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' The Tropical Island of St. Thomas,
"Which Very Kearly Became
A PART OP THE UKITED STATES.
The Ruined Castle of the Original and Only
Bluebeard.
ETEKI MODERN LANGUAGE SPOKEN
ICOREESrOKDEhCE OInr DISPATCH. J
St. Thomas,
March 18.-If the
gentle reader will
take a map of the
"West Indiesbe will
notice a group of
almost countless
little islands sweep
ing southward from
3orto Kico in &
graceful curve, until the farthermost all
hut touches the Delta of the Orinoco river.
They are so numerous and so neighborly
that it would seem difficult for a large ship
to pass through, and they do afford a pro
tection to the waters of the Caribbean Sea
from the gales of the Atlantic. These are
the Caribbean Islands, the Lesser Antilles,
among the most picturesque and delightful
Epots on earth, as beautiul as any in the
Mediterranean, and with a better climate
than the rest of the tropics. Although they
have been settled for nearly 400 years, and
were in fact the cradle of the New "World,
we know and hear but little of them nowa
days, and they fill a very small place in the
world's thoughts, although they have filled
many large ones in its history.
As viewed from the sea, each island pre
sents the appearance of a volcanic cone, but
approaching nearer the observer" notices
that they are torn and twisted, broken and
bent with the violence of nature's convul
sions, which, by the way, have not ceased.
Tropical Ease.
The formation of the entire group is vol
canic, the result of submarine upheavals,
and the outlines are rough, ragged and
sometimes appear in grotesque lorms, re
minding the imaginative man of beasts and
birds and men and presenting shapes like
castles and citadels with frowning battle
ments and ambitious minarets. But the
ocean breezes have brought from themain
land, and dropped into thecrevice, soil and
seeds, which, under the magic of the tropic
sun, have become gardens of marvelous
beauty and fertility.
. LAXD OF THE IXTCS,
The scenery is wondrous, picturesque, the
climate is even, the temperature changeless
and no fairy land created by the poei's
imagination could be more enchanting. It
is the home of the Lotus Eaters.
"a land
In which It seemed always afternoon.
All round the coast the languid air did swoon,
Breathing like one that hath a w eary dream.
The charmed sunset lingered low sdown
In the red west; through mountain clefts the
dale
Was seen far inland, and the yellow down,
Bordered with palm, and many a winding dale
And meadow set with slender galingale;
A land where all things always seemed the
same.
The Lotus blooms below the barren peak.
The Lotus blows by every winding creek.
The greater part of the inhabitants of
these islands, like the wind and wave worn
children of the poet, do "live and lie re
clined, on the hills like gods together, care
less of mankind," for nature has done ev
ervthinp for them, and there is little for
man to do hut pluck and eat the fruits of
this Garden of Eden.
St. Thomas, the most important of all the
islands, commercially considered, and geo
graphically the keystone of the arch, lies
directly in the path of commerce, and its
little harbor sees more ships than most of
the world's great ports: not less than ten
lines of steamers make it a rendezvous, a
coaling station, and an entrepot for the
transfer of freight. The vessels from Europe
to the north coast of South America, to
Central America, the "West Indies and the
ports of the Gull" of Mexico, and those from
Kew York to South America and the ports
of the Gulf and Caribbean Sea, all make it
a regular station for coaling, provisioning
and repair, as well as for the transfer of
cargo. The men-of-war of all nations make
it a rendezvous, while sailinsr ships put in
there for various reasons, whether upward
or downward bound. The dry docks are the
best south of the Delaware, and are so
located as to be most convenient from all
the ports of the equatorial zones.
A TAXTJABLE POSSESSION.
Although the town has but 14,000 inhab
itants, the imports during the year amount
to 57,000,000 or "8,000,000, consisting ex
clusively of coal and ships' stores. The
Government of Denmark owns the little
island, but holds it as a free port and offers
its hospitality without charges to all the
world. During our war Secretary Seward
negotiated for its purchase as a naval sta
tion, and it would be of great ivalue to our
hipping trade in time of peace as well as a
naval station in time of war, hut our Sen
ate refused to ratify the treaty. The ques
tion of annexation was submitted to the peo
ple of the island, who voted almost unanim
ously in favor of it, there being but 22 votes
in the negative. St. Thomas would be a
most important stragetio point for Germany
or .nglana, out it euneruovernment snouia
attempt to purchase it, there would be a bit
ter war. Denmark is recognized as a non
combatant among nations, and each of the
European powers would rather have the
asylum tinder her authority than that of
any other.
The little town of 14,000 inhabitants con
tains as motley and cosmopolitan a popula
tion as any settlement on the globe. A
stranger who lands there, no matter where
he may come from, will always be able to
find a compatriot, or at least somebody with
whom he can converse in his own language.
A MODERN BABEL.
You may sit down in one of the cafes of
Charlotte Amelia as the town of the
island is called, or should he called, but
never is, for everybody says St, Thomas,
whether he refers to the island or the town
and hear the languages of nearly every
nation on earth spoken by the people
gathered around you. The place is a naven
for distressed seamen, for adventurers of all
types, for fugitives from justice, and for all
sorts of human driftwood carried there by
every current of the ocean and everr wind
that blows. Although it is a part of Den
nark, it is said that every nation 6n the
map is represented there but that, which is
a-slight exaggeration, lor in a dilapidated
old castle on oneof the hills lives the Danish
Governor General, and a garrison of a
dozen soldiers or so, who practise an inno
cent deception -upon the public themselves
by pretending to protect the place.
Ihe mercantile class are mostly Germans
or Hebrews, the shipping agents cope gen
erally from the country whose ships they
represent, the hotel keepers are "Frenchmen,
the laundrymen are Chinese, the rousta
bouts on the docks are generally from Italy
or the Canarv Islands, but most of the hard
work, " the lifting and carrying, is done by
negro women. The chambermaids and
waiters at the hotels and restaurants are
men, the laundries are run by men; they are
the clerks in the shops, and do most if nor
all of the light labor, but on any day one
can see hundreds of women, entirely naked
to the waist and below the knees, carrying
baskets of coal-that weigh from 125 to 200
pounds from the bins on' the docks to the
bunkers of the steamers.
AH UKPLEASAKT BESIDENCE.
The town is by no means a pleasant one.
It consists of a single long street, which
skirts the bay, with retail shops upon one
side and wharves and warehouses upon the
other. From this main thoroughfare run at
right angles a number of lanes and steep
paths up the sides of the hills, whose sum
mits are 1,500 feet above the sea. The lanes
on either side are lined with houses which
cling to the rocks. The fronts may be three
stories high and the rear show'only a bit of
an attic window, so steep are the cliffs.
