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known book, and deem it well worthy OF
reproduction here MS a fitting finale to this
somewhat grewsome recital. The able
writes:
THE experimenters were certain indi
viduals who disbelieved in religion and
magnetism; n class OF unbelievers who are
ready for any superstition and subject to
any fanaticism. They had decided to sub
NIT a poor girl Serving for monetary rec
ompense) to their experiments. She was
impresslonable and nervous; besides,
through excuses, weary of an irregular life
and Disguised with existence. They sent
her to sleep; they commanded her to see;
she wept and was uneasy. They spoke Of
God-she trembled in every limb.
NO. she said; no, ! fear him; ] will
not look at himP
Look at him; ] will itP
"She opened her eyes; her pupils expand
I'd to n frightful extent.
what do you seer
"I do not know how to tell-Oh. Mercyf
Mercy Wake mep
".No. Look and tell me what you see.'
al see a black night, wherein sparks of
all colors fly around, two great eyes hat
always roll. From those eyes dart rays,
rolling themselves in spirals, filling all
space. Oh, this pains mel Awake mel
"'No; look
w here Will you nave me lookP
"Look into Paradise
"'No, | cannot rise TO it.; the great night
pushes me back, and / fall continually
"'Well, then, look into hell
Here the subject became convulsively
Agitated.
mo, nor she cried, amidst sobs; 4 will
not; / shall become giddy; / shall fall. Oh,
hold me, hold mel
mo; descend
Where will you hat l descendt'
"'Into hell
"'But it is terriblei No. mol l will not
go therel'
go there
"Mercyr'
"tGo there; ] will it,
1.-THE features of the subject became
frightful to see; her hair stood upright on
her head; her eyes were wide open, and
showed nothing but the white; her bosom
heaved and allowed death rattles to es-
cape.
"tGo there; / will itp repeated the mag
netist.
at am there said the wretched subject
between her teeth, n fell exhausted.
She spoke no more; her inert head rested
, 1892-03-24

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DIR. Kings New Discovery for consump'
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Sufferers from la grippe found it just the
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so cents and 81.
, 1892-03-24

On her shoulder; her arms hung motion
less down her body. They approached and
touched her.
'Too latei
They wished to awaken her, but the
crime had been done; the woman was
lead"
OF course the girls imaginings, out
yrowths Of inherent, perhaps hereditary,
superstition or fancy, made horribly real
site in her s~omnambulic state, terrified her
20 death just as effectually as If she had &C
Iually gone to sheol. j. II. CoNNELLY.
, 1892-03-24

HAVE to present
some very strange
averments, made
by undoub tedly
honest, ~veracious
and intelligent
persons, respect
ing certain mys-
FERROUS phenom-
ena closely associ-
ated with death.
/ am sorry that a
shrinking fro
publicity on the
part of the nara
tors of those eNDe-
, 1892-03-24
NO GLANCE TO SIR. LOUIS.

Do you know that the Union Pacific is
now running a Pullman Palace sleeper to
ST. Louis?
It's a fact. The sleeper runs from
Salt Lake City to st. Louis via Denver
and Kansas City and the Missouri Pacific
railway. Apply to your nearest Union
Pacific agent for accommodations in this
, 1892-03-24

The Chicago. Union Pacific & North
western line offers the best accommoda-
tons to the travelling public en- route to
Chicago and intermediate points via
Omaha. Through trains, fast time,
magnificent sleeping cars, elegant dining
cars, reclining chair cars and handsome
day coaches.
, 1892-03-24
A Remarkable Cure Of Rbeu natsm.

