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for Pale People. He coaxed his grand
daughter to get him q box OF the pills.
After that box had been used he secured
another. In three weeks he began to feel o
little life In his arm; at the end of four he
could move his fingers; ut the end OF two
months he could walk, and In three months
be could shave himself with the injused
hand.
As he told his story in the Herald office,
he looked the perfect picture of health. He
carries o box OF the pills In bis pocket, and
whenever he does o feel just right he
takes them. They cured him after doctors
had given him up, and his death was daily
expected.
Ali the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, In o con-
densed form, In DIR. Williams Pink Pills ZOE
Pale People. They are an unsaihng spe-
edo for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, st. Vitus' dance. seiatica,
neuralgia, rheumatism. nervous headache,
the after effects OF 10 grippe, palpatation OF
sho heart, pale and sallow oomPaSziens, all
forms OF weakness either In male OF female.
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vANps or The ORIENT,
Some Of the Queer Foods Japan ana
China Send Uss


Japan and China send us many
queer foods, and of these some Of our
American cooks make most appetite
Ing dishes. The former sends US the
nests used In making bird'snest soup,
also quantities Of dried devil-dshs
which they use in their own country
much as we use Goldfish here, and which
has q similar flavor. Two famous ed-
ibles are the tree mushrooms and the
sea mushrooms. They resemble
mushrooms in looks onlyi the former
have q woody favor and the latter boil
away in cooking, and are used BY the
Japanese for making gelantines, used
in thiokening soups and stews. The
natives dry nearly all their eatable
fish, including desiccated CLANS,
oysters. prawns and craw6sh. The
drying process is rather peculiar, and
foods thus preserved may be kept
many months in the open air without
spelling.
The Chinese are quite as ingenious
as the Japanese In making delicacies
10 send to us. Some of the most Inn
portant are crystallized fruits, water.
melon rind and preserved watermelon
seeds. Their cleaned and dried chick
ems and ducks that come to us are fiat
tened almost as thin as o lath. The
sardines in oil they send us are enor-
nous, each fish q foot long, the box a
cubic foot In dimensions.
They ship sweet pumpkins, in ap..
perance like watermelons, covered
with -four or lime. Eggs are pre-
served by coating with a mixture Of
charcoal, clay, lime and glue. This
country also imports from them many
sweetmeats, most of them prepared
like che Canton ginger, cleaned aud
boiled a long time in strained honey.
Tamarinde. green dates and lime
cooked In this fashion are delicious.
In celebrating their festival of the
harvest moon they use small pieces o.
pastry called moon cakes; they loos
like pork pies, and are stuffed with q
mixture Of watermelon seeds, almonds
raisins, spices. -four and lard. These
delioacies are exported only during
August and September. - Chicago
Times Herald.
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ANCIENT REMEDIES.

Alchemy and Superstition Proposed
Some Ridiculous Compounds.
1t Is strange to notice the great belief
which the ancients appeared to have la
the restorative properties of human
blood. So, for epilepsy, diseases of the
brain, and even for spleen, human
blood was much recommended. "In the
month Of May take q considerable
quantity OF, healthy young meme
blood" The blood was distilled twice
and dried In the sun. One wonders
what the healthy young men, had to
say on this subject Of bloodleting, es-
peciaHy as "a considerable quantitya
was taken. In olden times no one need
remain Wrinkled. All that was neces.
sary was to .'smear the face with q
mixture OF water and the pounded rood
of Wild cucumber" II any one was af-
ficted with freckles it was his own
fault; the remedy was simple If scarce
~ pleasant; he must rub q bulls gail
on the face 10 us who are ant to be
arribaAed by dust or smoke In the eye
while on the railway the following pre-
scription should be valuable: "Chant
the psalm sQni habitat thrice over va.
ter. with which then douche the eye"
A certain remedy for curing an inebra-
ate Was TO give him as many eggs of
the acreech owl bodied hard as he could
possibly eat, when he would ever inter
be d total abstainer. Tlhs Is surely
worthy the attention OF the temperance
societies. The search for 'Fhe philoso-
piers stone'' seems TO have been no
mere craze oe the u~nlettered. Men Of
nnimpeachahe ability and great learn
ing Wasted the greater part OF their
lives on this quest. Some supposed mer-
curry to be the chief transmitting force:
others thought that by su1phurithe bod.
les of metals could be turnedafnto she
most fine pure gold and silver Though
Bacon was q firm believer In the elixir
yltae, P~araceIsus was the most diNgent
inquirer after this wondrous liquid. He
prepared a remedy called s.Primum Ems
Melissae," which was made Of pure
carbonate Of potash and the fresh
leaves of the melissa plant, on which
WIS poured pure alcohol. Generally,
however, the idea seems to have been
that the elixir OF life was composed 81
the four elements blended together
London Spectator.
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The absence of commercial moralit,

