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By GENEVIEVE ULMAR,
aithor of "A Weird Wedding Wight," "TU
Love of Her Life," "The Stolen Bride*
groom," "Cruel ae the Orate,"
“Her Wedding Night,"
Etc., Eto, Etc.
CHAPTER III—Continued.
They hnd told him ho wne insane, a dnn-
geions lunatic under reairaint for hie own
good, nnd often he hnd thought his reneon
was indeed deserting him.
Ho hnd feigned iu«auity to delude them,
becnuRo he knew tiro whole ftnlmu* of hie
persecution, nnd realized thnt once the
human ghouls who imprisoned him deemed
the jmst n blank to him they would relax
their vigilance, |ierclinnc,o sot him at liberty,
adrift. O’;, tlio world, n blighted, broken
Wiec.'; of his former self.
'in was feigning now. carrying odt tho
deft deception lie hndbo.un months before
and which hnd even deluded thnt kaen-
Wittod expert tho Doctor.
Ah Vnnco looked within the room he saw
Vue victim of liis 01 unity Rented ou tho odge
of the oouoh. Ho belli In one hnnda piece
of stick. 'J ho other end rosted on his
shoulder. Its length wns Unversed by a
B icoo of string, nnd neross this, with all
io grace nnd ndeptnoss of a skillod mu-
sioinu, the apparent lunatic was sawing to
and fro with a smaller Rtick in his freo
hand.
lie accompanied his wild motions with a
crooning, melancholy sound, in imitation
of tho mimic of tho violin.
Dor a moment Vance stnred curiously,
strangely at tho man. Thou ho turned to
the Doctor.
"What doos this menu?” he askod, won*
doringly.
“That is his insane hobby,” replied tho
other, with a plnoiil smile. “He imagine*
ho is a groat musician. All day and most
of tho night lie is at it.”
“Open iho door."
“Yon still wish to go in?"
“Yob. 1 will know If thl* man la really
insano. ”
A key grated in iho rustod locks, nnd the
f iunderous door swung open on its heavy
ron hinges,
Tho Doutor motioned Vance to remain
behind while ho nppronoliod tho prinouor.
“Wyuuol" ho said.
Tho mnn on tho couch paid not the least
attention to him.
The Doctor caught his arm and shook it
roughly. Wynno sinrod at him stupidly,
and (lien resumed his ermtio playing on
the two sticks.
If Ihoy could only have seen his averted
fnce nt that moment I It expressed nil tho
pent-up injustice of long, cruel years ae
tho Doctor Hiiid to Ins corapnnion:
"You see, Vance, he is hopelessly in*
sniic."
"He seems ho.”
"lie is so. Ho satisfied. I will Bend a
limn with him on n trnin hundreds of mile*
from Iho ctly. Then lot him loso himself,
anil wo Hlinll cover bo troubled with him
again. It’s safer than murder. Why, ho
don't oven remember his mime!”
The man llioy spoke of stalled violently
as ho heard (liter words, though seemingly
absorbed in his insane play.
i'hey are going to set me free!" ho
hreitlicd, tnmuliuouslv. "My deception
I successful. Oh, God, I thank
Thee! nt last, nt lust!'’
His heart stood slill at the next words
thnt loll from Vance's lips.
“No,” spoko the latter. "I will t«Ht this
man's powers of memory to tho utmost.
Bring (lie brazier and tlio branding iron
here.
"Be reasonable, Vance!” urgod Iho Doc
tor. "Ion will only indict unnecessary
pain mi I nlluin no beneficial losttU.”
"I care not,” was the savage reply. “If
this man is saint hn will evinco it at tlio
tori mo indicted on one lie will know to bo
his child, tho girl wo call Torosn.
Over tlio face of the prisoner came a dead
pallor. Tho sticks almost fell from his
bands, llis hoped-for powers of cuilur-
a eo in carrying out a deception upon which
depended his life itself seemed doserting
him.
"Merciful heavens!" bo gasped, brokenly.
My child, my child; what now torture
have thoBo inhuman fiends in store for
mol"
The
CHAPTER IV.
TUB NIGHT Of YKARH.
wolds that lmd been spoken by
Vance were uttered intentionally to affect
the prisoner Wynne.
The doctor’s companion, as he breathed
them, kept his eye fixed steadfastly on the
supposed lunatic, but he was not gratified
in bis hope of detecting any trace of intel
ligence in the a lions of Iho bitter.
Wynne, sutlering llie most i oiguant emo
tion, realized how a single falso step might
destroy in a moment the careful work of
months, and summoned to ids aid his
keenest powers of dissimulation.
Thus, while enduring tortures of mind
that almost overwhelmed him, bo kept up
tho t emblanee of idiocy which might win
hit.i freedom.
llo suppressed tho quiver of horror
which Undo him drop his insane assump
tion and frantically appeal to bis jailers to
spare bis darling cliill tho torments they
menaced, nnd the wild, ungoverimblo fury
which drovo him to fly at \ mice's Ibrontnnd
choke tho craven life from his miserable
body.
With renowod energy, nnd apparent ab
sorbing devotion to ono idea, he resumed
the idle playing of tlio imaginary violin,
■till murmuring tlio solemn strains of some
old melody to kocp time to his erratic
movements.