Messrs. Gage and Sherman, of Alexan-
der. Texas. write us regarding a remark
able cure of rheumatism there as follows:
The wife of Mr.. William Pruitt, the
postmaster here, had been bed-riddan
with rheumatism for several years. She
could get nothing to do her any good.
We sold her a bottle of Chamberlain
Pain Balm and she was completely cured
by its use. We refer anyone to her to
verify this statement" Fifty cent bottles
for sale by druggists.
, 1892-03-24

riences compels me to Withhold their names,
as, could those be given, the incidents
might seem commended with greater force
TO popular attention; but, under the cir
cumstances, the facts will have to stand
upon the simple foundation of their W
truth. with whatever support they may
additionally derive from my assurances
that / have entire confidence in the good
faitA of the persons making them known.
The relation of inexpiicable occurrences
uniformly associated in certain families
with the demise of any of their members
caused one gentleman present to speak Of
death itself as the greatest mystery of all,
about which nobody could know anything
except by personal experience, to which
DIR. II. replied, Pm not so sure abou
that" He then went on to narrate the
following:
Last year l aided Professor X. in many
Of his experiments in hypnotism. 1t was
n very interesting study, but unsatisfac-
tory by reason of the quite indeterminable
factor of mental suggestion from the hyp-
notizer affecting the consciousness Of the
sensitive. That always made me distrust
''clairvoyant" manifestations. Still there
were occasionally things that startled me,
and none more than that of a girl in n hyp-
botic trance seeing a soul-if / may employ
the old Technology which covered with
the name of soul" all that was not the una
terial body Of man.
l had a patient, a man about ~thirty-two
years of age, who was dying of consump-
ton. He vas far beyond hope OF recovery,
only palliation OF his sufferings and per
haps a slight p~rolongation of existence be-
ing within the power of medicine. On my
last visit to him / surreptitiously shipped
off and carried away with me a very little
lock Of his hair, which l carefully wrapped
in several thicknesses OF paper and sealed
in an envelope.
Professor X. was at the time in pos
session of a truly remarkable sensitive"
a Scotch girl. who professed to come of n
, 1892-03-24

DR.. Paul GARNER, the eminent a~lienist,
Jays that there are passages in Guy de
Maupassant's story, THE Horla," which
keel in accuracy and intensity anything a
clinical doctor could write in depicting the
lgony, the terrors and the ~infatuations of
lelirious hallucination produced by in
;oxication. De Maupassant himself is now
hnnalasa lnnatic
, 1892-03-24
WRESTLER GEORGE sAPrIs1e.

He Is the Undefeated hI~iddIeweighk
Greco-Roman Champion.
One OF the foremost gladiators in the
country today is George Baptiste, the I'M
defeated middleweight Greco-Roman
wrestler. This famous athlete, who was
born at st. Louis twenty-five years ago, is
of Greek p~arentage. He is 8 #. 6 in. tall,
wrestles at about l52 pounds and is a man
Of splendid muscular development, as the
, 1892-03-24
New washiuuton. Penn. People

Are not slow about taking hold OF a new
thing, if the article has merit. A few
months ago David Byres. OF that place.
bought his first stock of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. He has sold it all and
ordered more. He says. ut has given
the best of satisfaction. have warranted
every bottle. and have not had one come
back" Fifty sent bottles for sale by
druggists.
, 1892-03-24

Crook, Tin a brief
interval between
terms in the peni-
tertiary, won the
hand of a beauti-
full village girl.
She followed him
to the a pris-
on doors and then
entered on a life of
shame for means
10 mitigate his
hardsh hips. He
was released, and
she fed from a
lover who could
, 1892-03-24
MISS MAReuRY AND HER WORK.

