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HhetAzorean Farmer One of the Most
ir Primitive on the Earth,
JLEHDIHG LOTS'OF FUN WITH TOIL
Hfttthredies "With Blinafoldea Oxen, Uses
. Tools Host Ancient,
Rkd lites is poetical modesty
Fayax, Azobes, November 25. After
all. the human rather than the scenic or
,tther Interest in any land holds mind and
Jjeart closest And in these hnman activi
ties, I sometimes think, the living, doinj;
nnd environment of the lowly furnisn truest
means ior judgment of the relations of all
'classes: and certainly provide the most
lasting impressions an earnest traveler may
gain.
Of the two divisions of the lowly in the
Azores, the peasantry are infinitely more
I captivating than the lowly of the towns.
The servitors and the becgars or tbe score or
more Azorean cities arc in appearance quite
the seme as those the traveler will find in
Havana, Lisbon, Barcelona and allMediter-
Jranean ports. Two delightful exceptions in
.their favor exist They aie the most Kinn
liearted and sunny-faced folk that live; and
the water-carriers, chiefly women and girls,
:are so remarkably picturesque a class that
they are really entitled, in poetry, romance
nnd Art, to extraordinary attention and dis
tinction. Amone every manner of city
Reserving men and women there is a ludicrous
cnivairy in miercnange oi civimy sucn as j.
have found amone no other lowly people.
Their gravity and dignity in this regard
'are really wonderful. The cumulative ad
jectives applied to intensifying the formal
expression of mutual regard and leading up
to those highest titles of respect, benhor ana
Senhora, hever reach lower plane than
"'most adored," "truest regarded," "most
heart thrillingly beloved," or "exceeding
and most illustrious."
"Host dazzling and beautiful neighbor
and maiden, has the thrice-execrated ca
tarrh left the roof of thy more than angelic
nose?" crandly asks the barefooted Pietro of
; a wench at the fountain, who as gravely re
fit sponus;
Nobly conceived son of a mother radiant
beyond naming, the poison of its noxious
presence sped away with the warlocks at the
bidding of coat's-milk cheese bound at
night time on my pain-racked forehead.
4ln 1". ? hlorcinir net ihaa thv nnntoMAlM
K and all thy kindred, for the friendship
8 shininr like stars through tne onxietv of
f thy ever-prized asking!"
XO WONDEE WAGES ABE TEET LOW.
These poor, ignorant beings seem to think.
ft Act and exist in precisely such windy and
R wordy heroics. After knowing it in every
B possible conscious and unconscious condi
tion oi tueir uueneuces lur weeks, one
needs no further information to understand
why wages of all manner of servants in the
Azores do not exceed 18 cents per day.
Even the beggars speak to each other in just
I one here yef who, on my declining
r to contribute after his poetic appeal,
with a polite I'ardon! in tne name ot
God!" as is the custom, did not follow to
bles aud pile on his blessings, until my
cheeks crimsoned with shame at the un
earned benedictions showered npon me. In
deed it is difficult to convey by pen any just
conception of the apparent utter absence of
resentment the complete self-abnegation,
be ness of heart and act, in these lowly ones of
Lhome and street It is fonnd in all', and the
minutest, instances. Come snddenly upon a
f half-naked child playing upon the damp
if stones of some grimy entrada, or tossing the
glittering brown lava sand back into the
' sparkling plume of the incoming surf, below
the quays, and it will look up intoyourown
with a lace beaming with positive radiance,
i Distrust and all its train of hatelulness
have no place in their composition. They
? possess nothing; acquire nothing; haveburn
,. jug ambitions for nothing. A bit of meal
s' bread washed down with water is a repast.
- Add to the bread a bit of fish, or a few
, swallows of wine, and it is a feast The
t stinging scourge of necessity for providence
with which the rigors ol winter whip and
1 lash our own poor is incomprehensible here.
' At their backs are mountains and valleys
green to the sun and sky the whole year
k through, and never failing in their rich
yield ol fruit and grains. At tlyeir feet is
the sea alive with lnscions food free for the
taking. None ever become rich. None
ever arrive at our own most modest idea of
competency. None know howto even think
how riches can be desirable. It may seem
strange to you and me.
GEEAT BELIEVERS IN TATZESCE.
The wonder with them is that anyone
should strive; thatanv hnman being should
ever be in a hurry. As with the Cubans in
their languor-breeding clime whose "Mana
na!" (to-morrow), is the key to their torpor
and vassalage, "Paciencia!" or "Patiencel"
tells the story here. Something is wrong
with that one who would hasten. Crime
surely lurks under leanness and vigor. And
good Citizen Train with his doleful proph
ecy that "Pat is Death!" could awaken no
response to his hygienic shibboleth save one
of placid suspicion in the Azores.
But the mountains and valleys of these
islands give home to a folk possessing all
the winsome sun did ess oi the lowly ol the
towns without a tithe of their apathy and
sluggishness. You may read all the pas
toral poems ever written, from the idylls of
Theocritus to the "La Nencia" of Lorenzo,
and you can gather so more colorful picture
of pastoral lives in endless content and
peacefulness than your eyes may behold in
an hour's ride or walk in any one of these
verdure-clad Western Isles. Best is in the
sun and sky, the earth and air, the home
and field, in all men and all nature. I do
not mean that no labor is per ormed. But
all labor done has in it the seeming of mere
dalliance with toil. The senses are not sur
feited with odor, lnxnriance, and the olmost
intoxicating profligacy of nature as in the
tropics. Every active exertion of human life
does not betray, as there, the superlative in
dolence painfully effortful in the bare proc
ess of existence. But a restfulness pervades
there sea-kissed lands which reveals elation
instead of toddenness; joyonsness instead of
sensuonsness; peace rather than passion and
pain. Just as upon our own land when the
October day; have come. I do not say the
Azorean peasantry know this as you and I
are conscious ot it But to the beholder's
eyes these humble people so touch and color
the scene upon which he looks that their
presence is an inseparable element in its
essential harmony.
PAEMEfO TJNDEB LIFE XBASES.
The peasant tenant larmers of the Azores,
the land caseiros of the islands, retain their
holdings under life leases, and pay rentals
to the morgados, the owners of the estates, or
the "gentleman larmers" as they are here
called, "in kind.' Jt is a sort of "tithe sys
tem always amicably adjusted between
owner and peasant, and at no time in the
history of the islands have agrarian disturb
ances been known. A grade below these
caseiros are a class corresponding to the En
glish, Scotch and Irish cottiers. These
cboupanas live in the cabins of the morga
dos and caseiros at the will of the latter.
