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The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
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THE Bible offers no premium %
Iaziness or improyidence-
HAVE faith in God, and you will
never need anything else.
A NAN may have good deal OF re-
Iirion and yet not have Christ
MANY a man who has no fear OF
lion backs down before gnat
.IEsrs CHRIsT never sought his own
popularity. Some preachers do
AN unmerciful man Is the only
kind of sinner God cannot forgive
IT Is hard for anybody else 70 please
the man who Is well pleased with
himself
Ir viii hurt you more to live day
without prayer than 70 live II Witn-
out bread
DECIDE to give up sin and see how
soon skepticism Will have 70 leave
your heart
TIE eople who d sappoint God
most are those VINO try 10 light their
own battles
II Is ali tlgnJ Tor tine uead 70 look
dead. but those who profess TO oe
alive In Christ ought 10 show II OF
their looks.
THERE is no lifting power in the
life Of any man VINO performs bis re-
/ licious duties with the air OF tired
man at work.
WHEN We fast be not OF . sao
countenance. shows that God - not
helped any by going 70 church Win
long face.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
The Are or Animals.

"A bFtterfly lives only few weeks,
crosy NAV live more than a century,
and swans are said to live sOmetiMes
ospr 400 years. An eminent Ratura-
lIst tells of a falcon tnat was l62
5ears old. A wh te.headed vultures
ranpht in17O6, died in 1876. Ia the
Eayiary or the Palace Of Scnonbrunn.
near Vienna. where il had been ia
Heaptivity lis years.
Again, parrots and ravens think
snthing OF tnmbIing about the world
II hundred years and more, and
ne of the sea birds and water fowl
hive several generations OF human
sgs To come down to some well
Ans birds, the ordinary cock lives
swenty TO TWENTY-FIVE years;and
geon lives for about ten. A night
lie may live ten years in captivity,
thrush fifteen; but when free
VI live much longer
d 9fQuadrupeds the elephant lives
ch longer than any OF his trends
brethren: he may reach the age
400 years And, you will
lnk. be looks as If he was made
lsst long time. A camel Is old
loRty, horse or a bull ut twenty
lion and bear at twenty.
III ~ The whale, it d sports itself in
sea for some time three hundred
-: and no tortoise is considered
I've attained ripe Of old age he
" reaches ninety years
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25

The subject Of the above portrait Is the
Rev Chas Prueser much beloved and most
1evort minister Of the gospel at Mount Car
mel Northumberland Co, Pa Mr.. Prosser's
usefulness, was, for a long time. greatly I'M
haired by a distressing, obstinate disease
How his malady was finally conquered we
viii let him tell in his own language lie
saws: 81 was great sufferer from dysf@i-
sia and I had suffered 50 long that 1 was
a wreck life was rendered undesirable and
IL seemed death was near but came tn
contact with DIR. Plerce's Golden MeC1cal
Discovery and his Pleasant Pellets took
twelve bottles Of Discovery and seFeral
bottles of the Pellets and followed tho
bvvpnic advice Of DR.. Pierce, and | arm
bappv To say IL was indeed cure, for life u
worth living now ..,,-.
For dyFpepsin. or indigestion. liver com
plairt. (" or torpid liver, b3liousness, conStaT'A-
tion. chronic diarrbeA and all arrangements
~ the liver. stomach and bowels, Doctor
Piercs's Golden Medical Discovery effects
rerfect cures when ell other medicines fail
II has specific tonic effect upon TIE hniIss
rr,e-nbranes Of the stomach and bowels. As
ar iuvizOrHtiLg. restorative tonic II gives
strength 20 the whole system and builds up
solid flesh 70 the healthy standard, when 70
dnced bv " wasting diseases
Mr. J. r. Hudson, a prominent lawyer 81
" whitchsrwille Sebastian Co, ARK. wTltsa
| q. Having suffered severely. for long time
, from a TORPID liver, indigestion, coIsssdIla,,
, ton. reTvousless and general eet5hfy. and
! fnaInz no relief tn nv efforts - regain IT,
{ bzalth. ! was induced % try Dr. F5efce
/ Golden Medical Discovery and fie-aaAa'l
/ Pellets' Under this treetEneat, ifni,gg.f.sl
very much and In few '-gutts = - @oA~ u
attend 70 my pTofessiona4 4ute~
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
ACnSfIY Fence.