“I understand it all," he murmured,
gaspingly. “Theso men wish to test my
insanity. They will bring hero one of tho
children stolen from mo—they will torture
her before my eyes. Merciful heavens! can
I endure Iho fearful ordeal, or will I break,
and, revealing my insanity to bo feigned,
min all my hopes of ever again scouring
my liberty?"
Every nerve was thrilling with pained
suspense ns lie listened and glanced cov
ertly nt his jailors.
The doctorjiad uttered a peculiar whistle,
and a minute later Dyke entered the room.
“All ready,” spoke the doctor, briefly.
“The brazier?”
“Yes.”
“And the girl?"
“Later."
Dyke disappeared. Both Vance and the
doclor stood watching Wynne curiously un
til (heir emissary re-entered the place.
When lie did so he bore iu his hand a
tripod brazier.
Tho prisoner shuddered secretly as he
saw the glowing coals, and the handle of a
branding iron protruding from the fire.
“Go for the girl," spoke the dootor, and
Dyke left the room a second time.
When he came back Santo was not with
him, but little Teresa was. Her form shiv
ering with fright and tho oold, her big blue
eyes rested on the oocupants of the cellar-
room with a shrinking timidity.
“Go to that man and speak to him,” or
dered Dyke, in a whispered commanding
tone to the little one.
Teresa hesitated, remembered the pad
rone’s parting threat to beat her if she dis
obeyed his friends, and then tremblingly
crossed the floor to where the prisoner sat
Vance’s eyes glowed like two sparks of
fire as be awaited the crisis, his glance
never leaving the face of Wynne.
To that poor tortured soul it seemed as
u ovory pattering rootstep wbteh brought
i nearer nnd nearer to him tlio darling child
I whoso fnce, so like her sainted mother's,
hnd filie 1 his memory through liie bitter
y«ars of hopeless incarceration, ohly echoed
the Bounding strokoB of inevitable doom.
Oh! it whs cruel, heartless, to tempt hi*
reason thus, How could he resist the im
pulse to clasp her in his nrms in a fottd otn-
bracc, to weep forth nil the Borrow and an
guish of his breaking heart?
For they had said Rbo was his child—the
Teresa he had not seen since she wns a
babe!
One covert glance ho cast at the advanc
ing form. Sight nnd sense seemed to de
sert him. Every loving instinct of his na
ture Beamed to go out in pity and nffbbtioti
to the trembling child Whose face was the
race ot the dead, whose souirai eyes seemed
to recognleo in his swift glance, instinct
ively, the parent love.
Some supernatural aid seemed lent his
failing will to mechanically cohtintto Iho
fraud no was noting. Ho did not dare to
look at lrar again, for her wistful ejres
rested upon him. Ho jangled tho sticks
noisily to droWn the mighty sob that con
vulsed his fratne.
bWr a moment little Teresa stood staring
mutely at tho emnoiated form and ihe mys
tifying mockery of dethroned reason. Then
sho forget lime nnd plnoo. Terror gnvo
W«y lo pity. Tho soul spoke in that poor
fragile form, nnd her hand, light ae the
sweeping wing of an angel, rested ou
Wynne's arm.
"Foor old man—why do yon sing so
sadly?"
An awful Ihroe of agony—awful because
its suppression seemed to rend hife very
eouL convulsed tho heart of tho prisbnor.
Ob the threshold of suOocRs in his impos
ture, his destiny trembled in the balance of
a child's tender tones of sympathy.
He knew that cold, ornel, calculating
eyes were upon him. He wnvored, then
rallied, and thon, summoning nil his oour*
age, turned a glance that was heart-tendihg
in its vory falsity Upon the child at his side.
"Go awayi you disturb my music!"
The tocos wore gruff, harsh, choked,
torriblo in n breath. The child shrank
back. The mnn bent his head over his
imaginary violin, praying benvon to for-
S lvo him in his hour of terrible peril for
isowuing and repelling tho child ho loved.
Had the crisis imst was tho ordeal end
ed? Not yet. Tho half-satisfied Vnnco,
relentless ns n sleuth-hound, motioned lo
tho doctor; his cruel lips formed rather
than spoke the Wonil:
"Thobtnzier tho brand."
A mighty sliuddor rout tho framo of tho
prisoner, but still ho noisily janglod tlio
stieks together and crooned his mournful
lnouody of Bung.
"Como horo!'
D.vke roughly drew tho shrinking Teresa
to his Hide. In n flash ho bared nor arm
and held it firmly. Hho wincod with pain
at his ungontlc touch, but did not cry out,
and stood palo aud perplexed, wondering,
in her innooont, childish way, what all the
strange aerno could signify.
Dyke advnncod lo die Ride of the mad
musioinn.
"Wyntiol" ho hissod In his ear, “your
child, Teresa, see, she is yonder. Speak,
man, if you would spare her suffering and
torture."
Tho prisoner nevor uttered a word. Witti
remarkably assuuiod indifference he stared
vacantly at the speaker, and want on with
his crazy manouvors.
"The brand I" eriod Vance, savagely.
There was an awful scream of agony from
Teresa, a frightful hissing sound, a sick
ening odor of burning flush as iho soaring
iron in Dyko's hand rested on iho white,
quivering surfaco of the poor safferor’s
bared arm.
It was more than Wynne could endure,
with n cry that resembled the furious snarl
of an ouniged beast of pray, ho flung tho
wooden sticks to Iho floor.
