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BRATE GIRL'S DARING PEED,
'Wakina Perilous Jotiinnj-in a fowling-
Morm to Save JTIsiny Skives.
A committee of the Iowa legislature
"recently presented to Miss Kate Shelley a
frncdal voted her hy that body in rcco,r"ni
ttion of her bravery. "When the presen
tation was made the little town indulged
jin a celebration which eclipsed any pub
lic demonstration ever held in that rc
,gion. There was a procession, music,
speeches, and a banquet. Kale She! lev
vis now a comely girl of eighteen, but
ifihe achieved her present fame by an act
of the greatest bravery -when she was but
ixtecn.
At about dark on the Gth of July, 1 81,
a storm of wind and rain of unparalleled
severity broke over Boone. In an hour s
time every creek was out of its banks,
and the Des Moines river had risen six
feet. So sudden was the flood and such
was the velocity of the wind that houses
barns, lumber, and all portable objects
""within reach of the waters were carried
away. Looking from her window, which
in daylight commanded a view of the
Honey Creek railroad bridge, Kate Shel
ley saw through the darkness and storm
a locomotive headlight. A second later
it dropped, and though the crash which
it must have made was not perceptible
above the roar of the wind, she knew
that the bridge had gone, and that a
train of cars had fallen into the abyss.
There was no one at home but her mother
and her little brother and sister, and the
igirl understood that if help was to be
Igiven to the sulleivrs, and the press
train, then nearly duo, warned, she would
have to undertake the task alone.
Hastily tilling and lighting an old lan
tern and -wrapping herself in a w:itrr
,proof. she sallied out in the storm. She
jirst made an effort to reach the -water's
edge, but. iinding that the ilood was al
ready far above all the paths and road
ways, and realizing that she could do
nothing in or near that mad torrent, she
climbed painfully un the steel) bluff to
the track, tearing her clolhing to rags on
the thick undergrowth and lacerating the
flesh most painfully. A part of" the
ibridge still remained, and trawling out
on this to the last tie, she swung her
lantern over the abyss and callerl out at
the top of her voice It -was pitchy dark
Ibdlow, but she -was answered faintly by
the engineer, who had crawled un on
tsome of the broken timbers, and though
Umpired, was
safe for the time being.
'Prom him the
i fpiri
learned that it was a
freight train that had gone into the
chasm, and that lie alone of the train
Jhands had escaped. He urged her, how
ever, to proceed at once to the nearest
(station to secure help for him and to
warn the approaching express train of
the fall of the bridge.
The girl then retraced her steps, gained
the track, and made her -way, with all
the speed that the gale would permit,
toward Moingona, a small station about
one mile from Honey Creek. In making
this perilous journey it -was necessary for
'her to cross the high trc-tlc bridge over
the Des Moines river, about o0(f feet in
'length. Just as she tremblingly put her
ioot on this structure the wind, rain,
thunder, and lightning were so appalling
that she nearly lost her balance, and, in
the endeavor to save herself, her sole
companion, the old lantern, went out.
She had no matches, but if she
had had thousands of them they
would have been of no service
in such a place and in such a storm. De
prived of her light, she could not sne a
foot ahead save when the dazzling flashes
of lightning revealed the grim outlines of
the bridge and the seething waters be
neath. Knowing that she had no time to
Hose, the brave girl threw away the use
less lamp, and, dropping on her hands
and knees, cnnvlcd from tie to tie across
the high trestle. Having gained the
iground again, she ran the short distance
remaining to the station, told her .story in
breathless haste, and fell unconscious at
the feet of the gaping rustics, who, in
(their eagerness to know her adventure,
forgot the terror and suspense which she
Iliad endured.
Men were then sent to the rescue of the
engineer, and telegrams were flying up
mnd down the line notifying oflici a Island
lOthers of the loss of the bridge. The ex
iprcss train came thundering in and was
slopped, and the passengers', learning the
story of the child-hero, ' looked, a few at
a time, upon her wan face and nrg'd
iclotHics. The purse that was made up fr
Iher was of a very substantial kind.
"When the story of her behavior spread
(throughout the State several funds for her
Iboneiit were started, and, so far as money
can pay for such devotion, she has been
well rewarded for her night's work. At
llhc session of the Legislature last winter
fit was ordered that a medal commemora
ihive of the girl's bravery be struck, and a
icommittcc was appointed to present it to
Ihor. Her heroism was made the theme of
i many eloquent speeches.
