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KIS51NO THE ROD.
O heart of mine, we shouldn't
Worry so!
What we're missed of calm we ,
Couldn't have, you know!
What we've met of stormy pain.
And of sorrow's driving rain.
We can better meet again
If it blow.
We have erred in that dark hour
?ve nave known
When our tears foil with the shower.
All alone?
Were not shine and shower blent
As the gracious Master meant?
Let us temper our content
W ith His own.
For, we know, not every morrow
Can be sad;
Bo, forgetting all the sorrow
We have had.
Let us fold away oar fears,
And put by our foolish tears,
Aud through all the coming years
Just be glad.
A MOTHER'S MATCH.
' ACIIELI Rachel I
1 " 1 want ye should
jw , B look out tli' winMrs.
Farman was
Hf'" "" sweeping the best
!room. She raised
Pd XL her voice nn<l seul
ty fj//,Iggk it in a strident cry
I'D^? the kitchen
'( H J J ? t where her pretty
daughter was ironiug.
There was a moment's silence.
"What ye want?" was finally the petu
Mut reply.
"Ain't that Joe Myers coram' 'long
by old man Wingute's'f Looks like 'iro,
don't it?''
Foolish, foolish Mrs. Farraan. Why
could she not have guessed that Rachel's
longing gaze had been fastened, from her
window, on that tell-tale white horso
and load of grain ever since they turned
the coruer by the mill; that Rachel's
heart was beating thump! thurap! thump!
against her side while she answered carelessly
:
"Mebbe 'tis. Seems some like his
rig." Then, after a bit of silence:
"What ye waut t' know for, ma?" as if
this innocent sj eech could not stand by
itself.
"O, nothing," feebly. "Ain't ye goin'
t' pick the peas ler dinner?" j
The girl set down her iron with an imputieut
tl 'd that brought a dull blush
of consciousness to her mother's cheeks.
"Ye said ye didn't want none," was
the su!!en answer.
Mrs. Fur man frowned into her dustpan
as she poked the broom under tbo
quat little stove. Really, Rachel '
seemed to have no wit at all. The pea 1
patch stood at such a convenient angle '
to the highway.
" Things didn't go like that when I 1
was young," the simple woman mused. c
"Folks cs' kep' comp'uy tell they was v
t' be married an' then they was married, ?
?< ..? .? ?
> u iiuuua- u ?juar iid . ' i any rate, j
'twas so with tn? au' Jeremiah."
This was, indeed, the truth. The late
Mr. Fnrmau had found a most coin- *
pluisaot listener to his tale of love.
Meanwhile Rachel went on slamming 6t
her irons in the kitchen. Neither her d
angry sweetheart, driving in unhappy .
heaviuess along the dusty ro.id, nor her 1
distracted mother, listening for some
eoueilh'ory sign, could know that her
eyes were too lull of tears to see her
work.
Mr--. Far man started suddenly in des- c
peraliou as the wagon drew near. 44I "
got to tiain thrt rosebush by the gate," r
she muttered in self excuse, stealing 1
softly out of the door; "I been goin' to 1
do it all summer. It looks dretful." 1
Still she reached the fence without her '
shears. I
Joe had determined not to turn his
head toward the house; but, you see, he
not counted upou the eager figure in
tlta fi.liminir Hlinbr?rin?t
across the palings und peered up into his
iace. It had long been a favorite joke
at the eoruer grocery, Mrs. Parinan's
pursuit of this eligible young man, and
he was possessed of no special fondness
for so apparently witling a mother-inlaw;
vet it would be ourageous rudeness
to drive pnst when any one stood
waiting with speech for him on her lips,
if it was Rachel's mother, and in front
of Rachel's home. lie must see what
Gho wanted, and he must stop old Jim to
listen.
"W'y, how d'ye do, Mr. Myers?" was
the lirst remark, with a clumsy attempt
it surprise; "I ain't seeu ye this long
time. How's your ma?"
'She's tol'able," Mr. Myers answered 1
coldly, by no means appeased at this
polite address. He was not in the humor
for a go-between. "You pretty
well, Mrs. Karman?"
She chose to consider this inquiry in
,ts broadest sense.
"W'y, I'm enjoyim' good health," tho
loucsi soni rejoined, " 'n 'th' boys ia
icui rugged. Hut ltnchael she seems sort
i)' poiked this summer. Don't eat
nrithin' 'n* don't pit 'er nat'ral sleep.
I'm worrie I 'bout Rachel."
The linca around Joe's inouth seemed
lo tighten. "Honesot tea's good," he retorted
coolly and gave his horse a cluck.
Poor little Mrs. Farintin made a clutch
nt the gate railing. "Joe," she said in a
tugb, shrill whispor, "wait jest a
tinutc. I want to say somethin'. He ye
mad at Rachel?"
"Well, yo know w'y, of I be," roared
the injured youth, growing very red.
'[ ain't never been treated so before 'n
ill my life. Made a reg'lar fool of like
inni: >v neu i taKn young lady"?with
uperb politeness?"t' prayer mectin' I
;en'tnll expect t' see Vr homo. That
ain't unreasonable!'"
"Oh, I know ye do," wailed the unaappy
mother, "but Kachel does feel
tearful bad, Joe! Ldon't see wot evgr
raudo 'cr go oli that way with Ben Martin.
Most times, ahc wouldn't wipe 'er
olo ahoo3 on 'im. It does seem, some'.imes
ns of girlo was posse St."
jou was not at nil placated by her distress.
"Mn snya," ho interrupted in n towering
rage, "that you're crazy for th'
I'.ateh on account of our holdin'th' inoga/o
on your place. But she says s.iyody
could see, with half nil eye, wnic!i
ay Uachel was lookin". I guess she's
. ooiit right."
lie slapped the reins upon old Jim's
hack ami started o(Y grimly past his
\orr-?r stricken auditor.