The big fence that surrounds the
nalace OF Cornelius Nanderbilt, at
Fifth avenue aud Fift7-eight street,
Is commented upon a good deal by
out-of-town correspondent Is and others
interested in the dolngs of ia multi
millionaire. The fence = By no
means a remarkable one % the casual
observer Itis an iron fence, ten or
twelve feet high, and similar 20 those
in general use in Par : and Berlin.
A member Of the trim of iron workers
who manufactured the fence, q
sneak ng Of it re emily, said that IL
aas a better piece work than IL
seemed to be from the outside LII u
wrought iron, not cast iron, and L
cost Mr.. anIerbilt 81, coz.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25

M both solid fesh and strength after grip
pneumonia feyerp and other pr1sfraf4uR
disease Golden Medical Discovery hhs
no equal II does NOT make fat peopla more
corpulsut, but builds up soiic, 'ni'0sesofas
Gci. .
Do You feei dull. languid, 10y spirited,
have flllnessor bloating after eating. tongue
coated. bitter or tad taste In m01fh, trfeEh.
Lar appetite. frequent headaches noatafg
sp-cks# before eyes, nervous pro2tFafEon ana
drowEineSR after meals
II you have any couNiderah1s nnnnbeT II
these symptoms, you are suffering from
torpid liver, associated with dysp@IaiA, or
indigestion The m0Tn complicated y0gF
disease the greater the number of NyrHps1uas-
No rylnttsr what stage ~ has rearhs-l, Dr'
Fierce's Golden Aedleal Discovery VII SAD
due Il
Nervousnaem, hIseTslaaEnesR. nervous prNs
trntirn. nervous debility. and kindred dis
trrfarcew are generally duo ~ impoverished
blood The nervous system suffers -or Tanf
N ture. rich blood 70 nDgriah and sustain
1, Purify. enrich ard yltailze tie hleol by
takiny af;ol4en Medical Discovery" and al
i thee nnr ses4s trDnbBas vanish
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The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25

As soon as the secretary bird, o.
snake eater, of South AFRICA uis'
covers a snake, it advances toWaFus
il without hurry and without hest-
tation, and when within striklhe as.
tance il Immediately elevateS lIS cress
and the feathers or the neck, anu'
without losing any time, delivers
hIow with its foot. II the snake mas
avoided the blow and attempts 10
strike in return, the bird interposes
a wing thus receiving the deadly
fangs harmlesslv upon the long leath-
ers and Immediately strikes again
The fight is then virtually over,
for If the secretary gets in a single
blow the snakes back is broken anu
| the bird. like lightning, plants l1S
foot firmly on the reptiles neck ana
head. pressing them into the grouno'
while it delivers the coup de grace
with its beak. and then delioeratel!
swallows the snake whole, beginning
ar the tail. and lust before the heaG
disappears, giving 1T parting rap VI
the ground. a., -,
Rnt there Is nothing refined aOou
the secretary birds appetite lor on
writer says he found inside one thre
/ serpents ''as long as his arm" " eieVe
lizards seven inches long, twenty-o-
tortoises abhut two inches In diam'
= ter. s.besides a large quantity
grasshoppers and other insects" o
a in other words, seven and hall LEI
! of snake, six and half OF lzar'
n three and a half of tortoise, ana sa
a ward of miscellaneous trifles.
The secretary bird is protected
the Cape authorities for the lmmen
r nublic benefit it confers in eatlI
n. poisonous snakes, and a penalty
a. sttached by law to its destructlo
d And. if it were necessary, hundre
e of eve witnesses could be called
t. prove its right to the title ''Serpe
z, tarius" Curiously enough, too u
re- bird can be trained, and Is traine
n, to protect poultry yards, not only ir(
If, snakes, (which are all too fond OF egI
n but from other birds of prey.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
VAGARlES OF LAW.
FIVE Thousand Dollars for Life, Ten
Thousand fer an Eye.

