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he, with a handkerchief acron hli eyes, m
II me dayllgnt aazzieu intra, ni -eeuiy nnu
clled in a corner. Hit guards, contemptu
ous of so weak a captive, toon relaxed tbeir
Tigilauce. All at once he dropped the
handkerchief, threw open the coach door,
hounded out into the road, and wai ofl like
the wind. Almoit be'ore the Rapine guards,
impeded by the sabers and jack boots, bad
struggled from the coach, the fugitive vat
out of sight and danger.
III.
A fugitive of Vidowj'a cbaraoter was
never out of danger. He reached Dunkirk,
and there strnck up a friendship with the
supercago of a Swedish brie, who promised
him a berth. Bnt before the brig set sail,
Vidocq, in his sailor's dress, was taken
up for brawling at a pot-house, was sus
pected, from his lack of paper, to hate
escaped from prison, was taken back to
Douai, and locked up once more.
And now his trial, repeatedly postponed
by his escapes, at last came on. Of the
forgery of the order of release he was en
tirely innocent; for the conspirators who
had used his cell had told him nothing of
their purpose. Appearances, however,
damned him. He was condemned to eight
years at the galleys.
The chain of galley-slaves, linked two by
two, set out upon the march for Brest. By
day they toiled on foot, dragging a weight
of 15 pounds at either ankle, or rode upon
long wagons, while their irons, white with
hoar-frost, struck cold into their bones. At
night they huddled like foul beasts in cat
tle stalls or stables, and munched a crust of
moldy bread. Yet the march was paradise
beside the Bagne at Brest. The first ap
pearance of that home of woe of the vast
grim dens, in each of which COO cutthroats
and thieves, dressed in the red frocks, the
sail-cloth trousers, and the green caps of
jralley felons, sat in endless rows in nhich
no sound was audible amid the ceaseless
clank ot holts and ankle rings, except some
curse or filthy jest in which no sight was
visible but haggard eyes, shorn heads, and
faces of despair these things awoke the
horror of the boldest. Such was the place,
nnd such the company, in which the
luckless Yidocq was condemned to wear
nway cicht years. '
But the prison wns not built that could
hold Vldocrj fur eight years. His wit) went
instantly to work. Some of the galley
slaves possessed more freedom than tuu rest,
and were wont to smuggle articles Into the
Jirii-oii. Yidocq obtained Irom one of
tlicso a flic, a snlloi's sblrt and
trousers, and a wig. That night he cut
setters nearly through, nnd, with it dexter
ity which gullul the sentries, put on tho
nllor'n ilrcas beneath his convict's frock.
Kelt day his gang wns sent to work the
pumps, He watched ills moment, slipped
brlilnd a stuck of timber, stripped oil lilt
galley-frock and trousers, popped on hit wig,
nnpud liit nearly hcveicd fetters, and be
fore the guards had missed him, was off
into ttie town.
But to pass (he city gale was thought im
possible lor fugititcs. Jt was watched by
un old galley-ilave, Lachlque by name, who
was celebrated lor the eagle eye with which
he could distinguish a cropped head beneath
the closest cap, or the almost imperceptible
dragging ol a leg accustomed to the fetter.
But Lachique that day had met his match.
Yidocq, in his wig and sailor's suit, came
pally up aud asked him for a pipe-light.
The old man g.ive it with the utmost
courtesy; and Yidocq walked off, puffing,
through the gate.
He took the road for Cannes.
For two davs all went well; but
on the third he met two gendarmes, who
asked him for His papers. Yidocq was
ready with a story: his name -was Duval,
born at l'Onent, a deserter from the frigate
Cocardc. Duval was no imaeinary being;
fcuch was the name ol a real sailor, ot whom
he bad beard spoken at the Bagne. In ac
cordance with this storv, he was led to
l'Onent, and was lodged, as a deserter, in
the naval prison. There, among other cap
tives, was a sailor who looked at him with a
mysterious smile. "My boy," said he, "I
do not know you, but yon are" not Augustus
Duval, lor lie died two vears ago at Jlar
tinico." Then, as Yidocq stood dum
lounded, he continued, "But no one knows
that he has hopped the twig; you can pass
3or him with ease; he ran away to sea when
very young; and I can tell you all about
his family. Bnt you must have his mark
upon your arm a tattooed altar with a
garland." Then the new friends laid their
heads together. They pelted a sentinel
with crusts of bread, for which they were
locked up lor punishment into a solitary
cell. There, with a bunch of needles dipped
in Indian ink, the sailor pricked on
Yidocq's arm the altar and the garland. A
lortnight later he was trken from his cell to
be conirouted with his family. He fell
upon his lather's neck; and his" father, his
mother, his uncle and his cousin all recog
nised with joy their lost Augustus!
His kinsiolk filled his purse with louis,
and he iras sent off, still in custody, to join
his ship, which was in harbor at St. Malo.
His late now hung upon his chances of es
caping by the way; but when the party en
tered Qntmper he had ,'ound no means, to
dnpe his guards. 'Ihcn he resolved to try
his chance as a sick man. He munched to
bacco for two davs, until he gave himself a
gastric fever, ami was ordered to be sept
to the infirmary. There he soon
found out that one of the attendants,
.who had been a convict, could be
Wevailpd upon, for lucre, to procure him a
irWuise, and to show him where to scale the
plalea wall. A disguise was not so easily
obtained; bnt Yidocq hit upon a scheme of
.strange and ludicrous audacity. When
Sister Frances, the tallest and stoutest nurse
in the infirmary, had gone to early matins,
Yidocq's co moderate stole into her cell, and
helped himseli to a nun's robe and bonnet
with a veil. , Vidocq put them on. The two
conspirators crept oat, before the dawn, into
the garden, where Yidocq, with the help ol
his companion's shoulders, scaled the wall
with ease.
Before the sun rose he had walked two
leagues At 10 o'clock he readied a little
hamlet with a church. The sexton of the
church, a little busy village gossip, be
sought the weary nun to rest and take re
freshment at the vicar's house. The vicar,
a kindly gray old man, was on the point of
celebrating mass. Vidocq was pressed
to join the service, and , consented;
but the awkward style in which he niarJo
the signs and genuflexions, very nearly let
his secret slip. Then, with the vicar and
the sexton, be sat down to breakfast, where,
although iie was to starved that he could
easily have cleared the table, be was forced
to nibble like a mouse. He announced that
he was bound upon a pilgrimage of penance.
For what sin, dear shier?" inquired the
busy little sexton. "Alas, dear brother,"
replied the simple nun, "lor the sin of
curiosity." And the sexton, at that answer,
held his peace.
With the vicar's blessing he returned his
journey. A week later he reached Nantes.
In that city was a robbers' tavern, of which
a fellow-convict had in.ormed him. He
sought the house, knocked, gave the watch
word, and was ushered by the landlady
through a sliding panel into a low room, in
which eight men and women were engaged
in playing cards and drinking brandy. At
the sudden entrance of a nun they stared
in stark amazement. But in an instant, to
tbeir wonder aud delight, he dropped his
robe and veil and appeared before them as
the lamed escaper.
