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Morris tribune., 1895-04-10
A YOUNG GIRLS TRIALS.
Nervous Troubles End In st. vi
tus' Dance.
Physicians Powerless-The Story Told by
the Child's Mother.

lFron this Reporter, Somerset XVI
Among the foot hills of the Cumberlan d
Mountains, near the town of Flat Rock is
the happy home of James McPherron.
Four months ago the daughter of the fam
lily, happy girl OF sixteen, was stricken
with st. Vitus' dance. The leading physi-
clans were consulted but without avail. She
grew pale and thin under the terrible nerv-
Gus strain and was fast losing her mental
powers. In fact the thought of placing her
in an asylum was seriously considered. Her
case has been so widely talked about that
the report of her cure was like undermining
miracle Of old. To a reporter who visited
the home the mother said:
eyes, the reports of my daughters sick
ness and cure are true as you hear them.
Her affection grew into st. Vitus' dance
from an aggravated form of weakness and
nervous trouble peculiar to her sex. Every
source of help was followed to the end, but
it seemed that physicians and medicine were
powerless. Day by day she grew worse I'm.
til we despaired of her life. At times she al
most went into commissions. She got so that
we had to watch her to keep her from wan
dering away and you can imagine the care
she was.
1AOouU tilC LlIuo Wll6u QUE MISERY was
greatest and all hope had fed, read of
another case, almost similar, that had been
cured by medicine known as DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. Almostin desperation secured
some of the pills and from that day on the
wonderful work of restoration commenced
the nervousness left, her cheeks grew bright
with the color of health, she gained flesh
and grew strong both mentally and physi-
cally until to-day she is the very picture of
good health and happiness.
"It is no wonder that speak in glowing
terms of Pink Pills to every ailing person /
meet. They saved my daughters life and I
am grateful"
The foregoing is but one of many wonder
full cures that have been credited to DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. In
many cases the reported cures have been
investigated by the leading newspapers and
verified in every possible manner. Their
fame has spread to the far ends of civiliza-
ton and there Is hardly drug store in this
country or abroad where they cannot be
found.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price go cents
box, or six boxes for So 50-they are never
sold in bulk or by the 1907 by addressing DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
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THE END.
Bargain.

She had been servant ere she be.
came rich and was able to ASSUME a
very high quality of hauteur.
She bestowed a whitening glance
upon the artist.
''Do understand you to say you
charge me one thousand dollars for
painting the portrait of my grand
father?" she demanded, incredulously.
The painter bowed low.
'You understand me Alright" he re.
piled, simply
She sneered.
Every we'll"
She shrugged her shoulders, oddly.
then, but Shall insist -
Her lip curled.
that you pay the model"
Leaning gracefully over the escri-
toire she wrote a check. -Detroit
Tribune.
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SONG.

There's beauty In ths dawnins ligne
And twilight fair, or starlit night,
Has each its charm and grace;
But lovelier Still on earth to me
The fairest thing my eye can Sec
The beauty of thy face.
There's calmncss on the oceans breast
AS deep and blue it seems to rest
Meath bluer heavens above:
But deeper, ealmer, still to me
Than ever sea or sky can be.
Thine azure eyes. my love!
There's music in the running stream.
And music when the woodlands seem
Awake with songs OF birds:
But sweeter. dearer still to me
Than natures voice can ever DO,
The music of thy words.
q. Roxby, in Chambers Journal
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CHAPTER xx1y.


Lieut.. Stocking, the moment he was
in the Wash bayou and felt the citation
of freedom, met with new blow. H..
Il cannot go to Memphis with my
father" she said. There are reasons
that cannot tell you now. We must
get a boat, cross the Mississippi and
disappear"
1t was in vain that Stocking pleaded
and argued. you do not know all, !"
she said, land must save my fathers
life. There is skiff in the woods two
miles above the bayou. Take us to
that, get us across and leave us to find
our way in Texas to the coast. You
must go back to your friend, and I will
write you when we are all safe, if you
give me an address,"
Vainly Lieut.. Stocking pleaded with
her. On this point she was firm. The
guard took them two or three miles up
the Mississippi and there the party
crossed the river, the lieutenant ac-
companying them two or three. miles
into the interior, until he believed
they were safe from pursuit, when he
babe them farewell and returned.
The journey had consumed day, and
when he reached the eastern shore of
the Mississippi he encountered the
pickets of a government force, was
promptly arrested and taken to the
camp about mile from the Laran
portal, where he found two regiments
of troops. It was not difficult for him
tocstablish his identity, as he found
several acquaintance among the Off
GERS, and to them he told the whole
story of his capture and incarceration
1t was an incredible and startling rev
citation, and led the commanding Off
Ger at once to move his camp to nsw
elevation at some distance from the
Laran and to take every precaution
against an attack in the rear. On the
morning of the third day Stocking set
out with picked guard and several Of
the officers to inspect the entrance of
the cave.
1t was not difficult to find the por-
tai, for to their establishment the
whole of the iron lift was discovered
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A Supreme Test Of Nerve.