The absence Of commercial morality
Is one of the great deterrents to the
progress of Italy. 1t is a curious and
perhaps a significant fact that for
years past the correspondents of the
English press have CLOSED over or
failed to refer to the things which have
been perfectly we'll known in well-in-
formed circles as to the corrupting in
fiuence Of the successive governments
which have ruled the country. Little
or no reference has been made to the
bribery and Justification of returns, the
place-hupting and log-rolling, the in
fation of the civil service for political
ends, and the handing over of the
schools to men morally unified to be
in contact with the children In them.
So 1t has come to pass that the English
public has been deluded into a belief
that all has been going well.
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Now and again, no doubt, the text il
everything. the sermon nothing. There
ID nm anecdote Of q London bishop who.
having read that story Of John Wesley
cutting out every word OF his discourse
that his servant maid did not under.
sand, determined to preach to a coun-
ry congregation tho simplest sermon
lie could write. Flo chose an elemens-
arg subject, and took as his text, 1.-THE
fool hath said In his heaIj there Is no
God." On leaving the church he asked
the parish clerk what he thought OF
the sermon "Oh, my lord" said he '1t
yyas very fne-very inc and grand. Two
been talking 1t over with Mr.. Beard,
and we said how fine it was. But, inter
al. we can't help thinking that there
u a Cndn
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rhe 1gnora.ce Of spanish Sailors.


1t Ii not so wonderful that the
Spanish sailors on Cervera's vessels
were unable to make o decent defense,
even with the finest ships of SPANS
navy to defend. An officer who has
returned from Portsmouth, n. H.,
where he went to get q complete list
of the Spanish prisoners, brings
back o curious story about them. In
undertaking to get their names be
found that most Of them could only
give their names by pronunciation OF
them. They could not read, much
less wife or spell, SO that the putting
a Sheir names In black and whita
was an arbitrary and usually q pho
netio proceeding. When ii came to
classifying the men the officer was at
d loss to give their ratings. Most OF
the men were shopkeepers, servants,
farmers, who did not know the bow OF
the ship from the stern by name. They
had never had any experience on
board ship until somebody came along
and demanded that they drop their
work and serve the King in the navy.
They had seen older seamen practice
with the guns, but they knew moth
ing whatever about them, did not
care to learn, and were glad to be out
Of the business Of fighting. These
conscripts could not comprehend the
information that oil tho sailors on the
American ships were there by choice.
They evidently do not believe it.
| However, they do believe that they
are very kind to their enemies. And
that is something they will take
| home to Spain to talk about.-Wash-
ington Correspondence in New York
Times.
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The Atchison Globe says It is ridicu-
lous to suppose that any New York
actress made a fortune by the rise In
wheat d while age. Actresses It
adds. 4don't have enough money to buy
clothes to cover their backs, let alone
invest In wheat" So far as specuin-
ton Is concerned this may be true; but
it isn't safe always to estimate the
wealth oil poverty Of an actress BY the
mere quantity Of clothes she wears.
Otherwise the ballet and the chorus
probably would starve to death.
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AIDED BY & PINKHAM.

