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Why the Jap Is Strong.
The Japanese .-ire allowed to bt
among ttie very slrougest people on
«nrtli. '1 hoy :m strong mentally and
physically ami yd practically tliey eat
no meat at all. The diet which en
ables tli.'in to develop such hardy
frames and siidi wcil-balancod and
•keen brains consist.* almost wholly of
rice. Mc.i.jici! or l.'niied, while the bet
tcr-(o-il' iild to lisis .Spartan tare fish,
«?«gs. vegetables itid fruit. For bover
nges tlse\ use weak tea without sugar
or milk and pure wale", alcoholic stim
tilants heinij Inn r.-ir-ly indulged in.
"Water i. itul.ilied in what we should
o!!salci prodigious nuanlities—to an
3j Iim!i:ii iii, iiidccil. (he drinking of so
iMiich \\»iter would In- regarded ad
madness 'I lie a verai Japanese in
dividual swallows about a gallon daily
Xn 11 id'.'fl does.
The .1 ijiani'se reeognize the benefi
ckil i'!1eet of [lushing the system
,. throu^u 1 he medium of the kidneys
ami thi',' al.~.o cleanse the exterior of
Oleir bodies to an extent, undreamed of
lit
Kurope or Ameriea.
Aaoih-'i-— n:d perhaps this is the
,i «isaue iu whieh
!(.
,!ajianese lay the
iKreali's. is thai deep, habitual,
forcioie inli.ii.it ion of fresh air is an
I'sseuiii: for the ae|uisition of
Rtrenu! Ii and tl'is me!hod is sedtilous
}y pr i. i.ieed until it beeomes part of
their ilore.- -M••.lieal ileeoi'd.
T!ie re.'onl t'lnuit.i was raised by Mrs.
Xisliii.-i '.V. ShoeUloy of Haliimorc. M.
3l wi'I^ nI 1 wenly-I a'o an-l half ounces,
«ind iii"a itireil ov»r Oi',rht"e inches in
circimil''i-.'ii.'i'. It was .-ut into thirty
shoes, wlneh wir- served to nine persons.
"WHACKS"
A oil \Vh :t They Mean.
\Yh Old Mother Nature gives you
i\ "wii.i'.V remember ••(here's a rea
son." so Iry and say "tliauk you:" then
set aoout finding what you have done
detiMiid the rebuke, and try and got
iiack into
line,
for that's the happy
jtiace a tier all.
*'t!"i iiis how many highly organh'.od
jHsip!* iiI lo apprec iate and heed the
lirsi I.Mie, penile "whacks" of the good
old "Mrue, bul so right along with the
Ji:ib:c 'vhatever it may be, that causes
Jier disapproval. Whiskey, Tobacco.
fotTv. Tea or other unnatural treat
ment ot the body, until serious illness
seis somo chronic disease.
S.niii' |)eopli seem to get on very
wei wiili (hose things for a while, and
Mother Nature apparently cares but
lui wtiat they do.
iV-rbips sh.' has no particular plans
for ticm and thinks if little use to
vast" ,'ime in their training.
li."." are people, however, who seem
to selected by Nature ID "do
things" The old Mo! her expects them
''arry out some department of her
.urea: work. A portion of these select
ed i.s oft and aura in seek to stiniii
»'ate and then deaden the tool (the
.i.mIv. b.v some one or more of (lie
l!'U _i-" whiskey. Tobacco, olTee, Tea,
.Movpiiine. etc.
o'l nv,v ali of these throw down
j:in- class of alkaioids in chemi
a ii lysis. They stimulate anil then
.•!!'press
They
lake from man or wom-
r.i power to do his or her best
M'Oj'IC.
