The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 06, 1889, Image 1
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WATCHMAN, E**abrlslie4 April, 1850.
Aug. 2t 1881.1
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SUMTER, S. O., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 188?.
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<$atracts for three months, or longer will
be ma^e at minced rates.
^^communications which subserve private
iatrjjtests will be charged for as ad vertisemeu ts.
(Itjft?Aries and tributes of respect will be
Blood Diseases are cured by
the |>erse7?riijjr use of Ayer's
Sarsfepao?k
Tb* in??&ie?? 5* aa Altatative^and
transes a radical change in the system.
Thc process, in^^me^cases, may not be
quite so rapid as in others ; hut, with
persistence, the result is certain.
-Head; these testimonials : -:
" ttro years I snffered from ase
>rere pain in my right side, and had
.oiber troubles caused by a torpid liver
.nnd 1 lyspepsia. Alter giving ?everal
meroe ines a fair trial without ? cure, I
l*ega?i to take Ayer's Sarsa]>ari?!a. I
s greatly benelited by the first bottle,
and aftertaking lire bottles I was com?
pletely ,cured.**- John AV. Benson, 70
j?wr?.ice st., Ix>wel?, Ma??s.
I.ast May a large carbuncle broke out
on my arm". The-usual remedies had no
.effect and I was confined ro ray bed for
eighfcweeks. A friend induced me to try
. Acer's Sarsaparilla. -Less than three
* tH>t;??s healed the sore.' In all my expe?
rience with medicine, I never saw more
Wonderful Results.
Another marked effect of the usc of this
^Medirme was the strengthening of my
??ght." - Mrs. Carrie Adams, Holly
Springs, Texas.
** I had a dry scaly humor for years,
and suffered terribly ; and. as my broth?
er and sister were similarly afflicted, I
presume tho malady is hereditary.' Last
?winter. Dr. Ty ron, (of Fernandina?
Fla-.) je<viauH wled me to take Ayer's
Sarsaparilla; and continue it for a year.
For five mouths 14ook.it daily. F have
not bad a tarnish upon mv bodv for the
last three months." - T. E. Wiley, 146
Chambers st., Xew York City.
** Ii?st ml! and winter I was troubled
with a dull, heavy pain in my side. I
did not notice it much ax tirst, but it
gradually grew worse until it became
^almost unbearable. During the latter
part <*f this time, disorders of the stom?
ach ami liver increased my troubles. I
began raking Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and,
after faithfully continuing the use of
thss medicine for some months, the pain
pq?sed and.;.i. was completely
?-31rs. Augusta A. -Furbnsh,
ttterhil^Mass^ * \
AyerSs Saraparilla,
? .tv- . fREF&CKZ* BT
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price $1 : sis boules. $5. Worth $5 a bottle.
<rne<tra>eptic, tne debilitated, wis et ??
SfSS^Kce^s^of work of mind or
body, oriui?. or exposure ia
"Iffia??rial Regions,
-mrill find Tnttfs IMLIls tbe most genial
7e*t oM?ivc ever of rerc-d tncsniTcriBg
invalid.
Try Them Fairly.
A vigor?os body, pore blood, strong
?^irvcs undacbeerfctlmind will result.
SSLS :SffEBYWHE&E.
S? RETURNS
FOR 1888-9.
RETURNS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
and Polis will be received at the foilow
iog t^nes and places;
Tindairs Store, Tuesday, January
8tb
R. I. Manningr*s, Wednesday, Jan?
uary 9th.
Wedgefield, Thursday, January 10th.
Stateburg. Fr^'Jay, January 1 1th.
Gordon's MilL.'Friday, January 11th.
Johnston's St;.re, Monday, January
14th. '
Shiloh, Tuesday. January lor h.
Lynchburg, Wednesday, Jauuary
16th. J
Providenfce, Wednesday, January
16th. '*
Magnolia ."YThursday, January 17th.
>1 ayes rilke. Friday, January 18th.
Reid's mill, Monday, January 21st.
B?sh?pvKHe,' Tuesday and Wednes?
day, Ja/tfoary 22J and 23d.
Hzaood, Wednesday. January 23d.
Re^Dbert's Store, Thursday, January j
24t*a\
Manville, Thursday, January 24th.
Smithville, Friday, January 25:h. j
Meehanicsviile, Saturday, January!
th. j
AND
At the Auditor's Office tn Somier, from the i
28tb January te the 20ib of February, inclu
ive. Parties making returns by mail, or by [
nother person will please give foll Sr?t name
f Taxpayer and the Township th** property!
sin. ' W. R. DELGAR,
Nov. 28 Auditor Sumter County.
A. WHITE & SON,
nsurance Agents, j
Offer in First Class.Companies.
IRE INSURANCE,
TORNADO INSURANCE,
ACCIDENT INSURANCE,
LIFE INSURANCE,
PLATE GLASS INSURANCE, \
SURETYSHIP ON BONDS.
April 6
TRESPASS NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS are requested and warned
not to bunt or fish-except by i i ne-or !
io any way trespass upon "Midway," f
"The Oaks," or "Cane Savannah"
W. WAT I ES REES,
SCREVEN M ( ?ORK,
M. DE VEAUX MOORE,
J. SINGLETON MOORE.
Nov 14-lap._i
WILLIAM KENNED Y7, j
Fashionable Barber.
MAIN STREET,
Next door to Barle k Pordy's Law Office.
SUMTER, S. C.
IDESIRE TO INFORM the citizeos of !
Sumter and vicinity that I have opened
business oo my own account at the above old
ttaod, and that with competent and polite
Assistants, I will be pleased to serve them in '
any branch of my business in the best style
cf the art. <
(*>e me a call.
WM. XisNNEDY*. !
Oct. 19,
Samoa and Mr. Bayard.
In order-to obtain a clear statement j
.f the policy of the administration and
of the actual state of affairs in the
Samoan Islands, a representative of the
Sun called upon Secretary Bayard at
his residence to-night, and was cor?
dially received. Mr. Bayard, describ?
ed the course of the department of
state in relation to Samoan affairs and
the latest phases of the question. To
the statement that the administration
had been twitted with having no defi?
nite policy on the Samoan question, he
replied by referring the Sun corres?
pondent to the President's message to
Congress and accompanying documents,
which show that the administration
long ago defined its .policy with refer?
ence to the Samoan Islands, and - lias
consistently adhered to it ever since. |
That policy was one of friendly interest
in Samoa, with neutrality., so % as the
other powers having interests OD the
island-&reat "Britain- and germany
were concerned. Mr. Bayard has ex
! hausfed'tfee arts of diphrtfiacy to secure
the Samoan people the right to govern
themselves and protection from, foreign
control. Germany and Great Britain
both assented to this policy, and the
acts of Germany inconsistent with her
professions have grown out of petty po?
litical intrigues among native chiefs
and the rivalry ?# foreigners for influ?
ence and commercial supremacy.