Mrs. N. =. PAXTON, Youngstown,
North Dakota, writes about her strug.
gle to regain health after the birth o.
her little girl:
DEAR MRS. PTNKHAM:-lt is with
pleasure that 4 add my testimony 70
your list hoping that It may induce
others to avail themselves Of your val
uable medicine
AFTER the birth OF my little girl,
three years ago, ny health Was very
poor. ! had i~eucorrhoea badly, Q
terrible bearang-doWn pain Wnlen
gradually grew worse. untn 4 could &c
NO work. Also 2 headacne neariy
al the time, AND DIZZY feelings. Men
situations were very proluse' appear
ing every sWo wees.
LOOK medlclne AroMs gop0 aocsor,
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sRuNNlNG GUARD MIKES.
Laughab1e Incident In Which the Regi.
Lar Cavalry Came Out Ahead,

Eeughable Incident In which the Reru.
lar Cavalry Came ONT Ahead.
There have been several serious
running guard mixes in Sau Antonio,
Texas. One of these occurred in
1889. Two old-timers ef the infantry
regiment stationed OF San Antonio
barracks went 10 town one afternoon
70 make some purchases. They
stopped at q saloon on the way I'd
take q drink and ran into O crowd Of
drunken cowboys, who desired to sed
how regular army soldiers looked
when engaging in the Highland fingi
Under the inspiration of the music OF
six.shooters, and with the bullets rat.
thing dangerously close to. their Gov
eminent straight brogans, the two
old-timers danced all right. Then
the cowboys practically stripped them
Of their clothes and started them back
toward the post on a lope. When the
pair Of old soldiers got into the gar.
rison they didn't need to set up any
howl. The regulars simply looked at
them and then looked at one another,
and two hundred mustered back of the
quarters and made the start for town
In very quiet order. News Of the ex.
petition and the cause of 1t reached
the airs of the commanding officer
ten minutes after the men were under
way, and he knew hat If something
wasn't done quickly his officers would
soon have to be doing o lot of full.
dress uniform wearing in attending
general courts-martial. The command.
ing officer had the call to arms sound.
ed, and two troops of cavalry were sent
after the soldiers who had started to
square things up for the way the COW.
boys had put it IN the two old sol
diers.
The troopers didn't like the Job o.
rounding up their comrades unda
such circumstances, but they had tt
obey orders. They met the trudgine
soldiers a couple of miles from The
post, and the cavalry officers ordered
all hands to halt. The doughboys
continued trudging On. The officers
commanded the c%avalrymen to charge
upOA tn0 4nlduo1 J1hSAs AhO 0A1sA s.
was made, but it didn't amount tx
much. Somehow, the infantrymel
weren't rounded up, and they wer'
making Roadway toward the saloo1
where the two old soldiers had beer
imposed upon. Several charges were
made by the c~avalrymen without re
suit. The officers were thorough!
angry, but they could do nothing
The infantrymen broke into o cantel
in d body, and, mildly pursued by thu
horse soldiers, finally leaped through
the two doors Of the gin-mill they in
y tended to raze to the ground. The,
did raze it to the ground. They also
with the aid Of fists alone, drubbet
fifteen or twenty registering cowboy
to o more than o proper finish. Tn
success Of the avengers, together
with the rum they captured, made
! them a bit incautious, and they startet
In to finish up the c~avalrymen VIII
had been sent after them, and hat
been giving them oil the best OF it
against express orders. Then Their
was q riot that put many q man in Ia
bunch on the army's retired list. TIL,
cavalrymen wore. of course, %victorioul
in the end, but they were a damaged
looking lot of troopers when the.
finally got into garrison with the cap
tured doughboys.--New York Sun.
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The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is ct least one, dreaded dis,
ease that science has boon able 70 cure m az
It's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Is Tie only positive cure now known to
che medlcal fraternity. CataWh being q con;
etitutional disease, requires a constitutions
nally. acting directly upon the blood and Inu.
oous surfaces OF the system, thereby destroy
Ing the foundation Of the disease. and giving
tho patient strength by building up the con.
work. The proprietors have so much faith In
it's curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t falls to cure.
Send for list of testimonials Address,
FL CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. T5c.
Halrs Family Pills are the best-
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New orlean. Quarantine.

