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2 HORRORS OF MORRO CASTLE r - GhastlyTragedies Enacted by ! Bloodthirsty Spaniards. HOW SPANIARDS SLAUGHTER PRISONERS. No citizen of tho I'nitcd States h.n n lteenrr nf-ollit-t ii.ii f Spanish ntn.K-itIi.-s tlmn Captnln .1. J. Allesof Colcstliie, 11R "In November, lH.'iM," iyn Captain Alio, "I went to New Orleans with a raft ot tlmlx-r friim f-(i Yazoo swamps. (In my arrival 1 found they wevr orgmizing un rxi iliti-m toun-oNt the Cuban to Mrir fin-dom. Il ing young and nn:;ious for udvrJiture, I joined them, a tlitl also n:y parnier, liohcrt Weathers of 'I cni-.essee. Onrrnl Nnrriso l.oprz was in rimiimnd. Vie were paid -;w li l:i hpnnMi gold, nnd if we m eecilr.l in frrri'ic'tu island Wo Wrhi to have a farm ai!.ce. There wero loo uf r, un. v.-c went ir.!o ramp lc twrrn tl'.u I'niNil Stair barttiei; ami the Jinkwm battleground. Lope; .lnnd us under regular military discipline, und v. Were not permitted to g ii.t.i t'.erity Without u 1 '-. "AftiT vu had rnmpcil t hern fur three weeks l'ro'ulcnt l-'illn on Issued n proc lamation Ftjl invt that the Cuited States Mas not at war with Spain ami I how wha went t' Culai would not lie protected by tlm government of tlu lulled States. Ho Insurd .eciiil rulers, I afterward learned, tor M to ili: ::aml. We Were not allowed to Vnow tills. The name night tho prcrln Jiiallon was Issued an old ship was inoor)-l for UK. I believe hrr name was I'ompcrlo. We wrro hurried aboard, ai:l tho next morning wo were w mile Mr.w New ()r Irans mid anchored in the gulf of Mexico. We staid tin :.-ten honr and then sailed for tho awful ml that awaited us. It wined that our Hirers w re a'.raid our government world w-nd rs;-N after us. "An I learned nllc.v.i.'d, the j-.nvem-tncut had ahyiliiMy nothing to d with tho expedition. It was simply a lill'iu-ttr-Ing trip started In- Hpe i:I.;orr, fi.mi New York, Pliilidel hla and other renter, who wen- In a land crabh'nn h.-lieme with tho few Insurant who wnr thru rclx-1-lloun. They had prt u.l.l Iji ti or gnnlxo uther rotnp-in'.' s a-:d wo nnehorw! tn tho Miuth or the Rolf to await tin in, lint thry diil tint tdnnv t.ji promptly. 'J'iiu Ollleern werv nlRiid (,f the (rovernnunt overtakiiiK tl.eni, ., n.i U-foiv M::tnl, wo llfteil anchor ami s-iih-.l. Wr went amuml tho wait li of l in- tr.ilf Kinl rmi nUMit to lund uu I'uhaii miiI mm line morning When a Swmivh eri-.lwr ame al iu. pih bleil tin lip iMtlily and t-ived in Into Ha Viinn as pii-miu ts. V.'e weru put into liis torio old Murni "I Iiwrmtl laier that o:l,i r rt,it;;anis, hrnrliiK of o-.ir mi fortune, l ut li; k t i s, n and ili.-lind,il. t)nr ullevrs were nil r!pnnlanN r-ln-N. My raj tain's tintu Was KiHlriiiex. They t:ihl M when wr enlii-Ud that when wr got tuCulvi all Would 1' our friends exo-pt nfewi.ri-to-cmt. I uni N.rry to mj- that in latir CTrnts we found the Culian our wo:t enrmles. The leri-iptei-.s hieh wr havu had mi Rni j hlrnlly i:i thr i n-s deal liuditly With Slurru t'a.-tle. 'lhu ncurttrs have rTlurntly ne.vrr i.plnml tin.' man eoii-uiii-ln Uiwels of the r-;.t moiiMer. Men cannot tind in tin- i ii-lMi iancua(io Won! that ran Irf r- th.- horror of thr Underground roitruilion us it was in ISoO.aml I M:pc m- it I worx- todi.y. Thr first thing tin; Aim riians should do when thrytuke Havana I.; to tear dov. ti tlu old ciwtlo. 'ThoUesrrlptiotisof (lirtrrriMrr-'p.-inUh prison ot Crutrt on the north Afriean const (rivo faint ideas of the rataeoiahs of the Mnrro. Tear down thr walls and there, lying in dark, damp, vermin f.lhtl cavc Atneriiiins will l:i-d snplr who have Hot tirhrld thr (ilorirs of thr sun lor yi-ars. I rannot iIim ril.v now how we tt.nm lcd tindcrcrviind to thee little t-::si-ments. The ono Wiiithers and I. I y rit rrniiirk- hlo cuitn lileiirr, wrrr ploittl in was nlmt 7 fivt lon, 4 feet wiih, and 5 fert hlph. Tho water was ronMimtly dripping on tho Btrnw wo had fur a Intl. and there was no telling how lor.s this straw had been there. It wn moldy and alive w ith ver min. The odor was mi ken I n. We were left In continual duk. Tho light from tha tunnrl the only ray from the out tide world rearhinff