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By E. L. Rainey.
WASHINGTON LIFE.
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WOMEN WHO MAKE MISORYNIST
0f THE CONGRESSMEN,
They Want Offices for Themselves or Their
Relattons. Vain Efforts of Congress
men to Escape Them.
If a man wishes to retain his -high
ideal of woman and to avoid be’cnmmg.a
copfirmed misogynist, he shouid refrain
fro.nn entering congress. No bachelor
could be expected to marry after one
term in cougress, and any married man
of a sufficient susceptible nature to eu
danger his wife’s peace of mind will
pave his wandering proclivities cured
aiter he has represented his constituency
for a few months. Wives are frequently
heard to deplore the entrance of their
pusbands into public life because of the
temptations, the snares and pitfalls by
which they will be encompassed. That
is uppecessary. Any wise wife who
wishes her husband to think she is the
oue desirable woman in the world, and
that the rest of her sex are pret'y nearly
all unbearable pests, will urge her hus
pand to ran for congress, and do every
thing in her power to get him elected.
fle may not want a secound term, but she
will never again have cause for jealousy,
for he will ever after turn pale at the
fru-fro of a silken skirt, and cling to his
wife with an ardor equalling that of anti
nuptial days, -
The man who seeks an appointment
through his congressmanj is often a ter
por, but the woman who seeks an office
for herself, her husband, her brother,
her nephew or mniece, secord or third
gousin is a daily recurring horror as im
| possible to shake off as the Old Man of
the Sea, as uutamable as a huriicane, as
initating as & Jersey mosquit), and as
persistent as a small boy with a question |
toask, The women who baunt con- .
gressmen never consider the fact wheth- ]
er heis their particular representative;
they will tackle any congressman from
anywhere and labor with him until, in}
desperation, he promises to say or do
omelhing in their behalf which both he
and they know is perfectly absurd, but
which ouly serves to give the haunting
¥oman another excuse for followiug him
! up with even greater insistence.
- luthat part of Statuary Hall in the
cupito’ set 2side for women visitors of
?c:\ngre*ssmen tableaux are enacted daily
that bring tears of sympathy to the eyes
of those who know what the poor vic
timized representatives are undergoing.
The women who come there day after
day are rarely fitted in any way for the
Offices they are seeking, and their claims
forrelatives or friends are not entitied
‘[to much weight in any quarter, The
}Wu!:mn who are entitled to something
i aud get it do so through other channels;
they do not spend their time sitting
#ound the reception, rooms seeking
Whom they may devour. After several
Visits to thig reception room you gst to
know a number of the regulars, as the
Pages call them, by sight. They are of
;all kinds and conditions as to size, color
'ng and dress, but the same grim deter-
Mination to let no guilty congressman
®cape glitters in the eve of all, the same
glibness of, tongue, the same impervious
n.ess 0 snubs, are noticeable in all the
Silters, Atter their cards go in it is of
little use for a ¢.ngressman t» send wora
that he is engaged or is out. They know
il those tricks well, acrd calmly wait
und until they cateh him going in
o, very often with friends whem he
does not wish to have detained, while the
Yoman holds Lis coat-sleeve in a vice
m‘e‘éfip- Short of leaving his coat in
R e
S ou(; . .eu, “: ich is said to be the
i 'Ol n-oug wefstern representa
-4 400 persistent woman, he
?l?of? l::thiug but listen. It is, on the
‘% vasier and better to come out and
:l?et;:; ;[:] ;be room and get it over for
airs a;m c‘ 80, hour after hour, the
, ! couches are occupied by de
::Bbsfi’s:if;tcl;ed‘ looking congressmen
Dersuasaon; p Ilre of reasons, petitions,
R e, b,oat!;( reproaches. A.rgumem
blenc, alm tl‘x;(; (?fvlnaress.tlaax-x listens in
*ostrued into as:;::fe ;18 :‘ngg?iou?zy
B thg ‘mfori-mat 0 all that is said,
Sutering o i ¢ mwan finds himself
‘Kains'.’wi, 10se entangling alliances
the Fa;he ich b'e has been warned by
Far m:rzf ;I‘SS'Oumry. ‘
thag thg o 1 WO“’a ed by congressmen
o, coaeq vOice‘rinen are the loudly drass-
Youen wp o s iand mannered young
they iy sun;; f they will only ask |
y get, and that nmo con- .