Kext day he discovered on his bed a par
cel ot new clothes and linen. In return for
this good fellowship ba lound himself ex
pected to assist to break into a house. But
Yidocq had by this time seen enough of
of crime and 'criminals, and had resolved to
lead henceforth an honest life. He secretly
exchanged his clothes lor a smock-lrock
and, with a stick and bundls, started off
ugain upon his wanderings.
Two days later he reached Cholet, in La
Yendee, a town of battle-battered ruins,
black with fire, in which nothing was le.t
standing bnt the steeple. Soldiers were
watering their horse in the holy vessels of
the church, and getting up a, dance .among
, the wreckage. A cattle lair was being held
among the ruins of the market Vidocq,
in his yokel's frock, addressed a farmer,
and was "hired.to drive a herd of beasts as
far as Sceaux. It was the custom of the
cattle drovert to tell the forage of the oxen
committed to their charge, and to turn the
profltt into brandy. But Vidocq wot a
model drover. At Sce&ux hli bullooki were
worth 20 francs a bead above the price of
anv othert. Hit matter, in an ecttasy, of
fered to engage him at hit foreman. But
Yidocq had resolved to make hit way to Ar
ras; and be accordingly declined.
He started, and the third d&v reached the
town. Hit frlendt received him at one risen
from the dead. But, even in ditguite, the
danger of discovery was great, aud he re
solved to hide himself in Holland. At Bot
terdam he fell in with a Frenchman who was
pressing sailors for the Dutch. The knave
invited him to dinner, and puta drug into
his wine. When Yidocq woke up from hit
stupor he found himself on board of a Dutch
brig ot war.
The crew, 200 landsmen, pressed by
force or trickery, were a lamentable herd
of lubbers. One was a bookkeeper;
another was a gardener; another, like
Vidocq, was a soldier. Not one in
ten could keep his legs, or knew the
difference between port and starboard. But
everv man of them was perfectly acquainted
with the boatswain's rope's end, which at
the slightest provocation descended on their
backs. Besistance seemed a dream; lor a
guard of five-and-twenty soldiers watched
them with cocked muskets. But no guard
was close enough for Vidocq. He hatched
a plot among his fellow slaves. A hun--dred
and twenty of them -watched their
moment, and when half the guards were
;ti,ni. Hnwn to dinner, seized the whole
troop, and locked them in the hold. One of
the mutineers, a sailor, was set to steer the
vessel. But unluckily this man turned out
to be a traitor. He ran the ship beneath
the cannon of a fort, to which he made a
secret signal. A boat of officers and men
put off from shore. Escape was hopeless;
for at a sien the fortress could have
blown them "all out, or the water. The
party came on board. Vidocq, as the ring
leader, was seized, and would probably have
ended his career by swinging at a yard-arm,
had not his companions sworn, with one ac
cord, that it he suffered the least injury,
they would throw a torch into the magazine
and blow the ship into the air. The officials
thought it best to gain the service of a man
so powerful. The mutineers were pardoned;
the hardships ol their livct were mitigated;
nnd Vidocq rose to be on officer, with the
rank of bombardier.
IV.
And now for a short timo bit lot was use
ful, quiet, and contented. But fate wat not
to let him be to long. The French nuthor
Itict wcro on tho watch for Fronchmen
pressed on board the vcsselt of the Dutch.
Vidocq iought refuge on a pirate ship; but
even here misfortune dogged hlra. A bund of
gendarmes came suddenly on board one room
ing to look for nn cteaped aiiaisln. Tbey
failed to find the man they wanted but they
found Auguttut Duval the deserter, with
whoso escape in a nuu't drest the enrt of the
polico were ringing. To VIdocq'i infinite
disgust, be found hlmtell led off in custody,
and turned into a galley slave once more.
At Doual, hit old qutrtert, the turnkey!
who had prevloutly had charge of him dis
covered bit identity. He wat sent to Tou
lon with tho chain gang, and placed in the
department of the dangerous captives. He
wat now worte off than at the Bagne at Brett
There, at a working convict, he wat tent out
daily with his gang; but now he sat by day,
and stretched his limbs at night, among the
riff-raff of the galleys, upon the same eter
nal bench to which his chains secured
him. The sentry's eye was never off
him. Escape "from ' this department
was impossible. But how could he con
trive to get himself removed? At last, one
night, as he was lying half asleep upon his
bench, a project flashed upon his mind.
Next day, when the inspector came his
rouud, he burst into a prayer for mercy. He
was, he said, the victim of a fatal likeness
to his brother, who was the Vidocq so re
nowned for his escapes. He was an injured
innocent. Yet he did not ask for freedom.
All that he begged was to be saved from
the society of villains, though he should
pass his life in tetters at the bottom of a
loathesome dungeon. He played his part
with such reality that tho inspector listened
with belief and pity. His first step was.
gained. He was ordered to be placed
among the working convicts.
His state was now the same as it had been
at Brest, and he proceeded to escape in the
same manner. As before, he put on a dis
guise beneath his convict's frock; as
betorj:, he slipped away without
discovery; as before, he reached the
city gate. Bnt here he fonnd
to his dismay, that no one was allowed to
pass without a green card given by a magis
trate. As be stood in great perplexity, he
heard the cannon of the fortress fire three
shots, which told that his escape had been
discovered. He trembled; but at the mo
ment of despair, be saw a coffin, with, a train
of followers, proceeding to the burial ground
outside the city. Vidocq mingled with the
sad procession, burst into a flood of tears,
and passed in safety through the gateway as
a wailing mourner.
He walked till 5 o'clock that evenintr,
when he fell in with a stranger with a gun
and game-bag, whom at first he took to be
a sportsman, and with whom he struck up
an acquaintance. This new friend asked
him to bis cottage, and set him down to sup
per on a kid and onions. Then the stranger
told his story. He was one of 60 honest citizens
who had retused to serve the press-gang, and
had retreated to the woods in self defense.
Il Vidocq chose to join the brotherhood, he
was willing to present him. Vidocq jumped
at the proposal. Next day they journeyed
to a solitary hut among the mountains,
where he was welcomed by his new com
panions and by their leader, Captain Bo
man. But he soon discovered that his
friend had duped him. The next night he
was sent out with a party to waylay a dili
gence. The honest citizens were a gang of
highway robbers!
Vidocq was now in a predicament. If he
attempted to escape, he ran the risk of be
ing shot; if he became a bandit, he ran the
risk of being hanged. A enrious freak of
chance delivered him. One night he was
awakened by a bandit screamingont that he
had lost his purse. Vidocq, as the last
recruit, was the first suspected. In an in
stant he was seized and stripped, and
the brand of the galley slave was discovered
on his shoulder. A roar of rage went up.