A these people have drugged for
:i lint-- 'hey get a hint or inihl "whack"
1o '."M.nd them that they have work
•(i .i a mission to perform, and should
a e.i the business, but are lualing
:i i' ii.• wayside and become lllilitted
lor •!ie fame and fornme iliat waits
:lnr •.mi if they but stlei (o the course
ii:i.! '.'p the body clear of obstrue
1m it can carry out the behests of
sic\.ic:,s is a call to "come up higli
vr.V. 'These hints come in various
l'o- iis it may be stomach trouble or
iinwcN neart, eyes, kidneys or general
iierv is prostration. You may depend
lijio .! when a "whack" comes it's a
:wan-,.:4 to quit some abuse and do the
•rigi!' iild fair thing with the body.
J'emaps it is coffee drinking that
.ilT"i,ds That is one of the creates!
'.iu-e. of human disorder anions
men.-ans.
No-.v lien if Vioiher Nature is gentle
ill. you and only jrives lii.iit. little
,• "whaclvs" at lirst to attract miention.
lon't atnise her consid"rat ion, or she
v. soon hit you harder, sure.
And you may also lie sure she will
tiiv you very, very hanl if you insist
(in .:ovin_ tbe way yuu have been
::i4
i: hard work to jjive up a
liab md we try all sorts of plans to
bar^' »ur ill feelings to some otiier
use Uinn the rea 1 oio1.
t*•.if.'e drinUeis when ill will attrib
ute 'e trouble (o bad food, malaria.
e. er.vorlc and what not, but. iliey keep
i.t '.i-'iiitf sick and gradually gelling
svoi-.e nitil they are finally forced to
ipii entirely, even the "only one cup
:i ii.i Then they lie-in lo set bel
ter. mi unless they have stone lon^
M',.e ii !o se: up some tixed organic
sea they enerally et entirely
\\e
!.
is asy to nuit cotTee at once and
lor ah iiy having well made Postum,
with its rich, deep, seal-brown color
"wli-cii 'Otnes to the Iieatitifnl golden
Ic-owii when svod cream is added, and
the ensp snap of i^ood, mild .lava is
1 here if the I'osinm has been boiled
loii^ enough l'1 bring il out.
ir (i iys to lie well and happy for
oiid oid Mother Xatur" then sends lis
her blessings of many and various
iiid.~ nd helps us to gain fame and
for' sic.
Snip ff the handicaps, leave out the
deadening habits, heed Mother Na
ture's bints, ipiit being a loser and
become a winner. She will help you
sine if yon cut out the things that
Keep you back.
"There's
a reason" and a profound
one.
I.ook. in each package for a copy of
the famous little hook, "The [toad to
Weltville"
Hill lhe horror of the scene was too
much fur Mine. Fauvel to witness any
longer without inierposing. She under^
stood but. one 1hing--hor son and her
husband wee about to kill each her
before her very eyes. Rushing lip to
liaou'i. she threw her arms around him,
nnd said in her husband:
"Kill nil', and me alone!"
At these words M. Fauvel glared at
the guilty pair, and deliberately taking
aim tired. Xeithnr Kaoul nor Mine. Fau
vel moved. The banker tired a second
time, then a third.
lie eocke.i ihe pistol for a fourth shot,
when a man rushed into the room,
snatched the pistol from ihe banker's
hand, and. throwing him on the sol'a,
ran toward Mme. Fauvel. This man
was M. Yerduret, who had been warned
by t'availlon. but did not know tliat
Mine. ypsy had extracted the balls
from M. Fauvel's revolver.
"Thank heaven!" he cried.
h'.irt."
"How dare you interfere?
banker, who by this lime liad joined the
group. "The villain shall die!"
I..
Itaoul had the courage lo place him
self before Mmo. Fauvel. and io stand
prepared to receive the expected bullet.
"I assure vou, uncle he began.
"Enough."' interrupted the banker,
with an angry gesture, "let me hear no
more infamous falsehoods! End this act
ing, of which I am no longer the dupe."
"I swear to you
".Spare yourself the trouble of deny
ing anything. I know all. 1 know who
pawned my wife's diamonds. I I now
who committed the robbery for whieh
nn innocent man was arrested and im
prisoned."
