MISDIRECTED LETTERS.
tloxt of Thriii PnjMt Through the 111\ 11 >■«
of the **llllnil Reader" of the
Dead Letter Oilier.
Among the hundreds of women in
the government office in Washington
come stand preeminent in their line
of work.
Mrs. I'atti Lyle Collins, the expert at
the dead letter office, is perhaps the
best all-around woman in office.
In the first place nature gave her a
brave equipment, add to this a liberal
education, great linguistic ability, wide
knowledge and years of experience, and
you have before you the little southern
woman who is called the "blind reader"
of the dead letter office.
This is because there is nothing writ
ten so blindly, but she is able to de
cipher it.
The mail matter which finds its way
to the dead letter office is of several
kinds, but the only kind that comes
m \
MRS. I'ATTI LYLE COLLINS.
(Expert at the Dead Letter Office at Wash
ington, D. C.)
into Mrs. Collins' hands is that which
comes under the general head of "mis
directed."
This means letters which are wrongly
addressed or those which bear an illegi
ble direction.
It is curious to note that there were
received during last year 20,008 letters
which bore no address whatever. The
general appearance of these envelopes,
as well as the nature of the contents,
indicates, that by far the greater por
tion of these errors of omission were
not made by casual and infrequent
users of the mails, but were the result
of haste and want of deliberation by
persons more or less completely ab
sorbed in business.
Money orders, checks and bank notes
are frequently mailed without the
sender's name and address within, and
in an envelope with 110 address what
ever. After making every effort to dis
cover the owners of these, the United
States treasury finds itself the richer
annually b\ £511.000 from this source.
Letters bearing imperfect directions
come directly to Mrs. Collins, who has
become so expert in her work that
there is seldom anything too "blind"
for her to read. When it is remembered
how many foreigners who are totally
unaccustomed to the language write
in it, and how many illiterate who are
able to do little more than to make
their mark, use the mails, one is not
surprised at the great number of let
ter- which come into this department.
But these are not the worst people
Mrs. Collins has to deal with. Tin
writer of the ultra fashionable hand
gives her. as a rule, more trouble than
the iliiti rate or the foreigner.—St.
Loui- Kepublic.
I.esMon in l*ol 11 ii-n I Keoiioni > .
Those good folks who are so prone to
grumble and croak over women's ex
travagance in dress and the deplorable
waste of money spent on costly mate
rials and beautiful costumes will, it is
to be hoped, see matters in a slightly
different light through the medium of
Miss Hamilton's will. This lady was a
well-known dressmaker of England,
and dealt with the kind of materials
and dresses which these foolish persons
call extravagance. Yet at her death the
other day five hospitals benefited to the
extent of SL'OO,OOO. It is a liftle curious
to think that this munificent bequest
was made out of the proceeds of wom
en's so-called extravagance in dress,
and as a practical lesson in political
economy it certainly deserves atten
tion.
\t li t llic lied Wax RoiiKh.
Archbishop Temple, of Lngland, on
one occasion stayed all night at the
residence of a clergyman whose wife
was absent. On leaving, the host po
litely expressed the hope that when
next his lordship honored the house
Mrs. Temple would accompany him.
"No, thanks." said the archbishop,
shortly. "Mrs. Temple doesn't like to
rough it." The clergyman's feelings
were deeply hurt and lie complained to
his wife 011 her return. "Surely, you
didn't [nit the bishop in the pink bed
room'."' she cried. The clergyman ad
mitted that lie did. "Oh, then, that's
it! I put all the silver in the bed. -\ o
wonder he called it rough!"
To strain the Face,
l'lace a large wash bowl filled with
boiling water 011 a low stand, put a
large towl over the head so that none
of the steam may escape. Steam the
face and neck thus for 15 minutes, and
with the fingers pinch and press everv
part until it is as red as a lobster.
Bathe tln» fa<e in very hot water and
remain in a warm room for at least an
hour. It is a good thing to take a nap.
On rising bathe the face gently with
cold water to prevent taking cold when
go out.
SAVED FROM SUTTEE.
Hon a Hindoo Woman, Sow In Amer
ica, KNCIIIM'II from II Horrible
llriithni Sacrifice.
Mrs. Eamee Lnlros, a woman between
50 and 55, arrived in Chicago recently
from India, via Yokohama and San
Francisco, with her husband. Mrs.
I.alros' husband is a Eurasian from
Lahore, and a Christian, but the wom
an is a stanch Hindoo who refuses to
be converted, and has brought with her
from her native Benares a copper
statuette of the goddess Shiva, which
she worships at leisure, while her hus
band may be attending services in the
nearest Episcopal church. They tol
erate each other and live happily to
gether with their three beautiful
daughters, two of whom are of their
father's creed, while the third, the
youngest, is a devout worshiper of Shiva
and (laneesha.