Everything seems to be set upon end. As
one may imagine, the houses are dreadfully
uncomfortable, without any means of proper
ventilation, and steam like furnaces, not
only from the natural caloric in the atmos
phere, but from the heated rocks which
stand in the sun all day. The beds at night
are like vapor baths, and dnring the day it
is usually so hot that the effort of putting
two thoughts together will throw a man
into a perspiration. The whites decayunder
these conditions, but the blacks seem to
thrive, and the natural increase of popula
tion is enormous, while the death rate is
small, for the island is generally healthy.
The better classes of people live upon the
hills, where are some pretty villas, hand
somely fitted up and comfortable, for the
heat is tempered by the breezes that always
blow in from the sea.
An object of interest to the tourist is the
ruins of an old castle which you are assured
was the former residence of the original and
only Bluebeard, whose domestic relations
have excited so much interest for hundreds
of years. It was my recollection that the
hero of Perrault's story was an ugly English
baron in the time of Henry IV., but the
good, and I may say reliable, historians of
St. Thomas insist that the tale was founded
upon the eccentricities of a former Governor
of the Island, in Spanish times, one "Mar
quis de Eiaz,"who, as all know, married a
beautiful girl and gave her the keys of the
castle, with permission to open all the
chambers but one.
JUST LIKE A WOMA1T.
The curiosity of her sex, according to the
tradition, proved too much for the lady,
who at the first opportunity opened the for
bidden door, and witnessed the fate of her
matrimonial predecessors, some eight or ten
in number. She was wise enough to escape
at once to her friends, and the dreadful old
barbarian was mobbed and murdered.
The foreign consuls, who are. very numer
ous and represent almost every nation under
the sun, constitute, with the steamship
agents and the officers, of the garrison, the
societv of the place, who are reinforced at
times "bv colonies ot health seekers. Busi
ness commences early in the morning and
continues till about 11 o'clock, when every
body goes home to breakfast, and after that
enjoys a siesta till about 4 in the afternoon,
when the sun sinks below the hills and the
heat is sufierable. "When the steamers from
Europe arrive, and meet thpse from the
"Western and Southern ports, as they usually
do twice a week, the little town is quite ani
mated for a few hours. The seven by nine
newspaper is issued with the latest intelli
gence, and the cates are full of officers, pas
sengers and residents gossiping gaily and
indulging in cooling drinks. The passen
gers swarm over the island seeking lor ob
jects of interest, and the sailors go on sprees
and mace nignt niaeous. adoui one-tentn
of the population are white, seven-tenths
are coal black, and the remainder are mix
tures of the two. The mixed bloods are
rapidly increasing. There are no roads and
no vehicles. Everybody walks except the
sick, who are carried in sedan chairs, for a
carriage could not get up the hills, and the
paths are often steps cut in the rocks.
Beverly Ceump.
A MAGICAL TREE.
One Has Only to Touch It to Get What
He WUheik
'Washington Post.
She was a charming blonde, with hair the
color Titians loved to paint, and melting
blue eyes that seemed to invite inspection,
and the closer the better. Turning the, big
bronze knob of the door leading into the
main corridor of the "White House, the fair
unknown in tones of liquid silver inquired
of the bashful representative of the Post,
"Please, sir, can you tell me where the
wishing tree is situated?"
For an instant the history maker was in a
quandary, hut in the course of a brief con
versation, ascertained that the visitor was
in earnest about her question. Some one
had told her that there wa3 a tree in a di
rect line from the "White House, in front of
Jackson square, which susceptible maidens
were in the habit of touching and making a
wish as they did so.
Close scrutiny of the neighborhood
showed that such a tree exists, but whether
it possessed the qualities ascribed to it re
mains V3 oe seen, xne msnuiao oi w asn-
ington, an imaginary line fronTwhich longi
tude was formerly reckoned lor the United
States, runs through the center of the "White
House, and in the grounds near
the "Washington Monument there was
until a comparatively recent period an
old standstone column, probably three
feet in height, known as the me
ridian stone. The tree in question stands
directly as the meridian line in front of the
horse' balanced on its hind feet, which is so
conspicuous looking north from the "White
House-windows. According to the young
lady, if the wish is a proper one it is snre to
be granted alter the magic Jtree is touched,
and the hark shows evidence of numerous
visits by the fair sex who desire to tempt
fate.
Probably this tree will become popular
with the sterner sex'now that its properties
are known and its location determined, and
especially with those who are seeking of
ficial distinction at the hands of the Presi
dent. "Whether any of those at the Execu
tive Mansion vesterday had heard of the
wishing tree or not it is difficult to say, but
it is certain that there was a large crowd and
a few of the Congressmen in attendance
wanted meiely to pay their respects.
A arm In Old London.
London Globe.1
Old London is bo rapidly disappearing
hat we are glad to hear of a little bit of it
still remaining. A correspondent writes:
''There is an old farm and barn still stand
ing in Swan street. Minoric;, in a part
called Goo'dmau's Fields. Stow, the his
torian, says that when he was a boy he used
go to Goodman's Fields and buy milk 'hot
from the kine,' at the rate of three ale pints
fpr a penny. And Stow, I need scarcely
tell youwas born oa the 6th of April, 1605.'
A Sard Road to TrateL
THE
DK. COLLYER AT HOME
A Chat in His Study With the
Famous Unitarian Divine.
A PICTURE BEYOND ALL PBICE,
His Views on Prohibition and the Use
of Tobacco.
THE BALLOT AND PULPIT FOR YT0MEN
rwWTTXW rOB TKB DISPATCH. 1
It was a fair morning, neither cloud nor
mist shaded the clear sapphire of the sky as,
in response to ahearty, resonant "Come in,"
I opened the door of the Rev. Bohert Coll
yer's study. I was greeted by a flood of
sunshine which, streaming in through the
broad east windows, was In perfect harmony
with the radiant face ot the white-haired
man who was seated before the wide library
table. Even those men who are the world's
wealth, in that they are original men, not
so much, perhaps, as others, but still to a
great degree, are dependent for their best
revealment on environing conditions. And
charming, with a strong wlnsomeness, as
is the famous Unitarian divine at all times,
it is in his study, surrounded by his books
and the particular personal belongings of
his life and work, that his many-sided char
acter finds its best and most complete re
vealment. '
At once somber and bright, Dr. Collyer'
study, which is in the Holland building, on
the corner of Broadway and Fortieth street,
seems to belong to him as does the shell to
the turtle's hack. Above and between the
books which line the walls are pictures,
valued for their association rather than as
decorations. The only portrait in the room
is a fine oil painting of the late Hon. Charles
Sumner, who was a grea,t admirer of Dr.
