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TBEATS OB POSITIVISM AXD
TUB POSITIVISTS,
And BprtMti Belnro Her Kcudfin «
Bure Dlib of rub With fancy
nance.
From Spiritualism to Positivism,or from
Plato to Comte, seems to be running to
gether two philosophies twenty-four hun
dred years apart, yet they exist side by side
in tho cosmopolitan city of Now York.
What is it to bo a Positivist ? The word is
so vaguely used, it is necessary to define
clearly before proceeding further in this
short sketch of a school of French philoso-
phy that flourishes now on .American
soil. 1 o bo a Positivist, then, one must ac
cept not only August Comte’s Positive
philosophy and his philosophical method
(the culmination of tho experiments
school startod by Francis Bacon), but also
hia "Religion of Humanity.” John Stuart
Mill, Huxloy, Spencer, Tyndall, Lewes, in
deed all of the great philosophical writers
of the day, accept, I believe, the Positive
philosophy of Comte; bnt none of them, so
far as I know, are Positivists in the striot
acceptation of tho term, or members of the
Society of Positivists. Theyaro therefore
not called “Positivists” by disciples of Au
gust Comto. That name is retained by
those who accept not only Comte’s Positive
philosophy, but also his later teachings in
sociology and theology, or what he claimed
to bo the culmination of his
life’s work, his “Religion of Humanity.”
Most modorn scientific or philosophical
writers of note are loosely and vaguely
classed as “Positivists,” because they ac
cept “Comto, tho philosopher,” while to be
genuine “Positivists” they must accept
him also ns tho “great teacher” in religion,
riiis many of them refueo to do, and
for proof see John Stuart Mill’s great work
on August Comte, also Lowes’ summing
np of bis character and works in liis “His
tory of Philosophy.” When I speak of
Positivists, therefore, in Now York and
elsewhere. I refur to tnoso who are confess
ed Anil professed members of the religious
society or order instituted by August
Comte—an order containing a regular
priesthood and more religious observ
ances, fasts nnd feasts than the Oatholio
church, all of which ceromonials Comte’s
Catholio education or his Latin blood led
him to introduce, thereby causing his po
etical “Religion of Humanity” to seem as
alien to cola-blooded England or practical
America as tho snn to the pole.
Several years ago I wandered into a hall
where 1 heard tho “Religion of Humanity”
was to bo preached by “M. Edger, ono
of M. Comtes disc'pies.” I listened to him
through his discourse, and left as mixed
nn-i.i.illy n- a ht.if hour's reading of one of
Emerson’s poems leaves a twelve-year-old
youth. I understood him no better than a
North American Indian would nu equation
in' nlgebra. Years of acquaintance with
momburs of tho society of Positivists have
since then brought me to a dearer knowl
edge of their doctrines and the highest
opinion of their morality nnd intelligence,
but left mo no more “converted” to “Posi
tivism” than when I first heard what I con
sidered the mild ravings of an insane
Frenchman. It is a rare and delightful
treat to attend n meeting of tho “New Fork
Positivists” at ouo of tho many beautiful
homes of the members. Ono meets there
1). G. Croly, president of the socioty, and
for years on the editorial staff of the New
York World, now editor of the Grapltic;
“Jennie June," his gifted wife, the well-
known newspaper correspondent; T. B.
Wakemnn, the ablest man I have ever seen
or heard; Henry Evans. John Elderkan,
and a host of savans ana literati without
number. Hero you’ll seo frequently one of
America's greatost poets, and many and
many a man and woman
whoso name is a household word
all over tho United States wherever
newspapers circulate and books are read.
One of the most striking ceremonies I liver
witnessed at one of these meetings was,tho
receiving of tho infant child of D. G. Croly
and his wife (Jennie Jano) into the mem
bership of the Society of Positivists. ' It
corresponded to the ceremony of baptism
in nu orthodox cknrcb, but was somewhat
dissimilar, ns each member of tho society
took upon himself or herself vows toj be
god-father or god-mother to the child.
Thus the infant had the whole Positivist
Society fur god-parents instead of the
number handed down through ages by ; the
fathers of the Catholio Church.
After some years’ absence from New Yprk
I am impressed on again mooting these pos
itivists with thoir exceeding brilliancy end
wonderful ability. They have, all of thij-m,
men and women,they tell me,gono through
tho stages Comte defines. The “theologi
cal,” where one believes withont question
ing, the “metaphysical,” where one doubts
and seeks to know tho origin of things, fend
they have landed in the ‘‘Positive,” wl.oro
they beliovo nothing till it is proven,
leaving to exact science to settle {all
disputed questions, troubling themselves
no more with“theology” or "motaphysips.”
Believing that man can never know thtt ef
fective causes of phenomena, they de'ioto
their lives to loving, serving nnd worship
ping humanity! If they err “ ’tis nn e-ror
of the head and not of tho hoart.” /They
are conscientious and honest in tryinj; to
work for the good of tho race, to elevate
mankind, and so devoid are thoy of iiny
interested motive, thoy do not even kbps
for a personal immortality; that “Gocjrgo
Eliot’—she herself a positivist—so beauti
fully expres sod before her death:
“Ob, may I join tho choir invi-iblo, _ j
Of those immortal dead who live again*
In minds made better by their presence!
Livo in pulses stirred to generosity; ;
In doeds of daring rectitude: in scorn j
For miserable aims that end with self,}
In thoughts sublime that pierce the n^ght
like stars.
And with their mild persistence lend m}m’s
search
To vaster issues.
Bo to live is Heaven!
This is life to come,
Which martyred men have made more
glorious
For ns why strive to follow! May I reach
That pnrest Heaven, bo to other souls
The cup of strength in some great agony,
EnkiucUe generous ardor, feed pure love,
Beget the smiles that have no crnclty,
Be the sweet presenco of a good diflosod.
Bo shall I join the choir invisible
Whose music is the gladness of the world.”
This qnotntion is long, bnt whore is tho
hand that can cat from it one line, strike
ont of it one noble sentence! George Eliot
has gained the immortality for which she
Ion jed. Dead? She cannot die. She has
only j lined those “invisible Immortuls”
who live in minds made better by thoir
presence. She speaks again in words like
these. She breathes again “in poises
stirred” by tho grandenr of her thoughts.
Positivism strives to be more than a grand
clocticism of the hnman race. It strives
to represent the accumulated knowledge of
the post and to organize it into a system,
nnd call that system “Positive," becaaso
the few affirmatives it pats forth are capa
ble of being proved.
From a recent interview with one of the
ablest of Now Yorx Positivists, I have
gained the foregoing and following facts I
have thrown together in this letter, think
ing a brief account of tho origin, belief,
aims and doings of one of America’s most
cultured, learned and most universally
abnsed societies might be of interest to
somo of the Georgia reading public. Come
with mo as I attend a meeting of these
Positivists. Here we’ll find some of the
profoandest thinkers in America. Scien
tists, philosophers, professors, editors, jour
nalists—such men os do the brain work for
the race, the advance gnard who “clear the
track” and mako the paths for the “rank
and file” of humanity to follow. In making
these paths they are forood, nnfortunnUIy
for them, to “displace mnch rubbish.”