Aside from these are the sheep and cattle
herders and the goat herds that are found in
more picturesque mountain localities; the
flax bleachers along the edge of some bawl
ing mountain stream or against the shelter
ing rocks by the sea shore; the interior
muleteers who, for the most trivial wages or
portions, of grain, convey products and
merchandise to and from the towns of the
coasts; the wood choppers of the moun
tains, lazily engaged in felling trees
Jor the manufacture of orange boxes;
and tne carboneiros who are lounu in
thchipbest mountain forests ouite as lazilv
emjployYd'IaSbuTnicg the charcoal used in J.
cooking by the aristocracy of the cities.
With these divisions ol the Azorean peas
antry may be counted the rush gatherers of
the mountain tarns; the osier cutters who
supply the basket makers of the towns; the
furze gatherers who dot the dreariest mount
ain heights; the fern and rush cutters who
supply the churches and homes with fra
grant branches for strewing on holy and
feast days; and the wood gleaners who
gather dead limbs at will in the forests of
estates and among the mountain -wilds both
for the use of the peasantry and the humbler
classes of the towns. Among all these peo
ple is not a single implement or utensil in
vented within the past thousand vears; an
ordinary American farm band would accom
plish under our methods in one day more
than a score of any of these: and the wizard
brush of the painter of Barbazon never
fastened upon canvas more startingly an
cient ways, wares, postures and ploddings
among the clods oi Brittany, than remain
universal and changeless among the bright
eyed but changeless folk of these entrancing
mountain vales.
WHO COULDN'T ENJOT SO LITTLE TOIL?
There is a careless, half-joyous abandon
upon the surface of all Azorean peasant toil
which adds greatly to.its picturesqueness.
Joiu with this, quaintness iu dress, primi-
tiveaess of implements, that grace which
unvaryingly accompanies innocent igno
rance," and the universal loveliness of
scenery, and your pastoral pictures are most
idyllic and complete. Ground is tilled with
oxen, tandem, in rush traces drawing t,
pow of the sort first known to man the
tree-crook or sharpened root Now and then
you will find one rudely pointed with iron.
One short furrow is scratched amid tre
mendous shoutings. Then the halt-dozen
whb have clung to the handles, rode upon
the beam, or goaded the oxen, rest by the
flower-laden hedge or division wall to enjoy
siesta or the delights of country gossip with
passing goatherds or muleteers.
All American cereals grow here in luxu
riance lor a mere pricking of the soil. The
small grains are gathered, a handful at
a time, cut by the olden sickle, and gleaners
follow as in the Bible days. Corn is cut, or
pulled, the blades preserved ior fodder, the
stalks munched by goats or donkeys, or
used for fires, the ears strung together and
.hung npon pyramidal lattice-work for cur
ing, ana, nnauy, tne Kernels removed irom
the cobs by the cottiers and children who re
ceive the cob, for burning, in payment a
score of merry stragglers being required to
house the product of one acre of ground, and
every one of these working, or making pre
tense of work, in that care-free, need noth
ing way that marks all toil and effort here.
Wheat and barley are threshed precisely as
they were 3,000 years ago. At every road
side, round, high piles of pumiced lava
beaten and rain soaked uutil hard as stone,
cay be seen. These, called eiras, are the
Azorean threshing-floors.
BLINDFOLDED OXEN TO THBESH.
The grain is piled upon them and cows
and oxen, blindfolded, are driven around
these in opposite directions until the tread
ing has released the kernels. There is no
other method of threshing grain in these
islands; and the fanning-mill is unknown.
The straw is lifted ofl the eiras with wooden
forks and preserved for the food of donkeys
and goats. Then a flag is hoisted to find
the direction of the wind. This done, men
and women, but more often women and girls,
standing at the side from whence comes the
wind, throw the grain and chaff into the air,
and the chaff is borne away. Nor is this
done as if the fair workers knew the mean
ing of labor.
Down there by the sea acres of linen made
from the native flax is spread upon the flat
rocks, or drawn smoothly upon bright,
brown beaches. It looks like a gipsy camp.
Scores of women aud children, bareheaded,
barelegged and barebreasted, their gaily
colored clothing contrasting prettily with
the olive of their faces, wade into the sea
knee-deep, fill their ewers or casks with the
flashing brine, and -gracefully struggling
back among the linens pour water upon the
whitening cloth, while singing songs that
echo back from the cliff and blend melodi
ously with the music of the waves along the
shore.
If anything like energetic labor is ever
known in the Azores it is at this season of the
year among the orange pickers and packers,
in getting this luscious fruit ready for ship
ment to the American and English markets.
Each orange is wrapped in an odorons corn
husk you can always know an Azorean
orange by this wrapping and the dexterity
with which even little children will pro
ceed in this work among the picturesqe
crowds which comprise the orange-pickers,
is winsomely marvelous indeed.
NO BTJBGLABS TO BE AFBAID OF.
The home-life of the Azorean peasant, if
not always a radiant one.never lacks cheeri
ness, affection and simple content He
knows no other life better than his own and
is satisfied with what he has and gels to the
end of his days. The cottage or cabin or
hut is simply a square structure built of
lava rock thatched with furze or tiles.
The windows and doors are never closed,
for there are neither cold blasts nor robbers
to enter. The bare earth is the floor. He
requires no stove. His fireplace for cooking
is simply a slab, waist high in the wall, and
the smoke kindly takes care of itself. His
staple food is meal-bread fast-day, feast-day
and five times a day. Eggs, chickens and
goat's milk are almost withon. value, and
salt fish and wine are his luxuries. His
wife is dutiful, his children beautiful. As
the lowly go they are all cleanly, if the
chickens do perch in the loft, the pig insist
on domestic companionship, and his goats
choose the inside of the house at night He
lives gloriously in his way without severe
effort His wife and children are loyal and
never gadabouts. He is true to his religion,
his home, his friends; and he is never too
old to love his gnitar or mandolin, or to
join with his wife in the innocent dances to
the numbers of his beloved island music If
he is ailing unto death tbe church comes to
him, scarlet-robed and all-sufficient, with its,
to him, saving santissimo, and he passes to
his simple heaven from a heaven of every
day content To my dying day I shall re
member him and his sea-girt lands, their
fruits and flowers, their scents and songs,
their lovely valley homes, their shepherds'
lark-like pipings upon the heights, not as
something truly of this work-a-day world
but as those things that poets' fancies know
and place in dreamful isles oi peace.
EdQAB L. "WAKEMAX.