lis. "From evrry tide of this tunnrl of star vation and torture camo (in wins cf apmy and glplis of n-sluation. Here a lilitieI prlsotirr told uf his ineanvRition for uonth becnusp of Koine trivial art. Thero woman and her rhihlrrn wire U-iiiK Starved. The awful Inquisitional horrors and Imprisonment of those of tVuta con Id not havo len tnoro terrihlo. Hut this Is but tho overture for tho drama of trajredy and barbarity that wo were to witness. "boat two weeki after our Imprison ment wo reeelvnl an nnnouinvment that filled us with terror. It was that, although a sort of mork trial was jjivrn to the pris oners. nt:t ono w:;s l-ir: acquittr-d, lint were In-m adjutl.;.-rd puilty in haste nnd eseeuted without irrrry. "V,e rial hern ruiiMr.-lled to see them shot In nil manners. Sometime.; tho order was to place the r.'.uzj-.Ies of the guns in their months, and their brains were thiif blown out. Other times they were lined hack upainst t!:o walls, and nitre a hollow nifK-krry of religion had been trone thnaih with theywiTo riddled. Vou have seen tho pictures of Maximilian's rxuii:tion. That was tho way most of thi iu went, and they died bravely, bnt like dumb Iwast.-h-d to f lauhter. "1 hit the worst, piphl and the ono that territled ns tin st. v.-.is the death lailicteil upon (ieiicral Iai. x. He was parroted. It was one of those slow processes in which i np parro.rr, vvno ran oifl uirli a man lV urn of the screw, prolongs the ;ony lor liours. It was terrible. It. makes my Mood freeze v.lun 1 iivail the feene. His last, v.ords were, 'I die f ir my Culn.' After pussing throi.'irh this theater of ln.r rors I can apprwiiitu to n slight degree at least the licvror of Spani.-h ru!e, vanity nnd cruelty. "It was the tnomiiiR tx-foro our trial. Tho turnkey of our ilivision was a very old Sp iulxi'd, nnd I often tried tucnpa;i3 him in a conversation in dilTetrnt Inn (ju:ir.w. but lie would shako his head. I nuked him if there was a (te;'iu:i consul in Havana, but he only reieatri!, Consul, consul,' and shook his he::d. 1 have a lit tledcrniitn l leod in my veins, and. though it is eovereii with thr American, it sem-d mc well in that im ident. Then I said to him, Kml i;.dor I-rusr ia.' and he nod rtcd his head. K -vry laore.!!!-- at about 8 o'clock he would brin; ;:s a lout of dark bread. It looked r.s if li wero r.uide o it of oats, and we lound t chr..T in it. lie usually opened our rail door and handed i:s a jug of water rnd threw us i:j our loaf. " Hut this morning ho lirotiilit our bread wrspM(l in pi-.p.-r1. I told Weathers t !.- wrn (rettinj; stylish in rcrvii-jr br.v-d with pais-ron it. l!y that t'.me Weaih-rs haa torn o!f a pieii' of the bread and put it in his mouth, lie ripiH il oat a big oath and said, Yes, the srnlltuirels wa-it to feed us on nails now.' I told him he was retting ciazy. Why, look here.' ho said, nnd ho handed le.r a piece of Wixsl uboKt ail inch nnd a half long. I went to the keyhole in the door, which w.is ihe only iihl v.e had. and, 1 and behold. He ld n piece of had Hneil ill my hand! It then began to dawn on me what that l aper meant that was wrapped (.round the bread. I took it nndtoivutl a phve and wrote a note to tho Prussian consul. 1 r.;:;not recollect what it was now, but you ran well sur mise thu purport. Tho turnkey returned that afternoon, nnd I wanted to give the note to him, lint he wouldn't take it. A!y heart Kink, and 1 never felt so forlorn 1 tried to press it on him. but to im avail, nnd ut la.-t in an agony of miml I un thinkingly erumpled and'threv? it into his basket and then sank dteAu on the straw and rriil like a child. 'That evening at tho usual time for tho turnkey I lieind a strange noise in the gangway, which Was laid with st.me flag ging. It sounded like metal a'.riking the rork. Directly the key tamed in the cell door, and it opened. U foro r.:e in the ditsk I could make out the form of our turnkey, but with him stood a till gentle man, covered with a black clonk that reached almost to tho lloor. 