Mmo, Fauvel, while with terror, fell
upon her knees. At last it had come—
the dreadful day had come. Vainly had
slie added falsehood to falsehood, vainly
had she sacrificed herself and others all
was discovered. She saw that all was
lost, and wringing her hands, she tear
fully moaned
"Pardon, Andre.' I beg vou. forgive
me:"
At lliese heart-broken tones the bank
er shook like a leaf. The memory of his
lost happiness was too much for the
stricken num. He forgot the present in
the past, and was almost melted to for
giveness.
"I'nhappy woman:" he murmured,
"unhappy woman!"
For some moments nothing was
heard but the sobs of Mine. Fac.,'.
"1 came here." coniinurd the banker,
"with 1'rie intention of killing you both.
But 1 cannot kill a woman, and 1 will
not kill an unarmed man. Defend our
Eoll"" cried the banker, raising his arm.
"if you do not
By EMILE GABORIAU
CHAPTER XXIV.
An yur later Mine. Fauvel ordered
her carriage, and went nut. M. Fauvel
jumped into a hackney coach and follow
ed her.
"Heaven grant: that M. Verdurct may
reach there in time:* cried Nina to her
self, "otherwise Mine. Fauvel and Itaoul
ore lost.
Mine. Fauvel hastened to Yesiuet.
convinced that some new misfortune was
in store for her. Her alarm was ground
less. She found Itaoul more tender nnd
a flection: to than he had ever been. He
saw the necessity of reassuring her, and
winning his old place in her forgi. itig
heart, before making his disclosures. He
f-uceeeded. The poor lady had a smiling
nnd happy air ns she sat in an armchair,
with Kaoul kneeling before her.
"1 have distressed you loo long, ray
dear mother," he said, in lii.s softest
tones, "but. I repent sincerely now listen
my
lie had not time to say more the
door was violently thrown open, and
Itaoul. springing to his feet, was con
fronted by M. Fauvnl. The hanker had
revolver in his hand, and was deadly
pale. It was evident that he was mak
ing superhuman efforts to remain calm,
like a judge whose duty il is lo justly
punish crime.
"Ah," lie said, with a horrible laugh,
"you look surprised. You did not ex
pect: meV You thought that imbecile
credulity insured your safety."
she is un-
cried the
M. Verdurct seized the banker's wrists
i:i a isc-'ilke grasp, and whispered in his
ear:
"Thank heaven, you are saved from
committing a terribie crime: the anony
mous letter deceived you. ]o you know
who that man i-= that you attempted
to kill? Her son."
The words of this stranger, showing
his intimate knowledge of the private
atlairs of all present, seemed to eon
found and frighten Kaoul more than M.
Fauvel's threats had done. Yet be had
11)1 ion t: presence of mind to say:
"It is the iruth:"
The hanker looked wildly from Kaoul
to M. Verdurer then, fastening his
haggard eyes on his wife, exclaimed.
"It: is false! You are all conspiring to
deceive me! Proofs:"
"You shall have proofs." replied M.
Venliiret, "but first listen."
Ami rapidly, with his wonderful talent
for explanation, he related the principal
points of the plot he had discovered.
The true slate of the ease was terribly
distressing lo M. Fauvel, but nothing
compared with what he had suspected.
His throbbing, yearning heart told him
that he still loved his wife. Why should
he punish a mistake committed so many
years ago and atoned for by twenty
years of devotion and suffering? I'or
some moments at'te." M. Verdurct. had
finished his explanation M. Fauvel re
muincd silent.
So ctativ strange events had happened,
rapidly following each other in succes
sion, and culminating in the shocking
scene whieh had just taken place, that
M. Fauvel seemed to be too bewildered
to think clearly. But the sight of Kaoul
froze the words upon his lips.
"So this is your son." lie said to his
wife—"this man. who has plundered you
nnd robbed me?"
Mine. Fauvel waa unable to utter a
word in reply to these reproachful
words.
