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"So you went to see that charlatan!"
"of course 1 did; why shouldn't IV"
"Hut he's a rank impostor."
IVrhups he is. I didn't take him
very Heriously. It's great fun, just the
name."
"Vou didn't po alone?"
"Oh. no! A lot of us went toRether.
We had a regular jamboree. Hut next
time you must ko with me."
"Klsie! You itn not Roine acain?"
"Hut I am. And you ure RoliiR. too.
AVhy. John, what makes you so fussy?
Jf I had known you were goinK to le so
rritit-al and arbitrary. I don't believe
I'd ever have said what I said last
niifht."
"Are you sorry so soon?"
"Now, that's siinidy silly. "What a
morbid, unreasonable boy you are.any
lmw! I'm gladder than ever I was lie
tore ill all my life, and you know it per-
r- ' r
mm.
nrc.vn .totin. t kxow iik can-t
Hl'lfT I S I'NI.IiSd VK LIST HIM."
fectly well. I'm so glad that I'm
iishameil of myself. Are you sorry?
Jf you're not, ynu oughtn't to llntl fault
wiih Ii'of. Ituneslane."
"Whv darling what had lie to do
Willi It?"
"Well, you know how mnny. many
times you hud asked me. And it was
the very next evening after I saw the
professor that I told you something
that you said made you very happy."
"Don't, Klsie, dear. I can't owe my
happiness to a hypnotist."
" if course not. You owe it to mc
AVhat nonsense! You'd belter take
Vhat vou can get. and be salislied."
1 took what r could get warm from
her pouting lips. It was very sweet;
and what is the Use of avsuing with
vour betrothed in the full moon of
kisses? . ,
"It I'm to obey you. sir. hereafter
and I shall, dear." she whispered, "I
shrill be very old-fashioned, and Just
love and honor and obey you always
when onee those words are spoken,
and 1 don't want any of them changed
but if Tin to obey you then. I should
think you might obey nie a little now."
What could I do but yield. I loved
her mini the delicate little ear that she
wouldn't pierce to the dainty little foot
that she would pinch. So I promised
and we sealed the promise.
"He sure you come enrly," she said.
as I took lingering leave. "It s Hal
loween, you know, and there's no tell
ing what may happen if we're not to
gether, l'rof. Kunestnno told me
to he there without fail at U o'clock,
and to bring John." j
"liring John?"
"Yes; wasn't it strange? For we
weren't really engaged then you know.
Hut It couldn't mean anyone else, for
there Isn't any other John for me."
"He is a charlatan." I cried; for the
thought made me angry.
"lie Is interesting," she retorted
and shut the door.
The next evening, as soon ns I could
make my escape from the olliee, I drove
out to Klsie's home. This was a big
stone farmhouse, built by lier grand
father and his sons with their own
hands. It was nestled in a spacious
dooryard full of trees, and a tall hedge
of lilac bushes fei d it from the road.
I found Klsie ready and waiting on the
little vine-covered "stoop."
She greeted mo with a delightful air
of ownership, scolding a bit because 1
was late: and soon we were seated to
gether in the light buggy, speeding
through the gathering gloom toward
the village.
"Ilemeiiibcr, T don't at all approve of
this." I was saying.
"Oh. I'll bear all the responsibility,"
she cried, gayly. "Hut what makes
you so so timid? It doesn't seem a
bit like you. Are you afraid of ghosts?
Just as likely as riot you'll see one be
fore the night is over. It's Halloween,
you know, and we're tempting them."
"Yes, we are tempting them. I'm not
afraid of ghosts, for there are none,
but I'm horribly afraid of seeing them."
"Why, what do yon mean'.'"
"I mean that if I saw a ghost I
should feel that I was going mad. The
certainty that nothing was there would
only make it worse.
"We all see ghosts in our sleep," I
continued, relentlessly; for the words
would come, and my voice hardened
in spite of me. "We believe in them,
too. The asylums are full of people
who see ghosts. That is real enough.