"That ain't so," pleaded Mrs. F.ir
.sin, wringing Iter hands. Then, driven
'<? humiliating confession by the exigences
of this pemlexing case: "I taxed
er," elio went on, "with boin' beady V
pruiVune, that night when we got
iioiac, 'n' Bays she:
* * 'Twan't that at all. 'Twas you'?
lhat was me?'a-pushin' forrard 'n' askm'
of Joo'd gouo fcr 'is buggy; 'n' tell:u'
i mustn't keep'im waitin','says she,
'au' tbore stood Mrs. Myers, with her I
>io<e up in tV airl I jes' "felt sick o* th'
hull thing,' says she, 'an' when Ben ast
me, I slipped uff with him. An' Til do
it ag'tn of ye act like that I' D'ye ever
hear sech talk t'er own mother!"
She looked up through dim eyee to the
t (>ang man's softened face.
'Woll," he began, moving about uneasily
on his seat, "ef that's all, an' ef,
Rachel's willin' to 'pologize?"
Which she ain't," cried a clear voice
ifrom the porch. The Conspirators looked
up guiltily. Of course the girl had known
'when Joe's wagon had stopped. Of
course, with her hard won acquaintance
with her mother's tactics, she had come
ito seo what followod. "I thank ye very
jmuch, ma," she went on, her blue eye9
{blazing with a pride wounded unto
ideath, 'but ye neenter interfere in my
atlairc any more. An', as fer yer kind
(remarks about me, Mr. Myers," fixing
her ire upon the awe-struck Joseph,
"vour's and yer mother's?it's all one?
ye kin make up yer mind, I ain't sellin'
myself yet, ef my own iiesh au' blood is
willin'I"
8ho was too furious to be even as just
as is possible to a woman. Every one
knew that Mrs. Farnian cared far moro
for her daughter's happiness than for tho
mortgage.
'An' hero?" the wild crcaturo continued,
pulling a pink cuvelope from her
calico pocket?"I was agoin't' send ye
word, this very day, that I was ashamed
aud sorry on account o' that Thursday
night. But I ain't ashamed or sorry
now. I'm glad of it!"
The propitiatory words flew away, as
she spoke, like couutless rose-petals, under
her impatient lingers.
Joe was as red and excited by this
time as Rachel herself.
"I wish ye a better temper, Miss Farman,"
he said in cutting scoru, "An'
good-morniu't' ye, ladies." With whicn
lie stitlly raised his battered straw hat
.....1
anaj.
Mra. Furman ran past the younger woman
with much the air of a child expecting
reproof. She hurried through the
house to her bedroom, where she shut
and locked the door. Lying on tho
white pillows, between fear aud disappointment
she sobbed herself into that
woful state of headache which was sure,
in the end, to call forth abundant filial
repentance and awkward tenderness.
Any one who kuew Mrs. Farman's soft
persistence as diet her family cculd not
lave been surprised at the devices which
the undauntedly employed in the time to
otue. August passed away, aud Sepcmbcr
frosts began to faii. Ben Marliu
Mine to call at the little farmhouse Suulay
nights. Joe Myers gave up singing
11 the choir, and stalked in aud out of
hurch unconscious of the vacaut chair
-here he had beeu wont to sit and look
ver the same hymnbook?O blissful
eriod!?with the sweet soprano. And
Lachel's heartsick dignity w.as ijuick to
;e through such shallow maneuvers as
usioess notes about the "inteiest," au
rand to Myers's nextdoor neighbors, or
opping at the post-oflice when her
uondatn admirer was to be sceu within,
.s she resolutely turned her back upon
lese opportunities, her mother was lain
> employ a subtler artifice.
In the first place, the minister's wife
;\l ill.
This gave the scheming woman her
hance. Hhe manage 1 that Mrs. Myers
,nd herself should divide one day aud
fight between them as "watchers."
she knew Joe would bring his mother
jver at dusk to begin her period of
uirsing. Then when lie came Mr*.
Farmun, ready to leave, had no errand
prepared lor him which entailed a loug
walk to the farther end of the stiaggliug
village, after which he most return to
tho parsonage.
In tho meantime, breathless, trembling
and glowing, Rachel's mother hurried ou
her homeward way aud bustled into tho
quiet kitchen where her dau jhter sat
brooding over thj tire in the dreary
autumn twilight.
"Sakcs alive!" she cried at once. "I
fergot V left my gold-rimmed spec3 t'
th' minister's. Like cz not Mis Myers 'II
wear 'cm home fer hers. Wotever shall
I do?"
4,L)li, I'll go after 'em," Rachel replied
indifferently, catching up a blanket
shawl. "D'ye remember where ye laid
'em down, ma?"
"Mis Myers 'II hunt 'em up fer ye,"
was the impatient rejoiudcr, "ef ye ain't
nfraid t' start out now; it's gittiu' so
dark. She know's right w'ere I was
settiu' when she come in. I shouldn't
wonder ef they're on th' cohbard there by
tho ured'eine. Anyway, don't come back
back without 'em child. I ain't anything
I set more store by'n wot I do
them specs. They were th' las' thing
yer }>n give me before Im died, I guess."
Rachel vaguely wondered that her
mother should seem so fluttered and incoherent.
Yet her mind was too fully
occupied to dwell deeply upon thts unimportant
fact. She listcno I in a dreamy
listkssness and in a fe.v moments was
out upon the lonely road.
Joe had told Mrs. Myers of the scene
at the Fafman gate. It gave her a much
more lenient judgment of his lady-love.
A.ojcther, and after the manner of
mothers, seeing dav h.V day a misery bojond
her help, she began- to think nhe
would not be s ?rry to firing tho two toget
her.
"It's a turriblu dark night, ain't it?"
she remarked gooJ-uaturedly, as, after a
little search for the missing spectacloi,
she followed Rachel to the parson's
door. ' <M V Qf ill' 11 l?f? <rpnn'l if I?f I
ye mind't' wait he'll l?e pleased t'soe yo
home, I'm sure."
The wretched girl turned to stare in
the kindly face above her. Perhaps, in
that moment, the fiercely erected barrior
might have come tu nbling down but for
the words that followed:
"Your ma sent 'im over to Salisbury's
t' see 'bout Mis Taylor's reclinin' chair.
