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rswW •»:! . o. , • * *•« ., . • . > ' ;•*!»§§* ssskk! V ^.rv , *N ??'* ' t* *- * « >t * -i y wK " " 'FOR BETTER, FOJt WORSE." ' But tvMbut jrat&nionXh tbSrml an «al<l • SC *ri; tw*sS>ut fwjfc month tWfgr nlleds«-»y. And twin tbon Sn counted a y»«r and a day. An' thosj kriflrcfeBt thv Jean is dead. ** Thon vilt never hold me close and dear." (The wild w»va* ro>£r over Will thy ScMI. " fipt thy lot in lonesome, end toil in hard, , An if tbou wilt gf me tny*en to cuid, • I'll never ask thee for mnre'rewara, ia' I'll hold thee very dear." At last sli« soWmmI, "I will bo thy wife." (The wild waves thunder oil Whitby Scar), 8he bad leurued to lean ou bis tender care; It it ill oti u lonely path to tare; And never n woman but fain would Stum The roses a«(l wine of lifei -< Tt>e weeding day drew near apive (The vwl<l waves call upon Whit by Scar) .When ft lad run hard TO his cottage home And hade liiiu "Haste thy way* and come. Where, with {ii*eo<i&eye« and vfclto Hps dumb, ill fcibe looked op in hi s T«ce. 'No wedding day" m , And at last «he whUrered. (The wild waves cratii on Whitby 8cer> *• Will ever brim; me dear, ro theo; ...4; A rt«ion ha« ootnein sleep to me. j *: And I know he liven, though deep ill tpS sea Lie* the wreck of the Flying Spray. **I MV him. dear--It Is nore on tis J>oth"-- . (The wild waves rave over Whithy 8c»ifl " 1 saw hija steixf. and worn, and white. Bnt the coin we broke in hia hand shone And he kissed It under a gr*t moon's light, AndsuM, 'We keep ourtrtfth." " I donbt I have used thee verv ill," (The gray wavee wail over Whitby ftaftrl, " Bnt thoiVnrt tender and strong to forgive, An be friends the l it that liaw 8itha! the bees have left mv hivet •; ;,1, But thou wilt be happy still. -?&•. " And .Ten 11 looked up to the crimson akies (The ebb tide sobbed upon Willi by Wear); *' I heard his voice speak clear and .strong ; . He paid, (Ma lass, it i« not for Ions, Ax Hoaven set* straigiitwfcat earth makes wrong.' • And a smile was in his eyes." > And before another autumn came (The bine waves sigh over Whitby Sou). They bud the pa e bill toiler rcr.t. With her broken sixpence • n her breast. And we mourned her gently who IfSt, For her weary watch was done. The day on a desert tropic isle (The soft waves whisper on Whitby A lonely man lay down on the sand, A token tight in hia wasted hand. And t assed to the undiscovered land. And his dead lips wore a smile. her HIS PRAYER ANSWERED. |#K •jf; Clang! clang! went the great 'be'xl, ^startling the whole neighborhood and ^bringing all the villagers and farmers -|for miles around to the prison. A convict had escaped and a reward was ^offered for his capture--a reward large enough to tempt most men. And, besides this, the warm, good sapper always served on such occa­ sions drew many who would soon tire of the hunt. Many more came from gT; Dure love of the chase, for a man li't hunt is nearly if not quite as good as a coon hunt, and the prize when caught is larger. , Some brought rifles, others dogs, .and still others clubs. Things looked bad for the unfortunate prisoner, for all the men seemed ferocious and W* >, bloodthirsty excepting one, who re- marked he i4didn't care a darn if the poor galoot did get away; all he if! •" . wanted was the supper and to seethe H start," and it was not much of a pip sight as they all sallied forth headed by the guards, after partaking lib- , erally of some "corn juice" provided y , by the prison officials. A long pro- jL cession of women and children met Pr them at the "store," for most of the Jv men had brought their families to the village for safety, and there was much shouting and laughter as they separated into squads, each detach- & merit going a different way. The noise they made, together with the ?f baying of hounds and the trial rifle fr-' " 'shots, was enough to have warned the > / j .prisoner if he had been within a mile. Gradually, however, the sounds died away, darkness settled down, and the fplace became perfectly quiet, except in the houses where the visiting wo­ men were gathered. There the fun f was as loud and hearty as though the absent men had taken their guns and ^ dogs to hunt rabbits instead of a bu­ sman being. j, , Toward morning all the searching |§g: parties 'returned, cold, wet, and J%; 'weary, reporting that they had I;- scoured the whole neighborhood with- pg out finding any trace of the miosing & • , man. p|, "He must hev' had help," said the ^ bead guard, "or he could not have got so far away; for we've looked and M there ain't a sign of him anywhere iipv-- • jcound here." ' . "Bid you go tbrongh the swamp In Hineu' wood?"' asked one of the I' ' women. , "Jfo? w<; didn't go through," was tbe answer, "but we took the dogs all round the edge of it and they didn't seent nothing. Besides, a fel- ^ ? low couid't live there." " "No," they all agreed, "he ain't in M' ••. the swamp." But in the swamp he was, cowing down among the damp dead leaves, Q'~" covered with mud, icy cold, and . coughing terribly. All night he had lain there, knowing it was the only / safe place for him, listening to the moan of the wind and cracking of the boughs, and hearing a pursuer -in father would not consent to their be­ ing married or even engaged while he was poor. >» The time after that he d!