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i +v 4^ ,. - mm •*: """ " : -I sj. •f ' M-40 OR-' BY FMCR fON I1CI IIIi If Aviuuk. OF THIS BIJBBIJE • v UUMTRAHONS BY RIAI^VR AICRTF^ C -- fMMf- 'Kjfirr t CO" '"""*" ifST/M t* r* ; * * f ,Jc MM. S1ATES F BALANCE IN TREASURY OCTOBER 1 WAS $4,424*610. ON ftUSSEL'S INCREASE IS $72,279 SYNOPSIS. The story is toM by Nicholas Trtgt. HI* chief. Senator John Calhoun, bffered the portfolio of secretary of state! In Tyler's cabinet, Is told by Dr. Ward ttyit his time is s!:<>rt. Calhoun declares thai he «s not ready to die, and If he accepts ^Tyler's of- means that Texas and Otegon must •ded to the Union. He plaha to learn retentions of England with regard to ?o through Baroness Von lUtz. secret md reputed mistress of t(>e English ; i>i.ssafior, Pakenham. Nichcf&s Is sent ing the baroness to Calhoun's apart- : s and misses a meeting with his :heart. Elizabeth Cluircijll. While r hlng for the baroness' Muse a car- ; dashes up and Nicholas 1^ invited to The occupant is the bafoness, who iy» whe is being pursued, T$e pursuers ire shaken on. Nicholas Is IivJted Into le house and delivers Calhouna message. <.-> "jotes that the baroness pas lost a rflpper. Nlohc.ias is given tha remaining dipper as a pledge that she vlll tell Cal­ houn everything. .He gives h«* as secur­ ity an Indian trinket he Intended for BAtsabeth. CHAPTER VI.--Continued. "After that, on guard!" [ "Very well, on guard! Suppose I do not like this other woman?" "Madam, you could not bfclp it All the world loves her." "Do you?" "With my life." "How devoted! Very well on guard, then!" She took up the Indian bauble, turn­ ing to examine it at the nearest can­ dle sconce, even as I thrust th^ dainty little slipper of white satin again into the pocket of my coat. I was uncom­ fortable. 1 wished this talk of Eliza­ beth had not come up. I liked very little to leave Elizabeth's property in another's hands. Dissatisfied, I turned from the table, not noticing for more than an instant a little cr«mpled roll of paper which, as I was vaguely con­ scious, now appeared on its smocfth marquetry top "But see," she said; "you are Just like a man, after all, and an unmar­ ried nvan at that! I cannot go through the streets in this costume. Excuse me for a moment." She was oft on the inst&nt into the alcove where the great amber-covered bed stood. She drew the curtains. 1 [ heard her humming to herself as she passed to and fro, saw the flare of a light as it rose beyond. Once or twice she thrust a laughing face between the curtains, held tight together with her hands, as she asked me soma question, mocking me, still amused-- yet still, as I thought, more enigmatic than before. "Madam," I said at last, "1 would I might dwell here forever, but--you are slow! The night passes. Come. My master will be waiting. He is ill: 1 fear he cannot sleep. 1 know how Intent he is on meeting you. I beg you to oblige an old, dying man!" "And you, monsieur," she mocked at me from beyond the curtain, "are intent only on getting rid of me. Are you not adventurer enough to forget that other woman for one night?" At last she came out from between the curtains, garbed more suitably for the errand which was now before us. A long, dark cloak covered her shoul­ ders. On her head there rested a dainty upflared bonnet, whose jetted edges shone in the candle light as she moved toward me. She was exquisite in every detail, beautiful as mind of man could wish; that much was sure, must be admitted by any man. I dared not look at her. She paused for an instant, drawing, on a pair of the short gloves of t|Je mode then correct. "Do you Know why 1 am to go on thi> heathen er­ rand?" she den^aBtfed. 1 shook my Mr. Calhoun wishes to know wheth­ er he shall go to the cabinet of your man Tyler over there in that barn you call your White House. 1 suppose Mr. Calhoun wishes to know how he can serve Mr Tyler?" I laughed at this. "Serve him!" I exclaimed. "Rather say lead him, tell him, command him!" "Yes," she nodded. 1 began to see another and graver side of her nature. " Yes. it is of course Texas." I did not see fit to make answer to this. "If your master, as you call him, takes the portfolio with Tyler, it is to annex Texas," she repeated sharply. "Is not that true?" Still 1 would not answer. "Come!" 1 said. "And he asks me to come to him so that he may decide--" This awoke me. "No man decides for John Calhoun, madam," I said. "You may advance facts, but he will decide." Still she went on. "And Texas not annexed is a men­ ace. Without her, you heathen people would not present a solid front, would you?' "Madam has had much to do with affairs of state," I said. She went on as though I had not spoken: "And if you were divided in your southern section, England would have all the greater chance. England, you know, says she wishes slavery abol­ ished She says that--" "England says many things!" 