They are, therefore, often abased, almost
always misunderstood; perpetually in op
position to their fellow man, and gaining
only his enmity while striving to farther
his interests. Is such a position envi
able? I think not. One of tho great
est scholars of tho dav has bitterly said:
“All masses cf men are volatile, credulous,
and crael. A great man cannot l>6 under
stood by his contemporaries;. he can only
be understood by his peers; and his peers
are few. Posterity exalts a great man’s
fame by producing a number of great men
to appreciate him. The great man is nec
essarily a reformer in some shape or other,
and reformers must combat with existing
prejudices and deep-rooted passions—hence
this sad fact—reformers are martyrs.”
Somewhere, too, Heine has beautifully
said: “Wherever a great soul givos nt»er-
nearly every brow and cheek lios that pal
lor wnieh is pitiful to see on a strong man’s
face, indicating, as it does, the over-taxed
strength, the inoesaaut mental labor by day
and by night. And viewing these weary
brain toilers I fall into involuntary mnsing
How they‘‘work, work, work, from weary
chime to chime,
Work, work, work, as prisoners work for
crime.”
But oh! that night toil 1 hardest of all.”
This “firing up”of the brain when it should
be quiet and at rest. How it jars, how it
wears, how it destroys the whole machinery
of the man. Tne restful darkness
has fallen apon the oarth; all sights are
blotted out, all sounds have hushed—the
city is asleep. The pen drops from the
tired writer’s fingers; one moment»moro
and he will be sleeping too—but no. whose
hand but his must pen that sparkling edi
torial, that pungent criticism, that racy
character sketch, that the city must find in
its morning paper when it awakes ? Whose
fingers bnt his must cull from a hundred
flowers of genius in these lone midnight
hours one rare and radiant bouquet to lay
it sparkling, fresh and bright upon the
city's breakfast table ? Night that comes
to set the weary laborer free brings to him
bnt an increase of toil and pain. Bo to
work again—start the great engine of the
brain I Relight the firos 1 Crowd on the
steam! Fuel all out? Then let the engine
feed on itself. Let it tear itBclf to pie ee,
consume its own' substance within its own
farnnee. Ah 1 now it starts; now it works!
How tho blood beats in tho temples 1 How
the brain fires glow through the eyes 1
How the vivid, brilliant thoughts and fever
fed fancies Hash from the pen, and the
long hours wear away, tho gas jet pales
before the morning light, tho city is
waking from its refreshing sleep, and a
half fainting man has just dropped his
head upon his desk.
Several years ago I had a room in a New
York hotel that was directly opposite and
on a level with ono of New York’s great
printing houses. Separated from mo by a
narrow alley were the offices where the ed
itorials were written, the proof read, the
type set np of one of New York’s greatest
dailios. Sleepless and nervous myself, I
watched, one whole, night through, tho
weary, overtaxed men at work upon the
morning edition of the paper. One little
type-setter particularly attracted my atten
tion. Thin, prematurely old and haggard,
ho bent ovor his desk, and as I listened to
his hacking cough and noticed the death
like whiteness of his cheok, I marveled at
his faithful, persistsnt, never-flagging
work. Only stopping to wipe from his
brow tho heavy drops, or lay apon his sido
one little thin hand, ho worked the long,
long night, nnd I wondered to myself who,
of all tho thousand readers of the paper,
will give ono thought to the faithful, weary
night toilers! The frail sufferer is long ngo
at rest I know. In somo unnoticed grave he
sleeps at last! But often when I tnko np
the morning paper, I see, instead of the
closely printed colamns, a vision of that
boy’s pale, patient face. Brave! faithful
type-setter f upon your lonely, long-neglec
ted grave, I lay this littlo flower of remem
brance !
These thoughts drifttliroughmy brain as
I watch tho pale scholarly faces gathered
togo.her at tho meeting of Positivists.
Near me stands a learned lawyer, in con
versation with him a brilliant essayist,
closo by n dist'nguished scientist, opposite
n3 a great M. D. (I do not mean a male
driver), and not far away the aathor of that
thrilling work on the Gosteropod Mol-
ltisks, “Tcbennophorus Carolt-nisis nnd
GlundinaTrancata.” (If yon havennver
road this work, it is your fault, not mine).
Closo by him, thoughtfully scratching his
nose (I mean his own nose, of conrso),
stands tho writer of that fascinatingly
beautiful article in the last “Popular
Science,” showing tho resemblance be
tween the “Lepidastens” to that fossil
batrachian “Lnbyrinthodon.” To tho left
of these gcnUomon you will observe that
eminent scientist who, os everybody knows,
gained his immonse reputation by his
erudite work on tho brain of the “liana
pipiens” (American bull frog). It required
twenty years of this great scholar’s lifo to
complete this osbay on tho “bull frog.”
It has been published by the
Hmithsonian Institute and it covers
boo quarto pages and has 500 illustrations,
and is a work of such vital importance it
ehoald lie on the centre-table of every
American citizen; in fact, like each of the
patent medicines of the day, “'No family
can afford to do without it.” It has recent
ly been translated into “high Dutch” by a
learned German scholar present, who, like
most of this intellectual assembly, has
passed through the theological and meta
physical stage and landed in the Positive,
jut is distinguished from tho rest by a faint
odor of “lager beer.” He is now convers
ing with another erudite member about a
work of absorbing interest: “Lnbatchew-
sky’s Geometrische Untersuchungen zur
Theorio der Parallellinion.” (If any read
er of tho Macon Telegbajii has failed to
read this charming book, lot him hasten
to supply himself with a copy:
he will find it most fascini ting.)
Then there -is—bnt why particularize?
Everybody hero cither ought to be or hopes
to be in the next encyclopeiia. They are
not all strictly Positivists; some are invited
guests. Yonder stands a Fronch philoso
pher just arrived from Paris: hero by mo
a tkr, fliulin rm ••Mr Hfllfl
JglW
to give utteranoe to their thoughts is not,
however, quite like one’s idea of Golgotha,
it is rather a “plaoe of skull*,"for these re
formers and martyrs are most of them
quite bald and their bare^hining cranium*
are the most noticeable and conspicuous
objects in sight. They are nearly all ad
dicted too to the “classic stoop,” and on
a the' distinguished “Mr. IL, ’ late of tho
“Devil’s Half Acre,” Patnam connty, Geor
gia, and here am I, the sznRll correspond
ent of the Macon Tei>eo:uph, feeling so
abashed in the presenco of. all thefe dis
tinguished people loan scarcely restrain
the impulse that prompts me to crawl un-
dor the table and humbly survey this au
gust assembly from beneath its protecting
cover. One of the ablest and most pro
foundly lenrned of all this appallingly
learned body, however, took compnssion
on my ignorance, the resnlt of my “Geor
gia raisin’, ” and kindly enlightened me
in regard to tho belief, etc., of the
Societies of Positivists. Ho replied folly
and cloarly to all my qoestions, which were
somewhat in this form: “Are Positivists
Christians?” “No. certainly they do not ac
cept miracles.” “Aro they Atheists?” He
smiled. “Read what John Stuart Mill
snys: ‘Comte disclaimed with acrimony
dogmatic Atheism,’ and even says, ‘the hy
pothesis of design has much greater veri
similitude.’ ” “Are they skeptics?” “No,
for they oppose skepticism with more
ability than tho theologians themselves,
and affirm that no good can come ont of
metaphysics, and materialism is equally as
barren of resnlts.” “What do they be
lieve?” “They believe that two and two
mako four. They beliovo what can be
absolutely demonstrated—nothing more.”