Collyer and a warm personal friend. I do
not know that I am quite right in speaking
of this as the only portrait In Dr. Collyer's
study, for, witn a merry twinkle in his eye,
he called my attention to the picture of one
Nancv, who, he said had been very highly
regarded by himself and family.
ITAITCY'S PICTUEE.
The picture of Nancy was that of a large
spotted cow. This cow. while they still
lived in their old home at Ilkley, England,
Dr. Collyer's family had raised by hand
from a tiny calf and they were all greatly
attached to her. A friend had this paint
ing made and sent it to Dr. Collyer. It was
detained in the Custom House, and when
the authorities -wrote him asking at what
price he valued the picture, he responded
that he valued it beyond all price, as the
original had, been greatly prized by himself
and family for her many virtues, among
which was the Quantity and quality oi her
milk and her affectionate gentleness. "Where
upon the officers of customs forwarded the
painting free of duty, and it now occupies a
place over one of the large windows in his
study.
Among the fine old engravings of rare
bits of wild Yorkshire scenery about the
study walls, most of which were made early
in 1700, is one of a mighty rock which Dr.
Collyer says is "taller than a church spire
is high." and upon which are plalnlv limned
the huge features of a giant man, which fact
has only recently been discovered. "Just
think," said the Doctor, "I played about
this rock as a boy, and there was this vast
face up there all the while, and it had been
watching the coming and the going of trjo
ages all along and no one khew anything
about it."
DB. COLLTEB'S ANVIL.
In looking about I missed the old anvil
which had been a familiar feature of Dr.
Collyer's study in "Unity Church in Chi
cago. This anvil has had quite a history
and been something of a traveler. "When
the blacksmith shop in which Dr. Collyer
had worked at his trade was sola, one of the
members of his congregation purchased the
anvil and placed it in his study. After the
great fire the anvil was found In the debris
of the burned church, and in response to a
request from the Young Men's Unitarian
Society of Boston, was sent on to them.
"When, however, Unity Church was rebuilt
the trustees claimed the anvil and it was re
turned to them. It is now a fixture in the
study there, and is a highly valued souvenir
of the Doctor, who devoted the best years of
his mature manhood to upbuilding, from the
small beginning of a little mission, Unity
Church, which is one of the richest and most
prosperous Unitarian Churches in America.
Speaking of his anvil led Dr. Collver to
express himself in regard to his coming to
New York. "I never regretted coming
here," he said. "To be sure, we had struck
deep root in Chicago, and many tender ties
were severed when we came away, but it
was best, not only for me.but for the church
there and I am pleased to believe the
church here also." Then, with a pleasant
glow of satisfaction lighting np his face, he
continued, "My church here is growing
more and more like a big prosperous fami
ly. "We are all fond of each other and we
work together in a very nice sort of a fash
ion. There is one thing we have done that
I am a bit proud of, and you may put it
down if you like, and that is our home for
poor little children next door to St. George's
Church, on Stuyvesant Square." And then
an indescribable sadness settled over his fine
mobile features as he continued, "This work
is under the especial patronage of the Ken
nicott Club, a society of young women
named for our dear daughter Annie, who
made this mission her especial work. The
last thing she did in this world was to at
tend to some affairs pertaining to it." The
loss of this daughter is the heavy sadness
which shadows Dr. Collver's life.
After a moment the humorous brightness,
which is like a touch 'of sun glow, came
into his face and he said: "Don't put down
that I do any of the work, for I don't. I
just preach about it and the rest do the
practicing, but we are getting on very pros
perously and are now looking toward a
home of our own for our children."
HIS BELIEF HT TVOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Knowing that some years ago Dr. Collyer
was a gallant advocate of equal suffrage, I
was curious as to whether or not he had
changed his views on this much-mooted
question. "When I asked him in regard to
the matter he became crave, and drawin?
down his brows in a perplexed fashion, he
said, "I think we grow a bit more conserva
tive as we grow older. I used to be quite
positive and sure that it would be the best
thing that women should vote as men do,
but I feel a little troubled about it now.
Still, I am really inclined to think that it
would be a safe venture. One thing is sure,
whatever a woman can do. she does better
than a man can' do it. That myth in the
Talmud in regard to the creation of man
and woman has within it a fine truth, as,in
deed, most myths have. It reads that man
was first created to go on all fours, then
woman was created erect and she made him
get up and stand and walk erect also. Yes,
taking all things into account, I think to
give women the suffrage would be a safe
venture."
And what is your opinion of women as
preachers ? I asked. "My opinion is this,"
said Dr. Collyer, quickly and earnestly,
' every woman who is called to preach ought
to preach, just as a man ought to who feels
he is called, and if she don t do it she will
suffer for it just as did the other unprofita
ble servant who hid his talent in a clout,
and she should suffer for it, and you may
put that down. But there are women who
imagine they are called to preach just as
some men do, when Jt is all a mistake.
These last remind me of how Eichard Bax
ter said it was in his time, that many young
ministers were like young tadpoles, one
halt of them was alive and the other half
was mud.
Then, in discussing some of the eloquent
women who are before the public as lectur
ers we are drifted Jnto speaking of
THE QUESTION OF PROHIBITION.
Again Dr. Collyer grew grave, and I was
reminded of the expression assumed by Mr.
Meagles when he went into the room where
PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
he kept the brass scales or weighing gold,
and the money scoop. "I am afraid ot any
measure of this kind for this reason," he
said, "I should dread the effect of the deceit
which would. I fear, become a common
practice." This story had a deep impiession.
on me. "When Maine was the only prohi
bition State a gentleman, wanting a cork
screw on board a railway train in Massa
chusetts, stepped out in the aisle and in
quired in a loud voice, "Is there anybody
on board from the State of Maine?" feeling
sure that he could get a pocket corkscrew,
provided any of his fellow passengers hailed
from -the prohibition State. Dr. Collyer
does not question the desirability hut the
feasibility of prohibition. B.acon assumes
that "It is not the He thatpasseth through
the mind, hut the lie that sinketh in and
settleth in it that doth hurt," and it is un
truth of this sort which Dr. Collyer seems
to fear, particularly in great centers of com
merce and trade, where vast numbers of peo
ple of all nationalties congregate.