A galley slave a rogue perhaps a spyl It
was resolved to shoot-him on the spot A
firing partv was told off; Vidocq heard the
tnuskctt click; but even in that peril he
preserved his readiness. He drew tho cap
tain of the gang apart and proposed to him a
stratagem to discover the true thief. The
captain listened nnd consented. He pre
pared a bunch of straws and bade the super
stitious brigands each to draw one. "The
guilty man," he said, "will draw the long
est." All drew; the straws were re-examined,
and one, held by Joseph d'Osiollet,
was found shorter than the rest The cap
tain turned upon bim furiously, "You are
the thiei," he said. "The straws were all of
equal length. A guilty terror made you
shorten yours." D'OsiolIes was seized and
searched, and- the purse, fat with ill-got
booty, was found hidden in his belt
Vidocq was saved. But the captain told
him that, with all regret, he could
not keep a galley slave
among his' band. As he spoke, he
slipped into his hand 15 gold pieces, and
bade him go in peace, and hold his tongue.
Vidocq went with a glad heart. He put
on a smock-frock, scraped acquaintance
with some wagoners, and drove a team as
far as Lyons. Thence he made his way to
Arras. His father was now dead; but he
took refuge with his mother, who placed
him in a safe concealment But Vidocq's
recklessness was Mill his failing. On Shrove
Tuesday he was fool enough to go to a
masked ball, appareled as a marquis. A,
girl of his acquaintance guessed his secret,
and whispered it among the company. The
rumor reached the hearing of two sergeants,
who were there on duty. They stepped up
to the pretended marquis, and bade bim fol
low them into the court He did so; but as
they were proceeding to untie his
mask, he knoeked them down like
lightuing and raced into the
street The sergeaats darted after him.
Yidocq soon outstripped them; but presently
be found, to his dsmay, that be had rnn
into a cul-de-sac. &m the sergeants rushed
np to secure hiajae snatched a house key
TB.W
from a door, and pointing It, in the dim
light, at If It were a pistol, twore to blow
out the brains of the first man who touobed
him, The guards recoiled) he darted past
them, and In a moment was beyond pur
suit ,
The sergeants, returning chopfallen from
the chate, gave out that he had fired two
bullett at their headt. Nor was this lie by
any means the most ridiculous which the
discomfited police invented to maintain
their credit with the simple. One gendarme
swore that Yidocq wat a werewolf. An
other gravely related that one day, when he
himself had seized his collar, the fugitive
bad turned himself into a trnss of hay, of
which, in jutt displeasure, he had made a
bonfire.
But, wizard or. no wizard, Vidocq
found that Arras was too hot to
hold him. He left the town; but he had
only jumped out ol the frying pan to fall
into the fire. He was trndglng, as a ped
ler from the fair of Nantes, when be was
recognized and seized, placed among a
chain gang and set out upon the march to
Douai.
While on the road he was secured one
night within the citadel at Bapaume. Next
morning, while the prisoners were beinc
counted in the barrack yard, and while the
notice ot the euards was taken by the sud
den entrance ot another gang, Vidocq spied
a baggage wagon just about to leave the
yard. In an instant he had slipped in at
the back. The wagon jogged out of the city;
and Yidocq, while the driver was stopping
for a tankard at a tavern, glided from his
hiding place and concealed himseli till
nigbttall in a held of maize.
He wandered to Boulogne, where he
fell in at a tavern with a crew of pirates.
who, having just put into harbor with a
prize, were roaring songs In chorus and
getting all as druqk as pipers. Vidocq
joined these merry buccaneers. A few days
afterwards they put to sea. Ac first they
were unlucky; but one midnight, off Dun
kirk, a sail was seen to glitter in the moon
light The pirates boarded with such fury
that within ten minutes the black flag was
flying from the masthead of the prize. But
they bad lost 12 men. One of these, Lebel,
who formerly had been a corporal, so
curiously resembled Vidocq, that tbey were
constantly mistaken. Vidocq hit upon a
luckly thought Be'ore the corpse was
stitched into the sack of sand in order to be
be thrown into the sea, he took possession of
tho dead man's pockctbook and passport
lie resolved to bo no longer Vidocq, the
escaping galley-tlavc, but Lebel the cor
poral. At Boulogne, to which tho ship returned,
he joined a company of gunners. As Lebel,
ho look at first the rank of corporal: but hit
zeal and iteariincis toon marked him for
promotion. One night, when ho was on his
rounds, ha splod the twinkle of n light
within the powder msgntslnc. Ho darted In.
A lamp wui tct beneath a powder cak; the
wood wat taking fire; another Inttaut mid
the building would bodilown into the nlr.
Vidocq rushed up, seized tho lamp, stamped
out the spirits and taved the magazine. The
keeper of the stores, who bad coutrlved this
icheme In ordcrto conceal hit thieveries,
had disappeared. Six weekt afterward ho
wat discovered lying la a wheatfield with a
pistol by hit side and a bullet through his
bend.
Vidocq, tor thit act of promtitnde, was
made a sergeant. And now at latt his path
seemed olear before him. Lebel. the ser
geant, was a rising soldier. Vidocq, the
galley-slave, was at the bottom of tho sea.
But how long was this to last? Not long.
Fate made bim quarrel with n certain quar
termaster. They drew, and Vidocq wounded
his opponent in "the breast On-stripping off
the quartermaster's thirt to staunch the.
hurt, Vidocq perceived a serpent s neaa ia
tooed upon his chest, the tail of which went
round one arm and coiled about an anchor.
Vidocq recognized theerpent; he had seen
it at the galleys. The quartermaster, like
himself, was an escaper; and what was worse,
nt the same instant he looked eagerly at
Vidocq, and recalled his face to mind.
The pair of galley slaves, thus strangely
met, struck up a show of friendship. Each
swore to keep the other's secret; but the
quartermaster proved a traitor, and con
veyed a hint to the police. At 5 o'clock one
morning Vidocq was arrested, bound with
ropes and once more started on the march to
Douai. His dream was over. Lebel was
dead in earnest, and the old Vidocq was
alive once more.
At Douai, where he was detained
some months, he sometimes ate
his dinner in the gaoler's room, of which the
window, opening at a dizzy height above
the river Scarpe, had been left without a
grating. One evening, after dinner, Vidocq
watched his moment bounded through the
window, and made the giddy plunge into
the river. The window was so fur aloft that
the astounded gaoler failed to spv him
swimming in the twilight down the stream.
The banks were searched; his hat was found;
but unhappily for the pursuers his bead
was not inside it By that time, he had
reached the water-gate beneath the city
walls, dived under it, and lound himself
outside the town. Then, gasping and ex
hausted, he dragged himself to land.
, He dried his dripping garments at the
oven of a Iriendly baker, and again
made off across the country. For some days
he bid himself at Duisans in the cottage of
a captain's widow, an old friend. Thence,
in a discaise, he made his way to Paris,
where,.bnried in the heart of the great city,
he conceived a hope of living unobserved.
His mother joined him. and with her as
sistance he acquired the shop and business
of a master tailor. Ludicrous as the idea
appears to those who know his character,
for eight, months Vidocq handled patterns,
measured customers, and, what is more, grew
prosperous and contented. But his disas
ters were not over. Ond day he chanced to
come across Chevalier, his wife's brother,
whom the world had used so basely, that in
stead of sending lords and ladies to the
guillotine, he had just come out of a gaol
for stealing spoons. This reptile worked on
Vidocq's trepidation, drained him of his
money, and as soon as he had sucked him
dry, betrayed him to the guards, with whom
it was his aim to curry favor.