<T not care to remember, so he passed on to the day "they took him down." He recollected how she had hung on his neck and cried: "I'll never forget you, Jim; I'll wait till you come out." And of conrse she had waited. She Ibad not written to him, to be sure; «f course her father could prevent that, but she would be waiting. Poor Jim, if he had only known ahe had married before a year had passed and died a few months later! What a good time they would have with the money he bad laid away, for all of it was not captured. He knew he could not live long, but for a year, perhaps two, they would be free, lie must try to grow stronger before then. She would asfc the doc­ tor when he could get up. By and by the doctor came, the man whom all the prisoners loved as the one pleasant person they came in contact with, and upon being asked looked confused and troubled. At last he fipid: "My poor fellow, I have got to tell you some time; it has been on my mincl for woclrr, arc! I rr«ay as well get it off now. You will never get up again; you have only a short time to> live." "I can live a year, can't I?" asked poor 306 anxiously. "I will be free In six months." "Jim," said the doctor sorrowfully, "you can't live three weeks, and if Tou excite yourself this way you won't live one." For awhile the prisoner made rio answer, only lay with his face turned to the wall, but presently he said: "Doctor, if I can't live to be free I should like to die outside the walls. Do you think it could be fixed?" "I don't know, Jim," was the doc­ tor's reply, "but I'll see the warden and ask him." ••Come back andtell me right away, won't you?" begged the convict, and in half an hour the doctor returned. The warden was sorry, but he had no power to authorize such an act, though being a kind-hearted man, he yielded to Jim's imploring messages delivered bv the doctor and paid the wretched man a visit. His answer was the same. "The only way it could be done would be by permission of the State board, and that won't meDt for three months yet," he said. "Three months!" groaned the pris­ oner. "and the doctor says I shan't live three weeks." The warden went down-stairs aind Jim began to beg the doctor to assist him to escape. The doctor withstood his pleadings fonsome time, but finally said: "Jim, I will help you--no, you needn't thank ma I believe it's wrong, but I know you can't possibly live and I'm sorry for you. When I come this afternoon I will bring you a bottle of .mm. mm. H nil" i ,T --f at the dying mulQS. The warden, the doctor, the driver, and the guards were all right: but where was Jim? Presently he was discovered laving across the fallen limb of a tree. Tho. doctor felt his pulse, lis­ tened for his heart, and then, turning to the others, said: "Gentlemen,'.JimV prayer .is an­ swered. lie is no longer a prisoner." --Chicago Times. ' KtlMimr a i'ltftf uaai "t am Chairman of a committee fb Select a pastor for our church," said a Western gentleman at the Fifth Avenue Hotpl the other day to a New York Times reporter, "and I have come Jo New York to find out what I can about three or four ministers. I don't know much about-theology, but I do claim to be a Judge of men, and I know what kind of a man will suit our congregation. I'm a jusiness- man, and 1 went at this in a business way." "How?"-he was asked. "I wrote tefci. G. JDun & Co. and got the man's standing just as I would if I had been wanting to find out the standing of some firm with which I proposed to do business. The flrni answered my letter, and I now practically know whether I want the man or not." The Chairman of the committee then showed the Times man the let­ ter from one of R. G. Dun & Ca's agents. It gave the clergyman's age, his general build, and the color of his hair and eyes. It Is Said that he had presided over his present parish for three and a half years and was liked by the congregation. It gave the amount of his salary and the average length of his sermons. His family was described briefly. One sentence in it said: "He is deaf in one; ear, bnt not enough to make it disagreeable to talk With htm." He was said to be rated as a good man, but not particularly elo­ quent. It clgsed: "He is about a $2,500 or a $3,000 man." "Now," said the committeeman, ('I claim that this information is a good deal more reliable and valuable in determining whether he is a man who will suit our people than I could have got if I had heard him preach, questioned his deacons and brother clergymen, or attended his prayer meetings. I'm going to have a talk with him and find out how deaf he is, and if he isn't too bad I think he's about the man we want" i .L TBE SARATOGA MIRACLE PURTH8R INVESTIGATED EXPRESS REPORTER. **• Ffcete Already 8t»t«d FnHy --Interview* with l«s<ll»| Fhyalotwsa Who Tnatstf Qamnt--Th« Moat JUml- wis CM* ta the Htetoqr W- Conenalsd Weapon). In the days when fire-arms ^eere a part of the peisbnal outfit considered necessary in certain very youthful aiid active Westefrt towns, one man could scarcely beair. testimony against an­ other in thte respect, since -all werfe alike guilty. *Fhe author of the mili­ tary experiences entitled "On the Border with Crook," speaks of an ec- ^ ^ centric character named Duffleld, a whisky and a tile, and see, hefe is the I man who was one night peVsuaded in key to the outer door, the omrleading I a good-humored mood, to produce all to the fire-escape. Look,, I'll drop to on the floor. When I get dtiwn-stairs I shall send a man to look for it and you must be asleep, and remember, if you get caught you must never betray me." Jim had never opened his lips after the doctor declined his thanks, but the weapons with loaded. He drew them from of his waistcoat, from hfe bodf-legSj from his hip pockets and the back okf his neck; there they were, eleven weapons, mostly small Derringers, with one knife. Comment was tisc- his eyes had been eloquent. When ! less, for none of those present thought the file had been promised him they bad flashed strangely, then softened with alternate hope and despair, and it wise to criticise. The next day, however Judge Titus had Duflield arrested and brought be- now, as he caught the doctor's hand fore him on a charge of carrying con- and kissed it, they were dim with cealed deadly weapons. The court tears. The doctor kept his word in room was packed with a very orderly all particulars, and next morning 306 crowd, listening to a long exordium looked like anything but a dying j frani the Judge on the practice of car man. "It's all right, doctor," he whispered. "It's all right, doctor," | he whispered. "Tbe bars are all through, and once I get to the outer door Lcan use the key." "Well, Jim," said the doctor, "think it all over; it's a wetday, and