Branch of TheatrIcals.
A new play called Merry Gotham" was
produced in New York the other night. 1t
was al adaptation from the French, and
the work OF preparing it for the English
speaking stage had been lone by a woman
Miss Elizabeth Marbury. This young
, 1892-03-24
Try ".Jack Frostn flour.


at the weekly drawing of the Cheyenne
Steam Laundry. Each fifty cents In
laundry work gets a ticket for one chance
for S. in furnishing goods OF iewelry.
Free mending for single men.
, 1892-03-24

and st. Peter and Market streets, will have
a street frontage of 200 feet and a depth of
80 feet. The acoustic properties of the
building will be looked after with the ut
most care AZ the fittings will be very ele-
papt
, 1892-03-24

st. Paul is to have a new and very fine
music hall, and hopes to have it in time for
next seasons concerts. 1t will be built in
the heart of the city at the corner of Sixth
, 1892-03-24

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bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fevei
sores, letter, chapped hands. ohilblains,
eorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t If
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction OIL
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by A. +. Roedel, druggist.
Subscribe for The Leader.
, 1892-03-24
DID SHE SEE Atu s5 l.:
A Strange and Terribly Real dn,. Yes Of ss%Te he did md 81 took
's''e Mn.@nIH6H:=$aDE41fs:,tts::Ss=::ssss,$ss !: CT: e. ;: ):
IN Il ~ TEE II ID ICpn n yrpw poHGad1 remember nght-als camst to
i HhAd a @nMve to witness the de
~ " NSse thu dyng person was a lister Of cha

poHG31p remember ar1ght-also claims TO
&pSsJ6htsed a sensitive to witness the de-
Hrture of a soul from it's body. In that
ease the dying person was a sister Of char
ity, an aged woman of exemplary goodness,
and the soul was seen as a bright spark OF
mingled light blue and golden light flying
upward from the top of the head and al
most i-nstantaneously vanishing.
"Lf the perception Of the sensitive can
go so far" suggested the gentleman who
had drawn out from the doctor that rem
iniscence, may 1t not be compelled to
follow the soul in its fight, and tell us
something about the realities Of the
futurel"
81 should not like to participate in such
an experiment" replied the doctor. One
could never know, with gertrude, how far
mental pr~edisposition might affect the sem
sitive and what frightful results o~finsanity,
or even death, might ensue from such ex-
cessive excitation as could very well be
produced only by imagination. The Able
Alphons Louis Constant, in his lie Clef
des MYSTERIES relates a thrilling story IL
Illustrative Of such effect, for the truth of
which he vouches, and having read that
nothing would induce me to risk a repeti-
ton of such a performance"
At some trouble | have been able to pro-
cure n translation of the passage men
toned by the doctor. from that littls
, 1892-03-24

Jack Frost is the best in the market.
, 1892-03-24
HER DOWN..
A wonian's Devotion to Her Husband
Brings Disgrace.

The strangest story of recent criminal
annals comes from Columbus, o. 4
, 1892-03-24

A "sensitIve," gnder HyPnotie influences,
Describes tlhIahaRl2 6Shas-spirit
from The -BodyVThe-HoFFibIe Tale
Told by Able oYnst.pE
ICOpyriShh Ess n American Press Associs-
Alnn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12
MANY NEGROES DROWNED.
DEVASTATING FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.
WHOLE FAMILIES SWEPT AwAY-THE ToMBIG-
BEE TEN MILES wIDE-APPEALING TO
THE GOVERNMENT FOR AID.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Jackson Miss April ll.-There was another
heavy rainfall throughout this section TO-
day, and the rivers and creeks that are ALREADY
full to overtowing now torrents. seventy
five negroes are known to have been drowned
and many more will be found dead when the
waters subside.
The greatest loss Of life and injury to property
was along the line Of the Tombigbee River lhis
river is not large enough in the dry season 10
float small steamboat, but to-day 1t Is ten mics
wide. Its valley is extremely fertile, ana Is
thickly populated. All of the plantations along
its border for four five miles are submerged
from five to twenty feet. 1t was ten leet hlSher
than during the great flood of ls47 previous 10
which time nothing like that had ever been seen
there In many instances, 80 rapidly did the river
rise small cabins were swept away, ana wnoie
families with them The river was bsnhful be-
fore the recent heavy rains, which served TO
make il veritable inland sea.
The bridge over the Big Black River on the
Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad is seriously
threatened tonight 1t is over 400 feet long
1t is reported that bridges the other roads
throughout the State are in danger Travel Is
greatly interfered with, and in some instances
trains have ceased to run altogether. The first
through train of the Illinois Central for a week
passed here to-day.
So great is the devastation in Northern
Mississippi that the people have appealed 10 Con-
gresham Allen for assistance from the General
Government The greatest suffering Is among the
negroes There are hundreds of them homeless
and without anything 10 eat, with no prospect
of work in the near future All the work they
have done toward putting in a crop in the bottom
lands has been swept away together with fences
and much stock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12
THE INCENDIARY FIRES IN VIENNA.
rTREMEN STILL KEPT BUSY BY THEM-ENGLAND
AND TIE RCHIsTS.