1 saw the tip of a sc-ablvard showing out : hence tho noise I had heard. It was the Prussian consul. I realized that lay note had reached tho right point, ntid there is one Spaniard in this world, if he is still alivo, that I owe my life to. After asking questions where I was born, when I came over and how I cot there he scid: 'I will do the best 1 can for you. but it will ! a difficult case. These Span iords are a bloodthirsty people ' "Ho then turned to wy nartnir and asked him where he came from. Being a Tcnncsstvan, he oould not understand the German. The consul understood the caso at a planer, but he whisiM-red to tnq that it would be wrll for us to pretend to lie brothers and for me to do tho talking. He succeeded In having oir trials postponed, and we were finally acquitted." -Fragrant to;," On the western const of Francs there Is notd occasionally a strange pbrrHimenon Which is driacribed by the name given to IS ingraci log. EVER FAITHFUL WOMAN. How a Devoted Wife Cliogs to Her Crim inal Hnsbaad. "It's the old etory of woman's devotion to the man of her choice, no matter what he does. She's like ivy the greater the ruin the closer she clings." This was the oomnicnt of a languid New York clubman on hearing the story of William Riley Foster, his wifo and little daughter. Fos ter, now for the second timo a fugitive from justice, is managing to keep beyond the reach of law. His wifo and child are living at a quiet New York hotel waiting to hear from him. When sho does learn where her husband is, she will endeavor to reach him, but sh juld she succeed there is every probability that tho police will by following her once more nab their man. Foster is tho son of a man who was formerly in good circumstances. He was educated at Columbia university and soon afterward camo to be recognized as a tal ented lawyer. The trustees of tho Produce Rschange gratuity fund srlocted him as their counsel, and such satisfaction did ho give that ero long he was made solo cus todian of tho fund. His salary was $10, 000 a year, but he lived at a rato necessi tating ten times that amount. This went on until lssa, when, having embezzled $193,000 of tho funds Intrusted to his care, he fled.- Then for tho fir time the trustees heard of Luola Belote, When al most a child, she had been inveigled into a resort which Foster used to visit. Im mediately on her arrival tho lawyer saw her and, moved by her beauty and simple innocenne, determined to save her. At that time she did wot know the fr.tc from which tho kindly mannered stranger had rescued her. Sho knows now. Foster installed the beautiful young girl in a villa on Long Island. There sho was carefully edu cated, it Ix-ing understood among people in the vicinity that sho was Foster's niece. As a matter of fart sho had becomo his idol, and he was only waiting for the com pletion of her education to make her his wifo. Tho girl was equally infatuated with him, nnd when tho crash came and Foster disappeared sho had no thought of deserting him. Police and detectives vain ly tried to get from her information which would lead to his arrest. Finally she slipped away and took ship far Lisbon, Portugal, where Foster was already locat ed. Thero they were married and lived for years. Meanwhile Foster's father had paid $(S0,000 of hij son's stealings, but be fore ho could pay tho rest he died, leaving property worth nbout f-JOO.ooO. This estate was settled up and Foster got the money, but in some way tho polico got a clew and started after their man. By this timo Foster was tho father of a girl baby. Getting a hint of the pursuit, he, with his wifo and child, roamed ffom place to place in Europe, but was finally caught iu France. After a long legal fight ho was brought to this country, tho woman nnd tho littlo ono following on tho nest steamer. In New York ho secured bail in $20,000, Samuel W. MiUbank pledg ing his $50,000 residence, for tho embez zler's appearance. This was early in the present year. For four months ho and his family lived quietly at a hotel, but on the day when tho caso was called Foster had once more fled. A day or two later MiUbank paid tho ?),000 bail, and about tho same timo word camo thst the fugi tive was in Paris. Mrs. Foster declares that, hi'r husliand has committed suicide. F.very day sho