I'm expectin' him back ev'ry minute."
Kachel had "seen about" that reclining
chair, hcr-elf, in the morning. She
analyzed the simple plot at once. What
tiiey woald tell Joe at Salisbury's followed
by the sight of her, would make
him ipiite wise.
She sprang down the steps.
"Thank ye kindly, Mis Myers," sho
called back. "iNo, I won't wait. Goodnight
I"
Joe and she bad naturally to walk
pirt way along the sa ne roa I going
home. She bur.'ie I ??lf into the first
roundabout route which presented itself. '
\
There should be no cunningly ooatTimi ^
meeting to-night.
Ah, but some one else thought then 7
same thing, in his wrath, when, after ?1
few moments with his roothet, he fol-; I
i lowed in Rachel's footsteps. I
"Mis Far man can't wind me 'roundel
her little finger,'' he growled to himself; IS
"I guess me an' her?this did not refers
to Mrs. Farman?is bid 'nough to run kour
own concerns." And he took the ft*
same long way home. |M)
In spite of Mrs. Myers, the night was |) J<
lightened by a waning moon which f|gn
presently showed Joe a figure speeding JRl
down the path before him. His pulse w
beat quicker, but he strode doggedly ^
determined to pass and leave her. '. } p?
Oh, a young heart is soft. How small m
and slight she looked as he drew near! JP.
And he was of his mother's opinion?ii ?
was dark. ^ / p<
i Ql
"Good evenin', Miss Farman," he bogan
in her car, making her jump e.ud
cry out suddenly, "ain't ye 'fraid t'/be ^
out so late? I'll wait on ye horn- of to
ye'd like t' have rac." of
Was ever anything as clumsy as fx nervous
man?" ?
"Well, I wouldn't like!" Rachel spoke hi
up. Her voice was shnrp from pain. hi
But how was he to know that! A
I "Very well, then I'll relieve ye of my n
comp'ny. 'Tain't ez cf 'twas Bon Mar- b<
1 tin's!" Ho brushed past her in a fury.
Tliere was one glance, a blessed chance, ct
.directed at her face. What he saw there, di
made him pause. M
"Wot ye cryin' fer?" ho demanded. ,
"I ain't cryin'." Which was not true. n,
"Yo be." if
"'Tain't nothin't' ye, then, ef I am," a
11.. -1-1 ** ' MM
uiu gin snapped. yi
"'Tis, too," the rude fellow muttered, tt
nnd?I don't know what made him? lo
took her iu his arms. fo
ai
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Mrs. Farman was wonderfully appar- vi
elcd in her best black alpaca and a pair **
of long-tinered white kid gloves. "Don't
young folks beat all to manage!" she said
in a garrulous confidence which embraced n<
the whole wedding assembly. "Seems
t' ouo time, Joo 'n' Itachel didn't know tr
wot they wanted, so I jts' stepped in 'n'
took a hold, or they wouldn't bo w'ere
they air to-day. I always tell 'em I made ^
that match, an' they cau'4 deny it."? b<
Kate Field's Washington. ni
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Hook Swinging: in India.
In October last the obsolete practice of
hook swiuging was revived in southern Y<
India, It was a leature of a religious *
festival in the large town of Sholavandan. ^
The authorities did nothing to prevent y<
the cruel exhibition. The local Governmoot
was, iu fact, asked to prevent the
occurrence, but au evasive answer was m
returned. The victim of the spectacle J"
was a williug sacrifice, no feeling of re- r!
ligious devotion entering into his per- tr
forroance. He received between 400 and d?
500 rupees for the exhibition, which ^
lasted more than an hour, but the sum is ^
more than he could earn by hard labor in w,
eight or uiue years. He was, iu addition,
privileged to travel around the Pj
country for three months, showiug the dj
hooks, ropes, etc., and receiving mone ur
from the people, few of whom would r. *?
fuse to give hiui something. The per w
formauce, therefore, was very lucrativi sfa
for him, and it g rati lie I the peop'u nc
hardened and brutalized as they are, foi W(
Sholavandan is the hca 1 centre of thtj el<
Kullcr, or robber, caste, who are guilt}' ki'
of tobberies aud train wreckiogs, besides
bloody deeds. ' ,h
Thousands of people Hocked to see tin ot
revival of the old taaatical religious cus- ^
torn. The hooka were thrust through ac
the flesh of the man's back and he was pa
suspended about twelve feet in the air. lr
lie bore his sufferings with the utiuoat
fortitude, and his face showed scarcely to
any evidence of the paiu he must have te
endured. A medical mau who was pres- fjjj
cnt, and cxamiued the swinging man, ^
sent, at the request of the Government, le
a report of his condition. Hia iiupresaion
was that the bodily sufferiug the ^
mau experienced was considerably within N
the limits of eudurance. P
It was announced in February last thai ^
ariaugeuienta had been made for another h
hook swinging, to take place, at Tirasa- a
venau. The Madras Government pro- J
poses to make a thorough inquiry into ^
the whole matter. Of course the Indian a
Government finds it wise policy to inter- h
fere as little as possible with the religion *j
of the natives, and if, after thorough pt
inquiry, it he ascertained that it is a re- fr
ligious practice, and does not entail seri- tt
oua hodilv suffering, it may not be prohibited.
" P
The natives gave as their reason for ui
the exhibition last fall that they wished C1
to propitiate the Goddess of Rain, so that pj
they might secure abundant showers. fi
For two weeks, however, before the per- w
formauce heavy aud continuous rain hai ^
fallen. The real reason tor the cxbibi- ii
tion was that the people are great lovers hi
of festivals aud care little what the spec- ^
taclc is, if they only have a gala time. tr
The entertainment was provided chiefly to
as an amusement for those who wished ?l
something exciting and spectacular. h(
Many of the people are very religious, so
and will worship almost anything if their J*1
emotions he excited, and to that class ^
also the exhibition appealed strongly.?
