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The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-27
PATH TRAT CURES.
Confidence Of Patients In a Physiois.S
Ability often Def-sts Death.

Ability often Def-sts Death.
"You may be surprised when tell
you that | believe in faith cures"
said Pittsburg doctor. 81 don't
belittle the faith or confidence that
great help in getting beneficial re-
suits from the administration of med
icine. In fact. faith OF confidence is
requisite to accomplish great cures
1t matters not whether 1t oe faith in
God. faith in the doctor. or laith in
the medicine prescribed the effect is
just the same. | attribute my great
success to the confidence which l
seem to inspire into the people Of .
house as soon as | enter it
As an example of this. not long
ago patient OF mine was visiting in
{ yeland. She became very sick
while there and beseeched her hus-
band to send for me. received tel
egram after telegram TO come. and
even had special train offered me.
but did not think it would be proper
to neglect my patients here. having
a mum ber of serious cases, for the
length of time il would require me
to go to Cleveland. After much So
licitatIon, / finally agreed to go Ar
irving at Cleveland. found that |
had to go twelve miles into the sub
urbs. where | was met at the station
by the doctor in attendance. who had
given the patient up, saw at once
he was ratified. and talked over the
case with him until ! hud got to the
house. There was met by the sor-
rowing hus band. with tears in his
eyes. wringing his hands, and saying
in a hushed, broken voice, Oh. doc
tor. You are too late, she is nearly
gone. II you had only come sooner,
doctor. you could have saved my
wife. She has not spoken for four
hours. and is failing rapidly"
II was ushered into the room
where the patient lay and saw she
was extremely low. | walked over
20 the bed ana placed my hand upon
her forehead. IT was cold. The
lciness OF death could already be
felt but | did not lose heart
turned to the crowd OF sorrowing
watchers and said; Why. she's lot
gone yet by any means. | had
hardly uttered the words before the
eyes OF the patient slowly opened,
and looking up At me in mournfnl
way, she raised her hands and ex-
claimed in dramatic manner,
'~avedh 1t was not fifteen mlnutes
before the pulse began to be stronger
and the patient rapidly improved
under the administration of medicine
until the morning, when | wa able
to return to Pittsburg.
''>he is living yet, strong, healthy
womun- That woman had simply
made up her mind that she was going
10 die unless | came on there The
impression was SO intense that it had
an actual effect upon her condition,
and 1t is probable that the result
wonld have been death had she not
been able to expel the impression Of
death by the stronger suggestion Of
life which came when arrived
through her confidence in me-"
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-27
FOOD oNox IN SIXTEEN DAYS.
sunsrlnss of stovAw.y on tho Voyage
From Baltimore to Bordeaux.

sansrlnss of StowAway on the Voyage
From Baltimore to Bordeaux.
A remarkable adventure of hard
ship coupled with human endurance
was related to Baltimore Sun man
by captain Evans. of the British
steamship William Aiming. which
arrived some days ago with iron ore
from St Jago. Cuba The case oc-
Cured upon the trip between Balti-
more and Bordeaux, France The
Aiming sailed from Baltimore with n
full cargo of wheat. On the sixteenth
day out the chief officer reported to
Captain Evans that there were
strange sounds in Ne. 3. hatch, which
could he heard at intervals. The
sounds continued until all on board
were more or less impressed with the
necessity of investigating what were
thought by some to be spirit rap
pings, as all conceded that no human
being could be in the small space be-
tween the bagged wheat and the
iron deck above. At last Captain
Evans decided to investigate. The
battens and tar paulins were removed
and one of the matches was taken off.
Suddenly an emaciated man, who
looked like u maniac. struggled on
deck. He looked about and then
made rush for the ships side. pant
ing like a person who is driven wild
by thirst Seeing that the cool water
of the sea had allured the man. Cap
tain Evans ordered his crew to seize
him. Then water was given the man
in small quantities, Notwithstanding
his piteous appeals for more. Bran
dy and water were also administe tered
to him with good effect. As soon as
possible Captain Evans drew out the
mans story and recorded his name.
home and age in case he should die
before reaching land. He said he
belonged to Denmark and had slowed
When he hid in the hold he had one
loaf OF bread and small can of water
which he thought would be
sufficient until the vessel reached
sea. when he intended to come from
his hiding place. To his astonish-
ment. when the hatch was fastened
he saw his last chance for liberty cut
of. and he made the voyage IN the
dark under the most terrible sus-
pense and agony. Much that he told
Captain Evans Of his experience was
awful to hear. He had probably
tasted the whole time, except the
6rst day of his imprisonment. He
tried to eat wheat from the cargo,
but his mouth produced no saliva
and he could not masticate the grain.
Captain Evans kindly cared for the
man. When Bordeaux was reached
he went ashore with the determine
tion to walk to his home in Denmark.
Captain Evans thinks If he could
spend seventeen days in the ships
hold he would be equal to the task
before him.
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A Laboriou. Compliment.