though I'll try to keep them off the scent till night they'll start then. [ rying concealed deadly weapons. When this very sensible address was concluded he said: "Call the first witness. Call Charles O. Brown." Mr. Charles O. Brown, under oath, states his name, residence and occu­ pation and was then directed to show the Judge and jury how the prisoner And, Jim, I am not much of a preach- had drawn;his revolver the day pre- er, but remember now, soon you have got to die." That afternoon directly after din­ ner Jim started. As he had said during the night before, he had filed the bars to the inner door and the other one he opened with the. key. Watching till no one was in sight he slid down the fire-escape and hurried away. There was ifiTguard at that corner of the prison, as none of the viously. "Well, Jedge," said he," the way he drawed her was jest this;" and suiting the action to the word, this main witne^s for the prosecution drew a sixshooter, fully cocked, from a holster on his hip. There wate a ripple of laughter through the ccrart room. Every one saw the absurdity of holding one man responsible lor, the misdemeanor of m prisoners knew of the small outer ; which a whole community was guilty, door. He knew the way to the j and the trial proceeded no further. swamp, for in his "trusty" days he ! ; -- had hauled wood to the prison from I , , J*11* trim* i»or»*n«ini, there, and he reached it safely. All i Parker, of the Lnited that night and the next dav and i District Court for 'Western night he stayed' there, but the fol-i Arkansas, lately made some starring lowing morning, feeling he must | statements, <ihd-followed then with have food, he visited a neighboring ' sugg°stive comments. tie kl in search of jjrecn corn. This! charging the grand jury at the he found in plenty, and started back, ' ®P^n^ng of his court at lort Smith, but his strength failed hiui, and he j he said that whereas the ascertained was compelled to rest a little. Once! number of murders in this country in every sound. When the searching j on the ground, sleep overcame him. ! 188® was less than thirty-six hundred, party had come to the Sivump he had heard them, even recognized the voices of several of the guards, and nearly burst a blood-vessel in his ef­ forts to prevent a tit of coughing. He might have been warmly housed instead of out in the drizzling rain, satisfied instead of hungry, and on a good bed instead of the wet ground. But then this was his first night out of nrison for over eighteen years. Only the day before he had had no thought of trying to escape. He knew, he had known ever since he and when the farmer's wife came to j 18SM) but forty-three hundred, gather corn for dinner, he still lay | it was very .nearly six thousand in there. She immediately sent word to j •. the prison, and when he awoke it was I ,s startling to learn that there to find himself securely tied and sur-1 were twenty-live more supposed mur- rounded with guards. At a little derers in 1889 than were exe- distance in the spring wagon drawn j cu^-ed according to law, and the ex- by the famous prison grays were the , cess lynched over executed mur- warden and the doctor. When he i derers was sixty-seven in 1890; but opened his eyes they called the lat,-- 1 assutiiinff that only one person was ter, who administered some brandy and told him to lie quiet. The ward­ en came and looked at him and the wretched man began to beg to be al- f i t Ifi'v' entered the prison, that if he ran I lowed to die there. "I can't live away and was caught, as he most J many hours," he gasped, and it was evident he spoke the truth. His ghastly face made the warden's heart ache. The prisoner closed his eyes hopelessly and prayd: "O God, lot me die in the air,'r and fainted away. When he became consciour, they r;ently lifted him into the wagon and Che warden gave orders to ul:* ;he ravine road. likely would be, he would have his whole term to serve over again, with­ out any allowance of time for good behavior, for such is the law of Kansas. But yesterday morning as he lay in the cheerless" prison hospital, for he was dying with consumption, the song of a bird outside the barred win­ dow startied him, and he began to think. He had not done so for years [ they hear the bla^in^," said th» crm concerned ip each murder, hardly one in twenty of those guilty of the crime in these two years suffered the penalty of death, either at the hands ! of the law or by the violence of a I mob. | Judge Parker gives several reasons ! for the shocking state of affairs thus revealed. The indifference and in- j competence of courts; the general | prevalence of perjury; the use of cor- i rupt means--money, and social, and J other influences--to shield criminals; j the sickly sentimentality that turns an assassin into a hero as soon as he months of prison life--but once be­ gun his thoughts carried him a long wav-jpff, and he neither saw the surly steward's assistant bring his break­ fast nor take it away half an hour later. He thought of his childhood and his mother, of the school he had attended, and of the mischievous tricks he had played. Then his thoughts passed on to the girl he had loved and for whose sake he bad com­ mitted the crime which had landed "lam afraid the mules will if jis ln danger of his life, and, finally, the indifference of tho people at large. This comment i« substantially trup. The remedy must come first at the fountain-head. The people are the source of all power. If they so will, the evil can be stopped. Society must protect itself, but the first thing for society to do" is to recognize the danger it is in because it does not protect itself.