"Oh!" said M. Verdnret, "madam -will
tell you thnt this young man is the son
of Gaston de Clameran: she has never
doubted it. Rut the truth is
"What?"
"That in order to swindle her h« hM
perpetrated a gross imposture."
He drew from his pocket several offi
cially stamped documents, with red seals
attached, and laid them on the table.
"These are the declarations of the
nurse, her husband, and four witnesses.
Here is an extract from the register of
births this is a certificate of registry of
his death and all these are authenti
cated at the French embassy. Xow arc
you satisfied, young man?"'
"What neit?" inquired M. Fauvel.
"The next step was this," replied M.
Verdurct. "Clameran, finding that the
child was (lend, supposed that he could,
in spite of tills disappointment, obtain
money from Mine. Fauvel: he was mis
taken. His first attempt failed. Having
an inventive turn of mind, lie determin
ed that the child should come to life.
Among his large circle of rascally ac
quaintances he selected a young fellow
to personate Raoul Valentine Wilson
and the chosen one stands before you."
Mine. Fauvel was in a pitiable stute.
And yet she began to feel a ray of hope
her acute anxiety had so long tortured
her that the truth was a relief she
would thank heaven if this wicked man
was proved to be no son of hers.
"Can this be possible?" she murmured
"can it be?"
Raoul saw that the game was up.
"You are a detective!" he ejaculated.
The fat man smiled grimly.
"At present," he replied, "I am merely
a friend of Prosper Hertoniy. It depends
entirely upon your behavior which char
acter I appear in while .settling up this
little affair."
"What do you expect me to do?"
"Restore the three hundred and f.fty
thousand francs whieh you have stolen."
"The money is in this room."
"Very good. This frankness is cred
itable, and will benefit you. I know
tl.at the money is in this room, and aiso
exactly where it is to be found. He
kind enough to look behind that cup
board. and on will find the three hun
dred and 11 fry thousand francs."
Kaoul tremblingly went lo the cup
board. and pulled oat several bundles of
bank notes, and an enormous package of
pawnbrokers' tickets.
"Very well done," said M. Verdure},
as he carefully examined the money and
papers: "this is the most sensible
.sup
you ever took."
Kaoul relied oil this moment, when
everybody's attention would be absorbed
by the money, 1o make his escape. lie
slid toward the door, gently opened it.
slipped our. and locked it on the outside:
the key being still in the lock.
"lie has escaped!" cried M. Fauvel.
"Naturally," replied M. Verdurct.
without even looking up "I thought he
would have sense enough to do that."
"Hut is he to go unpunished?"
"My dear sir, would you have this af
fair become a public scandal? I to you
wish your wife's name to be brought
into a case of this nature before the
police court?"
"Oh. monsieur:"
"Then the best thing you can do is to
let the rascal go scot free. Here are
receipts for all the articles which lie has
pawned, so that we should consider our
sehes fortunate. He has kept fifty thou
sand francs, but that is all the better
for you. This sum will enable him to
leave France, and we shail never see him
again."
So saying, the fat man took up his hat
am1, quietly left, the room, and jumping
into his cab. ordered the driver to reiurn
to l'aris, and drive to the Hotel du
Louvre as rapidly as possible.
llis mind was tilled with 'anxiety
about Clameran. He knew that Itaoul
would give him no more trouble: the
young rogue was probably taking his
passage for some foreign laud at that
moment. Hut Clameran should not es
cape unpunished and how this punish
ment could be brought about, without
compromising Mme. Fauvel was a prob
lem to be solved.
After long thought lie decided thai an
accusation of poisoning must come from
Oloron. He would go there and work
upon "public opinion." so that, to satisfy
the townspeople, the authorities would
order a post-mortem examination of Me
lioul. Hut this mode of proceeding re
quired time, and Clameran would cer
tainly escape before another day passed
over his head. He was too experienced
a knave to remain on slippery ground,
now that iiis eyes were open to the dan
ger which menaced him. It was almost
dark when the carriage stopped in trout
of the Hotel du Louvre. M. Yerduret
noticed a crowd of people collected in
groups, eagerly discussing some exciting
event which seemed to have just taken
place.
