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WATTERSON ON CLEVELAND.
A Sharp Dissection of the Ex-President's
Pretensions and a Warning to
ilie Democracy.
Washington Post. Ind.]
The first gun of the tattle of 1900 is fired
somewhat early, bat it was fired by the
Reform Club in New York last Saturday
"ight. The Reform Club is made up ex?
clusively of the personal followers of Mr.
Cleveland, It exists in point of fact to ex?
ploit the fame and to advance the interests
of the ex-President. The names of Pair
child and Hornblowerand Peckham aiea
sufficient guarantee that the association has
no other source of inspiration nor any fur?
ther point of destination. The dinner was
given to place Mr. Cleveland in the field as
a candidate for President, and from this
tiute forward all the appliances of a small
but energetic and intelligent machinery
will be put forth to make a campaign of
education and a canvass for Mr. Cleveland
synonymous' terms.
Mr. Cleveland can never again be Presi?
dent of the United States. Under no con-1
ceivabie circumstances ought he to be.
That he should contemplate another can- 1
didacy affords strong evidence of a lack in I
him of integrity and virtue. That a club
of satellites should conspire to place him
again in nomination is not merely proof of
the treason of its members to their country
and to the party to which they profess al?
legiance, but or a degrading sacrifice of pa?
triotism and manhood.
Rut there can be no reason to doubt the
fact that Mr. Cleveland is the one man to'
be reckoned with by those who seek to at?
tain good govei nment as distinguished from
the operations of rampant partyism, swing?
ing ttie pendulum from one to the other
dizzy height of political excess. From
first to last this callous, self-seeking man;
has been the direct cause, the sole occa- j
sion. of ail our undoing. To go back no I
further than the last internal Democratic
conflict, if six months before the nominat?
ing period in 1896, Mr. Cleveland had
firmly said, -,1 will not be a candidate un?
der any circumstances, nor allow my name
to be used by anybody,'' the elements of
order in the party could have got together
and unih d on - ?me a-ader equal to the
task of meeting and beating the extrem?
ists. But Mr. Cleveland could not be in?
duced to make the slightest sign. He was
as silent as an oracle, standing the while
exactly where the lightning might be ex?
pected to strike. Except for this, paralyz?
ing Carlisle, Kentucky could have been
held; but, Kentucky gone, the rest fol?
lowed like a landslide. Mr. Cleveland was
known to be covertly a candidate,'and,
handicapped by him, the friends of sound
money and revenue reform were over?
whelmed by the malcontents, raised up in
the first place by Mr. Cleveland's exasper?
ating temper and mcompetency for leader?
ship.
It is discouraging to thefriends of reform'
in the South and West that thus prema?
turely the movement for honest politics
and sound money should be freighted
down by a name which is potent only for
evil. But it is still more discouraging to
reflect that the man behind this uame is as
indefatigable as he is mischievous; that he
is very much richer than ever he was, und
much more ambitious than ever he was;!
that his removal to New Jersey was the i
first adroit step in his new plan of cam?
paign: thai every day of his life in that fine
.effeminate Italian hand, he will write from
two to fifty lotto!s, addressed to persons in
every part of the country; that, posing as
a retired statesman and philosopher, and
playing upon the credulity of the simple
minded and easily flattered, he will leave
no string untouched for stimulating the
activity of the expectant; and that day and
night the Reform Club? having in charge
the circulation of Democratic literature,
will be silently, surely working to the one
end, which he and they have before them
?his nomination in 1?/J0.
If Mr. Cleveland were possessed of the
faculty for conceiving any public affair
apart from bis own interest?even if he had
any real sense of personal dignity?he
would rid the great questions at issue from
the embarrassment of a presence which is
not a help but a menace. Instead of play?
ing the pattof a philosopher and states?
man while exhausting every artifice to re?
gain the Presidency, he would perceive the
grandeur cf being such in point of fact,and
of enjoying, like a statesman and a philos?
opher, the repose of his honors and his
years. But he would not be himself if he
considered anything else than his own de?
sire and will. The executive office repre?
sents both. He likes the power, the emol?
uments and the employment. He has a
talent for industry. He is dominant and
experienced. To him the Presidency has
become, what indeed he made it while he
had it, a personal affair, held regardless of
party obligations. Destitute alike of im?
agination and of sympathy, he subjects ev
erything and everybody to his unbounded
and unquenchable egotism. This egotism
indeed became so sincere that he grew at
last to believing that he did actually know
something of the questions of his time and
had some policy other than his love of
power and display. It is just as well that
Democrats who seek the rehabilitation of
the party on sound political lines of action
and thought should know to begin on what
lies an es their path, and that they should
begin to cast about them how to shake
from their shoulders this Old Man of the
Mountains. lie is with us only for what
it will bring him. All his life an office
seeker and an office-holder, he differs fron j
the riff-raff of bis class only in his high
pretensions and profound hypocracy. lie
hopes in the hurly-burly of affairs to force
himself ?rsl upon the party and then upon
the country as the representative of clean
politics and the public ordec He repre?
sents neither. He represents only his own
lust fur office. A great and noble princi?
ple must not be thus desecrated. A possi?
ble party rehabilitation of the greatest mo?
ment must not be obstructed by such a
death's-hand at the fetist. If Mr. Cleve?
land has not the wisdom to see his duty
and the grqoe to get out he. should be put
out, for the elimination of his ambitions is
Sallow complexion,
dull yellow eyes, offensive breath, and
skin covered with pimples and erup?
tions arc caused by
indigestion. Bright
eyes, a clear skin,
and rosy cheeks
follow the use of
Dr. Deane's Dys?
pepsia Pills. White
wrapper if consti?
pated, yellow if bowels are loose.