In speaking of the strong stand be
ing taken against the use of tobacco, as well
as intoxicants, Dr. Collyer grew jolly, and
with a droll mlrthfulness of 'expression, he
said: "I don't beKevel have much to say
on that subject. You see a man don't speak
of his vices until he is about to make a finish
of them, or wants to make capital of them)
and in my case I don't want to do either.
The truth is, most of us have some little
pet vices. lam often reminded of the old
Scotch professor who, while he himself took
snuff, had strictly forbidden the boys to
smoke. Coming in one day, the lecture
room was so dense with smoke that he could
not see the boys, although there was. not a
cigar in sight. This was too much for him,
and lie delivered a sharp and threatening
lecture on the viciousness of the habit of
smoking, which was well emphasized by
frequent, long-drawn pinches of snuff."
VALUE OF EABLT TEAININO.
To deplore the lack of so-called-early ad
vantages when they have not been enjoyed,
and to conclude that if a person has distin
guished himself, not having received schol
astic training, he would have risen to much
greater eminence had he been so trained, is
a common conclusion. However, whether or
not this conclusion is correct is a question
which the apostles of the "new education."
which inoludes Industrial training, would
be likely to answer in the negative. In
speaking of this to Dr. Collyer, I asked him
if he did not think that his splendidly sus
tained strength, both mental and physical,
which, under the weight of his 63 years,
shows rio sign of abatement, was not due to
the fact that his vitality had not been im
paired by the confinement and routine of
school life ? He said that he had thought
that it was so and that as the years went on
he was better satisfied that his life had been
what it was in its earlier as well as later
days.
In this connection he told me of preach
ing in Detroit very soon after he lett the
forge when he was "full of force and burli
ness to his very finger tips." He said: "I
laid it down to 'them with a great deal of
force, and when I had done, one of my
hearers, who had lost both health and
vitality in striving for college honors, came
up, to me and said, 'Out upon college any
way; if you had been through college you
could never have moved us all as ydu did.'
There must be some plan evolved," con
tinued Dr. Collier, "by which the mind can
he stored without lose either of force or
vigor. I think we are working up to that
in the schools now. My training was mostly
industrial, with very little educational.
They are reviving that now, but they will
get it just right after a time. "When I was
a factory boy I aiwaysTaanaged to read a
bit, although when the great bell rang in
the morning I used to be so tired that I felt
as if I would like to throttle it once for all.
"When I was across, a short while ago, I was
at dinner with the managers of that same
factory, and I was telling them how I used
to hate that bell. They told me they were
going to take it down, and I begged that
when it was broken up they would send me
a piece. To my surprise they sent me the
whole hell, and I sent it up to Cornell Uni
versity; where it now is."
niS COBDIALITY.
"The proof Of the pudding is in the eat
ing," and, as I looked at Dr. Collyer, so
sturdy, strong and vigorous, showing no
trace of the passage of years, save in his
whitened hair, which is silvery at the tem
ples and slightly tawny at the crown and
very abundant, that the training which pro
duced such manhood was worthy the consid
eration of educators.
As I arose to go I inquired of Dr. Coll
yer if he was to preaeh the following Sun
day in the Church of the Messiah, as I had
expected to hear him the previous Sunday
but had been disappointed. "Yes," he re
plied, "I shall surely preach, unless it hap
pens with me as it did with Dr. Gay, of
Hingman. He, you know, was looking over
his sermon on a Sunday morning when he
was seized with a sudden illness and in an
hour he was dead. There is always a last.
time, iiut, come, l guess you will hear the
old man preach, and then come to dinner'
with us. it is always a favor it our friends
come to dinner with'us on Sunday." Then,
with a merry laugh, "You see we always
have more than we can eat, 'and I hate cold
meat on Monday; so come," and taking a
cigar from his pocket he prepared to light
it, saying, "You would go nowlyiaoyway,
wouldn't you?"
Plain, practical, even homely, with a
habit of fronting the fact squarely and with
scant favor for finely wrought theories. Dr.
Collyer is yet not utilitarian, but, as have
the prophets, seers ana philosophers
throughout the ages, he listens to "the
voices1' which the material ear hears not,
and touches with the creative power of
poetic inspiration all that he undertakes.
Eloquence, which is the handmaid of musio
and of poetry, is the servant and thepower
of this man who moves great audiences by
the force of his utterances. However, when
he does write poetry, which he declares he
does only under the prod of earnest request,
it is so full of music and meaning that it is
almost a matter of regret that a true poei
has been lost in a great preacher, even
though he be so strong, yet tender, that even
his Socratio satire is ever less than wit be
cause it never passes the approach to mal
ice, and whose deep sympathies quicken
into visibility and action the Sympathies
of all who come within the sound of his'
voice.
A. Van Hoesen-WAkeman,
POVERTY AND CRIME.
A Pnnxsutnwney Philosopher on the Woes
and Ills of the Poor Man,
Panxsutawney Spirit. '
"Yes," said Lem Coghurn reflectively, as
he searched His pockets in vain for a nickel
to huy some tobies, "there is no mistake
about it poverty is a crime. It compels a
man to be niggardly. It engenders lying,
encourages deceit, and prompts men
to steal. Generosity is one of the
cardinal virtues, but a poor man cannot be
generous. He can scarcely be just. He is
often compelled to deny his own family the
ordinary comforts of life. He cannot make
the hearts of his children throb with joy by
bringing home a wagou for little Johnny, a
tricycle to "Willie, and a doll to Sarah Jane.
He must stifle every generous impulse,
every kindly heart-throb, at the bidding of
the fiend Poverty.
j vv"His nobler nature iskept iubondage,and
wnen it see&s w ureas; me iron oars oi us
prison house, Poverty glares at him and
scowls ami mocks at his efforts. Finally,
through sheer necessity, his heat shrivels
up like a dried quince into an insignificant
and contemptible little ball of solidi
fied selfishness. Then he is capa
blh of the heartless littleness necessarv to
become rich, but he is no longer capable of
enjoying life or of contributing to the hap
piness of others. Poverty, I say, is a crime,
and I am in, favor of Its destruction by
proper legislative enactments."
And then Iium nestled down on the
lounge beside our office cat and fell asleep
again.