1 ven­ tured "The hypocrite of the nations!" flashed out this singular woman at me suddenly "As though diplomacy need be hypocrisy! Thus, to-night Sir Rich­ ard of England forgets his place, his protestations. He does not even know that Ityexico has forgotten its duty also Sir, you were not at our little ball, so you could not see that very fat Sir Richard paying his bored devoirs to Dona Lucrezia! So I am left alone, and would be bored, but for you. In return--a slight jest on Sir Richard to-night--I will teach him .iji no fat gentleman should pay even d attention to a lady who soon be fat, when his obvious duty ild call him otherwise! Rah! 'tis •*ipugh 1 myself were tat; which to "You go too deep tor me, madam,'* 1 said. "1 am but a simple messen­ ger." At the Miii« lime, I saw how admirably things were shaping for as all. A woman's jealousy was with us. and so a woman's whim! "Madam," said I, my hand at the fastening of the door, "we have ex­ changed pledges. Now we exchange places. It is you who are the mes­ senger, not myself. There la a mes­ sage in your hands. I know not whether you tfver servod a monarchy. Come, you shall see that our republic has neither secrets nor hypocrisies." On the instant she was not shrewd and tactful woman of the world, not student, but once more coquette and woman of impulse. She looked at me with mockery and invitation alike in her great dark eyes, even as I threw down the chain at the door and opened it wide for her to pass. "Is that my only reward?" she asked, smiling as she fumbled at a glove. In reply, I bent and kissed the fin­ gers of her ungloved hand. They were so warm and tender that I had been different than I was had I not felt the blood tingle in all my body in the impulse of the moment to do more than kiss her fingers. Had 1 done so--had I not thought of Elizabeth--then, as in my heart 1 still believe, the flag of England to-day and straight, thin with long hours afoot or In the saddle, bronzed to a good color, and if health did not show on my face, at least I felt it myself in the lightness of my step, in the con- tentednesa of my heart with all of life, in my general assurance that all in the world meant well toward me and that everything in the world would do well by me. As to Elizabeth Churchill, it might have been in line with a Maryland cus­ tom had she generally been known as Betty; but Betty she never was called, although that diminutive was applied to ber aunt, Jennings, twice as largo as she, after whom she had been named. Betty implies a snub nose; Elizabeth's was clean cut and straight. Betty runs for a saucer mouth and a short one; Elizabeth's was red and curved, but firm and wide enough for strength and charity as well. Betty spells round eyes, with brows arched above them as though in query and curiosity; the eyes of Elizabeth were long, her brows long and straight and delicately fine. A Betty might even have red hair; Elizabeth's was brown in most lights, and so liquid smooth that almost I was disposed to call it dense rather than thick. Betty would seem to indicate a nature Impulsive, gay, and free from care; on the other hand, It was to be said of Elizabeth that she was Itogical beyond her kind k mm ;l *!i t lllllllMIS <7* ? 111. ' Uf I '< ' /• V •v .v fjn'A II vut Ms That My Or.!y Reward?" Shs Asked. would rule Oregon and the Pacific; and it would float to-day along the Rio Grande; and it would menace a divided north and south, instead of re­ specting a strongand indivisible Union which owns one flag and dreads none in the world. CHAPTER VII. Regarding Elizabeth. Without woman the two extremities of this life would be deiititute of succor and the middie would b® devoid of pleasure.