Mrs. Lalros has a history that is most
interesting, for she was about to be
come a victim to the terrible suttee of
her caste when rescued by the man who
afterward became her husband. As is
the custom in India, Ramee Khud, while
still a toddling child, was affianced to
the son of a friend and neighbor. At
the age of 11, just on the eve of the
children's marriage, the youth of 13
who was to be the bridegroom died,
and. according to the irrevocable laws
of her caste, she was doomed to be
burned on the funeral pyre on the
banks of the sacred river Jumna, over
from the city of Benares. As Lalros
had much to do with what followed,
it is just as well as he should tell the
story:
"It was a little before the Sepoy
mutiny of 1x57. and I.the son of it Euro
pean father, was guiding a detachment
of the First liengal cavalry through the
jungles to Uenares. While concealed in
the bush waiting for sunrise we saw
the dead youth carried down to the wa
ter's edge on a bamboo stretcher, and,
judging from the sort of crowd that
had assembled, we were about to wit
ness a suttee. The body was covered
over with a green silk robe—for he was
a high-class Brahmin—and placed on
a pile of resinous sandal-wood logs.
Then the cloth was removed, the bier
placed on the pyre, with the feet to
ward the Jumna, six logs were laid on
the body, and all was ready for the
widow.
"Led by a relative, Kamee walked
slowly down the bank to play her
tragic part in the ceremony, covered
with a flowing robe of white. A Hrah.
min priest stood at the head of the
body—the scene is before 1110 now as
if it were but yesterday—and he di
rected the proceedings in the coolest
manner possible. Taking the rod pre
sented her by the Brahmin in her right
hand Kamee walked three times round
A Qcii <'•'
H^
SETT ING FIRE TO TtIE PILK.
the bier and waved it over her head,
The Brahmin next handed her a torch,
which, though to all appearance not
lighted, contained a spark of lire with
in. Very soon the waving of the torch
caught a current and ignited. I could
not the girl's face all this time, but
112 could see that her form shook lilif
an aspen leaf.
"The Brjhmin now, amid profound
silence, Inning ordered her to apply
the torch, namee advanced toward the
pile with tottering steps, and in a mo
ment the pile was ablaze. Now came
Kamee's lime to sacrifice herself, to
perish then and there in the fierce
flames that were already stretching out
their tongues toward her flimsy robe.
"She hesitated, she trembled, and by
command of the priest, two men were
about to throw her on the blazing pyre,
when the officer commanding the de
tachment, a young man with a soft
heart, ordered his men to charge. They
obeyed the order with alacrity, and not
a moment too soon, dispersing the sut
tee party, which fled to its boats, leav
ing Kamee fainting on the river banks.
In taking this step the officer really
disobeyed orders. Fortunately we
found what we had come for. We saw
that the rebels were fortifying lien
ares. As for Kamee, the colonel's wife
took her under her protection, and
after the mutiny was suppressed, she
became my wife." Chicago Inter
Ocean.
flood Tax to In nur.
Wear as few bands as possible at or
near the waist, and in all cases wear
them as far below the waist line as pos
sible with comfort. Make drawers with
as little fullness at the top as possible,
and always make them on a carefully
fitted yoke, says Woman's World. If
you wear a chemise or corset cover have
it fit smoothly, and use no .«ort of frilly
trimmings that will show their im
print through a closely fitted bodice.
Make them as. elaborate as you please,
but let all trimmings be flat, using
lace rather than embroidery. If you
wear a short under-petticoat of flannel
or other material, make with a fitted
yoke that drops well over the hips and
abdomen, keeping all fullness both at
top and bottom —at the back. The top
petticoat should be lifted with the
same precision as the skirt to your very
best gown, and should always be worn
well below the waist in front and on the
hips.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1899
KIDNEYJIISEASE
Caused by Internal Catarrh,
Promptly Cured by
Pe-ru-na.
Hon. J. H. Caldwell, a prominent
member of the Louisiana State Legisla
ture, says the following in regard tol'e
ru-na for catarrh:
j Caldwell.
"I have used Pe-ru-na for a number
of years with the vjery best results for
catarrhal diseases. I shall never be
I without it. I never fail to recommend
I it when an opportunity presents itself."
—J. H. Caldwell, Robeline, La.
Gilbert Hofer, Grays, Ky., says in a
\ letter dated March 7tli, 1694: "I have
! used four bottles of Pe-ru-na and I am
1 well of my catarrh, and it cured my
; Bright's disease. I had been troubled
; for two years. I weigh twenty pounds
j more than 1 did before I was taken sick,
i I shall never be without Pe-ru-na."
Send for free catarrh book. Address
Dr. Ilartman, Columbus, O.
.Uutrimoulul « ol<l Baler.
She —Do you remember how you
•aid before we were married that you
were afraid you never couid be worthy
of me?
He—Yes.