"lie will botray himself; the test has
been too much for him!" breathed the
watching, eager Yanco, triumphantly.
Wynno sprang forward toward the
brazier, determined to hazard all in secur
ing his child from hor cruel inquisitors.
One glanco, however, told him that the
f ioril was pnst. On Iho voids of betraying
limself, lie saw that suon action could
neither benefit little Teresa nor himself.
A sudden impulso swn.ved him to retrieve
himself ere it was too late. Affecting au
insane delight over Dyke's fiendish act, he
orted eagerly:
"More! more! burn more! The hissing
fire nnd my violin will koep lime to her
cries!"
It wns a horriblb effort that ho exerted to
throw apparent sincerity into his words and
motions.
llis honrt was breaking with pity for the
Bobbin pained child. He could hnvo torn
her perseeulois to pieces hud ho strength.
As Dyke pushed him hack ho resumed his
imaginary violin, and iuughod with seeming
fiendish gleo at the sufferings of little
Teresa.
"You nro satisfied?" asked the doctor,
com tig close to where Vanoo stood.
"I am."
"Completely?"
"Yes. He is hopelessly insane. No man
could endure the tortures to which we have
submitted him.”
‘‘.Shall I sot him free?"
"As agreed, yes."
'"'lion I will send a man with him la
«0. in tea pmre.
"And leave him there, yes. This man,
Wynne, Is ns effectually removed from my
path as though ho was in his grave.”
Little Teresa, sobbing violently with
E ain and terror, was led from the room by
tyke.
In Ihe apartment above, where Santo was
awaiting hor return, her burned arm was tied
up. Dyke gave the pndrouo quite a eum of
money, nnd tho latter left tho place carry
ing Teresa in his arms, and menneing her
to silence about all that had occurred.
The dootor and Vanoo left tho collar
room a few minutes inter, and tho prisonor
was loft nlone.
Once to himsolf, all his suppressed poign
ant emotions gave way. He writhed in
anguish on the conch; he prayed, he mvod—
tearful as he recalled his seeming indiffer
ence to his little child, stern nnd revenge
ful ns he remembered the long record oi
wrong ho held ngninst Vanoo.
Surely he would be liberated. Soon he
would be at freedom. Only a few honrt
more of his feigned insanity, then
Then!
How his blood surged and hisepulse
thrilled ns he remembered tho cru 1 ploi
against himself and those he loved!
Ah! when Vance nnd ho stood fnce tc
face once more, let the oruel plotter have e
enro for himself; for retribution, swift and
certnin, should be his.
It w.ig some hours later when tho doctoi
and an attendant, a powerful man, .well
adapted for tho charge of violent patients,
entered the cellar ro m.
The latter brought with him a suit of
clothes, end theso thoy forced Wynne to
wear. They found him still playing on his
imaginary violin, nnd when they tried to
moke him understand that ho was to go on
a journey he pretended not to comprehend
them.
He even went so far in his assumption s
to insist on taking the pieces of wood away
with him.
In the laboratory, on tho upper floor, the
doctor prepared a strong ohemionl ilecoo-
tion, and forced him to drink it.
A carrage nt the door conveyed Wynne
nnd the nltendant to a railroad depot, ami
an hour lntor they were eentod in a car
which was bound for the fnr Northwest.
Wynne had overheird enough of the
conversation of tho doctor and Vnnco to
understand that tlie.r plan was to abandon
him when tho attendant reached some far
away plaoe.
Hs, tborefore. made no sftempt to ns.
cape, nut placidly oneyea ms guard in an
he ordered.
Furthermore, ho still kept up that idiotio
manner which had so fully deceived his
former jailers.
Ho was alarmed, however, to find that
his eyesight was fast failing him. So long
hnd he been imprisoned from the light of
day that he could not endure tho glaring
sunlight and was compelled to keep his
•70S closed most of the jpurney.
Then, too, he begnn to find his ideas
confused and ills mind wandering. A fatal,
dreamy schse pervaded bis emotions, nnd
With horror ho recalled that tho doctor had
said thnt his drugs would certainly produce
mental blight.
When, tlio next evening, tho train
rtached its terminus, the atioudnnt was
compelled to lead Wynno from tlio cars (o
the station.
The latter apparently could not see, nnd
seemed to bo iu a dreamy dazo of mind.
“He will never find his wav back lo tho
city from here," dooided tho attendant, and
ho took the next train that rotutnod over
the course he had just eoiho.
The Viotim of all this heartless plot,
blinded, fast sinking into tlio vory stato of
mind he hnd foigned so successfully, was
abandoned, penniless, and helpless iu a
strange country.
Once he tried to rally from - the torriblo
letbnrgy ho suffered, but vainly.
There Was otto last lliela thought of wifo
And children, and poor Wynne went to
Bleep virtually amid tho gloom and despair
of a darkened mind.
At an honr when his a ton Bed faculties
Blight have prevented the consummation of
• wicked plot, ho became a dead element
in its prevention—he, a oentral figure, but
lost to the world.
It wan destined that he should merci
fully know naught of care or sorrow for a
time.
His children might snffor, hie enemies
triumph in tin ir evil schemes; but he,
blind, noor. and unfortunate, at the verv
threshold of desorveil liber,v, by some
strange destiny to bocBmo tho inmate of
this and thnt asylum, was to outor the por
tals of’the somber and shadowluss night of
yoars.