With characteristic push, the house
Of Philip Werlein, Limited, of New
Orleans, La, has made arrangements
to fill all orders direct from the North
and East, thus making possible conta-
gion impossible. This house is the
largest and most reliable music house
In New Orleans and the South.
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ORIGIN OF aBlanket.s,

1YrtYne reign OF Edward III. there
we're at Bl4tol three brothers who were
eminent clothfesS end woolen weavers,
and whose family lame was Blanket.
They we're the first persons who manu-
featured that comfortable material
which has ever since been called by
their name, and which was then used
FOR peasants clothing.-Boston Tray
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The ErnMfh Of SOsialiRm.

It is argued by deep thinkers shat tho growth
Of socialism ls duo 10 tho large standing
armies of tho World. ia which men are often
made to enlist against their VIII, and thns
become discontinued with existing condl.
tions. The growth OF a stronger rnce OF PEG
pie is due to the large sole o. Lostcttor's stom-
nch B.t:ers, which is the best medicine Tor
nervous troubles. Try ono bottle.
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During our civil war the United

During OUT clVlI wal the United
States Sanitary Commission expended
about twenty-one million dollars for
the relief Of sick and wounded Federal
soldiers. The Red Gross Society Is said
to have expended in the Russo-Turkish
war seventeen million dollars and In
the Frauco-Prussian war thirteen MILL
ion dollars These figures make q
powerful appeal to the imagination, IL
one stops to reflect on the conditions
which call for such gigantic OUTLAWS;
and they also illustrate the demand
which modern warfare makes upon hui
manitY'A Rymnafhetic nerve,
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How He Lost His Brains.

ChoIly (relating his experieneel-And
the wufian put q pistol to me head and
gatd he'd blow me bwains outif / didn't
Give him me watch, doneherknowl
Fairy Eootlights-Oh, Cholly, why
didn't you give him the Watch?Upto-
Date.
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Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty withoutit it. Cascarets, Candy, Cather-
&c clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving ill Inn
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, &c, QUO.
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Fall From, a scanold.
E.soan the Hernd. sKatartoaon. N. 7.

John Young, Of Le Roy, N. T., Is ~ years
old, and is we'll known In that and neigh
boring towns. While putting some weather
boards ON a barn, standing on . soaffold
twenty-five feet from the ground, he felt
dizzy, lost his balances and fell to the ground.
The side of his face, axm and one entire side
of his body, on which he struck, were badly
bruised. Picked up and carried to the
house, he was under q Doctors care for sew
eral weeks. The doctor finally same to the
conclusion that his patient had received q
nknoAn 81 ,nnr
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SAAOAC VI par
ally | 8 and
was beyond
medical aid.
He could not
use one arm,
or turn over
In bed.
ne d o y,
W lille lying
ON the bed,
he read OF o
ease o o m O.
thing like his
having beea
cured with
DR.. Williams
Pink PillH
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Don't Tebaseo Spit aad Smoke Iour L.Ess Avays
To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
pet&c, ful Of life, nerve and vtgors toxic MOTTO
Bac, tho wondcr-worzer, that makes weak mes
stroag. All druggists, 500 or 81. Cure gueran'
iced Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New YORK.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

Those who talk OF, a Pacific empire
say that to enter upon it we need only
wait till we can take the doorway offer
ed BIZ the Nicaragua Canal.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

Sweet will surely be the liberation Of
fair Cuba, to us as well as to the sur
ylEing Cuhans-When we consider the
estimate that the island can supply all
the sugar needed by the whole hemis-
nhnrn
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

Many q pnny, debihtated infant, frctting
and wasting away daily, often unable to di-
gest its food, may be rescued from an untIme-
" grave by DR.. MOFFETT'S THEETHINA
TEETHING POWDERS.1 TEETHINA Aids
Digestion, Regulates the Bowels and makes
teething easy.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

Lyon d Co.'S ssPick Leafs Smoking Tobacco
does not make every mouth as sweet as a rose,
but comes mighty nigh'-docs give every
pne q most delightful smoke. Try 1t.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton .alIays pain, cures wind collie. Sc. a bottle
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. kline,s Great
Nerve Restorcr. $2trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. r. H.KLTNE, Ltd. 9l Arch ST., Phila, Pa.
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The boy who is taught to do nothing will
never forget 1t,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