"And do you still think so?"
"Oh, I'm kept so busy earning a liv
ing for tlie l'aimily now that 1 don't
thave time to think of it one way or
•the other."
She had intended to lead up gradu
ally to the subject of Mister hats, but
decided at the last moment to wait un
i til some more favorable opportunity.—
Chicago Evening News.
Cheap Excursions, I.SOO.
Annual M.eting General Assembly Cum
berland Presbyterian Church ut. Denver,
Col., May 18 to 26.
Aniiu.il Meeting General Assembly Presby
terian i 'hurch at Minneapolis, Minn., May
IS to .June 1.
National Baptist Anniversaries at San
Francisco, C'al., May 20 to 20.
i National Educational Association at Los An
fides, Lai., July 11 to 14.
r'or all tliew meetings cheap excursion
rates have been made and delegates and
others interested should bear in mind that
the best iflute to each convention city i*
via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ll'y
ar.d its connections. Choice of routes is of
fered those going to the meetings on t he Pa
cific Coast of going via Omaha or Kansas
| City am! returning by St. Paid and Minne
apolfa. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
! K'y has the short line between Chicago and
Omaha, arid the best line between Clii'ago,
St. Paul and Minneapolis, the route of the
Pioneer Limited, the only perfect train in
the world.
All coupon ticket neents sell tickets via
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul K'y.
For time tables and information as to rates
and routes address Geo. 11. Ileafiord, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111.
The century plant is a case of age before
beauty.—Golden Days.
Lnnc'N Fumily Medicine,
Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache. Price 25 and OUc.
It is safe to stispeot a man who talks too
much about his fairness.—Atchison Globe.
Often it is easier to listen to a story we
have heard than t<"> take the risk of being
Ibid a longer one. — W ashington (.la.J Demo
crat.
Many Like Him.—"What kind of a tenant
is he? ' asked the prospective landlord.
"Well," replied the landlord who knew him
of old, "if the house is a new one, he -will lie
all right for th« lirst year, but the nest he
will want it entirely rebuilt." Chicago
Evening Post.
.Tack—"l hear you saved the life of a
woman who lived »n the building that
burned up yesterday at midnight." Alack—
"Yes; I kept her out till two a. m."—Town
Topics.
"There goes a man who pays taxes on
every dollar's worth of property that he
owns, and ha never complains about it,
either." "Excuse me for a few minutes,
please." "Where are you goin« in such a
hurry?" "I have a gold brick that I want
to dispose of.and if you have spoken truly
concerning that fellow across the street 1
think I may have found a purchaser."—
Chicago Daaly News.
Weak Advice.—"Aim high," cried the
clericaJ visitor, as he endeavored to rouse
the moral ambition of the bright-faced Sun
day school lads and lassies before him.
"Aim high!" "Nob much," interrupted a
small boy on the front bench; "that's what
th' Spaniards did, and see what happened
to them!" —Cleveland i'lain Dealer.
So Different.—An old Scotchwoman was
walking to church with her family. The
Auld Kirk minister rode past at a tremen
dous rate, and the old lady said to her chil
dren.: "Sicean a wey to be ridin', and this
the Sawbath day. Aweel, aweef, a gude
man is marcifu' to his beast!" Shortly aft
erwards her own minister rode past just as
furiously, and the worthy old wifie cried:
"Ah, there he goe»! The Lord bless him,
puir man! His heart's in his wark, an' he's
Mger to be at it."—People's Friend.
Alabastlne, the only durable wall coat- | Alabastlne can be used over paint or | Every church and schoolhouse should be ! Alabastlne packnpes have full dlreo
ln«, takes the place of scaling kalsomlnes, t paper; paint or paper can be used over j coated only with Alabastlne. Hundreds tlons. Anyone can brush It on. Ask paint
wall paper and paint for walls. It can be j Alabastlne. Huy only in five pound pack- jof tons used yearly for this work Genu- I dealer for tint card. "Alabastlne Era"
used on plaster, brick, wood or canvas. 1 ages, properly labeled; take no substitute. I tn« Alabastlne does not rub and scale oft. i free. Alabastlne Co., Gramd Rapids,
ARE GREATLY PLEASED WITH
WESTERN CANADA.
W. It. # Milburn, John ITolmes, M. R.
Dagger, E. L. Stetson, of Buena Vista
County, lowa, report as follows of the
Canadian North-West as to its situa
bility for farming, and the advantages
it offers to the agricultural immigrant
from the United States: "We carne here
solely to look up improved farms and, if
suitable, to select such as pleased us
best. We have not visited the home
stead districts at all, though we believe
them to be very inviting. Our inquiries
have been confined solely to the district
around llartney, Deloraine and towards
the Souris River in Manitoba. Our im
pressions of all that region are in every
way satisfactory, and we have decided
togo ba*'k to lowa at once, and, having
disposed of our several interests there,
to return to Manitoba in the month of
March next, and, effecting our purchase
of improved farms, which we find we
can do at reasonable rates, immediately
begin farming. We are greatly pleased
with all that we have seen in that part
of Western Canada. The soil we find
to be more than e<<}ual to that of our
own country for wheat-growing, and
the other conditions of climate, schools,
markets, etc., are all that we could wish
for.