"What has happened?" lie demanded
of a lounger near by.
"The strangest thing you ever lie.nil
of." replied the man. "Yes. I saw him
with my own eyes. He first appeared at
that seventh story window he was
half dressed. Some men tried
only
lo
seize
him, but with the agility of a squirrel
he jumped out upon the roof, shrieking
'Murder! murder!' The recklessness of
his conduct led me to suppose
The gossip stopped short in his narra
tive, very much surprised and vexed his
questioner had vanished.
"If^ it should be Clameran!" thought
M. Verdnret: "if terror has deranged
lint brain, so capable of working out
great crimes.' Fate must have inter
posed
While thus talking to himself he el
bowed his way through the crowded
court yard of the hotel. At the foot of
the staircase he found M. Fant'brlot and
throe peculiar looking individuals, stand
ing together, as if waiting for some one.
"Wdl," cried M. Yerduret, "what is
the matter?"
1
CHAPTER XXV.
Raoul had been quietly creeping to
ward the door, hoping to cseapo while
no one was thinking of him. Hut M.
Verdure! was watching him out of the
corner of one eye. and stopped him just
as he v.-as about leaving the room.
"Not so fast, my pretty youth." he
said, dragging him into the middle of
the room "it is not polite to leave ns so
unceremoniously. Eet us finish the story.
Clameron hastened to I.otnlon. lie had
no di.lieulty in finding the farmer's wife
11 whom the old countess had intrusted
Gaston's son. Hut here an unexpected
disappointment greeted him. He learned
that the child, whose name was regis
tered on the parish hooks as Raoul Val
entino W ilson, had died of the croup
when eighteen months old."
"Hid any one state such a fact as
that?" interrupted Raoul "it is false!"
"It was not only stated, but proved,
my pretty youth," replied M. Verduiet.
"You don't suppose I am a man to trust
to oral testimony, do you?"
With laudable emulation the four men
rushed forward to report to their su
perior odiecr.
"The matter is this, patron," said
Fanferlot. dejectedly. ''I am doomed to
ill luck. You see how it is this is the
only chance 1 ever had of working out a
beautiful case. and. paf! my criminal
must go and lizzie! A regular case of
bankruptcy!"'
"Then it is Clameran who
"Of course it is. When the rascal saw
me this morning he scampered off like a
hare. You should have seen him run: I
thought he would never stop this side of
Ivr.v: but not at all. On reaching the
Koulevaril des Eeoles a sudden idea
seemed to strike him, and ho made a bee
line for his hotel: 1 suppose to get his
pile of money. Directly lie gets there
what docs he see? these three friends
of mine. The. sight of these gentlemen
had the effect of a sunstroke upon him
lie went raving mad on the spot. The
idea of serving me such a low trick at
the very moment I was sure of suc
cess!"
"Where is he now?"
"At the prefecture. I suppose. Some
policeman handcuffed him. and drove off
with him in a cab."
"Come with me."
M. Verdurct and Fanferlot found
Clameran in one of the private cells re
served for dangerous prisoners. He had
on a strait-jacket, and was struggling
violently against three men, who were
striving to hold him, while a physician
tried to force him to swallow a potion.
"Help!" he shrieked: "help! Io you
not st'B my cousin coming after me?
Look! he wants to poison me!"
M. Venliiret took the physician aside,
and questioned him about the maniac.
"The wretched man is in a hopeless
state." replied the doctor: "this species
of insanity is incurable. He thinks some
one is trying to poison him. and nothing
will persuade him to eat or drink any
thing and, as it is impossible to force
anything down his throat he will die of
starvation, after having suffered all the
tortures of poison."
M. Yerduret. with a shudder, turned
to leave the prefecture, saying to Fan
ferlot:
"Mme. Fauvel is saved!"
CHAPTER XXVI.