FIVE Thousand Dollars for a Life, Ten |
Thousand fer an Eye.
Sometimes the law is an amusing
thing as recording the Inconsistencies
and contradictions of that thing
called Judgment in men. Ii Ia any
kind of railroad Academia a man lose his
life the law gives the limit of damages
for which the railroad company may be
held liable at S5. 000 If, however, ne
only has an arm or a leg cut OF or
gets a twist put int his spine, OF
some su h trifiing loss he may re-
cover anywhere from SO, 00G to 500
600, according to his ability TO make
things lively in court Inc ola geo.
metrical proposition that Wnole IS
greater than any Of its parts Is most
contemptuously reversed by the
s;ngularly discriminating laws OF our
blessed country. For example,
Chicago W0flai has secured judg-
ment in the sum of Sl0.O against
a New York storekeeper for an IN
iury to her eye that caused the loss
Of her sight The verdict OF the
original court has been hrmed 0y
the Court of Common Pleas. so that
we NAV assume that the value or a
healthy eye is legally fixed at $40,
900.
Another principle was affirmed in
this case that storekeepers and en-
/ Movers in general would do we'll tC
note fcr their future protection. The
eve of Mss SWinarton was put ou'
by cash boy who, pursuing Int
snort of swapping p MS with Rubber
drove one of the missiles into tn
unsuspecting eye OF the shopper
Suit was brought, not against tn
boy, his PARENTS, or his guardians
but against the storekeeper whom
the courts held to be responsible 10
'.having a mischievOus boy on tn
premises
, Now, any establishment that ha
in its employ a boy given to pranE
ism sports may take warning. Ii en-
Movers are thus liable for the ml
! deeds Of their employees it is advl
, able that they give little attentlo
!. to aScertaining the conduct and maj
: ners of those who come into conta'
with the public
= If boy snap a pin and damag
i his employer TO the extent of $40, "
o what stall be done with the DO.
n What recourse has the employer?
d the pin-snapper were his own son II
4 law would permit him the tonSolati'
g of a wOod-shed interview, but the
y is no grain of comfort of that sort
. the case under consideration. II
= employer takes all the risks, and
/ there are many more suits for dal
,s ages the pin-snapping boy will
,r banished from business circles. Int
10 ocean.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25

Every man has his price, though IL
is. in the case OF renowned persons,
occasionally high. No Cne under
stands this better than Worth, the
man milliner, as any person who wears
his creations can vouch for. A good
story is told Of how one misguided
woman ventured TO demonstrate with
him because he charged her 5000 for
a dress, which at first sight seems TO
ordinary people an expensive gown.
THE goods said the lady. could
be bought for 800, and surely the
work OF making up would be well
paid for with 50 more"
Madam" replied the outraged
tailor, 'go to NJ. Constant, the
painter and say to him: Here Is a
canvas and co.ors. value 81. Paint
me a picture on that canvas with
these paints, and ] will paF you
33l cents What would be the an
swer1 Madam, this is no payment
for an artist No but | say more.
If you think my terms are too high,
keep the dress and pay M nothing.
Art does not descend TO the pettines'
of haggling-" !" =,
History does n record the LADY,
replv.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
"A MUSICAL NEIGABoRHooD
live in musical neighborhood,

j live in musical neighborhood
And Id certainly move ont at once If couId
But I've taken my fiat ill the frs. Of next Nav
So You see very well that can't get away.
There's young man downstairs who sits m
late at night,
And tnumps the banjo with wearfsome
might,
While walk up and down, tor can't sleep a
wink
For the sound Of his plinkety- -plinkety pink!
On the floor just below there's man with
Oh, that tootlety y-tootlety-tootIety- -toot
To the nerves it is quite as dist1e sing think
AS the other ones plinkety -plinkety-p pink!
man on trombone below tries to bang
But all he gets from it is whangety-
And it is dreadful mixed up with the banjo and
fute+
whang -wnangety -plinkety -tootlety- -tootl
And then there's quartet Of Jealous young
Who try glees ana anthems again ard again;
But all that they do is SO woefully queer
They should 60 to q wool, where there's no one
to kear
There's lady besides on the very first floor,
And on piano the scale she runs Ger
just do, re- me- fla, sol and Ia, ST. ana do
First up, and then down sometimes fast, and
then slow.
The janitor, too has the musical craze,
And the front steps accordion plays;
Oh. Id move right away ii l could wouldnt
yOu?-
But my rent is all paid, and SO what can do?
| Malcolm Douglas in st. Nicholas
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
KNOWLEDGE

Rrinrs comfort and improvement ana
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightlv used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adap.;ar the worlds best products 70
the needs of physical being, VIII attest
the yalue to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced ~ the
remedy. Syrup Of Figs
It, excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing ana trul
beneficial properties Of perfect iax
alive: efIectually cleansing the system,
disnellinr colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation;
II has given satisfaction e millions ana y,
met with the approval Of the medicai in:.
profession. because it acts on tne hlu-
news Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it Is perfectly Tree from
e-ery Objectionable substance. -
s;rup Of Figs il for sale by all drug
lists in soc and 81 bottles, but II y man
nfactured BY the California fig syruE
o., only. whose name i printed On every y: =
nacEare' also the name, Syrup o. Flgs
and being we'll informed, you VIII no
~ accept any substitute if offered.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25

