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"The rapid introduction of the Amer ican Silver Truss, and subsequent sale of them with gratifying success by the druggists, have demonstrated the fulfill ment of all claims made for them by the company. They are, unquestionably, the neatest, lightest, cleanest and most easily adjusted truss of any on the . mar ket, and almost every druggist who has stocked this truss pronounces it to be the truss of the future." "The wearer of a truss Is always looking for some thing better, and it is, therefore, an easy matter to command attention when tho American Silver Truss is brought to tho notice of a prospective buyer. It is light and simple, made of one continuous piece of metal, without nuts, screws or rivots, and can be formed by tho hand to the exact shapo of tho body, and when placed in position does not move." "Dr. J. A. Comlngor, Indianapolis, Ind., formerly Dean of the Medical College of Indiana, and Surgeon General of the State of Indiana, who has used this truss for two years in fully ninety per cent, of his cases, recommends and endorses it as ontirely satisfactory in more casus than any other appliance he has ever HIS NARROW ESCAPE. A METHODIST MINISTER'S EXPERI ENCE WITH INDIANS. Ha Wna the Hole Inasng;r In a Stair Ttiat Wna Attfirkrd Th Irlrcr Wna Klllrrl, and tho Prrachor Attempted to Taka Ilia 1'laca A Lucky Tnnibln. Tho Chcyonnes mid Kiowns worn on fho warpath in 1HH7. Mingo station wore attacked and burned, telegraph wires were torn down and thrown into wells, and nil regular cotiinmntcatinn on the overland trail was abandoned. It was tliodutyof Captain I'owell toestub IIhIi the stations, leaving n guard of two or tlireo men nt ouch, nnd to push on toward Fort Lupton. Tho country was swarming with Indians, and small parties of white men moved only nnder great peril. At ono point along tho river tho command met n stage, which pre sented an amusing sight. On tho top sat flvo men, armed with long gnus and re volvers, while from thn insldo peored a woman and three, children. Tho captain persuaded tho party to place itself under his protection, as n conch had lioon at tacked the day before nnd the driver killed. At tho Wisconsin ranch tho coach nnd tho dead body of tho driver wero brought in. The lining had been cat out and tho woodwork was riddled with bullets. Thesavnges had lorn open tho mail sack and distributed tho let ters over tho plains, after tearing them open as if in search of money. The next tiny at a spot called Living Springs, 40 miles north of Denver, a long, lank individual walked intocaiup. Tho stranger cnlled for tho ofllcer in command and was conducted to Cap tain Powell "Tho man introduced himself ns a Methodist minister from Denver," said Colonel Powell. "I asked him how ho happened to bo so fur from homo. Ho replied by saying that ho wanted to bor row a gun. 'If a ooaeh comes through,' said he, 'I want to go along nnd kill somo of thoso rod devils that wero after mo yesterdey. ' I nked the man to sit down and tell his story. Uo did so, say ing thut he was iu tho couch whoso driver was killed tho day befuro. I li Miked at him iu astonishment, bnt ho told his story in such a straightforward way that I believed it. lie explained that tho day beforo was quite, warm, and after dinner ho had pulled oil his coat uud boots, ami being tho only pas senger in tho couch had stretched him self across tho seats inside and gone to sleep. His story went as follows: " 'I hud not been napping very long when I was uwakenod by tho most in fertiul yelling I over heard in my lifo. Hooked out tho window and found that UO or 40 Indians hud at tucked tho couch nnd were pouring volley ufter volley into it Tho driver hud turned tho horses, and we wero making rcmurkuhlo speed toward Godfrey's much. A shot struck tho driver, mid ho fell oil tho box dead. " 'Then I thought my only chance of safety lay lit reuching tho boot and get ting hold of tho lines. I climbed out of tho door, crawled into tho seat loft vu- ennt nml discovered to my dismay that tho lines had fallen between tho horses and wore drugging on the ground.' " Continuing his narrative, Colonel Powell related thostury us it caiuo from the lips uf the minister. Tho Indians continued their frightful shonts, and