“Do they believe in n personal immortal
ity?” “They can hope for it, bnt it has not
been demonstrated.” “For what do they
live?” “To do good to mankind, to elevato
tho race, to gain the immortality that all
may share who aid in Humanity’*
grand future. Our motto, ‘Live for
others’ teaches a higher individual
morality than mankind has ever known,
and it will reconstruct tho world by toaohiug
man to consider first the wants of those
with whom he comes in oontnet, and not
his own neods. Then shall love erect a
throne on tho rains of ignorance, super
stition and fear; tho arts of peace snail
flonrisb, nnd joyous nations embrace each
other in the bonds of otcrnnl brotherhood.
“Then shall war drams throb no longer and
the battle flags be furled,
In the parliament of man, the federation
of the world.”
An ecstatio glow lit np the Positivist’s
face, and his rapt fixed eyes seemed looking
into tho futnro
“Far as hnman eye ccnld see,
Saw the vision of the world and oil the
wonder that would be.”
I could not but be impressed by his
thoughts and words, and I waited a mo
ment before I asked, “How do yon Posi
tivists stand regarding the marriage ques
tion ?” “We are more conservative on this
point than the Roman Catholics. Indeed,
Comto was so strict in his conception of a
true marriage between one man and one
woman that ho thought it should last
forever, and ' he absolutely for
bid divoroa. Regarding this last,
we Positivisls regret and deplore the ten
dency of modern legislation to easier and
still easier divorce. In tho far glorious
future wo hope to see tho monogamie mar
riage the only marriageon earth, and mak
ing an indissoluble bond broken not even
by death, the ho-band or wifo remaining
forever true to a memory.” “Yon do not,
I believe, as a society favor woman’s
rights ?” “We oppose the whole tendoncy
of the age in that direction. The so-called
reformers have torn down what they can
never rebuild. Woman can rule man only
through his affections. Her place is at
homo, her sphere domestic duties, her mis
sion to pnnfy and elevate her husband,
her religion to worship him—the wife
taking the husband as representing human
ity, and humanity is the God the Positivist
loves, serves and worships.” “Then I am
afraid I can never be a Positivist,” said I.
“Now, you’ve talked a good deal to me, let
me talk a littlo to jou.
Positivists are generally Darwinians,
I believe.” He bowed assent. “We accept
Darwin’s theories—mind Isay theories—
as the most plausible offered in regard to
the origin of the species.” “I understand
fully,” said I, “bnt to put the matter
plainly— t
“There was an ape in days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair grow curlier,
Centuries more gave a thumb to bis fist,
Then he was a man and a Positivist 1
And yon expect an intelligent weman to
worship thi3 man monkey. Excuse me
if yon please. I can’t do it. I can’t wor
ship a monkey even when he is advanced
far enough in civilization to be on Amer
ican citizen of to-day, to part his hair in
the middle, dye bis mustache, fill his
mouth with tobacco juice, wear posto dia
monds and a brass watch chain 1 I, for
my part, want something higher to bow
down before and worship. This man-
monkey is not high enough for me, not
oven when ho wears his highest boot beeli
and tallest‘stove pipe’ beaver.” ThePos
itivist looked discouraged. He surveyed
me, however, with a certain kind of inter
est, and I saw he was trying to classify me.
He soon thoughtfully murmured to him-
ulf, “She is in the Fetish State; she has
not even advanced to the meta
physical,” and thus having,
were, labelled and pnt me on a shelf,
where I belonged, he departed, and I soon
saw him in closo conversation with my
husband. Now this last gentleman was
once a frequent attendant at these meet
ings, and well versed in matters philo
sophical and speculative; bnt several years’
absence from New York had caused him to
grow slightly rusty and feel rather abashed
in tho presence of the “literati.” I heard,
however, sufficient of the conversation to
know that he and the great Positivist wero
deep in a philosophical discussion
of such .impenetrable obscurity and
appalling profundity that I moved
my chair nearer, hoping to be able to gain
instruction if my feeblo and already great
ly dazed intellect could grasp the subject.
I could gather nothing, however, bnt that
each philosopher was striving to stun the
other with nbstruso terms and ponderous,
incomprehensible sentences, and when I
arrived on tho scene of action thu New
York Positivi-t he.il just hurled at my hus
band this fearful remark: “Our cerebral
tableau exhibits the uulural hierarchy of tho
affective functions co-ordinated on the
principle of the subordination of personal
ity to sodality, and of the
gradual approximation of oar
egotist instincts towards altruism.”
I expected to see my husband go under at
this, bnt bo didn’t. Ho did tnrn pale and
stagger a little, but he rallied manfully
and levelled at his antagonist this tremen
dous and well directed blow. Ho said,
"Comte's systematic tableau of tho brain
is certainly a grand ensemble of human
egoistic and altruistic sentiments as woll
as a synthesis of the social, personal and
intellectual qualities, including sentiment,
thought and actions and goes far towards
solving tho natural hiornchy of the senti
ments.” Anybody but a New York Positiv
ist would have succumbed hero and given
np the fight, bnt ho was nsed to this sort of
thing, and ho only smiled coolly and sad-
donly lnnged ont at my husband with
force enough to fell an. ox. He said: “Do
yon agree with Herbert Spcncor that the
moasnro of evolution in living tilings is
the dogroo of correspondence between
changes in tho organism nnd co-existcnces
anu .-cqucnces in tho environment? Psy
chology teaches that mentnl development
is an adjustment of inner to outer rela
tions that gradually extends in space and
time that becomes increasingly special and
complex, and that has its elements ever
more precisely co-ordinated and more
completely integrated.” I saw this was too
much tor a man that had beon living in
Patnam county five years. Somethin''
must be done. Oh, for awcapon with which
to annihilate that New York Positivist!
Suddenly hopo dawned upon me. A quo
tation from Miss Augusta Evan’s Mucaria
occurred to me. I leaned over and whis
pered it to my husband, nnd he repeated it
sternly nnd severely: “Perish tho micro
cosm in the limitless macrocosm and sink
the segregate in tho boundless rushing
choral nggregration.” It was too much
for the Now York Positivist. Ho gasped,
staggered, then sunk to riso no more. His
mighty intellect cave way at last. He had
rend nnd comprehended Comte, Emerson,
Carlyle, Mill, Spencor: ’twos even said he
had once rcad'oneof Win Kvarts’ speeches,
but what mortal man could undertand
one of Miss Evans’ philosophical sen
tences! The effort to grasp its meaning
wrecked bis great mind and left him a
hopeless imbecile! Some hours Iator he
was still lying in a collapsed position nnd
feebly and vacantly repenting to himself:
“Perish the aggiegate in the segregate mi
croscope ! Perish the segregated aggre
gate in tho choral microcosm! Sink the
rushing macrosm in the boundless micro
cosm !” I could but weep when I looked
upon this sad spectacle.
