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The first ten minutes after a tired man wakes in the morning and faces the fresh difficulties of the day are the bluest of the twenty-four hours, and on this particular morning Tom ' answered with emphasis the old German philosopher's famous question. .Life was not Worth living. He broke a hair brush in endeav oring to givo the answer additional em phasis. But by the time that he had disposed of his matutinal cup of coffee and lit his cigar the mental horizon cleared somewhat and the vapors began to dis appear. By the time he had walked a half dozen blocks and felt the joy of exer cise, he began to pluck up some hope and to manifest a curiosity as to what Holbrook might have to tell him.' He by no means anticipated such a sensation as he was to experience. When Tom entered Holbrook's office the lawyer was staring out of the win dow. The only return he made to Tom's salu tation was to hand him the document wbicH had overwhelmed him without "a word. Tom took it, turned the paper over and read the signature and date. "The deuce!" he exclaimed, and de voured it rapidly. "Holy jumping Jehosaphat!" he cried. "What an old scampi How unblushing ly he writes of his villainy!" "And yet tries to make amends at the close of a long and evil life," commented Holbrook. "Well," said Tom, hardly recovered from his astonishment, "the motive ly ing at the bottom of the murder is clear enough." "But who is the murderer?" "There lies the information," replied Tom, striking the paper he had laid upon Holbrooke desk. "But which? It was not Templeton, for he didn't kill himself for his own benefit. It was not Fountain, for we know he didn't do it It is either W easing, the woman Simpson or Pres ton." "Preston. What Preston?" "Why, James Preston the old drunk ard." "Yes, but where is he? Who ever heard of him?" "Who ever heard why hold hard I say, didn't I? why, bless my soul! but I did tell you, didn't IT "You are particularly lucid and in telligent this morning, not to say ejacu latory." "But I say, didn't I ever tell you?" ; "In the course of our somewhat ex tended and frequent intimacy you have told me many things and left untold many others, I suppose. But which particular piece of information you are referring to in your usual perspicuous manner, I am unable to ascertain with out a little more light." "Oh, stow that gibing! you are never so uninteresting as when you think you are sarcastic But I say, diSnt I ever tell you whafc, the Shadow reported to me about an old man Preston and Parker?" ' "Never, my royal youth." Tom, who was too seriously intent over the discovery of the paper to fall into the vein of Holbrook, told with brevity the scene in the old house in Varick street. The recital soon won Holbrook's close attention. "If yon had told me this," he said at its conclusion, "we would have been well along in the quest without the aid of this document." t "I cannot for the life of me tell how I came to neglect it, but you see, on my side I never knew, for you never told me, that the name of Mrs. Templeton's father was Carroll Preston." "However, we have the connecting link now, and the question as to who is' the person is narrowed to a very few." "True. It must be either Wessing, the woman Simpson, or Preston." "Or Parker." "Ah, by George, be comes into the game, too, doesn't he?" "Yes, by reason of his connection and conspiracy with Preston." "Holbrook," said Tom, after a mo ment's thought, "I do not believe that either Preston or Parker are in this part oitnejoD. . . "Why equally so with the others." "listen to me a moment. In this pa per, Pierson is at pains to state that Par ker had no knowledge of his previous life that he never knew that he bore another name previous to that of Pier son.- . "Yes, I remember; J see what your line ox reasoning will be. "WelL Now he did know about the Fountain and Simpson marriages. In my interview with him he was only dis turbed when I talked of Fountain. He was lawyer enough to know that if there was no prior marriage, the Fountain ceremony, whether mock or not, would -w binding if the supposed Fountain could be identified with the dead Pier- son. Hence his disturbance at my knowledge of the matter e knowledge which at that time I did not have, but most recklessly assumed to have.' "Well, but you forge Preston, the oninxard. "No, I don't This paper is dated ten years ago, and in it is distinctly stated tnat old Preston, the drunkard, turned pp live years previously. The old sot you- will remember, wanted to argue with Parker that he certainly was a brother, because for nrteen years tflenon had paid him money, and you must give full weight to the answer of Parker, that it made little difference whether money was paid him because he was a brother or whether it was because he