--Youth's Companion. "We'll go that way anyhow," was the answer; "if you can't manage them I can." The swamp was about three o»»les from the prison and the return ~,rip seemed long. At last, however, the ravine was reached. The w;rden took the reins and all went welS un­ til they neared the top of the lxlil on which the prison stood, when wid- denly a loud explosion was heard. The. restive mules shied, bounded him in the "pen." He remembered L clear o*er the low stone wall, and how bright the day had been when he I the Whole party was scattered in vhe asked her to be his wife, and that other ravine below. Slowly they arose, 4ay when she had told him that her looking first iM one another and then J -j. AFTER the first baby has arrived In a family, a man can't kiss his wife without waiting for her to takea lot of pins out of her mouth. . IN giving the devil his due, jou are liable to give yourself away. A few weeks agoy an article appeared In this paper copied from the Albany (N. Y.) Journal, giving (he particulars of one of the most remarkable cures of the nine­ teenth century. The article was under tbe beading "A Saratoga County Miracle," and exclte<d such widespread comment that an­ other Albany paper--tbe Express--detailed a reporter to make a thorough Investigation of tbe statements appearing In the Jour­ nal'* article. Tbe facts aS ellclteW oy the Express Reporter are given In the following article, which appeared ln that paper on April IS, and makes one of the most Inter­ esting stories ever relet id: A few weeks ago there was published In the Albany Evening Journal.the stobry of a most remarkable--Indeed, so remarkable ss to well Justify tbe term "miraculous"--, cure of a severe case of locomotor ataxia, or creeping paralysis; simply by tho use of Pink Pills for Pale People, and, in compli­ ance- >7tfcli SubtiuctloCE, r,r. Express reporter has been devoting *t*>*ne time in a critical Investigation of ttte.^eal facts of the case. The story^of Jii>6 wonderful cure of Charles A. Quant, of Galway. Saratoga County^" New York, as first told In "The Journal," has been copied into hundreds if not thousands of other daily and weekly newspapers, and has created such a aeasa™ tton throughout the entire country iitai ii was a duty due all the people, and •specially the /thousands of similarly afflicted, that tbe statements of the case as made ln the "The Albany Journal" and copied into so many other, newspa­ pers, should. If true, be verified; or, if false, expbstid as an Imposition upon pub­ lic credulity. 1 be result of tbe Express reporter's in­ vestigations authorizes him in saying that the story of Charles A. Quant's cure of locomotor ataxia by tbe use of Pink Pills for Pale People, a popular remedy pre- p&rsfl aai put up by the Dr. Williams ModSc?:^Morristown, N. Y., and BrockvQle, Ontario, 19 TRUE, and that all its' statements* are not only Justified but verified By tbe fuller development of the further facts in the ca^e. Perhaps the readers of the Express are not all of tfceiri ftt^ly familiar with the de­ tails of this miraculous restoration to 'health, of a man who after weeks and months of treatment by the most skillful doctors ln two of ; the best hospitals ln the State of New York--the Roosevelt Hospital in New York City and St, Peter's Hospital in Albany--waa dlsmlssed from each as In­ curable and, because' the case was deemed Incurable, the mafe was denied admission into several, ethers to which application was made In hie behalL "The stbry as told by Mr. Quant himself and published in tne Albany Journal Is as follows: "My name b Charles A. Quant X am 87 yeari old. I was born In the village of Galway, and excepting while traveling on business and * little while ln Amsterdam, wil9 hmf * spent my whole life here. Lp to ^ about eight years ago I had never been slsk and was then in perfect health. I was fully six feet tall, weighed 180 pounds and was very strong. Fore twelve years I was traveling salesman for a piano and organ company, and bad to do, or at least did do, a great deal of heavy lifting, got my meals very Irregularly, and slept - ln enough 'spare beds* in country houses to freeze anyk ordinary man to death, or at least give him the rheumatism. About eight years ago I began to fe^l distress ln my stomach, and consulted several doctors about lb They all taid It was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia I was treated by various doctors in different places, and took all tbe patent medicines I could bear of that claimed1 to be a cure for dyspepsia But I continued to grow gradually worse for four years. Then I began to have pain in my back, and legs and became conscious that my legs were petting weak • and my step unsteady, and then I stag­ gered when I walked. Having received no benefit from the use of patent medicines, and feeling that I was constantly growing worse. I then, upon, advice, began the use of electric belts, pads, and all the many different kinds of electric appliance* I could bear of, and spent hundreds of dollars for them, tut they did me no good. (Here Mr. Quant showed the J6urnal re­ porter an electHc suit of underwear, for which be paid 9124.) In the tffl of 1888 the doctors advised a change of climate, so I went to Atlanta,; Ga., and Aotetf as agent for, the Eetey Organ Company. While there I took a thorough electric treatment, but It only 8oem#j|i ip. aggravate my dis­ ease, and the only, relief I could get from the sharp and distressing pains was to take morphine. The pain was so intense at times that it seemed as though I could not stand It, and I almost longed for death as the only certain relief. In Sep­ tember of 1888 my legs gave out entirely and my left eye was drawn to one side. So ihat I bad double sl&ht and was dizzy.' My trouble so affected my whole nervous svstem tha,t l h;id to give up business Then I returned to NeW York and went to tbe Roosevelt Ho-pltal, where for four months I wa« treated by' specialists and they pronounced my case locomotor ataxia and incurable. After I bad been under treatment, by Prof. Starr and Dr. Ware for four months, they told me they had done all they could for ma Then I went to the Ksw York Hospital oa Fifteenth street, where, upon examination, they said I was lncurablo and would nop take me In. At the Presbyterian Hospital they examined rae-and told me the same thing, ln March, 1809, 1 was taken to St. Peter's Hospital