In 1879, after protracted disorders
growing out of the claims of rival chief?
tains to the throne, Malietoa was rec?
ognized -as K^ng by the Consuls of
Germany, Great Britain and the United
States. This country had previously,
in 1878, concluded a treaty whit Sa?
moa, guaranteeing to use its 'good
offices' in behalf of the kingdom, but
not, as had been erroneously supposed
by many, agreeing to establish a pro?
tectorate over the islands. Later on
the United States Government was ex?
pressly precluded from this course by
its insistence upon the independent
sovereignty of Malietoa, the principal
point of contention now raised in con?
nection with the German support of the
rebel King, Tamasese. The United
States could not consistently do itself,
what it objected to Great Britaiu or
Germany doing. Accordingly, when
in 1886, United States Consul Greeue
baum raised the American flag and pro?
claimed a protectorate over Samoa, his
action was promptly disavowed by Sec?
retary Bayard, as being in violation of
this country's understaoding^with Ger?
many and Great Britain* by which none
of the three countries was to seek to
obtain political control of the islands.
In other words, he took the position,
which seems to* be a practical applica?
tion of the very Monroe doctrine for
which so many critics of the adminis?
tration are now vociferating, that
American interests should not be jeop?
ardized by the assumption on the part
? of any power of the right to interfere in
the political affairs of the island. Even
had this country not been restricted by
its treaty with Samoa, and its under?
standing with Great Britain and Ger
! many, Mr. Bayard would have no
? authority whatever to practically annex
! the Samoan kingdom, and to make the
i United States responsible befo:e the
I world for so arbitrary a proceeding.
?Our treaty with Samoa demanded uo
such course. It would have been
cleat ly unauthorized, and a just cause
of offence to Great Britain and Ger
many. Just here it may be remarked
.that until a comparatively recent period
the Uuited States has been officially
represented at Samoa by Germans.
Canisius aod Greenebaum, the prede?
cessors of Cousul Blacklock, were both
Germans, so that we have the curious
anomaly of Germans opposing Germans
in all the complications leading up to
the deposition cf King Malietoa.
THf KING OF THE SAXDTVICII I-LANDP.
The situation was further compli?
cated by the efforts of the King of the
Sandwich Isiand? to play a sort of im?
perial role among tne islands of the
Pacific. His Majesty, who seems to be
an opera bouffe sort of monarch, sent a
diplomat named Bush to King Malietoa
to conclude a treaty, offensive and de?
fensive. Secretary Bavard, as soon as
he heard of this negotiation, knowing
that trouble would accrue to the Samo?
ans, interfered, with friendly advice,
and Mr. Bua-h was sent packing. The
latter's efforts, however, had a siuister
effect among the Samoans, stimulating
them to a degree of self-assertion and
bumptiousness towards the Germans,
which doubtless had much to do with
the downfall of Malietoa.
Mr. Bayard has been criticised for
not protesting vigorously agaiost Ger?
many's treatment of the Samoan King, ]
but he states that he had no authority j
for such a course. Malietoa was not a
citizen of the United States, and Amer?
ican rights had in no way been invaded.
Germany claimed that he had vio?
lated his treaty obligations and that he
was an enemy whom she had the right
to seize. Mr. Bayard, however, did j
what the treaty with Samoa obligated j
this country to do. Fie used the 'good j
offices' of this country a^ain and again, j
in Malietoa's behalf, but without re- |
suit. j
Mr. Bayard States that, from the
very beginning of the Samoan troubles,
Germany has professed the utmost
friendliness to the United States and
American interests on tho islands
Only to-day he received a communica?
tion from the German minister express?
ing a sincere desire to reach a <settle
ment satisfactory to this country. The
whole tro able, in Mr. Bayard's opinion,
is due to the German trading compa?
nies which have large interests in the
islands. They have striven to commit
their government to indorsement of acts
intended to promote their interests and
practically to secure them control of I
affairs. Precisely the same state of :
affairs exists in Zanzibar.
i
GRAVER .\S?kXT OF THE CASH.
The serious phase of the Samoan !
troubles lies in the recent battle between ?
the two factions, in which some fifty
German sailors, including several off?- ,
cers. about one-fourth of the whole
German force in Samoan waters, were j
killed and wounded. The German !
government can scarcely fail to demand
and enforce satisfaction from the chief
of the opposing forces-Mataafa. The
whole question for Americans to con?
sider, according to Mr. Bayard, is
whether We shall continue to uiaintai
neutrality as between Mat?afa and tl
GeroiaDS, or assume the role of belli?
ererjts toward Germany io behalf of oe
of the two claimants to the throne. ?
far, Mr. Bayard says, Germany hi
given the United States absolutely n
cause for war. It is not true thi
American property has been wantonl
destroyed by the Germans Or the Ame!
ican flag 6red upon.
The tattered remnant of the 8ag sai
to have been fired upon by the Ge:
mans, was received at the State de
partmeDt to-day. It was not the flag ?
the American consulate, but happene
to be io a little village which was bein
shelled by the Germans. The villag
took fire and the flag was partiall
burned. It was not hoisted m assertio
of any American rights and was nc
fired- upon or insulted. Besides, th
German Government has ?xpressly dig
claimed any inteutioo of giving thi
country cause of offence. Anothe
story which has excited a good man
patriots is, that a United States mar
shal in Samoa was beaten by the Ger
maus. Investigation, it is stated
shows that the incident was the out
growth of a personal quarrel originating
iu the too free use of liquor.
IIAYTI AND GERMANY.
The enemies of the administratioi
have sought to make a strong point b;
contrasting the vigorous course of Sec
retary Bayard toward the puny Repub
lie of Hayti, with his alleged timorous
ness in dealing with the big Empire o
Germany. When Secretary Bayard';
attention was called to this point, h<
said the situation in Hayti and the situ
ation in Samoa were widely different
Hayti had distinctly violated its treatj
obligations to this country, and bat
seized an American vessel. The Uniter
States, in this instance, had the right t<
act alone, for it alooe was concerned ii
the proceedings complained of. It
the Samoan Islands, on the other hand
American interests are only indirectly
threatened. The coaling: station a
Pago-Pago, secured to the Uniiec
States by treaty, is not involved. Pago
Pago is on another island, and Ger
many does not seek to interfere witl
our authority there. The Germans art
confronted with pretty much the sam?
situation in Samoa as that iu which the
United States were involved with Hayti
They claim that the Samoans, as die
the Haytians, broke their treaty en?
gagements, and that they have the righi
to punish them.