the terrified horses plunged forward ut a pace thut threatened to wreck the couch. Tho minister climbed down to tho tongue of the couch and mado a wild grab for the lines. At the same moment tho couch lunged across a gully iu the sand which had been formed by a storm tho duy before. Tho minister lost his hold and fell bend long into tho wash out. Tho couch passed over him, and a moment tutor tho pursuing Indians dashed by on horseback uftor the oonch and horses. The minister lay perfectly still for severul minutes. Then he peered over the pluiu to see that the couch hud been topped a short distance away and was being robbed. The minister saw only one means of escape. The Indians would cortainly roturn for his: sculp, and his only snfoty wag iu a bold dash for the Platte river, severul hundred yards away. The river was wide and swift, and ho might snocoed in crossing to the opposite bank. The project was carried into execution. In his stocking feet the white man made a dash through 800 yards of cactus. Two red devils attempted to head him off, but the thoroughly aroused minister of the gos pel fur ontclassed tho natives of the plains as a sprinter. With a prayer Upon his lips he plunged into the muddy water and reached a small island in the center of the river. Looking back to the shore, what was tho astonishment of the man to see two strangers, apparently white men, stand ing and bookoning him to roturn. The Indians had retired, and the two new comers were officers of Fort Lupton, who were returning to the fort after a hunting trip along the river. The min ister swam to shore and was csoorted to a place of safety. Colonel Powell remained at Fort Lnpton for several months until the In diuns quioted down and duugor had passed away. Then he hauled down tho flag and abandoned the post, marching to Denver in order to oross the Platte river, on his way to Fort Laramie. At that time the only bridge on the Platte river between the Missouri river and the mountains wits at Sixteenth street in Denver. Denver News. A WAITER WHO LOST MONEY. D Intfllitprl tTpnn a Convcraatlnn nil Dlitn't Oct Tip. From their conversation they wero evidently uncle nnd niece, nnd tho lat ter was from tho country. Her gown was trimmed with many ribbons, nnd it bore tho umulstukubln stump of tho rural dressmaker. Notwithstanding that fact, she was good to look upon, nnd her interest iu everything around her was vigorous nnd broad. They found a tnblo in n restau rant in tho Tenderloin not far from tho intersection of Droudwaynnd Sixth avo- inio at tho dinner hour. "yes," said tho uncle, "I huvo been hero long enough to become a pretty thorough Now Yorker," nnd then ho ordered a modest dinner. "This is ono of tho bang np restaurants, and you'll nlwnys find first ruto people hero. My boarding honso is bang up, but this beats it nil hollow. " Tho nloco straightened out a ribbon nnd then looked around i:i an embar rassed way. Sho was struggling with a question. As if tho suggestion wero al together iniprobahlo sho asked : "Did yen over see Jay Gould? "Sutolhuvo," ho answered! "lots and lots of times." "Did yon ever see Mr. Vanderbllt?" "Cornclo?" said tho undo inquiring ly. "Yes, indeed. When I boarded up town, I used to see Cornclo nearly every day." "What did ho look like?" asked tho uieco, beginning to feel tho lmpnrtnuco of dining with a New York uncle who had seen millionaires. "Why, Cornclo Vanderbllt is one mini in a thoiiHund," said tho uncle, pulling up witli pride. "Ho is a toll, lino look ing man with a heavy black beard. You would know him in any crowd for a man of importance. Ho wears his hair long und" "Pardon, m'sienr," interrupted tho waiter, who had begun toservothesimp, and who hud stopped iu surpriso ns the cily undo begun to diwenbo Cornelius Vunderbilt. "Portion, m'sienr, but I iiuf hud zo honor to serf Meestor Corne lius Vunderbilt, nnd youmnko zees mis take. Ho is not bceg, nnd ho has not zo black whiskers, full beard, so. lio is ono" "Just bring me a largo spoon, wait er," interrupted the uncle. As thownit er got out of enrshot ho said! "Yon see, I haven't seen Oornolius Vunderbilt sinco I moved downtown. Ho'schanged n good denl since then, nnd I hnvo heard thut his whiskers hnd been trimmed. " Tho waiter didn't have another op