Lat good food and avoid.all pills and other medi?
cines which simply act on the bowels.
I>R. J. A. DEANE CO., Kingston, N. Y.
Dr.
Deane's
Dyspepsia
Pills.
indispensible to any progress in the direc?
tion of reform, which, while he stood as its
official chief, encountered nothing but ob?
loquy and defeat.
The Grant Memorial.
Philadelphia Press April 28.]
The celebration connected with the
dedication of the Grant monument yes?
terday was altogether won by of the
occasion. Nothing of popular interest or
ofiicial dignity or spectacular display was
lacking to make it the most impressive and
majestic ceremonial. The participation of
ihePrcsident and of all the leading repre?
sentatives of the Nation, the presence of
the Ambassadors of foreign powers, the
attendance of the Governors of the States,
a military and civil procession an equalled
since the war, an imposing naval demon?
stration and a mighty concourse of people
from all parts of the country?all this
splendid pageant, with the just and ap?
preciative tributes to General Grant's
genius, constituted such a eomemorative
tribute as has never before been witnessed
in our history.
It is gratifying that New York has pre
parediand consummated this memorial in an
eminently creditable manner. Every Amer?
ican will feel a pride that the metropolis
has erected this stately monument to the
Nation's hero and has consecrated it in a
spirit worthy of itself and of the subject.
The mausoleum is itself a great achieve?
ment. If there was hesitation and in
difference at the beginning it was fully
atoned by the magnificent response when
the people became aroused to a just sense
of what was due to themselves and to
their great millitary commander. From
that time the movement has been a
splendid illustration of the best qualities
of patriotic anil public spirited citizenship
In Us simple but imposing architectura'
grandeur the monument takes its place
among the noblest memorials of this
character, and its completion and ded"
ication contribute it under the finest
auspices to the Nation's trophies. It was
essentially a national celebration. All that
>\as representative in the Nation and in
the State shaied in the ceremony. But
this does not detract from the credit due to
New York which has so successfully carried
out the great project and has summoned
the Nation to join in the crowning honors
of the dedication. There was fitness in
what was said as well as in what was
done. The brief address of President Mc?
Kinley was singularly apt, chaste and grace?
ful. It was a model of fine sentiment and
beautiful] expression. It embodied a just
estimate of the true quality of Grant's
simple greatness and correctly ezpresed,
as befitted the: Republic's Chief
Magistrates, the profound 'and undying
sentiment with which the Republic cher?
ishes the fame of its great hero. The more
elaborate oration of General Porter was a
thoughtful, judicious and eloquent tribute
to the great commander from one who
knew him in the intimacy of close personal
assciation and friendship. It touches both
the civil and the military sides of his match?
less career and depicts not merely the
heioic deeds, but the shining attributes
which are the founJation of his fame.
General Grant's countrymen were some?
what slow in reaching a just sense of Iiis
real greatness. His own nature was so
modest and unassuming that it did not
seem to command homage. He was so
free from all dramatic and self-asserting
methods that his high qualities did not
at the outset impress themselves upon ob?
servers. Put this very simplicity came hi
the end to augment the general estimate,
and the consecration of this stately mon?
ument, with all the ceremonies surround?
ing it, demonstrates how deeply and en
duringly he is enshrined in the nation's
heart. We have erected no such mau?
soleum to any other. In the popular con?
viction Grant is associated with Washing?
ton and Lincoln in the trinity of immortal
leaders who have done most for the Re?
public's life, but no such memorial has
been constructed for the other two. There
is only one other in all the world that is
of the same majestic order. The body of
Frederick the Great sleeps in a very simple
crypt. The tomb of William of Orange is
only the chief feature of a modest church
at Delft. Wellington has but one of many
monuments in St. Paul. The only mau?
soleum which matches or overmatches
I his is the stately Invalides at Paris be?
neath whose glittering dome repose the
remains of Napoleon. It is a matter of
pride that within so few years after the
death of General Grant so worthy a
memorial has been brought to completion,
and is shown that, with all the pratical
instincts and tendencies of the American
people, there is still a deep vein of senti?
ment in their nature.
PERSONAL NOTES.
General Cadorna, who commanded the
Italian troops when they took possession
of Rome in 1S70, died recently at the age
of 82 years.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale and Mrs.
Hale were the guests of honor at a dinner
given by the Cbanning Ciub, of Posten,
on Monday evening.
Mrs. J. C. Shaffer, of Evanston, 111., is
to present a marble bust of Miss Frances
E. Willard to the Northwestern University,
of which institution Mits Willard is an
alumna.
Count Diego de Coello, who died
recently, liiled the post of Spanish Am?
bassador at the Court of Rome, and,
having married a famous beauty, settled
in Italy as a journalist. He founded the
"Epoca,,: of Madrid.
When the Prince of Wales opens the
new municipal buildings at Oxford on
May 12 he is to be presentel with an
address from the corporation, inclosed in
casket of beaten silver with enamels,
; beautifully ornamented and chased. The
! Prince will open the front gate of the
buildings with a golden key.