It is a wicked and perilous thing to
trifle with those mysterious powers of
brain and spirit of which lie know
absolutely nothing."
But at this she llamcd. "You shan't
talk to me In that way!" she cried,
with springing tears. "You've no right
to lecture me yet. And we"ll not turn
back either. I've been there before
and no harm tame of it. Dearest, don't
you see that no harm has come of it?"
Her voice softened and a little hand
sought mine. "Dear John. I know he
can't hurt us unless we let him," she
concluded.
I felt ashamed. "Yes," I conceded,
"I am convinced of that, or I should
never have consented to this visit. An
attitude of resistance Is the next best
thing to keeping away altogether. I
don't doubt that we shall find him
powerless, and probably a transparent
impostor."
"Professor Itunestane Isn't an im
postor," she protested. "You won't
say that after you have met him."
The professor so he styled himself
was standing in the doorway as we
drove up. I hated him from the first
glance: I more than hated 1 feared
him. His framg was big and gaunt
and bony, with an intrusive nose and
heavy jaw. He was lieardlcss. but a
black, wiry mane of imparted hair fell
in straggling masses below his shoul
ders. He seemed ill at ease and his
eyes moved restlessly in their cavern
ous sockets.
Nevertheless, he creeled us effusive
ly. "Ah-ah!" he said; "you have come.
And you have brought John. This is
quite as it should be. I congratulate
you, sir. It is a great pleasure to meet
you though I perceive that you are
something of a skeptic."
"I don't deny facts," I answered,
shortly.
"As well deny them as defy them.
"I don't acknowledge any debt to
hypnotism, and I don't propose to be
hypnotized, if that is what you mean,"
I retorted.
"You don't!" There was a moment
ary sneer, but he went on, smoothly:
"Well there's no rause for uneasiness.
No one can hypnotise you against your
will, of course. It's a, pity, though.
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Bachellcr Syndicate
that you have chosen such an altitude,
for nature has made you a most re
sponsive subject. And you have a viv
id imagination. That is something the
hypnotist cannot supply. He can only
Htlire-est nml set the imagination at
work. Hut yours is so active that you
fairly stand in dread of it. When you
were a child you hardly dared close
your eyes, because your fancy Instant
ly peopled the darkness With its un
welcome creations."
That was true; but how did he know
it? I felt a sudden terror of the man,
and evidently he perceived it.
"Sit down," he said. "You are nerv
ously overwrought."
I sank into a chair, for a sort of gid
diness had come upon me.
"That will quickly pass," he said.
"Your nerves have for some time been
under excessive tension.though you did
not realize it."
His manner had chnnged; there was
reallv some fascination about the fel
low, "though 1 still distrusted him.
"Don't you see that there is nothing
verv bad about me? I am a hypnotist,
it is true, but I am not seeking to hyp
notize you. Tonight, at all events, that
is no part of my programme. Hut I ex
pected you, and have prepared a little
surprise you shall be a iiK're specta
tor, if you choose."
He stood towering over me: Ms
stature was really extraordinary. His
eye no longer wandered, but gleamed
Willi a steely glitter.
"oli had better taste this wine," ho
said. "You are a little faint."
"No!" 1 protested, confusedly, for I
feared it might be drugged.
He drank it off himself. "It is harm
less, you see."
He laid his hand on my head and
stroked it. The dizziness was soon re
lieved. I felt stronger, and my mind
grew dearer.
"At least," he said, "you Will tasto
this fruit both of you."
1 was ashamed to refuse and took an
oiange as did Elsie, with a queer lit
tle laugh.
"Is it good?" idle asked.
"No," 1 answeied, and laid it down.
She laughed again.
1 rubbed mv eyes. "What have you
done with yours'."' I demanded.
"She dropoed it on the lloor, re
sponded the professor quickly, picking
it up. "Never mind the oranges; they
are not good, ns you say. I have soine
lhinir better to offer. It's Halloween,
v.ni remember. When Miss Klsie
was
Sure before she came with
of friends."