gressman in his senses can resist their
pursuasions., These adopt a familiar
tore after one unwillingly granted inter
view that is simplv maddeuing and
drives the congressman to buttermilk
drinking 1n the cafe. These are like the
poor, always with him, ana he gets to be
an expert dodger of shirt waists and
summer hats. 'T'he divimity of woman is
seldom granted by congressmen, and the
house of representatives is the safest
place on earth in which a jeal us wife
can put her husband.—Washington let
ter in New York Sub.
et 4 4 e e
The editor of thke Evans City, Pa.,
Globe writes: “One Minute Cough Ture
is rightly named. It cured my children
after all other remedies failed.” Itcures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
‘troubles.
i SALE-DAvVIS Drea Co,
EVERYTHING TAXED BUT FEVER.
A Scientifically Complete Tax List in
Congo.
A report on the Congo Independent
state which has just been issued by the
foreign office gives a somewhat caustic
description of the state’s administrative
activity. It points out that a new set
tler in the country, having traveled by
rail as far as the railway line is open, re
quires poriers, but before he can en
gage any he must payg for a license.
Whaen provided with that he formsa
caravan—every load in it costs him a
further tax. For the navigation of the
upper river beyond Stanley pool he needs
a steamer. on which another impost is
levied. The vessel cannot go more than
a day without renewing its fuel, There
is abundance in the forests, and it bene
fits timber to remove the dead wood. A
licanse to take it, however, has to be
paid for. Not being able always to land
directly from the steamer, he needs a
rowing boat, and is taxed for that as
well. Ashore again he finds himself
wanticg a house, He must build, but
be has to lease his plot from the siate,
aud pay according to measurement. For
building, timber is requiréed. He has to
cut it himself, but is taxed all the same
at 80 much a log. Aware of there beirg
no skilled workmen in the place, he has
taken a few up with him from the coast.
For leave to make use of them in state
territory he is taxed according to their
number, and if he employ any of the ab
origines to assist iln the work there is a
payment due on them also. In respect
to the finished house, a tax is levied pro
portionate to the surface it covers, al
though he had paid already for the en
tire plot. A necessaryadjunct to a trop
ical house is a detaced kitchen, That
carries another tax. The settler must
pay again oa a hut for his domestic
servants. Being of a humane disposi
tion, the setiler considers his laborers,
and makes another shelter—a low roof
on bare poles—for them and the crews
of passing steamers, who alwas sleep
ashore. This is caring for the state’s
own people. There is a tax to pay,
nevertheless, Another is due on a house
for his featbered live stoek. It is no ex
azgeration to speak of the hencoop being
registered., Yet another is leviable on a
ilouse for the goats and sheep. “I may
sum up this portion of my remarks,” ob
served Mr. Consul Pickersgill, in conclu
siom, ‘‘by quoting the jocose observation
of the English and American mission
aries, who declared to me that there is
nothing free in the lbndependent State
‘except fevers; while a Belgian father,
lwith #hom 1 had some conversation on
the subject, remarked: *‘The goyerc
‘ment taxes even the civilization we
\ bring.”’—London Telegraph.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by conpstitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube gets in
flamed you have a rumbling souad or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed deafness is the. results and un
less the inflamation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition hearing will be destroyed foreyer;
nine cases out of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which i nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh.
Cure. Send for circulars free,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75 ceats,
Hall’s Family Fills are the best.
Rel 1 e
Sick headache, biliousness, constipa
tion and all liver and stomach troubles
can be quickly cured by using those fa
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Dawson, Ga., Wednesday, July 20, 1898.
BATHED IN BLOOD.