Ex-Uovernor Purleigh," of Main, who
is slated to succeed the late Seth L. Mil
liken in Congress, is 53 years old and has
a family of which he is proud. His wife,
who has known him since boyhood, is a
J woman of great mental force and is in
thorough sympathy with her husband in
all bis business ventures. They have three
sons and three daughters.
When President McKinley was running
for Congress in 1S90 he was forced to fight
for every vote, owing to the way in which
Ohio had been gerrymandered by the
Democrats. One Republican had recently
'been married and had gone off on his wed;
ding trip, and in order to secure his vote
Mr. McKinley sent him this telegram: "It
is right to be married, and I congratulate
you with all my heart, butevery man owes
j a debt to his country. This debt can best
J be paid by voting as his conscience dictates
{on election day" Theyounc man returned
in time to vote.
EVENTS OF INTEREST.
It is claimed that Bath, Me., has more
smokers than any town of its size in the
country.
The bakers of America last year sent
abroad 14,206;814 pounds of bread and
biscuit, for which they received $034,000.
The Barbers' InternationaLUnion of San
Francisco has opened a free employement
bureau and is making a success of it.
Fortune tellers have become such a nui?
sance in Milwaukee that the police de?
partment has been compelled to take steps
for its supression.
Two white-winged crows make daily J
visits to Kobert Mullini's farm at Ilchester,
Md., but so far they have eluded efforts to j
capture them.
A really handsome pocket-piece has j
gone into obscurity. It was the $50 gold
piece of octagonal form which was issued
somewhere in the fifties.
In Boston the schoolboys have been
enlisted in the work of keeping the streets |
clean in the north end. They have been
organized into clubs and take a keen in?
terest in the matter.
A NorthCarolina man has committed
suicide because he voted for a negro for
public office last Fall. He was a new con?
vert to Populism, and was actuated by
excessive zeal, but had brooded over the J
matter ever since.
People at the navy yard at Portsmouth,
N. II., claim that the $S00O allowed by
Congrefs will not even make the old
frigate Constitution watertight, and that
{80,000 would not fit her for sea. People
at the Portsmouth Navy Yard do not wish
her to leave it, either for Boston or
Washington.
A new paper in Arkansas is called the |
'?Scorpion." The Little Kock "Democrat,"
in speaking of it says: ''We have bad the |
'Toothpick,' the 'Tomahawk,' the 'Ripsaw'
the 'Buzz Saw,'the 'Thomas Cat,' the
'Bazoo,' the 'Horse-shoe and the 'Horn,'
but nothing so like the'wild and woolley
West &i the 'Scorpion' has ever made its J
appearance in this section before."
An old violin has just been sold in Bal?
timore which is said to have been once]
the property of Thomas Jefferson. It was
made by August Wiihelm Glier, of Ger?
many. It is said to have been bought by
the Baltimore dealer from a negro 02 yeais
old, who lived in Virginia, at the base if
the Monticello Mountain. He claimed
that the violin was bequethed to his father,
who was one of Jefferson's slaves.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
The Two EkkciMIrI Teints to
Aimed n't by UaiTdcrs.
Prof. F. J. II. Merrill, in a paper read
before the Albany institute, says that
the question of good roads in this coun?
try is now at about the same stage at
w hich it was in England a century ago.
At that time roads were so bad that a
general investigation was undertaken
resulting in the formulation of certain
rules for road building, whose adoption
led to the construction of the fine high?
ways for which Great Britain has so
long been famous. The problem was
then of great commercial importance,
as England had no railroads.
The experience of over 2,000 years has
show n conclusively that tlwjre are two
essential points to be aimed at in the
construction of a road. First, a hard,
smooth waterproof surface; second, a
thoroughly dry foundation. These
principles were known to the Romans
300 years B. C. The surface of a good
road may be of sufficient strength to
resist the wear and tear of trallic, and
rmooth enough to prevent underwear on
vehicles. In connection with this, the
soil beneath must be made dry,and kept
dry. Thercfore.thesubjectof road drain?
age is as important as that ol road
metaling. The best road covering is
composed of angular fragments of some
stone, which will grind on the surface
into a dusts which, when wet, will bind
or, in a measure, cement the fragments
together, so that water will not pene?
trate. The angular form is essential to
make the fragments interlock. The
sizes should be quite uniform, except
that the surface layer may consist of
smaller fragments than the bottom
course. The total thickness of this
metaling must be at least six inches
on a natural soil foundation. The frag?
ments should not exceed 2\f., inches in
diameter, and should be rolled in two
separate courses with a heavy steam
roller until the surface is absolutely
firm. ,
FARM TELEPHONE.
Good Resnltn Cnn Be Obtained at nn
Expense of a Few Cents.
For a cheap, short-distance tele?
phone, take a tin can (oyster or fruit)
and punch a hole in the bottom largo
enough for the eye of a metallic button
CONSTRUCTION OF A FARM TELE?
PHONE.
to pass through. Next procure some
fine copper wire and fasten to the but?
ton. Twist the end of wire down firm?
ly with pincers (see 5 in the illustra?
tion) so that it will not slick up; then
run through loops of leather, andfasten
at other end in like manner. Draw the
wire as tight as it will stand and the
'phone is ready for use. If the wire is
kept tight it will work well for abouit
20 rods in still, cold weather. Copper
wire costs about 3Q cents per 100 feet.