In this connection Secretary Bayart
stated an interesting fact, not hereto
fore made public. Daring the troubles
growing cut of the seizure of the Hay
tien Republic, the French representa?
tive in Hayti is said to haye interf?re?!
for the purpose of bringing about the
confiscation of the steamer. Secretary
Bayard communicated this fact to the
French government, which promptly
disavowed its ageDt's conduct. Here
he had ground on wnieh to act. and he
acted with promptness aud decisiou.
Mr. Bayard does not appear to think
that Germany will be likely to do any?
thing calculated to offend this country
eeriousiy if she can help it. Germany,
it may be added, has enough on her
hands already, and her statesmen, for
the sake of comparatively trifling inter?
ests in a few Pacific islands, would
think twice before proceeding in a
course which might have the effect of
throwing this country into the arms of
France. In diplomatic circles here the
election of Boulanger, it is thought,
may not be without its effect upon Ger?
many's foreign policy. It may act as a
sedative even io far Samoa.
PK A CE OR WAU.
Mr. Bayard brings out very clearly
the reasons which preclude the Admin?
istration from proceeding auy further
in the matter without auiistinct expres?
sion from Congress. The resources of
diplomacy have been exhausted. Ger?
many, while continuing to profess the
utmost friendliness for this country, has
gone on, step by step, in her encroach?
ments on the Samoan Islands, and our
protests have been disregarded. She
has, in fact, violated a distinct agree?
ment reached by Mr. Bayard and the
British and German Ministers at the
famous conference in Washington,
about which so much has been said.
That agreement was that Samoan au?
tonomy was to be respected ; that the
people of Samoa were to bo permitted
to choose their own ruler. Instead of
observing that compact. Germany has
endeavored to force King Tamatese
upon them. Now the question is, shall
the United States declare themselves
ready to fight, if need be, in order to
secure independence to the Samoans ?
It is for Congress to decide, since with
Congress resides the constitutional
power of determining the question of
peace or war. The President, having
used his 'good offices' without- avail, the
only reeour.-e is armed intervention.
Ile has not the power to take any steps
in this direction, arid hence he commits
tho subject to Congress, which alone
can determine what our future course
is to be -Baltimore Sun
mmrei' -CMJL. m ? - -
Gov. Richardson Kills a Deer.
A bulletin was received yesterday
afternoon fi om thc d''er fields in which
Governor Richardson's party arc at pre?
sent hunting. The dispatch' came via
Summerville, arid was as follows :
"Governor Richardson and Col.
Brooker each killed his dcor, and Mr.
Cuthbert missed a fine buck, is thc re?
port of the first, day's hunt."
The telegram was sent by Mr. F. (;.
Fishburne.
it is quite ovulent that the Governor
and his party arc in land teeming with
the noble gam^, and it. may he expected
that the future reports will show that j
advantage is being tsken of that fact. !
-Aieics and Courier, Jan 81.
Thc Columbus (Miss. ) Index says : j
A young negro buck, who ca?a g?'jss, :
J i inks hot water by the gallon, and ?
makes his Stomach the receptacle for j
all sorts of stuff usually causing fatal
results with ordinary people, has been
the attraction about t >wn for several (
days. He chews the glasc- np until it j
becomes like crushed icc, and gulps it
down, following the dose with a gallen
draught of hot water. The negro with
thc ph?nom?nal stomach has laid a
wager to eat a barrel of oyster shells at :
Goraud's restaurant this afternoon at
3 o'clock. '
Hampton on the Rice Tariff.
WASHINGTON, January 31.-Meeting
Senator Hampton in the Senate chamber
a few days after the passage of the Sen?
ate substitute for the Mills bill, I said :
"Senator, I observed that you endeav?
ored to obtain consent to adress the
Senate just before the passage of the
tariff bill, but objections being made yon
were unable t# say anything. May I ask
what point you wished to discuss."
Senator Hampton : "I desired to ex?
press briefly my views on the pending
bill, but more particularly on the rice
question, which was .then under discus?
sion. "
Correspondent: "1 should be glad to
bear your opinion on this question, for it
is one of great interest to many of your
constituents?'
Senator Hampton : 'Of course, I
cannot, in an interview, enter into a
general discussion cf this subject, but
I can give you in a few words my posi?
tion on that question. Of course I am
heartily in favor of revenue reform
having for its object thc reduction of
taxes. I supported the Mills bill,
which, as you remember, reduced the
duty on rice. I was willing to accept
this reduction, as it was in line with the
scope of the bill, though ? was well
aware that the protection hitherto afford?
ed to the rice interests was inadequate.
But since the policy of the country has
been pronounced in favor of protection
to American industries and American
labor, I can see no justice in striking
down the only two Southern agricul?
tural industries which have had some
protection, that of sugar and of rice
I am familiar with all the details con?
cerning the cultivation of rice, and I
do not hesitate to say that, io my opin?
ion, the present duty fixed by the Sen?
ate bill would inflict a heavy, perhaps
fatal, blow on that great industry. To
take off all the duty would be to bring
certaiu and absolute ruin upon it. I
wished to present these views to the
Senate, and while I could not consistent?
ly with my opinions on the tariff and
with my votes advocate an increase of
duty, I thought that, io all fairness,
the small protection given by the Mills
bill to this great agricultural interest
should be raaiutaiued. There are
many other reasons which might be
given to sustain this opinion, but I
have said enough to show what my posi?
tion on this question is and why ?
desired to express these views to the
Senate.-News and Courier Special.
- mmm ?*>*>. wi -
Destruction in Darlington.
DARLINGTON, January 30.-Fire was
discovered last night about 2 30 in
John Floyd's store, dry goods and gro?
ceries, by Mr. J. J. Lucas, sgent of the
Southern Express Company, whose
office is next door. Floyd's store was a
total loss 'Hie house and stock were
valued about ?3 500 ; insurance, $1,000
in Liverpool, London and Globe and
$1.000 in the Home, of New York.
The express office was also burned.
This building is owned by G. W.
Brown, of the law firm of Boyd &
Brown. Value of building, ?1,200;
insurance, ?750.
C W. Hewitt's stables are a total
loss; insurance, ?1,200; loss, $500
The jail was also bumed. The pris?
oners, twenty-one in number, were
taken out and put in the guard house.