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Cure for Hydrophobia.
The Continental Times, of Geueva,
IBwitzerland, says: It is some time since
we mentioned the successful treatment
tof (hydrophobia by garlic, that Dr. Verey
ira Dias, of Oporto, tried on nine indi
viduals bitten by mad dogs in the year
1882. The subject has been brought for
ward by M. Eugene Gayot, who strongly
advises that a remedy, easily obtained
aud applied, should not be neglected.
The manner in wliich it was discovered,
i according to Mr. Gayot, was this: A
young peasant having been bitten by a
irabid dog, his parents, unable to bear
Who sight of his torments, shut, him up
in a room which contained several bun
dles of freshly gathered garlic. In his
iragc the sufferer bit aud tore at it, be
ing the only thing within his reach, and
having swallowed a large quantity, he
was cured. In so fearful a malady and
one that has hitherto resisted all medi
cal treatment, no means should be left
untried to find a remedy. The treat
ment by garlic consists of washing the
wound in cold water and applying the
garlic pounded. During eight days
(Sixty grammes of a decoction of one
clove of garlic boiled in 750 grammes
Of water until the liquid is diminished
to 500 grammes, is to be administered,
each da the patient is to eat two cloves
of garlic with a little bread. Should
hydrophobia declare itself, he must chew
garlic until the madness be calmed.
Chestnuts as Food.
'Chestnuts are largely used for food in
;S,pain. They are not eaten raw, but
ground and baked into a vcrv good
Icind of bread. Particular attention is
given to the chestnut tree in Spain, and
some varieties bearing very large nuts
liavc been propagated. There is a great
difference in size and quality of chest
aiuts on different trees, as every country
iboy soon learns, but few or no attempts
liavc been made to increase the better
varieties.
" How is the earth divided?" asked a
)pompous examiner, who had already worn
mut the patience of the class. ' 3)y earth
quakes," replied one boy, after which the
(examiner found that he had enough of
Uhat class. '
LATEST NICWS.
London, Nov. 26 It is reported that Eag-
aucl has offered to meaiate between France
uid China. A Paris correspondent says there
s reason to believe that LI. Ferry has ac
cepted the offer.
A British gunboat has been ordered to the
?cene of disturbances on the coast of Soma
ira. Warden, manager of the London and River
I'latte Bank in liondou, has been sentenced
o twelve years, penal serviiudo for stealing
The chief of police aud six officers of ill
'ret police in Constantinople have been
t rested for blackmailing innocent persons.
U is now believed in London that the ex-
'.-;ves found in "Wolffs apartments there
eie intended to blow up the German em-
A panic exists in Khartoum, becanse of the
t-port that El Mahdi menaces the city and
isas cutoff the source ef supplies. Europeans
me leaving the city by boats.
The evacuation of New York city by the
British troops in 17S3 was celebrated in New
Tork Nov. 2Gth by a parade and the unveil
::i of a statue of Washington on the site on
hich he took the oath -f office as President
At Zancsville, Ohio, Evans Davis pointed
cun which he supposed was not loaded a$
i-ii breast of his eight-year-old son, and
nade his four-year-old son pull the trigger.
The gun was loaded, and the boy was killed,
The colored population of Birmingham,
Ala., are so excited over the lyncing of Lewis
Houston, colored, who attempted to outrage
a white lady last week, that two white lnili
tnry'companies were kept under arms Snn
day night, and a mounted Galling gun stood
read' on one of the piincipal streets.
The Central Pacific Railroad Coindnny and
the Wells Fargo Express Company have
offered a reward of $2,0C0 for each or either,
tr $30,000 for the whole parly that robbed
passenger train near Deming on Friday. It
is believed that John Price, a notorious New
Mexican desperado, wa3 ihe chief of the
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London, Nov. 25 A secret treaty is said
to exist between the Chinese and the Black
Flags, and war between China and Franco is
now regarded as inevitable. Fighting has
already beguna t Hai-Dzuong.
Right Rev. William Fitzgerald, Bishop of
lullaloe, Ireland, is dead.
Orders have been received in Cairo to post
pone the departure of English troops.
Advices from Zanzibar say that a French
man-of-war bombarded the unfortified town
Dl" Yobewar, Madagascar.