New York Sun. hi
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Fccliir; in iho llanos. ?h
It
People usually imagine that their bones f0
are of solid mineral construction, with- m
out any feeling in them. No one wbc P*
has ever had a leg or an arm cut off is sg
likely to indulge in such a mistaken no- ?h
tion. Comparatively speaking, little ^
pain is felt when the flesh is being cut j 15
through, hut wheu the bone is attacked 1 tb
by the saw, Oh, my I ''
You see, as a matter of fact, there are ! OI
blood vessels ami nerves inside the bones I m
just as there are outside. Any one who vt
has purchased a he -fstcak at the market J J.
knows about the marrow in the bone, th
It is the saine with other uniinala than t*
the bullock, inn uding liuiian beings, j1^
Through the marrow run the nerves and w
blood vessels, entering the bones from ! ix
the flesh, without by little holes, which 1 K*
you can see for yourself any time by ex 1 JjJ
amining a skeleton, <>r part of one. Dj
When the disease called rheumatism, ' th
which no physician understands, affects | h<
the nerves within the bones no way hai
been discovere I for treating it success- t?
fully. It docs not do to smile when i ?f
person says that lie feels a thing in hii jV
bones.?Pearson's Weekly. p(
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P. B. Armstrong, recently connected
with Now York insurance companies,
has purchased a young orchard of ninety pi
acres near Lodi, Cal., thus making him aE
o.vncr of 1100 acres of fruit in <?ue j*
body?the largest orchard in thy world. ' tr
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HE BARATOGA MIRACLE pj
.l.lfifWfB INVERTMJ ATKD BY AN B.K- Bi>
PRKHH UKI'OIITER.
IS Facts Already Stated Fully Con- h?
FIRMED? INTERVIEWS WlTH LEADING a*
Physicians Who Treated Quant
?The Most Marvelous Case H
ih the History or Medi- th
cal Science.
A few mtki ago an article appeared in
da pa par copied; from the Albany. N. Y.,
Rirnal, giving the particulars of one of the
oat remarkable cures of the 19th century,
he article was under the heading "A
irathga Co. Miracle," and excited such
^spread coi^ment that another Albany
ipe*?the gxprtfep?detailed a reporter to
ake a tboroagh investigation of thestateenta
appearing' in the Journal's article,
i? facts as elicited by the Express reporter
e given in the following article, which ap?rcd
in that paper on April 10tb, and
akes one of the most interesting stories pc
er related: ca
A few weeks ago thero was published in 22
le Albany Evening Journal the story of a Di
ost remarkable?indeed so remurkable as ve
i well justify the term "miraculous"?cure av
! a severe case of locomotor ataxia, or in
cepiDg paralysis, simply by tho use of M
Ink Fills for Pale People, and, in comply- bi
icc with instructions, an Express Reporter th
is been devoting somo time in a critical sa
vestigution of tho real facts of the case. of
i uv aior v 01 iae wuuaeriui cure or L'naries th
. Quant, of Ualway, Saratoga County, hi
. Y., as tlrst tola in the Jourunl, has he
?en copied into huudrods if not thousands u
' other daily and weekly news|>a|>ers and
is created such a sensation throughout the at
itiro country that it was deemed a duty M
ae all the people, and especially the thou- hi
inds of similarly afflicted, that the state- m
ients of the case as made in the Albany cl
mrnal, and copied into so many other D
ewspapers should, if true, be verified; or, w
falae, exposed as an imposition upon public tn
ednllty. \
.'i Iwof the Express reporter's inestlgntions
authorises him in saying that 01
le ?t?ry of Charles A. Quant's cure of hi
coonitor ataxia by the use of Pink Pills ai
r Pale People, a popular remedy prepared
id pwt up by tho Dr. Williams Medicine it
orapa&y, Morristown, N. Y., ami Brock- \J
lie, Outarlo, 18 TRUE, aim that all its
at/unents are not only jiistitie 1 but verified
f the fuller development of tho further |(
cts of the case. ,
Perhaps the readers of the Express are n
it all of them fully familiar with the de- e
tils of this miraculous restoration to health t
' a fuan who after weeks and months of j,
eatment by the most skillful doctors in
vo of the best hospituls in the 8tate of New t
ork?the Roosevelt. Hospital in New York e
ity and St. Petoi V Hospital in Albany?
as diatnissed from each as incurable and,
s ouse the cose was deemed incurable, the K
an was denied admission into several oth- j s
to which application was made in his be- p
iir. The story as told by Mr. Quant him- r
df and published in the Albany Journal, Is p
i follows:
"My naino Is Charles A. Quaut; I am 37 ?
ears old; I was born iu the village of Qal- <
ay and excepting while traveling on busi- a
esa and a little while in Amsterdam, have ?
lenrtay dVhole life hero. Up to about eight ?
ears ago I bad uevir been sick and was \,
ten in periect health. X was fully tix feet
dl, weietapa 180 pouuds and was very t,
rong. For 12 years was traveling sales- js
an lor a piano and or^an company, and
id to do, or at least did uo, a great deal of v
avy lilt: tig, got my meals very irregularly ei
id slept in enough 'spare beds' in couu- n
y houses to freeze an ordinary man to tl
?atb, or at least give him the rheuma- M
5111. About eight years ago 1 began to ^
el distress in mv stomach, and couMilted n
vera! doctors about it. They all said it
as dysfiepfiia, and for dyspepsia 1 was
eated by various doctors in different a
aces, and took all the patent medicines 1
uId liearof that claime I to be a cure for
rsptpsia. Hut 1 continued to grow grad- t|
dly worse for four years. Then I begau ?
have piin iu my back aud legs and beme
conscious that ray legs were getting
euk and iny step unsteady, and then I ?
sggered when I walked. Having received j,
> benefit from the use of patent medicines, jc
id feeling that I was constantly growing Cl
arse, 1 then, upon advice, began the use of
?ctric belts, pans and all the many different [,1
ads of electric appliances I could hear of, w
id spent buulreds of dollars (or them, but rt
ey did ijia so good. (Here Mr. Quant
owed the. Journal reporter an electric suit I V(
underweir, (or which ho paid $124.) In >Si
e fall of the doctors auvised a c.iange | j
climate, ao I went to Atlanta, Ua., and ?
ted aa agent for the Eatoy Organ Commy.