MOST SINGULAR AND HORRIBLE
TRAGEDY IN HISTORY.
The Sister of a King of Poland Killed 300
Maidens 1n Order to Preserve
Her Youth,
About the year 1610 Elizabeth Bathori,
sister to the King of Poland, and wife of
a rich and powerful Hungarian magnate,
was the principal actor in the most sin
gular and horrible tragedy mentioned in
history. She occupied the castle ofi
Csejta, in Transylvania, |
Like most other ladies of that period
she was surrounded by a troop of young
girls, generally the daughters of poor
but noble parents, who lived in houwor
able servitude, in return for which their
education was cared for and their dowry
secured,
Elizabeth was of a severe and cruel
disposition, and her hand-maidens had
no joyous life. Slight faults are said to
have been punished by most merciless
tortures,
Oue day, as the lady of Csejta was ac
miring at the mirror those charms which
that faithful monitor told her were fast
waning, she gave way to her ungovern
able temper, excited perhaps by the mir
ror’'s unwelcome hint, and struck her
unoffending maid with such force in the
face as to draw blood.
As she washed from her hands the
stain she! fancied the part which the
blood had touched grew whiter, softer,
and, as it were, younger. Imbued wijh
the credulity of the age, she believed rlie
had discovered what so many philoso
phers had wasted years in secking for.
She supposed that in virgin’s blood she
had found the elixir vitae, the fouutain
of never-failing youth and beauty.
Remorseless by nature and now urged
on by irrepressible vanity, the thought
no sooner flashed across her brain than
her resolution was taken; the life of her
luckless handmaiden was not to be com
pared to the precious boon her death
promised to secure. Elizabeth, howev
er, was wary as well as cruel,
At the foot of the rock on which Csej
ta stood was a small cottage, inhabited
by two old women, and betwean the cel
iar of this cottage and the castle was a
subterranean passage, known only to one
or two persons, and never used but in
times of danger. With the aid of these
old crones and her steward Elizabeth
ied the poor girl through the secret pass
age to the cottage, and, after murdering
hier, bathed in her blond.
Not satisfied with this first essay, at
different intervals, by the aid of these
accomplices and the secret passage, no
less than three hundred maidens were.
sacrificed on the altar of vanity and su
perstition. .
Several years had been occupied in
this pitiless slaughter, and no suspicion
‘of the truth was excited, though the
greatest amazement pervaded the coun
fry at the disappearance of many per-
SODS,
At last, however, Elizabeth called into
play against her two passions even
stronger than vanity and cunning. Love
and revenge becams interested in the
discovery of the mystery. Among the
mystery of Csejta was a beautiful virgin,
who was loved by and betrothed to a
young mad of the neighborhond.
In despair at the loss of his mistress
he followed the traces with such perse
verence that, in spite of the hitherto suc
cessful caution of the murderess, he pen
etrated the bloody secrets of the castle,
and, burning for revenge, flew to Pres
burg, boldly accused Elizabeth Bathori
of murder before the palatine in open
court and demanded judgment against
her.
»0 grave an accusation brought
against a person of such high rank de
n anded the most serious attention, and
the palatine usndertook to investigate the
affair in person.
Proceeding immediately to Csejta, be
fore the murderess or her accomplices
had any idea of the accusation, he dis.
covered the still warm body of a young
girl, whom they had been destroving as
the palatine approached and bad not
time to dispose of before he approached
them,
The rank of Elizabeth mitigated her
punishment to imprisonment for life,
but her assistants were burned at the
siake,
Legal documents still exist to attt:t
the truth of this circumstance.—London
News,
Changed the Subject.
Fred—*‘How are you getting on with
Miss Angell? Did you speak to her fa
tiber, as you determined?"’
Frank—*‘Yes.”’
Fred—'**How did it come out?"’
Frank—*“So, so. I said to him, ‘Mr
Angell, I love your daughter.” ‘Sodo I,
now let's talk of something else.’’
Fred—‘‘Aund then?"’