(TO KE CONTINUED.)
THE CUSTER MASSACRE.
Capt. Harry Horne Says Net a
Single Man Came Out Alive.
At Solomon’s Wild West show on
Rugglcs street, noarTroinont, Cnpt. Har
ry Home, who lias paused many years
among tho Indiana, gavo an interesting
talkreoently on tho traits of the Indians.
Capt. Homo wns with Cnstor three
hours before the bnttlo in which he met
hia fato. Tho speaker atrongly intimat
ed that others besides tho Indians were
oonoemed in tho affair. After the bat
tle, while examining the trail to dis
cover the uumborof Indians in the fight,
a network of wire was found stretched
in the grass in tho valley near the pla
teau whero the battle occurred, the pur
pose of which was to throw tlio horses
of the soldiers should they attemp to es
cape, making it an easy matter for tho
Indians to shoot them down. Not a
single mnn who wont into tho buttle
with Custer oamo out alive, notwith
standing tho fact that it has boon nasert-
ed that a man known as “Curley, the
half-breed,” escaped.
“That individual,” said Capt. Horae,
“was with Reno, and rode at his sido
to tho battlefield after tlio massacre.
It lias been assorted also that Custer’s
body was found nontly rolled up in a
blanket. On the contrary, he was
found lying upon the ground with his
mon. Custer was led into one of the
greatest traps over sot. Reno heard
the firing, and while knowing that it
was Custer giving Imttio, waited for 20
minutes before going to bis relief and
then by a trail which ho know was
roundabout. Reno said, when it was
suggested that he go to assist Custer,
that Custer know how to get, in, and he
oonld get out. All of the bodies were
found side by sido ns they fell, and tlio
IiuliatiH bad plenty of timo to OHcnpe.
About ten dnys after tlio huttlo, noeotn-
J tallied by certain Government oflioinls,
[ visited tlio scene of the battle, and
found tlint the wire had been removed
— the field had been fixed. Gen. Reno
wns ordered to Washington nnd court
nmrtialed, bnt allowed to return to his
command. One of his first acts upon
his return was to assault a woman. The
wifo of an officer said to him: 'General,
you ought nover to hold up your head
again after what has happened.’ In re
ply lie struck her square in the face with
nis hand, knooking her down, for which
ho was again called to account."—Boston
Transcript.
Tho Major’s Blackthorn.
Major Hoggnrty wns in tho city, aud
while seated upon one of tlio lud-loath-
ered ottomans at tho Deinvan, reeled off
tliis story. “I never carried a bludgeon
in my life,” said bo, “saveasword while
I was in the army, and that was perfect
ly harmless in my hnnds. In ono of my
political canvasses, a friend of mine re
marked; ‘You are out ull hours of the
night and are you nover afraid that you
may bo assaulted for the money you
have on your person or your watch ?
‘Oh no,’ 1 Bftid, hut I must toll yon tlmt
tho constant talk of danger kept mo
thinking that it would bo as well, per
haps, to bo armed to a certain extent,
bo I looked around among my sticks anil
I found a venerable blackthorn, which
I thought might serve the purpose. I
hadn’t long to wait. One nif(ht as I
wns returning to my homo through a
dark street I noticed two men standing
in a gateway, and just as I got up to
them one of them with a quick move
ment stepped out. I thought if I acted
at all I must act promptly, so I hauled
off and gave him tho entire benefit of
the cudgel. Down ho wont, and I,
thinking I had done my whole duty in
protecting myself from assault, soon
found mv door. Next morning as I
reached the comer of my street 1 found
a friend of mine with wiiat appeared to
bo the map of somo strange country on
his head in sticking plaster, and on
making the inquiry, ‘What has hap
pened to you? ho informed mo tlmt lie
hnd been talking with a friend of his
ihe night before in tho milkman’s gate,
and had bade him good night, and step
out neross to his own house, when a
burly ruffian stretched him with a blow
of a bludgeon. Ho said, when ho came
to himself, and found his watch all right
and his bit of money, lie concluded that
it was an net of private vengeance. With
fear and trembling, I inquired whom lie
suspected, when lie answered that ho
had hnd a few words with an old friend
at u reoont picnic and had had a clinch,
and, although he thought it was a'l
quieted and forgottou, lie had concluded
that tliis mnn was the ono who hnd com
mitted the assault upon him. The ,-!.
struck man,” the Muju' oouoUid >d, “v.r.i
always my friend, and worked like a
beaver for ray election whenever I was
nominated for any office.”—Albany Ar-
qus.
Her First This Season.
“Tell me,” he whispered with the
hoarseness of emotion, whispered as if
he feared the murmuring surf might
catch the question and bear it to some
other cars. “Tell me, have you ever
loved?”
She trembled. She hesitated for a
moment, and he thought he felt her
blushesjglow into his eyes. She trem
bled, and in a stiff, soft whisper, gentle
as the summer breeze, answered;
“Not this Beaton. San Francises
Chronicle.
Man’s wickedness grows up by
degrees
A MAN WITHOUT A JAW.
Wounded with a Poisoned Spear in
an African Jungle.
A man without a Jaw is Miohael Gas-
tolar, who was recently admitted as s
patient to Roosevelt Hospital, N. Y.