Whl il? there I took a thorough olec- 1 hj
ic treatment, but it only s *emed to aggra- ,,
ite my disease, mid tho only relief 1 could i?
it from the sharp and distressing p tins was
i take morphine. The pain was so in- j?
use at times that it seemed as though I j>
iuld not stand it, and I almost louged for ,,,
?ath as the only certain relief, lu Heptem- ?
sr of 1888 my legs gave out entirely and my C)
tt eye was drawn to one side, so that 1 had M
3uble sight and was dizzy. My trouble so '(i|
ffected my whole nervous system that I ,,
ad to give up business. Then I returned to \
ew York and went to the Roosevelt Hosital,
where for four mont'.iu I was treated
y specialista and they pronounced my case tl
icomotor ataxia and incurable. After I I
ad been under treatment by Prof, titarr
nd Dr. Ware for lour months, they told me ?
Knv linil limn nil lli^o M ' - 1
?j ? ? ??- i/uu ?? ivi mo. l uen | ij
went to the New York Hospital on Fifet-nth
street, where, upon examination,they , >
aid I WHsTn'eurable nnd would not take me ,
?. At the Presbyterian Hospital they ex- J
mined me and told uie the same thing, fn
larch, 18110, I was tn'ien to Bt: Peter's Ho*- r,
Ital in Albany, where Prof. H. If. Hun
-ankly told my wife my case was hopeless; (|
lat he could do nothing for moand that she ,,
ad better take me back home and save my ?
loney. But I wanted to make a trial of p
rof. Hun's famous skill and I remained [,
n lor his treatment for nine weeks but se- ;,
lrt'd no tieuelU. All this time I ha I been
rowing worse. I had becomo entirely ?
aralyze<l from my waist down and had |?(
artly lost control of my hands. The pain ,,
as terrible; my legs felt ns though they n
ere'Veczing and my stomach would not re- M
lin foo.1, and 1 fell away to 120 pounds. j,
i the Albany Hospital they put seventeen
ig burns on my back ono (lay with red hot
oils,and niter a few dajs they put fourteen f,
lote burns on and treated me with elec- ,j(
icity, but I got worse rather than better; M
et control of my liowels and water, and, ]<
l*>n advice of the doctor, who said
lere was no hope for me, I was brought tj
line, where it was thought that death would u
on come to relieve ine of my sufferings.
Fist NeptfUCPSh'', while in this helpless and (|
itfering condition, a friend of mine in f,
amilton, Ont., called iny attention to the ?
atetneut of one John Marshall, whose case
id been similar to my own. and who had
sen cured by the use of l)r. Williams' Pink ^
ills for Pale People. In this case Mr. Mar- o
all, who is a prominent member of tho ^
oyni Teinplars of lem|>ernuce, bad, after ,j,
ur years of constant treatment by the |K
ost eminent < 'nnadiau physicians, ta?en ?j
onoiinced incurable, and paid the $100) jj
tal (lisabldty claim allow.hI by the order in ']
cb cases. Homo months alter Mr. Mar
all liegan a course of trcntim-ut with Dr. a
'illiams* Pink Pills, and ufter taking some {j*
i boxes was fully restored to heiuth. I
ought I would try them, and my wife sent
r two boxes of the pills, mi l 1 took thein C|
soor Hng to tho directions on the wrapper ,
i each box. For the first few days the
>ld baths were pretty severe as 1 was so iri
?ry weak, but i continued to follow in- Jj
ructions as to taking rbo pills end the ;
ealmcnt, and even I jfore I bad used up
e two boxes of the pills I began to feel 'P
mefioial results from them. My |>uins were Jv
>tso bad. X fel( wanner; my head felt ,H
itter; mv foo l began to relish and a/res .
Ith me; I omild straighten up; the feeling
?gan to.-coiait,bnok into my iimbs; 1 bo- ai
in to lie hbfu to got nbont on cftfttbAe; oi
y eye <-ame back again as good as ever,
id no4v, after the u*j of eight lioxes of the
lis. at a coot of onlv tft.UO ?see t?I can with
in help of a cane oniy, want ail aoout the
>use and yard, can taw wood, an I on pleasit
days I walk ilown town. My stomach
ou'do is gone; I have gaine I 111 pounds; I
ei like a iyw man, and wher the spring
khih i ezpeet to im IBW to renew my or/en
id piano ngency. I cannot apeak in too
gh term* of l)r. William*' Pink Pill* for
tie People, as I know they eared my life
ter all th* doctors had glean me up as inirable."
Huch is the won lerful story which thA RxA*
reporter h-uxucoee led in securiug rer
catiop o( in all it* details, from the hostel
record* where If r. Quant was treated
id from the doctor* who ha I the cam in
ind and'who hwohiiokI him incurable.
>t it be r Wuembered that all this hospitil
i-atmef>t was two and three years afoi.
, '
-, >
bile his cure, by the use of Dr. Williams'
ink Pills for Pale People, has been effected
ice last September, 1891. Bo it is beyond
doubt evident that his recovery is wholly
te to tho use of these famous pills which
ive been found to have made such remarklie
cures in this and other cases.
Mr. Quant placed in the hands of the renter
his card of admission to Roosevelt
ospital, which is here reproduced in furor
confirmation of his statements:?
ft) ^
ROOSHJVTBLiT HOSPITAL^
_ OUT-PATIEN1\
N,'*9*7. AdmUUdMUA..^
Agt... ..Birth#** y*g&L-i Ctnl
Conditio* ^ Z.
Occupation awrjaxft a> ?e YZ. _
Residence v**f.A'.
Mondays, Wednesday* and Fridays.
(trial
To verify Mr. Quant's statement our renter
a few days ago, (March 31st. 189.3.)
lied on Dr. Allen Btarr at his office, No.
