last jrar and referred to ono ot the committees. A committee of the state league , consisting of C. F. Bentlcy of Grand Island , C. J. Phelps of Schuylcr , G. M. Naltlngcr nnd R. Brjson of Omaha , mot the legislative committee by appointment to explain the Importance of the bill. It so happened that several members of the legis lative committee were also members ot a fraternal Insurance order in which the question of establishing a reserve fund pro voked n warm controversy. The law makers were arrayed with the opponents ot the fund. They regarded It a& a scheme to pile up money In the coffers ot head officers which would bo n constant temptation for them to make awny with. Unable to divest themselves of lodge room Ideas , they set down the loan and building reserve fund bill as a similar scheme , and gave scant atten tion to the arguments of Us supporters. Were It not for a vigorous demand by the visitors for a healing , the impatient law makers would have deserted the committee room. As It was. they listened , but heard not , and burled the measure In a pigeon hole. The annual report of the Omaha Lean and Building QBsoclatlon Is a notable cno In many respects. It shows that the association has casEed through the hardest year slne Its organization In 18S3 and emerged from It with Increased loaus , decreased resl estate hold tigs , Increased lEso'Vc f : n-1 snd a marked Increase In leans repaid. The receipts for the year amounted to $10S'lSfl.53 , nnd the net earnings $1-1,747.60. Out of this $ d.559.10 was disbursed for a C ver cent dividend , expenses took $3,027.50 , $1,300 was added- the re serve fund and the balance was cMtrgcd out on real estate &old. The assets of the as sociation amount to $ IS9CG4 37 , a gain ot $9,500 f : r the year. Withdrawals were far In excecs ot any previous year , amounting to $56,423.00. Most of these were due to the fear occasioned by the Omaha Savings bank failure on the first of last year. This fear wore away by midsummer and business took an upturn. At present the association's busi ness Is growing1 rapidly and the demand for money exceeds the supply. The prospects for the present > car are so flattering that the Omaha expects to reach and pas.3 the quarter of a million mark by t\ie close of 'OS. Secretaries of all associations In ths s.tate are now hurrying their report , ? to itho State Banking board. These1 , reports ought to ba rendered with greater eromptUude , so that the compiled report of the board can be Issued before midsummer. The attention of the State Banking board has been called to a concern called the "New- York Rent-Purchase Society , " which Is seek ing business In the state. The concern claims to have an office on Nassau street , within a stone tfirow of Wall street , and calmly announces Its purpose to promote the prosperity of euch Nebraskans as will patronize It ! Think of It , fellow citizens Wall streej aiding Nebraska ! Secretary Hall of the brard docs not belltve such an extra ordinary miracle pc&3lble In this century. Replying to a note of Inquiry concerning the legal status of the New Yirk philanthropists. Mr. Hall bays : "No such hoclety Is author ized to do bi-filness In this state. There is no association , society or incorporation of any kind , whose purpose * is to transact busi ness on the building and loan plan and not Incorporated under the laws of Nebraska , that Is today authorized to transact busi ness In Nebraska , tud , I may further add , la not likely to be until t'lo present law Is amended sa as to provide better protection for the people. The policy of this depart ment Is one of exclusion until our pecnle can liavo some guarantee from these raiders that they ore doing and propose to do a legiti mate business. " The associations of Omaha particularly and those of the state Incidentally have undcrtikcn quite a task In contracting to entertain hospitably the delegates to the United States League of Local Building and Loan associations which meets hero In July. That the task will be performed satisfac torily U not to bo doubted , but the prelim inaries should bo arranged at once , A vast amount of work IK to bo done , and as It will bo undertaken by men having regular