The prompt action of the jailer caunot
be too highly commended.
Dr. A. H. Hayden, formerly of
Charleston, who occupied rooms above
the Express office, lost bis horse and
buggy and almost all of his personal
effects, books, instruments, &a. His
loss is ?GU0.
Dr. John A. Boyd, who also had
rooms io the same building, lost ?75
in personal property.
Mr. J J. Lucas, Southern Express
agent. lost $100. AU of the property,
records, &c , of the PJxpress office were
saved.
B W. "Edwards lost a small house,
valued at ?150; insurance ?100.
The County jail was insured at
?2 500.
By the persistent efforts of the fire?
men and citizeus the town was saved.
The total loss is $9,000 ; insurance
$6.600.
The new Silt-by engine paid for itself
last night. Three streams of water
were thrown on different buildings at
the same time, thereby preventing the
spreading of the fire. The most per?
fect order prevailed and every one
worked with a will.
Drs H ay dea and Boyd, and Mr. J.
J. Lucas had no iusurance on property
lost.
Kind messages were received from
Florence during the progress of the fire,
but fortunately there was no wiud and
our own firemen kept the fire under con?
trol. When first discovered by Mr.
Lucas thc fire was blazing from the !
roof of Floyd's store around the chim
oev. C> win fr to the late hour citizens
- o
did not get on the square promptly, but
the engine gut to work at ouce.-News
and ?ourier.
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Wreck on the Camden
Branch.
CAMOEN. January 30 -Tho north?
bound freight train, Conductor Gooding
and Engineer Shiver, met with a bad
accident this morning at Rafting Creek
trestle, a short distance below Hagood's 1
at ;.'.40 o clock Tho cause is supposed
to have boon a broken rail at tho south?
ern approach to thc trestle. The en- j
gino and nine cars passed safely, but I
the next, lour cn rs jumped the track, j
tearing down a pa it of the trestle and
leaving the cab <m th*' brink, thc train j
hands being in thc cab, but uonc was j
hurt.
Thc north bound passenger train ;
being delayed by having to transfer !
everything ?lid uot reach Camden until !
after 1 l\ M.
Thc four cars that fell ofT were load- ]
. ?'} with compressed cotton. It is'
thought that the trestle will be repaired !
early to morrow, seventy feet of ono j
sid<r being knocked down.-News and j
Goiiri? r.
HOW DOC TOUS CONQUER DEATH.
Dr. Walter K. Hammond says: '"After H lens*
experience I have come to the conclusion tha'.
tw<> thirds of ?ll deaths from coughs, pneumotiin .
!in<l consumption. might be avoided if I>r.
Acker's Ktipiish Kemedy for Consumption were I
only carefully used ?ti time."' This wonderful '
Retard v i< s.?M under .1 poaitive ?uarauUa by j
Di J i. IV. L'oLciijie.
By E EIDEE HAGGARD.
[CONTINUED. 1
CHAPTER XVL
THE TIGRESS IN' BER DE!?.
Presently a hansom cab came rattling
down tho street and pulled up at the door.
"Now for it," said Mr. Quest to himself,
as he metaphorically shook himself together.
Next minute ho heard a voice, which ho
know only too well-a loud high voice-say
from tho cab, "Well, open the door, stupid,
can't you?"
"Certainly, my lady fair," replied another
voice-a coarse, somewhat husky male voice
-"adored Edith, in one mofaent."
"Come, stow that rot, and let me out," ro
plled the adored Edith, sharply; and, in an?
other moment, a largo man in evening
Clothes, a horrible, vulgar, carnal looking
man, with red cheeks and a hanging under
lip, emerged into the lamp light end turned
to hand the lady out. As ho did so the
woman Ellen advanced from the doorway,
and, going to the cab door, whispered some?
thing to its occupant.
"Halloo, Johnnie," said that lady, as she
descended from tho cab, so loudly that Mr.
Quest on the balcony could hear every word,
"you must bo off; Mr. d'Aubigno hos turned
up, and perhaps ho won't think threo good
company, so you had just best take this cab
back again, my son, and that will save me
the trouble of paying it. Come, cut."
"D'Aubigno," growled the flashy man,with
an oath; "what do I care about D'Aubigne?
Advance, D'Aubigne, and all's well. You
needn't be jealous of me, I'm a married man.
I am"
"Now stop that noiso and bo off. He's a
lawyer and he might not freer* on to yoo?
Don't you understandr*
"Well, I'm a lawyer, too, and a pretty
sharp one-arcades ambo," said Johnnie,with
ft coarse laugh; "and I. toll you what it is,
Edith, it ain't good enough to cart a fellow
down into this howling wilderness and then
send him away without even a drink; lend
us another fiver, at any rato. It ain't good
enough, I say."
"Good enough or not. you'll have to go,
and you don't get any fivers out of me to?
night. Now, pack sharp, or I'll know tbo
reason why," and she pointed toward the cab
in a fashion that seemed to cow her compan?
ion, for without another word ho turned and
got into it.
"Where to, sirr asked thc cabman.
"Oh, to hell or tho Haymarket, it's all
one," ho growled, flinging himself back into
the corner. In another moment tho cab had
turned, and he was gone, muttering curses
os ho went.
Tho woman, who was nono other than Mrs.
d'Aubigno, alias Edith Jones, alias the Tiger,
turned and entered the house, accompanied
by her servant, Ellen, and presently Mr.
.Quest heard tho rustle of her satin dress upon
tho stairs. He stepped back into the dark?
ness of tho balcony and waited. She opened
the door, entered and closed it behind her,
and then, a littlo dazzled by tho b'ght, stood
for somo seconds looking about her for her
visitor. She was .a thin, tall woma:i, who
(might have been any age between forty and
fifty, with tho wreck of a very Ano agilo
?looking figure. Her face, which was plenti?
fully bedaubed with paint and powder, was
sharp, fierce and handsome, and crowned
with a mano of false yellow hair. lier eyes
.were cold and blue, her lips thin and rather
drawn, so os to show a double lino of largo
and gleaming teeth. Sho was dressed in a
rich and hideous tight fitting gown of yellow
?satin, barred with black, and on her arms
were long bright yellow gloves. Sho moved
lightly and silently, and looked round her
with a long searching gaze like that of a cat,
and her general appearance conveyed an idea
of hunger and wicked ferocity. Such was tho
outward appearance of tho Tiger, and of a
truth it justified her name. "Why, whero
the dickens has he got tor' she said aloud; "I
wonder if he has given me the slip?"