The Herald says;
Ho is a Spaniard, about fifty yearn
old, and has spent much of his time A
sea,
Thteo years ago the bark on whiah he
was aoting as mate was driven ashore on
the ooast of Afrioa in a hnrrioane.
Three sailors beside Oastolar were the
only ones who survived the shipwreck,
anil ono of tho sailors fortunately had
boon a member of an expedition tlint had
? ;oiie. into the interior several yean be-
oreih search Of ivory and was familiar
with the country ana the habits of thd
natives. To get to the nearest civilized
settlement required a journey of About
seven hundred miles through think Jun
gles and miasmatic lowlands and over
lofty mountains. The four started on
the weariaonio march. At tho end of a
month two of the sailors died of fevot,
aud after their bodies had lieen decent
ly buried tlio survivors pressed on to A
place of safety.
There was plenty of food in tho wild
growing vegetation, bird's nests and
small game, nnd much danger from the
wild bensts nnd ferocious natives. The
two men always avoided the natives
whenever it was possible, but on sever
al occasions there wore hand to hand
conflicts and the travelers had many a
wound to testify to the agility, of the
native born citizens. On one occasion
Oastelar, while fighting with a native,
was struck in tho face by A loiig speaf-
like weapon tho point of which was
driven through both cheeks. Castelar'
grabbed the weapon and with a dexter
ous thrust sent it into the blaok man's
heart. He oarried the thiug with him
afterward. Rome leaves that the sailor
gathered oheoked the hemorrhage from
t lie severe wound, nnd when thoy got in
to the settlement, about tell days later,
tho wound Boomed to be healing well,
An English surgeon wns visited, and
to save disfigurement from the itnpcf-
feot healing, lie reopened tho wound and
sowed it up in the regular way. But
the wound did not heal as readily as
lmd boon anticipated, and tho flesh
sloughed away in a surprising manner.
Castelar lost flesh, became evneedingly
weak and in time bis skin became a
dark copper oolor. Thon the surgeon,
on examining tho weapon with which
tho \#mnd was made, found thnt it wns
the t,ravish or poisonous spear. Tho
head of tlio spear ia dipped in n vegotn-
tablo poison known only to tho natives,
wliioh, though it note slowly, is believed
by them to produce oertuiii death. An
antidote wns given and had tlio offoet of
improving tho patient’s condition anil
rendering tho skin a natural color. The
external wound in the cheek closed, but
there wns constant soreness and twinges
of pain in both jaws.
Castelar wns so completely run down
that ho was advised to take a sea voyage,
nnd when a tramp steamer oamo* into
tho port he shipped on her, bound for
China and thon to this eity. Through
out tho long voyage Castelar did not
have n moment’s pence. Tho motion of
the vessel seemed to aggravate the pain
in his jaws, and on the trip from Chinn
horo he would luivo booh turned over to
tho fishes if the captain hud not been
unusually mild for bis calling, Tho
day of lira arrival lie was removed to
Roosevelt Hospital, nnd liis enso was
carefully studied in tho light of tho his
tory of tho injury.
From tho symptoms and the gradual
decline in the patient's health the eon-
elusion was reached by Dr. Spencer
tlmt the patient had a cancerous tumor
involving both jaws. As to how far tho
condition of the jaws was duo to tho in
oculation from tho poison was a matter
of doubt. SoVuo of the consulting phy
sicians held that it had nothing to do
with it. But it was decided that extir
pation of the jaw was necessary. The
patient wns taken to tho operating room
the day after liis admission to the hos
pital ami plucod under tho influence of
ether, ami the operation was success
fully and skillfully performed. Wlmt
was left did not look much like n face.
The wound has now nearly healed,
tho patient is recovering strength, but
liis face is ns flat ns a pancake. An
attempt will be made ns noon as the ten
derness is gifne to put in an artificial
rubber jaw to give the face a natural
appearance. If tlio patient can ge.t used
to tlio inconvenience there will not bo
much deformity left iu tho contour,
though, of course, the sears will show
something of what In- has gone through.
Whether there will he a permanent cure
cannot be told for a year.
Virtues of Iron Sulphate.
Dr. A. B. Griffiths, mi Englishman,
has just published n communication
which is of great importance to horticul
turists and agriculturists. Ho demon
strates that iron sulphate is an antidote
for many of the most virulent epidemics
which attack field and garden crops.
The iron sulphate destroys tho cellulose
of the funguses, but does not affect that
of the attacked plant. It is, therefore,
tin antidote and destroyer of such paru-
sitc germs and funguses as tho potato
disease, wheat mildew, etc.
CIlMrn Niarvlaf Ts Atslk
Os aoouimt of tit sir Inability to dlfwt food,
trill Mid a mast morvrieus food and Mn*dy in
Scott's Emuioion of Pure tied ldvst OU With
Hypophoipkltss. Vsry polatabla and Mrtly
digested. Dr. S. W. Oobbn, of Warn, Texas,
says; " I have used your Euytilsion in l&fap-
tile wasting with good ret
restores wasted tlssu**, but
lnoreaaea the appetite. I ‘
a reliable artiolo."
—not onh
ttvee strength an
i glad to na» saol
The Jubilss editorial ta tbs Mtlafc humdm
Times was over eleven eahunna long.
Kspsolally ts Women.