"Why do you think that Hepby has
such great moral courage?'
Because last night when he asked
a cabman what fare he should pay and
the cabman said: What You think is
right, SIR Hepby paid only the regulss
fare. Chicago Record.
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Evidcnt.

A student at medical college was
under examination. The instructor
asked him:
'.Of what cause, specifically, did the
people die who lost their lives at the
destruction of Herculaneum and POM
peii?"
s Il think they died of an eruption.
SIR answered the student. Youths
Companion.
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Fought Shy of 1t.

Minister-So You don't think I prac-
tice what teach, deacon?
Deacon-Well, considering that you
have been preaching on the subject Of
resignation for the past thirty-seven
years, / don't quite think you do
Tr1tE
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This Horse Plays the HarmOnfum-.
in his eyes, he begins again, and rights.
the wrong Sometimes the British'
mind refuses to believe that a horse,
even Of the Alpha breed, actually
"does SUMS" one suspects some hid
den trick by which the trainer causes
his horse to make certain signs that
look like the result Of thought. But,
whether or not his trainer employs
these "artistic" means, the result is.
certainly most striking, and if trick
there be, it is concealed in most mar.
vellouS way.
Alpha also plays the harmonium, and
his rendering Of "God Save the Queen
on an enormous key board is a start
ling performance, and more correct
than in many other cases. The clever
creature also selects letters from the
alphabet, tells the time, plays a game
of nap and fires gun, for which lat
ter feat, strange to say, he shows de-
cided prediction. The performance,
ends with grotesque transformation.
of the beautiful horse into a nurse in
skirts, white apron, tartan shawl and
generous poke bonnet. Little Beta. q
fat two-year-old pony, who Is only just
being trained for an artistic career, Is.
caused to sit on it's launches in per-
ambulator, and the nurse, Alpha,
wheels him across the stage.-New'
York Herald.
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Jumping on EGGS Without Break
ing Them

Jumping on EGGS without Break
ing Them ..
like swallow on the wing, he is up
again and over the basket
It is a very pretty trick and always
evokes applause, for to the spectators.
it seems certain that the jumper will
sink through sea of scrambled yolks.
and fall, sticky, to the stage.
Higgins jumps over bucket Of wa
ter, and in his fight drops to the wa
ter, vets the soles of his shoes, and
then clears the obstacle without a.
splash. It is a very pretty exhibition
To show his ability to control his body
while in the air, and to rise from the
surface Of the water, the athlete fire.
Quently has the bucket only half full
The difference between this jump and
the first is very marked. The egg
jump is made by lowering the toes.
while in the air. The eggs are thus
touched very lightly, and the trick is
done. In the water jump, however,
the whole foot has TO be placed square
ly on the surface "a far more difficult
matter than merely tipping with the
toe.
One Of his turns which is greatly adj
mired is that known as the bell jump
An ordinary call bell is placed on top.
of a chair. which is on top of a table:
Higgins clears the obstacle and rings
the bell in the fight. This is done by
planting foot on the mob Of the bell
as he jumps over it. In all his trick
performances he keeps both feet to-
gether, so that if one should miss the
object, be it egg, water or bell, the;
other may reach it. The Englishman-
thinks it nothing at all to vault over
two horses, ca CHI sixteen hands high,
or to jump from a stone match box as
large as an ordinary brick, and clear
| a chair nine feet away.
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pEATn N uTs SECRET.
TurminAte OF Mercury, tho Powerful
Explosive Used In bombs.