"Hero I am, Edith." said Mr. Quest,
quietly, os ha stepped from the balcony into
th? room.
"Oh, there you are, aro you?'' sho said,
"hiding away in tho dark-just hko your
nasty mea J-, ways. Well, my long lost one,
so you have come home at la?"t, and brought
the tin wiiV you. Well, give us a kiss," and
she advanced on him with ber long arms out?
spread.
Mr. Quest shivered visibly, and stretching
out his hand, stopped her from coming near
him.
"No, thank you," he said; "I dou*t like
paint,"
The taunt stopped ber, and for a moment
an evil light shone in her cold eyes.
"No wonder i havo to paint," sho said,
"when 1 am so worn out with poverty and
hard work-not like the lovely Mrs. Q-,
?who has nothingto do all day except spend
tho money that I ought to have. I'll toll you
what it is, my fine fellow; you bad better bo
careful, or I'll have that pretty cuckoo out of
her soft nest, and pluck lier borrowed feath?
ers oil ber, liko tho monkey did to the
parrot."
"Perhaps you bad better stop that talk, and
come to business. 1 am in no mood for this
sort of thing, Edith," and he turned round,
shut the wiudaw, and drow tho blind.
"Oh, all right; I'm agreeable, I'm sure.
Stop a bit, though-I must have a brandy j
and soda first. I ani as dry as a limo kiln, !
and so would you bo if you had to sing comic j
songs at a music hall for a living. There, !
that's better," and she put down tho empty !
glass and threw herself on to tho sofa. "Now j
then, tune up as much as you like. How j
much tin have you brought/''
Mr. Quest sat down by tho table, and then, j
as though suddenly struck by a thought, rose j
Again, and going to the door, opened it and
looked out into the passage. There was no- :
body there, so ho shut the door again, locked ;
it, and then, under cover of drawing the cur- j
tain which bung over it, slippftl the key into j
his pocket,
"Wbac are you at there?"' said tho woman, I
suspiciously.
"I was just looking to seo that Ellen was
not?t tho keyhole, that's all. it would not !
bo the first timo that 1 havo caught her j
there."
"Just liko your nasty low ways again,"' she ;
said. "You've got soma gamo on. I'll bo ;
bound that you have got somo gamo on."
Mr. Quest seated himself again, and with- \
out taking any notice of tho last remark, bo- j
gan the conversation.
J'i havo brought you two hundred and fifty !
pounds," ho said.
"Two hundred and fifty pounds," she said, !
jumping up with a savage laugh. "No, my I
boy, you don't get oil for that if I ^now it. j
Why, i owe all that at this moment."
"You had better sit d': wn and bo qtiiet," he !
said, "or you will not get two hundred and ?
fifty pence. In your own interest I recom- j
m .md you to sit down."
There was something abou? tho man's j
voice nnd manner that scared th? female j
savage before him, fierce as she was, and she :
?>at down.
j
"Listen," ho went on; "you are c ntinually j
complaining of poverty. I come to your j
house -your house, mind you. not your rooms j
-and I find the d?cris of a card porty lying ?
About. 1 seo champagne l>>tties freshly :
opened there in tho corner. I si-?'a dressing
gown on thc sofa that must harr- ?*ost twenty
or thirty pounds. 1 hear some brute ossuci- j
a.* of yours out in the street, asking yon to \
lend him another 'liver.' You complain of
poverty, and you havo hal over four hun- j
dred pounds from me this year alone, and 1 '
know that you earn twelve pounds a week at '
the music hall, and not five ns you say. No, !
xlo not trouble to lio to me, for I have mado
inquiries."
"Spying?BgahV said the woman, with a 1
Sneer.
"Yes, spying, if you like, hut there it is.
And now to thc point. 1 am not going on
supplying you with money r.r, this rate. I
cannot do it, and I will not do it. I nm go?
ing to give you two hundred arni fifty pounds
now, and as much every year, and not ono
farthing more."'
Oncn moro sho sat up. "You must tx?
mad,'' she said, in o tone that sounded more .
?iko a snarl than a human voies. "Are you 1
Buch a fix>l as to believe that I will be put c
with two hundred and Cfty pounds a year
I, your legal wife? Fl! havo you in the do<
first-in" the dock for bigamy. "
"Yes," ho ausw'er'ed, "I do behove it, for
reason tb?t I shall gi^e you presently. Bx
first I want to go through Our joint histor
very briefly, just to justify myself, if yt
like. Five-and-twenty year3 ago, or was
six-and-t;wenty, I was rr boy of 18 and ye
wero a woman of 20, a house maid in rr
mother's house, and you ruado lore to m
Thea my mother was called away to iran
my brother who died at school at Port
mouth, and I fell sick of scarlet fever, ar
you nursed me through it-it would hai
been kinder if you hal poisoned me-and i
my weal: state you got a great hold over rr
mind, and I became attached to you, and ye
were handsome in those days. Then ye
dared me to marry you, and partly out <
bravado, partly from affection, I took out
license, to do which I made a falso declar,
tion that; 1 was over age, and gave a fal
name ol! the parish in which we reside
Next day, half tipsy and not knowing what
did, I wont through tho form of mania*
with you, and a few days afterward rr
mother returned, observed that wo were ui
duly intimate, and dismissed you. Yod wei
without c word os to our marriage, which v
both looked ou as a farce, and for years
lost sight of you. Fifteen years afterwari
when I liad almost forgotten this adventut
of my youth, I became acquainted with
young Lady with whom 1 fell in lov
and wb'Dso fortune, though not large, ws
enough to help me considerably iu m
profession as a country lawyer, in which
was doing well. I thought that you wei
dead, or, that if you lived, tho fact of m
Living made tho false declaration of ago an
locality would be enough to invalidate tb
marriage, as would certainly havo been tr.
ease if 1 had also made a falso declaration c
names; and my impulses and iuteresl
prompting mc to tako the risk, I marrie
that lady. Then it was that you banted m
down, and then for the first timo 1 did whfi
1 ought to have dono before, and took th
best legal opinions as to the validity of th
former marriage? which, to my horror,
found was undoubtedly a binding ono. Yo
also took opinions and carno to the same cor
elusions, ?ince then the history has been
simnlo one.- Out of my wife's fortuno of te:
thousand pounds 1 paid you no less tba
seven thousand as hush money, on your ut
dertaking to leave this country for Americ
and never returning here again. I shoul
have dore better to face it out, but I feare
to lose my position and practice. Yo:
left and wrote to mo that you, too, ha
married in Chicago, but in eighteen month
you returned, having squandered every far
thing of tho money, when I found that th
Btory of your marriage was an impudent lie.