portunity toiiitmdeln the conversation, und ho received uo tip. Now York Sun. Tho Inllilrnoe of I'craln. To understand tho relation of Mussnl uiun rule to religions and intellectual freedom wo must note tho inflnonco of the conquest of Persia on tho Arab mind. When the invaders took the cap ital city of Khnsrn, they did not know tho vnlno of booty. Somo offered to ex change gold for silver, and others mis took camphor for sulphur. They came liko swarms of half starved locusts to devour tho hind. They wero banditti of tho desert, with no culture but tho in spiration of tho clans. Tho only idea of government in thoso tribes wus tho leadership of ago and vnlor, ns repre sented in tho sheik, with a nutnral mix turo of hcreditnry respect. On tho death of Mohnmmed they broko into rebellion. Islam really came on the world liko a flerco descent of desert clans on their foes. Mohammed's ideal of government was jast to send his governors through Arabia to establish Islam and then to collect tribnto from tho poor in cuniols and shocp ; also us plunder to meet the expenso of his campaign. Under those circumstances it was nu absolute neces sity for tho founders of the Mussulman empire in the east to adopt in the main tho financial and administrative experi ence of their more onlturod subjects. Arabio munes, customs, luuguugo, rites, penetrated the empire, but undor their external forms appeared the native ideas and methods. Persians wore the leaders and shapors of Islamic culture. The simple Arabs learned of those larger brains and more sensuous imag inations, music, architecture, sculpture, philosophy, wine and fine apparel. Per sians wore the real founders and teach ers of the great academic clubs and schools. Johnson's "Oriental Reli gions. " Forms of Incredulity. . Consider the great multitude of Chris tiana who are constitutionally incapable of believing that there can be good in any other religious system than their own. How muuy Protestants are there who hold it incredible that any good thing con come out of Rome? Can yon number the Romanists who are without faith in anything the Protestants ever did? A similar peculiarity is seen iu ruoes. Thore are many Irishmen who can be lieve in nothing bnt So xon "perfidy," many Polos who can believe in nothing but Russian "wickedness," many Bo hemians who can believe in nothing bnt the German "brute," and many Eng lishmen who can believe in nothing but tho "uuspeukable"Turk. All the Year Bound. s . A monopoly is a good deal like a baby. A mun is opposed to it on general prin ciples nntil he bus ono of his own. Ex change. The strength of the average horse is estimated to be equal to that of 7tf average men. . Animals t7nnratand ITyglima. Enough is now known of tho nature cf animal materia medico to excite in terest nnd curiosity. Thero is nbundant evidence that ninny species know and constantly ninko use of simple remedies for definite disorders, and nt tho same time ohscrvo rules of health to which only the highest civilization or tho sanc tion of roligious proscription oompols man to conform. It has been noted that tho general condition of animal health, esiocially iu the case of tho herbivorous creatures, oorrosponds not inexactly with that of such trilies ns the Somalia, men feeding almost solely on grain, milk, dates and water, living constantly in the open air, moderate in all things and cleanly, bn causo their religion enjoins constant ablutions. Liko them, wild animals have no induced diseases. Tho greater numlier do not cnt toexcess. They tuko regular exercise in seeking their food and drink only nt fixed hours. Many of them socure chango of climate, one of tho greatest factors in houlth, by mi gration. This is not confined to birds and beasts, for tho salmon enters the soft water partly to get rid of sen parasites and returns to the sea to recruit nfter spawning. With chango of olimnte, change of diet nnd perfectly healthy habits their list of disorders is short, though they readily fall victims to oon tagious disease just as recently iinmbors of tho Ilamrau Arabs of tho Sudan, ns hoalthy livers and good Mussulmans as tho Snmnlis themselves, friends and fol low hunters with Sir Samuel Baker, porishod of contagions fever on tho banks of the Nile tributaries. London Spectator. A