On one occasion. when interposing
IN quarrel, Lord North observed
that there was often far too much
readiness to take offense. That is
not my own case" he added; "this
very evening one member who spoke
of me described me as that thing
called minister. Well. to be sure"
continued Lord North. here patting
his ample sides, II am an unwieldy
thing, the honorable member, there
fore. when he called me a thing
said what was true, and could not
be angry with him. But when he
added. that thing called . minister,
he called me that thing which Of all
things he himself wished most to be,
and, therefore, took 1t as = compli-
ment
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A JUDO M ENT.
Which Changed the onicial Language of
the Eremch Cnurt..
1t was so like a man.
1t was so like u woman.

tho French Courts.
The young duke OF Brissac. son OF
the viscountess de Tredern by her
first husband, has just become ell
gagged to Nile. de Crussol, daughter of
the well-known duchess dues and
sister OF that Duke Jacques who per
ished couple of years ago in Africa.
The duke OF Brissac is very popular
young officer Of the Twenty-iifth dra-
goon5 and bids fair to develop later on
in life as much flesh as that ancestor
of his who used to be known as ale
gros Brissac."
1t is to this fat duke of Brissac by
the by, that the French nation is in
debted for having the pleading in law
courts as well as the judgments and
decisions delivered in French instead
OF in Latin. as had been the case until
his time. 1t seems that the duke rode
all the way from Paris to Rouen Just
in time to hear the Judges there deliv-
ering a judgment against him with
the Latin words "Debotat dictum. -
At any rate these were the only words
he heard. says Paris letter.
Furiously he returned to Paris. and
on arriving there complained to the
king of the impertinence of the judges.
why, what have they done to you,
my poor Brissac.' exclaimed the king.
They've condemned me to lose my
boots
Your boots'" inquired the king in
establishment.
Yes. sir; they used the expression
I a.,
know what else they can mean"
There was shout OF laughter on the
part of his majesty and OF those pres
ent, and it was with difficulty that the
real meaning of the expression was
made clear to the irate duke.
"But why couldn't they tell me that
my demand had been rejected in plain
French. instead Of their accursed Lat
in?" he growled.
You're right, Brissac." rejoined
the king, "henceforth il you are to he
subject to .debot at it shall he in
French" And from that time forth
all judgments have been delivered in
the vernac cular.
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N ANY MATTER

''God Save the Queen" is sung in
nearly twenty languages.
sixtysix per cent of the inhabitants
of Milwaukee are Germans
It would require 1900 cholera
microbes to form procession an inch
long.
1t is estimated that 1,7O0,O ,OOo square
miles of the enrth's surface are still
uninha bited or ownerless.
A Texan has invented device which
will couple airbrakes by steam or
electricity.
There is q natural fountain in
Dauphiny. France, which emits an
infiammable gas after every rain.
The smallest tree in Great Britain
grows on the summit of Ben Lomond.
1t is the dwarf willow. which is
two inches.
Your Chinese immigrant is an
insidious cuss. Some weeks ago the
British steamer Danube reached Port
land with 503 Celestials Every
mothers son of them is now on shore
Elmer James of Philadelphia tied
sinkers to his feet before jumping
overheard from 4 yacht at Atlantic
City, n j. He also held the captain
at bay with 4 razor as he was bound
to shuttle off.
Mr. Edward Connolly of Birming-
ham. Ala, has n curious Irish potato
that he raised in the Likeview gar
den. The center potato is surrounded
by seven smaller ones 1t is family
potato, and all the members of the
family are united by ties of sap. 1t is
a multiplication of the Siamese twins.
Mr. Connolly sees in this union potato
prophecy of the success of home
rule in Ireland.
An ingenious chicken raiser lives
near Milton. Wash. He was brought
to the verge OF ruin by large quanti-
ties of suases that migrated to his
neighborhood and swallowed his eggs
and his chickens, and tried many plans
designed TO Iisperse the reptiles and
save his stock and fortune, but un-
availingly. A happy thought struck
him two or three weeks ago. and he
bought n big lot of porcelain nest
eggs and scattered them promiscu-
ouslg over his premises The snakes
were marvelously fooled, and have
been swallowing them with avidity
and with fatal results ever since. 1t
is assumed they die of indigestion,
though it may be chngrin.
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poMEsTIcATING BEARS.
Two Farmers in a Dispute About Pan
lily of the Animals.