Cardinal Jacobini, the pontificial secretary
Df State, gave a banquet in Rome yesterday
to ihe American bishops.
Prince Frederick William witnessed a mil
itary review and attended a banquet in Mad
rid yesterday in company with King Alfonso.
President Grevy of France yesterday re
ceived Marshal Serrano, the new Spanish
imbassador, and expressions of mutual re
gard wore exchanged.
Five prisoners were whipped at New Cas
tle, Del., Saturday three colored and two
white men.
Sergeant Mason, who has been in confine
ment for some mouths for shooting at Gui
leau, has been pardoned by President Arthur.
The grand jury of San Francisco has in
dicted Miss Hill, who claims to be the wife
of Senator Sharon, and Win. M. Nelson, her
attorney, for forgery, perjury and conspiracy.
The damage done by the recent storm in
the vicinity of Chatham, N. H., is estimated
at lCO,0C0. The loss to the forests in New
Hampshire and Maine is said to be incalcu
lable. The damage to property in Randolph
county, 111., by the late storm will reach
SIOO.OCO.
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Capt. Josh, siocum, or tne sn;p .Nor l)ern
Light, was held for examination in New
York on the cbarge of ili-treating Henry
Arthur Slater, a seaman, whom, it is alleged
he shut up in the hold for 53 days and fed on
bread and water. Dnring the voyage the
first mate, Marvel Knowles, attacked a sailor
named Murphy, and was fatally stabbed by
the latter.
An order has been received from Governor
Cameron by Captain Vaughan, of the Peters
burg Artillery, for one of the company's
guns to be sent at once to Matthews county,
to be used against the fleet of oystermen en
gaged in illegal dredging in the Rappahan.
nock river, and the gun 'Napoleon," a twelve
pounder, was sent from here to-night. A
large quantity of ammunition also has been
sent by the sheriff to Matthews county, to be
used in the protection of tbe river against
the dredgers,
London, Nov. 23 The London newspa
pers, in discussing Egyptian affairs, all insist
that the British troops should not bo with
drawn from Egypt at this time. The Paris
Temps says that a Frenchman organized the
forces of the False Prophet
The Crown Prince of Germany arrived in
Madrid yesterday.
Twenty persons were drowned in Lake
Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday, in a steam
boat collision.
Mr. Parnell has been refused the use of
the Exhibition Hall in Cork in which to ad
dress Ids constituency.
A despatch from St. Thomas says the Hay.
tien steamer Dessalines (formerly called the
Ethel) has sunk La Palrie, the war ship of
the Revolutionists.
The Laurenceville High School, connected
with Princeton College, was closed yester
day, and will not be opened until December
4th, owing to the breaking out of scarlet fe
ver in the vicinity.
A largely attended meeting of the Boston
Bank Presidents' Association was held in
Boston, at which the subject "The Promotion
of a Speedy Passage of an Equitable and
Duiform National Bankrupt Law" was again
discussed.
The latest advices regarding the recent
storm in Southern Missouri put the loss at
and in the vicinity of Piedmont at from
$20,003 to $C0.0;0. It is now said that no
lives were lost Trains are again running
regularly. In Indiana the water is still rising,
and in the flooded district no railroad trains
were running.
t-anitary Inspector Burgees, of the Marine
Hospital Service at Havana, reports to Sur
geon General Hamilton, under date of Nov.
17, that during the week ended November
15 there were eighteen deaths from yellow
fever in that city. He says: "At no time
during the year has so large a proportion of
the sailing vessels in the harbor suffered
from yellow fever as are now suffering from
it. There are about seventy-five cases of the
disease in the city and harbor."
The Crown Prince of Germany was enthu.
siasticaily welcomed on his entry into Valen.
cia yesterday.
No movement has taken place in Tonquin,
but Admiral Courbot is preparing his gun
boats for service in shallow waters.
The Radicals in the French Chamber of
Deputies have demanded the separation of
church and state, and Mr. Ferry announced
that he hoped the question would shortly bo
settled.
A man named Wolff has been arrested in
London for having powerful explosives and
infernal machines in his possession.
The Marquis of Tseng, it is reportad, ha3
notified Earl Granville that war with France
is certain to occur. It is said that the Yollow
Flags hav been disbanded because of their
barbarity.
Andrew Taylor, the last of the three noto
rious Taylor brothers, was hanged at London
Tenn. He ate his dinner with much relish.