Illble Cuurtalilp. A young gentleman nt church con volved a most sudden uud violent pas sion for a young lady in tho next paw, nnd felt desirous of entering into a rourtship on tho spot, bnt the place not inking a formal declaration tho cxigon ry suggested tho following plan: He politely handed his fair neighbor a Bi ble, open, with a pin stuck in the fol lowing text second epistle of John, Verso 5: "And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wroto a now oora niuudinout unto thee, bnt thut which wo had from tho beginning, thnt wo lovo ono another." Sho returned it with tho following second chapter of Ruth, verso 10: "Then sho fell on her faco and bowed herself to tho ground, and said unto hi in, why have I found grace in thino eyes, that thou shonldst take notico of mo, seeing I am a stranger?" Ho returned tho book, pointing to verso 12 of tho third enlist lo of John, Having many things to writo unto yon, I would not writo with paper and ink, bnt I trust to come unto yon nnd speak fnco to fuco. " From the above in terview tho murringo took phico tho coming week. Scottish American. Who Can Anawer Thla Conundrum? In tho memoirs of Duron Ktoekmur is o iioto by his son, tho editor of the work, in these words: "Thero wero not wanting instances of shomolcssnofis against which ho had to defend himself. A rich Knglishmnn, an author and member of parliament, called upon him ono day and promised to givo him 10,000 if he would further his petition to tho qneeu for a peerage. Stockuiur replied: 'I will now go into tho next room iu order to give yon timo. If upon my return I still find you hero I shall have you turned out by the serv ants. ' " Very crcdi tnblo, of course, to Stock mar, considering his circumstances nnd position. The incident occurred in the early forties apparently, and there were not many rich Englishmen at that pe riod who were both "authors and mem bers of parliament." But I am not aware that nnybody hus as yet identi fied tho would be corrupter of the im maculate buron. Who could ho have boon? And f'd ho get his peerage in the end? London World. A Kentucky War Story. An old Confederate soldier said re cently: "I remember an occasion where a colored man, a body servant to Gen eral Forrest, saved his life. The gener al had broken two swords, and the serv ant rushed forward and banded him another to defend himself with. This occurred at Sacramento, a little village in McLean county, and the combat was with John Williams, the grandfather of John Molntire, the artist, who lived in Owensboro for some time. Mr. Wil liams was a gallant Federal soldier, who hod served in the Mexican war and made a good fight. He fought so well that General Forrest paroled him and accompaniod him to his home in the neighborhood and asked his wife to bind up his wound and care for him, saying that so brave a man deserved the best of care and attention. " Owens boro (Ey. ) Inquirer. t lAhermen'a fjuHr Ways. Fishermen have queer customs. A few years ago tho fishermen of Preston, Lancashire, ,uscd actually to go fishing on Sunday. It seems iuoredible, bnt they did. A clergyman of the towu used to preuch against this Sabbath desecra tion and pray that they might catch no fish. Aud they did not 1 But tlioy found out how tomuko bis prayers of no avail Tho fishermen used to make a little efiigy of the parson in rags and put this mall "guy" up their chimneys. Whilo bis reverence was slowly smoked and consumed, the fish bit liko anything I Loudon Fishing Guzotte. llorlonaly Fataa." "That man's object is to serve hi oonntry with a sword if iiooossary, " said Lord Brougham, speaking of tho Duko of Wellington, "but he would do It with a pickax." The duke's sense of duty to his country not nnfreqneutly made him deal with George IV in a blunt, straightforward way and evou to evade obedience to the king's orders. An in teresting nnecdote, told in "Gossip of the Century," exhibits the duke dis obeying the king that he might serve the nation. The command of n regiment having fallen vacant, King Georgo said to Wel lington, then prime minister: "Arthur, there is a regiment vacant. Gazette Lord to tho vacancy. " "It is impossible, plense your majesty. Thero are generals who bate jeeti much service, more advanced in life, whose turn should