The desire Of appearing clever often pre-
our becoming so.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

Contentmentis better than money, and jus
about as scarce.
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rlo-Do ron love me. sweet7 VIII
Dearly. sWould you die for me9s
NO. ny precious girl: mine y an INDY
NO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Call.
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40 Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. LOG or Csc.
II c. C. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money
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Educate Your Bowels With CRscafots'
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever
loo' 20. n CT fail,~ druggists refund money
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To Cure q Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. &c.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

Take paint out, of clothing By equal parts
ammonia and t~urpentine.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

You can always be happy If you are willing
to rejoice with others.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-01-20

A patent right-To charge Is times what the
devise is worth.
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Beauty Is Blood Deep.

We cannot always oblige, but we can al
Ways speak obligingly.
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No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed ohabit cure. makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC. 81. All druggists
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Some mems only bad habit Is boasting OF
their good habits.
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eann a1n0.

A drop Of dew tries to do Gods will as hard
ss o thunderstorm
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WosIey,s Sermon.

Pills VII %ltt II ae saEy g gslls e Tie
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pure Blood
Good Digestion

Fhose are tho essentials OF health. Hoods
.aarsaparilIa is the great bloed purifier and
stomach tonic. It promptly expsls the
impurities which cause pimples. sores and
arvpsions and by giving healthy action to
Inc stomach aud digestive organs 1t keeps
she system IN perfect order.
Hoods SaFsapaFiHa
" americas Greatest Medicine. 81; six for s5
prepared only by CT Hood&co,. Lowell, Mass.
- a. msas- arc tha o,Iv nh. = a..
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10

DOORS OPEN Mt p NJ. AND P. NJ
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10

The American Cotton Company,
should it gain tbe ascendancy. viii
not only be able. but viii dictate
the price of cotton from the pro-
iuccr TO the consumer- This is
npt wild logic.-Amcrican Ginner.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10

The merchant who fails to adj
vertse ut this time Of the year is
standing in his own light. That is
u proposition So plain that the
thickest skulled school boy can SEQ
liz at Il glance --Yoalium Times
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10

Be on hand witness free morn
ing exhibition Of The Great Syndi-
cate English American Shows oil
"Wednesday October ii.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10

The Bank Of ElCampo, which
failed last week had little assets
after the banker fled. il was II very
Unfortunate occurrence, coming at a
time when people were already in
distrees Hallessvile Herald.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10

Carn-huskcrsr sprained wrists.
harbedrwire cuts burns, bruises,
severe laceratiOis and cxterunl in
jnries Of any kind are promptly
aud happily cured by applying Bal
lnrd's Snow Liniment. Price, 25and
accents, For. sale BY all druggjsts.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-10
lYHAws YouR RAeB NORTH

Sometimes a fortune, but never,
Il you haven sAlIow complexion. n
jhuniice,I lnos, moth patches aud
llutehes on the .skin,-all signs Of
hiycr 'rmubln, But nr Kings
siow Lille Pills give Clear skn.
n 81 Checks. Rich Complexion.
Qnly 20 cents AZ all druggists,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-07
MAN AND BIRD IN COLLISION.
A Locomotive Engineer Has His Eye


 A Locomotive Engineer Has His Eye
 ball Pierced by Pigeons Bill.
 A dove winging it's flight over the tracks of the Southern railway near Ju- liet, in Monroe county, collded with a passenger train going in the opposite direction as high rate of speed yester- day afternoon. The birds body plunged through the glass window of the cab. Its beak, sharp as a needles point, pierced the right eye of Engineer Chas. Wallace and the surgeons say 1t de- stroyed the engineers sight temporarily and possibly permanently.
 Engineer Wallace was at the lever of the afternoon passenger train for Macon when 1t pulled out of the Union depot yesterday. The run to Juliet was made without incident. After the train left the station the engineer opened the throttle to run the train faster than usual in order to make up a few min utes' lost time. The train was bowling along at ixty-mile-an-hour gait
 The engineers seat in the cab faces the track ahead. A window of glaNs an eighth of an inch thick protects him from the draughts, smoke and cinders. He was looking through this window when suddenly the body of the dove