Farmer Dan Warren lives near
Hagan's Pond, sullivan county, New
York, and bear and four cubs osmt
out of the woods and feed in his
meadow. He had not raised 8 gun to
them, and he chuckles as he looks at
the furry youngsters. Farmer Wood
is his neighbor, does not like bear,
and when he started 10 bring IN
the cows a few days ago
and met the youngsters and
their mother he let his dog fly
at them and get killed. Wood got his
rifle, and, when he missed that big
bear she chased him all the way into
the back kitchen Then she made
faces at him and trotted back with
her litl.- ones. Wood is afraid to go
after his cows now, and swears he
will kill the bear. and Farmer Warren
just as empatically swears mat he
will do no such thing. Warren feel.
that he has proprietary interest in
the bears, as they feed on his land
He says he wants the cubs to grow
old enough to make fit eating, then he
will kill them himself. And Wood is
such a peaceful man that he says he
will move before he fights with his
aeighbor
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SECLUDED.
Life of the Ruler of Europs's Tinisst
Monarchy.

Prince John H., of Iiechtenstein.
who enjoys the distinction OF being
the reigning sovereign of the tiniest
independent state of q mOnarchicai
character in Europe. has won the
by presenting to the city his priceless
collection OF pictures, including many
Raphaels, Corregios, Titians and Van
dykes. The gift is destined to com
memorate the fiftieth anniversary ol
the Austrian emperor's acceut.on to
the throne, which will lie celebrated
three years hence. and the princes oh
ject in making me donation now is in
order that the gallery which the city
has undertaken to build for the re-
ception OF these WORKS of art may be
ready in time for its inauguration in
the jubilee yeur.
There are few sovereign princes
about whom 50 little is known as John
ii. OF Liechtenstein who, whether In
his palace at Vienna one of the most
magnificent residences Of the imperial
city-or in his innumerable castles
that abound in every province and
state of Germany AMI Austria, leads q
life of the most complete and sbso-
Lutte seclasion. Ills mind is unclouded
indeed, his intellect is of such high
order that he /, honorary president OF
the imperial acLdemy of sciences at
Vienna-but he is afflicted by an in
durable malady OF a most peculiar
and extraordinary character which,
may be said to deprive him Of the en-
joyment Of his vast wealth or magnih-
cent possessions.
He gives grand entertainments at
his Viennese palace and superb shoot
ing parties at hi chateaux. but al
though his guests may be aware that
he is under III, same roof they rarely
II ever catch Il glimpse OF him. 1t Is
needless to sag that he is unmarried,
his only brother being likewise .
bachelor, while there have been such
a large number OF morganatic mar
riages and mesalliances on the part OF
his cousins that considerable differences
are expected to arise. with regard to
the eventual succession to the SOW
ereignty of his small dominion.
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CHOICE MISCELLANY.

New York city has g46 papers
The rate of suicide is increasing in
all the countries.
In l-ss the hay crop of the United
States was II. 4j4, 45s tons.
There is man in Syrncuse. \. ",
who runs pawn shop in connection
with furniturc and stove store. He's
all business,
Grecan women possessed twenty
two kinds of footgear. which may he
classed as those which cover all the
foot up to the ankle and those which
simply tied on the top of the foot
with white ribbons or straps.
Edward j. Sherlock, the keeper of
popular chop house in brooklyn. and
a high Mason. was found dead in bed.
He was stricken with death while
marked two lines reading:
Thus shau he say, A valiant Greek lies there
liy Hector slIin the mighty man of war
In fruit raising countries one third
of the ranches are either owned or
managed by women In Fresno
comfy, the gres- f;tisin growing dis
triet oil California, only one woman
has failed in business. In Santa Clara
county one-third of the s55, 900, 600
taxable property is owned by women.
Nine tenths of the employees of can
utug factories are women.
George Lovey attempted to back his
wagon into a mill pond near Wau-
toma. Wis, in order to soak the
whcris He was returning from church
at the time with his wife and three
children and Johnny Nelson, aged Is,
the son of a neighbor The team
backed so suddenly tn tt the wagon
ran into deep water and Loyey's Two
daughters. aged II and l3. and the
Nelson boy were drowned Loyey
saved his wife and one child. The
h.. ty.ra
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AN INUNDATED TOWN.
flooded by an Immense Volume o
Thick and Impure Water.