A few days afterward, at day
break, a band of geudarm's knocked
at Vidocq's door. He rushed into a neigh
bor's attic and concealed himself beneath a
mattress, where the searchers, though they
shook the mattress, failed to find him.
Then he took lodgings with a coiner by the
name of Bouhin. But Bouhin also turned
against him. At 3 o'clock one night a
party came to seize him. Vidocq, In his
shirt, jumped out of bed, dashed up the
stairs, and crept out of a window on the
tiles. But the pursuers were behind him;
there was no escaping from the rool; and he
was seized among the chimneys.
V.
Yidocq was weary of escapes and
captures. He took a vital resolution, a
resolution which affected bis whole future
life. He wrote to M. Henry, the Chief of
the Police, and offered bim his service as a
spy.
M. Henry wavered. There were points in
Vidocq's favor and there were points
against him. His power was great
and might be of enormous value. The
very qualities the strength and courage,
the ready-wittcdness, the cunning in dis
guise which had rendered him the dread
ol the police, might render him in turn the
scourge of evil-doers. He could venture
into slums and hells in which no officer
durst show his face; for in these slums and
hells he was a paragon a hero to whpm
the sharpest and the boldest reprobate
looked up as a disciple to a master. His
skill in making an escape was regarded as
unearthly; there was thought Jo be no turn
key, at whom he could not snap his fingers,
no fetters that he could not break in sunder,
no wall thrbugh which he could not pierce
his way. His advice was sought as if he
were an oracle. Secrets of which the revel
ation would have hanged a dozen men were
whispered eagerly into his ears. The lives
of scores of gallQWs-birds were at bis mercy.
Turned loose among them, in appearance
their confederate, but in secret their be
trayer, he might well be oTmore profit to the
cause of law than a battalion of armed men.
But was be to be trusted?- M. Henry
PITTSBUBG - PIBPA.T0H,-
thought be might be trusted. He bad com
mitted no great crime and he had latoly
done bis best, when he was free, to lead an
honest life. These things argued In his
favor. It was decided to accept bit offer,
though not without a stringent guarantee.
He was required to bring to Justice every
month a certain minimum of culprits, and it
wat underttood that if he failed to reach the
stipulated number he was to be delivered to
the hulks once more. ,
The compact was concluded on these terms.
Yidocq was taken, handcuffed, from the
prison, was put into a wiekercar, was driven
from the city, and was suffered to escape.
The same evening he was loose among the
cutthroats and ring-droppers, in appearance
still a fugitive in reality a spy.
This act, the turning point of
his career, has given rise to many
opposite opinions. In the eyes of his ad
mirers Vidocq was a penitent, who, turn
ing resolutely from the paths of crime, gave
up his varied talents to the service of the
State. In the eyes of his detractors, he was
a miscreant who turned sneak to save his
skin. The truth lies between the two ex
tremes. Yidocq was not a beau ideal ot
virtue; but, wild and graceless as his youth
had been, he was a bird of very different
feather from the rabble of the hulks. His
only proper cause of quarrel with the law
had been the punching of a rival's head.
His prison glory was not of his own Beep
ing. With the Yahoos of the galleys,
among whom he had been forced to live, he
considered that he broke no faith, because
he owed none. Moreover, the word spy is
apt to be misleading; for.at least to English
ears, spy, sneak and coward are all'tarred
with the same brush. But Vidocq's
undertaking was not merely that
of an approver; it was also that of
an arrester; and how far that task
was fitted for a coward or a fool may easily
be judged by the examplesof his captures
a lew among a thousand which it has now
become our business to describe.
His first achievement was the capture of a
coiner by the name of Watrin a fierce and
cunning desperado, who had completely
baffled the police. Vidocq tracked him to
his lair above a certain cobbler's shop. At
midnight he went, single-handed, to the
tpot, met, by chance, the coiner nt the door
way, and rushed instantly upon him, Wat
rin dealt bim a tremendous blow, and dart
ing back into tho building through a win
dow, snatched up tho cobbler's knife. To
follow was to rush on certain death; for tho
ruffian, armed with such a weapon, was at
dangerous as a wounded beast of prey. But
Yidocq used his wits. Ho made a sound
like thatofstcpt retreating; Watrin put hit
head out of tho window to make
turo that, ho wat gone: and in an
instant Yidocq seized him by tho
hair. Tho bravo struggled furiously, but
gradually Vidocq, by thecr strength of mus
cle, dragged him through tho window, and
the pair loll, looked together, to the ground.
Before his enemy could uie his weapon.
Vidocq wrenched It from his grasp, bound
his arms and dragged him single-handed to
the cuiirdboutii. M. Henry aud the ofilcers
on duty could scarcely trutt their eyes when
tbey beheld tho pair oonie In.
Watrin (who was banged) wat a mere lav
age. St. Germain wat n ratcal of a different
dyd. This rogue, a clerk turned felon, wat
a dandy and a wit, and to great a matter of
tho graces that, In spite ot hit pig eyet. hit
pock-marked cheeks and his mouth like a
hyena's the ladies of hit circle thought him
charming. B. Germain had coucelved a
tpirited detlgn to climb one night into a
banker's garden, to break into the house,
to knock the inmates on the bead,
and to go off with the casbbox. He had al
ready two confederates, but he required a
third; and he invited Vidocq. Vidocq, who
thought be saw bis way to take the rogues
red-banded, readily, consented. But he
toon found that he had been too hasty. The
scheme was to come off that very night, at
midnight. As yet it was not noon; but St
German, who like Sampson Brass' father
Foxey, suspected every one on principle,
whether friends or foes, required that they
should spend the interval together in his
lodgings. The other two assented willingly;
and Vidocq was compelled to do the same.
But while his three companions were em
ployed in cleaning pistols, and in putting a
keen edge on murderous knives which, at
the least suspicion of bis falsity, would
have plunged into his heart, he
racked his brains for a device to
send a line to the police. At last he found
one. He remarked that at his lodgings he
had some bottles of choice burgundy, which,
if they could be fetched, would make the
time fly gaily. The robbers roared in ap
probation. St, Germain's porter went off
with the message; and Vidocq's housekeeper.
.Annette, orougnt tne wine, vidocq mean
time had stretched himseli upon the bed,
traced a few words secretly upon a scrap of
paper, which, under the pretext of kissing
Annette as she left them, he slipped into her
hand. The scrawl instructed her to watch
them in disguise, and to pick up anything
he might let lall. He next proposed that,
lor precaution, he should be taken to inspect
the place ot action, which as yet he had not
seen. The rest agreed. Locking their two
companions in the room, St. Germain took
him to the banker's garden, and showed him
where they were to scale the wall, vidocq
had now learnt all he wanted. While St
Germain, on returning, stepped into a shop
to purchase some black crape to use for
masks, he scribbled his directions, and let
fall the missive in the street Annette, who
was behind tbem in disguise, picked up the
twist ot paper and carried it to the police.
Midnieht came; the contederates stole
forth upon tbeir deed of darkness, scaled
the wall, and dropped into the garden.