He looked at me fixedly.
"Yes," I responded, "she
et i-.nllv verv much desire
number
told me."
your good
opinion," lie continued. "There Is no
reason whv you should not trust mo.
Ixn.k me full in the face as you would
any other man. You see nothing there
that bodes you ill."
His look was quiet nnd command
ing; there was no trace of charlatanry
in his manner now. 1 felt no distrust,
and told him so.
I foresaw that you would find it
much pleasanter," he said, "and that
our exneriments would be much more
convincing if there were present a
number of witnesses In whom you had
contldenee. I have Invited several of
ur friends to Join us, and it has been
sliggegsted that we make the occasion
a sort of Halloween celebration. They
have been waiting while we talked,
and I wonder that they were able to
restrain themselves so long.
He threw ope n a door. It disclosed a
brilliantly lighted room, nnd a chorus
of merry shouts arose.
"tlo in, he said, "unci greet them."
I was immediately surrounded by a
throng of laughing acquaintances,
whose hearty welcome quickly put nie
at my ease. Hypnotism, they said.
was great sport. They had been look
ing up something new nnd lively for
a Halloween party, and this plan met
their ideas exac tly. Elsie, they de
clared, had promised them that I
should come.
Soon, at the professors Instance, we
bc-gan the games of the evening, which,
as he shaped them, proved a mnrvol
ous mixture uf hypnotism and Hallo
ween. Kirst we had a novel exhibition of
"bobbing for nipples." A large empty-
pan was brought in, and placed on the
middle of the lloor. Tom Tuttle then
submitted to be 'mesmerized." After
a series of "pusses" he was assured
thnt the ran was full of cider, with
roasted apples floating in it. Forth
with he thrust down his head and made
ludicrous efforts to seize the imng
inary anpVs with his teeth. At length
he seemed to catch one, and trium
phantly held up nothing sputtering
all the while as if ills nose were full of
cider.
Then I'hilo potter was mesmerized.
He had seen Tom's performance and
laughed heartily at it, but that made
no dillerencp; he knelt on the lloor unit
began ducking in the pan with the
greatest earnestness. Hut just us lie
plunged his face into the suppiisecl
liquid, the. professor cried out that it
was scalding hot. Poor I'hilo sprang to
his feet w ith a howl of anguish, and his
face grew as red ns a beet. Very mad
he was, too, at the trick played upon
"AII-HA!" IIR SAID. "VOL' HAVE
COME."
him, yet was promptly relieved by ap
plications from a basin of water steam
ing hot from the kettle, but which was
offered as frrsh from the ice tank.
Each member of the company "bob
bed" in turn, and not one was able
to resist the illusion. When my radl
ent Elsie knelt before the pan, I could
hardly refrain from protesting; but she
was only told that the dish was full of
honey, and a pretty picture she made.
scrubbing her sweet lips with a dainty
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stuff" that wasn't there.
"Now professor, that Is just too
mean," I heard her exclaim, in a curi
ously far-away voice.
- It was my turn next, hut the hyp
notist passed me by. "As I promised,
you shall be only a spectator tonight.
You object to being hypnotized, and I
of course, must respect your wishes."
Again I heard a laugh, mellow and
silvery. They were all laughing loud
ly enough, but this seemed to iloat in
from without.
The programme of our sports was
long and varied. We roasted nuts, and
pulled the "kail," and tasted the "cus
toc" the latter developing strange and
startling flavors under the subtle in-
splration of the hypnotist The mirth
grew uproarious. 1 entered more anil
more into the spirit of the frolic, and
laughed until I was weary.
At last it was proposed that I go out
alone and "winnow corn." The theory
of this ceremony is that If you go
through the motions of tossing up the
grain three times an apparition of your
future bride will drift past you. Care
must lie taken, however, to fasten the
doors wide oiien; for the wraith which
assumes the form that is to be so dear
is in truth but one of those mischiev
ous spirits that Hit about the earth
each Halloween and should it succeed
in shutting the doors upon you great
harm might come.