America Leads the World
In taste and the refined customs of civiliza
tion, the evidence of which is, that of 2,454, -504
cases of champagne imported into the
United States during the last ten years, over
25 per cent was "G. H. Jlumm's Extra
Dry," whose imports were over 200,000 cases
in exce ss of any other brand. Quality tells
A FULL line of rye and bourbon whiskies,
foreign and domestic wines, gins and bran
dies, and all articles embraced in the whole
sale liquor trade, wilt always be found at
the warerooms ol T. D. Casey & Co., 971
Liberty st "Visitors to the city during the
holidays will find it to their satisfaction to
call and examine the stock. rs
From the Bottom of tbo Sea.
HcGintyhas been found at last The
mystery is solved. You can find him at
your grocers. Marvin's McGinty cakes are
the newest sweetest best in the market
Get a pound at once.
Flttibnrs; and Lake Erie H. K.
Tickets will be sold to all points on the
P., McK. & T, and McX. &B. Y. roads,
good to return until January 4, every day
untilJanuaryl, at excursion rates.
Fkattexheim & Vilsack's ale and
porter are superior beverages. Call for
thenr. All dealers keep them. Or order
direct 'Phone 1186.
Fifty pairs slightly soiled country
blankets at 40 percent reduction to close
quickly. Htjgtjs & HACKE.
ttssu
Chert University office is open during
the holidays. srws
CTHE VIOLETISLAUD, a story
of enchantment, by Ernest H. Hein
richs, is published in to-morrow's
DISPATCH; V
THE WOULD BETTER
Ever Since' the Birth of the Holy
Babe at Bethlehem.
THE GREAT BLESSINGS OF TO-DAY
Dae to the Working of the Divine Leaven
of the Advent.
BEWSX KOTES FOE THE CHURCH-GOER
The one thought that has occupied all
minds of late has been the happy Christ
mastide. While we have thus been enjoy
ing the pleasures of giving and receiving,
is it out of place to give thought to what
would have been if the Christ child had not
come; if we had no Christmas to celebrate.
History will very soon answer this ques
tion for us. At His advent military power,
and the authority of law had done their
best for mankind, and the debaucheries and
brutalities of the Boman civilization were
the outcome. An ample opportunity had
been eiven to Grecian culture to display its
possibilities, and a barren, cheerless skepti
cism, accompanied by looseness of moral
life had resulted. Slavery in its very worst
features was prevalent We talk of easy
divorces of this day, bnt what was it then.
Eottenness in moral corruption was preval
ent on all sides, and the age was sinking
deeper and deeper into black despondency.
This is no exaggerated picture. It is a
portrayal of what the world had become be
fore Christ came, which advent was the first
particle of divine leaven, which has been
permeating the world with blessings slowly
but snrely ever since, till now the blessings
are to be felt on every side. Had there been
no such advent, the world would undoubt
edly have gone from bad to worse. Had no
other divine interposition come the human
race would have gone down in disease and
despair.
Taking this view of things, is it not very
clear that Christmas means far more than we
usually think of. With allots joyonsness, with
its family gatherings, its trees, its gilts, its
many happy greetings, it will not hurt us to
think of it In this double sense.
V
O happy earth, whose darkest night
Tbe angels flood with song and light;
O hurry shepherds first to hear
title tidings meant for every ear
O happy night. O happy lriorn
Abaviour, Christ the Cordis born.
Awake, awake, O sluggard heart;
O foes, be friends, forget your smart;
O cold hearth, glow; laugh, lonely place;
O'erflow O earth with every grace:
blng. sing again this blessed lnorn
A Savior, Christ the Lord Is born.
Subjects for tbo Week of Prayer.
The "Week of Prayer" will begin on
Sunday, January 5, 1890. The following
topics have been selected by the Evangelical
Alliance:
Sunday, January fiL Sermon. The Church
of Christ. Prayer for the power ot the Holy
Spirit to work a great revival among Christians
-Ephes.i:15-2a
Monday. January 6. Confession andEuppli
cation. Confession of sin and failure in the
past and prayer for consecration to a boiler
life. Prayer for the Church Universal, that
there may be more of love and co-operation
among Christians of every name; for tho gift
of the Holy Spirit; for the greater faithful
ness to Gospel truth; for large accessions of
consecrated young men to' the ministry; for
pastors and other laborers in Christ's vlnevard.
Tuesday, January 1. Nations and Z7leir
Ruler Prayer for all in authority; for the
enactment of wise laws and their faithful ad
ministration; for the abolition of the traffic in
intoxicating drinks; for the repeal of all laws
which protect vice; for the sanctificatioh of the
Lord's dav; for social purity and all other
needed reforms, and for the recognition by all
men that "righteousness exalteth a nation, but
sin is a reproach to any people."
Wednesday. January 8. 27ie Young Prayer
for special grace and wisdom for those who are
charged with their training; for a great in
crcse m the number of earnest Christian teach
ers in schools, colleges and universities; for
more abundant SDiritnal fruit from Sunday
schools and from organizations of young men
and vonng women.
Thursday, January 9. The Church at
Some That the Church may be awakened to
an appreciation of her increased opportunities
and responsibilities tor bringing tbe Gospel to
every home in cities, rural districts and new
settlements, and to our immigrant population.
Friday. January 10. 77ie Church Abroad
Prayer for tho missionaries for those who are
preparing to enter the foreign work, and that
their numbermay be greatly increased; for na
tive pastors and helners; for missionary schools
and colleges; for native churches and converts,
especially such as endure persecution for
Christ's sake; for the suppression of tho opium
traffic, the rum traffic and tbe slave trade; for
the manifestation of Christ as the promised
Messiah to God's ancient people. Israel; for the
quickening of nominal Christians; for the con
version of Mohammedans and heathen.
Saturday, January 1L Thanksgiving. For
manifold blessing, spiritual and temporal,
public and private: for tbe maintenance ot
peace among the nation; for answer to prayer;
for the propria of Christ's kingdom; for a
growing spirit of Christian love and co-operation;
for the Increasing number of those who
have dedicated themselves to the service of
missions; for the privilegefof being permitted
thus to lay our requests before God during this
week of Prayer.
Sunday. January 12. Subject of Sermons.
The future glory. Isa.il: 1-5. Dan. ii: 34, S3,
Church Notes.
Methodism In Cauada was 150 years old
October 25.
Thk natives of the Dark Continent call rum
"shame water."
The Baptists are again engaged In revising
the New Testament
Rev. J. S. Scott was recently installed pas
to'r of the Scottdale TJ. P. church.
Rev. C. H. Sr-UBGEON's affliction, the gout
is causing him very severe pain at present
To-MOKKOW will be "review day" in the Sun
day schools using the International lessons.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
tne M. E. Church raised this year $226,365 98.