Frank—‘‘We talked about s«mething
else,” L
BISULPHIDE OF CARBON, 3
Chemistry’s Deadliest Enemy to Germ s
and Pests.,
Bisulphide of carbon has become of
late years one of the most useful agents
knowa to chemistry. Itis a colorless,
ill-smelling liquid, which evaporates so
rapidly when exposed to the atmosphore
thac when a quantity of it is poured out
upon the grass in the sunshine hoar frost
rapidly forms about the spot. Perhaps
the most important use of the bisulphide
arises from its quality as a germicide,
It is a deadly enemy to life, both animal
ald vogetable. Its practical® nse as a
germicide and ins ecticide depends in
large part upon its rapid evaporation,
and upon the fact that the resultant gas
is much heavier than atmospheric air,
The very last application of bisalphide
of carbon was made the other day by a
farmerin northern Delaware, He poured
a quantity of the s:uff down a rat hole,
waited beside the hole with a club and
in ten or twelve minutes killed twenty
‘five rats. The liquid, evaporated as it
~went, formed a heavy gas that quickly
‘permeated every part of the burrow be
1w the vent, and the suffocating rats
‘made for the open air as rapidly as pos
sible only to encounter the farmei’s club.
The astonishing thing to those that know
the deadly character of the gas is that
the rats were able to reach the open air,
for many small animals bave been known
to perish in a vain attempt to escape tl e
fumes of the bisulphide.
millers and the o #ners of grain eleva
tors look upon the bisulphide of carbon
as one of their useful agents, When a
mill, an elevator or a granary becomes
infested with weevil bisulphide of car
bon is the cheapest and mos; effective
thing to exterminate the pest. So dead
ly is the gas, however, anl so rapidly
does it act, that the utmost care m i+t b>
taken in applying the bisulphide. It is
asually sprinkled over the grain from
waterng pots. The liquid is rapidly
converted into a gas and the latter sinks
quickly through the grain, carrying death
to the weevil and even to the unhatched
‘eggs, : : ,
‘BO long as the persons applying the
liquid stand above the point of applica
tion they ave pretty safe fom the fumes,
but occasionally the workmen breathe a
little of the gas and have to be removed
at once to the open air, as the heart is
quickly paralyzed by the action of the
bisulphide. It is usual to treat the low
er floors of a granary first, so that thcse
employed in the work may keep con
stantly above the gas, Apy animal, as a
cat or a dog, shut up in an apartment
where the bisulphide is doing its work
is found dead wher the place 18 open
ed.
The officer of an agricultura! experi
ment station, superintending|the applica
tion of bisulphide of carbon to a laige
farm granary, empioped several negroes
to sprinkle the liqu:d over the grain. He
took the precaution to have them wear
boots, but almost instantly as they tram.
pled over tbe newly sprinkled grain they
began to complaip of pains in their feet.
One insisted that his feet were burning.
They were kept at the work with diffi
culty. When they finally reached the
open air they were told t) feel of their
buots. Each snatched away his finger,
exclaiming that his boot was burusing
hot. As a matter of fact, although it
was a summer day, the boots were vyery
cold and the feet of the men slightly
frostbitten. The rapid evaporation of
the bisulphide had greatly reduced the
temperature of the wheat, and it in turn,
had robbed the.men of animal heat,
As the bisulphide is not only fatal to
life, but extremely explosive it has to be
haudled}with great care.—New Yo:k,Sun.
PROSTRATED IN THE PULPIT.
Rev. Pounrnelle Has a Hemrrhage While
Preaching.
The Silverton correspondent of the
Cuthbert I.eader says: ‘‘ Brother
Pournelle, who is in'very feeble health,
after preaching a very able sermon at
New Prospect church last Saturday,
was taken with hemorrhage of the
lungs during the afternoon, which
prostrated this taithful servant of the
Lord. He was compelled to return to
his home in Dover without filling his
appointment Sunday morning at 11
o’clock.” :
Chief Burgess of Milesburg, Pa.,
says DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are the
best he has ever used in his family dur
in forty years of housekeeping. They
cure constipation, sick headache and
stom: ch and liver troubles. Small im
size but great in results.