Vienna April 11.-Since the fire In the Ringstrasse
on Thursday night the nth OF the series Of incendiary
fires that had then occurred in Vienna within week
the fremcn have been kept busy responding 10
alarms in various parts Of the city. Extraordinary
vigilance has observed, and has resulted In the
flames being extnguished before any material damag"
was done. All Of these fires gave evidence of
being Of incendiary origin and there is little doubt
that they were the work Of Anarchists or extreme
Socialists The general feeling OF uneasincsS and In
security continues to grow. and great many citizens
have employed private watchmen to guard thcir
property against attempts TO set II on fire.. Vienna
is not the only place that is in state Of eNclimen'
because Of incendiary fires. At Lonfelden, In Upper
Austria there have been several fires Of this Kind
within the last few dnys.
Paris April 1.-The Memorial Diplomatique' IN
Inmates that It knows that the English Government
has changed its opinion. and Is now ready to co
opcrne with other Powers I'm conference TO concert
international action against the Anarchist
Madrid April ll.-An analysis has been made OF
the bombs found I'm the possession Of Jean Marie De!
boche and Manuel Ferreira the clfprochlincd An
ochists who were arrested last Monday In the building
iu which the COItes meets Their Object IN being l'c
presumably was blow up that building Ih' experts
who examined the bombs have reported thnt III" ~
po,lve nj ixtaie IN them consisted Of English gnup
and chlodate potassium The report ENDS mat II 'he
bombs had been exploded In confined pace l'eS
would have wrought enormous damage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12
WEATHER AND CROP REPORTS.
WESTERN RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKs-sEED-
ING DELAYED BY RAIN

WESTERN RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS-SEED-
ING DELAYED BY RAIN.
yincennes. Ind, April 1.-THE Wabash River
which has been rising several days. is now seven
teen feet In the channel and is still going up The low
bottoms are inundated Much damage has been done TO
bridges and fences. Farmers getting their stock
TO high ground to save it, Crops in the lowlands are
ruined.
Virginia Ill., April 1.-THE lowlands along the
Illinois and sangamon Rivers are completely flooded
and both rivers are still rising At Beardstown the
Illinois is five miles wide. Both rivers are above
their high marks for the last ten years, ana
no small damage has been done 10 the growing crops
In the Sangamon valley.
Springfield, H., April 1.-THE state Board OF Agri-
culture in It's weekly weather crop bulletin say ::
"The temperature for the last seven days has been
above the normal throughout the State. Light frost
which occurred on the 9th did no damage. An
average amount OF sunshine has prevailed. The uh-
usually heavy rains while rearding spring work have
put the ground in excellent condition. Considerable
damage has been done, especially In the bottom
lands, by streams overfowtng, which flooded the
fields and washed out seed already In the ground
Madison, Wis, April 1.-The weekly crop bulletin
of the Wisconsin Weather Service Bureau says: Win
ter wheat and rye TO have passed through the
winter in much better shape than was expected. 1t
was thought by many that frequent thawing and
freezing had broken off many Of the tender roots.
but nearly all reports show the crop In fair condi
ton The drouth which prevailed during the iall
,eeding and which viewed with much apprehcn-
ZION at the time may have been blessing instead
Of q misfortune II is probable that the slow germna-
ton and the limited number Of roots formed placed
the crop better shape to encounter the unfavorse
conditions OF winter The ground is well stored
with moisture. December. January and February
have given precipitation considerably above the normal
and with warm weather all vegetation will probably
come forward rapidly
"Ploughng and seeding are just beginning IN the
extreme southern counties and will probably be gen
eral throughout the State between the 18th and goth
ST. Paul, Mimi. April 1.-THE Minnesota crop
bulletin says: " In the northwestern counties spring
seeding will De done rather late. In the central
rounties seeding Is retarded by the recent rains
The southern counties are In similar condition. At
some places seeding Is under way but I'm the majority
the farmers are waiting for the ground 10 dry. some
localities report winter wheat 10 DC In poor condition
Recent rains have furnished sufficient moisture 10 IN
sure a good start for the growing crops. in many
places the ground is too wet for seeding"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12
THE HUNTINGTON ENDORSEMENT CASE.