"Yes," she put in with a laugh, "and a rar
timo I had with that so ven thousand, too."
"You returned and demanded more black
mail, and 1 had no choice but tq give an<
give and give. In eleven years you ha<
something over twenty-three thousan<
pounds from me, and you continually de
rmmd more. 1 believe that you will ad mi
that that is a truthful statement of the case,'
and he pa/used.
"Oh, yes," sho said, "I am not geing t
disputo that, but what then? 1 am your wife
and you have committed bigamy, and If yo;
don't go on paying mo 111 have you in jail
and that's all about it, old boy. You can1
get out of it any way, you nasty meat
brute," she went on, raising her voico an',
drawing up her thin lips so as to show th
white teeth beneath. "So you thought tba
you were going to play it down low on me ii
that fashion, did you? Well, you'vo jus
made & lirtle mistake for once in your lifo
and 1*11 tell you what it is, you shall smar
for it. I'll teach you what it is to leave you:
lawful wife to starve while you go end liv*
with another woman iu luxury. You can'
help yourself ; I can ruin yon if I like Sup
posing I go to a magistrate and ask for t
warrant, what can you do to keep me quietf
Suddenly the virago stopped as though sh<
were shot, and her fierce countenance froa
into an api>earance of terror, as well it might
Mr. Quest, who had been sitting listening U
her with his hand over his eyes, had risen
and his fare was as tho face of a fiend, alighi
with" au intense and quiet fury which scemec
to be burning inwardly. On the mantel
piece lay a sharp pointed Goorka knife
which one of Mrs. d'Aubignes admirers, whe
had traveled, had presented to her. lt wai
an awful looking weapon, and keen edged <u
a razor. This he had taken up and held iv
his right hand, and with it he was advancing
toward her lying on the sofa
"If you make a sound I will kill you at
once?1' he ?said, speaking in a low and husky
voice.
She had been paralyzed with terror, for,
like most oui lies, male and female, she was o
great coward, but the sound of his voice
roused her, and the first note of a harsh
screech hod clready issued from her lips,
when bo sprung upon her, and placing the
sharp poixii of tho knife against her throat,
pricked her with it. "Be quiet," ho said, "or
you aro a dead woman."
She etopped screaming and lay there, her
face twitching, and her oyes bright with ter?
ror.
wNow, listen," he said, in the same husky
voice. " You incarnate fiend, you asked mo
just now how 1 could keep you quiet I will
tell you; lean keep you quiet by running
this knife up to the hilt in your throat," and
onco moro he pricked her with its point. "It
would bc murder," ho went on, "but I do not
caro for that. You and othsrs between you
have not made my life so pleasant for me
that 1 am especially anxious to perserve it
Now, list?n. I will give you the two hun?
dred and fifty pounds that 1 have brought,
and you shall haye the.two hundred and fifty
a year; but if you ever attempt to extort
moro, or if you molest rae, either by spread?
ing stories against my character or hy means
Of legal prosecution, or i:i any other way, I
swear by the Almighty that 1 will murder
you. i may have to kill myself afterward-1
don't caro if I do, provided 1 kill you first. Do
you uude rstand me, you tiger, as you call
y ourself ? If I have to hunt you down as
they do tigers, I will come up with you nt
last, and kill you. You have driven me to it,
and, by hexveu! I will. Come, speak up,
end tell mo that you understand, or 1 may
change my mind and do it now," and once
more lie touched her with the knife.
Sho rolhxl o?? the sofa cn to the floor and
lay there, writhing in abject terror, looking
in the shadow of the table, where her long,
lithe form was twisting al>out in its robe of
yellow, barred with black, more hke one of
tho groat eats from which sho took her name
than a human boiug. "Spare me!" she
gasped; "sparc mo! I don't want to die! I
swear that 1 will never meddle with you
a^aiu.'*
"1 don't want your oaths, woman,"
answered the stern form, bending over her
with the knife. "A liar you have been from
your youth up, and a liar you will ho to the
cud. Do \ ou undrrscand what 1 have said.'"
"Yes, yes, I understand. Ah! put away
that knife; 1 can't bear it! It makes me
sick."
'"Very well, then, get up."
She tried to rise, but lier lenses would not
support bei-, so she sat upon the floor.
'"Now," said Mr. Quest, replacing the
knife u]>oii thc mantelpiece, "here is your
money,'* and he thing a hag of iv>ios and
gold into lier lap, at which she Clutched
eagerly und ni most automatically. "Tho
?'J.">0 wiil lx> paid on the first of January in
each year, arni not one farthing moro w ill
you got from me. Remember what 1 tell
y<?u: try to mo ivs t me by nord i>r a?-t and
you ure a dead woman. I forbid you even to
write to IMO. Now, go to the devil iu your
own way," and without another word ho
took up his hat nod umbrella, wn.lk.-d to the
door, unlocked it, and went, leaving the
TipM* huddled togo:her upon the lloor.
For half an hour or moro tho woman re?
mained thu-;, the bag of money her hand.
Then she struggled to her Sect, her face livid
and her Inxly slinking.
"Ughr she said, "I'm as weak ns a cat. 1
thought he meant to do it that time, and ho
will, too, for sixpence. He's got mo there.
I'm afraid to die, 1 saint lieartodic. It is
better to lose tho money than to die. be?
sides, if I b'ow on biro he'll put me in choker
and I sha'n't be ablo to get anything out of
bim, and when he sonies out boll do for me/'
And then losing her temper, sho shook her
r.
".NO*'"-?'?* <=? ^?
And iceni, leaving the Tiger huddled to?
gether upon thc floor.
first in the air and broke out into a flcod of
language such as would neither be pretty to
hear nor good to repeat
Mr. Quest was a man of judgment At
last he had realized that in one way, and one
only, can n wild beast bo tamed, and Shat is
by terror.
CHAPTER XVII.
"WHAT S01EE HAVE FOUND KO SWEET.*
Meanwhile, things at the castle were going
very pleasantly for everybody. Tho squire
was as happy in attending to the various do
tails connected with the transfer of the mort?
gages as though ho had been lending thirty
thousand pounds instead of borrowing it.
The great George was happy in the unac?
customed flow of borrowed cash, that ena*
bled him to treat Janter with a lofty scorn
not un min gi ed with pity, which was as halm
to his harassed soul; and also to transact an
enormous amount of business in his own pe?
culiar way with men up trees and otherwise;
Tor had he not to stock tho Moat farm, and
was not Michaelmas at hand?