3 Explosive Used In bombs.
illuminate of mercury, which is used
by European Anarchists in the manu-.
facture Of their bombs. is one OF the
most treacherous and powerful ex'
pfosives known to science. Hereto
fore it has been employed in percussion
caps and as a detonator for nitro-gly-
(cerine preparations. Itexplodes when
subjected to a slight shock or to heat.
and not few expert chemists since
its English inventor, Howard, have
been seriously injured or killed while
preparing or experimenting with 1t.
In France some years ago the cele-
brated chemist, Barruel, was man1pu-
lating this dangerous product In
heavy agate mortar when his atten-
ton was suddenly distracted and he let
the pestle down with a little less care
than ordinary. The explosion which
followed almost literally blew the NOR
tar to dust, and it tore BarrueIs hano
from his wrist. Another distinguished
chemist, Bellot, was blinded and had
both hands torn off while experiment
ing with illuminate of mercury. JUS
tin Leroy, a French expert in the man
ufacture of explosives, was one day en-
gagged in experimenting with this COM
pound in damp state, in which condi-
ton it was supposed to be harmless.
1T exploded with such force, however,
that nothingsof M. Leroy, that was re-
cognizable, could afterwards be found.
An English chemist named Hennell.
| while manufacturing a shell for mill
tary use, into the composition of which
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Engraving Diamonds.

Diamonds can now be engraved in
very artistic manner. A fine specimen
of this development of the diamond
cutting art is large circular stone on
which pansy with it's foliage is en-
graved. Another example is a ring
made of one diamond, the interior sur
face being polished and the exterior
deliberately engraved. It is but a few
years since it was first possible to
pierce holes in diamonds. This feat
made possible the placing Of diamonds
on string alternating with pearls.
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years more and more into the retiracv
cof his sseragliO tOf ib0autitul women.

years more and more into the retiracy
Of Ibis sseraglio 'Of beautiful women.
He spends more money than any one
man alive, and is constantly borrowing.
He fears assassination, and is forever
provoking hatred. He boasts OF alb
stelnious habits, and maintains the
most Luxurious establishment In exist
senye. @@ -
Here ARE some facts about the Sui
tan and his subjects, that will show
what manner of man he is:
When new Sultan ascends the
tthl Jne the harem women of his prede-
,cessor may be unceremoniously dumped
into the iBosphorus to prevent them
plotting. Abdul Hamid lis said to have
drowned 1874 in this way, his brother
Having been on the throne only a few
months and notsgetting much of'a start
for his harem. =.
The Sultan drives to the mosque in a
magnificent barouohe, trimmed with
gold and drawn by black horses, and
1T Is followed by his pony carriage and
his favorite riding horse, so he may
have his choice as to his method of re-
turning. w..
In Constantinople there are two off
tcial press censors, Mehmed Effendi and
Aristotle Effendi, onesof whom is an ex'
ship chandler, the tother "a .bootmaker
These men direct the editorial policy
of the Constantinople papers. -e
Court witnesses in Turkey can be
hired in the cafes surrounding the Min
istry Of Justice. Many of these pro
fessional witnesses are known to thu
judges, but that does not destroy the
value of their testimony.
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menian massacres by 'dismissing the
Grand ViZfer. But everybody who
knows anything about the Ottoman
Empire is aware that the principal,
duty Of the Grand Wizier, besides safax-t
ing his seal to every dish that goes up
to the Sultan's dining table, is to stand
ready for dismissal at any and all
times. He is put up to be knocked
down.
At the same time that the Grand
Vizier was dismissed for allowing Ar
menian massacres to take place, those
who committed the massacres were re-
warded by the Sultan. This double
event exactly illustrates the policy of
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,the Sultan, who has sought to placate
public opinion at home and abroad.