Four days had passed since the events
just: narrated, when, one morning, M.
I.eeoq—the otlieial l.eeoq. who resem
bled the dignified head of a bureau—
was walking up and down his private
otlicc. at each turn nervously looking at
the clock, which slowly ticked on tlio
mantel, as if it: had no intention of strik
ing any sooner than usual, to gratify
tin- man so anxiously watching its placid
face.
At last, however, the clock did strike,
.and just then the faithful .lanouille
opened ihe door, ami ushered in Mine.
Niua'aml Prosper Hertoniy.
"Ah." said M. Lecoq, "you lire punc
tual."
"M. Verdurct gave us express orders
to meet here in your ollice this morning,
and we have obeyed," said Madame
iypsy.
"Very good. said the celebrated de
tective. "Then be kind enough to wait
a few minutes: 1 •will tell him you are
here."
1 iring ihe quarter of an hour that
Nina and Prosper remained alone togeth
er they did not exchange a word. Finally
a door opened anil.M. Verdurct appear
ed.
Xiua and Prosper eagerly started 1o
wnru him, but he cheeked them by one
of iliose peculiar looks which no one
ever dared resisi.
"You have come." he said, severely,
"to hear the secret of my conduct. 1
have promised, and will keep my word,
however painful it may be to my feel
ings. Listen then. My best friend is a
loyal, honest man. named Oaldas. Eigh
teen months ago this friend was the hap
piest of men. Infatuated by a woman,
he lived for her Mlnne, and. fool that
he was, imagined that she felt the same
love for him."
"She did:-' cried Gypsy "yes, she al
ways loved him."
"She showed her love in a peculiar
way. She loved him so much tiiat one
fine day she discarded him. in his iirst
moments of despair Cahlas wished to
kill himself. Then he reflected that: it
would be wiser to live and avenge him
self."
"And then!" faltered Prosper.
Then Cahlas avenged himself in his
own way. He made the woman who de
serted him recognize his immense supe
riority. Weak, timid and helpless, her
cousin was disgraced, and was failing
over the verge of a precipice, when the
powerful hand of Cahlas reached forth
and saved him. You understand all now,
do you not? The woman is Xina. the
cousin is yourself, and Caldas is
With a quick, dextrous movement he
threw off his wig and whiskers, and
stood before them the real, intelligent,
proud I.eeoq.
"Csldas!" cried Nina.
"No, not Caldas. nor Verdnret any
longer: but Lecoq. the detective."
M. Lecoq broke the stupefied silence of
his listeners by saying to Prosper:
"It is not to me alone that you owe
your salvation. A noble girl confidcd to
me the difficult task of clearing jour
reputation. I promised her that M. Fau
vel should never know the secrets con
cerning his domestic happiness. Your
letter thwarted all my plans, and riade
it. impossible for mo to keep my prom
ise. I have nothing more to say."
He turned to leave the room, but Xina
barred his exit'.
"Caldas." she murmured, "I implore
yon to have pity on me! I am so mis
erable! Ah. if you only knew! I.!e for
giving to one who has always loved you.
Caldas: Listen:"
One month later was celebrated nt
the church of Xotre Dame the marriage
of M. Prosper Kertomy and Mile. Made
leine Fauvel.
The banking house is still in the Rue
de Province, hut as M. Fauvel has de
cided to retire, from business nnd live
in the country, the name of the firm
has been changed, and is now:
PROSPER BERTOMY & CO.
(The end.)
Y_
I
THE WEEKLY
One Hundred Years Ago.
.Tamos Monroe was appointed min
ister to Spain.
The French governor of Guadaloupo
forbade the shipping of newspapers to
the colony.
Owing to a long dry season the
coffee crop of Mexico was a complete
failure.
Three hundred slaves were employ
ed at the shipyards at Antwerp, Ger
many.
As the south wing of the eapitol at
Washington was not completed, the
members of the House of Representa
tives met in the library of the build
ing.