"To show what an energetic man can
do we may mention that we found one
such at llartney who had rented a farm
on shares, receiving two-thirds of the
returns as his share of the crop. When
he came to sell his own produce he
found that his two-thirds, when con
verted into cash, was enough to buy the
farm he rented out and out, which he
accordingly did, and is now its owner.
It is our intention to induce as many of
our friends as possible, who are prac
tical farmers, to remove from lowa to
this country, where we believe there is
a better future for the industrious man
than is now to be found anywhere on
this continent. We are well known in
our part of the State of lowa, and we
invite correspondence from its resi
dents in all parts with regard to this
region of Western Canada which we
have visited, and to which we intend to
return."
AN ORDINARY OLD COIN.
Oat It Served to llrintr Out the Fall
ings of Weak Humanity,
"Say!" said the street car conductor to a
mild-mannered man who was deeply en
grossed in his newspaper. "Say, young fel-
Jer, I don't want this quarter. 1 can't use
it." The mild-mannered man continued t<*>
hold out his hand for bis change, but paid
no other attention to Hie conductor.
"See here!" yelled t'he conductor, getting
red in the face, "you can't pass no quarter
like that on me. It's slick. 1 can't take it
lor more than 20 cents."
The mild man looked up and said: "I'm
' sorry, because you gave ine that very quar
ter yourself last night, and I've been laying
j for you since. Well, give it here." He took
the quarter and gave the conductor a nickel.
As he took the quarter from the conductor
he suddenly dropped his newspaper and
gave'a chuckle.
"Well, well!" he exclaimed; "here's luck.
, Bless ine it that isn't an 1532 quarter with
; 11 stars and an arrow. It's worth 82."
He slipped it into his pocket with evidence
of much satisfaction.
A hungry-eyed man in the corner, who had
overheard the conversation, jumped up and
said to the conductor:
"Isn't that the very quarter I gave you
yesterday morning? 1 missed that quarter.
It was a pocketpiece and a valuable coin.
1 remember now that 1 gave it to you. 1 de
mand it!" he said, looking fiercely at the
mild man. "If you are a gentleman you will
give it to me."
' "It isn't yours. You never gave it to me.
My wile gave me the coin by mistake; it's
part of a collection that's been in the fam
ily since 1827!" yelled the conductor.
"1 tell you it's mine," said the hungry-eyed
man. Thus they wrangled and quarreled all
the way downtown.
"No," said the mild man to a neighbor, as
he stepped from the car. "It's only a plain,
ordinary old shiny quarter that I've been
trying to pass off for a week. We were all
lyinu;. It's worth about 22 cents." —Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Two Valued Opinions.
A prominent western railway man, in
speaking of the passenger service of the
New York Central, says:"lt begins right,
ends riiilit, and is right in the middle."
An officer of one of the transpacific steam
ship lines says: "There is no train service
in the world comparable with that of the
New York Centrals Lake Shore Limited."
The best is the cheapest, and the best
is always best. The New York Central
stands at the head of the passenger lines
of this country and has fairly earned the
title of "America's Greatest Railroad."—
buffalo Commercial, February 14, 1899.
Knox—"Miss Blythe has gone over to the
vast majority." Wheeler —"You don't mean
to say she has bought a wheel?" —Town
Topics.
Aik l'oiir Dealer for Allen's Foot-Cave,
A nowder to shake into your shoes. It rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sure,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, i!sc. Sample mailed KKEE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Proof of It.
"So you think there really is something j
in hereditv, after all?"
"1 do. Voung Mundsley, who is trying to
get up a north pole expedition, is the son
of a woman who used to be an inveterate
house hunter, not because she could have
used a house if she had found one, but for
the mere love of the thing."—Chicago Even
ing News.
Confrliinß l.cada to Coninmpllon.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Goto your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 50
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
Father—"Tommy, stop pulling that cat's
tail." Tommy—"l'm only holding the tail;
the oat's pulling it."—London Tit-Bits.
I can recommend Piso's Cure for Con
sumption to sufferers from Asthma. —E. D.
Townseud. Ft. Howard, Wis., May 4, '94.
The newly-organized coffin trust is doomed
to failure. The members will be siiFe to
run things into the ground.—Town Topics.
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It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to ba
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What more natural ?
The Kidneys filter and purify the blood.
When they don't your whole body ■
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If you are sick, doctor your kidneys,!
because as soon as they are well they
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The mild and extraordinary effect of
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