Yidocq was etill astride upon the coping,
when a party ol police, who had been lurk
ing in the shrubbery, sprang out upon the
robbers. The latter fired their pistols;
several officers were injured; but at last the
rogues were struck down, seized and bound.
Vidocq, to play his part to the conclusion,
tumbled from the wall, as if shot dead, and
was carried off before the eyes of his com
panions under a white sheet
VI.
Father Moiselet, whose story we have
next to tell, was sexton, bell-ringer, aud
chorister at the church of Livry. He was
by trade a cooper, and though comonly re
garded as a saint in humble lite, was in reality
an oily hypocrite. His vicar, freightened at
the rumored coming of the Cossacks at the
first invasion, resolved to bury the church
vessels in a barn. A friend of his, a
wealthy jeweler, determined to conceal his
diamonds in tho same receptacle; and hon
es' Father Moiselet was employed to dig
tho hole. Tho treasure was regarded as se
cure; but one day Moiselet came rushing to
the vicar, just able to gasp out, "The hole!
the hole!" The vicar, nearly dead with
terror, hurried to the barn. The bole was
empty.
Vidocq was employed to trace the thief.
He first bad Moiselet arrested on suspicion.
While the sexton was in prison be disguised
himself as a bawker, and called on Madam
Moiselet, in the hope that she might offer
him for sale a golden chalice, or n rope
of diamonds. But, for reasons to be
seen, the hope was idle. Then, as
a German valet, he got himself arrested,
and shut up with Moiselet in prison. He
and the worthy sexton soon became the best
of friends. The latter loved a glass
of wine. In each of Vidocq's but
tons a gold piece wns sewn. He cut
them off, a buton at a time, called
for a bottle after a little, and when his boon
companion was in a merry vein, heboid his
story. His name was Fritz; his master was
an Austrian officer; and he bad stolen his
huvresac and buried it among the (roods of
Bond v. Moiselet was at first too wary to re
turn hisxonfidence; but be confessed that he
was tirecv of Moiselet, and that nothing
would delight him better than to fly with
his new friend to Germany, and to lead a
merry life. That he could not lead a merry
lite on nothing, was self-evideaet and Vidocq
now lelt certain that he had the treasure.
Vidocq secretly directed the police to take
them to another prison, bonud together by a
slender cord. At a -lonely corner of the
road tbey snapped the cord, and plunged
info the woods of Vaujours. No pot for
tbeir escape could have been better chosen.
Presently the sexton looked about him, thrust
his arm into a thicket, drew forth a spade,
SATURDAY, JXn3Y"-12
stripped off bis coat, began to dig beneath a
certain birch-tree, and tpeedlly turned up
tha box of treasure. But as he gazed upon
the spoil with glittenlog eyes, to hit Inex
prenible dismay hit colleague seized the
spade, threatened to knock bim onthe bead
if he resisted, and marched bim off to meet
his doom. The luckless sexton walked as if
in stupefaction; bnt it is said that on the
road be muttered over to hfmtelf a tbontand
timet, "Who could have believed itl And
he looked so green I"
These exploits, aud a thousand of which
these are merely typical examples, raised
Yidocq's fame to a prodigious height As a
felon, he had been the prince of prison
breakers. He was now regarded, and with
justice, as the greatest felon catcher ever
seen. Soon he rose to be obief agent of the
Guard of Safety. For 18 years the min
gled skill and daring of his captures were
without a parallel. It is taid that, at that
time, he cleared tbe slnmsof Pans of more
than 20,000 rogues. Yet the man who was
tbe scouree of criminals was himself a
galley slave, lor whom, if the authorities so
willed, the fetters and the bench were still
in waiting. At length, in 1827, he was con
sidered to have earned his pardon. He had
made sufficient money for his wants, and he
resicned.
But he vicissitudes of fate were still be
fore him. He started, with his little fortune,
a card and paper factory at St Mande, in
which all the workmen were old criminals.
But his capital ran short; the neighbors
grumbled at this colony of rogues among
them; and the business had to be wonnd up.
He then set up, at Paris, a Secret Informa
tion office, which was, at first, a great suc
cess. But before long he was charged with
wringing money from the fears ol those
whose secrets he acquired. He was arrested,
tried, and though at last acquitted, was
brought down to the verge of ruin.
Heihen resolved to try bis fortune as a
public entertainer. In 1845 he crossed to
London and produced his exhibition at the
Cosmorama. His exploits wero on every
tongue; and thousands of spectators flocked
to see his show. Yidocq, at 70, was a strik
ing figure. No spectator could forget the
tall form, now grown portly, in drab
breeches, white silk stockings and shoes
with silver buckles, tho bull neck, the
strange face, sloping upward like a pear,
tbe ears pierced with slender golden rings,
the grizzled hair and the busby brows above
the steel gray eyes which glittered like a
lynx's. His crformanco must havo been
Immensely entertaining. Ho told tho story
of his life; ho donned his chains, his galley
dress and the huge iron balls which ho had
worn nt Brest; ho brought forth relics of
great malofaoton Fleschl's coat, 1'uparo
nlc't cap, the crucifix which ltaoul had
utcd In tho latt cell; ho related hit etoapes
and hit most famous captures aud as ho
told bit ttorlci, ho changed bis faco and
decked hlniiolf in tho disguise which ho had
worn on oseh ocoailon, aud appeared suc
cessively before tho eyes of tho tpootutort as
aplokpookct, a coal heaver, a galley slavo,
a scullion and a nun.
By this performance, Yidocq cleared
enough to buy hlmtelf a tmnli annuity.
He retired to Paris, and there lived quietly
in Iodgingi until 1827, when, at tho great
age ot 82, he wat struck down with paraly
sis. On finding bis end near, he sent for a
confessor, and to whimsical a thing it
human nature he greatly edified the holy
man dyinglikea taint. One trlfliugpeccadillo
he perhaps forgot to mention. The breath
bad scarcely lelt his body when ten lovely
damsels, each provided with a copy of his
will which left her all his property, arrived
upon tbe scene. Alas for all the tenl
Yidocq had always loved the smiles of
beauty, and had obtained them by a gilt
which cost him nothing. He had left his
whole possessions to his landlady. Temple
Bar.
A TOAD AND SNAKE CONTEST.
How tho Iilttlo Jumper Overcome- Hit
Aullo Adversary.
New fork Press.i
I heard the latest snake story yesterday,
and as it was abont a Mexican snake, and
so far away that no one can verify it, I
shall venture to repeat it Come to think
of it, the story is a toad story, although a
snake was the victim, so it may be all
right It was told by William Cooper, the
onyx miner, in about this language: "I
have heard and seen many strange things
in the forest of Mexico, and had heard of
toads that would fight snakes, but never
expected to see one until one day I
heard a rustling in the underbrush
and saw a small snake, about two
feet long, hurrying along as if in fear. Not
five paces 'behind it a toad was making
furious leaps to keep up with the snake. I
stopped to watch them. The toad gained on
the snake, and the latter suddenly stopped
and coiled up with its jaws wide open,
while it shot out its tongue and twisted the
head back and forth in an excited manner.