1 hesitated, but they all insisted:
"Go along," they cried; "it is only a
game, and what can you see but Elsie,
anyhow? You're not afraid of seeing
Elsie, are you?"
Iteluetantly I went out into the dark
ness. The Mr seemed close, and little
wind was stirring. No stars were visi
ble. I could scarcely grope my way,
but after stumbling up a steep ascent
found at length what seemed to be a
barn. My nerves were now in prime
condition for spectral effects; and I hid
a queer feeling that I was not alone,
that some one was directing me, though
I could distinguish no words. I man
aged to prop open the door, got hold of
a shovel, and began the make-believe
winnowing.
At the lirst toss a faint rustling was
audible. At the second there was a
sough, as of wind. At the third, a lu
minous form lloated before me. It did.
indeed, nnd the face was Elsie s only
it seemed fashioned from translucent
mist.
Then the door closed with a crash,
and suddenly the spectral face was
changed. It was Elsie's still oh!
Heaven forbid it was Klsie's, but 1
must have swooned.
PART II.
When consciousness returned, the
spell of terror was still upon me, but
nothing was visible. The darkness was
cavern-like. I was oppressed with a
sense of suffocation. As my thoughts
grew dearer, I perceived that 1 was ly
ing on my back. I extended my arms.
and with unspeakable horror encoun
tered a colli obstacle; there was a wail
on either side. I was Immured In a
narrow cell what sort of cell?
A scream rose in my throat nnd
stuck there; then It broke loose-, and
with a smothered, nightmare cry 1
sprang to my feet. I found myself en
tangled in a mass of clinging drapery:
1 Hung It from nie, right and left. I
hurled myself against the walls of my
prison; they gave way. a door burst
open, and I plunged forward into a
moonlit chamber. Behind me was a
closet full of clothes nothing more.
The revulsion of feeling left me weak
er than an infant. My heart made one
great throb and almost stopped; cedd
sweat was streaming down my limbs.
I sank into a chair. The room, which at
first swung round and round, at length
I Hl'RT.ED MYSELF AfiAINST THE
WALLS OE MY PRISON.
came to rest, and I perceived that it
was of the most ordinary description.
A shaft of pale light from the window
made plain the pattern of a cheap in
praln carpet on the lloor; a few pieces
ot furniture loomed up ill dusky blots
against the walls. Helow, 1 presently
distinguished a low droning of voices.
Where were my friends? What had
become of Klsie'.'
Still dreading surprises, I crept cnu
tlously down if stairway and through
several rooms. They were chill und
empty. The merry company had van
ished; ot the great open lire before
which we had roasted nuts I could
lind no trace, not even the ashes.
The murmur that had nt first at
tracted my attention was, however,
still audible, and 1 now reached a door
through the chinks of which leaked
gleams of light. This door I pushed
open: It disclosed the parlor into which
we had lirst been ushered. On the
(aide a light was burning, ami near it
thank Heaven for that was Klsie,
seated in a low rocking chair. Her
attitude was dreamy, and her eyes
were almost closed. Opposite her snt
the hypnotist, his look lixed, his right
arm extended; and as I strode in 1
caught the words:
"Remember at the first clod."
The professor turned with u slurt
Elsie opened her eyes; they brightened
us they rested on me.
"It must be very late." she mur
mured, with a little yawn. "I can
hardly keen awake. You must take
me home now. John."
Runestane was regarding me with
evident displeasure. "You have come
too soon," he said, "but novices are
never to be trusted: it takes time to
establish full rapport. And you have
had a needless shock, but it doesn't
mutter.
"Now go." he continued, rudely. His
manner was almost tierce. "The seance
is broken: don't bother me with ques
tions. Take her home, and thank fate
that you didn't push in a moment
earlier."
I was furious, though powerless to
contend. "Where are our friends," I
cried. "I demand an explanation."
"I'm at once," he repeated, with men
nee In his tone. "Clo! and keep out
of my way hereafter, or it may be the
worse for you."