The “New York Positivist Society” *s
now without a leader. Its most gigantic
intellect has become a vast ruin.
Mbs. B. W. H.
Protection nnd American Shipping
Two Bulletins, the New York and the
Boston Commercial Bulletin, aro in a
controversy respecting tho cause of tho
decay of American commercial shipping.
The former states the case thus:
The truth Is,' our commercial marine
has simply been taxed out of existeuce
for the benefit of certain classes of home
manufacturers and home monopolists;
and, uulil the taxes are removed, we may
as well whistle to the winds &3 try to
regain our proportionate share of the ocean
carrying trade. Steamship building out
side ot the coasting trade, is practically
under prohibition, and while there is
protection” for an infinitude of other
business Interests of much less importance
to the country, ranging all the way to 100
per cent., there is not one cent of “protcc-
t ion” for steamship manufacture. It lias
been literally starved out of existeuce.
Tho tariff puts its heavy hand upon it at
almost every point, and the bare enumer
ation of the details of that taxation gives
bitter point to Mr. Gladstone’s passing
commentary upon the suicidal folly of a
policy which prevents a country like ours,
with some ZO.bOO miles of ocean front,
having a commercial marine worthy of
the name.
TAXES ON 60 US OF T1IE raiKCIPAL MATERIALS
USED IX STEAMSHIP MAXUFAOTUBK UKDKB
T1IE EXISTING TABIFF.
Wrought iron for ships and
steam engines 2c per lb.
Cables and cable chains 2%c per lb.
Anchors and parts of anchors. .2j(o per lb.
Boiler and other plato iron.... $25 per ton.
Nails and spikes l)£o per lb.
Cast iron steam pipes lj^c per lb.
Rolled or hammered iron Vie per lb.
Screws, for wood 8@llc per lb.
Eheet iron l%@3c per lb.
Wire rope, strand or chnin,
2o per lb and 15 por cent.
Wrought rivets and bolts 2%c per lb.
Wrought steam and water
tubes 8J£o per lb.
Steel in forms, not otherwise
specified 80 per cent.
Tarred cable nnd cordago 8c por lb.
Manila (untnrrcd) cable 2)£c per lb.
Other descriptions, untarred...3)£o per lb.
Sail duck, or canvas, for sails..30 per cent.
Tar and pitch 20 per cent.
Flank, deals and other sawed
lumber of hemlock $1 per 1,000 ft.
Timber for spars 30 per cent.
VCOBTI1 IV OXDBBSTIt UCIl,
He Sees a Pair or American Corsets
That Jlske Him Open His Eyes.
San Francisco Chronicle.
San Francisco is hardly behind Paris in
the matter of corsets. There are here
several ladles, each with a considerable
establishment, and all fully and profitably
occupied. That these artists do not rank
far below those of Paris even Worth has
testified. For recchtly a San Francisco
lady being in Paris consulted with Worth
about tho construction of a dress. Said
the autocrat: “You will first have to
have a French corset-maker make your
corsets. I cannot fit an American
pair.” “Do not condemn mlue un
seen,” pleaded the lady. “Let me
seo them,” said Worth. After inspec
tion Worth said: “Why, those were
made by lime. Francine Barre.” “No.
sir,” said the enclosed lady; “they were
made by a lady inSau Francisco, Califor
nio.” The reporter saw the same corsets
saw them yesterday. The lady, of
course, was not in them. They were at
the manufactory—no, not manufactory;
at the laboratory, the studio of the origi
nal constructor, whither they had been
sent to be reboned or something. They
were a $50 set. They were lined with
flesh-colored silk, covered with tho costli
est flesh-colored satin, bound with the
richest flesh-colored plush, were elabor
ately embroidered with the rarest flesh-
colored exotics, the laces were of most
precious flesh-colored silk cords, and
around the upper edges ran a soft, full
trimming of the most deliciously cream-
colored old point lace, held In place by
flesh-colored ribbon.
Victims to constipation and its untold
miseries can keep in good condition by a
moderate use of Ayer’s Fills, the surest
safest and most reliable cathartic.
Hetty Marvin,
When the British and Tories attacked
New London, Connecticut, in 17—, and
set a price on the head of Gov. Griswold,
the laiter fled to the^town of L—, where
h!s cousin, Mrs. Marvin, hid him for some
days in a secluded farm house. But at
length the subtle foe discovered bis re
treat, and one Sunday afternoon in May
be was routed from bis hiding-place by
the tidings that a band of horsemen were
approaching to capture him.
His only chance of escape was to reach
the mouth of a little creek which emptied
itself into the Connecticut river, just
above the entrance of the latter into Long
Island Sound. There he had a boat sta
tioned, with two faithful attendants hid
den beneath the high banks of the creek.
The distance from the farm house to
the boat was two miles'ofthe usually trav
eled road. But a little path across the
farmer’s orchard would bring him to the
road, only a mile from the boat, and save
a quarter’s length of his fearful run for
life.
Just where the narrow path from the
orchard opened into the road, Hetty Mar
vin sat bleaching her household linen.
Tlio long web of forty yards or more,
which was diligently spun and woven
during the long winter months was whit
ened in May, and thus rnado ready for
use.
The business of bleaching was well
economized, being usually done by the
younger daughters ot the family, who
were not old enough to spin or strong
enough for the heavier work of the kitchen
or the dairy.
The roll of linen was taken by tho far
mer or his stout “help” to a grassy plot be
side a spring or meadow. There it was
thoroughly wetted aud spread upon the
green turf, to take the best heat of the
sun by day and the dew by night. The
little maiden who tended it would sit
near it.
Thus cat Hetty Marvin, tbe young
danghter of Governor Griswold’s cousin,
when her hunted friend sprang past her
Into the road to cscapo his pursuers. Het
ty was a timid child of about twelve
years, yet thoughtful and wise beyond
any of her elders. She was frightened by
the hoadlong haste with which the gov
ernor rushed across the meadow. But
she quickly comprehended the scene, and
instantly quieted her faithful Towser,
who, though a frieqd of the family guests,
thought it becoming to bark loudly at his
hurried steps.
Her wise forethought arrested the gov
ernor’s notice, and suggested a scheme to
delude his pursuers,
“Hetty,” he said, “I am flying for my
life; and unless I can reach my boat be
fore I am overtaken, I am a lost man.
You see the roads fork here. But you
must tell those who are chasing me that
I have gone up the road to catch the mail
wagon, which will soon bo along, you
-know. Then they will turn off the other
way.”
Ob, cousin!” said the little girl, in an
agony of distress. “I cannot tell a lie;
why did you tell which way you were
going?”
“Hetty, child, surolv you would not be.
tray mo to my death? Hark! theyaro
coming—J hear the click of their horse’s
feet. Oh, Hetty, tell them I have gone
up the road iustuad ot down, and heaven
will bless yon.”
“Heaven never blessed those who
speak falsely, cousin. But I will not tell
them which way you go, even if they kill
me; so ruu as quickly as possible.”
“It’s of no use. Unless I can deceive
them I am a dead man.”
“Cousin, cousin, hide under my web of
cloth; they’d never think of looking here
for yon. Come, get down as swiftly as
you can, and I’ll cover you, and stand
sprinkling my linen.”