Ida, too, was happy, happier than she had
been since her brother's death. Besides, Mr.
Edward Cossey was out of the way, and that
to Ida was a very great thing, for his pres?
ence to her was what a policeman is toa
ticket of leave man-a most unpleasant and
suggestive sight She fully realized the
meaning and extent of tho bargain into
which she had entered to save her father and
her house, and there lay upon ber the deep
Shadow of evil that was to. come. Every
timo sho saw her father bustling about with
his business letters and parchments, every
time the universal George arrived with an
air of melancholy satisfaction and a long list
of farming stock and implements he bad
bought at some neighboring Michaelmas*aale,
the shadow deepened, and sho heard the clank?
ing of her chains. Therefore she Was the
moro thankful for her respite.
Harold Quaritch was happy, too, though in
a somewhat; restless and peculiar way. Mrs.
Jobson, tho old lady who attended to his
[ wants at Mcleshill, with the help of a gar
[ oener and a simplo village maid, her niece,
who smashed all tho crockery, and nearly
drove the colonel mad by banging tho doors,
shifting his papers, and even dusting
his trays of Roman coins, actually con?
fided to somo friends in the village
that sha thought the poor dear gentleman
was going mad. When questioned on what
she based tbis belief, she replied that be
would walk up and down tho oak paneled
dining room by the hour together, that then,
when he got tired of that exercise, whereby,
said Mrs. Jobson, he had already worn a
groove in the new Turkey carpet, he would
take out a -Tokey'' (foggy) looking bit of a
picture, and set it upon a chair and stare at
it through h is fingers, shaking bis head and
muttering ail the while. Then-further and
conclusive proof of a yielding intellect-he
would get a half sheet of paper wiih some
writing on it, and put it on the mantelpiece
and stare at that. Next be would turn it up?
side down and stare at it so, then sideways,
then all -ays, rhen he would hold it before a
looking g.-ss, and stare at the looking glass,
and so on. When asked how she knew all
this, sho confessed that Jane bad seen it
through the key bole, not onco, but often.
Of course, as the practiced and dis<reming
reader will clearly understand, this meant
only that when walking and wearing out the
carpet the colonel was thinking of Ida; when
contemplating the painting she had given
him, he was admiring her work and trying
to reconcile his admiration with his own con?
science ami his somewhat peculiar views of
?art, and that when glaring at tho paper he
was vainly endeavoring to make head or tail !
of thc message written to his sou on the night
before his execution by Sir James de la Molle
in tho reign of Charles I, and confidently be?
lieved by Ida to contain a key to tho where?
abouts of tho treasure ho was sujiposed to
havo secreted.
Of course the tale of this wort h j soul, Mrs.
Jobson, did not lose in the telling, and when
it reached Ida's ears, which it did at last
through the medium of George-for m addi?
tion to h is numberless other functions, George
was tho solo authorized purveyor of village
and country news-it read that CoL Quaritch
had gone raving mad.
? Ten minuted afterward this raving lunatic
arrived at the castle in his dress clothes and |
his right mind, whereupon Ida promptly re- ?
peated her thrilling biston*, somewhat to tho
subsequent discomfort of Mrs. Jobson and
Jane.
? No one, as somebody once said, with equal
truth and profundity, knows what a minute
may bring forth; much less, therefore, does
anybody know what cn evening of say two
hundred and forty minutes may produce.
For instance, Harold Quaritch-though by
this time ho had gone so far as to freely ad
? mit to himself that he was utterly and hope?
lessly in lovo with Id:i, in love with her with
that settled and determined passion which
i .sometimes strikes a man or woman in middle
age-certainly did not know that before tho
evening was out ho would have declared bis
devotion with results that shall Iv made clear
in their decent order. When he put on his
dress clothes to come up to dinner ho had no
more intention of proposing tolda than he
had cf not taking them oft* when ho went to
1*HL His love was deep enough and steady
enough, but perhaps it did not possess that
[ wild impetuosity which carries people so far
? in their youth, sometimes, indeed, a great
: deal further than their reason approves, lt
I was essentially a middle aged devotion, and
bore tlie same resemblance to tho picturesque
passion of ?vo-aud-twenty that a snow fed
t?>nvnt does to a navigable river. The one
I rushes and roars and sweeps away the bridges
: and devastates happy homes, while tho other
I bears upon it.s placid breast thc Argosies of
j peace and plenty, ami is generally service?
able to tho necessities of man. But, for all
that, there is something attractive about
torrents. There ii a grandeur in that first
rush of passion which resulLs from tho sud?
den melting of the snows of the heart's purity
and fuit h and high unstained devotion.
But both torrents and navigable riversr.ro
liai ?ie to one common fate, they ma}' fall over
precipices, and when that happens even tho
latter cease to be navigable for a space. And
that was what was about to happen to our
friend the colonel.
To begin with, he had dined well, and what:
ever ardent twenty-three may think ot so'
gross and material a fact, it is certainly true
that if a man is in love bei ore dinner, ho is
fivc-and-twenty per cent, moro in iovo
r.fr-r it.
Well, Harold Quaritch had dined, and ho
had ha 1 a pleasant as well as a good dinner.
The squire, who of lato had been cheerful as
a cricket was in his best form, and told long*
stories with an infinitesimal point. In any?
body else's mouth these stories would havo
been wearisome to a degree, but there was a
gusto, an originality, and a kind of Tudor
period flavor about the old gentleman which
inado his worst anti longest story acceptable
in ar.y society. The colonel himself, too, had
come out in a most unusual way. He had a
fund of dry humor in him watch, ho rarely
produced, but when bo did product it it was'
of a most satisfactory order. On this par
ticuiar night it was ail On view, greatly to
the satisfaction of Ida, who was a witty as
well as a clever woman. And so it carno to
pass that the dinner was a very pleasant one.
Harold and the? squhre were still sitting
over their wine, and the latter was for the
fifth time giving to the former a fall and
particular account of how his deceased aunt, *
Mrs. Massey, had been persuaded by a learned"
antiquarian to convert, or rather restore^
Dead Man's Mount into its supposed primitive'
condition of an ancient British dwelling, and
o? tho extraordinary expression of her face
when the bill came in, when suddenly tho
servant announced that George wa? waiting*
to see him.
The old gentleman grrcnbled a great deal, '
but finally got np and departed to enjoy him?
self for the next hoar or:a> in talking about
things in general with lis retainer, leaving
his guest to find bia way to the drawing
room.