In Albany, Where Prof. H. H. Hun frankly told my wife my case Was hopeless; that he could do nothing tor me and that she bad better take me back home and save my money. But 1 wanted to make a trial of Prof. HUn's famous skill and I reinulued under his treatment for ntuo weeks, but secured no benefit. All this time I I bad been growing worse. I had be­ come entirely paralysed from my waist down, anl had partly lost control of my hands. The pain terrible; my legs felt a* though they were freezing apd my stomach would not retain fuod, and I fell away to 120 pounds. In the Albany Hos­ pital they put seventeen big burns on my back one day with red-hot Irons, and after a few days they put fourteen more burns on, and treated me with electricity, but I got worse rather than , better, lost control of my botoels and water, and, upon advice of the doctor, who said there was no hope for me. I was brought home, where it was tboughl that death would soon come to re­ lieve my sufferings. Last September, while in jftls suffering and helpless condition, a friend of mine in Hamilton, Ont.. called my attention to tbo statement of one John Marshall, whose caso had been similar to my own, and who had been cured by the use of l>r. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. In this case Mr. Marshall, who Is a prominent member of tbo Royal Ttfcaplars of Temperance, had, after four years of constant treatment by the most eminent Canadian physicians, been pronounced incurable, and paid the $1,00) total disability claim allowed by the order in such cases. Some months after Mr. Mar­ shall began a course of treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and after taking some fifteen boxes was fully restored to health. I thought I would try them, and my wife wrapper on *ach box. For the first few flays tho cold bath* were pretty severe as I was so very weak, but I continued to follow In- structton* as to taking tbe pills and tbe treatment, and even before I had used up the two boxes of the pills I began to feel beneSclal results from them. My pains were not so bad. I felt warmer; my bead felt better; my food began to relish and agree $ with me; I could straighten up; the feeling be­ gan to oome back Into my limbs; I began to be able to get about oa crutches; my eye came back again as good as ever.^knd now, after the us« of eight boxes of the plUs, at a cost of only *4--see!--I can walk with tbe help of a cane only, walk all about the house and yard, can saw wood. Mid on pleasant days I wslk down town. My stom­ ach trouble Is gone; I have gained ten pounds; I feet like a new man, and when the spring opene 1 evpcct to be able to re­ new my organ and piano agfency. I cannot speak in too high terms of I>r. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, as I know they saved my life after all the doctors had given me up as incurable." Such is tbo wonderful story which • the Express reporter has succeeded in securing verification of ln all Its details, from the hospital records where Mr. Quant was treated and from the doctors who had the case in hand and who prjnounced him in­ curable. Let it be remembered that all this hospital treatment was two and three years ago, while his cure, by the use of Dr. Will­ iams' Pink Pills for Pale People, has been effected since last September. 1801. So it is beyond a doubt evident that his re­ covery Is wholly due to the use of these famous pills which have been found to have made such remarkable cures in thin and other cases. Mr. Quant placed in tbe bands of tbe reporter his card of admission to Roosevelt Hospltai. which Is here reproducedjn fur­ ther confirmation of bis statements: ftOOSSVUIiT HOSPITAL ; OUT-PATIENT. ' .*.-i'.^m.Uirthpit^ CiPil Coaditim. ^ ' Occupation..,. MmUtne* Moadays, Wednesdays and FddayZ • " ' . (atOLl TRverlfy Mr. Quant's statement our re­ porter a few days ago (March 81. 1801) callfed on Dr. Allen Starr at his office. No. 2% "nVest Twenty-eighth street, New York City, Dr. Starr Is house physician of the Roosevelt Hospital, situated corner of Ninth avenue and Fifty-ninth street Iu reply to Inquiry he said he remembered the c*4* of Mr. Quant very well and treated him some, but that he was chiefly treated and under the more especial, care of Dr. Ware. He said he regarded this case as he did all cases of locomotor ataxia as incurable. In order that our reporter might get a copy of the history of the case of Mr. Quant from the hospital record he very courteously gave him a letter of which the following is a copy; "Dr. M. A. Starr, 22 West Forty-eighth street, office hours, 0 to 12 a. m.. New York, March 31« 1892.--Dear Dr. Vought: If you have any record of a locomotor ataxia-by name of Quant., who says he came to the clinic three or four years ago. No. 14037, of the O. D. Dept. Roosevelt, sent to me from Ware, will you let the bearer know. If you have no record send Mm to Roosevelt Hosp. "Yours, STABU" By means of this letter access to the rec* ords Was permitted and a transcript of the history of Mr. Quant's case made from them as follows: "No. 14037. Admitted Sept 18, 1880, Charles A. Quant, aged 34 years. Born, U. 8. Married. Hoboken." "History of tbe case: Dyspesla for past four or five years. About fourteen months partial loss of power and numbness In lower extremities. Girdling Bensatlon about ab­ domen. (Nov. 20, 1889, not improved, ex­ ternal strabismus of left eye and dilatation of the left eye.) Some difficulty iu passing water at times; no headache, but some dizziness; alternate diarrhcea, and consti­ pation; partial ptosis past two weeks In left eye. "Ord. R F. Bl pep and Soda." These are the marked symptoms of a se­ vere case of locomotor ataxia. "And Dr. Starr said a case with such marked symp­ toms could not be cured and Quant, who was receiving 4reatment in tbe outpatient department, was given up as incurable." <Tiiere never was a case recovered ln the world," said Dr. £tarr. And then said: "Dr. Ware can tell you more about the case, as Quant was under bis more personal treatment. I am surprised." he said, "that the man is alive, as I thought bo must be dead long ago." Our reporter found Dr. Edward Ware at his office. No. 162 West Ninety-third street. New York, llef-ald: "I hove very distinct recollections of the Quant case. It was.a very pronounced case. 1 treated htm about eight months This was in the early sum­ mer of 1800. I deemed him incurable, and thought blm dead before now. Imagine my surprise when I received a letter front him about two weeks ago telling me that he was alive, was getting well and expected soon to be fully recovered." "What do you think. Doctor, was the cause of his recovery?" "That is more than I know. Quant says he has been taking some sort of pills and that they have cured him. Atallevents,I am glad the poor fellow Is getting well, for his was a bad case and he was great sufferer.