Rev. J. Sharp accepts the call from tbe TJ.
P. Church, Od City. He has been at Mt. Jack
son. Grace Reformed Church people think
the 535,000 offered for their property is not suffi
cient. A Yotwo People's Convention will be held
at Mansfield, O., U.P. Church, January 1 and
2.1SS0.
Rev. Maurice Wixsos'.D. D., of Baltimore,
ltd., has declined the call to the First Church,
Oil City. t
BxiAIrsviixx Presbtteht, by a vote of 36
tn 6, said they did not wish a revision ot the
confession.
Christ P. E. ChuKch, Winchester, Va., was
destroyed by fire on8unday. It was a very
beautiful ccifice.
Dr. Daniel Atees has given $250,000 to
ward the endowment ol Wesleyan College
Middle town. Conn.
THE meeting of the If. P. Women's Associa
tion ill be held on Friday next in the First'
Church, Allegheny.
Iln. D. L. Moody preached in the Brooklyn
Academy of Maslc on Sunday last to Dr. Tal
mage's congregation.
Presbytery ot Monongahela will hold its
regular meeting at Mt Washington on Tues
day next at 10.50 A. IT.
The sermon prepared by Rev. J. W. Long,
Fredericksburg, O., tor Thanksgiving Day, was
stolen from his study desk.
BTEUBENVrtLE Presbytery, after a long dis
cussion on the tobacco question, voted to defer
action till its next meeting.
Bishop Newxax. of tbo Methodist Episco
pal Church, is able to be out again, having re
recovered from his sickness.
Rev. J. C Glover was ordained and in
stalled pastor of the Millersburg 0.) Presby
terian Church on the 19th inst
BISHOP FoSS dedicated the new M. E.
Church, Blairsvtlle, on Snnday, and preached
at Johnstown Monday evening.
The Freedmen's Aid Society of the M. E.
Church expended last year 5221,843 97, making
a total of S2,60G,S17 65 in 22 years.
To-iioitKOW has been selected as Hospital
Snnday. There ongrft to be very liberal offer
ings made for snch worthy objects.
Rev. T. J. Porter has resigned the pastor
ate of tho Presbyterian Church, Murrysville,
to enter on foreign missionary work.
Rev. E. P. Cowan. D. D., pastor of the
Third Prcshyterlah Church, of this city, has
been granted a vacation of six weeks.
A Scotch religious paper gives tno name of
"THE PITTSBURGH " DISPATCH
half a dozen ministers who are to engage In a
"preaching match" for a vacant pulpit.
Chartiers Presbytery will meet at Mt
Prospect on Friday next, t 11 A. v.. to con
sider tbe resignation of Rev. O. M. Alford.
Services for deaf mutes will be held to
morrow by Rev. A. W. Minn in Trinity Chapel
at 10.80 A. X., and in Calvary Church at 8 a, X.
The ministers will meet as a united body on
Monday mordlngin the rooms of the Y. M. C.A.,
In place of their usual denominational gather
ings. Rev. Dr. if CCtUBK, pastor of the TJ. P.
Church, Wheeling, W. Va., in 40 years' pas
torate, has not been absent from one commu
nion. r
Now that Christmas treats are over, Sunday
school teachers ought to see that there is no
decrease in attendance, by visiting all the
absentees.
The Protestant Episcopal Church of this
diocese, under the energetic lead of Rt Rev.
Cortlandt Whitehead, is doing more aggressive
work than ever.
Fourth Avenue Baptist Church will
again be without a pastor after to-morrow, Rev.
H. B. Grose having accepted tbe invitation to
succeed the latd Prof. Olsen.
Rev. J. J. Dunn, of St Bridget's R. C.
Chnrcb, recently delivered a lecture on the
"Holy Land" before the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew, of Christ Episcopal Church, Mead
ville. Rev. P. A. Noble, D. D., of Chicago, for
merly pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church,
this city, his received a call to Plymouth
Church, Worcester, Mass. It is thought he will
accept
The types last week made it appear tnat the
amount obtained by the fair for the benefit of
the TJ. P. Orphan Home was $53,000. It should
have been 82,000. We wish it had been the for
mer figure.
Lane Seminary has property valued at
$456,177; the Western Seminary.$697,lM; Auburn
Seminary, $732,992; McCormiek Beminary. $1,
250,000; Union Seminary, $2,000,000, and Prince
ton. $1,500,000.
Among the many churches which showed
appreciation of their pastor's labors by their
generous rifts were tho TJ. P. Churches of
Sorthwood, O., Deer Creek and Hanover, Pa
Redding, Ja., ana Gerlaw, 111.
A new ministerial association has been
formed to include the ministers of Tarentum
and vicinity. Rev. J. Do 0 Donehoo, of St
Barnabas Church, will open tho discussion on
Monday on "Individual Responsibility."
In seven monthB tbe TJ. P. Board of Home
Missions has received $17,321 41 and expended
$31,521 23; a deficiency of $14,106 81 What bet
ter time than tills festal season to send in
checks to relieve this condition of things f
Conemaugh Presbytery received the Rev.
J. A. McGlll aud accepted tbe resignation ot
Rev. T. P. Patterson, of BetheL and Rev. H.
Q. Graham, of Crete. It also voted by 14 to 3,
against! licensing students who use tobacco.
The Dennison, O., M. E. Chnrch has had an
addition of 15 to its membership; Gaysport 40;
Sarahsvllle, 12: Hanover. 19; Bethesda, 80;
Cocbranton, Pa.89: Woodcock, 60; Jamestown,
109; Tunnelton. W. Va., 21; Barbour, 8; Smith
ville, 28; Charleston, SS.
The Presbytery of Allegheny on Monday
voted to dissolve the pastoral relation existing
between Rev. L N. Hays, D. D., and the Cen
tral Church. Dr. Hays is anxious to establish
a new chnrch near Fremont street Would it
not be wiser for all concerned if he wouldlocate
elsewhere.
BLAiESViiLE Presbytery took the following
action: "Inasmuch as the Presbytery of Pitts
burc at its last meeting appointed a committee
to organize a church at Milltown, if tbe way be
clear, we would respectfully inform the Pitts
burg Presbytery that Milltown is clearly within
our Donnas."
The United Presbyterians are acting wisely
in 'not allowing young men to practice preach
ing on audiences till they have made some
preparation therefor. Presbytery of Steuben
ville resolved "That our unlicensed students
are cautioned against preaching in any of our
vacancies."