duties to perform It Is the part of wisdom to begin early. With ample time the work may bo dooo systematically. It behooves the Omaha associations to move In this mat ter , determine whut Is to bo done and do It. The noted Mutual Homo and Savings as sociation of Dayton , 0. , one of the model associations of the country , has iasunl its twenty-fifth annual report , The association makes n remarkable showing , It has 9,545 accounts , and $2,290,624 In assets , The re ceipts for the year were $1,584,603.08 , loans f709,300,73 , A 0 per cent dividend took $109,171.67 nnd wlthdiawals $579,217.38. The reserve fund amounts to $88,698.10 , The as- elation made a slight gain in business and v.us obliged to refuse money owing to a oarclty of satisfactory security. There Is it'cbably no other association In the United States that can equal 'tho ' Qtutual's record , t reflects the solid popularity of building and loan associations In Ohio. Otio of the Indiana courts has rendered a weeping decision against associations doing mslncas In that state but Incorporated In ther states. The now law of Indiana re- uires foreign associations to put up a bond t $100,000 with the state authorities as a irotectlon for Its patrons In Indiana , The Lssoclatlon In this cace failed -to file the cqulrcd bond. When It fought to foreclose mortgage the court sustained a plea of batement , holding that the association was n Illegal operator In the ttato and not sub- ect to the protection of the state , having o rights or pilvlleges. Inasmuch as It did ot meet the requirements of the law , The ccson ! ! affects hundreds of thousands of ollaru In loans made tn every section of 10 state. If sustained on appeal It will rlvo the National oisoclatlons out ot In- laaa , as few of them can afford to put I > the required bond. The annual report of the Inspector of ulldlng and loan associations of Missouri hews 255 associations with 49,433 members loldliiK 253,693 shares of stock , of which 0,308 are pledged for loans. The loans av- rage $1,173.1 > 5. Resources aggregate $22- 97,709 , a falllnu oft ol { 4,015,181 compared It + + * + 'H h44HHf + + + - -hH-4--i--t--l--i-4- - + -H--f > ' { " 'if4'ffrH I"HHHH - + - HrHt < aS ( < & 4 < 4 * i ! 4- 44 44 - * 44 , I' } 44 b | * - and free from every b 44 - 4- * * 44 - ish is the skin , scalp T * * f * " { * ± 44 - p } f hair of infants cleansed 44 - 44 + - 44 + - purified and beautified 44 - 4H * -H i4 - 44 4. 4 . { . 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CT'Send for our Treatment . of Baby's Skin , " a U.oU of 01 pages , fdlj lllustraicd , coniatnlug all tLal every unilllgcnt mother chould linow about theSLIn 44 - 4- 44 .j. + 4. bcnlp aaJ Hair , past free. 4J - 44 - 4- 4- 44 - J4 - 44 - 44 - 44 - 4- | To know that a warm bath with CUTICUR A SOAP , and a single anointing with CUTICURA , the great skin 44 44 44 - 44 - 44 - 4- 44 - 4- cure , will afford instant relief in the most distressing of itching , burning and scaly infantile rashes and irritations 44 - - 44 - - 44 44 - 4- of the skin and scalp' ancl " ° l to use tnem ' ? to fail in } 'our "l'tyT'lis ' ' treatment means comfort and rest for 44 - 44 - 44 > 44 - 4- j parent as well as grateful relief and refreshing sleep for child , and is pure , sweet , safe , speedy and economical. 44 - + * * + tl * * with 1S9G. The Inspector reports the asso ciations generally In better condition than at any time since state supervision was inaugurated and Is confident that the busi ness will double In a short time. STOHIKS AIini'T ST VTESMC.Y. Senntnr WIINOII on IIIx ICiieoN. A member of the house tells In the Wash ington Post a story on Serator Mason con cerning a woman who keepa a local bearding house. The senator boarded there for a while , as did the representative. The woman belongs to one of the well known churches there and is very punctual In her attendance on morning services. For thla reason she In- sjlsts that her boarders must be dowin eariy tor breakfast Sunday morning. The senator was not aware of thla regitlon and on hlo first Sunday m the house came downstairs rather late. "You are not on tlmo thla morning , sena tor , " said the woman gently , but rather re provingly. "No. madam. I