first be served. " "Nevor mind thnt, Arthur. Gazette Lord ," replied tho king. The dnko bowed, went straight from Windsor to London and gazetted Sir Ronald Ferguson, whose service entitled him to tho vacancy. The king hud tho discretion to wink nt Wellington's dis obedienco, whoso conduct illustrated tho meaning of the Latin poet Horace's splendido mendax, which may be trans lated, "Gloriously false" or "False in a rood cause." , npcllnrd ntcmnlng n faint. A good story is told of Sir Richard Bnrton, who, wheu traveling iu Af ghanistan, had adopted tho disguise of a Mohammedan fakir. At one village whero ho stopped ho played his part so well that tho people formed a high idea of their visitor's sanctity. He was con gratulating himself indeed on the im pression iio had produced, when nu3 night, to his immenso surprise, the rid ers of tho village came to him in private and earnestly advised him to go away at once. Burton asked iu nstonishmeut whether the people did not liko him and was answered, oh, yes; thut was Just tho trouble. Tliry wero all ouehaut rd with his remarkable holiness, uud S considering what a splendid thing it would bo to possess the relics of so trtid a man, whoso tomb would draw wholo crowds of pilgrims, they wero debuting with thoniHolveswhetheroruotit wonl.1 be wiso to kill him. That is tho truo spirit of relio limit ing all tho world ovor. Tho more phys ical possession of tho grcnt man's ie- mains seems to bring him nearer, ami to give you, as it were, somo maglcnl power over him. Tho question whether you acquired them by fair means or foul is usually considered of quite sec ondary importance Cornhill Maga zine. A Maalolnn's Fnre. The average musician's fuco show but little trnco of muscular activity, bnt evidences of trophic changes duo to sympathetic disturbance lire abundant. Tho skin, especially heneuth the eyes and about tho throat, tends to bo full and buggy nnd is often filled out with local nccnmulutious of fat. As n rule, tho ryes aro prominent and dreamy, flic cornea is bright, und the conjunctiva glistening, but the naturally blue whito of tho sclerotic hns given place to a duller tint. Tho iioho is characterless, so fur us acquired qualities are concerned, uml differs essentially from tho clear tut nose of tho man of active will or intel lect. The month is tho lenst winstan; feature, bnt it generally is characterized by n lax nnd flabby set of the lips. It is tho sensuous mouth belonging to the artistic temperament, with certain specific characters superadded, which rosnlt from tho same causes ns are ro sponsihlo for the fullness beneath tho ogre and chin. Blackwood's Magazine. Scotch Humor. Au artist is busy ut his easel by the waysido. A rustic is looking over his shoulder ih the free manner of tho inde pendent Scot A brother rustic is i'l a field near by with his hands in hia pock ets. Ho is uncertain whether it is worth while to take the trouble to mount the dike for the uncertain pleasure of look ing at the picture. "Whut is ho doing, Jock?" asks he in tho field of his hotter situated mate. "Drawin wi pont I" re turns Jock over his shoulder. Is t bonny?" again -asks the son of toil in the field. "Ocht bnt bonny I" comes back the prompt and decided answer of the critic. Of considerations for the art ist's feolings thore is not a truce. Yet both of these rustics will appreciatively relate the incident on cpming in front the field and washing themselves, with this rider: "An he didna look ower weel pleased, I can tell yet Did he, Jock?" Contemporary Reviow. A Story of Thackeray. There is a story of Thackeray, short ly after the publication of "Vanity Fair," dining with a friend and receiv ing an introduction to his next neigh bor, "Captain Crawley of the Life Guards." Thackeray looked greatly uu noyed, scarcely opeuod his lips to this gentleman and afterwurd told his host in an aggrieved tone thut "he liked n joke as well as any man, but there was a time and a place for all things. " No joking allusion to a vhuructtr of his novel hud, however, been designed or perpotruted. Tho follow guest actual ly was a Captain Crawley and held a commission iu tho Lifo Guards. Shlloh's. euro, tho great cough and croup cure, is in great demand. 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