Rev. A. C. Good, lately returned from
Africa, delivered a lecture in the Bellefield
Church on Wednesday evening. Speaking of
cannibalism he said "the prime cause of this
disgusting custom of eating human flesh lies in
tbe extreme scarcity of meat" He says, how
ever, there is very little of it done.
The United Presbyterian speaking of the
decease ot one of the most noted ministers of
the day well says: "The cause of Protestant
religion in Paris has sustained a great loss in
the death of Pastor Bersier. He was one of
the most eloquent preachers in France, being
ranked with Massillon and Bourdaloue, and his
piety was of that earnest, fervid sort which
showed itself, not only in his Bermons, but in
his entire life, public and private."
Among chnrcbes known for activity in all
lines of Christian and charitable work, the
Meadville Protestant Episcopal is certainly far
from being the last or least It has a "Sewing
Society," a "Woman's Auxiliary and Parish
Missionary Society," "Guild of St Acnes"
"Aid Society." "Industrial School," "Choir
Guild," "Ministering Children's League," "Al
tar Society," "Brotherhood of St Andrew."
"King's Daughters," "Sunday School Orches
tra," Guild ot St Lucia," "Knights of Temper
ance," aud all actively engaged.
BAD BLOOD STIRRED UP
Br Mr. Hotman'a Opposition to Messrs.
Carlisle nnd Mill.
rSFECIAL. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
5 Washington, December 27. Several
prominent Democrats in the House are in
clined to attach much importance to the
statement made by Representative Hills,
in the House on Saturday last,
when he and Air. Carlisle were
endeavoring to raise the salary of
an employe of the House from $1,500 to
$2,000. Judge Holman opposed this ex
travagance in a very earnest speech, which
was not at all relished by Messrs. Carlisle
and Mills.
In replying to Mr. Holman, Mr. Mills
said that the gentleman from Indiana never
thought of economy when it came to voting
to pay for clerks to Senators. This
was a direct blow at Sena
tor Reagan, of Texas, whose wi e
has been sworn in as his clerk. Mr. Mills
added that if he shonld ever arise to Sena
torial dignity he should ask for nothing
more than was accorded members of the
lower House.
Mr. Holman is threatened with the loss
of his chairmanship of the House caucus for
his action in this matter.
Just after Christmas of 1670, 1 was laid
up with an obstinate cough, together with
spitting of blood, accompanied with some
fever from the joint effects of which I was
greatly weakened and became-rapidly re
duced. Following the best advice I could
get, I tried various medicines, hut none ap
parently done much good, leaving me low
spirited enough. I made up my mind at
last to try Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, and
nroenred some. I used it carefully as di
rected, and gradually got rid of my com
plaint Wm. A. O. "Pyle, Tamaron, Perry
county, Wis.
Grand Reopening; of the Society
Photo Art Gallery, No. 35 Fifth ave., Pitts
hurg, lately bought by the successful Alle
ghenv photographer, H. Sonnenberg, estab
lished 16 years. The very best talent, as
operators, retouchers and artists, has been
engaged. Only first-class work. Delivery
prompt. Prices moderate. TJse elevator.
The old reliable photo gallery, No. 62 Fed
eral st, Allegheny, will be kept running as
usual. MffS
CloilnR Oat
Regardless of cost a very fine line of art
embroidered and painted plush and silk
goods lace curtains, portieres, upholstery
goods, etc, at private sale every morning
and evening. Auction sales every after
noon until closed out Call early, as choice
goods are going fast at our very low prices,
at 514 Wood st H. Holtzman& Sons.
SuPERIOft values in 24-in. wide plushes
at 7Cc, 51 and fl 25 a yard complete color
assortments. Huous & Hacke,
TTSSU
Feauenheim. Ss Vilsack's
porter are superior beverages,
them. All dealers keep them,
direct 'Phone 1186.
ale and
Call for
Or order
We solicit but one trial oT our "Mountain
Dew" rye. The investment will please the
consumer. Put up iu full guart bottles at
51 each, and sold only by T. D. Casey &
Co.. 071 Liberty st 1 FS
Exceptional bargains in combination
paturndresses at 57 50. 10 and $12 50 sach.
ttssu ., .. auuusttaAuut,
SATIJIlDAT.erBEOEMBER
TALMAGE IN ATHENS;
Fremier and Queen Interviewed, and
Sights of Modern Cbrintb.
PREACHING Off MGUSMARS' HILL
A Charming American Lady and Her Dis
tinguished Russian Husband.
HOW A CORNER STONE WAS PROCURED
ICOBSESFONDZNCX OT THE DISfJLTCffJ
Alexandeia, November 25. We have
scarcely arrived at this historic city when I
perform as my first duty the pleasant one of
mailing my bndget of news and notes made
in Athens and written on the steamer ou my
way here.
We did some sightseeing at Corinth, but
not much. That noble natural fortress, the
mighty Acrocorinthus, which looms up
grandly 2,000 feet above the surrounding
plain, well rewards the tourist who climbs
its ascent We saw ruins of the theater,
some temples and the race track where
runners contended for the corruptible
crowns given to the victors in the struggle.
We arrived in Athens on Kovember 20.
The next morning Dr. Talmage preached on
Mars' Hill to a gathrlng of Americans,
Euglishmen and Greeks, reading as tho les
son of the day, St Paul's address to . the
Athenians of his time, as reported Acts
zvii. The day was not Sunday, and preach
ing was not in order according to our pre
arranged programme, but the earnest di
vine was so carried away by the enthusiasm
of the occasion that he took out his Bible
and began to read. As he read he made in
teresting remarks ou the passage he was
reading. When he first began to read there
were but lew persons present, DUt as soon as
he was fairly started they congregated fast
and faster until a good-sized audience bad
assembled.
A VISIT TO THE PBEMTEB.
The day following Dr. Talmage visited M.
Tricoupis, Premier of Greece, an honor,
which resulted in this way: The sister of
the statesman who, like him, is unmarried,
presides at his mansion. She entertained
Mrs. Talmage in the morning, when she sug
gested that the Brooklyn preacher visit her
brother, who, she added, would be delighted
to see him.. Accordingly in the afternoon
Dr. Talmage and the writer paid their re
spects to tbe Prime Minister at tbe War
Department Although a very busy man,
holding two portfolios and crowded with
important matters, the Greek Assembly be
ing in session, M. Tricoupis received ns
very courteously.
This "modern Aristides," as he has been
aptly called, speaks English with fluency.
He is accurately informed on American
affairs, and highly eulogized several Of our
statesmen. In his early days, while Secre-.
tary of the Greek Legation, he made the ac
quaintance of Edward Everett, who was
then American Minister to England.