At 2:S0 he was taken from the jail and
mounted the gallows with a firm step. When
asked if he wished to address those present
he replied that he did not want to say a G d
J d d word. He was entirely unmoved, and
after the noose was adjusted said to the sher-
I iff: "G d d n you, I could drink your heart's
blood." Ho died from strangulation in nino
minutes after the trap was sprung.
The jury in the suit of Mary O'Connor
against Saml. G. Keely, a Mannayunk (Pa.)
manufacturer, to recover damages for per
sonal injuries, rendered a verdict in favor of
the plaintiff for 10,000. The girl was em
ployed at defendant's mill, and when a fire
broke out, in December, 1S82, she was com
pelled, in the absence of a fire-escape, to
jump from a window in an upper story to
save her life. Her injuries were of such a
serious character as to disable her for life.
The board of fire-escapes had notified the
owner of the building to erect an escape
but he had failed to do so.
London, Nov. 22. Hicks Pasha, in com
mand of the Egyptian army, fought a three
days' battle with the rebels, under the Falst
Prophet, El Mahdi, near El Obeid, Kordo-
fan, November 3-5, and was disastrously de
feated, with the loss of his entire forces, who
were massacred by the enemy.
The Pope has knighted Mr. Dawson, editoi
of the Charleston News and Courier.
Mr. James Russell Lowell was elected
Lord Rector of St. Andrew's University.
The Spanish Cabinet has agreed to include
universal suffrage in the revision of the Con
stitution. The bandit Aquero and hiB followers have
left Cuba, it is said, with the acquiescence
and perhaps the assistance of the govern
ment. The liabilities of the Mississippi Valley
Bank at Yicksburg, which suspended Wed
nesday, will reach 800,000, and may roach
$1,000,000.
Tho roporled loss of tho propoller Man
istee on Lake Superior, in the gale of the
18th is confirmed. Her entire crew of twen
tyfive persons probably perished.
Mr. Alfred Maoo, son of the celebrated
Jem Mace, the champion pugilist of the
world, is at present giving a series of evan
gelical lectures at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
draws crowded houses.
Five hundred Norwegians and Swedes from
Illinois and Wisconsin, who came to this
country as immigrants many years ago, left
Chicago for New York to return to their na
tive land. This is tho second detachment.
District Attorney John McKeon died at
New York, of pneumonia. Mr. McKeon was
at his office on Monday. He was born in
New York 70 years ago. He served
two terms in Congress, having been elected
in 1S35 and in IS 11.
A heavy rain fell at St Louis Wednesday.
The day was the darkest over known, requir
ing tho burning of gas through
out tho city for several hours. McKonzie
creek, in Reynolds county, overflowed, and
at Piedmont several houses wore swept away,
ii:d iwo women and three children are re
uorled drowned.
Andy Taylor, ihe last living of three Tay
lor brothers, who murdered two sheriffs and
captured a railroad train with one huudred
passengers aboard, compelling the engineer
to carry them twenty mile, at a dangerously I servants to-day, sensible New England
highspeed, about a year ago, is to be hanged j gjrs wj10 are anxious to bo talcing care
to-morrow at London, Tenn. "While being ( 0f themselves and earning good wages
taken from Ivnoxvillo to Loudon, he slipped , would fit themselves at the cooking
;i revolver out of tho pocket of one of the schools, or any way they found availa
ni:irds, and though heavily manacled, man- . ble, they would not long wait for em-
isred to get tne muzzio onne piswi wiuuu a
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iew incnes oi me iiutiu ui oucnu a-uuhi
Loudon, but owinglo the fact that Taylor
thought the pistol a self-cocker, he was
knocked down before ho could raise tho
hammer of the piston. He remarked, "If I
hud not mistakon the pistol for a self-cocker,
you would have got to hell several hours be
fore mo." Taylor is but twenty-one years
old.
A well-to-do farmer near Philadelphia pre
fers the meat of doss and cats to beef aud
oiuttou, and frequently serves up his butch
sred canine? and felines on his table."
Whether he keeps summer boarders or n ot
Is not slated. Philadelphia Call.
At Jackson, Mich., four persons, namely,
Jacob D. Crouch, aged 74, a widower; Henry
White, aged .'$, son-in-law of Mr. Crouch;
Mrs. Eunice White, aged 33, daughter of Mr.