West Twenty-eighth St., New York city,
r. Btarr is bouse physician of the Rooseill
hospital, situatod corner of Niuth
enue and Fifty-niuth street. In reply to
quiry he said he remembered the case of
r. Quant very well, and treated him some,
it that he was chiefly treated an i under
e more especial care of Dr. Ware. He
id he regarded this case as he did all cases
locomotor utaxia as incurable. In order
at our reporter might get a codv of the
story or tho cas) ot Mr. Quant Iroin the
ispital record he very courteously gave him
letter of which the following is a copy:?
Dr. M. A. Btarr, 33 West Forty-eighth
reef, office hours, 9 to 13 a. m.. New York,
arch 31st, 1893. ?Dear Dr. Vought: If you
avo any record of a locomotor ataxia by
ime of Quant, who Hays he came to the
iuicS or 4 years ago, No. 14,037, of the O.
. Dept., Roosevelt, sent to mo from Ware,
ill you let the liearer know. If you have
9 record send him to Roosevelt Hosp.
Yours, Btarr.
By means of this letter access to the recrds
was permitted and a transcript of the
ut?ru nf u- i ....... j- t "
IOIUI j VL Ml. lUaUOIIVUl IiUOIU
> follows:
"No. 14,087. Admitted September 16th,
180, Charles A. Quant, aged 34 years. Morn
f, 8. Married. Hoboken."
"History of the case:?Dyspepsia for past
>ur or Ave years. About 14 months' partial
3ss of power and numbness in lower ex
remities. Girdling sensation about nhdo
Hen. (November 20th, I88d, not improve I.
xternal strobismus of left eye and dilnta
ion of the left oye.) Momo difficulty in pass
tig water at times; no headache but some
izz'ness; alternate diarrhosa an I con dips
Ion; partial * ptosis past two weeks iu left
ye.
"Ord. R. F. Bi pep. nil I Sola."
These are the market symptoms of a
evere case of locomotor ataxia. "And Dr.
Itarr said a case witli such marked tsymp
Dim could not be cured and Qunnt, who was
eeeiving treatment in the out-patient deartment,
was given up as incurable."
"There never was a Case recovered in th?'
rorld," said Dr. Starr. An I then said:
Dr. Ware can tell you more about thecasa
8 Quant was under his more (>ersonal treatient.
1 am surprised, he sai I "that the
lan is alive, as 1 thought he must be dead
ing ago."
Our reporter found Dr. Edward Ware at
is office, No. 162 West Ninety-third street,
few York. He said: "1 have very distinct
scollections of the Qunnt case, it was a
cry pronounced case. 1 treate I him abou'j
Igbt uionttis. This was in the tarly sum*
ler of 1800. I deemed him incurable, und
lought him dead before now. lu.agiue my
iirprise when 1 received a letter from him
bout two weeks ago telling rae that he was
live, was getting well and expecte I soon to
e fully recovered."
"What do you think, doctor, was tho
Eiuse of his recovery."
"That is snore than I know. Quant saya
e has been taking some sort of pills and that
aey have cured him. At all events, I am
lad the poor fellow is getting well, for his
as a bad case aud he was a great sufferer."
Dr. Theodore R. Tuttle, of 611) West
lighteeuth street, to whom our reporter is
idebtel for assisting courtesies sil l of
tcomotor Ataxia: "I have had several
ases of this disease in the course of my
ractice. 1 will not say that it*is incurable,
ut, 1 never knew of a case to get well; but I
in nay it 18 not deemed curable by any
modies known to tho medical profession.
After this successful ami couflrm itory instigation
in Now York, our reporter,
aturday, April '2d, 1892. visited St. Peter's
ospital, in Albany, coruer of AJbany and
erry streets. He had a courteous reception
v Sister Mary l'hilomcna, the sister
iperior of St. Peter's Hospital, and when
il l of tho object of his visit,sai I she reniemjred
tho case of poor Mr. Quant very disnotly.
Said she: "It was a very distressig
case and excited my sympathies much,
oor fellow, he couldn't be cured and had to
o homo in a terribli condition of helplesiand
suffering." The house physician,011
jnsultingtbe recordsof St. Peter's Hospital,
lid he found only tbut Charles A. Quant
ntered the hospital March 14th, 189.1, was
eated by Dr. Henry Hun, ussiste I by Dr.
'an Derveer, who was then, 189), at the
ead of the hospital, and that his case b?ing
eemed not possible of cure, he left the
ospital and was taken to his home, as he
apposed to die.
Such is the full history of this most re arkable
case ot successful recovery from a
eretofore supposed incurable disease, an 1
fter all the doctors had given him up. by
he simple use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pil s
jr Pale People. Truly it is an interesting
tory of a most miraculous enroot a dreudliil
iseaso by the simple use of this popular
?medv.
A further investigation levealed the fact
hat l>r. Williams' 1'ink Pills ure uota patent
icdicine in the sense in which that term is
enerally understood, hut are a scientific
reparation successfully used iu general
ractice for many years belore being offered
?the public generally They contain iu a
ondeiisod form all the elements necessary to
ive new life und richness to the blood and
t;8U>ro shuttered nerves. l'hey are an uu11
ins specific Tor such diseases us locomotor
taxia, partial paralysis, tSt. Vitus datre,
iatica, neural sia, rheumatism, nervous
eai.'aclie, the after effects of la grippe,
alpitatioti of tiie heart, pale ami sallow
Jinplexioiis, that tired feeling resulting
om nervous prostration; all diseases
spending upon vitiated hu>uors in tho blood,
jch as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc.
hey aro also a soecilic lor troutdei lenailiar
? females, such as suppressions, irregularis
es and all lorms-of weakness. Tney build
p the blootl and restora tho glow of health
> pale or sallow cheeks. In the case of men
ley effect a radical cure in all cun arising
om mental worry, over-work or excesses of
hatevei nature.