Schneidemuhl, town in the pro-
vince of Posen, il disturbed, our Ber-
lin correspondent says, by remark
able inuuda ton. At the corner of
one of the streets there stood pump
whic yielded bad water. Last autumn
it WAS removed, and borings for an ar
tesiau well were begun. About the
frat of July a spring was reached,
but the water which gushed forth was
thick and impure. When a depth of
200 :eet had been sounded an immense
volume of water flowed, and ran down
the street &c the Kuedow rivulet
The water was allowed to flow for
weeks in the hope that it would be-
come clear. But about week ago great
cracks became visible in the neigh bor-
ing houses Attempts were now made to
stop up the spring The conduit pipe
had been removed long since But the
water still gushed forth. Great car
loads of sand and stones We're thrown
in, but the water penetrated every
thing. The work goes on day and
night; experts from Berlin, Danzig and
Konigsburg have been summoned, but
nobody can do anything. The houses
roundabout are more and more endan-
gered, and the pavement has begun to
get loose One day lately the alarm
bell was heard calling the firemen.
The water had forced for itself another
passage and no longer flowed down
the gutter. hut invaded the cellars Of
the houses. The water of the great
lake near Nanstettin has since then
sunk many feet The number of
hcases threatened is ,welve, and the
occupants have all had to leave.
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IN LIGHTER VEIN.

Mrs. Hogan-Danny. Danny-Yis
nither WAS thot joyint we saw at
TIL show last summer foive fut eight
or eight fut foive?'
Doctor-Of this medicine want you
to give your husband spoonful every
four hours. Rich Peasants Wife-Oh,
doctor, We are, thank heaven, snfH-
ciently well off to let him take one
every hour,
what will you have, sirp' said the
pert waitress. "Something to heat"
replied the English visitor to the
restaurant. Suppose you try a fat
iron,' said the p. W.. who thought
she was beicg guyed.
Hustling a.iitor-How many muir
ders did that man commit? Assistant
One reporter says three. another says
five, and another nine. Hustliug Edi-
tor-Three, five, nine, eh? Oh, well,
we'll have 10 strike an average. Make
it 350.
.Iess-jack's S ent tire truthfulness was
what captivated me. Bess-What did
he say when he proposed to you? Jess
1t ran thus: II have never loved q
woman MS do you since-since-(re-
ferring to his note book k)-since-let
me sce-the 18th of last August
Squarernann-Do you think it just
right for you to be working to get him
out of his office? Apply the golden
rule to the situation. Put yourself
in his place. Seeker-Put myself in
his place! Blame it, what are you
talking about? Amt that Just what
I'm trying TO do?
Shc-None of yop- family ever fol-
owed the sea suppose? He. sadly
Not exactly. Tins governor seems tc
have made up his mind to figure as a
whole revenue cutter himself for a
while, though got letter from
aim this NOR a,ng saying my allow
ance would be decidedly smaller fre~
this on.
81 have ventured," he said, "to buy
this diamond ring, fohdly hoping that
you will allow me to slip it on your
finger as token of our engagement. p"
a am very sorry. Mr. Jones, but You
are too ie.e-I am already engaged;
but if you will have italtered to fit my
little finger will shower upon you
the wealth OF sisters affection"
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Old Polo.

In the Arabian Nights" we read Of
. wise sage who cured a great king
by a decoction with which he anointed
the handle of stick with which the
King was in the habit of playing
game at ball, to the end that when
The royal hand perspired in the vigor
Of the play the open pores might re-
.eive the medicament. The transla-
tor speaks of this stick as golf
stick" (sic), but it is plain from the
context that the game was played on
horseback. 1t was, in fact, polo. In
deed, the illustrations of the very
same edition show the said king play
ing the game on horseback.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-27
Troubles of n Bishop.

are having much pleasanter time
now than in the time of Bishop Col
enso thirty years ago. After the
bishop published his book showing
that certain statements and figures
in the Pentateuch were untrue he
found himself almost universally
ostracized. Men and women whom
he had known intimately from child
hood refused to speak to him. And
SO general was the detestation Of
him that his laundress in London re-
fused any longer to wash his clothes.
because she lost customers by coming
int such close contact with him.
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Charlotte coraay'. Las, Portrait.