,. “Sweet is revenge, especially to women.” laid
the gifted, but naughty. Lord Byron. Surely
he was m had humor when hs wrote suoh
words. But there are complaints that ohir
womon suffer, that are carrying numbers Of
them down to early graves. There Is hiOpfc for
those Who suitor, no matter how sorely, Or se
verely, in Dr. R. V. Pieree’s "Favorite Pre
scription." Safe in its action it ts a blessing,
espcolally to women, and to men, too, for When
women suffer, the household Is asksw.
Chatham Oo., Sf. On has a ranerabla mula
that is known to be fifty-seven yfcafe Ola.
Old pill boxes are sptead over the land by
tlio thousands sfter having been emptied by
suffering humanity. What a mass of sicken
ing, disgusting medicine the poor stomach
upend with. Too much strong medtol
intend with, too much strong medicine,
kly Ash lit tiers Is rapidly and sorely tak
ing (he place of ail this class of drugs, and Is
ouring All the Ills arising from a disordered
condition of tho liver, kfdneys, stomach and
bowels.
The“Y’s” is the name of a new society fast
spreading. “Social purity” is the aim.
Itnii.lilrrs, Wives nnd Mothers.
Send for Pamphlot on Femnlo Diseases, frost
seimt-ely sealed, Dr. J. B. Marehlsl, Utica, NT.
Good Health
Ton oannot havo without pure blood j therefore, lo
keep well, purify tho blood by taking Rood's Bans-
porlllo. Tills tnodtdno Is peculiarly designed to Ml
upon tho blood, end through thstupou ell the organa
end tlMucd of tho body. It hen e fepeelfla action, eleo,
upon tho ftocretloun nnd excretion*, end AMlfteneture
to expel from (he Ayirtem ell humors. Impure parti*
lies end effete matter through the lunge, U*er, bow
el*, kidneys and ekln. It effectually elds it eel. Im
paired and debilitated organa, fnvtgoretse the nor*
roue system, tonos the digestion end Imparts new
tlfo end energy to ell the functions of the body.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Bold by all druggist*. *1; six for #B. Prepared osly
ky 0.1. ROOD A 00., Apotksaartes, Lowed, lam
IOO Doses One Dollar
The best and surest ftemedy ter Care ef
all diseases caused by nytanagnntef
the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach tad Bomb.
Dyspepsia, lick Headache, OontUpatloa,
Bilious Complaints and Malaria of aQ kladi
yield readily to the beatfleeat Hlwii ef
A31I
It it pleasant to the taste, tease ay the
system, reetoree and preserves health.
It is purely Vegetable, and canaot fail to
prove beneficial, both to old and youag.
■ a Blood Purifier it Is superior to ail
others. Sold everywhtre at $1.00 a bottle.
/ fountl II it s/iceij io for liny
I l'evcr. For ID years 1 have been
a until sufferer from Aug.Dili
I ml frost. Kly's Cream Halm Is
| (lie only preventive I have, ever
fountl. Hay Fever sufferers
should know of its efficacy.—
I'rnnk 11. Ainsworth, l'uh-
Ushcr, ln<Uana]tolls, lntl.
Apply Uulai in o oocli nostril,
£*© ROOT "BEER
liUK; ullot"H,’Ml" turn.ibkii. Hold by druggist..; nmili.d
q. li; lllltKH. TON Dnls. An-.. Pliili, "
INDIGESTl
Ians her* sent Us their *|>rovMS<
that It 1, the beat pHtmaMsa
’er used.
that It li
bay has®
rdofioi
ITTUN wy token that waa not oUrea.
FOR OHOLEIU INFANTUM.
FOR HORSES.
UVILLA, W. Va., 1
Nov. it, 1886. |
Recently I bought a
young horse. He was
taken very ill with Pneu
monia. 1 tried to think
of something to relieve
him. Concluded what
was good for man would
be good for the horae.
Bo I got a bottle of Plso’s
Cure and gave him half
of it through the noa-
trlla. This nelped him,
and I continued giving
same dose* night and
morning until I had
ussd two bottles. The
hone has become per
fectly sound. I can re
commend Piso’s Cure for
the hone aa well as for
man.
N. 8. J. Striker.
COLUMBIA.
ATHENjEUM,
A SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIE8.
iWBefore deciding where to send your
daughter to school, write for an Illustra
ted catalogue giving full particulars, to
ROBT. D. SMITH, Pres’t, Columbia, Tend.
Central University,
RICHMOND, KY. N«xt Stition opens bsp. 14/87
Full Kaoulty, thorough instruction, healthy location,
moderate fiDgnse. For information end Uatalnguo
apnly to L,Tl. Wanton, I). I»„ Ohanoellor.
GI.OTIE tiuiLoma,
1 Washinpfon, D. C.
Crest English flout and
Rheumatic Hamady.
j rsand. I t 1‘IIIb.
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m
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,ln»a not under ths hbras'a feet. Write
irour.ier Surety Ri-InlloTder Co., Holly, Mtoh.
THU OKLT TKUI
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TONIC
iplNtton. Frequent ettempU et opmntArf
iMMOnlf add to the 1 opnlerltr of the eHatnal.
■c4experiment—net the OmiWimax#AMD debt,
-r- i*\ '
R eehe. Semple Dos* eed't)r*.m Soak!