Dresden Arnl li.-Mr. liord, John Huntington >
, II. law who +, now IN his city I'm relation 10 the
alleged forging Of his f,therln laws indor"mcnt 10
certain notes has no adviccs from Cleveland "Ih'
rcgardng the condition of affairs there. lie say b.
That no matter what comes, Mr. Huntington VIII h"'
rny the forged notes. SIR Huntington, who' ~
stated I'm these dispatches an >itufuay' i III NJ !"
frvate hosuia here was much better o. day. and lad
a lam, consultation with Mr.. ll0rd. Mr. Huntington
,tipt. that the guilty parties. knowing II his poor
health ,pccuated upJn his early death concerning
the forgcrics lie and III, wife are therefore, f''cd
acnin,t the tracherous friend who has forged M
name and they viii nsht 10 the end any suits brought
On The notes. Mr.. Ilord reasscHs that not one
genuine Huntington ind rrmeht Il III 'H'uI''"h'
,udoyts t0 TINT effect being PREPARED and they
..,, -. .,rcrn IN before SIR. Palmer. the American
tnnsul here 80 that, IN cas-" OF Mr.. Huntington 5
death h. testimony against the gcnuihchcs Of thc IN
dors. ments viii sun be available.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12
/ HrSBAND SUES PATHS NEPHEW.

DAMAGES ASKED FOR ALIENATING A "lfES
,,,,.,.,,, .,.,,,o>s--nrstyuTRITED BY THE SINGER.
,,.,. ,i,v Anru 11.-Dr VI. F. HORNE. of Chi
,,, GIed a suit I'm the United states Circuit 'our'
dav arninst Alfredo Baril Of this city, Tor aneha'ns
~, ,r,c,,,ps ~ the Doctors wife. DR.. HORNE asks
o,n so coo damages sgnOr Barin, who is nephe"
-, ,dclnn Patti came here from Augusta "'''' sA
month. aeo While he was living in Augusta Ms
IJoriue WAS visiting there. The peutloh Ill ~ ~
rino,s .uit states that one day. while his wiie was
visiting at Augusta, he received e''er iio', ~
wifi, In which she openly confessed that Se hau i,
~ ,,,. with Alfredo Barih, II relative OF Patti she
,,ted that she no longer loved her husband anu
Logged him TO apply for II divorce. Mrs HORNE Sent
-. a.. husband several II the letters which she iiu
.,,.od tror, RarIl In one the young man prOpostu
,,, tho dv with him to Italy or some secluded place
, ruropc where she could secure the legal sepaIat'o'
desired His obueing relative Adelna Pa'u lie S@u'
voud furnish the funds necessary ,,.,
I, vos about that time that Patti arrived III 'in'
coco. Dr. HORNE knew with what affection INC S"ie,
,.,arded her nephew, and he determined 10 'onS,,'
with her. With IN attorney he caled uPo" '
r,, torv of the intrigue was told. and Patti deeply
affected denounced her nephew In the strongest ."'
She had made hey WILL bequcathins to MN nan "er
,,r,unc she said but now she would cut MN V'
i,hort 81 pennv She tclcgraphcd sisnor baril ~
Gonna to her at once lie went, ana, being ui"'o "
,r himself Of DR.. IIorine's charges his au''' hop'
ncr word disinheritcd him. and told MN she no'''
wanted T. him again. n,,,
The threatened suits OF DR.. HORNE against p''i''
t,r damages and against hi, wife for divorce ""'o
-. ,i,.t time withdrawn and II was supposed 'ha' Ut.
q, W ' ' ,1 orrved nj a compromise with Patti. IL
a,nn,,,s now that she declined to mA III uo .,e
.,i all and left her nephew TO Sn,i hd toI n6noi
l;''iu I'm. lie is n fine vlolinist and has been sue
Cr.,fui lie declines to discuss Dr. loilhcs su''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12