asks at tha clerk's desk for a letter. When it comes, sho will prolia bly try to eludo tho police onco more and join her husband nnd face tho e4d life fear by dy and night, with certainty that her husband must again return to this country and meet his accusers. LOVE IS BLIND. A Strang Case Showing tha Accuracy of tho Old Adas. Emma Srhaller, a noted living skeleton, was recently married to William Colo of St. Ixniis. - It is a singular freak of Cupid and is liest told by Mrs. Colo herself: '-I was jierfretly sound and healthy until I was 20 years old. Then I was attacked by what the doctors call muscular atrophy. I began wasting away. From 138 pounds my weight decreased to 38. I was well and felt no pain, however. Then my joints began to ossify nnd tho wasting away ceased. Sinco tho joints becamo af fected I havo gradually gained flesh, and I weigh almut 68 pounds now. Tho joints of my ankles, knees and wrists have turn ed to bone. Thero is no tlesh on them. You see the skin is drawn tight over my wrist, which is hard, bony and unfeeling. I don't think tho disease is progressing MCS. EMMA SCIIALLER COLE, any now. I feel perfectly well, have a big appetite and am happy. Of course I have nat walked in ten years, but I manage to do a good many things about the house with tho aid of a wheel chair. "It does seem strange, dois it not, that a big, strong man like Mr. Colo should fancy a helpless, freakish wife such as I am? I often tell him that. Uo only lauRhs and says it docs seem strange. I lielieve he loves mc and that he will care well for me. If he doesn't, he -can pack his pie box and get That's all there is to it. I don't see why he should have married me if he didn't love me. I have no money and he doesn't want me to niako any out of my affliction. He irrado me cancel a contract I had made with Kingling Bros. Marriages of this kind are not unheard of, however. Tho handsomest man I ever saw was marril to a woman with a lion's head, the ugliest creature I ever beheld. And her temper wasn't good cither." A Boh That Failed. Mr. Closerlsr Yes, child, I saw a brooch that was verv nn-rtr. hi-.t it r.mt.ai-i.1 n opal, and opals, you know His Daughter But, papa, it isn't as - ualuck J ing. Jewelers' Weekly. THE AEGUS, SATURDAY, JTTLT iaif mm Four Centuries of Shipwreck In Grim Sargasso. TRAGIC FATE OF THE BACK 5 AREA Toned About the Eea For Sla tons Monh Giiotl7 Derelict! Bed Falao Is lands Oersn Mossier and Ham an Skeletons Enmeshed Together. When Colnmbusj with his little fleet of three small ships, was making bis way westward four centuries ago, be ran into a seaweed sea. His crews feared rocks and shoals, for they had clway nssoeiatid such vegetation with the coast. No man before tho coming of the daring adventur er had ever seen masses of seaweed so many miles from any shore. As tha little fleet plunged in tho captains and tows rcso in mutiny, fearing their own and their ships' destruction la an unknown and unfriendly sea. Tropical storms add ed to the terrors of superstition and ig norance The admiral was implored to turn back he was threatened but with the constancy of purpose which formed his chief attribute ho held steadily on his course. For several days the fleet made its difii sult way through those masses. Thrn, as suddenly ns they had entered, their prows cut tho western bonier and once more sailed in an cprn sen, still remote from land. Then, after days of sailing and am- AftANfHlXiMG TUB XAKKA. lety for commander and crews, land was mado. San Sulvuditrwas occupied, and tho mutiny was changed to rejoicing and ap plause of tho skill of the admiral. Colum bus passed through tho grmil sea went sea ns many n navigator has sinre. Captain Andreasou of the Norwegian bark Narka was caught in its em brace ncariy ioo years later nm! was forced to take ts tho ships yr.wl to escape with his life. Ho escnprd, but many jj vcsirl nnd crew similarly sought havo never left that ocean prison. In telling the story of his adventure to the Chicago Chronicle Captain Atulrenson says that ho set sail from America for Copenhagen with a cargo of corned meats and fruits which subsequently saved tho lives