Crouch, all of Summit, and Moses Polley,
aged 2G, of Transfer, Pa., were found mur
dered in their bed?, all having been sho
through the head, just behind the ear. It is
supposed they had been chlorotormed first.
Mr. Crouch was a farmer worth $2,000,030,
living seven miles from Jackson, and owner
of an extensive sheep ranche in Texas. It iB
rumored that ho had just received about
S.r0.0C0 from -Texas.
THE MARKETS.
BAIiTIMOBE.
FLOUR City Mills, extra. 4 00 $475
WHEAT Southern Fulta... 110 114
CORN Southern White .... 56
do. Yellow 56 (5,
RYE Good 63
OATS Maryland 40
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do. Good ordinary.. 9
HAY Md. andPa.Timot'yl5 00 17 00
STRAW Wheat 7 00 S00
BUTTER Western prime. 29 31
do. West Virginia... 21
CHEESE X. Y. State ch'ce 11
do. Western prime.. 7
EGGS 28
24
12
8
30
550
6
400
300
750
CATTLE 375
SHEEP AND LAMBS 3
TOBACCO LEAF Inferior 250
Good common 2 00
Middling 703
Good to fine red 800 1000
Fancy 10 00 1500
KEW XOBK.
COTTON Middlingupland 10
FLOUR Southern com. to
fair extra 500
WHEAT No. 1 white 1 16 .
RYE State 70
CORN Southern Yellow.... 58
OATS White State 36
BUTTER State 18
CHEESE State 10
EGGS 28
PHUi.voKiiPmA.
FLOUR Penna. fancy 500
WHEAT Pa. and Southern
red 113
RYE Pennsylvania 60
CORN Southern yellow.... - 55
OATS 36
BUTTER State 20
CUEESE-N. Y. factory..... 8
EGGS State 30
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Hawaii Sandwich Islands.
Hawaii, being wholly volcanic, looks
like a fortress ninety miles long, built
up by the genii. Yet, dreary as it is,
or seems from the sea, it is really full
of green pastures, on which feed wild
cattle, the descendants of those brought
in by "Vancouver, and owned by ranch
men, to the tune of ten and fifteen
heads apiece, in runs of twenty miles
long. It must have been sad to stand
by and see a forest burned up like so
many matches, and another with the
trees snapped off at the surfaoe of the
fire-flood, the portion imbedded in the
lava being burned to dust, and leaving
a seriis of pock-marks on the hardened
surface. One night in 1S52, it seemed
as if a solitary star was shining on the
MaunaLoa, at a spot afterward found
to be four thousand feet below the
summit. After the second evening it
seemed to die away, but soon burst
out again with amazing splendor, no
longer a star, but a column of fire
seven huudred feet high by angular
measurement, and from two hundred
to three hundred feet broad, which
was visible one hundred miles off, and
tho ashes and chared leaves from
which, covered the decks of approach
ing ships. The lava stream was visi
ble thirty miles off; and in twenty days
there had been thrown up a Gone a
mile round at the base and four hun
dred feet high, which is standing to
this day. The weird beauty of the
color-changes was something past be
lief. Issuing white-hot from the cra
ter, the lava changed first to light,
then to deep red, then to glossy gray,
with shining black patches, every tint
intermingled in constant movement,
and a very cataract of sparks falling
from the fire pillar.
In 1855 there was a yet greater erup
tion, from Jwhich the town of Hilo
narrowly escaped. One strange episode
was when a cataract of lava poured
over a precipice into a very deep rock
basin, in which a big ship might have
floated. The water was all driven off
in steam, the basin filled up, and the
precipice changed into a glently slop
ing plane. Months after it was a hid
eous sight to see this lava stream,
about fifty miles from its source, slug
gishly twisting about in vast coils,
whoso lustrous metallic surface was
seamed with red, showing the unoooled
stream below, while every now and
then the fflisteninc: crust which
hunff
over tins lire-stream caved in just as
"cat's ice" breaks and showB the water
underneath it.
Legitimate "Work.