-- Proverb. In some forgetten garret of this country, as I do not doubt, yellowed with age. stained and undistinguish able, lost among uncared-for relics of another day, there may be records of that interview between two strange personalities, John Calhoun and Helena von Ritz, in the arrangement of which 1 played the part above de­ scribed. I was not at that-time privi­ leged to have much more than a guess at the nature of the interview. Indeed, other things now occupied my mind. I was very much in love with Elizabeth Churchill. Of these matters 1 need to make sonr e mention. My father's planta­ tion was one of the old ones in Mary- la id. That of the Churchills lay across a low range of mountains and in another county from us, but our families bad long been friends. 1 had known Elizabeth from the time she was a tall, slim girl, boon companion ever to her father, old Daniel Churchill; for her mother she had lost when she was still young. The Church- ills maintained a city establishment in the environs of Washington itself, al­ though that was not much removed from their plantation in the old state of Maryland Elmhurst, this Wash­ ington estate was called, and it was well known there, with its straight road approaching and its great trees and its wide-doored halls--whereby the road itself seemed to run straight through the house and appear be­ yond--and its tall white pillars and hospitable galleries, now in the spring­ time inclosed in green. 1 need not state that now, having finished the business of the day, or, rather, of the night, Elmhurst, home of Elisabeth, was my immediate Mecca. I had clad myself as well as I could in- th^fashion of my time, and flat­ tered myself, as 1 looked in my little mirror, that I made none such bad figure of a man. 1 w&s tall enough. --a trait which she got from her mother, a daughter of old Judge Henry Gooch of our superior court. Yet, disposed as she always was to be logical in her conclusions, the great characteristic of Elizabeth was se­ renity, consideration and charity. With ail this, there appeared some­ times at the surface of Elizabeth's na­ ture that fire and lightness and impul­ siveness which she got from her fa­ ther, Mr. Daniel Churchill. Whether she was w.;ol'y reserved and reason­ able, or wholly warm and Impulsive, I. long as I bad known and loved her. never was quite sure. Something held me away, something called me forward; so that I was always baf fled, and yet always eager, God wot 1 suppose this is the way of women. At times I have been impatient with It, knowing my own mind well enough. At least now, in my tight-strapped trousers and my long blue coat and my deep embroidered waistcoat and my high stock, my shining boots and my tall beaver, I made my way on my well-groomed horse up to the gates of old Elmhurst; and as I rode I pon­ dered and I dreamed. But Miss Elizabeth was not at home, it seemed. Her father, Mr. Daniel Churchill, rather portly, and now just a trifle red of face, met me instead. It was not an encounter for which I de­ voutly wished, but one which I knew it was the fight of both of us to ex pect ere long. Seeing the occasion propitious I plunged at once in mediae res. Part of the time explanatory, again apologetic, and yet again. I trust, assertive, although always blun dering and red and awkward, I told the father of my intended, of my own wishes, my prospects and my plans. He listened to me gravely and, it seemed to me, with none of that en­ thusiasm which 1 would have wel­ comed. As to my family, he knew enough As to my prospects, he ques­ tioned me. My record was not un­ familiar to him. So? gaining confi­ dence at last under the insistence of what 1 knew were worthy motives, and which certainly were irresistible of themselves, so far as I was con­ cerned, 1 asked him if we might not soon make an end of this, and, taking chances as they were, allow my wed­ ding with Elizabeth to take place at no very distant date. " Why as to that, of course 1 do not know what my girl will »y," went on Mr. Daniel Churchill, pursing up his lips. "Oh, of-course--that," I answered; Miss Elizabeth and 1--" "The skeesicks!" he exclaimed. "I bought she told me everything." '1 think Miss Elizabeth tells no one luite everything," 1 ventured. "1 con less she has kept me almost as much in the dark as yourself, sir. But I only wanted to ask if. after I have seen her to-day, and if I should gain her consent to an early day, you would not waive any objections on your own part and allow the matter to go for­ ward as soon as possible?" in answer to this he arose from his chair and stood looking out of the window, his back turned to me. I could not call his reception of my sugges­ tion enthusiastic; but at last be turned. "1 presume that our two families might send you young people a sack of meal or a side of bacon now and then, as far as that