A most interesting snecdote OF
Charlotte Corday has seen the light,
apropos of the centenary OF Marat's
execution. While Charlotte was on
her trial she saw an artist sketching
her portrait and she turned her face
around so as u, give him q better
view. After her condemnation she
gave him sitting in the prison that
he might finish his work. and when
he had been thus engaged about two
hours tap was heard on the door
and the executioners entered. The
victim turned pale, but was self-pos-
sessed, and she cut off long lock OF
hair with scissors and gave it to the
artist. asking him at the same time
to send replica OF her portrait to
her family. This was done. The
artist was a German named Hauer,
and the story comes from his daugh-
ter-in-law. who is still living The
lock was afterward lost. The por-
trait hangs at Versailles.
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kNrAR Hook.

Charles Reade is credited with start
ing the scrap book fad, but many
such famous Americans as Chauucey
II. Depew, DR.. o. w. Holmes. Joseph
Jefferson, Edwin Booth, Rev. T. Da
Witt Talmage and Roswell p Flower
srs said to have begun compilations
= Dat kind long before the BritasA
oovo11n4 mAAe u he voIuA
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-27
Almost BISamy.

At recent dinner in New York
City a prominent Southern woman
present remarked IN the course of
oonversation touching upon the IA
nous statesman, that it was almost
wicked in Charles Sumner to have
married. He was so deeply in love
with himself" she continued that
mis- marriage was little short of big
as.ax >,
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-27
Liked Her Playing.

Little Boyd good deal rather
see you go to the piano than Miss
De Thumper that mamma jSs' asked
Fair guest. delighted--Would you
really? Why?
Little Boy-Cause you only know
two pieces.
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A areat Change.

Mrs. Parke I.ane-Your husband
has improved 20 much since his mar
riage.
Mrs; Dimpleton, much plsssed-Do
you think SOP
Mrs. Park Lane-Yes, indeed. He
Is getting no now he can tell pretty
woman when he sees one.
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OwInx to Expsrlence.

Mother - Why aren't you and
George as good boys as your little
brother?
Young Hopeful s'pose it's cause
you'd had more experience bringin' up
boys when you commenced on him.
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Those Glrls

Maud-That spiteful sibyl says she
caught you padding.
Marie-She did once, dear. when !
pors . pair Of hsr shoes
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1hsy DIE Of Grief,

The infant ses otter. whom removed
efom parental care, dies Of either
grief or starvation. 30 far IL has
BEEN impossible 70 raise It to msturity
b. huRaa hama
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-27
A serious ore. %.

"Why do yor hate Tubbsr ssf~
"Haay hin. he's always trying -
make ~ uks hiu."-CAisa9o Res.
04
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MIXED Her D.sss.

witherby : Didn't your nsw cook
leave rather suddenly
Plsnkington-Yes. She got mixed
In her dstes. She had . policsnsa
and burglar call o. hss 4 ~ sa1e
svsning.-LiiA.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-04-06
ROBBERS ARRESTED
BY Farmers and Turned Over to the Pc
lice Authorities.


lice Authorities.
CLEVELAND, O., March 30.-Early
yesterday morning six men entered the
Lake Shore station at Olmsted Falls,
bound and gagged the operator, and
attempted to blow open the safe. Two
farmers, hearing the noise of the ex-
plosion, came to the rescue of the
operator with guns Several shots
were fired and the robbers took to their
heels.
An armed posse was quickly or
ganized and the fleeing men were pur-
sued. They were overtaken six miles
from the scene of their operations,
and captured aft ter Il sharp fight.
The prisoners were taken to Rock
port station and placed under guard,
while word was sent to Cleveland. An
engine and box-car answered the sum-
mons, and the prisoners were quickly
brought to this city and turned over
to the police. They registered as
James Burns, of Buffalo, \. Y; Thomas
Donavan, of Syracuse, n. Y; David
Barrett, of Stamford, Conn; Frank
Spencer, of Pittsburgh; James Noble,
of st. Louis, and John Kane, of Corey,
Pa. Nine other men were arrested at
Olmsted on suspicion.