On further inquiry tho writer found that
lose pills are manii actured bv tlia Dr.
filliams Mo Ileum t'o.npany, flrockville,
ntario, and Morristown, N. Y., and aro
Id in boxes (never in loose form by the
37.011 or hun Ire J) at 50 cents a Ik?x, or six
3xes for $0.50, un I may tie hod of all drugsts
or direct tiy mail Iroiu Or. Williams
emciiio company. rrom either address,
he price at which those pills are sold makes
course of trej tment comparatively inexuisivo
as compare I with other remedies or
leiical treatmodt_^^^^__
Two young city-bred women, daughrs
of a prominent wholesale merchant in
n Francisco, Oal., named Lowcnstieu,
a living on an<l working a land claim
the State of Washington, between
ltd lock and Pott Ludlow. They took
i the claim two years ago and have
ed on it continuously since, built the
bin in which they live, and have
ared and grubbed twenty acres of
id. Their nearest neighbor is font
lies away.
' **" --T . ' .*> :
i: ?%
iyaxarrn--JKem
I was afflicted from infancy with Catarrh,
I was attended by the best physicians, and ust
manent relief. MY UFE BECAME A BURDEft
I saw S. S. 8. advertised, and tools eight hot
a new person.?Miss JostB Owen, Montptlit
I was the victim of tha worst case of
deaf in one ear, and all the inside of my not
No sort of treatment benefited me, and physi
a last resort I took Swift's Specific, and it enti
have been well for years, with no sign of retui
Dm Wut, S. C. S. S. 8. cures Catarrh, II
ting the poison which causes it. Treatise on
?Wlf
Value of Oranges as Pood. j
The value of oranges as an articlo of;
food is well known. "I buy them by
the box," says a mother, "and let my
children eat them constantly in lieu of'
candy or other prised children's dainties.,
[I consider that I save money by it." At
'some of the inebriate asylums oranges j
bave proved an effloient substitute for,
alcohol, patients sucking the juioe of
!them abundantly every time thirst for
1I/...A. TO.U fut U'
fio well recognized that often at temper''
.ance coffee stands piles of luscious
oranges are also kept. And now another
benefit is alleged for them. Some
[famous French beauties of former days,
it Is asserted,secured and preserved their
marvelous complexions by a free diet of, r
oranges. One la particular lived almost t
entirely upon the fruit. A dozen eaob j
at breakfast and luncheon made up these j
repasts; at dinner a dozen more, with a
crust of bread and one glass of burgundy. i
JDoubtless an orange fad is threatening? R
for the pursuit of a complexion is a very
absorbing one to womea.?-Mexico City
Two Republics.
Beware ef Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercnrjr,
Ac mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell nnil completely derange the whole system
when entering It through the mucous surfaces.
Huoh articles should never be need except
on prescriptions from reputable physicians.
as the damage they wl)l do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.,contalns no mercury,
and Is taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
thogenulne. It la taken Internally, and made
lu I oledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney A 60.
fcfT" .Soby Druggists, price .6c. ner bottla.
* 1
Jobson (at the restaurant)?"Walter, t
giro me some chicken ealid and a bottle <
of soda.*' Jag son?"Qivo me the
game." Jobson (who is from Boston)? ,
"Excuse me; it cannot be the same? |
say, similar.'*?Shoe and Leather ito- oortcr.
4
When TrtTdllii t
NVhotheron pleasure bent, or bminess, take |
en every trip a bottle of Syrup of Flg?, ns It
nets most pleasantly and effectively on the 4
kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, ^
headi.ches and otbor form* of sickness. For
sale in 60 cents an I f I bottles by all leading 1
druggists.
? _____
From the prescriptions of some physb
cihiiqf it i8 eriaeai mat tuey nave iortfottcn
theii boyhood.?Columbus Post.
The Only Oae Ever Printed.
can too find tub word?
These 1? a 3 Inch display advert Uement In
this paper, this week, which has no two words
allx e except one word'. The same la true of
each new one appearing each week, from The 1
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This bouse places a {
.Crescent on everything they makeand publish.
Look for it. send them the name of the I
word and they will return vou book, bbauti- i
Tl'I. LITHOOBAPRa orSiltPLU FREE. J
'Will the coming, man use both {
armsV" asks a scientist. "Yes, if he
can trust the girl to band'e the reins."?' '
Philadelphia Press. 1
Mr. A. B. l.aforme, Boston. Mass.. says: " I J
ordered nnd distributed one dozen large bottles 1
Bradycrotlne among my friends nfllloted with .
Imm.. and in every case it has afforded '
almost instantaneous relief." Fifty cents. ]
Ha^iraz, Nova Scotia, is to be made '
general cattle-shipping port for ail Canada.
Bnown's Iron HI Iters cures Dyspepela,Malarla.
Biliousness nnd General Debility. Gives
Btrenglh, aids Digestion, tones the nerves?
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Thk Indian cotton crop Is the worst ever
known.
Ths worst cases of fsmals wsaknsss readily
yield to Dr. Swan's Pastils*. Samples free
Dr. Swan, Boavsr Dam. Wla
Dr. Kiilit will try ths Mohlorlds-ofgold
curs in Europs.
If you will bo truly happy keep your blood
pure, your liver from growing torpid by using
Beechnut's IMIIs. 26 cents a box.
Tbo United States produced over tec
million barrels of tali lagt year.
Ir roar Back Aches, or you are all worn oat,
good (or nothing. it Is general debility.
Brown's iron Bitters w.ll cure yon, make yoa
strong, cleanse your liver, and give a good appett'e
tones the nerves.
Nkw York City is overrun with beggars.
If afflicted with sore t-yw um> ur.Isaac Thomp
son's Kye-water .Druggists sell at ZSo.per bottle
Mr*. William Lohr
Dyspepsia
" I. Hood A Co., l/owell, M?m.
"A year hro this last fall I rommrncfd to fall
rapidly; lout all appetite and ambition,
and barely dragfgea along with my work.
During the winter and springhad to have help
about my housework. Physician* did not help
me and I got more and more discouraged. 1
Buffered from dyspepsia so that I
Could Not Eat Vegetables
or ineat.and at last so that I could not even usn
butter on my toast. Used to dip the toast ir.
tea and even then it would distress my
stomach. In the spring I hired a girl permanently,
my health was ho poor. She tried to
persuade me to take Hood's Karsapartlla, an a
lady for whom she had worked had been greatly
benefited by It. She said: * It will only
coat a dollar to trv it.'