When tho colonel reached tho f0022 ho
found Ida seated at the piano, singing. She
heard hun shut the door, lx)ked round, nodded
prettily, and then went on with her singing;
Ho carno and sat down on a low chair ?orne
two paces from her, placing himself in such'
a position that he could see her face, which,*"
indeed, be ^<ys found a wonderfully plea?
ont o*-- ss6f contemplation. Ida was play?
ing without music-the only light In tbq"
room was that of a lent' lamp with a red*
fridge to it. Therefor, he could not sec
^ery ranch, being only with difficulty able to
trace th -? outlines of her fea tores: but if tho
shadow thus robbed him, it on the other hand!
leut her a beauty of its own, clothing her
face with an atmosphere of wonderful soft?
ness which it did not always possess in the
glare of day. The colonel indeed (we must
remember that he was in love and that it
! was after dinner) became quite poetical tin
I ternally, of course) about it, aud in bis heart
compared her first to St. Cecilia at her organ,
and then to the Angel of thc Twilight. II*.,
had never seen her look so lovely. At bef
worst she was a handsome and noble looking
woman; but now the shadow from without,
and though he knew uothing of that, the
shadow from her heart within also, aided^
may be, by the music's swell, had softened
and purified her face till it did indeed look al?
most like an angel's. It is strong, powerful
j faces that are capable of She most tenderness,
not the soft and pretty ones, and even in a
plain person, when such a face is in this way
seen, it gathers a peculiar beauty of its own.
But Ida was not a plain person, so on tho
whole it is scarcely to be wondered at that a
certain effect was produced upon Harold
Quaritch.
Ida, to outward appearance at any rate,
all unconscious of what was passing in ber
admirer's mind, went on, singing almos?
without a break. She bad a good memory
and a sweet voice, and really liked music foi
its own sake, so it was no great effort to ber
to do so.
Presently she came to a song from Tenny?
son's "Maud," the tender and beautiful worda
whereof will be familiar to meet of tho read?
ers ? f her story. It began :
Oh. let the solid ground
Not fail beneath ray feet.
Before my heart has found
What some have found so sweet.
The song is a lovely one, and it did not
suffer from her rendering, and the effect pro?
duced upon Harold by it was of a most pe?
culiar nature. All his past Hie seemed to
heave and break beneath the magic of the
music and the magic of the singer, as a
northern field of ice breaks up beneath the
outburst of the summer sun. It'broke Upi
and sunk, and vanished into the depths of
his nature, those dread unmeasured depths
that roll and murmur in the vastness of each
human heart, as the sea rolls beneath its
cloak of ice, that roll and murmur here, and
set toward a shore of which we have no chart
or knowledge. The past was gone, the frozen
years had melted, and once more the sweet
strong air of youth blew across his heart,
and once more there was bice sky above,
wherein the angels sailed. Under tho influ?
ence of that song the banner of self broke
down, and his being weet ont to meet hef
being, and all the possibilities of life seemed
to breatho afresh.
He sat and listened, and, cs ho listened,
trembled in his agitation, till the sweet echoes
of the music died upon tho quiet air. They
died, and were gathered into the emptiness
which receives and records all things, the
oath and the prayer, the melody and the
scream of agony, the shout of triumph and
the wail cf woe, and left him broken.
She turned to him, smiling faintly, for tba
song had moved her also, and he felt that he
must speak.
'?That is a beautiful socg," he said; "sing
it again, if you do uot mind."
She made no answer, but once moro sung;
"Oh, let the solid ground
y.ot fail beneath my feet,
Before my heart has found
' What some have found so sweet,44
and then suddenly broke o 3P.
..Why ero you looking at mef* she said.
"I can feel you looking at nie, and you make
roe nervous."
Ho bent toward her and looked her in tho
eyes,
"I love you, Ida," ho said; "I love you with
all my heart"- and he stopped suddenly.
She turned quito pale-?ven in that light
bo could see her pallor, and her hands fell
heavily on the keys.
The echo of the crashing notes rolled round
the room and died slowly away-but still she
said nothing.
("TO BIS CONTI >S D ]
The Paradoxes of Science.
Thc water which dro wns us, a fluent
stream, can bc walked upon as icc
The bullet, which when fired from a
musket carries death, wili l>c harmless
if ground to dust before being- tired.
Thc crystallized part o?' the oil of roses,
so grateful in its fragrance-a solid ai
ordinary temperatures, though readily
volatile-is a compound substance,
containing exactly tuc same elements,
and it) exactly the same proportions,
as thc gas with which we light ou?
streets. Thc toa which we daily drink
with great benefit and pleasure, pro1
dures palpitations, nervous trem?
blings, and even paralysis, if taken in
excess; vet the peculiar ?sganic agent
called tlieine, to which toa owes its
qualities, may be taken by itself (as
tlieine, not as tea) without any appre?
ciable ciTcct.
Thc water which will allay our
burning thirst augments when con-,
coaled into snow; so that it is stated'
by explorers of the Arctic regions that
the natives ''prefer enduring the utmost
extremityof thirst rather than attempt
to remove it by eating snow." Vet if
the snow be melted it becomes drink?
able water. Nevertheless, although if"
molted before it enters thc mouth it
assuages thirst like other water, when
molted in Ibo mouth it has the opposite"
effect. To render this paradox moro
striking, wc have only to remember
that ?ce, which melts moro slowly irr
thc mouth, is rcry efficient in allaying
thirst.- Blackweod's Magazine.
WHY WOMKN F AHB.
W??oen lose their beauty because colds on-"
dorinitie their life. Dr. Acker's English Karo
cd v fur Consumption is sn absolute cur* fi/r*
coidi. Sold by 1>V J. F. VV DcL?.rrne.
Two-tfiirds *>f iii*! <leaths in New Turk fSy
aro fr?>:n consumption' or i nctnuonia. The
sat?? proportion holds for most other cities.
Dehiys aro dargero?'sT Dr. ?fearti E?>gli<h*
Remedy for consumption will ??ways rattere/
and may ?arcyour fife. Sold by Dr. J. F. WV
Dc Lora!c.
DO XOT S?tfFfcR ?tST? LOXGKK.
Knowing that? cough can be chec" . * : a'
day, and the fir*: stage? of con.<utnp'i<?n br-ken"
in a week, we hereby guarantee Dr. Ack-r's"
English Remedy for Consunci?n, and will re
fund th? tuoney to- all who buy. t?k?? il as
directions, and do u?a nud our suttuivut cvrre^rV
Sold IjfJ. i*. W. DeiUrufti