AS late as forty years ago an Eng
lish married woman was, financially
speaking, the mere chattel OF her nus
band. She had not the right to con-
troll her own income, if she had one,
or even to enjoy her own earnings II
she earned anything. Sne might nave
a worthless drunken, brutal nus
band, who. after ill-treating her fOT
years, might turn up again some evil
morning from Norway or Nicaragua
or Newgate and break up the home
she had formed for herself ana her
children during his absence, selze
and squander what money sne nad
scraped together sell her furniture,
and then abScond again for an IN
definite period. If she had riches,
her wealth could not be secured tC
her without cumbrOus and costly
legal settlements, while a diSslpateo
or heartless husband might wrench
from her every penny OF interest &C
cruing from her capital. IheIe was
no cneap or expeditions law OF dl
vorce which could free her from th'
matrimonial tie when her life had be
come intolerable through the cruelt.
or lntidelity of her husband. She hat
first to 60 to the Ecclesiastical courts
to get a divorce from bed and board
and next a private act Of Parliamen
had to lie procured before the con
iugal shackles could be dissolved. Il
get divorce was like walking owe
broken b0ttles-you bled at ever
step. The cheapest divorce cos
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
OueIists Prevented from Firing by the
Distress Sign of a secret Order.

A play recently written for pop
nlar comedian is founded on a tragic
occurrence in which Dr. j. M. Kellar,
formerly of Louisville, but now OF
Hot Springs, Ark, was an actor
The story was told to Mr.. Gardner,
who repeated it to James B. Carey
and the last-named gentleman saw
the dramatic possibilities. The incl
dent occurred during the war says
the Courier-Journal. DR.. Kellar was
an army surgeon, and was stationed
at Nashville. One night at the
Nashville Club two officers, a Major
and Colonel had a misunderstand-
ing during q card game, and the lie
was passed. Immediately there was
acballenge. The Colonel, who was
comparative stranger, called on Dr.
Kellar to act as his second, and gave
him letters of introduction, showing
that he was a gentleman and brave
soldier. Preliminaries were arranged,
and the belligerentS with their sec
ouds met on the field OF honor the
next morning at sunrise The dis
| tance was measured off, the prlnci-
| nails were stationed and lone, two"
had been counted, when the Colonel
threw I'D his hand and declared he
| could not and would not fight. lie
declined to give his reasons and was
branded as a coward, DR.. ke4lar,
who knew the man must have valid
excuse, stood by him and requested
the Others TO say nothing OF the affair
until proper explanations were made
When the doctor reached his hotel he
| found a note from the COlonel, which
only added to the mystery. lie de
clined to expla his apparent COW
ardly action, but said that time would
show be had acted rightly. lie lei
Nashville and was afterward hearC
of only from the seat OF war, and II
all cases was spoken Of as a brave
fearless soldier. At last came tn
news Of his death, and with 1t let
ter TO DR.. kellar that had been fount
on the dead mau's tOdy. 1t cleared
the mystery. This letter stated tina
Just as the Colonel raised his weapol
to ire in the duel his antagonist tn
Major. had given the distress sign U
a secret organization OF which bot
were mem bers, and the Colonel coul'
not and would not violate his oatI
BY dis egarding the signal Dr
kellar hunted down the cOwardl
Major, made him acknowledge IN
truth OF the statement. and then ha
him dismissed from the army IN di;
grace
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
Cou,a..t Fin the order.

A few weeks ago an American pup
Usher wrote 10 Oscar Wilde, asking
HIM for story Of loo. oUo words
for which he offered to pay so and
So" The gentle soul Of the artist
was disturbed. He aid not take II
kindly that his wares should he ap-
praised by the yard. like ritbon he
wrote back to the New York pub
Usher. Dear sir | have received
70 charming letter, and have spent
Two or three DAYS in delightful con
temptation. | should like TO write
the story, but l do not see now can
do SO. Unfortunately there are not
100. 009 words in the English IAN
guage"
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
a Cremation Rock from, Mic higan.