spent a half hour on my knees this morning. " "That was very praiseworthy ot you epoko up the boarding mistress. "Hunting for a collar biittcci that rolled upon the floor and under the bureau , " de clared the senator , concluding his sentence. Died iii . .Natural Drnth. They were telling stories with a wide range of locality , and , perhaps , probability and the aame of Colonel Tom Stuart o i famous Kentucky etory teller and man around-thc-stato came up , relates the Wath Ington Star. "What ever became of the colonel ? " In quired a statesman. "He went west and batted around there for several years andthca came back to Ken- tuckj- . " "Is ho still living ? " "Oh , no. Beea dead twenty years. " "Didn't die a natural death , did he ? " "Yes. " "You don't say ! I never would have thought It. " "Yes. He got Into a scrap over po'ltlcs and the other fellow shot him on the epat. ' The listener showed his surprise. "Eliot ? " ho exclaimed , "Why , I thought you fiald ho died a natural death. " "That's what I did saj- . " "Thfti how In thunder do " "Heidi on ! " interrupted the other man "You seem to forgot tLat we are talking about Kentucky , " Tin * Coii vi'u < I cm' * Hani TiiMlc. It Is related that In tho-Iater MO'a , on the eve of a democratic state convention In Al bany , N. Y. , Dean Illchmond and Peter Cag- ger were In consultntlin , says the Courier- Journal , Something like this was the dialogue between the two bosses : "Whom shall two put up for governor ? " asked Illuhmond. "Seymour will do. Ho Is able , respectable , popular and will render the ticket Invinci ble , " ausvvored Caggr.- , And Soymour'd name went down , "Who for attorney general ? " queried Hlch- niotul. "CM , Trcrnalno. Ho U by far the best of t'ho ' lot. Uesldc'B , wo want the Van Huron In fluence , " and down went Tremalne , "Who for secretary of state ? " quoth Illch mond. "Van Ncsa. He U carablo and rcfpectible , and we want 'the ' Influence of the Knicker bockers , anyhow , " and down went Van Nous , And so It was until the ticket wen com pleted , with the exception of superintendent of education , " 1'cter , whctn shall wo name for that ? There arc three or four candidates. I never heard of either of them before , " wld Illch mend , "Oh , d n It , " returned Cagger , "let Hie convention nominate the .candidate for super intendent of public education , " and down that went. too. The following day the convention put Ihrojgh the elate 13 constructed In Jess than two houri , It required more than two day.i to nominate the candidate for superintendent of education. I'rlvntt * Allcu'N Cox fly IliiMte , John Allen oJ Mfeilaiicpl , tfco wit of the house , arrived at the I'once da Loon , St. AugustUiu , registered and wan awlgnod to a room , relates the Tlmea-Herald. Ho bad never eecu oartmeuts so cx- FESTUS , Mo. , Lew's , June 2nd. , 1897. Beaufort Co. , . C. , I return thanks for Aug. 15th , 1897. the good Wine of Car- My wife was treated duiandThedford's thirteen months by Black-Draught have two of our leading phy done me. I was so bad sicians and receive" ! from falling of the very little benefit. Ft- " womb and inflamma nally we tried Wine of tion of the ovaries that Cardui and Black- I could not stay up all Drauglit and one bottle day could not do my tle gave more relief work at all. Three bottles than all the doctors. It tles of Wine of Cardui is the best medicine on have relieved me earth. By its use we greatly. expert a baby soon. ANNA LAPLANT. J. C T1SON Morgana , S. C. , Aug. 3 st , J897 I have great confidence m McEIrce's Wine of Cardui. I have taken -Is five bottles of it this year and do not want to get out of it. If it had not been for thii wouderful medicine I believe I would be a helpless invalid to-day. Mrs. j. o. scorr. Women who have tried it tell the same story about Wine of CarduJ. They all say there is nothing like it to make weak women strong ; that when there is any sort of female trouble Wine of Cardui is the right medicine to give relief. Voting girls tell how it has helped them form correct menstrual habits. Wives tell how it brought them through confinement with very little pain and fitted them for every duty of wifehood and motherhood. Thousands