All talk of war between England
and Spain had ceased, notwithstand
ing the capture of the treasure frig
ates, for which 110 reparation had been
made.
The Hibernia, at that time tbe larg
est man-of-war ever built in England,
was launched at Plymouth.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
Spain ordered 8,000 stands of arms
to equip her soldiers who were going
Mexico.
Political riots occurred in London.
President Guerrero of Mexico relin
quished the extraordinary powers
granted to him by Congress on account
of the Spanish invasion.
The City Council of Washington
pased a law prohibiting gambling.
The Siamese twins were exhibited
in London.
Troops of Monterey revolted against
the governor of California, with 11
view to give all offices to Californians.
Sam Patch killed himself by jump
ing tbe Genesee Falls at Rochester,
X. Y.
Fifty Years Ago.
The American Ship Ilernld was fired
on by a Hritish man-of-war.
Tbe Canadian legislature voted
$100,1.100 toward the Hritish patriotic
fund.
New Granada prohibited fhe expor
tation of guano.
The city of Hoston adopted a new
charter.
A telegraph line was opened be
tween Paris and Hasfia.
Eighteen Hritish and twelve French
ships Avere lost oil the Black Sea.
The mosque of the Sultan was
blown down by the storm which
wrecked many other buildings in Con
stantinople.
Forty Years
Ago.
A school census made by the con
troller placed the population of Chi
cago at HiO.lio.'i.
Sheridan sent an army through
Front Royal in file Shenandoah Val
ley. capturing many prisoners, guns
and horses.
Chicago was the hiding place of hun
dreds of men who had fled from their
homes to avoid 11m draft, and many
army officials were searching for thetii.
Three bounty jumpers, arrested and
convicted of desertion in Chicago and
St. Paul. Mere sentenced to be shot
at Fort: Shelling. Minn.
Reports circulated throughout the
Xorth that the movement of Sherman
through Georgia toward Charleston
was intended to give Georgia and
South Carolina an occasion, desired by
them, to secede front the Confederacy.
Thirty Years
Ago.
Forty persons wore drowned by the
sinking of the packet Empire at New
Orleans.
The government of Saxony forbade
the practice of cremation.
Gladstone and Archbishop Manning
were engaged in spirited exchange of
press interviews on the relative de
mand of church and state on a Roman
Catholic.
England was thrown into a state of
excitement by the reported death of
tjueen Victoria in Balmoral castle.
St. Petersburg newspapers announc
ed that the government had deter
mined to introduce a system of com
pulsory education.
Lieutenant Governor V. V. Smith
proclaimed himself the lawful gover
nor of Arkansas instead of Governor
Garland, elected under the new consti
tution. and appealed to the President
to sustain him.
Twenty Years Ago.
The French forces captured and oc
cupied Tamsni. China.
The official canvass of Xew York
State was completed, assur'n-i 'lie
election of Cleveland as res' lent.
A treaty of commerce between tha
United States and the Spanish West
Indies was concluded with Spain.
The tribunal in Paris proclaimed the
absolute divorce of Mme. Tatti from
the Marquis de Caux.
Shop Talk.
"Say, let up, will you," said the
wagon wheel. "You make me tired."
"You fellows are always running
around," rejoined the blacksmith "no
wonder you have that tired feeling."
"You are like your bellows," con
tinued the wheel, "full of wind."
"Huh!" exclaimed the bellows "yon
needn't think you are the entire gun
store just because you happen to be a
little revolver.'.'
Then the wagon tongue spoke up
and put an end to the hubbub.
Stuck to tli* Truth.
Lawyer—Y'ou have taken your oath,
and I want you to answer caeli of
questions honestly.
Witness—Yes, sir.
lawyer—What is your occupation?
Witness— I am a driver.
'"?.w-vei—Ho you drive a wagon?
Witness—Xo, sir I do not.
Lawyer—Xow be careful and remem
ber that you are on your oath. You ad
mit that yon are a driver! now, honestly,
don t. you drive a wagon?