St. Paul April il (Specia).-A novel matrimonial
complication has been brought up at MiicheWs by
motion for temporary amony in the case oi Deh'
Bardin against Lyman ID. Bardn. Mrs. Baiulh was
married 10 the defendant July H. loo9, at Albany
n. Y, and asks for divorce On the ground oi eA'ree
cruelty II appears from aidayits filed In the case
that Mrs BardIu was married In York In 1877 to
one Lewis Osborne who left her in six months anu
she asserts, has since been found ana j. oe''u
The husband asserts that Osborne was living wheh hc
and the plaintiff married and that OSBORNE -
still living In New York. An affidavit pnrpOruhg !"
be made by Osborne presented to the cour' H'ih'
ing that he has lived continuously in New-f0rk ohte
since his marriage with Mrs Bardin. since thl7 ac ION
for divorce was begun Bardn, assuming that ms mar
rage with the plaintiff void. has married aeain IA
New-YOrk The plaintiff has two lNlhg nus Nlius ,,
tIe defendant has two living wives The deIehu'li'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12
THE QUEEN TO SEND HER PORTRAIT.

A GRACEFUL RETURN FOR MRS. CARsoN'S GIFT
TO HER or THE PAINTING BY CARPENTER.
London. April 1.-THE Queen has Just sent another
testimonial OF her appreciation Of Frank b. Carpen-
ters international arbitration picture which has been
placed In the royal banqueting room OF Windsor Cas-
tie to Mrs Carson, Of Ncwburg y. Y, who presented
the painting Her Majesty In the name Of the women
Of the United states
In addition to the ROYAL acknowledgment from the
Queen February o. the day the court mourning
for the Duko OF Clarence expired. Her Majesty has
now sent a second letter. asking Mrs. Carson's ac-
ceptance OF ullength portrait Of herself. mounted
and framed with the date I'm ,IIer Maesy's handwrit
ing together with her autograph, In the right hand
corner Of the picture.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-12
FOR VIOLATING THE ooyrRAc1 LABOR Law.

,rren,on y J April l1.-What Is said 10 be inc
~, conviction under United States law OF March
3. 1891, against the importation OF allen coh'i"o'
sbor occurred to-day IN the Federal COURT
The defendant X. J. Ccrts, representing III"
I,onnburp American Packet Company, who had beeh
,,c,c,eo for receiving Joseph Grigantias and three
other immigrants at the port OF New YORK, VINO came
IN september from Hamburg under contract to LABOR
in the Thomas mines IN Virginia. he was ordered
"a return them ana failed 20 do 30. Mr. Cors TO-DAY
pleaded non vulto and Judge Green fined him *5oo
ord costq There are other cases pending In the
80 court .c.,nst other steamship companies, IN
Gliding The Hte Line: but these, 1t 10 sih VIII
he contested and the law fought