Dismayed and pale. Elsie clung lo my
arm. "Oh! take me home," she whis
pered. He almost pushed tis out. Soon we
were speeding down the road, but my
hands were so unsteady that 1 could
scarcely hold the reins.
Elsie rested her glove upon my shoul
der, nnd her cheek upon her glove;
bright tear drops trickled down my
sleeve.
"Dear John," she sobbed, "forgive
me. Poor boy. how you tremble. It
was awful. We ought never to have
come. It was very, very wrong of me
to make you. Forgive me, John. For
give me, please, and don't love me any
less. I couldn't bear to have you blame
me" and her tears streamed afresh.
"I'm afraid It isn't for very long, any
way," she said.
I didn't grasp the full Import of her
words then: I had reason to remember
them afterwards. I tried to comfort
her In lover fashion, but I was still un
nerved and all ajar. I was bewildered,
too, and felt sure of nothing.
"Oh, Elsie, what became of the rom
pany?" I cried. "What really hap
pened ?"
"John! John! thore wasn't any com
pany!" she gas ied. "Don't you know
there wasn't? Not much of anything
really happened, except that he got hold
of you with that awful influence."
"And the games we played, and the
fellows he mesmerized, and the tricks,
and the fire "
"It was nothing at all. We Just sat
in the parlor, and he talked and talked
in that queer, droning way, and some
how you seemed to see everything he
told about, and more, too. I thought
it was funny at first, and was rather
glad to see you taken down, after the
things you had said. I din't realize
what a dreadful power he a gaining
over you; it didn't seem possible that
you were taking it seriously. At last
he sent you upstairs, and then I don't
quite remember. I was growing sleepy,
1 guess." .
The mists were now dissipating in
my brain. I saw that I had been made
the subject of a hueu hypnotlo practi
cal poke a little more severe, perhaps.
than had been intended, owing to my
temperament. Hut a new fear entered
my heart. Elsie had this vile wizard
dared to plant his hideous delusions
amid the bright imaginings of her soul?
"Surely," I cried, "you were noi nyp
notized while 1 was puts out of the
way, chained hand and foot in that
horrible trance?"
"No! no!" she snld. with just the
ghost of a smile. "I didn't play any
Halloween games except In your fan
cy, poor boy. I just sat still and wait-
"DO NOTMAKK ME K MURDER
ER," HE CRIED.
eel. I don't remember n single word he
said. Only I feel so sad and sorry," she
cried, with a sudden sob. "I had
thought we would be so happy to
gether." ,
"Why. Elsie! What Is this?"
She ilung her arms about me for
the first time in her life. I dropped
the reins; the horse first walked, then
stopped short.
She kissed me my betrothed upon
both eyelids. "I owe It to them," she
said: "they have been so abused to
nisht. through me: and they will shed
so many, many tears before another
Halloween."
The next morning I was early at her
door. She met me dressed In black.
nor could I prevail upon her to make
any change.
"I must wear mourning for our love,"
she said. "1 shall be dressed In white
only too soon."
Her face was wan. and all her ex
uberance lost; she was perfectly ra
tional, except on tills one point that
she would die before the year had
past. Nothing that I or anyone else
could say had any effect upon this
conviction. She knew that she must
die; it was useless to deceive one's
self. How she knew, she could not
say, but she knew it absolutely. If we
would wait we would sec. Thnt Rune
stane had anything to do with it she
insistently denied. He had told her
nothing, she said. She just knew.
This we did not believe, but we were
thoroughly frightened. Such delusions
are all too likely to Jilltill themselves.
1 told her later the whole story, and
that afternoon we drove hastily over
to the professor's headquarters. It
was as 1 feared. He had already tie
parted, am! we could learn nothing ot
his whereabouts. ,
Things went from bad to worse. The
doctors were helpless, for there was l.o
organic disease. My beloved simply
sank In a gradual decline, the victim
of a fixed idea which nothing could
reach unless, perhaps, the voice of th
hypnotist who had imposed It.