In the course of conversation the states
man manifested a particular interest in Mr.
Blaine, whom he regarded as a very able
man. He had no doubt, he said, that Mr.
Harrison would acquit himself creditably.
"In fact," continued he, "all your Presi
dents are strong men. You do not generally
place the most promising men in the Presi
dental chair, but once there they develop
rapidly and invariably snrpass in states
manship the most sanguine expectations.
That shows the stock and stuff Americans
are made of." In corroboration of this
theory he named several Presidents of hum
ble origin now endeared to the hearts of the
American people, aud very feelingly re
ferred to Abraham Lincoln, whom he con
sidered to have been one of the greatest men
of the century.
PRESENTED TO THE QUEEN.
The United States Minister, Mr. A. M.
Snowden, being absent at Bucharest and
our stay in Athens but brief, it was appar
ently not within the range of possibilities
for Talmage and party to be presented to
the Queen. A week or ten days' notice be
ing required to secure an introduction to
royalty, we had given up the expectation of
seeing the amiable Queen, when, the morn
ing after the interview with M. Tricoupis,
Dr. Talmage was inlormed by that gentle
man that he desired to present him and
party to her majesty. When we arrived at
the palace, we found that the ex-Empress
Victoria, widow of the Emperor Frederick
IIL, was just abont to leave Athens, where
she had attended the marriage of her daugh
ter Sophie to the Crown Prince of Greece.
She bowed and 'smiled very sweetly as she
passed, although her eyes were filled with
tears on her parting with the Queen.
M. Tricoupis presented Dr. Talmage, wife
and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Klopsch. Queen Olga shook hands with all
in the right royal democratic American
fashion, and then' engaged Dr. Talmage in
conversation.
The Queen said she had heard that Dr.
Talmage was on his way to Palestine, and
hoped sincerely that he and his party would
enjoy a safe and pleasant journey. We were,
all charmed with the simplicity ot the Queen
and the cordial manner iu which she re
ceived us.
THE EUS3JAN AMBASSADOR
The evening of the day in which we had
our interview with Queen Olga, the- First
Secretary and Charge d' Affaires ol the
Russian Embassy, M. Bachmetiff nnd his
wife, a daughter of General Beale, ex
Ministerof the United States to Austria-
Hungary, joined us at a dinner party at the
Hotel de la Grande Bretagne. General
Beale, the reader will remember, was the in
timate and confidential friend of General
Grant It was to him that the hero confided
first the shocking secret that he was afflicted
with a disease that must soon terminate his
life. Mrs. Bachmetiff we found to be a
bright, handsome and -witty lady. ' She
possesses great influence iu political circles
and is a leader in society. This fortunate
ladv, moreover, maintains intimate relations
with tbo royal family of .Greece, with all of
whom she is" a great favorite.
Speaking of the inadequacy of pictures of
Christ to satisfy the mind ol the devout be
liever, Dr. Talmaee told Dr.Manatt, United
States Consul, that he had iound but one
which did, and that after long and compre
hensive search. It was the work of a young
and comparatively unknown artist, and
would appear in his forthcoming "Life of
Christ" Until that time this precious dis
covery will, By agreement, be kept unseen
by the general public.
ABOUT THAT COBNEB-STONE.
It was in his mail that Dr. Talmage found
the suggestion of that stroke of enterprise
which will make the new Tabernacle in
Brooklyn a point of interest to the wander
ing antiquarian as well as to the great multi
tude buncering for the sound doctrine to be
thereat dispensed. He opened his mail at
breakfast time, and, finding in it an excel
lent drawing of the Tabernacle to be erect
ed lor him on Clinton avenue, he remarked:
"What a grand thing it would be to have
the corner-stone for this magnificent church
from Mars' Hill. I shall write M. Tri
coupis and tell him just what I want Per
haps he will help me." Suiting the action
to tbe word, he sat down and penned a let
ter to the Prime Minister, who responded
that he should have great pleasure in at
tending to the request made.
In Athens, which is yet, as you know,
only of small size, Dr. Talmage became
quite well known to the citizens, many of
whom learned to recognize him as he pegged
away at his sight-seeing. He showed all
the scholar's enthusiasm in his work, jog
ging his memory by timely reading for every
day's observatiens. Speaking of the modem
Greeks, he said to me: "With their polit
ical freedom and artistic traditions, -with tbe
source of inspiration at their very doors,
may we not expect that they, with all the
rest of the world, but in a higher degree,
'will develop a capacity for art and litera
ture which may yet astonish the world?"
There is much that is attractive in mod
ern Athens.. It hasT goodbuiidiugs and
-well-kept streets, and its'&tores appear to be ,
-aaf
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well stocked. My observation is that the
majority of its population dress very -much
as we do. Of course houses of oriental archi
tecture still exist, and one sees quite a cood
many people dressed in the qu nut attire of
the East Louis Klopsch.
LATE NEWS IS BRIEF.
Chicago claims to have the influenza.
Two more Celestials have been killed
In Chinatown, San Francisco, by highbinders.
The directors of tbe LacKawanna Railroad
yesterday declared the regular quarterly divi
dend of I, per cent
The following offer of bonds was received
at the Treasury and accepted yesterday after
noon: Four per cents, registered, 45,500 at 127.
Lnrillard's brick works at Keyport N. J.,
were damaged by Sre earlv yesterday morning
to the extent of (10,000. lhe lire started in the
boiler room.
Boston is overrun with "la grippe." Of
actual cases demanding medical care it is no
exaggeration to say there are 25,000 casei in
and around Boston.
Two lire stock insurance companUs. of
Plankinton. S. ., tbe Dakota Mutual, and the
State Live btock, bavobad their charters taken
away by the Public Examiner.
Eight little hoys, aced from 9to 13 years,
have been arrested in Boston for larceny. They
were members of a band bound together by
blood-curdling oaths to stand or fall tosether.
J. J. Plcnkett the Christian sctentlst.wbose
wife recently left bim forA. Bentley wortli
lngtou, tbe bigamist was married In Massachu
setts on Christmas Day to Irone Venguita, ol
New York.
A, stormy meeting of the Chicago Board of
Trade Associations as held yesterday. Tbe
meeting was called to protest against the recent
advance in storage rates agreed upon by the
elevator men.
The furnaces of the Chestnut Hiy Iron Ore
Company, at Columbia, which have been idle
for three years, are being repaired to be put in
blast immediately. They are among the largest
furnaces in Pennsylvania.