The illustration shows the telephone
complete: 1, 1 are the tin cans; 2, 2,
brass buttons; 3, 3, walls of buildings;
4, leather loop for support; 5, wire loop
at button.?Farm and Home.
Color' of Kj-es.
It is said thut the health of the bru?
nette type of eye is, as a rule, superior
to that of the blond typo. Black eyes
usually; indicate good powers of phys?
ical endurance. Dark blue eyes are
most common in persons of delicate, re?
fined or effeminate natures, and gen?
erally show weak health.?Chicago In?
ter Ocean.
WTiat Clara "Liked Best.
Mother?Clara, I don't like that young
Mr. Euggard coming here so often.
Clara (who likes Huggard but wishes
to give her mother a different opinion)
?Yes, I am always glad wben the time
comes for him to go.
"Yes, I know why, too."
"And why, Mr. Clever?"
"Because he always kisses you at the
!ront door when he goes."?The Graphic.
Preacher'^ Swebtheart.
A light shone from the open door of
the low log structure thai answered i-Z
double purpose of church und school
house. The gleam fell upon t bo yellow?
ish leaves of a pawpaw tree that stood
close to the path that led to the door.
Beyond the pawpnw was an irregular
mass that moved restlessly in the dark?
ness. Observed closely it would have
resolved itself into a number of
horses tied to saplings, and stepping
about noiselessly an they stretched
their heads toward the tempting leaves
beyond their reach.
Divine service was going on in the
log building, and the ton.es of the min?
ister floated ?ut into the darkness in
solemn cadence. Often they were in?
terrupted by a deep-grunted "A-n-a
men!" or "L'-m-m-ah? Yas, Lordl" the
manner in which manj' worshipers ex?
pressed their approbation of (be
preacher's utterances. A mounted fig?
ure came close to the shaft of light and
dismounted. As he did so the stamping
of the restless horses reached his ears.
Noiselessly he made, his horse fast to a
redbud stem, and crept through the
bushes to where the uneasy cquines
were tied.
lie passed from horse to horse, feel?
ing swiftly over each, as if in the dark?
ness his hands were doing duty for
eyes In revealing the merits or demerit!
of each animal.
The voice of the preacher came clear
and strong to the cars of the man
among the horses. He listened a
moment as the voice told him, in sim?
ple words, thesweet truths of the Bible.
Somehow the words of the good Book
seemed to the man in the darkness tobe
addressed directly to himself, and pres?
ently, as he listened, he removed his
old slouch hat as reverently ns if he had
been within the sanctuary.
Then, as the words of invitation and
consolation rang out clear and sweet,
the man by the horses removed his
hand from the neck of a little marc
and muttered: "Preacher Is a stunner,
shore. Reckon I'll leave the filly.
Might belong to the preacher, an' bein'
a preacher, o' course It's the only boss
he's got."
As he returned to his own animal, he
paused again to listen. Presently he
dropped the hand that was untying the
bridle and strode into the bar of light
that shone from the open door.
"I'll try if he muttered. "Be'n n
long time sence I've set in a church."
His slouching entrance was hardly
noticed by the congregation of shock
headed men.and sallow-faced women, so
attentive were they to the preacher's
utterances.
The preacher was a small, pale-faced
man, plainly, almost shabbily dressed,
and as he stepped awkwardly back and
forth behind the rude pulpit, the last
comer saw that he was lame.
Presently he rose and slouched out,
and, mounting his horse, dashed away
down a bridle path, whither he knew
nor cared. Presently some small ani
mal sprang from the path, and the horse
swerved to one side, and the next mo?
ment there came a blow on the rider's
head as if the great hackberry tree
stretched far above had fallen upon
him. Then, as he fell f rem the horse, the
animal kicked the unconscious man be?
fore he had touched the earth.
An hour after, the pale-faced preach?
er, limping along the path, almost
stumbled over the prostrate figure be?
neath the great hackberry. The old
slouch hat had fallen from his head,
and the blood from a long wound across
his forehead had soaked his matted hair.
The preaeher's slight form staggered
under tho task, but by a series of heroic
efforts hernann-jred to convey the uncon?
scious man to the little log hut where
he livpd alone. It was many days be?
fore the sufferer could do more than sit
like a helpless child in the old splint
bottomed rocker and watch the preach?
er as he limped back and forth attend?
ing to the wants of his unexpected
guest. The stranger bed been badly
hurt. The blow cn his head, r.s he came
in contact with the low-hanging limb,
had very nearly fractured his skull, and
the kick of the horse had broken sev?
eral ribs.
One day t.Iierccamealctter addressed
in a dainty feminine hand, and the
preacher had almost completed his an?
swer when the hour arrived for him to
start for tho little log church. After
he had gone, the invalid saw that the
letter and its unfinished answer lay on
the home-made table, and without any
scruples he proceeded to read both.
"Frnm his sweet heart," the invalid
said aloud, as he finished. "Porelectle
gal! I kin almost seem to see her as I
read them lines. Thar she is, 'way back
east, waitin' for the day when bor
lovor kin send the money to bring bei
out yere to him. The time lias be'n
mighty long already, she 'says, but
she'll wait for him if it takes half her
life. Brave leetle girl! Bids him keep
up his courage, for she is shore he'll
s?on git the money, for everybody's
so generous in the west, and will pay
him well for his work, she is certain.''