I had now come to regard him ns a
murderer a very fiend. At last, hope
less of any other means of cure, I left
the town and spent several months in
blind and feverish efforts to (hid him.
It was a vain search; no clew could
be discovered.
The fatal year had almost passed,
and another Halloween was approach
ing, when 1 was recalled by the news
that Klsie was failing fast and con
stantly asked to see nie. I arrived, but
Just ill time; and in my arms she sank
into what seemed a gentle slumber
only there was no awakenins.
it was long before I could believer
her dead. For days she lay In mar
ble beauty In the chamber of mourn
ing; but her heart was still, and no
breath ever clouded the mirror thai,
we so orten helil to her lips. Finally
It wits felt that there could be no more
delay. The day of the funeral was
set : It w as Halloween.
As I stood, with feelings that no pen
can portray, before the open grave into
which Jhc casket enshrining nil that I
loved had just been lowered. 1 saw
among the sad faces gaihereil there one
had It risen from the earth? Was it
another Illusion? It was the face of
Runestane. At any other moment I
should have sprung at his throat.
He was stooping, and as he rose he
cast a little clod of earth upon the cof
fin. Hands were outstretched to check
him, voices were raised in protest; but
his rang loud above them all.
"The girl is not dead," he cried.
"Raise up the casket!"
They shrunk buck; they thought him
mad.
"1 tell you she is not dead," he shout
ed. "He quick; already she is waking
from her trance." His face was livid.
"Do not make me a murderer," he cried,
and pressed forward,
A sudden recollection surged through
my brain. I sprang to his aid. and to
gether we lifted up the casket.
"You must open It," he said. "She
must see you lirst."
others were helping now, with shak
ing hands, and the lid was soon off. I
bent over mv loved one; her face
showed color, and her lips were parted.
Her eyelids fluttered; then they opened
wide. She saw me knew me.
We did not wail for her to realize her
grewsome surroundings. Lifted in lov
ing hands, she was quickly borne to
a quiet chamber, where, as the full tide
of life and consciousness came gradu
ally back, I watched beside her and
with me was Runestane. Onlv once,
however, did he speak to her, and that
was before she seemed fully aroused.
"Tile spell is ended." he said, in that
slow, droning voice thnt I so well re
membered. "The spell is ended; live,
and be happy.
"And may Clod forgive me." he added,
"for this rash and criminal experi
ment." Runestane remained only long
enough tomake certain of Elsie's safety
and sanity. "This is no pince for me."
he snld. "I shall remember it always
with remorse and horror. I could not
blame you if you sought my life. Yet
you must know that I am no crazy
charlatan, but a deep student of these
obscure phenomena of hypnotism and
suggestion. My true name is well
known to the world, but I dare not
tell it. Like the medieval student of
forbidden magic, I was lured on by the
fascination of these unwarranta-ble ex
periments, until I was almost ready to
stultify my soul to satisfy my thirst for
further knowledge. I shall brave such
risks as this no more.
"You wonder, lloubtless, why I did
not come to your aid before such a des
perate pass was reached. The truth Is,
1 dared not. To enable you fully to un
destand the matter a long course of
abstruse study would be necessnry;
but in brief, I had made an Impression
In the unconscious substratum of her
mind so deep and of such a nature that
neither I nor any other could reach it
until its term was run. It was a hor
rible experiment nothing less than a
species of psychological vivisection.
Thank God that her life Is not upon
my soul. Had you Interrupted me, thnt
night, by entering the Toom one mo
ment sooner, the impression would
have been left incomplete; and In that
case there would have been no possible
awaking. It would have been death,
Indeed. .
"I cannot ask you to forgive me," he
concluded, "but my shadow shall never
again cross your path.' -
Happy, Indeed, Is my home: no sor
row has ever yet'erossed its threshold.
Hut my sweet; wife trilles no more with
the perilous mysteries of hvpnotism,
nor tempts the spirits of Halloween.