Son reoolpi oMwoeentefn po.tare. f
IN.HARTER MEDICINE COMPARv'
■«. Loala. Me.
MARLIN REPEATING
RIFLE
■1ST IN TRB
WORLOI
Oueren,
teed porfepUy __
curate and absolutely
s*ro. Made la all ones tor
largo or imall game.
IIALLARD
Dellery. Ilantlug and Terse
Seed far lllu.(rated CaleTaeae.
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t BMee.
BUSINESS
Kdncation a .puoiully at t IOO It I'.'H IM'HfNHHK
UNIVliHHITV, Allullln, Ou. On. u( (M l*il
Nohmtla in thn iJouuirv. hnnu tor Ihnmlara.
Virginia City, Nev., is gradually
sinking into the earth, tho supports left
in her great mines not being strong
enough 10 hold her weight.
P. T. 11 annum has offered #20,000 for
tho capture and delivery to him, or his
agent, of the famous sea-serpent of Luke
Champlain, dead or alive, provided that
tlio serpent is more than fifty feet long.
An Ufli-iiHlvn lire.ill.
Is most distresslnB, not only »o tlio person af.
dieted it' ho have any pride, but to those with
whom lie eomes in contact, it is a delicate
matter to speak of, but it 1ms parted not only
friends but lovers, had breath and catarrh
are inseparable. Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
euros I ho worst eases, as thousands can testify.
A sun motor ib the latest invention of John
Ericsson who designed tlio “Monitor.”
No investment pays so well as a good educa
tion, us Is clearly shown by the record of the
Alumni of tho lino my Sciiooi., ! .otnsvi i.ue, Ky.
It offers the best advauta . aud enjoys the
highest elu : patronage, For fifteen years
mi,', with Iho foremost ?n preparing
,iie::,' or business life. The terms are
o. )-oud for catalogue to
A. L. McDonald, Principal.
ii has
The llluegra-M Country.
John H. Jones, Tuttle, Ky., writes: I have
been selling medicine for seventeen years, I
pronounce Dr. Diggers’ Huckleberry Cordial
the best I over sold. It gives joy to every
mother.
It is n PleuMoro,
’Write- Mrs. Eliza Ann Smith, of Vermillion,
Erie Co„ Ohio, to toll tlio ladles everywhere
that nothing surpasses I)r. Harter’s Iron Tonic
for all irregularities. “It cured me when the
physicians aud all oilier remedies failed."
* * * * Organic weakness or loss of power
in either sex, however induoed, speedily and
permanently 611 red. Enclose 10 cents in stamps
for hook of particulars. World’s Dispensary
Modicul Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Hirch Harris, a Polish Jew, died in Brooklyn,
N. Y., at the advanced ago of 100 years.
If afflicted with sore eyes, uso Dr. Thompson’s
Eye-Wat or. A11 d ruggists sell it at 25c. a bottle.
PIso’b Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable to
use. It is not a liquid or a snuff. 50c.
remedy for those delicate diseases and \weiik;
— *iir samples pt 1
iho tncBtimabl
samples pf tlio spoab
boon of health which ha
ucss, ana nail paid
i to physicians wlth-
r. Ploroo’s Favorite
tor more good than
good
tho physt-
lllcnbeck, Va., writes!
‘ering for two or threo
-. --knnss, and had
ou. uuo Hundred dollars to '
put rellof. She took Dr. 1
II Prescription nnd it did hor
■ - , „ nh the medicine given to her by
clans during tho throe years they had boon practicing upon*her.
Mrs. Gnpnoil HkltOEB, of IVcd/Uld. H. Y-
writes: I wns a great snffuror froraleuoor-
rlion, tienrlng-down pnjnn, and pain contin
ually ncrogs my batik. Throo bottles of your
f^ v iM"?°SESted ^
S*'SB™?** ft* ri&^Ae’SiMSf * ny bcneftt '
The Greatest
Earthly Boon.
poor suffering women."
is tho greatest earthly boon to us
IhrewAway
- her
Supporter.
Mrs. Sophia V. Boswelu, White Cottacf.0*.
writesI took elevon bottles of your her
irtption’ and one bottle) of
tn doing my work, mid Imre
e. I hav ‘ * ‘ “
vorjto Pres
your
on ’ and ono bottle) of your
-Ding my work, mid hnve heion
feir somo time. I havo hnd to employ aedP. mr
about Blxtoem ye>ars before I commenced Mix
ing your medicine. I hnvo hnd to weHf ■
supporter most of tho.time; this I havo tva
aside', nnd fool ns well as I over did.” (
Mrs, Mat Oakaron, of Nunlea, Ottawa Co. t
llich., writes: "Your ‘Favorite Prescription
It Works
Wonders.
1ms worked Wonders in my cnsc.
Again sho writes: ‘‘Having
tnleon several hot-
tlcs'of tho * Favorite Prescription 1 I hnvo ro-
gnined my health wonderfully, to tho astonish
ment of myself nnd friends. 1 can now be on my feet tul.uaz,
attending to the duties of my household.
Mnny times women
another from liver or
this way they ail press
for which ’
TREATING THE WRONG DISEASE.