Fortune Seeking Emigrants. '
Many a poor family that seeks the Western
wilds In the hope of winning a fortune is pre
served from that msiduous too of the emigrant
and .frontiersman chills and fever by Hos
tetter's Stomach Sitters, &o effectually dues
that incomparable medicinal defense fortify
the system against the combined Influence of a
malarious atmosphere and miasma-tainted
water, that protected by it the pioneer, the
miner or the tourist provided with It, may
safely escoaater the flaimr. v
SUNDAY, APBH , 21,
I WANT T0G0 HOME
Is the Wail of the Male Invalid Prom
the North Who is Seeking
HEALTH IN THE SUNNY SOUTH,
Men Who Pine and Die for a Bight of Home
and Loved Ones.
A HINT TO POSTMASTER WANAMAKER
rcOBRKSrOXBENCX or TBS ctsrATcn.l .
Aieen, S. C, April 18. Much has been
written as to the woes and anguish of sea
sickness. Millions of personal experiences
have been related of what has been suffered
by those who go down to the sea in ships
and steamers. Every voyager upon the
great waste of waters takes pleasure in re
lating his own story concerning his inner
consciousness while bounding o'er the bil
lows of the mighty deep, as though it were
fresh, new and peculiar. Nor does the tale
grow stalet since new listeners are ever
growing up, and new spinners of the yarns
spread abroad and multiply and talk
and write. Innumerable acd sovereign
remedies for this dire disease of seasickness
are daily promulgated, bnt they rarely work
out successfully in practice. Doctors with
all their vast knowledge, wisdom and ex
perience have failed to find any specific cure
for the mal de mer that is no respecter of
persons, but attacks a queen as readily as a
kitchen maid, and afflicts a millionaire as
harshly as a dead-beat without a dollar. In
despite of all. Neptune exacts his tributes
from the landsmen who venture to intrude
upon "old ocean's gray and melancholy
waste," as relentlessly and persistently as
the taxgatherer pursues the taxable for his
mills on the dollar, however much the
householder may grow restive and rise in
rebellion. But bad as it is horrible as it
may be it is ever a matter for mirth, a sub
ject for jokes, a point upon which to hang a
tale as woeful in progress as it is funny to
tell after the feet have been set upon dry
land, hut the comedy of the occasion comes
out in bold relief only after the most heart
rending experiences.
homesickness.
But while so much has been said and
written and described of this sickness of
the sea, much less has been told of the
equally grievous, but less common malady
ot homesickness that longing of the soul
that makes pleasures and palaces seem but
sumptuous shams as compared with the
dearer delights of home.
John Howard Payne, in his song of
"Home, Sweet Home," gave the touch of
-nature that makes the whole world kin he
voiced the heartof humanity on the inner
key of the affections.
"An exile from home, splendor dazzles in
vain," is a truth that fiuds echo in every
soul, whether the separation be voluntary
or enforced. Homesickness or in medical
phraseology, nostalgia finds but small
mention in works upon medicine. "With
many, it is as much a matter for fun and
laughter as seasickness it excites but little
sympathy, and yet is as real as an affliction,
and as depressing in its effects, and melan
choly in its results, in some cases, as many
that are more distinguished.
It mav not be with the most of tjeonla a
principal disease in itself, hut when it ac
companies another it will retard recovery
and perhaps prevent it altogether. It is an
affection of the mind, we are told, that re
acts upon the body, takes away the appetite
ana weakens ail or tne physical powers, the
Satlent pines, and, if relief does not follow,
ies.
People come here to the South to be cured
of bodily ill, as they hope. They leave the
cold and snows, the winds and roughness of
winter and spring in the'Korth ana imagine
that the air and sunshine of the softer South
ern clime will cheer, invigorate and en
liven; that health will come from warmth
and ohange and rest. Bnt alas for the ten
der leaves of hope that so often encounter a
frost a killing IrosL Storms come in the
South a in the North, with bitter, blight
ing blasts, and, in the words of the Florida
joker, the change goes to the waiters and
the landlord gets the rest, leaving nothing
for the exile from the North but homesick
ness and may be heart failure.
MEN THE CHIEF VICTIMS,
Men seem to be the especial prey of this
disease. They are bereft of the excitements
of business then have left the comforts of
home and the pleasures to which they have
been accustomed, they are cut off from their
household gods; while the business of the
world moves on, they are set aside in en
forced idleness. Men for crimes and mis
demeanors are sentenced to solitude and
idleness, and nothing, say prison authori
ties, is worse for health ot mind and body.
But many who -lose their health, and are
forced from home in the effort to regain it,
are in a condition almost equally melan
cholly, depressing and unhappy. After the
first novelty of the change of scene has worn
off, homesickness sets in, and they wander
round dejectedly, talk despairingly, and in
many cases the supposed remedy is worse
than the disease.
Men are the most helpless of beings when
ill and away from home. They lack the
patient enduranee, of -women, and are not
possessed of their reserve of resources for
killing time. The utility of fancy work is
shown and proven on persistent rainy days
at a health resort, when the masculine in
valid is insufferably homesick, and utterly
at his wit's end to know what to do with
himself. He takes his tonics with a hope
less air, he gazes into the fire with a melan
choly glare, he readsihe papers until all is
blue, for he finds record in them that his
friends and associates in business are boom
ing along and securing.fat things, while he
is stranded here doing nothing but wasting
time and money in the effort to get back the
treasure of health, without which prizes can
not he pulled in, without which mdney,
wisdom, pleasure, learning count but dross;
without which the cream of existence is
lackinivthe sparkle of pleasure is gone, the
joys of life are turned .to ashes.
MELANCHOLY MEN.
He broods over his misfortune, he grows
heartsick and homesick in his loneliness,
and this homesickness, this longing for
wife, children and friends does much to re
tard the return of vigor and health by wear
ing out the vitality of the machine. These
melancholy men' to be met upon the streets
of Aiken excite one's sympathy only to see.
"With large eyes in which sickness sits as
sentry, worn faces, gaunt forms, only ghosts
of themselves, with the saddest story told in
their expression, they take their walks
abroad, looking as if their death warrants
had been read, sealed, signed and finally de
livered. "Women are different. They do not suffer
from honfesickness with the same intensity
as men. They have their fancy work, their
painting, their enthusiasms and enjoyment
over pretty handiwork, and their tongues.
On a relentless rainy day for instance, they
do not resign themselves to the blues like
men, but find in the elucidation of a new
stitch, the intricacy of a new pattern, the
excitement of a new design or novel device
such deep interest that time flies on swiftest
wings. The dripping dullness of the hours
is enlivened by a spice ot gossip, the inter
esting remarks and criticisms of the pepper
and mustard sort that give rest and flavor
to even the dullest story the interchange of
fancy and play ol fun that accompany the
busy hands and flying fingers of those who
make the parlor a workroom, and a wo
man's congress, on the days that most dis
tressingly try men's souls.