is concerned," he said. I could not call this speech joyous. "There are said to be risks in any union, sir," I ventured to say. "1 ad­ mit 1 do not follow you in contemplat­ ing any risk whatever. If either you or your daughter doubts my loyalty or affection, then 1 should say certain­ ly it were wise to end all this; but--" and 1 fancied I straightened percepti­ bly-- "1 think that might nerhaps be left to Miss Elizabeth herself." After all, Mr. Dan Churchill was obliged to yield, as fathers have been obliged from the beginning of the world. At last he told me 1 might take my fate in my own hands and go my way. Trust the instinct of lovers to bring them together' I was quite confident that at that hour 1 should find Eliza­ beth and her aunt in the big east room at the president's reception, the former looking on with her uncompro­ mising eyes at the little pageant which on reception days regularly went for ward there. My conclusion was correct. I found a boy to hold my horse in front of Gautier's cafe. Then I hastened oft across the intervening blocks and through the grounds of the White House, in which presently, having edged through the throng In the ante chambers, I found myself In that inane procession of individuals who passed by in order, each to receive the limp i handshake, the mechanical bow and the .perfunctory smile of President Tyler--rather a tall, slender-limbed, active man and of very decent pres ence, although his thin, shrunken cheeks and his cold blue gray eye left little quality of magnetism in his personality (TO BE CONTINl'EIV > Thts Is an Increase of Over a Million Dollars Over Balance on Hand In 1908--Report of State Treasurer Is Submitted to Deneen. A Rather Dull Pearl. There i? an anecdote in J A. Ham merton'B George Meredith in_ Anec­ dote and Criticism," which hints at the possibility of the great novelist's fountain of talk being sealed at times. A lady who had friends in Surrey who were on terms of some Intimacy with the novelist was greatly charmed on one occasion when visiting there to find that Meredith was to be one of the guests at dinner. She prepared herself for a rich In­ gathering of his celebrated flowers of witty talk. But he was singularly silent throughout the visit, and the only Meredlthian phrase the lady could carry away with her was his remark, when reaching across bis neighbor for the salt: "Excuse the picnic stretch."-- Youth's Companion. Over-Zealous In Care. Some years ago the captain of one of his majesty's ships, while in quar­ antine at Auckland. New Zealand, ow­ ing to one slight ease of fever, re­ ceived some valuable carrier pigeons He gave his colored servant strict or­ ders to take great care of them. A few days afterward the captain, wish ing to make use of the birds, inquired of bis servant If he had taken care of them. "Oh, yes." replied he; "me hab taken berry great care of dem. Dey no fly away, 'cause 1 hab clipped dere wings!" Mad Good Backing. An old man ip a poorbouse who was asked by a visitor If he had any source of income replied: "Madam, if you must know, I haven't got any money, but I've got good backing, I ve gut fine backing. I'm backed by one of the richest counties in the state." An Optimist. Lysander John ApDlcton always looks on the bright side. He is the kind of man who could look at preacher kin. and And pleasure In bragging that when the kin preaches they have to put chairs in the aisles.-- Atchison Globe As Time Runs. Every man loses his identity as he gets older, but be Is pretty fortunate if he doesn't become known as the The man whose wife keeps board­ ers," or "The man whose wife keeps cows."--Atchison (Kas.) Globe. fprtttgUeld.--The report of State Andrew Rsisse! for the two years ended October 1. which has been submitted to Governor Deneen, shows that while there ts over a million dol­ lars more in the state treasury this ye* r than there was In 1908, not half as maeh Interest ha* been turned In­ to the treasury on pvbita funds as was by Treasurer Jdba F. Smslski tor the two years erf hta term. lotercit Ou pub«ic hmde to Septexn- b%sr 8$, 1910, received by Mr. Suisse) i amounted to 97S.S78.14. During the *w© years ended September 80, 1908, Treasurer SmulsM received 9158,- 1&S.&&. The balance of all funds tn the state treasury on O<rtober 1, 1910, was 14.424,310.44. On October 1. 