Angry that their expected prey had es
caped from the house where they hoped
to secure him, the six mounted Tories,
headed by a British officer, dashed along
the road in a swift pursuit. At sight of
tho girl in the meadow, the leader of the
party passed.
“Child,” ho said sternly, “have you
seen a man running hereabout?”
‘•Yes, sir,” replied Hetty, trembling
and flushing.
“Which way did ho go ?’
“I promised not to tell, sir.”
“But you must tell, or take the conse
quences.”
“I said I would not tell, if you killed
me,” sobbed the frightened girl.
“I’ll have it out of her 1” exclaimed the
furious officer, with au oath.
'Let me speak to her,” said his Tory
guide. •'! know tho child, I believe.
Isn’t yonr name Hetty Marvin?” he asked
pleasantly.
“Yes, sir.”
“And this man that ran by you a fow
minutes ago was your mother's cousin,
wasn’t he?”
“Yes, sir, he was.”
“Well, we are friends of his. What did
he say to you when ho came along?”
“He—told me—that he was flying for
his life.”
“Just so, Hetty; that was very true. I
hope be won't have to fly far. Where
was he going to hide? You see, I could
help him if 1 knew his plans.”
Now Hetty was not a whit deceived by
this smooth speech. But she was willing
to tell as much of the truth as would con
sist with his safety, aud she judged that
her frankness would serve her kinsman
better than her silence, so she answered
her questioner candidly:
■ “My cousin said he was going down to
the river, where he had a boat, and want
ed me to tell tlio men that were chasing
him that he had gone tho other way to
catch the mail wagon.”
“Why didn’t you do os ho told you,
then, when I asked you where he had
gone ?” thundered the officer, fiercely.
could not tell a lie, sir,” was tho
tearful answer.
“Hetty,” again began the smooth
tongued Tory, “you are a nice child. Ev
erybody knows you are a girl of truth.
What did your cousin say when you told
him you could not tell a falsehood ? ”
“He said he shouldn’t think I’d betray
him to his death.”
“And then you promised him that you
wouldn’t tell which way he went if you
were killed for it?”
“Yes, sir.”
“That was brave; and I suppose ho
thanked you for it, aud rau down tbe
road as quickly as possible.”
“I promised not to tell where he went,
sir.”
“Oh, yes, I forgot. Well, tell us his
last words, aud we won’t trouble you any
more.”
“His last words were: It’s my only
chance, child, and I’ll get down as you
say.”
And overcome with fright aud tho sense
of her kinsman’s dauger, should they
rightly interpret the language which she
had reported, she sobbed aloud and hid
her face from sight.
Her tormentors did not stay longer to
soothe or question her. They >11 imme
diately pushed rapidly on down to the
river.
Now the Governor had arranged a
signal with his boatmen that a white cloth
by day, or a light by nlgbt, displayed
from tbe attic window of bis hiding-place,
which was just visiblo at tbo mouth of
tbe river, should inform them if be were
in trouble, and put them on the alert to
help him.
As soon, therefore, as ho started from
bis cousin’s it floated from the window to
warn them. And when they saw the
pursuing party dash madly down the road
to the river, and recoguized the British
uniform of the leader, they pulled swiftly
out to sea. The horsemen reached the
shore only in season to see the boat with
two men in it nearly out of sight, and,
supposing their destined prey had escap
ed, relinquished the pursuit.
Meanwhile the victim lay safe and
quiet where the shrewdness of the little
cousin had hiddeu him, until the time
came for her return for supper. Then ho
bade her go as usual to her home, telling
her to ask her mother to place the signal
jamp as soon as It grew dark in the win
dow for the boatmen, and send him there
some supper, with his valise, which, in
the hurry of his departure, he had left
behind.
The signal recalled tbe boat, which af
ter twilight had ventured in sight of tbe
shore and tbe farm house, and the Gov
ernor quietly made his wsy to tbe river in
safety. When he rejoined his father In a
secure home, be named his infant daugh
ter, which had been born In bis absence,
“Hetty Marvin,” that he might be dally ^ self of them on my trial In justice to tlie
reminded of tbe little cousin whose truth . Lord and myself. I undertake to say that
and shrewdness saved her life.
AX IIOVMt WITH MB. TUVBMAX,
Hla View* of People sad Politico la
France—Xptlom of Interest Kin,
where in Knropo—Tho Bad Crops
In Orent Britain.
Washington Post.
Hon. Allen G. Thurman, the disting
uished Democratic statesman, who re
turned from Europe on tho 10th instant,
is quietly resting at his modest but com
fortable Washington residence, 1017 Four
teenth street. He is enjoying most ex
cellent health,. .He will’ leave In a few
days for his Ohio home, but will bo in
Washington, back and forward, many
times during the winter months.
As is generally known, Judge Thur
man was one of the American delegates
to tbe International- Monetary Confer*
enceheld In Paris. He thinks that tbe
conference made a very decided impres
sion on public opinion in Europe aud that
the tendency is toward the American
idea—the rehabilitation of silver aud tbe
fixing of a ratio between it and gold by
tbe agreement of nations or of reciprocal
legislation. It will take time, however,
to bring about tbls result. How loug no
one can safely predict.
“What was the duration ot your stay in
Europe, Judge?” asked tho Post repre
sentative.
“About three months,” replied the gen
tleman; “the greater portion of the time
in Paris, but I visited many of the Impor
tant cities and provinces or France, except
in the southern portion; also most of
Switzerland, the Palatinate, the provinces
of Rhenish Prussia, Belgium, England
and Scotland.”
“How were you impressed by France
aud tbe French people?”
“I think that the monarchists in France
are completely overthrown and that the
existence of the republic is assured.
There are people there who favor a mon
archy, but they are in a small minority
and divided among themselves; some
being Legitimists (Bourbons), some Or-
lesnists and somo Bonapartists. The
great majority of tbe people of France are
thoroughly Republican in my opinion,
based on what 1 saw and heard. France
is prosperous. Ir is a magnificent agri
cultural country. I know that it was
good before I saw ir, but I did not know
it was so good. Wherever I went, by the
way, I paid more attention to agriculture
than anything else. France has suffered
a great deal in her vineyards from the
ravages of the phylloxera, that attack ttie
plant, but it is believed that they will
succeed in destroying tbe parasites and
restoring their vineyards, a large and
profitable industry. The ravages of these
pests had been so great that now large
importations of wine are befog made into
France from Spain and Italy. In fact, a
large portion of that famous claret that
France exports is made from these Span,
ish and Italian wines. France raises a
great deal of very good wheat, and the
crop tbis-yetr is pretty fair and far leu
injured l»y bail weather than the crops in
Great Britain. The sugar beet is another
great crop in France this year, anil the
yield is very good this season.’’
“Tell us something about the working
people of France.”
“Tho working people all seemed to be
employed. Paris is very quiet; there
were no disturbances while 1 was there;
the masses seemed to be prosperous aud
contented, to the best of my observation.
They are an iudustrlous people and, ex
cept the Swiss, the most economical on
the face of tbe earth. They all work, the
women as well as the men. About tbe
first thing that surprises the visitor from
America is to see the great number of
women at work m the fields, but that is
observable in all the countries that I vis
ited; not to any great extent, nowever, in
England aftd Scotland. The French are
a: people who make a little mqney
afford a vast amount of comfort and en
joyment., They live so much in the air.