?• MonoAN, of Ns. 71 Lexington St.,
JSast Boatoru, Jdaas. % tiijn: "Fivo years nuo 1
waa a dreadful sufferer from uterine troubles,
naving exhauetod tho skill of throe phy
sicians, I was completely discouraged, and so
alnno T raw ♦ iTi° ak oc iVx ld with difficulty cross the room
UNJnIr‘ tho I iorc€ 8 Favorite Prescription nnd
Mn fn»i aH treatment recommended in hia ‘Common Senso
J-SSSS ^ dv,BCr - , 1 pom men cod to Improve at onoe. In three
wretel hotter’ tt,Kl ha Y“, lm<1 n0 trouble shico.I
health ^ P £. TK T’ briL ‘ fl J r mentioning how my
to any one wHDnl to ^S^ d *°u ffc, ' lnB t ° sund the full iiartloulnre
vOoncfar rmhi Y ^ or * h r m ’, and enclosing a slamiied-en-
Inrenlv aLSSTS-**2®* v «? «“vw.four hundred Tetters,
army of different physicians, and si>eut largo sums
if money, but received no lasting boneilt. At Inst my husband
icrsuaded me to try your medicines, which I wns loath t<> uo,
lecnuBO I was prejudiced against ‘them, and tho doctors «iU“
IlfV would do mn tin fMw.orl T fi mw litiulillfUl tl)UL R
»wv-.. UU v. X niuj J/IUJUUHJUU UKUUIHL tLIICIU, BUU IIIU UUbluio *? ,«
they would do mo no good. I finally told my husband that if
he would get mo somo of your medicines, I would try them
against tho advice of my physician. He got me six bottles or tho
Favorite Prescription/alBO six bottles of the‘Discovery. ™r
ten dollars. I took three bottles of ‘ Discovery ’ and four oi
Favorite Prescription,’ and I have been a sound woman for four
years. I then gavo tho hnlance of the medicine to my sister, who
wns troubled m tho some way, and sho cured hersolf in a short
timo. I have not had to take any medicine now for almost
four years.”
THE OUTGROWTH OP A VAST EXPERIENCE.
mie treatment of maay thousands of oases
of those elironlo weakuexses and distressing
ailments peculiar te fomnles, nt tho Invalid.'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y
h»B afforded a vast experience tn nloelv
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the ciirn of womnn’o Txrwv,,u-L
_ — --itfiT- .
and valuable experience,
reoei
thlB rreat
, w , v.sx-aa rrju, invtu iu ro be the
most wonderful remedy over devised for
the relief and euro of suffering womea It
is not reoommendod as a "cure-all”‘but
ScSuJSMr* 8pe * iflo ,or
14 ^mparis Ttre^gtk ^tfe* 1 ^?? sreufm
and to tne utoma, or womb and its uni
jjondages, in particular. For overworked.
l~°T'uu t ‘ rl in-down." debilitated tcaSS
ors, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses
shop-ifiris, ' housekeepers, nursing moth’
ors, and feeble women gene*ul^” tb-
Pierce g Favorite Prescription Is the greatl
es t earthly boon, being nnequalled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonlo It
promotes digestion and assimilation of food.
Address,
cures nausea, weakness of stomach, Indi
gestion, Wonting and eructations of gas.
Au a soothing and atrenirtlionlnar
nervine, “ Favorite Prescription ” is un-
In pregnancy, “ Fuvorito Prescription
is it “mother's cordial,” relieving imnW*:
weakness of stoinaoh and other dr
ZZr , . '“'’V 10 ' 1 ol uro numu. a lauuues
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
IqfiVand despondency.
* r ' f*ler<;e»s Favorite Prescription
“ * legtrimsrtc medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
any
Favorite „
Tv'?, c, f r0 for the most oomplioated nnd
obstinate cases of loucorrhea, dr “ whites,”
ig at monthly periods, pnln-
exeesstro flowing .o u,uuto, periou*, pam-
Xul menstruation, unnatural suppressions,
or falling of the womb, weak
weakness,” anteversion, ro-
beaiing-down sensations, chron-J
lo congestion, inflammation nnd ulceration ^
hjflammation, pain nnd ten-
ternoT 8 heat.” Varl ° 8 ’ aooo “P»"l«> TlUh “ln-.|
WOBUPI DUPSNRdBY MEDICJUs AMOCIATIOlf, Ifa
ig nausom
distressing
symptoms common to thnt condition. If
its uso is kept np in tho latter months M
gestation, it so prepares tho system for us*
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away With the sufferings
of fhat trying ordeal. „ ,
“1’avorlto Prcacrlptlon,” whpn taken
in oonnectlon with tho uso of Dr. Pieros*
Golden Medical Discovery, nnd mnnlhwt**
tivo doses of Dr. Pierce’s Purgative 1 diets
(T ittle Liver Pills), oures Liver, Kidney ans
Bladder diseases. Their,combined ii^osiso
removes blood taints, find (abolishes oun
ocrous and scrofulous humors Irom tne
By « t favorlte Prescription” is the only
medicine for women sold, by drugF 1 ™'
uuilor a positive guarantee, from tne
manufacturers, that it will give satistao^
tion in every easo, or naoney will “ K
funded. This guarantee kns been printe
on tho bottlo-wrappgr, and. faithtfillFju
ried outforTmSiyYears..
(100 doses) $l.O0>, or six bottlos lor,
‘^^’fiend ten oonta in stamps for %
Ploree's large, Illustrated Treatise (W
pages) on Diseases of Women.
. HI main Krcct, RttTAW, If. «»J