1908, there was but 88.8W4CS.44 in the treasurer. The remarkable falling off In the «mount of interest shown In the re­ port is aeoounted for hy the state treasurer by the fact that much at the accrued interest has not been ealled in. Treasurer Smulskl required beaks to turn in the Interest every three hxmths, but Mr. Russel has ealled in the interest money only as It was needed, and for that reason, it is said, much Interest that has been earned will not appear in the repent of the treasurer until later. Treasurer Smulskl was the first treasurer to pay into the pahlle funds interest earned by the state money. Mr. Russel continued the policy. The toti! ssciiui o' cash on nana this year, although larger than it was two years ago, is not the largest the state has had at the end of a treas­ urer's term of office. In 1906 there was a balance on hand of |S,549,226.6&. This big increase was due largely to the action of the governor in calling in public funds which bad been re­ tained until this year, by the depart­ ments collecting them. Over a mil­ lion dollars was brought Into the gen­ eral treasury In that way from the in­ surance department, the secretary of state, the railroad and warehouse commission and other state depart­ ments. In the period covered tn Mr. Rus­ set's report the state has collected a total of $1,112,614.32 In inheritance taxes. The largest amount of money collected under the inheritance tax law by any one county of course was collected In Cook oounty. The total for two years frosn that county is |76&,- 615.61. Madison county, with a total of 826,651.87, is second in Inheritance tax receipts, and Greene county, with a total of 820,104.79, is third. Almost all of the counties shov^ larger receipts from this fund than they did two years ago. According to Mr. 8mulski's report for the year end­ ed in 1908, Cook county, for instance, collected only 8588,893.18. Fire Loss Large During Psst Year. Springfield.--Though fires in the 17 state charitable institutions since Jan­ uary 1, 1910, have aggregated an ap­ proximate $100,000 in damage, not an Inmate or attendant has Buffered in­ jury. Thifl item Is included in the first report which the state board of administration has made to Governor Deneen and which was placed in the governor's handB by President Law­ rence Y. Sherman of the board. The report, which Is made in pur­ suance of one of the provisions of the charity act, covers the period from the dates of the board's birth, January 1. of this year, to the date orx which It was turned over to the governor. Pres­ ident Sherman makes a general re­ port for the board and supervises sub­ sidiary reports of the board's finances of Fiscal Supervisor Frank Whlpp, and of the medical Interests 8y the board's alienist, Dr. J. L. Greene. Fis­ cal Supervisor Whlpp's report covers the period from January 1 to October 1. The latter date was chosen because of the policy the board has adopted In accounting by quarters, the period from October 1 to the end of the year constituting the last quarter of the year. The state carries no Insurance on any of the charitable institution prop­ erty. On Its face the system may ap­ peal to many as faulty because It would be expected the losses would be total, with no opportunity to reim­ burse. it has been found, however, the annual premiums on the property would average more than the annual loss of property through all causes, hence the nonlnsurance plan Is prefer­ able. Show Saving in Mansgement. The annual report of the state board of administration was completed and will be presented to Governor Deneen for his approbation. The report has been prepared under the supervision of Judge L. Y. Sher­ man, president of the B^ate board of administration. It oomprises a sur­ vey of the financial, medical and ad­ ministrative affairs of the state insti­ tutions that are now under control of the board of administration. Individual reports of their respective officers were prepared by the heads of these departments and have been in­ corporated with the general resume The financial report of the board ex­ tends from January 1, 1910, to October 1, 1910, as the financial and account­ ing system is divided Into interims of three months and the last quarter will not be completed until January 1. 