In city find in town they never stay in
doors when they can be comfortable out
of doors. In my opinion, this contributes
very much to their good health, and is
certainly worthy of imitation in
America.”
“Did yen return to your native land
with any exaltedopinion of French states
mans!, ip?”
“1 think that the men who now have
tho destinies of France in their bands are
jwssessed of ability, fired by true patriot
ism, and are laboring zealously to consoli
date tho republic.”
“Are uot the French people especially
friendly to Americans?”
“Tho French are polite to everybody.
There are multitudes of Americau tour
ists every year in France, and I never
heard of a case of ill-treatment or dis
courtesy. American tourists, as > rule,'
go first to Paris and then braucb off on
their respective tours.”
“How about affairs in the other coun
tries of Continental Europe visited by
you ?”
“I was very greatly pleased with Switz
erland. I found a much belter agricul
tural country than I had supposed. Fine
crops are raised in a large portion ot Switz
erland, aud there is no exaggerating the
industry and thrill of the Swiss people.
The portions of the Grand Duchy of Ba
den and tho Palatinate tbatl passed
through are also very fine land. I found
as lusty tobacco growing in the Palatinate
as I ever saw in Kentucky, and numer
ous small fields of Indian corn in good
condition. The people all looked well,
were well clad and seemingly industrious.
In the Rhenish provinces of Prussia one
secs a series of fortified towns. The Ger
mans have greatly strengthened all the
towns and maintained their large bodies
of soldiers, especially at Strasburg, and
fino looking soldiers they aro. Belgium
is remarkably fruitful and splendidly cul
tivated.”
“Is the failure of crops in Great Britain
as serious as reported?”
“As far as my visit to England and
Scotland is concerned,” replied Judge
Thurman, “it was a very hurried one,
and It rained all tbe time I was there. It
was absolutely deplorable to see tbe
wretched condition of the crops, produced
by bad wether. This applies to Scotland
as well as to England. I heard every
where expressions of the deepest concern
on account of this failure, and from the
same cause. On every hand could be ob
served the greatest despondency. There
is no danger oi a famine, however, at
least I heard no such idea expressed. The
people of Great Britain look upon Ameri
ca as amply able to supply all deficiencies
and demands in the flood line.”
the Lord is managing my case with con
automate ability and that he had a special
object in allowing the President to die in
New Jersey. His management of tbls case
is worthy of Him as the Deity, and 1 have
entire confidence in his disposition to pro
tect me and send me forth to the world a
free and vindicated man. “He uttereth
His voice,” says the Psalmist, “and tbe
earth melted.” Tbls is the God I served
when 1 sought to removo the President.
The Lord snd people do not seem to
agree in this case. The j*»opie consider
the President’s removal an unbearable
outrage and me a dastardly assassin
and they prayed the Lord to spare
the President. For nearly three months
the Lord kept the President at the paint
of death, and then allowed him to depart,
confirming my act. The mere fact of the
President's death is nothing. All men
have died and ali men will die. Gen
Burnside died suddenly- about the time
the President did. The President aud
Gen. Burnside were both splendid men,
and no one regjets their departure more
than I, The President died from mal
practice ’and Gen. Burnside from apo
plexy. Both were special providences,
and tbe people ought to submit to the
Lord in the matter. The President would
not have died had the Lord not wished
him to go. 1 have no conception of it
a murder. I bad no feeling of wrongdo
ing when I sought to remove him, because
it was God’s act, and not mine, for the
good ol the Americau people. I plead not
guilty to the indictment. .
MB. BLAISE'S MUSIVXATIOX.
What Oultean Wanted to Bar.
When Guiteau was arraigned for trial
on Friday, ho asked permission to make a
statement. The court refused to bear
him at the time. Tbe following is his
statement, as -given by tho New York
Ilerald:
If tho Court please—I wish to say that
I have been terribly vilified by the press,
and it has made some persons bitter and
repulsive against me. On October fitfa,
tbe New York Ilerald published seven
columns from my autobiography, which
I expect to issue soon in a book. Aside
from tbe impertinent statements that 1
am a creature of tlie greatest vanity and
that 1 crave notoriety—which are abso
lutely false—and similar unkind state
ments, I am indebted to the reporter and
the Ilerald for giving me so fair a hear
ing. I plead uot guilty to the indictment
and my defense is three-fold.
1. Insanity, in that it wasjliod’j act and
not mine. The Divine pressure on me
to remove the President was so enor
mous that it destroyed my free agency,
and therefore I am not legally responsible
for my act.
2. The President died from -malprac
tice. About three weeks tiler he was
sh.'t, his physicians; after a careful exam
ination, decided that he would recover.
Two months after this official announce
ment he died. Therefore I say he was
not fatally shot. If he had been well
treated he would, have recovered.
3. The President died in New Jersey,
snd, therefore, -beyond the jurisdiction of
this court. This malpractice and the
President’s death in New Jersey are special
providences, nnd I am bound to arau my-
Tfae Premier Anxious to be Believed
ol cabinet Duly. : M
A prominent New Yofk politician, who
returned irom Washington Sunday eve
ning, said to n reporter ot the Herald, in
regard to Secretary Blaine’s intentions aud
preferences, that he was informed on ex
cellent authority that Blaine was com
pletely in tlie dark as to the President’s
plans and that he had not received the
slightest intimation as to when his re
signation would be accepted or whether
he would be pressed to remain. A clow
friend of the Secretary of State assured
him while in Washington that tbe Pre
mier could not be induced to serve out
his term under any circumstances. He
had made np his mind to retire. That it
was bis intention to be a candidate for
the Presidency in 1S$4 was unquestion
able, and he seemed to be clear in the be
lief that his chances of cany foe off the
prize would be infinitely better out of tlie
cabinet ot President Arthur tbau in
it. Iflie remained he would be power
less to reward his fnends. Besides, near
ly alt of them had been provided for eithe
at home or abroad. By remaining in he
might possibly save some ot them, but he
shrewdly saw that in bis campaign for
tbe Presidency they would be of infinite
ly moro service to him in their different
States than on distant diplomatic and
consular posts in Europe ana Asia. The
mblicatiou recently of the letter which
te wrote President Garfield accepting a
dace in the cabinet was not accidental,
t was really the first step in the canvass
for the next nomination. This has been
followed by other movements since which
are only known to his most trusted fol
lowers. The informant also gathered
from a leading Senator, who was unusu
ally wellinformed in regard to tbe Presi
dent’s policy, that Mr. BIrine, within a
few days, had urged President Arthur to
take immediate action on his resignation.
The Secretary of State, it was asserted,
was becoming restive, and desired that
the matter be decided one way or the oth
er as soonaspossiblo. • *i
Extract From Inxersoll’a Heply to
Jud(e Black—An Unbeliever’s Be-
My doctrine is that there is only one
way to be saved, aud that is to act in har
mony with your surroundings—to live in
accordance with the facts of your befog.