Then I noted that it had a long head and
was capable of swallowing a pretty good
sized morsel. The toad did not seem wor
ried by the snake's attitude, but kept right
on, and I said to myself, as I saw it jump
straight at the reptile, 'Good-by, toad.'
The toad's head went right down the snake's
throat, and the snake rolled out full
length and gradually swallowed the
toad. I could see the toad's
form inside the snake's skin as it passed
down into the snake's stomach. Having
pulled out a cicar and lit it I bad spent
nearly an hour watching this operation
wnen J- noticed the snace neginning to
writhe, and on looking closer saw that the
toad must be alive inside, for it was evi
dently kicking and distending its legs, nnd
presently had spread the snake's body
widely. I heard a little noise like a pop
gun, and there was Mr. Toad and a busted
snake. Tbe toad had broken out of his con
finement and .he snake was dying. I was
told by the Indinns that the sight is not at
all an uncommon ones"
LOOKING FOB HIS BB0THEB.
Tbe Trouble! of n Yonne nnd Educntcd Gcr
v man Immigrant. '
Ernest Omann, a young German, was
given transportation to Cleveland yesterday
by tho Department of Charities. He speaks
good English, and rather surprised Chief
Elliot by saying that he had been in Amer
ica only eight months. He explained his
proficiency in our language by stating that
he had studied English for years iu the
academy where ho received his education.
He speaks German, English, French and
Russian fluently, and is thoroughly familiar
with Latin and Greek.
Omann said that his father was an officer
in the German army, and died several years
ago. Tbe pension granted his mother was a
liberal'one. however, and was sufficient to
support bis mother nnd himself. About a
year ago his mother died also, which termin
ated tbe pension, and as he had an elder
brother in business in Cleveland, he con
cluded to come to America. Ho arrived in
Baltimore eight months ago, aud alter mak
ing an unsuccessful search for congenial em
ployment, took a job on an ovstcr boat.
He remained at this work for several
months, when one day he found that he had
been robbed of hit money ond some jewelry.
He then came to this city. He experienced
another failure to secure intellectual em
ployment, aud then took a job wheeling clay
in the brick works of Benz Bros., on the
Southside. He soon got tired of it, as his
pay was only $5 per week and his hoaid cot
$4. At last be made up his mind to go to
Cleveland, where bis brother is engaged in
the wholesale drug business.
Not In Dispute.
In the report in the local columns of the
question as to the union standing of the lo
cal trades paper, which appeared a few days
ago, it was stated that the question was part
of a dispute between that paper and the
Labor Tribune. This is denied emphatic
ally by the latter journal and the statement
made that the question was wholly between
the paper concerned and the union, and was
not a dispute by the Tribune.
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GERMAN-ENGUSH-SCHOOLS,
RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY DAV8 Or A
WELL-KNOWN CONGREGATION.
How Yonnff Trntom Were Americanized
Wonderful Chanties Hade on a Well.
Known Corner pf the City In Leu Than
TJiiif a Coninrr.
O Life! bow pleasant In thy morning.
Young Fancy's rays the bills adornlngf
Cold, pausing Caution's lesson scorning,
We frisked away,
Like schoolboys at th' expected warning,
To Joy and play.
J?urn' Epulle to James SmitX
The accompanying sketch shows how tbe
third structure of the First German Evan
gelical Church, corner of Smithfield street
and Sixth avenne, appeared in 1852. This
edifice was torn down in the year 1875, and
the present (fourth) church building erected
on its site.
Adjoining was the graveyard belonging
to the congregation. In those early times
it was customary to have churchyards sur
rounding or attached to the premises for
purposes of burial. Most of those old
churchyards, in the necessities of improve
ment, have been discontinued and buildings
of vaiious kinds occupy their sites. Those
of the First Presbyterian Church, on Wood
street, and Trinity Episcopal,on Sixth ave
nue, yet remain, though diminished, owing
27ie Oftl Edifice.
to rebuilding of larger edlficet. For years
past, no Interments havo taken placo In
those churchyards, burials now being had
in the various cemeteries of Pittsburg and
Allegheny City. Other denominations
which had churchyards for burial purpoiot
followed the example and now bury In reg
ular cemoterlot.
Tho church graveyard attached to the
building, as thown, was a parallologram,
bounded by Smithfield street, Strawberry
alley and Mlltenberger's alley. A medium
high stone wall enclosed it on Smitbfleld
street and part of Strawberry alley, theother
portion! being turrounded by a board fence.
The building was 80 feet long and
S5 feet wide and is at length
described in tbe illustrated German pub
lication, entitled "Getcbichta der Enten
Deutchen Verelningten Evangel. Protest
Gemelnde (one hundredth anniversary), by
Fr. Buoff, Pastor."
Tbe basement wat about on a level with
the street pavement in front, and was con
structed of "picked" or dressed ttone. This
basement contained two school rooms and
four rooms for the use of the teachers as a
residence. On the Sixth' street (now ave
nue) side was a small enclosure next Mll
tenberger's alley. Herr G. Manns was
organist of the church and teacher in the
schools from 1840 to 1826. His son, Herr
G. Manns, Jr., was teacher part of that
time of the classes in reading, writing and
translating of German and English, or
English and German, according to the na
tivity or parentage of tbe pupils.
About 1853 there was another German
English pay school, taught by Herr George
Neuffer, a very thorough instructor, in one
of the basement rooms of the Grant Street
Baptist Church. After a few sessions this
school was discontinued. All the above
named teachers have passed away.
The pleasant memories of the schools will
be recaled with pleasure by pupils now
surviving. The examinations, exhibitions,
refreshments and entertainments at the ap
pointed times of the school sessions will be
remembered agreeably.
At the times the schools were taught by
the preceptors named, the importance
of the study and knowledge
of speaking, reading, writing, translat
ing and interpreting the German and
English languages, or vice versa, was duly
appreciated by the pupils, their parents and
guardians. For, although the French and
other modern languages, have been and are
now commended in many of the colleges
and seminaries of the United States, yet the
German language is now only awarded its
due rank, consideration, usefulness and
praise, not only in those institutions of
learning, but in the various high schools of
our country, as well as in the special schools
provided lor tne purpose. ne trermaa
poet, Klopstock's poem on "Deutschland's
Sprache" (Germany's Language), pub
lished in the German language, is very
eulogistic oi mat language. a.nis ap
pears by the following extract from that
poem:
Dasz keine. welche lebt mit Deutschland's
spracbe slch
In den zu kulineu Wettsreit wage!
Sie 1st damit Ich's kurz mit ihren Kraft es
sage
An mannigralt' ger Uranlage
Zu burner neur und doch dentscher wendung
reich.
Which means in the English language as
follows:
Let none of those who live
Venture too presumptuous competition
With the German'language:
It is, to say it briefly, with lw force.
Its manifold capacity.
Forever new. and, still rih
In Gorman fornn of expression.
PrrrsBrjito. July 10. Fbitz.
THE DOWnS FAITH.
Tbey Believe In Clirlit and Profess to Ilea
the click.