SALE-DAvls Drue Co.
Vol. 14.—N0. 47.
SHIPS A SAD SIGHT,
DESOLAT[ON..RUIN, HORROR AND
DEATH ON EVERY HAND.
Chaos in Steel Coffins. Mangled Corpses a
Grewrome Feast'for Buzzards. Rude
Wooden Cross Mark the Pit Where
Lie the Spanish Dead.
At Associated Press dispatch says
the vessels which composed Admiral
Cervera's squadrcn, converted into
wrecked jcharnal houses, are litter
ing the Cuban coast, and the scenes of
desolation, ruin, horror and death baf
fle description,
At the entrance to the harbor lies
the Reina Mercedes, sunk at midnight
on july 3.
Westward, five miles from the har
bor, is a torpedo boat destroyer, stuck
fast in the rocks, close in shore, and
battered by the surf. Rocks jutting
out of tne water, just in front of where
she lies, hide her hull from view.
Visible from the sea a few miles fur
ther, in an inlet, embraced by two
mighty arms of black rocks that ex
tend half a mile into the sea, are the
remains of the vwin ecruisers Infanta
Maria Teresa and Almirante Oquendo,
formerly the pride of the Spanish
navy. §
On beyond hes the Viscaya, a mass
of ruins, and 42 miles away from San
tiago the Cristobal Colon lies nelpless
on her sides,
The Infanta Maria Teresa and the
Almirante Oquendo stand upright,
stuck fast on the recky shoals.
All that is left of them is their outer
hulls, the heavy armor defying total
annihilation, Inside of them the
work of destruction is complete.
Exploded shells, burned rifles and
revolvers, pieces of yellow brass work
and gold and silver coin melted by the
intense heat are strewn all over the
remains of the once proud armored
cruisers whose protected decks only
stand in places. :
But the most ghastly, horrible sight
in those silent steel coffins are the
mangled, scarred and charred bodies
of hundreds of brave sailors sacrificed
for their country.
Buzzards are feeding off the dead
and others are hovering oyer /the
wrecks.
On the beach other flocks of vultures
sit in silence, waiting for the sea to
give up its dead. '
Every tide adds to the tale ot hor
ror, washing up such objects as, for
instance, a sleeve enclosing a wasted
arm or otber portions of human bod
ies gniwed by sharks and countless
relics of the battle.
Attention has been given to the bur
ial of the dead of the enemy, and over
one hundred bodies taken from the
ships or washed ashore have been in
terred .upon the beach by Rear\Admi
ral Sampson’s orders. Those which
row remain are either almost totally
destroyed by fire, charred beyond rec
ognition or lie in the depth of the sea.
These form the food of the buzzards,
who keep jconstany vigil about the
wrecks,
The buried remains lie in a confused
mass, unnumbered and unnamed, in &
huge piv dug in the sandy beach, where
the vessels went ashore.
A rude woodenj cross from the
wreckage alone marks the grave, a
grave over which Spain well may
mourg.
Robbed the Grave,
A startling incideat, of Which Mr,
Jobn Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
“I was in a most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken,
tongue coated, pain ccntinually in back
and sides, no appetite—gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physi
cians had given me up. Fortunately, a
friend advised trying ‘‘Electric Bitters,”
and to my great joy and surprise the
first bottle made a decided improvement.
I continued their use for tiree weeks,
ard am now a well man., I kpow they
saved my life, and robbed the grave of
another victim.” No one should fail to.
try them, Only 50 cents per bottle at.
Sale-Navis Drug Co’'s.
Strikes Boston as ¥Nevel,
The soldiers in Cuba will wear troad
ers made of Georgia jeans, manufact
ured from Georgia cotton, and one
southern manufacturer has received
a contract for the manufacture of
2,000,000 yards of jeans suitable for
trouserings. The idea of going to
Georgia for trousers seems novel in
deed.—Boston Globe,