In the Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, there is a large boWlder
of almost solid copper, which II IL
could talk, would tell many dark
tale of superstiti0us rites and sacIl-
fees This bowlder came from the
upper peninsula OF Michigan, about
twenty miles from Lake superior
The Indians in that locality held II
in great venerati0n AMI were &C US
toned to offer up human sacrifices on
it. According to their stradition 1t
had been sent to their forefathers by
the Great Spirit as token of bis
favor. The, asserted that it some
times spoae to them with a voice or
( thunder demanding sacrifices A flc-
tim. usually prisoner OF war from
some other tribe. was then bound
/ fast TO the rock aud speared or shot
10 death with arrows, after which 2
fre was built upon the bowlder and
the body burned. st Louis Glooe-
( Democrat
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25

When of the repeated kind experienced by per
sons troubled with insomnia, soon bring about
an alarming condition of the nervous system.
The shaking hand confusion of the brain,
lapses of memory and loss of appetite indicate;
~, Ioss oF sleen. which if unremedied must de-
strov st. cTS mental equilibrium altogether No bet
ter and thorough nervine exists than Hostel hos
Darienca noint to its early and steady use In
cases Of Insomnia. it strengthens weak and re-
lakes the tension of overstrained nerves, when,
by the way, resort to unmedicated stimnlantts
viii never do dopermanently, while the after et-
feet OF such excitants is most prejudicial. IN
der the influence OF this benign invigoEan&t, & ap,
peornfo-t and health are alike promoted. 1t is
invaluable in chills and fever, liver complaint
construction. rheumatic and kidney trouble
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25

on her guard lie 1naiiy weut away to
report to the rebel authorities.
Thanksg wing Day came-cold, bleak
and futter Of snowflakes in the air.
Little jim had been slot Just three
weeks before, but such was the nurs-
ing that on this day he was helped
out of bed and bolstered up in the
big rocking chair to eat Thanks
giving dinner. Tears came to his
eyes as he saw what e%orts the wO-
man had put forth and how meager
the results. Mother, children, ana
soldier were gathered at the table
when there came a. clatter Of hoOfs
and a clanking OF swords, and dozen
rebels galloped up to the door. At
their head was a Sc geant, who
pushed his way in and seized wife
and children and kissed them tefore
he looked at the pale-faced man at
his table. He was followed By Cor
poral, who was scarcely inside the
deer before the children cried out:
Uncle Daniel. Uncle Daniel.
Our other Uncle Daniel has come
home"
The bushwhacker had made his
report to the nearest camp, and the
Sergeant had beer sert TO bring the
prisoner in. He sat at the head Of
the table and heard the story, and
when it was concluded he patted his
wife on the head and said;
"You did just right, Mary. When
loyalist is up, he's our enemy; when
: Aof Il
wish some one else had come, though.
My orders are to take him back, and
pye got to do it or stand trial
IN go with him, jim" protested
the woman. HIS wound has not
healed yet, and he's no more strength
} than a baby
"Wolunteers in sight, sL" reported
a man at the door.
''How far away:n
, "About a mile.
3 THAT let's US out Twelve OF u
: can't fight no Thousand volunteers
Y Good bye. Mary; good bye, children
/ I'm dog gone glad Of it, Orders is OF
4 ders, but I'd gone back to camp an
4 told 'em it wasn't in me to bust up
/ dying mans Thanksgiving, ne mai
S ter whether he was rebel or a 10y
= alist!"
Five minutes later the highwa
z was full of volunteer cavalry, an
L. half a dozen officers were in tn
d house. This time it was Little jill
d who told the story, and when he la
e finished every one put out his han
d to the woman and said ''God BILE
n you." They took The Sergeant ava
n in the ambulance, but on the pla
" on which he had eaten his Thank
d giving dinner they left aAdue rewart
n and many a soldiers haEersack w
W emptied that want might be put af
as off. After the war, Little Jim ro(
10 over that highway again to find IL
cabin in ashes, but the soldier al
b. family alive ana well. His mon
as built new and better house fence
i'd in the fields again, bought horses al
IN plows and seed and started the e
lie rebel on the road to prosperlt
ct Well, the Sergeant feels that he c.
a never repay the debt, and the IA
ey Ily think there was never such a
eS other enemy ia the world, and
take it all around, it came out
:" good as the ending Of any story, a
hasn't been concluded yet kin!
he ton Press.
The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25

TO BE Wiling Tor any Klnd OF aslh
to stay in your heart is to be willing
for the devil to own the earth.
LOB was the richest man In all ms
country. and yet he was far richer In
Heaven than he was on earth.
GOD would have his children to still
he rich when moth and rust and rob-
hers have taken all they can take.
WHENEVER an oath falls from the
Inns il is an evidence that the devil
is still hav .ug things his own way II
| tho haarT.