A being of infinite wisdom has no right to
create a person destined to everlasting
pain. For the honest mfiilel, according to
the American Evangelical pulpit, there is
no heaven. For the upright atheist, there
is nothing in another world but punish
ment. Mr. Black admits that lunatics
and idiots are in no danger of hell. This
befog so, his God should have created only
lunatics and idiots. Why should tbe fa
tal gill of brain be given to any human
being, if such gilt renders him liable to
eternal hell? Better be a lunatic here
and an angel there. Better be
an idiot In this world, if
you can be a seraph in the next.
For nearly two thousand years Judas
Iscariot has been execrated by mankind;
and yet, if the doctrine of the atonement
is true, upon his treachery hung the plan
of salvation. Suppose Judas had known
of this plan—known that he was selected
by Christ for that very purpose, that
Christ was depending on him. And sup
pose that be also knew that only by be
traying Christ could he save either him-
self or others; what ought Judas to have
done? Are you willing to rely upon an
argument that justifies the treachery of
that wretch? I insisted upon knowing
how the sufferings ot an innocent man
could satisfy justice for the sins of tbe
guilty.
I have insisted, and I still insist, that it
is Impossible for a finite man to commit a
crime deserving Infinite punishment, and
upon this subject Mr. Black admits that
“no revelation has lifted the veil between
time and eternity,” and, consequently,
neither the priest nor the “policeman’*
knows anything with certainty regarding
another world. He simply insists that
“In shadowy figures we are warned that a
very marked distinction will be made be
tween the good and bad in the next
world.” There is “a very marked dis
tinction” in tins, but there is this rainbow
on tho darkest human cloud: The wont
have hope of reform. All I insist is, if
there Is another llle, the basest soul that
finds its way to that dark or radlaut
shore will have the everlasting chance of
doing right. Nothing but the most cruel
ignorance, the roost heartless superstition,
tho most iguorant theology, ever imagined
that the fow days of human lifo spent
here, surrounded by mists and clouds of
darkness, blown over lite’a sea by storms
aud tempests of passion, fixed for all eter
nity the condition of the human race. If
this doctrine be true, this lifo Is but a net
In which Jehovah catches scuts for hall.
For the man Christ—for the reformer
who loved His fellow men—for tbe man
who believed in an infinite Father, who
would shield tbe innocent and protect the
just—for the martyr who expected to be
rescued from the cruel cross, and who at
last, finding that His hope was dust, cried
out in the gathering gloom of death: “My
God I My God ! Why hast Thou forsaken
me ?”—for that great and suffering man,
mistaken though He was, I have the high
est admiration and respect. That man
did not, as I believe, claim a miraculous
origin; he did not pretend to heal the sick
nor raise tlie dead. He claimed simply
to be a mad, and taught his follow men
that love is stronger far than hate. His
lifo was written by ignorance. Loving
credulity belittled His career with feats
of jugglery and magic art, and priests,
wishing to prosecute aud slay, put in His
mouth the words of hatred ana revenge.
The theological Christ Is the impossible
union otthe human and divine—man
with tbe attributes of God, and God with
tbe limitations and weakness of man.
Christianity, for a thousand years,
taught memory to forget and reason to be
lieve. Not one step was taken in advance.
Over the manuscripts of philosophers and
poets, priests, w;th their Ignorant tongues
thrust out, devoutly scrawled the forger
ies of faith. For a thousand years the
torch of progress was extinguished in the
blood of Christ, and His disciples, moved
by ignorant zeal, by insane, cruel creeds,
destroyed with flame and sword > hun
dred million ot their follow-men. They
made this world a hell. But If cathedrals
had been universities—If dungeons of the
inquisition had been labratories—if Chris
tians had believed In character instead of
creed—if they bad taken from the Bible
all the good and thrown away tbe wicked
and absurd—if domes of temples bad been
observatories—If priests had been philos
opher*—if missionaries bad taught the
usefhl arts—if astrology bad beta astron
omy—if the black art had been chemistry
—il superstition had been science—it re
ligion bad been humanity—It would have
Imu a heaven filled with love, with Ub-
erty and joy.
FROM WASHINGTON.
TUB CALL Kit SBSSIOX OP TUB
SBXATJE.
Sksnaaa 1 * XmlaU— ASspM ss4 s
Few Ktalsallsu Confirmed—CM-
lean's Wltaeaeee — Hnwcnta’e Ball
Declared Ferfelted
[By Telegraph.]
Washington, October 21.—Tbe Sen
ate was called to order by Mr. Davis at
noon with quite a full attendance of Sen
ate and tbe galleries well filled.
Hr. Sherman called up a resolution of
fered by him prior to the recess, calling
on the Secretary of the Treasury for the
report of James F. Meline.
Mr. Farley offered an amendment to In
clude the testimony taken during the in
vestigation.
Messrs. Dawes acd Sherman opposed
the amendment, which was lost by ayes
21, nays 23, and the resolution was then
adopted.
Mr. McPherson then presented a petl
tlon of certain members of the New York
Legislature against the title of Senators
Miller and Laphatn. Referred to the
committee on privileges aud elections.
The Senate then weut iulo executive
session, and when the doors wero re
opened the Senate adjourned.
Washington, October 22.—Tbe Pres
ident pro tan. laid before tho Senate a
communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury in response to the resolution
adopted by the Senate on the 24th of
March calling for a complete list of all
books, papers, pamphlets, etc., pub
lished by tbe various departments
from March, 1881. The communication,
which states that the records of the Treas*
ury Department foil to give the informa
tion called for,was laid upon the table and
th3 Senate at 12:10 went into executive
session, arid when the doors reopened
adjourned.
Nominations confirmed: W. W. Dud
ley, Indiana, commissioner of pensions;
Robert F. Crowell, Minnesota, deputy-
sixth auditor of the Treasury Department.
WaahlBfitoa Items.
Wabaington, October 21.—It is stated
that the intention of Secretary Windom
to issue bis circular of yesterday in re
gard to the payment of bonds became
known in Wall street, and to speculators
here, before it was communicated to the
public. The kuowiedge was only pos
sessed by a fow persons, and the Secretary
is confident of his ability to discover the
source of the leak. It is stated that ex-
Governor Morgan, of New York, lias de
dined the secretaryship of tbe treasury
because of business necessities.
The President to-day nominated Henry
C. Russell for postmaster at Eufauls, Ala.,
and W. H. Stilwell at Humboldt, Tenn.
The Senate confirmed tbe nominations
of Alva S. Alexander, of Indiana, as fifth
auditor of the treasury; Oliver A. Tem
ple, as postmaster at Knoxville, Tennes
see, and a large number of military ap
pointments aud promotions.
The grand jury to-day presented an in
dictment against Captain Howgate for tbe
embezzlement ot $‘J0,000. Howgate foiled
to appear when called, and his bond of
$40,000 was declared forfeited. The
bondsmen are W. B. Moses, W. W. Mc
Cullough and Motley Anderson.
A Hass Israfi Fraud.
Developments have recently been made
that reveal the perpetration of extensive
frauds in the land office In connection
with the issuance of warrants foi public
lands under tbe military bounty act.
These frauds, it is said, were committed
in 1872, and a report is now on file based
on testimony taken by a commission ap
pointed for the purpose, exposing tho
character of the frauds and the names of
the persons who committed them.