Witness—Xo. sir drive a horse.—
Albany Journal.
The Black Hand.
"Charley had a dread tut time last
night," said young Mrs. Torkins. "He
says he was a victim of the 'Black
Hand.'
"You don't say so!" exclaimed the
caller.
"Yes. He came home without cent.
I don't quite understand the particulars
as he explained them. Hut they pulled a
deadly weapon on him that is known as
a club flush."—Washington Star.
Good News for All.
Bradford. Tenn.. Nov. 21.—(Special.)
Scientific research shows Kidney
Trouble to bo the father of so many
diseases that news of a discovery of a
sure cure for it cannot fail to be wel
comed all over the country. And ac
cording to Mr. J. A. Davis of this
place just such a cure is found in
Dodd Kidney Pills. Mr. Davis says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills are all that is
claimed them. They have done me
more good than anything I have ever
taken. I had Kidney Trouble very
bad and after taking a few boxes of
Dodd's Kidney Pills I am completely
cured. 1 cannot praise them too
much."
Kidney Complaint develops into
Bright's Disease, Dropsy. Diabetes.
Rheumatism and other painful and
fatal diseases. The safeguard is to
cure your kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
Pills when they show the first symp
tom of disease.
Fecundity of Finny Tribe.
In a chapter on the artificial culti
vation of sea fish, contributed by It. B."
Marston to Aflulo's "British Salt Water
Fishes," it is stated that there need'
be no fear that such important fish as
the cod and the herring can ever be
come extinct or oven reduced in num
bers i^bv man, except locally. A cod
of teirponnds has a million eggs. On&i
July !!(, 1895, Professor Hensen calcu
lated that there must be over 27S.0uO,
000,000 of impregnated cod eggs in
each square Norwegian geographical*
mile of the surface of the Sliagerrak.
Consequently tbe three or four hun
dred millions of eggs artificially hatch
ed and turned in annually from a Nor
wegian hatchery are only a drop in the
ocean.
In America, however, codfish culture
has had beneficial results iu establish
ing lucrative fisheries in inshore waters'
of Xew England that had been en
tirely depleted or had not contained'"
any great stock of tliem previous to
the operations of the fish commission.
Still more splendid have been ti.e re
sults from the culture of shad, once a.
luxury obtainable only by a few. but
now plentiful and comparatively cheap.
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OEDEEED OUT BY A P0WEBFUI
COMBINATION.
A Kanso* Woman Sncceed* in Main
taining Her Right to Earn Her
Living.
The walking delegate is not the only
one who can order the employee to give
up his job. Some irregularity in his
health may force him from his work andif
render him incapable of improving thol
very finest opportunity in the world.
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Miss "Wiunifred Ray, of No. 917
Water street, Wichita, Kansas,
has
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which illustrates this point. She says
"In 19011 began to suffer from con
siderable disturbance of my health.
There was derangement of stomach and
bowels, as well as female, troubles.
My appetite became very feeble. Some
days I had no desire for food at all and
when I did take any it caused mo great
discomfort, particularly burning sensa
tions. Ialso had palpitation of the heart I
and often a sense of being smothered,
and I became so nervous I couldn't slec p.
One doctor thought I had heart disease,
another consumption, another a radical
disorder of the liver. While I was not
confined to my bed, I was so miserable
that I really thought I must die.
"After suffering in this way for a year
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sation left my stomach and I could eat
nearly everything I wanted. I had no
more pain in my abdomen and no more i?
trouble with my heart. My whole system
appeared to be regulated and the grave
fears of the doctors were all banished. I
I have recovered my strength and
cheerfulness and am able to do my reg
ular daily work and to support myself
again. The pills have done me great
good and I believe thej
would help others
equally if they would try them."
Dr. Williams* Pink Pills for Pale Peo-1
pie are sold by all druggists, or direct by &
Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Sche
nectady, N. Y., 60 cents per box six
t««*es for 12.50, postpaid.
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