Omaha. July 11. For a week past Mr.
and Mrs. Dowic, Evangelists and believers
in the laying on of hands, have been preach
ing at the First Baptist Church every after
noon aud evening. From day to day their
audiences have grown larger, till now 75 or
80 persons gather at each meeting to listen
to them. ... , ,
They preach the power of Christ to heal
and break the bonds of Satan. They differ
from Mrs. Finn, the Christlnn "scientist,
whoso certificate of ability to practice states
that she can heal the sick, raise the dead,
cast out devils and heal those afflicted with
leprosv, inasmuch as the Dowies believe
that Christ does the healing, whereas Mrs.
Finn believes in her own ability to accom
plish tho same ends. The sunctification
if the soul is necessary to tho purify
in" ot the body, says the Dowies. This re
markable and devoted couple are from Mel
bourne, Australia, where, according to the
story ot Mrs. Dowie, they led live. which
wero one continual prooi of the power ot
Christ. "Our house was crowded,' says
Mrs. Dowie, "with those who came to bo
healed. I have no difficulty in describing
such scenes as those which Jesus was so fre
quently In. when the sick carried by their
friends were crowded about Him, for I my
self have seen such things in our little house
in Melbourne."
She talked yesterday afternoon of the
healing or the palsied man, to whom Christ
said, "Thv sins be torgnen thee, and
"Take up thy bed and walk." She believed
that Christ saw that that suffering man had
plantedthe seeds of disease in his system by
his own sims his own transgressions of
nature's laws. If Christ could look in the
faces of men now and speak with themHe
might have occasion to say the same thing,
for He would see in those faces the history
of intemperance-j-the traces of nicotine pois
oning or alcoholic poisoning.
Ladies' blazers and traveling dusters
now at marked down prices at Husus &
Hacke's. xissu.
1
A MA0HIMST .TALKS.
Mrs C. G, Bergegren's Graphic
Description of a Personal
Experience,
FROM PENN INCLINE SUMMIT,
Mr. O. G. Bergegren, a machinist em
ployed with the Westinghouse Company,
who lives at No. 14 Arch street, three doors
from the summit of the Penn Incline, gives
the following:
'-My trouble came on about two years ago,'
be said, "Irom colds. My head was always
stopped up. My nostrils would clog np, first
one side, tben the othtr. I would have terrible
pains through my bead, over the eves and in
the temples so severe at times I could not
stoop over at all If 1 wished to pick anything
np off tbe ground, I would have to get on my
knees.
Mr. C. O. Bergegren, 11 Arch street.
"There were buzzing and roiling noises In
mv ears. A continual dropping ot mncus back
Into my throat.whlch kept me constantly hank
ing and raising to clear it My throat became
sore and Inflamed. A dry, hacking cough set
In as my trouble grow worse. Sharp pains
would take me in the breart, shooting through
Into my shoulder blades. There was a sense of
oppression In my chest, as of a heavy load
pressing down.
"My breathing beoamo short and labored.
Dark tpott would float before my eyes and I
would becomo weak and dlny. Palpitation of
the hoart set in. Might sweats camo on and
woakoned mo terribly. 1 dropped from 176
pounds to 1C0 pounds. Iy appotlto becanio
affected. What food I would tako on my
itonikch loomed to lay there llko a ttone and
eaute mo dlitrctt and nautoa. My sloop was
raitleti. 1 would got up In tho morning more
tired than when I went to bed.
"I had boon treatod by a number of physi
cian In I'ltttburg, but received no porminont
relief. Finally, after rnaillngof the tenmtngly
wonderful tucocn of Dri. Copelamt A illalr In
treatlnccatet similar tomvown.I ilecldod to eo
to them. I did to, and finding their chargos no.
niucii moro reaaonamo man oiuor unymctant,
placed myself under their care. My improve
ment wat marked Irom tho ttaru My tymnlomt
have all dliapuoared. I am a better man thau I
have beon for vxart, and owe my recovery to
Sri. Copeland t Illalr."
Tblt ttatemont can be verified at tho above
address.
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100 TAPE WORMS TAKEN IN LAST
IS MONTHS.
The hnndredtb one was talcen on Sunday,
June 29, from J. T. Slaelc. of Callery Junction.
Botler county. Pa. Durins imy professional
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ant, a physician ot years of practice and a
graduate of one of the largest and best medical
colleges In this country. Hitherto it has been
an impossibility for rue to visit patients at
their homes bnt on and after July 1. 1 shall try
and visit, either day or nisbt, all those afflicted
who cannot call at my office.
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thousands are using it with success who have
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McMUNN'S
ELIXIR OF OPIUM
It a preparation of the Drug by which its ln
juriout effects are removed, while the valuable
mediclnalgPropftrtlei are retained. It ponessea
all tbe tedatfve, anodyne, and antiapaamodio
? lowers of Opium, bat produces no sickness of
he stomach, no vomiting, no coatlreness, no
headache. In acuta nervout disorders it is an
invalnable remedy, and It recommended by the
best physicians.
E, FERRETT, Agent,
372 Purl St., Ntw York.
ap5-90-g
TUB FXSXST MBUT-Flt.VOHn0 STOCK
LIEB1G COMPANY'S
Extract of Beef.
USE IT FOR SOUPS,
Beef Tea, Sauces and Made Dishes.
Genuine only with fac-simileof
Justus von Liebig's
SIGNATUKE IN BLUE INK
Across label.
Sold by storekeepers, grocers and druggists.
LIEBIG'S EXTRACT OF BEEF CO., Linn
ited. London. an2J-W-s
aiEUicAL.
DOCTOR
WHITTI
814 PENN AVENUE. PITTsBHUC. V.
As old residents know and back files of Pitts,
burg papers prove, is tbe oldest established
and most prominent physician in the city, de
voting special attention to all chronic diseases.
emPre?spoonn,N0FEEUNTILCURED
MCDni IC and mental diseases, physical
IN Utl V UUO decar.nervoas debility. lack ot
energy, ambition and hope, impaired memory,
disordered sight, self distrust, batbfulness,
dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions. Im
poverished blood, failing powers, organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, un
fitting tbe person for business, society and mar
riage, permanently, safely and privately cared.
BLOOD AND SKIN ftJJSKp&S!
blotches, falling hair, bones, pains, glandular,
swelling!, ulcerations oi toncne, mouth, throat,
ulcers, old sores, are cured for life, ami blood
poisons thoroughly eradicated from tbe system.
IIRIMARV kidney and bladder derange
Unilinrj I i ruonts, weak back, gravel, ca
tarrhal discharges. Inflammation and other
painful symptoms rocelro searching treatment,
prompt relief and roal cures.
Dr. Whlttler's life-tons;, extensive nxpcrlenco
Insure scientific and reliable treatment on
common.ienso principles. Consultation free.
Patients nt a distance as carefully treated as It
here. OIUco hours, U a. bi. to 8 1. k. Humlay,
IU A. 31. tn 1 1. M. only. DIC WUITTIElt, 811
Penn avenue, Pittsburg, l'a.