possessed a secret which induced old Pierson to give hush money he was brother enough for their purposes. Now this argues that Parker was not fully acquainted with this relation, and that he really enter tained doubts or the verity of the broth ership between the two that the relation, if not the acquaintanceship, be tween Preston and Parker had sprung up since Pierson's death." "I see, I see. Yes, your reasoning is close." , "Now," continued Tom, "whatever else we may think of Parker, It wont do to take him for a fooL And fool he would have been to open up this prop ertyship question, by his own motion, right on the heels of the murder, if he had been guilty of it, or implicated in it The fact that he and his client would have been benefited by it would have been too patent, and if he knew the rela tion Templeton bore to the property, he had every reason to believe others would know it; and with a guilty conscience would think that that fact would be the first to be pitched on." "I am disposed to believe with you, Tom." "You will, the more you turn over in your mind that scene in Varick street and my conversation with Parker. I'll send for the Shadow, and together we'll go over the conversation again, and Til write down both for you to study at your leisure. It is quite as important to get those out of the ease who did not do it, as to get those in who possibly could have done it" "That is shrewdly put, Tom," replied Holbrook. "But you do not forget Park er's call on me?" "No, I do not" That call, in my judg ment, was to find if possible whether or not Pierson bad been engaged in mock matrimonial scrapes prior to the Foun tain episode, and of which he had no knowledge. Now, take fast hold of this fact: Fountain could only be a disturb ing claimant in the event of there hav i ng been no previous marriage. If Parker had known of the marriage of Carroll Preston, the issue of which was Mrs. Templeton, he would not have been at all disturbed by my precipitation of the Fountain name. He was visibly dis turbed when I falsely assumed to know, what I didn't then know, that Pierson had once passed as Fountain. As for the driveling old idiot of a brother, he is too far gone in rum to have ever con ceived or executed the murder." "I think you have made out a case, Tom. At all events, if the other lines of inquiry fail, we have the precious pair ; to fall back on." "Now, if you agree with me, as you seem to, then it follows that there are only two left the Simpson woman and Wessing." "Well, then, let's consider these two, About Simpson we know no more than this document tells us." "As to that. Til have to send the Shadow to New Rochelle to make in quiries. But I want to note a fact There are only left now under our process Simpson and Wessing" "And Wessing was at the place of murder when the deed was done." "Precisely. There's our first line of work." Holbrook did not reply. He was in tent on his thoughts, and was nervously tearing paper into long shreds, a habit when he was profoundly thinking. Fi nally he said: "Tom, some very singular things in the way of omissions present themselves. You never told me of that Varick street interview, and I never told you that Mrs. Templeton's family name was Preston. Here were two broken links that we might have joined without the aid of this paper. Now, here is another omis sion,". "What?" said Tom, with an air of an noyance. "Are you going to make us out a pair of blunderers? . "Yes, apparently. We never attempted to find out whether Wessing knew any thing about the diamond button?" "You always scouted the idea of Wess ing being connected with the affair." "I admit that, and I am going also to admit that I came near forgetting to tell you that I know who has worn a pair precisely like them." "Who? For gracious sakeP said Tom irritably. "You increase rather than de crease the possibilities." . "Kendrick Noble- Do' you know him?" - . "Yes. He is in the same set as the Ash grove girl and Fountain. But what pos sible connection can he hare with Wess ing?" 'Not any that I know of. But we must find -out what he has to say about it," "Well, HI take that in hand myself," said Tom. "But, Holbrook, old man, there is one thing you ought to do and at once you ought to go to the Temple tons. With all the knowledge you now possess you may bring out some startling truths. Your clients are now first claim ants to a large property." "True. That has been In my mind to say for some time. Why not go up with me? In this case two minds will be bet ter than one." "Agreed," cried Tom, springing from his seat "We have plenty to do now, so let us be on the move." ; - After safely locking up the precious document, they set forth, to call upon the Templetons. CHAPTER XXVUL HOLBHCOK HAKES A SnRKCH DISCOV ERY AS TO HIMSELF. W ' 1 RS. TEMPLETON was alone when Holbrook and Tom were usher ed into her apart- . . rr .i i ,i uumia. ooiorooa L looked ea&rerlv for Annie, but she .was" not present, and and there was a void in the room and disappointment in his heart -After Tom had been presented to Mrs. Templeton. for up to this time he had never met' her, Holbrook opened tbo conversation by saying; "We came upon some rather startling information this morning, Mrs. Temple ton, which closely concerns yourself and your daughter. 