Considering how men are waited upon,
and ministered unto; and catered for when
at home and well, it is not strange that
going away alone and ill, where they miss
all such ministrations, they feel lonely, de
pressed and homesick.
DIED OF HOMESICKNESS
A few days ago a man from away up
North died here alone, without a friend
near him. The doctor said be might have
recovered had he not been so deperately
homesick. The sun shone in-vain for him;
tae sweet breath. 01 spring brought bo balm
1889.
of life to him; the bloom of violets and
watitf, nf mm, mA ifv BipAtnM around
for him, Change, rest, climatic balm availed J
notning to nim whose tnougnts wero "
his wife and dear ones on the farm away
off in "Washington Territory.
Men who are ill and in quest of that most
precious of all things, health, are unfitted
to be alone, or to be trusted to the tender
mercies of hotel or housekeepers, who are
in the boarding-house business lor revenue
only. If accustomed to the care of home
lolfcs, when away from them, tney are iuo
most forlorn and helpless beings on earth.
They do everything they should not do, and
leave undone the things they ought to have
done. In contemplation of their ills they
grow dull, morose and melancholy. Thev
distrust the doctors, have no faith in medi
cines, and, as a usual thing, are really
dying to go home, the most of the time.
A doctor told a man of tHs sort a few days
ago that he? should" remain here a few weeks
longer for safety. "But I can't, doctor;!
tell you I can't stand it I must go."
"Well, you can better stand it here, than
to go home and die," said the doctor.
"No, I can't. Live or die!" I must get
away from here. I tell you, I would as fief
die as live, unless I can go home." "
He was overcome by homesickness. He
had reached the limit of endurance, and
made up his mind to take the risk. He
went home.and mid 'snow and ice, wind and
rain, is said to be recovering theunshine
01 love, tne uevuuon oi jricuus, we ucuvcr-
ance from homesickness doing what had
been hoped the softer airs and kinder climate
of the South would effect.
THE BISK OF LONELINESS.
The believers in Christian science would
tell us that this is the natural effect that
follows the determination to be well, and
that all illness exists only in the mind
that with faith of sufficient power all disease
may be conquered and health assured. If
this were only true, how utterly delightful
would life become. But also in this age of
unbelief the necessary faith is hardly to be
found.
But in view of what we see around as to
the desolate condition of sick men away
from home and friends, we would say that
there is great risk in their loneliness, in
their lack of the little attentions, and care
that serious illness demands, in their need
of the ministering care of some-one inter
ested in their particular welfare. Married
men need their wives young men need
their mothers to ward off the miieryof home
sickness in a strange place. Moreover,
invalids in exile especially if alone
should reoeive constant remembrances from
home and friends. No mail should come
unweighted with a few kind words from
somebody to brighten the long day. No
sadder face we ever saw than that of a lonely
man who received no letter from home as
expected. His lips quivered, the tears came,
his very steps seemed weaker as he turned
away with the sad reflection, doubtless, that
he must pull through another dismal day
without the news from home.
The announcement of "No Northern mall
to-day" spreads consternation all around
in Aiken, and the amount of growling done
would sink a ship. If John "Wanamaker
wants a halo round his head, and a shower
of blessings on his name he will immediate
ly devote himself to improving the post
office business of the South. JIails should
not be delayed for 24 hours save under some
extraordinary stress or accident impossible
to prevent. If a connection is missed, it
should be made up by a special train. "No
Northern mail to-day" is an absurdity that
would not be tolerated in the North, save in
the face of some great storm or unpreveuta
ble accident.
SOTJTHEBN POSTAL METHODS.
It is a matter of belief among Northern
visitors that many of the Southern postmas
ters are cut on the pattern oi the specimen
in Texas, who thought the proper thing was
to keep the bag until it was full before send
ing oft However, as the Democratio post
masters are being fired Out at the rate of 700
a week, it is likely there will be a change all
around, and it may be that the service will
show improvement, of which it stands in
urgent need. But nothing is surer than that
"Johnnie" will have his hands fuller than
they ever were before if he essays to intro
duce business habits into the postoffice-de-partment
in the South, and certainty as to
the arrival of the Northern mall. Talk of
Blaok Friday! No day is blacker to the
Northern sojourners away down South in
Dixie than that on which the
announcement comes of "No Northern
mail to-day," and such come too
often for the credit of Uncle Sam, and
Brother "Wanamaker must see about it. The
present shiftless way of doing business
should be reformed. That the postal ser
vice needs a good deal ol Improvement in
more ways than one is manifest to anybody
who thinks about it, but nowhere, perhaps,
is this more apparent than in the South.
Moreover, a measure immensely needed isan
express post or parcels delivery such as they
have in England. It is time that the peo
ple were delivered from the rapacity of ex
press companies, and nobo'dy, perhaps,
ought to know this better than Brother
"Wanamaker himself.
Bessie Bbamble.
A CHASE IN THE SKI.
How a Delaware Eagle Captured a Hungry
Fish Hawk's Dinner.
Smyrna (Del.) Times.:
A novel sight was witnessed over the
northern part of the town at noon yester
day. Those who are familiar with the
habits of birds of prey know that the eagle
makes a slave of the osprey or fishing hawk,
so far as he can, as a food gatherer. The
hawk had caught a fish for his dinner, pre
sumably from one of our adjacent mill
ponds. An eagle which had been watching
the movements of the hawk saw the silvery
scales as the latter bore it up on its pinions
and started in rapid pursuit, determined to
have that fish all for himself.
The hawk seemed as determined to hold
on to it. Neither of them are birds that
come about a town, but perhaps the hawk
thought the eagle would desist if it flew over
where so many people were, but in this it
was mistaken. Several circles were made
around the spire of the Episcopal Church,
up and down, and it was not until they got
over Delaware street that the hawk let go
its hold on the fish. This was all the eagle
wanted, and in a space of perhaps less than
IS feet from where it had left the hawk's
cJaws the eagle had caught it in its talons
and sailediway to some tree to eat its din
ner and be on the lookout for that or some
other hawk to in the same way provide its
supper.
t Neighboring Kindness.
The Kansas City Star finds this in a
Kansas paper: "Mr. and Mrs. Gartland
wish to express their thanks to their friends
and neighbors who so kindly assisted at the
burning of their hotel last Monday morning."
HUEY BLOOM I2T THE
last spring I was troubled with bolls; one
after another would present itself on my arms
and body. 1 used one bottle of Burdock Blood
Bitters; the boils have all left me. It is the
best blood purifier I have ever used. D. A.