The invalid paused, and .--.hook one
hard fist at an imaginary auditor.
"Yas, hang ye! Pay him well w'en
yer souls git bigger. If you was white,
you'd pay more money an' do less
gruntin' in church. Look at it!" he
went on, with rising wrath. "Ycrc's
a man an' a Christjan a-workin' the life
oufen his crippled body to save yer
souls, an' In return yc give him jest
enough to keep him from plum starvin'.
All the whole kit of yc air good for is
to raise horses for me to run off w ith."
Again he shook his fist at the imag?
inary auditor.
"That's for ye! Look at it! Yere,
fer workin' himself to death for yer
souls, ye pny him so leetle that the time
when he can bring his leetle waitin'
?sweetheart west seems years off! Yes,
nn1 yere I am, n-dcin' yc no good, nn'
slcalin' every one o' yer hors-es I kin
git my hands on. In my case, ye
club together an' offer a reward uv
$200 jist fo git me. Give him starva
?tion wages an' have him all flip time
Made rind Merit Maintains theconfidence
of the people in Hood's Sarsaparilla. If a
medicine cures you when sick; if it makes
wonderful cures everywhere^then beyond
oil question that mcdicinepossesses merit.
That is just the truth about Hood's Sar?
saparilla. We know it possesses merit
because it cures, not once or twice or a
hundred times, but in thousands and
thousands of cases. We know it cures,
absolutely, permanently, when all others
fail to do any good whatever. We repeat
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the best ? In fact the One True Blood Purifier.
l-l??vJJ^ n:!l~ curc naimea> indigestion,
HOOG S FlllS biliousness. 25cents
on* offer $200 jist, to have me a few
hours! That'B reason, uin't it?"
Suddenly a thought seemed to strike
him, nnd ho brought one hard fist down
on the table with a thump.
?TH do it, I will! lie shall have his
sweetheart, nn' that mighty quick."
It was after midnight when the
preacher returned, and it seemed to the
other that he looked paler nnd limped
more painfully than usual.
"My friend," the preacher said, pres?
ently, "I ava glad to have you so nearly
?recovered, for tlus house can only shel?
ter you a few days longer."
"W'y?" asked the invalid; "air yo
pcttin' tired o' me?"
"Certainly not; hut the owner of thir.
house hns warned me to leave because
I am unable to pay the rent, and?"
"What'll yc do now?"
"I do not know. Doubtless I'll see
mv way out of it all, but I do not now.
I?"
"Parson,"^ will yer do mo a favor?one
more on top o" all you've done for me?"
"Gladly, if T can," the young prenchcr
replied.
"Take this note to the leader of tho
Protective association?"
"Amos IJuddin?"
"That's him. lie's a partlc'lar friend
o' mine, r.n' '11 be mighty glad to sec
me. Do this right now, an' it'll be the
last thing I'll ask uv yc." ?
The door opened softly, and half a
dozen men with weapons in t heir hands
entered without a word. Not a move?
ment of the invalid's face showed Unit
he understood the errand that had
brought these stern, silent men to the
cabin.
"Howdy!" he saluted. "Take cheers,
gentlemen." ?
"Jack Harris," said the leader of tho
vigilantes, "we want you!"
"Wal. Dint you got me?" asked the
other, quietly.
"Yes," muttered the leader, "r.nd wo
arc n-gt>In" to keep ye!"
"Wal, I don't reckon I blame ye." Har?
ris answered. "It's been a long time
since ye got a chance at me, an* I don't
wonder yc want to keep mc. Did the
preacher give yc information?"
"Yes."
"Has ho got the reward yit?"
"Xo, of course not. Wc ain't goin' to
do no cash-ln-advancc business."
There was the sound of a struggle at
the dcor and a voice crying:
"Let me in! I will go in!"
"It's the preacher," some one said.
"Bill's a-holdin' him outside."
A pistol gleamed from beneath the
table, nnd .lack Harris' hard hand
leveled it at the lender's head.
"Let him in!" he said, sternly.
The preacher's white face was 'lushed j
r.nd there were tears in his eyes as he i
limped across the room to Jack Harris'
side.
"Oh, my friend," he cried, "what havf-.
I done?" What have T done?"
"Delivered my note, I reckon."
"Yes; and sold your liberty for
money! But God know:; T am innocent
of any Intent to do so." He buried his
face in his hands.
"Xow," said Harris,sternly,"Huddcn.
give the parson his reward. Wen the
money's in his hand I'il drop this gun.
While it's up you know how safe you?
life is."
The vigilantes conferred together for
a moment. Then each produced his
pookefljook and dropped a sum of
money into the leader's slouch hat. As
tho money was__poured on the table.
Harris laid the pistol beside it.
"Thar," he said, "take mc."
Then, as handcuffs were quickly
snapped upon his wrists, he turn?! to
the young preacher. "Parson," he said,
"that'll mnkc you and the leetle girl in
the east lnppy. Good-by."
The young preacher sprang forward.
"Men," he cried, "one moment!"
Then in tones that thrilled the hearts of
the listeners, he told the story of the
horsethief's sacrifice. The little group
shuffled about uneasily when he had
finished.