Thomas 8mltb, aged 25 of Canton, Mass.,
died yesterday morning. He had been 111 with
"la erippe." and ventured out before he had
entirely recovered. His Illness developed Into
pneumonia, with the stated result
It is stated that the inter-Oceanic Mexican
railroads will pool their Ireicht and passenger
rates. Work on the Inter-Oceanic rpad is being
vigorously pusnea, ana the line toveravruz
will be completed at an early date.
Michael Boland. the husband of a St Louis
woman, and tbe father ot 12 St. Louis children,
has been located at Bright Star, Ark., spending
a second honeymoon with a lS-year-ofd bnde.
He will he prosecuted for bigamy,
Joseph Newman and Ernest Jomberg step
ped off a street car platform on a railroad
crossing in Chicago. Thursday evening, and
were struck and thrown down by a train. New
man was fatally injured, and Jomberg'may die.
Wesley Cheezua. a vount? man livinenear
Dover Bridge, Met, died yesterday from the
effects of an accidental shooting on Christmas.
He was crossing a stile when the hammer of
his guu fell, and the charge went into his head.
The cable working between Maranham
aud Rio Janeiro has, according to latest ad
vices from Brazil, ceased to work. No cause is
given for the break in the line, as means of
communication between the two points is
limited.
-Dr. Paul Zolkl, the New York dentist, who
recently entered tbe office of Dentist C. B. Del
amater, and assaulted the latter with an Iron
bar, yesterday pleaded guilt, and was sen
tenced to Are years' imprisonment and to pay a
nneofSKM.
In Newport Ky., Mrs. Reda Huch, a widow
aged 82 years, while on her way to mass yester
day, attempted to cross the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad track, when she was caught
by a passing engine and frightfully mangled.
She was killed instantly.
John Hoos, a resident of Harlem, Ilk,
was found in the river near tbe Rush street
brldee. Chicago. Thursday nleht, with his
skull crushed in and in a drowning condition.
Tbe circumstances surrounding the affair
point to a robbery and an attempted murder.
A terrible accident occurred near Van
couver, B. C Tuesday. Six young men, out
sleigh riding, were driving along the road, when,
a tree fell, crushing the sleigh, killing fourot
the occupants and the horses. The name3 of
the dead are: James Laweon, C D. Campbell,
Joseph Lock and J. V. Bochrell. The other two
escaped with severe bruises.
Natural gas bas been discovered at Red
field, in Spink county. South Dakota. The nnd
is the strongest yet struck in tbe State, and its
quality is of the best Tbe discovery was made
by parties digging for water. The pressure is
so great that it carries sand and gravel 60 feet
in the air. This is the fourth discovery of the
kind made in South Dakota within 60 days.
William Green and George Wilkersoa. two
negroes are under arrest at Leavenworth, Kan.,
for the alleged murder of tbe old soldier, Alex.
Blackburn, who was found in an outhouse
Thursday with bis skull crushed. The colored
men were seen with Blackburn tbe nlaht of the
murder. It is supposed that tbe pension money
that Blackburn had recently drawn was tbe in
centive for the crime.
The scaffolding at tbo new building of the
First National Bank of Baltimore gave way
yesterday afternoon, and precipitated Fore
man William Uevlne, and William Denby and
Thomas Elliott, bricklayers, 60 feet to the
ground floor, Denby is so badly injured in
ternally and on the bead that his death is ex
pected momentarily. Devine and Elliott are
also quite seriously hurt
Tbe body of LUlie Cook.an attractive youug
girl, the victim of malpractice, lies at her late
home in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Dr. Vansile bas
flea, it is alleged, to avoid the consequences of
an unlawful deed. Howard Terrell, the young
man nhose name is coupled with that of Miss
Cook, left home on Tbanks;iving eve, and peo-'
pie iu the neighborhood say he took about
$2,000 with him. Nothing has since been seen
of him.
Tbe officers of the next Maryland Legisla
ture have practically been decided npon. Mr.
John E. Hnbner, ot Baltimore county, will be
elected Speaker of the House, and Senatpr
Robert Bratton, of Somerset county, President
of tbe Senate. There will be a contest over the
United States Senatorsbip. Tbe friends of
Governor Jackson are pushing the Governor's
claim, bat Senator Willson will probably suc
ceed himself.
James Smith, the New York letter carrier
who shot and killed his two children, Elizabeth
and Mary, aged 2 years and 11 months respect
ively, on November 22 last, was placed on trial
yeiterday beore Judge Gildersleeve. Tbe de
fense was insanity. Several medical experts
declared that tbe prisoner was Insane Irom
melancholia. The jury adjudged him insane,
and he was committed to the insane asylum at
Poughkecpsie.
A dispatch from London states that the
steamer Prior (British), Irom Hamburg toNew
York, which returnod to Swansea two days
ago with the loss of her propellor blades, bas
met Mith another accident. While putting into
Swansea, she came into collision with another
vessel, name not given, and bad a hole store in
her side. Sho had eight feet of water In ner
hold, and her cargo will be discharged. She
will go on tbe dock for repairs. '
Tbe twentieth anniversary of the organ
ization of the Knights of Labor will be cele
brated in Chicago this evenlnc by members of
the order ib that city, with a musical and liter
ary entertainment at Bricklayers' Hall, corner
of Peoria and Monroe streets. It is the first
time in tbe history of tbe Knights that they
have attempted to observe tbelr initial day, and
they have consequently made elaborate prepa
rations tor an enjoyable evening for members
of the order and their friends.
W. A. Clarke, one of the wealthiest men In
Butte, Mont, a few days ago received a letter
signed by "Determined and Desperate Men."
demanding that he have readyor them on De
cember 24, $400,000. Tuesday afternoon, George
Stackpole, a 19-year-old tough, called fortbe
package. He was locked up. He says that be
was paid $10 by an unknown man to carry tbe
note, and was to meet him just outside of the
city. It is believed that Stackpole is im
plicated in the scheme, if not the originator of
it
"Hie new City of Mexico bank, Fomento
Concession, is reported In danger of falling
through. The authorized caDital is $25,C00,0U,
about one-fifth being paid in at the start The
International and Mortgage Hank will open in
a few days. Tbe National Bank of Mexico has
declared a dividend of 6 per cent on account of
the current year's profits, but will probably de
clare 9 per cent additional later on. Tbe Lon
don Bank will declare even a better dividend
on account of tbe business transacted during
the first year of its operation under its new
organization.
The Umpire, of Toronto, the Government
organ, says that the reports which nave been
scattered broadcast throughout tbe United
States, to tne effect that tho Government in
tends to renew the modus. Vivendi next year,
are entirely unwarranted. By the Treaty of
Washiuzton act, passed by tbe Dominion Par
liament lastyear, the modus Vivendi expires on
the 15th of February next and in order to re
new it further legislation will be required.