speak of the relief obtained in the tforst cases of falling of the womb , flooding , irregular meostruation , monthly head aches and pains in the back , sides and hips. Happy parents rejoice over childrei ) brought to their homes barren for years. For LADIES' ADVISORY DEPARTMENT n change of life elderly women say it excels everything For odvlco In cases requiring epe * else. No woman need suffer from these common cloldlrecllous.addrcfltBringsjrai > - i tome , Ladli $ ' A < M orv Jltr-arttmnt , ailments when she can get Wine of Cardui. It is The C'bnttanoocn Clintliinnoanaicdlcluo , Tonti. Co , sold by all druggists. It costs $1.00 per bottle. ravagantly furnished Expensive oil palnt- ng.s hung on the uulls. The bedstead wcs of iraliogany and huid carved. CaiiJotlng a half foot thick covered iho lloarlni ; , There vcro vases filled with flowers , velvet'sortffed chairs , lace curtains , beveled mlrrorfl and all the other applliticea of modern con- cnlenco and luxury , John became alatmed. Ho figured It out r.at : that room would ccat as much per day 0.3 his salary sa a congressman would mount to In half a week. He called a bell- bay , gavohlin $2 and told him to ijuletly find cut the tariff on that loom. John didn't like o ad ; the clerk himself. He was a Ijlg man nd that would look little. The hey returned presently and Informed the gccst that the irlco was JM ) per day. Allen went down talrn , laid down a dime and called for a Igur. 1'iey didn't sell anything but two-hit Igars. Ho put down a nickel on the ntnva- tand and picked rp a New York paper. Twenty centa more , please , " raid the clerk , lo got a drink and tendered 1C cents. "Where you been sUnplng. at the Windsor ? " asked tha barkeeper. "Drinks hcru urn a quarter. " That settled It with Allen , Ho wont to his room , gathered liU grips and took them himself downstairs , Thca ho called for his bill. "Why , what Is the matter , Mr. Allen t Wo thought that you were going to ipend some tlmo with us ? " asked the clerk "Very berry , " replied Mr Allen , "hut I have just received u telegram that calls mo away. The clerk reached out his hand to tell him good-by. "Hut the bill ? " Inquired Allen. "Thoro Isn't any bill. Vou are the gucat of the manager , Mr. Stavy. " Hut Allen l.ad to make the bluff good and ho left on the evening train. JldlVCII UlltulllKMI'll. "Ono day during last October , " nald a rep resentative from one of the fcouthfrn Htatra to the Washington Star man , "I had aeration to gi-t out Into the mountains from one of 'Uio Interior county scats where I had nomc law business. My mlulon was to uccuro u deposition from the wlfo of a mountain fanner , and when Uio work was done I wait asked to remain to dinner. It was not entirely to my liking , for I knew what that kind uf a dinner infant , but I could not di'clliio the Invitation. It way a very homely affair , Indeed , cornbreaj and bacon being the leading viands. At my right not a boy of 1C , who wan rather a foxy > oung8ter , al though ho had never been beyond the limits of thu county. Ho was ( \ulto \ Inquisitive after ho had made a start , and during the tourro of hid Imiulrlua Occamo personal , " 'I rckon you'ro under uotjtcr'n you tit hero In the mountain ? ' ho salu wllii a nod toward the ni/rcnd / before us , " 'O. I don't know , ' 1 parried. 'It In dif ferent In the city. ' " 'I reckon > ou have whlto t > re d all the tlmo , don't you1 "Oh , jes. ' " 'No cornbrcad ' a-tall ? " 'Only when J want It,1 "At first there wan Incredulity In his eyes , then It faded and there came admiration aua longing. " ' ( Icnmcntly gosh , ' bo exclaimed in a rapture , 'I'd rather "bo " a congressman than go tor heaven , I shore would , ' "And ho wen no uerlsualy In earnest that I didn't dare to laugh , " Colonel Henry Lee , the senior member ot the bonking houto of I.ee , Illgglnson & Co , of 'Boston ' , who retired from active business a few weeks ago , was a member of Gov ernor Andrew's staff during the oxcltlnR daya of 'thi civil war , ami his memories ot Massachusetts' war governor formed In part the subject of an Interesting article whlcU ho wrote a year or moro ago for the Uostoq Journal , Colo.icl bco in now SO years old.