Mr. E. A. Porter, of the land office, was
appointed a special agent to examine
these irregularities, and made a report,
in which is embodied the confession of
one of the guilty persons. The name of
tlA man is W. H. Kendrick, and the per
sons implicated are C. D. Wiilard, W. II.
Gleason, and a man named Gibbs, de
ceased, who was at the time the frauds were
committed Secretary of State for Florida.
An investigation made at the same time
in the pension office resulted in the dis
covery or evidence confirmatory of that
revealed by the special agent ot the land
office. Secretary Kirkwood has declined
to allow the report aud testimony to be
examined, but, from what can be learned,
it appears that the men named conspired
together, and had printed a full set of
blanks like those used by the government
in applications for military bounty and
land warrants. These blanks were
filled out, fictitious, or forged names be
ing attached to them, aud purported to
be acknowledged or sworn to before a no
tary public or clerk of a court, whose sea!
and signatures were forged. These pa
pers, apparently correct upon their face,
were, from beginning to end, forgeries aud
peijuries. They were, nevertheless,whtu
presented at the psnsion office, passed
without objection, warrants weie issued
upon them, and these warrants sold in
market, or located upon tbe public lands,
and sent to tbe land office for record. It
was here that the fraud was first detected.
The amount involved in ths frauds thus
committed cannot now be accurately
stated, but it is estimated at many thou
sands of dollars.
Remarkable Ho t Iranians til p.
Ban Francisco Examiner.
A large audience, composed partly of
naval officer* and other dignitaries, was
present last evening at Watt's Hall to
witness the result of assiduous training
of an Indian boy, Otto, by the well-known
Capt. Macdonald, in the “art of arms,” a
fancy drill, consisting of many grotesque
and varied movements and skilllul marks
manship. - The boy Otto was introduced
with his rifles. The first shot was at a
small taper at a distance of fifteen feet,
which was snuffed in tbe neatest manner.
At the next shot he came to the front,
laid his rifle six feet from where he was
standing, turned a somerset, and picking
up his rifle, cut the string of a suspended
figure to the rear. The third aud most
remarkable shot of the evening was the
following: A pistol barrel was placed in
a small steel frame, directly behind
which was fixed a razor, and on each
side of the edge was suspended
two glass balls. The boy was then
brought to tbe front, and after taking his
position was completely blindfolded.
Turning to the object, he carefully raised
the rifle and, after a moment’s hesitation,
fired and accomplished tbe feat of send
ing the ball into the pistol bairel, split
ting it upon the razor 1 * edge and breaking
both balls. An idea can be formed of
the boy’s wonderful gift when It is stated
that this shot is done by the power of lo
cation, be being able to aim with deadly
precision simply by taking position di
rectly in trout of the object and securing
bis aim by a certain degree of pressure or
the rifle-stock against bis shoulder and
right cheek. A loaded pistol was then
placed at a right angle from tbe marks
man, and in front of it three suspended
balls. At the word he picked tbe rifle
up, and, whirling around, struck the
trigger of the pistol, discharging, it and
breaking tbe balls. This feat was followed
by the breaking of eight balls second by
a perpendicular board. Another exhibi
tion of his skill was bis carom shots, tho
boy breaking balls suspended in all posi
tions behind Cspt. Macdonald’s back. He
next executed the feat of breaking thirty
balls swinging In mil directions in six
shots, and in the remarkable time of ten
seconds. His next was the shooting of
glsss balls thrown into tbe air withont
aim, as a card was fostenened on the point
of this rifle. His average in his shooting
is 98 per cent. With equal ease be suc
ceeded in breaking two balls at one shot.
His last feat was done in remarkable
time and effectiveness, and consisted of
breaking about fifteen balls in rapid suc
cession with the use of his right arm, his
left ■ being secured at his side. During
the shooting the hoy missed a few of the
leas important shots, but this defect was
owing in a great measure to tbe miserable
lighting of the stage.
DYSPEPSIA.
Different Cases Defined.
Holes fer Its Treatment.
Dyspepsia is tbe inability of the stomaeh
to prepare from the food eaten the nour
ishment required to sustain the body.
Among a dozen dyspeptics no two will
have the same predominant symptoms.
Dyspeptics of active mental power and a
bilious temperament are subject to sick
headache; those who .ui fleshy snd phleg
matic have constipation, while the thin ana
nervous are abandoned to gloomy fore
bodings. Some dyspeptics are wonder
fully torgeU.il, olhers hare great irritabil
ity ot temper.
Symptoms of Dyspepsia
are loss of appetite, rising of food,
heartburn, distention of the stom
ach, headache, bad breath, sleep
lessness, low spirits, and general
prostration. Constipation u a fre
quent oonoomitant of dyspepsia,
but sometimes it is attended with
diarrhoea.
For the certain cure of dyspepsia there
never was a medicine discovered equal to
or even deserving a comparison with Sim
mons Liver Regulator. The test of many
years aud the experience of many thou
sands and tens of thousands of every age
and condition of life has established the
fact that no one will remain a dyspeptic
who will take this purely vegetable medi
cine according to the printed directions to
be found always accompanying the medi
cine. The Regulator, as a tonic and cor
rective, will strengthen the gastric organa
so that
The Food will not lie Corrupting nnd
Decom toting in the Stomach to
Foiaon the Blood.
but will be digested withont pain or dis
tress; and when thus digested the body is
nourished, pare blood is supplied, and
hoalth, vigor and ohoerfulne.,* follow. It
is not unpleasant to tbe taste and is per
fectly harmless. A hali-tablespoonful after
each meal will gently move the bowels as
naturally as it no medicine had been taken,
and when its use is discontinued the sys
tem is not left constipated or costive.
“Simmons Liver Regulator folly
deserves tlie popularity it has at
tained. As a family medicine it
has no equal. It cured my wife of
a malady I had counted incurable
—that wolf’s-bane of our American
people -Dyspepsia. She desires
that all might know the virtues of
this God’given remedy.
A. E.P. ALBERT,
“Professor in Nicholas Publio school,
Parish of Terrebonne, La.”
“AU the health I enjoy, and
even my life I may say, is in
consequence of Simmons Liv
er Regulator. I would not tako
$1,000,000 for my interest in
the medicine. W. H. WILSON,
“Lecturer State Grange and President
Florida Cooperative Stock Company, P.
of H., Wellborn, Florida.”
“Simmons Liver Regulator has
entirely cured me of the most dis
tressing case of dy8i>epsia I ever
saw. fam never without it on my
engine, as it always relieves me of
any distressed feeling after eating.
It is the best family medicine in
the world, and I ueverlet it get out
at my home. In its praise you may
add to this. J. H. MALLETT,
Engineer C. R. R., Savannah, Ga.”
“My wife, as I supposed, was a confirmed
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advioe of Dr. Steiner, of Augusta, she was
induced to try Simmons Liver Regulator.
At the time she weighed eighty-five pounds
By the use of that valuable remedy she has
been entirely restored to health, and now
weighs one hundred and twenty-five pounds.
I ftel grateful for tlie relief it has given
her; ana' may all who read this and are af
flicted many way, whether chronio or oth
erwise, use Simmons Liver Regulator, and
I feel confident health will be restored to
all who will bo advised.
“WM. M. KER8H,
“Fort Valley, Ga.”
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