1911. The financial system is so di­ vided as to facilitate comparisons with past and future estimates of the dis­ bursements and needs of the institu­ tions and also to simplify the system of accounting. State Miners Board Legal. _ . The state miners examining iMtti statute, which provides that a person must have a state certificate of com­ petency and qualification, before ha can engage in the work of a miner was declared constitutional, when the supreme court handed down a in­ cision in the test case of the People of the state of Illinois vs. Harry if«i, which came up as a result of informa­ tion fllsd at the May term. 1910, of the oounty court of Saline oounty. This information chanred that Harry V . J -- a 4 . V - - A . i -- A - i • uvouo uou fluiaivu HUHUW mjjtrwaft as the "mlnern* emmlsliig board statute." K was alleged that Evans, a mine manager and foreman of the Wesson Coal company of Saline oounty, had suffered and permitted Mason Dunning to be employed to work in the mine ss a miner, and that he had no certificate of competency and qualification from the state miner*' ex&minlug board and ww> therefore not working as a ees-tlHed miner. Bvans, In the orranty court of Saline county, enterod a plea of not guilty, but lost the case and was fined $100. He made a motion (br a new trial. This was overruled and a writ of error was prosecuted to reverae that Judgment The only question raised was the eoooimiikasmlitj of the statute. The ^radgment of the tower owzrt was affirmed. It was contended that the state mteero' board was as they are state officers and fire tip- pointed by the governor of the stam, and their authority Is limited to the performance of their official duties la the county where they are appointed. Sustain Stats Primary Law. The supreme court held: the lative primary act providing tot the nomination of members valM In. e <Se- cision handed down in the ease off Bspey vs. Melnernep sad nthem. Three opinions were handed down by the court, as the members ars di­ vided as to the Interpretation of the act. The opinion follow® the decision of the conrt rendered "rerbalty shortly bef&re the eleptlam. November 8. When the order was feaisdefl. denying Eapey a writ of mandamis compelling the state of «?aa- vaasers to place three names on (ha ballot tn each senatorial district aa candidates for nomination for the 1«»^ er house, Justices Cartwright, Carter, Hand and Dunn were agei&st the writ Justices Tickers, Oook«* and Farmer have handed opiukia that tha law is urconstitution®! cause it delegates power to the sena­ torial committee to fit and determine Uie number of candidates to be nomi­ nated by a political party. Justice Hand in his opinion agrees with Justices Vtckera, Cooke and Farmer that tha nomination of three candidates, if they ar« required to be nominated, is a violation of the ml- nuiit^ ropr<diS6tttatlou section of tha constitution, but he holds that tha legislature had authority to confer on the senatorial committee the power to determine the number of candldatea that should be nominated and that it was not authority merely to advise the voters. Te Safeguard Interurtoana. Officials of iaterurban roads in all parts of the state of Illinois attended the meeting called by the state board of railroad and warehouse commission­ ers, which was held In the office of the commission at the statehousa. The meeting was one the results of which may have a distinct influence upon the operation of tnterurban roads in the state. It was called by the commission to discuss the proper operation of theae roads, and the call for the meeting was prompted by the frequent recent occurrence of fatal ac­ cidents upon these roads. The out­ come of the discussion, which was a free and full one, was the agreement that a committee of lnterurban opera­ tives will be appointed to report to the railroad and warehouse commis­ sion the names of a committee to recommend suitable legislation and to oo-operate with the state board of rail­ road and warehouse commissioners In securing from the legislature such laws as will safeguard the lives of tha traveling public, which to such a large extent patronize the lnterurban roads. In discussing the motoFmen em­ ployed, Vice-President Chubbuck of the Illinois Traction system made tha statement that he would not employ steam railroad men because they are careless and indifferent and do not make good electric men. $3, 982.35 Fines Settled. State's Attorney Edmund Burke filed with Judge James A. Creighton In the circuit court an account of the fines and forfeitures collected by him as state's attorney from March 1, 1910, to December 14, 1910, as follows: Fees, $2,466.05. Fines, $3,982.35. Total, $6,448.40. W i l l Meet In Joliet. Officers and the executive board of the Illinois Police association decided to hold the next annual meeting in Joliet in June and adopted a resolu­ tion to change the pension fund law, placing cities of 7,000 and over under the act. Illinois 8upreme Court. Proceedings in the supreme cour were as follows: Vaughn, admrx., vs. Chicago June tlon Railway company: motion by plaintiff in error to strike defendant in error's briefs from files denied. Adler vs. Hucko; petition for writ of certiorari denied. South Park Commissioners vs. Ed­ wards ; motion by defendants In error to dismiss allowed; writ dismissed. South Park Commissioners vs. Cooke; motion by defendants in error to dismiss allowed; writ dismissed. Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur vs. Curst et al ; petition for writ of certiorari allowed. Milan VB. Grubb; petition for writ of certiorari allowed. United StateB Fidelity and Guaran­ ty company vs. Hill oompany; peti­ tion for writ of certiorari allowed. People ex rel. Chicago Bar associa­ tion vs. George A. B. Pfuhl; motion by relator for leave to file Information allowed. Respondent ruled to answer by first day of next term. McCullough vs. Deutsche Evan- gellsch Lutherische church; motion by defendant for leave to file briefs. Ignorance gives grsater freedom tn «ttar&nce than Inspiration; aad te aft-- mistaken (or It. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, eugar-eoited. esty to take as candy, regulate and invi& orate gtoauch, liver and Wvrel*. Do £ V* A Great Invention. Vance---I think Ferdie ranks wtth Edison af an inventor and benefactor of man. Luella--What did he Invent? Vance--tie invented a devtca to pwevent elgawette papers iwoui uk»w- ing away in a stwong fereese--Scraps. importer?* to Mother® Examine carefully every bottle of CA8TORIA, a safe acd sure remedy for infants and children, and *bat It Bears the Signature ia Use Tor Over 8© ~Yesrs= The Kind You Have Always Booist What Impresaed Him. H. W. Child, president of t lowstone Park nssofdftttnn, *0,:. Europe two or three years ago and * had for a companion a man Interested in the hotel business. They traveled ever Europe, investigating hotel and commissary problems to some extent, ax,d finally arrived in Rome. Tbey went Into St. Peter's and stood be­ neath the dom«. "Well," said Child, "here It Is. Here's the dome." The hotel man took one look forward. Then he turned to Child and asked: "How much did that man in London say he wanted for them hams?" HIRAM CARPENTER'S WONDER­ FUL CURE OF PSORIASIS. "1 have been, afflicted for twenty years with an obstinate skin disease, called by some M. D.'s. psoriasis, and others leprosy, commencing on my scalp; and in spite of all I could do, with the help of the most skilful doc­ tors, It slowly but surely extended un­ til a year ago this winter it covered my entire person in the form of dry scales. For the last three years 1 have been unable to do any labor, and suffering Intensely all the time. Every morning there would be nearly a dust­ pan fu! cf scalcs taken from ihe sheet on my bed, some orthem half as large as the envelope containing this letter. In the latter part of winter my skin commenced cracking open. I tried everything, almost, that could be thought of, without any relief. Tha 12th of June I started West, in hopes I could reach the Hot Springs. I reached Detroit and was so low X thought I should have to go to the hospital, but finally got as far aa Lan­ sing, Mich., where I had a sister liv­ ing. One Dr. treated me about two weeks, but did me no good. All thought I had but a ahui t time to live. I earnestly prayed to die. Cracked through the skin *all over my back, across my ribs, arms, hands, limbs; feet badly swollen; toe-nails came off; finger-nails dead aqd hard aa a bona; hair dead, dry arid lifeless as old straw. O my God! how I did suffer. "My Bister wouldn't give up; said, *We will try Cuticura.' Soma waa ap­ plied to one hand and arm. Eureka! th£re was relief; stopped the terrible burning sensation from the word go. They immediately got Cuticura Re­ solvent, Ointment and Soap. 1 com­ menced by taking Cuticura Resolvent three time a day after meals; had a bath once a day, water about blood heat; used Cuticura Soap freely; ap­ plied Cuticura Ointment morning and evening. Result: returned to my home in just six weeks from the time I left, and my skin as smooth as this sheet of paper. Hiram E. Carpenter, Henderson, N. Y." The above remarkable testimonial was written January It, 1880, and la republished because of the perman­ ency of the cure. 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