of himself nml crew. A little more thaii a week after leaving port tho vessel ran right into a furious northwest gale. Oftiacrs and men feared this hut littlo, for their ship had weathered many an Atlan tic storm. Thry shortenrd sail and casrd heron1, still Ix'nting up against the storm and making fair way on tlu ir course. Hut for once tho little skip was overmatched. For nearly a week the vessel was toss ed abur.t with no signs of rescue. The men bravely held up, still hoping for tho coming of a sail. The watches were set, and not a portion of tho horizon escaped the vigilnne:; of the watchprs. Hut all was unavailing, for they were rapidly drifting into thu seaweed sea, where i:o i'.ii;;s would venture to give the:n aid. Heat be gan to bo a serious addition to their woes. Water nit ions wero rcdiHrod, for they could not tell how long they might ilyat thus, and provisions must bo huslnHnlrd for safety. Thrn one morning tho forward lookout hailed: "Seaweed on tho tows, sir!" The same hail came from aft. Captain and crew rushed to the sides of the ship. There they saw the floating meadows clos ing in around their vessel, and then thry knrw that thry were In tho clutches of the Sargasso. Captain Amlreason made a hasty calcul.it ion to verify his fears. The in struments" told tho tale rhey were locked In tho cmbraccof the floating seaweed sea. They were destined to remain in that deadly embrace for six long, weary, heart breaking mouths. Long weeks passed, with no' change ex cepting the ever increasing intensity of the heat. The ship's provisions gave out, and the men were forced to resort to the Cargo to sustain life. Tho blazing tropical sun poured its firry rays apon the decks and started the seams uf the vessel. Men were prostrated and too weak to perform the perfunctory tasks set them that a mal dy even moro terrible might not attack them. Minds were giving away under the heat and strain, so tho captain kept them busy so that insanity might not add its horrors to the accanimulated and accum mulating miseries of their condition. One dsy when tho men wero lounging stout the vessel they spied a stately 6htp apparently bearing down upon them. Her tails flapped lazily, as if little care was he wowed upon bur, but tho sailors of the Narka were too overjoyed to notice what In ordinary times would have excited their suspicions. They rigged up additional sig nals and frantR-aUy waved everything aboard which might do duty as a sign of their distress. The ship sailed sullenly along, drifting, like their own, under the impulse of the currents. Not a sign of life could be seen aboard h- as she drew nearer and nearer. Nobody was at her wheel; nobody was on ber deck, rot a living creature was ob- served. Tbea she shifted and passed the j Narka within easy distance. At the wheat I - 9, 1898. were the scattered tones of a human skel eton. At the mainmast foot coiled a hugs python, who lavily lifted his horrid head, twisted fcU folds and darted a red and forbidding tongue at the horror stricken sailors. . Thr wmtther beaten sides of the vessel had long lost all trace of paint. No sign of ber name, origin or destination eculd be accg. She was a derelict, all that remained of her crew being the few tones scattered about the deck. The crew of tbe Narka laughed, cursed, swore and shed hot tears of disappoint ment and rnge. Imprisoned like them selves, the big ship drifted away and was lost to sight. Then the crew saw what socrred to be land. Again hope sprang up In their hearts. But, alas, the land was merely a floating island, as unfixed and untenable as tLcir own vcsacl. Ver dure, vines mid trees covered the island. Countless bird of bright plumage, na tive of dimes remote from their island home, fluttered in and out. Mermets chattered and scrambled alxint In the boughs. Snr.kes crawled about in tho tws or lay basking on logs which floated In the same listless manner. It was all a dream secmirgly, for no human could obtain foothold on that iatid, and nono could survive tho attacks of deadly rep lilrs if n lauding could to effrrtrd. Three months from the day the ship entered tho dense, muss the first mate