Talking about laboring women, I
wish it were in my power to persuade
young girls who wonder what they
shall do to earn their living, that it is
really better to choose some business
that is in tho line of a woman's natu
ral work. There is a great repugnance
at the thought of being a servant, but
a girl is no less a servant to the man
who owns the shop where she stands
all day behind the counter than she is
where she waits upon tho table or
cooks the dinner in a pleasant house ;
and to my mind there would not bo a
minute's question between the two
ways of going out to service. The
wages are better, the home is better,
tho freedom and liberty are double in
one what they are in the other. If,
instead of the sham service that is
jnven by ignorant and really overpaid
. i)ioymenc anu wouiu ue valued un-
mensely by their employers. "When
one realizes how hard it is to find good
women for every kind of work in our
houses, and what prices many rich peo
ple are nioro than willing to pay if
they can be well suited, it is a wonder
more girls are not ready to seize tho
chances. It is because such work has
been, almost always so carelessly and
badly done, that it has fallen into dis
repute, and the doers of it have taken
such low rank. iNobody takes the
trouble to fit herself properly, but
wompn trust to being taught and find
ing out their duties after they assume
such positions, not before.
The Meadows of Maryland.
SrittNGFiELD, Prince George's
Co., IId. Mr. Chas. G, Addison, of
the above named place, states: "I
sprained my right knee causing intense
suffering, and the use of crutches for
several weeks. I found no relief in
other remedies and finally tried the
miracle of cure, St. Jacob's Oil. In a
short time I could bend my knee
which wjis as stiff as an iron rod,
laying aside my crutches and was able
to walk as well as ever.
Avoid "Wrinkles.
A wrinkle, once made, is indelible;
it has come to stay. There is no such
thing as wiping out wrinkles. In men
they are often honorable evidence of
hard mental labor; in women they are
usually evidence of coming age, al
though care and suffering have much
to do with them. Sometimes fair fore
heads are prematurely wrinkled from
a nervous habit of elevating the eye
brows, and from a too great and too
constant pressure of the pillow on one
or both sides of the head while sleep
ing. And just here comes tt fact worth
remembering. If the forehead has es
caped wrinkles, crow's feet are prema
turely seen about the corners of the
eyes. "We all see the crow's feet in
men and women whose brows tq
smooth and young looking. They are
the result of sleeping on the right and
left sides. The pressure upon the
temple and cheek leaves wrinkles at
the corners and underneath the eyes
which disappear in a few hours, but
finally become so fixed that neither
hours nor ablutions will abate them.
An Only Daughter Cured of
Consumption.
When death was hourly expected, all
remedies having failed, and Dr. H.
James was experimenting with the many
herbs of Calcutta, he accidentally made
preparation which cured his only child
of consumption. His child is now in
this country and enjoying the best of
health. He has proved to tho world that
consumption can be positively and per
manently cured. The doctor now gives
this recipe free, only asking two 2-cent
Btampsto pay expenses. The herb also
cures night sweats, nausea at the stomach,
and will break m a fresh cold in twenty
four hours. Address Craddock & Co.,
1082 Race street, Philadelphia, naming
this papor.
HIS OTO EXECTTTOB.
A Well-known foaJ,emaBfcpHJlft"r?J,,I
nnd the Commotion Caused by One or Ilia
lctturtj.
Rochctter Democrat and Chronicle.
"Wo published in our local columns yester
day morning a significant letter from a gen
tleman known personally or by reputation to
nearly every person in the land. We have
received a number of letters 'protesting
against tho use of our columns for such "pal
pable frauds nnd misrepresentations;" there
tore, to confirm beyond a doubt tho authen
ticity of the lettor, and the genuineness of
its sentiments, a reporter of tins paper was
commissioned to ascertain all the possible
facts in the matter. Accordingly ho visited
Clifton Springs, saw the author of the letter,
and with tho following result:
Dr. Henry Foster, the gentleman in ques
tion, isGli or 01 years of ago and has an ex
tremely cordial manner. Ho presides m su
porintendent over tho celebrated sanitarium
which accommodates over five hundred
guests and is unquestionably tho leadinj
health resort of tho country. Several years
ago this benevolent man wisely determined
to be his own executor; aud, therefore turned
over this maniiiroat prorcrty, worth 300,
0D0, as a froo gift to a loard of trustees,
representing the principal evengelical de
nominations. Amoirjthc trustees are Bishop
A. C. Coxi', Protestant Episcopal, Buffallo:
Bishop Mathew Simpson, Philadelphia,
Methodist Episcopal; President M. B. An
derson, of thj University of Rochester: Eev.