, "Boys," said the leader, suddenly.
'Tra boss o' this ycrc association, ain't
I?"
"You oir," they answered.
"An' what I say goes?"
"It does, jist that!"
"An' horse stealin' means hangln*?"
"It docs."
"Wal, I sentence tho prisoner, Jack
Harris, to be hung this day week. Tn the
meantime I place him In the keopiri' uv
Shortey Meyers, the Icetlcst man In the
crowd; an' if he lets the prisoner es?
cape I'll fine him $2.50."
? Shorty Meyers exti acted $2.50 from
his pocket and handed the money to the
leader.
"Yere's my fine," he said.
"And the preacher keeps the re?
ward?" Jack Harris asked the leader.
"He does!" chorused the vigilantes.
"Wal, anyhow, I'll get my rent now,
I reckon," said a mop-headed vigilante.
Two weeks later, when the ceremony
was over that made the young prcachet
and the bright-faced eastern girl man
and wife, tho bride looked fondly into
her husband's eyes as she said:
"How much these people seem to
think of you, and how generous they
arc toward you! nave they been so ever
since you came out here?"
"Xo; the change took place only a
few weeks ago."
"And who were those stern, rough
looking men who shouted so when the
ceremony was done?"
"They are the vigilantes."
"As I entered the. state," the young
wife said, presently, "just such a rough*
looking man asked my name, and when
I told him he said: "Tell the parson ye
saw Jack Harris, an' tell him I hope
he'll be happy.' Then he disappeared."
"Heroic Jack!" the young wife ex?
claimed, when the minister had told her
the story.?Petaluma Courier.
FuNulOhn'oie ntittoiss.
Nearly all the elegant buttons are
now bhown in three distinct sizes de?
signed for one costume. Many of the
smaller buttons are veritable jewels in
their artistic beauty of color and do
sign, and they are set exactly like ac
tiuil gems on low mountings of
whitened silver or pure gold or pearl.
Jet, plomb-colorcd enamel and bronze
buttons set in riveted points are all
familiar styles. Some of the handsome
jet and iridescent cord passementeries
hove buttons to match which are not
intended to have any strain upon them,
but are merely used as decorations all
over the cloth or other costume.?St.
Louis Republic.'
Crenm Tomato Soup.
Cream tomuto soup is delicious, if
properly made nnd seasoned. Select
perfect tomatoes and boll them until
they can be easily pressed through a
strainer. Add a pinch of soda to make
them very light. Beat briskly and stir
in as much sweet milk as you want
soup. Sprinkle in salt and white pep?
per and serve at once.??Boston Budget.
An Apple Cream.
Pare, core and slice two ]>oundsof ap1"
pics, add the grated rind of a lemon, a
gill of water and five ounces of castor
sugar. Stew until tender, rub through
a sieve, ad'J a pint of cream. Mix well
and servo 'n a glass dish.?St. James
Ga/.ette.
Superstition* Manxmen.
Of civilized peoples, theManxmen or*
said to be the most superstitious.
FOUND L\ A CAVE.
Kentucky Officers Discover a Moon?
shiner's Outfit.
A Crooked Whisky DiHtlllery a Mile
Uuder Ground?Succchs of
a Dexperutc Under
taking.
When, some weeks ago, deputy Col?
lector J. C. Wilson, of llarrodsburg, Ky.,
and Deputy Tom Austin, of Lancaster,
quietly perfected plans to visit Roek
castle county and raid the moonshiners
still in what is known as Salt Petre
cave, they did not dream of the lind
they would make. This cave is situated
on Crooked creek, in one of the wildest
sections of country to be found in Ken?
tucky, nnd has long been known as a
rendezvous of the worst class of law?
breakers, and for this reason hasalways
been given a wide berth by government
.neu, none of whom ever dared explore
it. When they began their preparations
lor the raid they were warned by some
who were familiar* with the desperate
character of the outlaws to forego the
undertaking, but this they refused to
do.
One morning the posse leftXivingston
station, on the Knoxville branch of the
Louisville & Nashville ruilroad, and,
nfter a ride that lasted until nine that
night, arrived at the cave. Entering the
hole in the side of the mountain, they
traversed a distance of Gno feet and
came to a narrow defile which they
were compelled to pass in single lile,
and which led them into a spacious
apartment. At the further side of the
?.hamber was an openingthat led down?
ward to a depth of 30 feet, the bottom
of which they reached by means of a
role placed there for that purpose by
those who utilized the cave for their
unlawful purposes.
Peaching the bottom, the passage led
them straight forward for a quarter of
a mile, where they were again com?
pelled to go down 00 feet on iv crude lad?
der; thence there was a gradual descent
for nearly half a mile, and then the way
led upward for fully GOO feet, which was
t asily ascended by means of steps cut
in the dirt.
From the top of these steps a straight
and level passage led them for fully :.'00
feet, and from there on, for about the
same distance, the way again led down
a gradual incline. Then for GOO or 700
yards a level and smooth path led to
another oliambcr, where the officers
found a clear spring of-sparkling water,
i.nd within a few feet thereof wax a
trough filled with water, and within a
few feet of the trough was found a
moonshine still in a furnace of the
finest masonry. The capacity of this
still was 100 gallons, with eight fer?
menting tubs of S00 gallons, each full of
new mash and ready for operation, and
leaning against the wall here were
found four Winchester rifles.