Myers. Lawrenceville, Clark Co., u.
A friendi
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1 had a rash on mvbodvand face for a month.
Hearing of Burdock Blood Bitters I took one
bottle and have not even a mafic of it on ma
now. Kittik Bell. Weediporr. N. Y.
I was troubled with an incessant itching of
the skin for eight weeks, which became so bad
ray-mother thought She wonli be obliged to
keep me from my studies. X began using Bur
dock Blood Bitters, and althongt have only
taken one bottle am nearly cured. It is a valu
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SUNDAY THOUGHTS
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MORALSIAIERS
BY A CLERGYMAN.
I warms fob thx dispatch.
One of the shrewdest and most successful
merchants of this city sat in cozy conversa
tion, the other evening, with his pastor a
frequent and welcome guest. He was not a
church member, "hut was a church attendant.
They conversed on a variety of topics, when
the merchant chanced to say:
"Things are different now from what thny
were when I began business years ago.
Then customers came to us; now we go. to
them."
"Is the drummer system a good one?"
asked the minister.
"There are objections to It," answered the
merchant "It immensely Increases thecost
of doing business, especially to the whole
salers. "We seldom see and are never sure
of our customers. On the other hand, the
retailers no doubt profit by it. It is easier
to be sought than to seek."
"I know that from my experience in this
parish," heartily assented the clergyman.
"My criticism upon the churches," con
tinued the merchant, "is that they are like
the Bourbons they learn nothing and for
ged nothing. Business has changed, and we
adjust ourselves to the change. Social
usages have been changed, and the fashion
ables make haste to recognize and adopt the
new style. The church alone is unchang
ing. See our drummers. They cover the
continent. "Where are yonr drummers
(looking at the parson)? Occasionally a
Quixote like you runs his legs off. But
what could I do were I the only drummer
in my house? I can employ my time better
and make more money by superintending
my business, and letting others drum for
me. The minister should be the head of
his house. His work is to make others
work."
"But they won't work," sighed the min
ister. "That is what I say," was the reply.
"Xhs churches are on the old bases. Their
methods are antiquated. They wait for the
people to come to them instead of going to
the people. "When I want to sell a line of
slow goods I push those goods out, lower
the price, make an inducement, create a
market. The churches, on the contrary,
lazily open their doors once a week, clang
the bell, if they have one, in a ding-dong
way and practically say: You people out
there come in here and be savedl "When
the people don't come they put it down to
total depravity: If we sinners ran our busi
ness as you saints run your churches we
would go into bankruptcy in a year."
As the clergyman went home from the in
terview he was thoughtful. He felt sure
that his ftiend had exaggerated the Bour
bonism of churches, but was afraid, that this
keen, intelligent observer had some warrant
for his criticism.
A Hint for Ministers.
Let every minister to-day aim at the
bringing of some one to Christ. There is a
good deal of talk about Christ. You shall
hear it in every pulpit. This may be inter
esting, bnt it is not the main thing. Sup
pose you should call at the office and ask-to
see the editor of this Journal. "Oh, yes,"
says the clerk, "the editor is in." Then he
begins to tell you what a fine man the edi
tor is, what able leaders he writes, what an
executive head he carries on his shoulders,
what a kind employer he makes. Half an
hour is thus occupied. Your time is gone.
You have not got into the sanctum. "Would
you feel that your errand was performed? Is
the chatter of the clerk the equivalent of
that Intended interview with the editor?
"We say, then, to the Eev. Dr. Bound
about: Don't discourse concerning Christ
to-day. Bring some one to Him. Person
alize your preaching. "When men want to
see Jesus, why not lead them to Him. The
ushers at the door bring strangers into the
chnrch and seat them. "What does the ush;
er in the pulpit do?
An Interesting Study.
The subject of mental associations, re
marks a writer in one of our recent ex
changes, is one of the most fascinating and
illusory puzzles of the human mind. The
most incongruous objects are indissolubly
connected in our thoughts, and suggest one
another at most inappropriate times. Not
everyone, however, has so clearly defined a
set of associations as the gentleman whom
we quote below.
An interesting study might be afforded
by a comcariaon ot the objects suggested to
other minds by the same names: ''Byron re
minds me of a'splendld tiger lily; Keats, of
golden wine. When I think of Milton, I
see a vast cathedral. "When I think of
"Wordsworth.I see a long, solitary avenue of
oaks. The name of Shelley makes me think
of perfume, of clear fire on a hearth, and of
a melody heard long ago. "When I meet
Chaucer's name, I always see the light from
a painted window falling on a table on
which lies an illuminated missal. Herrick
calls up for me the picture of a girl with
laughing eyes. Two visions are connected
with the name of Spenser. One is a dim
forest, through which a minstrel wanders;
the other a dark, quiet lake, on which a
shadowy bark is floating. Cowper makes
me think of a hermit; Whittier, ot a soldier;
Tennyson, of a castle; Burns, of a lonely
moor; Scott, of a crag; Landor, of a Gr,eek
vase, and Longfellow, of a belfry tower at
dusk."
Prayer a Great Attraction.
It is -estimated that from 3,000,000 to 4,
000,000 of people gather every week herein
America in the weekly prayer meeting.
This is a noteworthy fact. If Booth plays
Hamlet 100 nights, it is considered extra
ordinary. If Mary Anderson enacts Juliet
for a month, the success is phenomenal.
Yet the mimic hero and heroine are aided
by scenic splendor and co-operating actors
and actresses and orchestral effects. The
prayer meeting programme remains the
same. There is no stage. The theme is the
"old; old story." Nevertheless, it draws
continuously, age after age.
"Why? Is it not because it meets and
satisfies a felt want?
ministerial Life Ininranee.
A business man writes to one of the
prominent religious journals suggesting a
plan of ministerial life insurance. He
thinks a church in calling a pastor might
provide, in addition to his salary, a policy
of life insurance on which it should pay the
premium soJong as the relation continued.
This-frlend-of the clergy thinks that his
The Cure of -Obstinate and Chronic Cases of
Blood Disorders that could not be reached by
any other medicine is accomplished with Bur-'
dock Blood Bitten, from tits combination of
curative properties unknown to other prepara
tion. It expels all impurities from the blood,
from the common Bbanle to the worst Scrof u-
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more" permanent pastorates. A minister
wonia tninc twice neiore vacating a pulpit
one of whose adjuncts was a paid-up premi
um of this kind. Next, the avoidance of
poverty to his loved ones, in case of the
plan would secure three results. First. 1
suaaen death of the preacher. It is a dreary
and too common spectacle this of a family
reared in-refinement and suddenly plunged
over the Niagara of temporal ruin by the
removal of the bread-winner. Last, the ex
pression of practical sympathy, at theten
derest point, on the point of the parish.