Dr. Clark, Secretary of tho A. B. C. P. M.,
Boston. Tho benovolent purpose of the in
stitution is the care : 1st of evangelical
missionaries and their families whoso health
has been broken in their work. 2d of
ministers, of any denomination, in good
standing. 3d of members of any church
who otherwise would ba unabloto secure
such care and treatment. The current ex
penses of tho institution aro mot by the re
ceipt from tho hundreds of distinguished
and wealthy people who evoiy year crowd
its utmost capacity. Here ora men and
women who were once in perfect health, but
neglected tho iirst symptoms of disease. Tho
uncertain pains they felt at first were over
looked until their health became impaired.
They little realized tho danger before them,
nor how alarming even trifling ailments
might prove. Thoy constitute all classes,
including ministers aid bishops, lawyers,
judges, statesmen, mil'Ionairos, journalists,
collego professors and officials from all parts
of the land.
Drawing tho morning Democrat and
Chronicle from his pooket, the reporter re
marked: "Doctor, that letter of yours has
created a good deal of talk, ana many of our
readers has questioned its authenticity."
"To what do you refer," remarked the doc
tor. "Have you not seen tho paper 1"
"Yes, but I have not had time to read it
yet."
Tho reporter thereupon showed him the
letter, which was as follows:
Clifton Springs Sanitarium Co., 1
Cliitox Spring?, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1883. f
Dear Sir: I am using Warner's Safe Cure,
and I regard it as tho best remedy for some
forms of kidney disease that we cave, lam
watching with greafr care some cases I am
now treating with it, and I hop for favor
ablo results.
1 wish you might como down yourself, as
I would Tike very much to talk with you
about your sterling remedy and show you
over our institution.
Yours truly,
Signed Henry Foster, M. D.
"I do not see why anybody should be skep
tical concerning that letter," remarked tho
doctor.
"Isn't it unusual for a physician of your
standing ana influence to commend a pro
prietary preparation
"1 don't know how it may bo with others,but
in thisiiLstitutijii we allow no person to dic-
tato to us wnac wo snail use. uur purpo-e is
to cure l ho sick, and for that work wo use
anything wo kn w to be valuable. Because
I know -Warner's Safe Cure is a very valua
ble preparation, I commend it. As its power
is manifested under my use, so shall I add to
tho complotene.s of my commendation."
"Have you ever analyzed it, doctor?"
"Wo always unnlyze before we try any
preparation of which wo do not know tho
constituents, imc analysis, you Know, omy
gives tho elements : it does not give the all im
portant proportions. The remarkable power
of Warner's b'afa Cure undoubtedly consists
in tho proportions according to which its ele
ments aro mixed." While there may bo a
thousand romodioj made of the same ele
ments, uidess thejr are put together in proper
Sroportions they aro worthless as kidney and
ver prei nrations.
" I hope somo day to me3t Mr. Warner per
sonally, and extend fuller congiatulations to
him on tho excellence of his preparations. I
have heard much of him as the founder of the
Warner Observat .ry, and as a man of large
benevolence. The ruputsd high character of
the man himself gavo assurance to me in tho
first place that ho would not put a remedy
upon tho market that was not trustworthy;
and it was a source of a good deal of gratifi
cation to me to find out by actual experiment
that the remedy itself sustained my impres
sions." Tho concluaon reached by Dr. Foster is
recisely the saino found by Dr. Dio Lewis,
Ir. Rolert A. Gium, ex-Surgeon-General
Gallagher and others, and proves beyond a
doubt the great ollicacy of the remedy which
has awakened so much attention in tho land
and res ucd so many men, women and chil
dren from disease and death.
First impressions are lasting, as the gen
tleman remarked when the trip hammer
came down on his finders.
They are vaccinating the Indians of Alaska.
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A nod thing in bonnets a sleeping beauty
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tion with dropsy or Br'gut's disease of tho
kidneys, and having used all mo'hods and
measures for her ro3toration in the line of
treatment by our leading physicians, nnd
having failed to benefit her, her family de
spaired of seeing her relieved, and gave her
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timony of a Mrs. Dawley, who had been cured
of similar sickness byuung Hunt's Remedy,
we at once procured a bottlo of it, and com
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pened for months). Previous to facing it
she wns troubled more or less with short
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we continued tho use of Hunt's Remedy, and
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and body upward to the Inngs. The tenth
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is not swollen above the knees. Her kidueys
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