TIIF. BEEIl TRADE.
Figures Which Illustrate Its Dimen
sions in This Country.
Ffom tho Chicago Record.
There is now invested in the brewing
business in this country about $2."0,(XH,
000. which is about one-third the ag
gregate capital banks of the country.
While the uinount invested has largely
increased the annual sales of beer have
nearly quadrupled since 1876. Tne re
port shows that while In that year
the sales of beer amounted to $S,500,000
they reached the enormous sum of
$3ti.000,00i in 1895-6. Large as these fig
ures are, they are not so insignificant
as those ublished by tho treasury de
partment at Washington. Government
reports show that the consumption of
beer and malt liquors was in 1S76 30S,
336.000 gallons in 1SS6 717,745,000 and in
1S95 1,04;J,2,000 gallons.
This shows that while the per capita
consumption in 1S76 was B.SS gallons it
had increased to nearly 15 gallons per
capita in l.v.'S. Notwithstanding the
large increase in the population of the
country the consumption of malt
liquors has increased considerably more
than twice us fast. At the same time
the consumption of distilled liquors has
fallen off from 1.S3 gulolns per capita
to 1.12 gnlolns and wine has fallen off
an average of 3t per cent.
It Is a little singular that when the
proposal was recently made in congress
to add a tax of M a barrel to the pres
ent lax on malt Honors, as means of
relieving the treasury and making up
In this way for th decrease of the
treasury receipts. Senator Sherman
should so strenuously oppose the pro
posal that it was defeated. The ut
put of beer last year was over 3.1.4H9,
tiOO barrels and the quantity will be
exceeded this year. The expenditures
by the government for the year 1S93
were $::4,0!)4.4:U ill excess of the receipts
and art addition of such a tax as was
proposed would have nearly covered
such a deficiency. When it is under
stood that a very large proportion of
the breweries in the country are owned
by foreign capitalists who take the
profits of this business out of the coun
try It is ditllcult to understand why
the tax was so summarily defeated. So
small an increase in the tax would
not hnve appreciably added to the price
to the consumer but would be chiefly
paid by the manufacturer.
I'OKNS AM) TIIKIK U Si:
Observations or u Chiropod'st ou n
Prevnilicg Allliction.
From the Washington Rtur.
A chiropodist says:" One of the most
popular corn plasters is made in Balti
more, but not long ago the nianulac
turer brought his wife over to me to
be treated for corns. 1 asked him why
he did not try to cure her himself, lie
told me that his plasters were very
good things to sell to druggists, but
that they did not seem to benefit his
wife In the slightest. It Is my ex
perience that al least S( per cent, of
people suffer more or less from corns.
Washington Is one of the worst cities
In the country in this line. It la on
account of the asphalt streets, I think.
At any rate, people who come from
other cities often develop some form of
foot trouble after they have been here
;i while."
"Who are your bc3t customers?"
"Women always. They will persist
in wearing high heels and shoes thnt
are too short for them. Sew, a short
shoe is much worse than a shoe that
Is too narrow, for, as the average per
son is not blessed with higli Insteps.
the toes are forced down against tho
end of the shoe and either corns or de
formities of the joints result. In mv
opinion southern people hnve the best
feet. The reason of it is that they are
great iiorscuack riders. Holding one s
feet In the stirrups results in making
high insteps, and high Insteps prevent
the feet from being forced down into
the end of the shoes, it Is true that
southern women like to wear high heels
and tight shoes, but the effect is no;
nearly .is bad on them as It la on
northern women with their Hatter In
sti ps.
"Yes, bicycle riding Is Just about ns
good for the feet as is horseback riding.
The foot gets freer play than it does
in walking, and If the shoes are well
made and properly lilting It has a
tendency to make the feet arched ami
graceful. I lirmly believe tbat the fact
that so many small childn n are now
riding the wheel Is certain to result In
better shaped und healthier feet in th
coming generation. Parents really
ought to take more care about their
shoes, seeing that they fit properly and
do not rub or nre loose. That parents
do not, as a rule, exercise such care
Is shown by the numbi;r of children
from a to 5 years of age who are
brought lo nie to be treated fur coins
und bunions."