Clercymen, as a rule, are the most poorly
paid of all skilled laborers. The average
wages of a mechanic are higher than the
average salary of a- preacher". It is an
authentic statistio that the remuneration of
the average minister in the United States is
not more than $150 a year. And the clergy
receive more here than in any other coun
try. Of course, men do not go into the min
istry to make money. But preaching ought
not to be synonymous with beggary. At any
rate, the insurance plan would be a brave
help always and everywhere, and could be
arranged at small cost to the churches.
"What do our good people say about this?'
An Anecdote of Dean Stanley.
Phillips Bbooks told an interesting.,
and amusing anecdote of Dean Stanley re-;-"lf'
cently. The Dean sent a note to a shoe- V
maker regarding some work which that ar
tisan was doing for him. The writing wag
so difficult to decipher that the shoemaker
returned it to the Dean with a note saying,
innocently, that he was "unaccustomed to
the chirography of the higher classes," and
asked for a translation. "Just as if," said
the Dean, laughingly, in relating the an
ecdote to the Boston-, divine, "I am to bo
held responsible for the handwriting of th
entire British aristocracy."
How to Gain Strength.
""Who," says Jay,."would go out in the
morning, not knowing what a day may
bring forth, without retiring first and com
mitting himself to God?" Berhaave, the1
celebrated physician, rose early for prayer
and meditation. "This," he often told his
friends, "gave him strength and firmness
for the business of the day." The great
Judge Hale, too, rose betimes to pray and
read God's word, "without which," he said,
"nothing prospered with him all day."
Gladstone, when the busiest man in En
gland, always found or took time for his re
ligions exercises and duties.
. Thoughts of Great Mlndi.
It is character more than talent that insures
esteem. No one can be really ;reat who has a
low moral nature. Blackie. ,
At a church meeting, several weeks ago, one
of our friends spoke of the temptations" and
discouragements to which busy men are es
pecially subject. It seemed almost impossible
to keep pure in the whirl of business. "It
brings to my mind," said be, "an incident which
a friend told me a short time ago. While trav
eling among the coal mines Of Pennsylvania ha
noticed how very dingy the towns appeared.
The coal dust seemed to blacken buildings, trees,
shrubs, everything. But as he and a foreman
weTS walking near the mines he noticed a
beautiful wnito flower, f ts petals were as para
as if it were blooming in a daisy field. 'What
care the owner of this plant must take of it,' said
Mr. A, to keep it so free from dust and dirt.'
'See here.' said the foreman, and, taking up a
handful of coal dust, threw it over the flower.
It Immediately ran off and left the flower as
stainless as before. 'It has an enamel, the
foreman explained, which prevents any dust
from clinging to it. I think ft mast haTe been
created for :ust such a place.' 1 have often
thought of this white flower,' continued our
friend. "If we are covered by the enamel
which Jesus will give to all who ask Him, even
His own blood, we need not fear that the press
of business nor contact wltb a sinful world will
stain our hearts or lives." Beth VanWagenen.
A Christian Is the highest style of man.
Young NigM Thoughts).
Be not o'er exquisite
To cast the fashion of uncertain evils;
For grant they be so, while they rest unknown,
What need a man forestall his day of grief.
And run to meet what be would most avoid r
That is an evil eye which leads man Into
trouble by incorrect vision. When a man
seeks to prosper Dy crafty tricks Instead of
careful Industry; wben a man's inordinate cov- '
etousness pushes hlio across all lines of hon
esty that he may sooner clutch the prize; when
gambling speculation would reap where it has
not strewn; when men gain riches by crime,
there is an evil eve which guides them throuch
a specious prosperity to Inevitable rain. H. IK".
Beeeher.
The Bible is the book above all others to be
read at all ages and in all conditions of life; not
to be read once or twice through and then laid
mIiIr. bnt to be read in small portions everr
,djy. I speak as a man of the world to men of
tne wona. ana i say -searcn ine scriptures.
John Quinq Adams. ""
CELSrs, an ancient, bitter enemy of the Gos
pel, speaking of the mock trial and crucifixion
of Jesus, cries: "Why, on this occasion at x
least does he not act the Ood and hurl some
signal vengeance on the authors of his insults
and anguish?" But ob, Celsns, he does act
the GbdT A mad man on earth or fury in bell
Is capable of wrath and vengeance. But to
bear the most shocking provocations, and
though commanding the thunder and the
flame, forbear to punish. Is divine. "Yes,"
says even a Rousseau, "If the death of Socrates
was the aeath of a sage, the death of Jesus was
the death of,a God. William Jay.
It is a blessed thing to be a man to whom
God has not only given means, but so large a
heart, so beneflcient, so brotherly that his frui
tion of his good fortune is as wide as the thou
sands who share it, and the reversion as secure
as the heaven In wnich it is treasured. Hamil
ton. Above all things speak the truth. Tour
word must be your bond through lif e. Halibur
ton.
Poor, Foolish Men..
TIKE-A WOMAN'S ADVICE.
TMa is enrtha second Httm in eight weeks that
Ihars had to polish my boots, and yet I had hud
work getting my husband to give np his old blar king
brash, and the anaoyaneo of having the paste black
lag rah oS en hia pants, and adopt
WoIfTsAGMEBIacking
Aasc&geest Deep Black Polish, which tats
oa Urn's boots a week, and onWamen's amonth.
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SZEICETGr.
My neck and cheeks were covered with larg J(? u
lumps, and sores, that looked like ring worms, 4J
came out all over my body. Ihavotakenthreorit"
bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters, and they are?I
fast disappearing: Mrs. Geo. L. Twist, Box
, WAil.UJJ, XI. 4.
My bus-
band had;
taken off '
two cancers.'
his face anc'
another
was comin?
on his lip.
bottle3 of
He took two
your Bur-
dock Blood
It di sap-
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peared. I
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Rll.u Rtinmsin- dealer In Italian Bess. Cut.
wissa, Pa, says: I have used Burdock Blood
Bitters for malaria, and it cured me. I used
only one bottlo and have had no symptoms of
malaria for six months.
For eight years I was a sufferer from car
buncles. Hearing of Burdock BloodBltters I"
tried It. It cured them, and I havehad no
trouble from them since. YSPBKSQXlr
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