1public opinion at home and abroad.
BY trying to satisfy everybody he has
satisfied nobody, and for years his rule
has been one long series of miserable
compromises, just as in his dress he
wears frock coat with a fez cap, and
I'm his morality prates of education, but
maintains harem of over 1000 women.
Before the European: visitor the Sui
tan poses as an enlightened monarch,
and before the fanatical Moslem he pre-
SCENTS himself as the essence of Moslem-
ism, at once brutal, ignorant, and
superstitious.
whatycan be thought of a government
In whieh the Grand Eunuch stands next
In Importance to the Grand Vizier, who
Is the prime minister, and whose daily
duty is to go down to the kitchen and
see that the dishes intended for his
master are not poisoned? Yet such is
the government under which SO, 000, 900
people live, more abject slaves than any
of the subjects of the Gar, a govern
ment that is ueeking with corruption
and distrust, discredited in all the
money markets of the world and just
now lettering to its fall. -.
Yet Abdul Hamid may not be held
wholly responsible for this. He is a
weak man of good intentions, but a
strong man Of bad Antentions might
make a better ruler.
without knowing what he wants the
Snltan, who is just now fifty-three
years of age, has many sides to his
character. He has no one decided poll
cy, but Just what kind of a man he is,
his fears and hopes, his amusements,
his habits, the queer things he does and
says, may best be judged from his sur
rOundings.
This curious ruler, just now in the
forefront and not unlikely to be the
last of the Snlta4s, is afraid Of his life.
He trusts nobody, and lives a life of
terror. which has driYen him Of recent
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His Error.

He was a new man in New York,
evidently a country product, and as he
rode up town the other afternoon in a
cable car, he sat in the corner trying
to read his newspaper while several
women held on by the straps. He
watched them furtively as they sway
ed to and fro, changing his eye every
now and then to the men who occu-
pied seats as he did. None Of them
moved and didn't show any signs Of
moving, and at last he gently pulled at
one Of the women's dresses and got
up.
Excuse me, ma'am," he said, so
everybody could hear him, II thought
I was the only hog in the car, but I
see I'm mistaken. Yorn Sun.
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Aptly ouoted.

mo- said the linguist, 1--WE have no.
equivalent in the English language for
au revoir. This phrase expresses the.
hope Of meeting you again. Our good
bye does not. In my opinion, the
French is the better phrase, which
leaves it to be inferred that there is q
prospect Of meeting you again"
ssIn other words" said student,
"I'll see you latera,
L The class Uttered and the inguist
did his best to frown, but failed. -Bos-
ton Courier.
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Thought of Herself.

Friend of the Saunterer has decid-
eddy original little daughter. One day
the teacher discovered her in hand
to-hand combat with child Of her
own age. -
Don't you know you are doing ve:y
wrong? said the teacher, rebukingly,
" and that such evil actions are caused
by the promptinss Of the devil:"
well" was her answer, maybe the
devil did tell me to pull her hair; but I
thought of splitting in her face all by
myself. Boston Budget.
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RUNNING A FAST TRAIN.
Engineers While in the Cab Always
Keep an Eye Ahead. -

heep an Eye Ahead.
The locomotive engineer is remark
ably placid fellow, with habit Of de-
,liberate precision in his looks and mo-
tions- He occasionally turns a. calm
eye to his guage and then resumes his
quiet watch ahead. The three levers
which he has to manipulate are under
his hand for instant use, and when they
are used it is quietly and in order, as
an organist pulls out his stops. The
noise in the cab makes conversation
difficult, but not as bad as that heard
in the car when passing another train,
with or without the windows open, and
in looking out of the engine cab the OBJ
jects are approached gradually, not
rushed past as when one looks laterally
out of a parlor car window. The fact
is that the engineer does not look at the
side-he is looking ahead-and there
fore the speed seems less, as the objects
are approached gradually. Those who
have ridden at ninety miles an hour
on locomotive know that on good
road land there are many such) the en-
CINE is not shaken and swayed in ter
rife manner, but is rather comfortable,
and the speed is not SO apparent as
when one is riding in a parlor car,
where only a lateral view is had. The
engineer can be very comfortable If he
is quite sure of the track ahead, and
it is only in rounding curves or in ap-
preaching crossings that he feels ner-
vous, and it is doubtful if it Ia any more
strain to run locomotive at high speed
than to ride a bicycle through crowded
,thoroughfares. Judging by the coun-
tenances of the bicycle rider and the
engineer, the engineer has rather the
better of it.
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A MUSICAL HORSE.