The distillery apparatus was de?
stroyed and the firearms confiscated.
Proceeding 100 yards further another
still of the same capacity was found,
and near by three Winchesters, which
were also taken.
Petween these two stills, in an out
cf-the-way corner of the chamber, was
found a box containing the bones of two
skeletons, while the bones of another
lay by the side of the box. The offi?
cers also found evidence that the place
is frequented by a gang of counter?
feiters. It is the opinion of the revenue
men that these bones arc the remains
of some government officers who had
met instant death at the hands of the
outlaws, or of members of their gang
who had betrayed them, or who they
feared would give their secrets away,
and, acting on the theory that dead
men tell no tales, had murdered them,
er that they might be the bones of those
who had met death in battles with the
officers.
There were many side passages lead?
ing devious ways, and the officers be?
lieve that if they had continued through
the cave they would ha ve found another
opening that led to the outer world.
They were disposed to explore more of
this cavern, but their guide, John Mul
lins, a fearless mountaineer, warned
them that, if they valued their lives
Minute
Late
It makes no difference [>
?j] whether you were one 6
<jj minute or one hour late, ?
<jj if you missed the train. B>
A Better get there on time, ?
A even if you have to wait, e
A One hour early is better &
* than one minute late, p
Delay costs thousands of
lives each year. " Neg?
lected colds" is the be?
ginning of the story; and
consumption is the end.
Few remedies, and but
little of them, cure in the
beginning. Later, many
remedies long continued,
and tedious journeys, too
frequently end in dis
appointment.
of Cod-liver Oil with the
Hypophosphites soothes fe>
^ the cough, heals the in- j?
A flamed membranes, and }?
A restores the parts to a j?
2 healthy condition. This j?
j it doe. promptly and per- ji
A manently, if taken intime. ^
J One bottle does more now y
<j] than five would accom- <-.
plish later on. If weak,
pale, and thin, Scott's j?
Emulsion will give you j?
strength, color, and flesh. j?
"Just as Good" is not
SCOTT'S EMULSION.
50c. and $t.oo at all druggists. m
SCOTT <x BOW NE, New York. 3?
HAPPY WOMEN.
A Trio of Fervent Letters to
the Sympathetic Friend
of Her Sex.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
Each Letter Tells in a Different
Way of Agonies Relieved
by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Before using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, my
health was gradually being undermined. I suffered untold agony
from painful menstruation, backache, pain on top of my head and
ovarian trouble. I concluded to try Mrs. Pinkham'3
Compound, and found that it was all any woman
needs who suffers with painful monthly periods. It
entirely cured me.
Mrs. Georgie Wass,
923 Bank St., Cincinnati, O.
For years I had suffered with pain?
ful menstruation every month. At
the beginning of menstruation it was
impossible for me to stand up for more
than five minutes, I felt so miserable.
One day a little book of Mrs. Pink?
ham's was thrown into my house and
down and read it. I then got some of
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Pills. I can heartily say that to-day
new woman; my monthly suffering
the past. I shall always praise
Compound for what it has done
Mrs. Margaret Anderson,
363 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Me.
I sat right
Lydia E.
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I feel like a
is a thing of
the Vegetable
for me.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured me of painful
menstruation and backache. The pain in my back was dreadful,
and the agony I suffered during menstruation nearly drove me wild.
Now this is all over, thanks to Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and
advice.?Mrs. Carrie V. Williams, South Mills, N. C.
The great volume of testimony proves conclusively that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a safe, sure and almost infallible
remedy in cases of irregularity, suppressed, excessive or painful
monthly periods. -? -*?- ~- ?
Vbsy s7ioiiTn get our or xr.c vrcrnrry, aa
they had destroyed the stills, the
news of which would goabroad the next
flay. Capt. Wilson says imagination
cannot picture the wonders of the plaee,
and that if anyone who will visit the
cave finds it different from his descrip?
tion, thcf can drew on him for their
expanses.
Capt. Wiison is the man who led the
party of revenue men in Perry county
about a year ago. who were compelled
to put the mountaineers' wives and chil?
dren before and behind them on their
horses in order to get out of the am?
buscade of moonshiners, who would not
shoot for fear of killing their own flesh
and blood.?Louisville Post.
HAD A BAD TOOTHACHE
Some Symptom? of a Dad Temper Ac?
companied the Complaint.
People who never had a toothache
cannot appreciate this stor}'. And peo?
ple who never had a toothache have no
business to brag about their salvation's
being secure.
The man of this story went to the
drug clerk of one of the oldest houses
in the city. This is only an incident.
He went there because it was nearer
than any other drug store,
"I want something," said the suffer
rr, "to ease my aching tooth. My den?
tist is out of the city to-day, and I only
want to get something that will Btop
the pain until lie comes back."
That was a cowardly lie. lie knew
he had no dentist. He knew that he j
had suffered at intervals with that
tooth for years, and because he was I
afraid of a dentist. Put he did not want
the drug man to think he was a coward.
So he invented this lie in order to get
anything, that would give him a sur?
cease from pain for the time. He knew
if he could do that he would sit down
alone somewhere and chuckle to him?
self that he had won another victory
over an old tooth and without seeing
a dentist And he could say, as he had
said before to others: "I did no^have
to go to a dentist. I am my own den?
tist." There is nothing a man can do
of which he will be prouder than knock?
ing out a toothache without Tesorting
to the dentist,
"Which tooth ia it?" asked the man
in the drug store,
"I don't see what difference that
nukes to you. Isn't it enough for you j
to know that I have a toothache?"