re ported the startling news that the heavy woed clinging so olocly to tho bull was slowly but certainly dragging it down to a watery grave. Thus a new and still moro frightful wrll was added to the hor rors of that floating prison. Explosives were aboard, nnd the captain determined to utilize them to blast away the tendrils which, liko the tentacles of the devilfish, wore destroying their only hope of escape. Kudu shells were rigged up, fuses at tached, ignited and sealed and tho missiles tossed ovvrUiard to work their will ou tht rlosuly packed weed. Explosion after ox plosion followed, and tho mass separated nnd itily floated away fr.im the ship. But it was soon seen that what was cast off was speedily replaced by other masses and tho iH-ril renewed, with tho shin weakened from the shocks. But tho Vessel was cbsod of her weight and thereafter at regular In tervals tho captain rrsortod to his explo sives to relieve them from tho haunting fear of toing dragged to the bottom. One day two of tho U men, In their eagerness to observe the effect of a largo shell that had been used, leaned too far over the ship's side. Tl-.o shell exploded with terrific force, driving tho ship back ward and toppling tho two sailors over hoard into rite sa. Instantly, before tho horrilied tys of their shipmates, tho un fortunate men were I.tsK-d by the tendrils end engulfed. Swimmers could make no progress In tho dense moss. Xo human strength wus sufficient to release them. Down Ihey went to the bottom, two more vivtinis of the Sargasso. Five mouths passed away. Hundreds of vessels were seen far and near. All were abandoned, tenant less excepting for the creatures, man's natural enemies. Island after inland was passed. Birds in myriads fluttered uboul, fit times settling on tho ship. Monkeys, Imiu ronstrirtors, pythons and smaller snakes abounded, seemingly being mldcd that the picture of inferno might be complete. Horrid ns was their situation, naf tiro ssvmrd to have outdone herself in providing horrid objects sh.tt. mind miirht go ith failing vigor. Food was growing scarce, but Uie awful mo notony of tha fare prevented ns rapid ex haustion as would have born the caso oth erwise. Explosives were almost exhausted when the captain determined to make ono lust effort to csca! from that prison. Ho de termined to i:dd tho Xnrka to tho list of derelicts, mid with the yawl mako a des perate effort to break out intollio open sea. Carefully tho yuwl was loaded with provisions and water. The remainder of tho explosives was placed nlxiard and then, with u prayer for guidance to safrty, the survivors dropped into tho little boat. The Narka wus left to hrr fate. By dint of terrific exertion, tho use of e-plosivos and the guiding hand of Provi dence that little craft inialo her way out of tho seaWerd sea in tho blue depths lo ynnd. Lustily tho men rowed her, tha captain setting his course for tho West In dies, hoping cither to mnko some ort or run across a vessel which Would pick them np. But the dangers wrro not all over yet for tho little band of mariners. Seven days und nights they tossed altout on the wu in an open boat, heavily loaded with food nnd n crew much too largo for her. Sho must to lightened if all were to be saved, so a portion of the food was tossed overboard. Thrratrniiigs of storm showed them one more danger. It seemed as if thry had left a prison to find death. But tho mere fact that their own efforts were aiding them to reach a jnirt of safety heartened tho almost despairing men. Shifts wrro arranged at the oars, and nota moment of rest was indulged in. Hun dreds of miles intervened between them and the nearest land, nnd it behooved them to spare no effort, but it was kill ing wr.rk after tin? months of privation and horror, and their progress was slow. But help was not far away. On the morn ing of the seventh day a sail was sighted, and the crew was picked up finally und carried to Porto Hico. STOPPING DEATH'S DOOR. A Man's Life Held For Hoars Brtwora the Thumb and Finger. A lieutenant lay wounded on the field, binding from nn artery in his shouldrr, during a night attack on an English ramp at Mnlakand, in