JyiMS-bluwk
.nit. Hvrxi3-'fe
ELECTRIC BELT
iron
WEAMES
InMENilrbllltsleit
through dUeitne or
otherwlie. U'l!
OUA.ltA.NTKK tu CUItK by this New IMI'ltOVKU
KLECTIIIU IIEI.T or UhKUNUlIONLV. Mads
for thipec1tlc purpose. Cure oi l'hy.lcal Wesk
ncia, giving Kreely. .Mild. Soolhlnir, Continuous
Currents of Klectrlclly throiiKli alt wrak, parts,
reatorln them to HEALTH and VlUUltuUa
STKENUTH. Klectrlc current felt Instantly, or
we forMti,0CO In rash. 1ILL.T Complete fj und
np. Worst c.isra Permanently Cured In thrco
months, heated pamphlets free. Call on or ad
drets SANDEN ELtCTKlC CU..SI9 Uroadway,
Jiewyork. mf-Ll-Tissu
DOCTORS LAKE
SPECIALISTS In all cases re
quiring scientific aud confiden
tial treatmentl Dr. S. K' Lake.
M. R. C. P. S., is tbe oldest and
most experienced specialist in
the city. Consultation free and
strictly confidential. Office
bonrs a to 4 and 7 to 8 P. si.: Sundays, 2 to 4 p.
M. Consult tbem personally, or write. DoctobS
Lake. cor. Penn ave. and 1th st, Pittsburg, Pa.
je3-7S-DWk
"Wood's Ph.ospliodl-ie.
THE r.BEAT Et'DLIsH BEJIEDY.
T7ud for 33 years
,oi xouiunuxouy
by taouaanu a suc
ceaafuUy. Guar
anteed to cure all
forms of Nerron3
'and the excesses
lot later yesrsL
fifcys immedtata
UtrM ath and rip
ot. Ajkdrumrlats
Weakness. Emls
tions, Spermator
rhea. IniDotrncy,
briure fad Alter.
Tor w ooa's rnos
phodlne; take no
substitute. Ono
and all tbu effects:
Photo from Life.
package, n: lx, t6. by mall. Write forpamphler.
bTe.. Detroit, Jllch.
COr-dold In IMttsbnrjr. Pa., by Joseph Fleming
Son. Diamond and Market sts. ap5-MWFSWkEuwk
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
PENNYROYAL P3LLS
RED CROSS DIAMOND BRAND.
Safe and lwjs reliable. Ladle,
suk Drutftdst for Diamond Brand.
in re metatUo boxes, sealed vita
blna ribbon. TaLe no other. AH
pills la pasteboard boxes with pink wrap
peri are dangerous counterfeits. Send
4. (stamps) for particulars, teatimonialj
ami "Belief fur Lad lea," in Utter, bf
return null. Aamtrapcr.
talchvter Cbem'lCsh, JUdUoa SPMIm Ps.
OC5-71-TT3
Suffertm? from the ettects of youthful errors, early
decay. wasUiw weakness, lost manhood, etc, 1 will
send a valuable treatise (sealed) containing full
particulars for nome core. FREE of charge. A
splendid medical work: should be read by every
man who Is nervous and debilitated. Address,
JProf. F. C. FOWIiEK,inoodn,Conii.
ocIG-U-Dsawk
(WILCOX'S COMPOUND),
Bare, Certain una i-ncctaai.
At Druprgtsts' everywhere or by mall. Send A cts.f
Book. "WOMAN'S 8AFE-GtMP.D, sealed.1
WILCOX SPECIFIC CO., Phila, Pa.
mviMlO-TTSWk
ERVES!
CMnnrytiv. nrtrtfiil men and women win half their lifa
battles on their netf e. N fcRVB BSANScure Nervous Debility,
Mental Depression, Weak Bacli,SIeepIessness Los of Appe
tite, Hysteria, Numbness, Tremblmc, Bad Dreams and all
Nervous Diseases. $t per box, postpaid. Pamphlet sent
free. Address Nerve Bean Co., Buffalo, K Y. At Joseph
Fleming de Son's. ia Market St., and all leading druggists.
FEMALE BEAR.S
Absolutely reliable, perfectly safe, moat powerful f emala
rtsnititor known j uerer fall : f 3a box, postpaid ; one bo
suflldrnt. Address LION' IiKUfl CO, Buffalo. N. Y.
Sold by JOS. iLEilLNO & SO.V, ill Market SC
apl7-IO-TT9
D&E.C. WESTS
HEAVE. AND BRAIN TREATMENT.1
flpecifle for IlyaterIa,PIiilnea.rits.XeuraJjja.'W'ak
fulnoM, Mental Lvpresalon.8ottenlna-or tho i Drain. -aultlns
In Insanity and loauinir to mliry aecar and
death. Premature Old Ago, Barrennras. Lota ot Power
lneltoer aox. Involuntary Loee, and SpermatorrlXBa,
cauaed by orcr-oiortlon or th. brain, seir-abuao or
oveMndnlffenco. sch box contains ono month s treat,
ment. )U bor, or air for $3. fent by mallprepald.
With eacb order for alx boxr. will send purchaser
(ruarantoo to refund money It tbe-treatment falls to
euro. UuaranteesluuedandircnuuieBoldonlyby
EMILG.STUCKY, Druggist,
1701 and 2 Mi Ponn ave., and Corner Wyllo and
Fulton SL. PIXTSUUUO, PA.
myl5-51.TTS3u
FOR MEN ONLY!
a DfKITIVF FrLOSTor7An,rNOJtAHHrjODt
A rUOl llb General andNESVOUS DEBILITY t
(fl TT Tf? T! 'Weaiaeas of Body and Mlndj Effects
J BJ JOiJU ofErrorsorExceuesinOldorTounr,
Itobmt, Xsb). JUSIIOOD filly ItnternU H.w ts Ealaro 4
Blrtntthr. WKilt, IMlKTHlorKDORGAXB PiET9otODI.
ibxlulel B.r.lllnt HUSK TIHHTS tST-B..lt. I. a dMj.
II nt I tl try froi. 1 StalM aa4 Part lira IMalrlct. To. eas writ.
thtwu Book, lolleiplaaatlos. a4 praofa Bailed (ataUd) trM.
Address ERIE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO, N. V.
my36-TTSsa
ARaOKTRBTHruii itnn rnrFt
ME TREATMENT
s. WITH Mrnirn rt rrToiriTV"
.Torsll CHROHiaOEOAHIO saj
HEKVOTJS DISEASES in both sexes.
SSSK-. . "'w nn "I yon reea tQfa Door, aaarew
i PERU CHEMICAL CO., MILWAUIEE.WU
my22-41.TTS3u
W FA if MANHOOD
rMtortd. JarinnLfirot. parts enlarzed.rtrrarthCTed.
Inf ll. TroatiM sent Iroe and sealed, is frtio aub. q
Hint I.in.linti USTITtTE, liS MS iruuaa St, S.X.
JeS-oB-DstTff
LA TYTTI1CBiN-OXIDEl'lI.L3areaare:
OL-LJJCiO superior to pennyroyal or
tauay; particulars, c Clarke & Co.. BoxjHi
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