"If the tooth aching is a back one and
has a cavity jt can hi treated with more j
ease, and I might give you something
different for such a tooth. Now, if it '
Is a front?"
"Well, it is not a front one. You
guessed It right In the first place. It is
a back tooth?a wreck at that?and it
has a cavity as big as a water main. I
Now, what else do you want to know?" |
"How long have you had it?"
"Had what?the toothacheor the cav?
ity?"
"The toothache."
"Always had it. It was aching when
it cut it's way through the gum. It has
never done anything but ache"
"You said your dentist is treating it?" ,
"Yes, I did say that. Dog take it, 1
man, what of that? It has taken me i
40 years to conclude to have it treated." j
"1^ a tooth of mine acted like that
I would have It out."
"Would you? Say, did you ever have
a toothache, and what has this to do
with your giving me something for
this tooth of mine? What is it to me
what you would do?"
"I am fixing you something now that
will give you relief until your dentist
comes back."
The man with the aching molar
chuckled^
"Here is your medicine,"
"Well, any directions on the bottle?" .
"No. If you have had a toothache
often you will know how to use it. Of
course you won't drink it."
"Well, I have taken drinks for it"
"Ycu never swallowed anything like
this. If you had you wouldn't be here
now."
"Is that so? What is it, poison ? Why
don't you put the skull and erossboues
on that label? I'll have you arrested."
." Y?iiUaliR A little, cotton, saturate j t;
wi?lVThTsV~ahd put UHfs c?tl?Ti 2fiGie"cl*iv
ity, and this will give you rest until
your dentist returns."
"Well, what is it? I want to know
what I am taking1 for a toothache. You
druggists kill more people than the
Brooklyn trolley lines. Have you got
any cotton to go with it?"
"I cam give you some cotton."
"I don't ask you to give it to me.
n nay"
"Oh, no. We always give a pinch of
cotton with a bottle of this medicine.*'
"Pinch be hlowed! I want a bale of
it, and I want about a gallon of this
remedy; the old thing is just killing me
now."
The druggist gave him a ball of cot?
ton and the customer literally rushed
out, forgetting to pick up his change.
"What did you give him?" we asked.
"Water and peppermint."
The next day the customer was on
Fifth avenue, when he met a friend, to
whom he said:
"I've kept a dentist from making a
fee. I don't believe in rushing" to* a
tooth carpenter when I have a tooth?
ache. I am my own dentist. I've won
again, old mam Cost me a quarter,
let's go in and blow in the difference."
?N*. Y. Sun.
For toe -Fair Uainc.
A soft velvet toque is, as a rule, be?
coming to almost every type of feminine
beauty.
A unique effect in passementerie has
beaded ornaments holding two spread?
ing ostrich plumes in Alsatian bow fash?
ion. This is intended to be worn on a
low-cut bodice. ?
The woman who owns a long sealskin
ulster now Haunts its furry luxury in
the face of the perishing feminine ini
a tailor-made cloth jacket.
The increasing pro[X?nsity toward ex?
travagance is shown in the bejewelerf
chains, vinaigrettes, bonbon boxes and
other so-called "trifles" that the woman
of fashion deems she must have in order
to be happy.?Chicago Record.
A Uentle Reproof.
A colored pedagogue in Texas has a
very genteel way of calling bis pupils
donkeys. Last summer one of them,
instead of looking at his book, gazed
But of the window at a green field,
whereupon the teacher exclaimed:
'WhatTor is yer Iookin' out de v indy
at dat grass? Hasn't yer had yer bi lak
fas'yet?"?Tammany Times.
To Keep Rabbits from Tree*.
Make a thick whitewash by dissolv?
ing a fresh lump of lime. When the
lime is slacking1 add under cover a half
pound of pine tar. When the wash is
prepared add a fourth of n pound of
powdered red pepper. Rake away the
rubbish around the trees and apply the
wash. Rabbits and mice will not trou?
ble them. I have used it many years.
It Is a good protection from sun the
next season.?E. Bodman, in Prairio
Farmer.
?Jena, wnere iVapoleon defeated the
Prussians, is a town of Saxe-Welmar
Eisenaoh, on a small stream called tho
.Saale, and 12 miles southeast of Weimar.
On the same day that Napoleon won his
victory at Jena. Davoust defeated an?
other Prussian army at A ucrstadt. a vil?
lage in Thtirlnjrla.
Tr - -- - ?
tu? cnarafre.
Inquiring Tourist (in Oklahoma)-?I
suppose that, with the coming of east?
ern people, the manners and customs
Of this region are gradually growing;
more like those of older and more con
scrvative communities?
Alkali Ike?-Yes; f rinstancc, It has
already got so that it haint no longer
considered good form to propose to a
widow at her husband's funeral, no
matter how pretty she is.?N. Y. Jour?
nal.
The Winter In ?niope.
While England enjoys s-vich a mild
winter, other countries arc not so for?
tunate. Southern Russia has not known
solongand bitter a spell of cold weather
for ten years, while Florence has experi?
enced the heaviest snowfall recorded
for seven years past..