ThenterEoers in London AstonisheC
by n Trick Horse.
The horse Alpha has astonished Lon
don theatergoers with his intelligence
A blackboard is brought upon the
stage, and he is asked to show his ar
ithmetical powers. The animal turns.
to the figures, thinks moment ,appar-
entity, and then paws out on the floor
figure after figure until his subtrac-
ton or addition OF multiplication sum
is correctly done. Sometimes he makes
mistake land with an impatient
shake of his name and a vicious light
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Time Changes All Things.

In days gone by when fighters
Fresh from Old England's shore
Came here to meet our sscrappers
They brought expressions Ger
That is to say, slang phrases,
And terms meant for rebukes,
Such as, "You bloomink duffer,
Hi say, put hup your dukes!''
But now-Ah! time works changes,
We hear these words no more
At least not with the meaning
They had in days Of yore.
Bad scrappers now have vanished,
Prize fights these days are flukes,
IT'S now the gentle heiress
Who says, Put up your Dukesv'
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Whnt She Wanted.

Although poor, he loved the girl with
tropical warmth and Oriental splen-
dor ...... .
Darling" he whispered to her, in
the fervor Of his soul, 'there is moth
ing you could ask Of me that would
not willingly grant"
"Well, Charlie" she responded, "give
me a chance to marry somebody, who
has 1ittle-just little bit-more
money than you have; that's a good
boy" Boston Traveller.
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she-Do you: take nothing yourself!
He-No. They've passed a law here
that no man can have a glass of
whisky unless he's been bitten by a
rattlesnake, and the only snake in
town is six weeks behind. his orders
nOW.-Harlem Life. ~
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.SCISS RED SMILES.
ENTERTAINING READING FOR IDLE
sS MOMENTS. ;sg
~ Few Selections From the Latest
of the Funny Men
Humorous Sayings and Lnnghable
DOings

i First Old Vet-Tell me you failed on
your civil service examination.
Second Old Vet-Yes, confound the
thing
q First Old Vet-What position were
you after? 5
Second Old vet-D oorkeeper in the
patent office.
First Old vet-How came you to fail
Oh that?
Second Old Oh, I wasn't posted.
/ made pretty good guess at the
height Of Popocatapet, but when they
asked me how much grub the ravens
carried to Elijah on the banks OF
Cherith it knocked me out. A mans
got to be posted before he's fit for a
position. Plain Dealer.
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Same OId story.

Mrs Poppin- Don't you miss your
husband very much, now that he is
away?
Mrs. Golightly-Oh, not at all. You
see, he left me plenty Of money, and
at breakfast just set out a newspa-
per in front Of his plate, and half the
time I forget that he is not there
Oakland Times.
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THE CRUEL MONARCH.
THE SULTAN OF TURKEY AND
THE CRIMES HE COMMITS.
Nothing Like This Empire Anywhere
Else on Earth-The Man Who Daily
Orders Wholesale Murders OF His
Subjects. ts, "A

WEAK and rvacil.
ating man, sink
ing down under "a
burden OF political
complexities which
he is unable to
master, Is Abdul
Hanid III. The
Sultan of Turkey
has sought ito
'evade responsible
ties for the Ar
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A Generous Request.

A husband, feeling his end APP
preaching, sent for solicitor to make
his will
~ leave my wife life-interest in
a hundred thousand francs"
Very good; but if she marries
again?''
"ln that case, I'll make it two hum
dred thousand. 1t is not for her, how
ever-I leave it to her husband. Poor
fellow, 1t will be hard earned money"
-Illustrazione Popolare.
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Literary. Contributions

Literary, Contributions.
F'Ycu say he contributes to the mag
azines?". said the literary girl.
Eyes, replied his rival.
Anything worth using?"
"Yes."... 80 I -. =,
':What?"
postage - stamps" =. Washington
Evening Star. J.. AZ. l.
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A CRACK JUMPER.
This Man Jumps ON Eggs Without
Breaking Them.

Breaking Them
John Higgings, an Englishman, who.
is exhibiting in San Francisco, jumps
into a basket Of eggs every night and
out again without breaking shell.
The eggs are piled up even with the
rim of the basket, which is about two
feet from the floor. Higgins stands
upon one side, looks at the treacher0us
white hen products for a few minutes
and then, with sudden spring, he IL.
in the air. He jumps at the basket,
and just as his body reaches point
over the eggs he seems to lower him
self, his feet touch the eggs, and then,