^ Dr. Theodore R. Tuttle, of 310 West Eighteenth street, to whom our reporter is Indebted for assisting courtesies, said of locomotor ataxia: "i have had several cases of this disease in the conrse of my practice^ I will not say that it Is incura­ ble. but I never knew of a case to get well; but I will say it is not deemed curable by any remedies known to the medical pro­ fession." After this successful and confirmatory Investigation in New York, our reporter. Saturday, April 2d, 1892, visited St. Peter's Hospital, in Albany, corner of Albany and Ferry streets. He had a courteous reception by Bister Mary Phll- omena, the Sister Superior of St. Peter's Hospital, and when told the'object of his visit, said frhe remembered the case of poor Mr. Quant very distinctly. Said she: "It was a very distressing case aud excited my sympathies much. Poor fellow, he couldn't be cured, and had to go home in a terrible condition of helplessness and suffering." 'lbe house physician, on con­ sulting tbe records of St. Peter's Hospital, said he found only that Charles A. Quant entered the hospital March 14th, 1800, was treated by Dr. Henry Hun, assisted by Dr. Van Derveer, who was then, 1890, ut the bead of the hospital, and ihat his caso fee­ ing deemed not possible of cure, be left the hospital and was taken tj his home, as he supposed to die. Such Is tbe full history of this most re­ markable case of successful recovery from a heretofore supposed Incurable disease, and after »U the doctors had given him up, by tbe simple use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Truly It Is an inter­ esting story of a most miraculous cure of a dreadful disease by tbe simple use of this popular remedy. A further investigation revealed the fact that Dr. Williams' Ptnk Pills are not a patent medicine in tbe sense In which that term Is usually understood, but are a scientific preparation successfully used ln general practice for many years before being offered to tbe public gener­ ally. They contain in a condensed form all the elements necessary to give new life and rich nest to the blood, and restor^fchattered nerves. '1 hey are an un­ failing specific for such diseases as loco­ motor ataxia, partial paralysis £t Vitus dnnce, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, that tired feeling re­ sulting from nervous prostration; all dis­ eases depending upon vitiated humors iu the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysip­ elas, etc. They are'also a specific for trou­ bles peculiar to females, such as suppres­ sions, irregularities, and all forms of weak­ ness. They build up the blood and restore the glow of health to pale or sallow cheeks. In tbe case of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental wor­ ry, overwork or excesses of whatever na­ ture. On further inquiry tbe writer found that these pills are manufactured by tbe Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Brockvilie, Ontario, and Morristown, N. Y., and are Bold ln boxes (never In loose form by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box. or six boxes for $2.30, and may be had of all drug­ gists or direo't by mall from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, from either address, ! The price at which theso pills are sold j makes a course of treatment comparatively sent for two boxes of the pills, and I took j inexpensive as compared with otlutr rents* tbem according to the directions on the i dies or medical treatment COLD AND BACKWARD. SPRING CONDITIONS UNFAVOR­ ABLE FOR CROPS. Indicate * General Lateness aad BtckwardoeM la the season All Over tba Cwi®tnr -- Uprtnj-Seeded Crops Come ®f the Ground Slowly. rendition of the Crops. So far we have had a poor spring for getting -.anything into the ground, and it Beema altnost an impossibility to get It out even after it is in. Tliis situation has been brought about by an excess of moisture, a lack of sunshine, and a low degree of temperature. The grass has trwde slow growth, the winter wheat ditto, and the oat or op is now only be­ ginning to break through the ground. These conditions have been general all through the lower lake regions,'the Ohio Yalley, the Upper Mississippi and the Missouri Valley, and when we travel into the extreme Northwest we find all these conditions In e much more, aggra­ vated form. A year ago at this time all over these areas the weather was favor­ able, the growing crops in exelllent condition, the oats were practically all seeded, arfd plowing for corn was ln progress. The last week of April, 1891 closed with the whole Northwest and Southwest under full headway. The wonderful revolution in farm ma­ chinery as applied to putting in and gathering the oat crop has pushed this important crop rapidly to the front dur­ ing the last f«w years and !n area it now comes ney,t to the corn crop. Oat seed­ ing commenced the present season the last wees of March, but before much was put into the ground heavv rain­ storms put a stop to seeding. Since April 1 ths westudr UUBI been cold, cloudy, and wet, and as soon as the giouud would get into condition to work more rain would follow. The conse­ quence is that, taking the country over, not the