India. Surgeon Captain E. V. Hugo found him ond at the risk of bis life lighted a match and discovered the KEET1XG LIFE IX. nature f tlm wound. For three hours, while the English resisted the attack, he held the artery between his finger and thumK, and when the enemy broke Into tbe camp h took the lieutenant In his arms, still holding tbe wound, and bore him ts a place of safety. U Mother's Misery. The story of this woman is the ezrry day history of' thousands who are suffering as she did; who can be cured as she was ; who will thank Iter for shozting thetn the way to good health. The most remarkable thing about Mrs. Nellie J. Lord, of Strafford Comer, N. H, b that she is alive to-day. No one, perhaps, is more surprised at tha than Mrs. Lord herself. She looks back at the day when she stood on the verge of death and shudders. She looks ahead at a life of happiness with her children, her hus band and her home with a joy that only a mother can realize. Mrs. Lord is the mother cf three children, two of whom are twins; until the twins came nothing marred the joy of her life. Then (he was attacked with heart failure and for a year was unable to attend to the ordinary duties of the home. In describing her own experience Mrs. Lord says: "I had heart failure so bad I was often thought to be dead. 41 With this I had neuralgia ot the stom ach so bad it was necessary to give mc morphine to deaden the pain. "Sometimes tbe doctors gave me tem porary relief, but in the end it seemed as if my suffering was multiplied. "Medicine did mc no good and was but an aggravation. u I was so thin my nearest friends failed to recognize me. 44 No one thought I would live. "I was in despair and thought that my C0NGIR1NU TIGER. How Didel Made Himself Fa mous by a Single Act. BRUTE FORCE OX E0.UAL GR0CSDS. Dow an Indian Tiger Singled Oak and Killed a Victim In a Crowded Camp of Banters Strang Display of Strength and Canning. When quito young, Hldel, tho famous animal tamer, supsirtel himself hy per forming tho drudgery of a provincial cir ciw. Tho opportunity which proved the turning point in bis career mmoonoday when tho nrvat ti;ar of the cirrus escaped from her cage m;d began prowling alwut the tent!. Tho atidlrnrs which had gath ered in tho main tent wero terror stricken, and tho cirrus authorities wero powerless. In nn Instant the crowd wns thrown Into a panic, and tho shrieks of tho terrified women and children sent tho air. The tiger wns the most dangerous one to tbe menagerie, and every one was afraid of her. ,. . . . Tho roolnrps nnd tsvery of the great tamer, which have sines bocome celebrated) did not for a .moment desert him. Heat onco realized that his chance had come. OW r.IDEL COKQUERED THE TIGER. Ho rushed from his dressing room and fonnd that tho tiger had taken refuge In a blacksmith shop near the circus. Without waiting to secure any weapon except a light whip ho hurried to tbe spot What followed is perhaps best told in Dldcl's own words. "In n few moments," ho writes, "I found tho tigTT. hho was crouching In a corner, her eyes aflame nnd her month wide open. Without waiting an instant for her to make the attack I attacked lier and let he? see that I was master. It was a short struggle. I used" my whip with all tux strength: aad hlio began to howl and started to run. This was my chance. Droppipg my whip I seld her with my powerful hands. One stretched the loose skin of her neck and the other held tightly fnrtber down her back. Instantly I raised her on my shoulders and carried her back to her cage, Into which I threw ber with all my force. 