Whether it will be renewed or not involves a
question of policy which the Government has
not yet considered.
Tho State muslo teachers, In convention at
Philadelphia, yesterday decided to meet in
Pittsburg next year. During tbe morning 'an
essay on "Some Features of tbe Development
of Modern Vocal Art" was read by Charles'
Davis Carter, of Pittsburg. Piano solos were
given by Carl Retter and J. H. GIttlngs, of
Pittsburg, and Miss May A. Benbam, of tbe
same city, gave several soprano solos. Miss
Katrlna Collins, also of Pittsburg, rendered
several operatic selections during tbe after
noon! Last evenlngtbere was a (fand concert
and f.-eception, tbe rutsuurg delegates being
Btruaiy Euiireaenteu on tne pruHxa
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"' BISMASCK IS BLUE. "
The New State of North Dakota Faced by
Bankruptcy A Deflclener or 839,-
efl to be Met in Iu
! Flr State Year.
rSTICIAI. TELIOBAM TO THX DISrATCS.!
St. Paul, Minn., December 27. Bis
marck official circles are darkly, deeply,
beautifully blue. North Dakota has been
a State less than two months, and bank
ruptcy is already staring, it in the face.
Governor Miller, in his message to the Leg
islature, estimated tbe deficiency for tbe
first year at 159,870 80, and called
attention to the imperative need and
importance of the strictest economy in all
departments of the new State." Subset
qnent developments ancT figures show thai
the Governor did not understand the gravity
of the situation.' Expert Hayden has fig
ured out the state of the finances for Treas
urer Booker, and makes the following state
ment: North Dakota's share of all the expenses for
the current year Is J2ig,&J5 CS.XroiO-March 0 to
November i. 1SS9. or eight month?. Add to that
sum one-third lur four months more, or a full
year, and tbe total Is -$373,239 13. But under
Statehood, wo pay 61,000 more in salaries, and
that makes the. total 5131.233 IX That, how
ever, is not all. We must add the present
Legislative expense, estimated at S10O.OU0, and
make tbe grand total 1 3 1,180 13. The Gov
ernor gave in his message tbe esti
mated receipts available at S211.KS3: there
fore, we hare tbe startling deficiency of
nearlv $300,000, or nearly $100,000 in excess of
the $200,000 authorized by the Constitution in
excess of our present bonded indebtedness of
$583,807 40,
Senator McCormack's proposition to borrow'
200,000 doe's not meet the additional defi
ciency. At tbe present rate, in one
year we will find our constitutional limit of,
$200,000 exhausted and our warrants on tbe
market selling at a dlscoa-t. In two years, at
the present rate, tbe total warrants on the
market would be $273,000. The rev
enue of the second year will be in
creased one-fourth by Increasing tbe levy
1 mill, the present rate being 3 mills and the
constitutional limit 4. An increase in valua
tion is not practicable, and therefore the ded
ciency is inevitable.
Governor Miller had been apprised of
the exact state of the finances, and he is ex
pected to meet the emergency in a business
way, by recommending that certain schools
and other public institutions be closed tem
porarily, that the State may survive.
BEADS LIKE A E0HANCE.
Girl 'Wonted Wbo Was Onco Given
Awny by Her Parents.
fSriCUr. TXLXOBAlt 10 THX DISPATCH.!
Beockton, Uass., December 27. James
McCue, Brockton's wealthiest Irish resi
dent, died on November 5, leaving consider
able property and-only one heir apparent
his wife, Ellen McCue. To-day the
Gazette received a pasteboard box in.
the mail, in which was inclosed
a confession, dated September 8, 18S9, and
signed by James McCue, in which he says
there is another heir, a daughter,
who disappeared from her home
over 33 years ago. The daughter, it
appears, was given to the care of another
family, as the McCnes were too poor, at that
time, to keep her. This occurred in Taun
ton, and from that time to the present day
all efforts to find the daughter have proved
unsuccessful.
The story of tbe disappearance and the
condition of the JlcCnes reads like a ro
mance, and there are some sensa
tional developments promised if the
lost child is found. In his confession
McCue bequeaths all his property
to his daughter, Margaret McCue, if she is
alive. McCue was married twice. The sec
ond wile is living, and since his death has
become insane. It is estimated that McCue
left abont $30,000 worth of property.
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It is the most excellent remedy known to
CLEANSE WE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLT
When one is Bilious or Constipated
SO THAT
PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING 8LEEP,
HEALTH and STRENGTH
' NATURALLY FOLLOW.
Every one is using it and all are
delighted with it.
ASK YOUR CBUQCIST FOR
stuitp OX1 FIGS
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
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8AH FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, M HEW YORK. It. fc
HE HAD CONSTANT PAIN.
Mr. A. D. Kin?, of Twenty-third street this
city, had a constant, dull, aching pain In tbe
small of his back and
kidneys, and more or
less pain all over his
body. His urine was
very high-colored,
with a brickdust sed
iment He had a
trarniDg sensation in
his hands and feet,
and, as bis disease
further advanced, his
appetite failed, and
wbathedideat soured
on his stomach, caus
ing much eructation
Dn. ailAVEH. of gas. His skin bad
a yellow color; he could not sleep, was con
stantly tired .and finally hecame soweatasto
be unable to attend to any business.
After becoming nred he states: 'This is to
certify that I have received treatment from
the physicians ot the Polypathic Medical Insti
tute, at 420 Penn ayenne, and am entirely cured
of my disease. "A. D. Knio."
They treat successfully all forms of kidney
and urinary diseases, chronic diseases and sor
Eery. Office hours. 10 A. sl to 4 P.Mand 6to 8 P.
K. Sundays, 1 to 4 P. if. Consultation free
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question blank. deZt-rrssu
THE
CONSUMPTION
CAUSE
OF
if now admitted by tbe medical authorities -to
be a deficiency or undue waste of Ozldizabla
Phosphorus normally existing in tbe human
economy. Tbe remedy consists in tbe admin
istration of a preparation ot Phosphorus being
at once assimilable and oxidlzable. WINCHES
TER'S HYPOPHOSPHITES is tbe only prep
aration of Phosphorus which combines tbess
characteristics in the highest dej-ree. For
Consumption, Bronchitis, Coughs, Night
Sweats, and nervous Diseases, It is nnequaled.
Becommended by Pbysiciaos. Sold by Drug
Cists. SI per bottle. Bend for circular.
WINCHESTER 4 CO., Chemists.
mjSl-21-TTSWk 182 William St. XOT.
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