I Dragged Along
Until August,when Iliegaii to take ifood'sBaraapnrilln.
In about a week I felt a little better
Could keep more food on my stomach and grew
stronger. I took three bottles,am now perfec t
ly well, have gutnecl 24 pounds, am In excellent
health. Towe all this to
Hood's Sarsaparilla
I and am glad to let you know what It'haa don ?
formed Mk?. Wii.i.iam Loom, 101 Van Buren
Btreet.lCrooport, ill. _ _ ?
Hdod's PlU's are" the best after-dlnne*
Pills, assist digestion, en re headache.
a ?
ove tne uanse.
and for tan yean with eruption* on my foe*,
sd a number of Blood remedies with no per*
1 TO Hi, for my case was declared incurable,
ties, which cored me entirely, and I feel like
r, OkU.
Catarrh that I ever heard of. I was entirely
tc, including part of the bone, sloughed off.
cians said '"I would never be any better." As
irely cured me and restored my hearing. 1
m of the disease.?Mrs. Joskphink Polhim.,
ke it docs other Blood diseases, by eliminaBlood
and Skin mailed foe*.
T SPECIFIC CQMPAHY, ATM*?* CU,
Doesn't "look" as ahe ought .4'
? the weak, nervous and ailing wo- \
nan. As long as aho suffers from jJ
he aohea, paina, and derangement* JaBp ,
>eculiar Jto her sex, she can't ex- Jrv $
>eet to. ' iM&\ M
But there's only herself to blame.
tVith Dr. lJierce's favorite Fre^?.-j V
cription, she's a different woman. ;r<^K
Vnd it's a change that can be Been '%
in noil aa folt. 'Din nrstam ia in. *
dgorated, the blood enriched, digestion
improved, melancholy and ViS i
lcrvousness dispelled.
With the "Favorite Prescription,**
ill the proper functions are restore*! '*
;o healthy action. Periodical pains,, J
veak back, bearing-down sensations^
lervous prostration, all " feiuultr ji ^
complaints" are cured by it. It's; irMr
he only medicine for woman's;
weaknesses and ailments that's;
7uaranteed to do what is claimed .
For it. If it doesn't givo satisfaction,
in every case for which it's reo- . ~
>mmended, tho money is returned.
Can something else offered
the dealer, though it may pay
better, be "just as good"?
? >
Tuft'sTiny Pills* n,i
The dyspeptic, the debilitated, whetli'flfci I ? i
or from excess of work of mind or W V-r
^ body or exposure In malarial region*, a
will And Tutt's Pills the ni oeC: genial V
restorative ever ofTered the iirralld.
If fit ti .
"August'
Flower".
"What is August Flower for?,f
easily answered as asked. It is
For Dyspepsia. It is a special rem- ?
sdy for the Stomach and Liver^?
Nothing more than this. We bclieve^^
August Flower cures Dyspepsia.
We know it will. We have reasons
For knowing it. To day it has an- - t.
honored place in every town atid
r*?/%s.A
.vuulljr IIU1C, (AlflSCSSW UI1C Ul IUC
largest manufacturing plants in the
:ountry, and sells everywhere. The*
reason is simple. It does one thing,
uid does it right. It cures dyspepsia?
Advice to "Women
If you would protect yourself
from Painful, Profuse, Scanty,
Suppressed or Irregular Menstruation
you must uae
BRADFIELD'S ;
FEMALE 1
REGULATOR jj
Cartbrsvillb, .April 38.188L
This Will certify that two members of oi>
Immediate family, after having suffered for
years from Itlenatrual lirctrularlty.
Mine treated without bene lit by physicians,
wero at length completely cured by ouo bottle
of Bradtteld'a Female Heirtilator. Ita
fleet la truly wonderful. J. W, .Stramqb.
Book to " WOMAN " malted KRF.K, which contains
valuable Inforuiatlon on all female diseases.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.;
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? Wo furnish live II. |\ Upright
1 a. It J Engine and Steel IMIor for $1*9
? 1 complete. Olhrr since In proportion.
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WALL PAPER
r WlLll plM wnt for luc. poetm
fhea. J. lyre, 181B Market Hi. Phlla.,Pk
Pirn's Remedy Ibr Catarrh to (he B|
. *aa'?*t to fee, and OicapeM. M
Sold by druggist* or Kent by mall.
I 60c. K. T. IlnK llUie, Warren, Pa. gg
B> tf A bright, cnergatlc man or
9k III I I II I woman wantoifto taka tha
BP U V e V V aale agency for an article
* that Is needed In every
A heme and IndlayeaeaSBi&lVSJMSrr;
town or country. VTBOIn
90 days and a steady Income
IBf pBpBB/ afterward. A "Bonansa"
wnfl Bas ? K. for the right person. tiaed
WW k k f \ Joba are entree and
. " m noon inken. "iTVlM
l? W, JON KM. manager, Hprlngtleld, OklMw
I TkeRtolng Sun Btovg rollsh Is Brilliant,Odor. | H
I or glass package with every purchase. 1
Msssseeeeeeaeea
: y^HiB SsKSi. r^xlSs
1 >TBFt rmnfnm ftr dkaaan eaanlilnm T-a.
bITu- w _ ?Qtonic
fitnd brlKliTenM, brala jfc
power lnor?M(Qt ..
lakiaA honns, nerre*, mi>?> MM.
I 111 IP dN,receive?r?f?rw. sP**, Tm
LIU U 4 ttxx.zr~?rJiSB? ?s 1
ft aa/e. apeedy cure, Returma L. 'fflg
rOM bloom ou cheek*, bcftutlifta OoaplellM* ~M.
bold everywhere. All frennlue aooda better '
"CrnecanU" Bend nil cent atauip for ffl-tagkj: >. 2 *
pamphlet. 0 | f
M. HAITI* MIMOINI Cu.f H M?**