8be shrank Into a heap, shivering and frightened, like m rabbit At this tho air was rent with plaudit, cheers and the clapping of hands, before an hour the country rang with tbe news of my deed, and I was famous. " One of tbe most swmarkablo instance of the strength and cunning of tbe tlw-r occurred recently in noted hunting ground Mar iiombey, India. A party made op of several members of the Nat ural History society of Bombay had coma on tbe track of a magnificent tiger and had succeeded In cornering him, as they supposed, among tbe mountains. Accom panying the party were seven "heaters," who search the forest or "beat" tbe game from iu hiding place. The party, confident of Its prise, camped for tha bight in the forest Tho seven beaters occupied a small hut Iry them selves. Tbe hut had but a single door, and this was fastened ewrurcly. In so safe a retreat the men derided to slwp without a guard. In the morning, to the oonsterna- tion Of thM fwrtv nn. .J . u , I . - - v vcmvctm was IP! days were mrmbfrrd, My motScr bftxtjTj me Dr. Vulums' Pink Puis for Pale People and the first box made me feel better. I continued the treatment and to-day I am wrtL "Then I commenced to take the pills I weighed 120 pounds I now I weigh 144 and ied that my recovery is permanent. 44 1 owe my happiness and my health to Dr. TTilliarns' Pink Pills, My husland was benefited by them. I have recom mended them to many of my friends and will be glad if any word cf mine will direct others to the road of nwdhealth." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People have cured many cases of almost similar nature. Tbe vital elements in Mrs. Lord's blond were deficient. The haemoglobin was es bauttcd. She was unfit for tbe strain she was compelled to undergo. Ifcr nervous system was shattered and hrr vtufciy dropped below the danger point. A collapse was ineviutle. Dr. Williams' Pir.k Pills cured hrr by supplving the lacking conslrWms of hwhh by filling the veins with blood rich in the requisite clement of life. The heart re sumed its normal actios : the nervous rys tcm was restored to a state of harmony, and the neuralgic affection disappeared. Dr. Williams' Pink Puis arc sold by druggists everywhere, who believe them to be one of the most efficacious cnedicuies the century has produced. missing and his uinnglrd iVi-ioins wero found In the fomrt rrnr the hut It was ehown on invrstigntion thnt the man who hail lim tartly dcvnimd ly tho tiger had born killed in all probability In stantly by the tiurr'k clutching tut throat The man's jugular vein b.-.J Uvn srvrn-ri, end this bud caused instant death. Tlm Mow had lrn deal so qtneklr nnd cfToi-t-Ively that tho victim hml not Uvn nl Ir lo uttrrat-inclnrry. A tviiarkfiiile foil on. of the tragedy was that thr t...iT s tieiim had in-cn hoping on the frronnd with Ids companions lying nil alma Mm. Tl-c tlpT had rrrpl noiselessly over I'-n tr Of tho ehvping turn mi steal i.llyi hat imhmi wrro awakrued. Tlm victim was IlK-n killed and carried to the ttgrr's n-truat Horntx Jo-nr-lr;. One of the results of llie i .lyn-mt of I Ig lxuiie during thceivil w.trVanthc.-om-Ing Into rxlstniro n -l.i.s luor.ii a Iwmnty jmijjx-rs " TW vsrhni bounties ami gratuities, toward thr t!:d of the war. rarrfy ngirrcgnted l-vs than ( .iri per re rrult, nnd a KTvat ti:rny K.'-d t-hnracttr tKik r.dvatitnge of thu i:rM mil. n.Kn anil intitiriiul liln-mhiy I v n !i,titi-.rrttinp the money and diioTtlnit nl tti. Cr. op portunity. Aug. il. IN,!. recruit for lu Fin Xi-w' llnmpihirc tnirj. i.ndrr mmmcniiof Slajortwnningti anil award ed l-T a Toinp:jiy ff iJ-.a M U itati ivrr Corps, arrived in that t l!y l-y si-iril train from Concord. Thry liad nil fc-en aid big 1 nullities the day hefero anil ivi-nilu ssil for Woslfcngton on the I'nilol Si-it-s transport )Jcai!ier t'orrstitv.tion. .Arriving in the oldiioalon and Maine' station nt 1 1 o'clock iu tho :oriilrg. they v.rre tnl;rn under convoy I y a c!. u l:aii 1 1 of tn j fmm 0ie Iicnrh street lian-.icks and a de tail of police mid started on their march to Hattery wharf, wl.rre the Constitution lay waiting to rm-ivr llvm. Vhrn they renrhrd Il.ivmui l.et square, sron-s of I ho rreruita threw awny ll.eir k!!.-iw ks. blankets, coats, n nnd canteens and started on the luti in every dirrri inn, tlx ir rwapo liring rnvrnd' by th toughs nt: surrounded thu guard and .rvw-iit.xl them from firing on the drrcrt,rs. TImi police pursued and caught a number of the flcring men, whom they br-jtigl.t bark to the nflicrr in rommai-.d, but about succeeded In getting nay. The IllM-ovrry of the I lay. All''. .1. Itorl. tho lea'lin ilrn j;ist of ShreveHirt, Ia., says: '-IM'. 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