IX SI'.WV HAVANA.
l.ilit nnd Cool Aii;ncl is n rri-s
sity, us Arc M inil-S wcjit Homo.
Frnm the Cornhill MriKiizinc.
The houses ut? lmiinly limit d nnd
low, three-story luiililirm's IjcIhk rare,
ami one-story structures quiL I'liin
niim. You notice that everything fs
niaile to serve comfort ami coolness.
Insteinl ot hnrltii; panes of rIusm, the
windows are open and guarded by lii;lit
Iron rnlliiius. and the heavy wooden
doors ure left ajar. You see into many
house? ns yon imss alunK, and very c ool
they look. There1 are marble floors,
enne-seated chairs and lounges, thin
lace curtains and Kllinpses of courts
in the center of each builclintr, often
with green idnnts or Riiucly flowers
Krowini? In them between the jiarlor
and tho kitchen. You vlll find much
the same jilan at your hotel. Ynu may
walk In at the doors or the dining room
windows, just as you I'lense. for the
sides of (lie house seem capable of le
ini? nil thrown mien, while in the cen
ter of the buildins you see the blue
sky overhead. Kcpially cool do nil the
inhabitants appear to be. and the wise
man who consults his own comfort will
do well to follow the general example.
Kven the soldiers wear straw hats.
The gentlemen are clad In underwear
of jdlk or lisle thread, and suits of
linen, drill or silk, and the ladies are
equally coolly appareled. Havana is a
dressy place, and you will bo aston
ished at the neatness and style to which
the tissue-like tooils worn there are
made to conform. Hut come anil see
the apartment you nre to rest In every
night. Ten to one the ceiling is high
er than you ever saw In a private house,
and the hutje windows open upon a
balcony overlooking a verdant plaza.
The floor Is of marble or tiling, and the
bed Is an ornate iron or bniss affair,
with a tightly stretched sheet of can
vass or line wire netting in place of
the mattress you are used to. Ynu
cannot sleep on a mattress with nny
proper degree of comfort In the tropics.
There is a ennopv. with curtains over
head, and everything about the room
is pretty certain to bo scrupulously
clean. Conspicuous there nnd every
where else that you go is a rocking
chair. Itocking chairs are to be found
In rows In the houses and in regiments
in the clubs.
If the Baby Is Catting Teeth.
Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all rain, cures wind colic and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Sold by
druggists in every part of the world.
Be sure and call for "Mrs. Window's
Soothing Syrup," and take no other
kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
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Or is Inst and Only Genuine
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w mill. 1 1" ti moo i"ii, .yitmt ftper.
2,000,000 BARRELS
Made and Sold in Six Months, ending flarch 1, 1896,
Total Product of
in in
Ths A Mill Alone produced 1,000,000 Barrels,
Largest Run on Record.
Wnshburn, Crosby's Superlative Is sold everywhere from th
Pacific Const to St. John's, New FounUland, and in I lie, Ian J. Ireland
and Scotland very largely, and i recognized as the best flour in th
world.
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THE MERCHANT TAW
Has Moves! to HI New Qaarters.
402 Lackawanna Avenue.
Entrance on side next to First National
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General Agent for tho Wyoming; District
11S WYOMINO AVENUE. ' Scraatoa, Pa
Third National Bank Building.
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aoy'a Ulgb Kplcwivea.
m rn Til r a r
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ATRETAIL.
Coal of the best quality for domestic) hm
and of all sixes, including; Buckwheat anil
Birdseye, delivered in auy part of tne cltj;
at the lowest price.
Orders received at the Office, first floor.
Commonwenlth bulkllnR, room No. (j
telephone No. 2(4, or at the mine, tele
phone No. 272. will be promptly attended
to. Dealers supplied at tho mine.
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Pharmacist, cor. Wyoming Avanua an
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