usual acreage has been put in this spring, and a large proportion of that has been sown under great diffi­ culty. On low, flat land, where the water has stood, the crop has more or less rotted. Last year, although the seeding of oats was late, the crop was all in the ground by April 15. The seeding of oats will end practically with this week. In one sense of the word the cloudy weathsr, with the ground so full of moisture, has been'a favorablo character in the history of the newly-sown crop; on the advent of warm, clear weather we ought to see rapid grpwth ia this crop. There are, how­ ever, few fields to-day which look green and show an even stand. Nebraska reports that they are only now just finishing up the seeding of the crop, that the job so far has been poor­ ly done. A large percentage of it was practically "mudded in," and the earliest sown is coming up slowly. The ground and atmosphere are cold and damp and warm sunshine with occasional showers greatly needed. In I<>wa about two-thirds of the oats are now in the ground. On account of Ihe low temperature vegetation of all kinds is making little headway. Spring Wheat. West of the Missouri Biver ln North .Dakota spring wheat seeding is going on. On the east side of the river, owing to, so much moisture, they have barely commenced. Under the most favorable circumstances, through the Red River Yalley on the Dakota side, it will take three weeks of most favorable weather for the ground to get into conditibn to let farmers onto the ground. Of course there will be isolated places where some spring wheat can be seeded, but general seeding cannot begin before the first of May. This is a month or six weeks late, and with these conditions frost is liable to catch the crop in August. In South Dakota the wheat is practi­ cally ail sown. The seeding is gome- wh%£ later than usual, but the soil is in fine condition, which will counterbal­ ance that, probably, in the end. The weather, however, keeps cold, with more or less freezing every night. There have been some few reports*bf seed rot­ ting in the ground. In Central Minnesota about one-half of the spring wheat has been sown. None of the early sown has come up yet. Seeding will not be finished until May 1. The situation in this portion of the State indicates an increase of acreage, due more to the opening of new farms than to increasing old ones. In South­ ern Minnesota most of the farmers are entirely through sowing wheat. There has been little oats or barley sown yet. There is plenty of moisture in the ground, and wheat is just coming up. The weather is cold and warm growing weather greatly needed. Winter Wheat. Telegraphic reports from San Fran- ciso sliow that drying winds, have im­ paired previous favorable conditions. Prospects still, howeyer, are fairly good with ordinarily favorable weather next month. Texas reports that the young wheat will average ten Inches high; the ex­ tremely late-sown wheat does not look as well. Corn is now largo enough for plowing. What little wheat now re­ mains in farmers' hands is still being firmly held. Farmers are all up with their work. In Kentucky the early sown wheat is about knee-high. There is some com­ plaint that it has been injured by frost within the last ten days, bujt this will, however, not amount to enough to make any serious loss in the aggregate. On account of the lack of sunshine and th.e excess of moisture whetit lias made slow growth. The opinion seems to be now that the crop will be about ae goodt as the one made last year. This statement is based upon the fact that the late wheat will turn out well. Ohio reports that they need warm, dry weather for wheat at the present time. The average height of the crop is now from four to six inches. On low lands wheat is poor and spotted. In the northern portion of the State the cold weather is holding wheat back. Fields are spotted and many of them will not produce more than half a crop. On the river bottoms in Southern In­ diana the early sown wheat is now high arid looks well. Late sown wheat is poor and thin on the ground. In Central Indiana wheat has done well during tne last ten days, notwithstanding the weather has been cold, cloudy, and wet. The late sown wheat has improved some, though more or less spotted. In Nort hern Indiana late wheat is decidedly thin on the ground, but the early wheat promises to do fairly well. , ^ , • In Central Illinois wheat has made but little growth during the last fourteen days. The color is good and the crop now averages from six to ten inches in height. ' In Southern Illinois the general condi­ tion of the crop shows little improve­ ment over that of fourteen days ago. The weather has been so wet and cold that In some of the Isest counties in this important area of the winter-wheat belt the crop has a sickly appearance, and sortie fields are turning yellow. In Michigan tho weather has been cool and wet. Wheat has made slow growth, and, on the whole, the crop has held its own. Spring work is back­ ward, and thore have been but few oats seeded yet. Farmers are selling but little wheat, and millers are carrying small stocks. Prices are low, and farmers will carry over a good deal un­ less the prices advance considerably. Central Kansas reports during the last few days that there has been some •light improvement' in the winter wheat situation. It la but ia stooling out Will. In Kansas harvest wfl! fce ten The crop has made slow growth, ail ground is packed frora toomaeli heavy rain. The general conditions are not m good as those of a year ago. Tb« •season is late and the outcome mixed. Southern Kansas reports that they h«ft had little growing weather so far; that the wneat harvest {will b« from two ts three weeks later than laat season. Tk« late aown Is a better stand than fte early. Southern Missouri reports that ties wheat is still small, and that with hoi and dry weather in the near future th« crop will not amount to much, hat if tlM weather continues cool and damp tfic prospects are for a good crop; not as large as Awas made last year, however. A correspondent from Central Missouri 'says that "ho goes a good deal on tiM pulse ©f the farmers;" they are qnlet now on the wheat question, and so lo«* as they keep quiet he considers the CUM in fair shape; but the crop is not as gooe by 20 per cent, as It was this time litf year. - • • Cmiltlmal Mn. ', 1 By the end of the third week in April at least t\^o-thirds of the corn lands of the great corn surplus States of the W est ought to be plowed and ready fot planting. Such, however, was not fife case this spring. It is only on lands which have been vujderdrained, and tiio&e are lands confined to ihe of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, where then has been any progress in plowing fin corn worth reporting. In Kansas and Missouri there lu­ be en a little com planted, but no mat­ ter how much land was ready, with ttui ground cold, wet, and soggy it would be simply the height of folly to attempt ta put the in the ground, iW it would only rot and have to be replanted. There hr.c been little land plowed for oorn in Iowa, and the great surplus coin State,. Nebraska, has made no headway with this most important crop. The reserves of old corn in farmer*' hands are still firmly held, and with th« lateness of the season, the Iwckwafd- ness with >the work on thw farms, and the uncertainty which must necessarily follow a season like the present, farmers will not be inclined to sell their BurplnS after corn planting, as they usually do at that season of the year. Hence ths surplus corn this spring will to carried over until late in the fall if not until ths opening of 1893. Men and Women. ETXBY woman is a hero worship or ought to be--so far as her husband II concerned. A WOM.A1 living pear Holly Springs, Oa., has given birth io thirteen ohlldna in nine years. 1 THE widow who weeps most violently naturally uses up her supply of tears in the shortest timp. 1 * . A CHICAGO woman the other nigfcl chased & burglar three blooks and aa< slsted in his capture. ' IT never makes children better to tfell them a dozen times a day that they art too mean for any use. A MAN accustomed to public life feels lost out of it. He feels neglected when no one Is lying about him. EVERT man has an ax to grind, and looks upon every other man with an eys to inducing him to turn the handle. SHE: "Sinee my return from Florids I'm another woman." Sarcastic friend: "How delighted your husband must bet" Yotr can't convince a girl by arguing that a man is not an angel. The only way to convince her is to let her many him. ' To BE wiser than other men is to b# honester than they; and strength ol mind is only courage to see and speak the truth. A FOREMAW in a factory in Williams­ burg, N\ Y., has been arrested because he struck girls under him for singing at their work. "THAT man is notoriously unreliable!* "Why, I like the looks of him." breaks his word so." "How is that?* "He stutters." PORTLAND, Me., is admiring a mm who. has carried the same jack-knife fin sixty-nine years, resisting all tempta» tions to "swap." THERE is much that Is birdlike about most young girls; the pity Is thoy are not taught that there is so much that is catlike about the men. THE gray hair of an Elbert County, Oa., woman, 87 years old, is falling out and being replaced by a luxuriant growth of jet black locks, do it is said. A BABY, two months old, and weigh­ ing but four pounds, is reported fron Georgia. It it said to be perfectly healthy, and the best baby alive. PENEiiOPE, sighing: "Ah, the mes are not what they used to. be!" Tom; "I'd like to know why not?" Penelopas "They used to be boys, you knoW." A COBONEB'S- jury in Peoria, HI,, it if said, brought in the following verdict; "We find that the deceased came to het death by being found dead in her bed.' IN a skatiog match which occurred ro­ se ntly in North Plain, Conn., be twees young men, the prize contested for was the hand of a young woman io marriage. WHBS a woman falls in love you can't make her believe all men are alike, and when she has been married ten years you can't make her believe that they an not. SEE that your child never leaves any task half done or slovenly finished; atia therefore give not too many tasks. Thoroughness is the corner-stone ol success. THE town council of Sellorsburg, Ind^ has passed an ordinance requiring all boys under the age of 1(5 years to be in their homes by 7 o'clock p. m., undei pain of arrest and imprisonment. IT is said that a Paris laundryman has discarded all soaps, sodas and boiling powders. He merely uses plenty ol water and boiled potatoes, and can cleanse without employing any alkali the worst soiled linens, cottons, oi woolens. Motes antl Gieaulnga. THE pendulum was first attached to the clock in lBSCby Huyghens. CHIjORIDE OF ETHYL is being suc­ cessfully used as a refrigerant and loeat anaesthetic. WHEN the belt gets saturated with waste oil an application of ground ohalk will soon absorb the oil and make ^fee belt workable. ' £- BISMUTH melts at a point so far be­ low that of boiling water that it can lbs used for taking casts from the most de­ structible objects. } THE largest dam of any kind in &• soythern hemisphere is that at Beetaioo, Australia. It is built of concrete, has a capacity of 80,€00,000 gallons, and cost $585,000. SUGAR is being extracted from the ssp of the sugar pine tree in the moun­ tains of Northern California. The sap is light-brown in color, and contain#.^ large per cent, of saccharine matter. A PEBEECT opal, with a movable drop in the center, was found in California recently. A negro at the Kimberly, South Africa, 'diamond mines found a diamond of the same character in 188S. THERE are schools for teaching watch­ making kt Geneva, Ncuchatel, La Chaux des Fonda, Locle, Blenne, St. Imier, and Porrentrul. In the last six years the number of watches exported from Switzerland has increased fron 2.723,234 in 1885 to 4,431,301 last year. •32 " ' 4. : IS •z<K« .."V <;o .tut" i' WK\v.'* '* vJM SIS#!® * -"£sT,~4 " .... V. .. -K-y:. t i