1 regret she is not here to listen to the story." "Why, was she to meet you here?" asked Mrs. Templeton, Holbrook stared at the old lady. "I do not understand you," he said. "But where did she go to after she left you? "Left me?" said Holbrook, much puz zled. "I have not seen her today." "Then she missed you. She went out to see you." "To see me?" replied Holbrook, still more puzzled. ' "Why, yes," said the old lady, much alarmed by his manner. "In response to this note from you." She rose from her seat and, crossing to the table, took from it an open letter, which she handed to Holbrook. Tom, who had quickly perceived some thing was wrong, did not hesitate to lean over Holbrook's shoulder and read with him: "My Deab Miss TznTurrox I desire to meet you at the surrogate's office, where we were day before yesterday, at 10 this morning. Your signature to some papern in necessary. The presence of your mother is not necessary. "Yours respectfully, "Hekby Holbrook." "What horrible thing Is this?" cried Holbrook. "This note is a forgery. X J never wrote it" Mrs. Templeton burst into moans and lamentations. "Some one has abducted herf cried Holbrook. 'Til turn the city upside down; 111 go to the police at once." "Stop," said Tom. "Holbrook, be quiet a moment" v "Quiet man?" turned Holbrook on him fiercely; "she's in danger. Can I be quiet when, perhaps her life hangs in the balance? Come, let's go. We'll alarm the city." Tom seized Holbrook by the arm and said sternly: "Stop, man alive, and make sure what you are about to da" "Let me loose!'' demanded Holbrook, beside himself. "I'm dangerous. Do you' know. I love that girl love her. heaven only knows how much! I must I will find her." Tom held him firmly. "Granted." he said, "you love hor. and I believe you. But to go bellowing like a wild bull about town in this man ner is not the way to find her. Be a man Look at this thing coolly. Til go any where with you, but you must not lose self control. All of your faculties are needed in this work. If you are to help the girl or this poor old mother heavens. she has fainted !" They both hastened to take her from the floor, to which she had fallen, and to bear her into the adjoining room, the door of which was open, and lay her upon the bed. The diversion this created helped Hol brook to resume control of himself. While he sought for water, Tom hastened into the hall to summon assistance," but as he opened the door a lady stood be fore him, probably attracted thither by Holbrook's outcries. Tom hastily told her what had oc curred, and begged that she would go to Mrs. Templeton. He then went back to Holbrook, and took him aside. He said sternly to him: "Holbrook, you must summon all your self control, all your manhood. There's work to be done that can be done only by men, not boys or whimpering fools. Let me see you steady yourself. Let me say something to you. The search will not be long. The man who knifed James Templeton is the person who en ticed Annie Templeton away." "You are right Tom," said Holbrook, grasping his hand and wringing it "In the first sharp agony of fear for her I was unnerved. You shall not complain of my want of manhood again. But where can she be? Who can have done this? What shall w do? Where shall we go? Think for me. Tom; act. only don't let us stop here. I shall lose my mind if we don't do something." "One moment Let us see to Mrs. Templeton first" At this moment the lady who had gone to Mrs. Templeton's assistance en tered the room, and said that the old lady had revived and desired to see the gentlemen. They entered her room. - "My daughter," she feebly moaned. ' "Have no fear," said Tom promptly. "She will soon be restored to your em brace." "Yes," said Holbrook, "I shall neither sleep nor eat until I -can clasp her in my arms." "God speed and bless your said the old lady faintly. They hurried out "Now," said Tom, as soon as they were well out in the street, "the first thing to do is to see that you are cooled down and steadied. You and I want to sit down for a careful examination of this thing, before we take a step or make a move." "The first thing to do is to go to the police." replied Holbrook. "I don't agree with you stop, speak low, we are followed. Don't show that you are aware of it "Let me get at the scoundrel," de manded Holbrook. Tom seized him so tightly that he gave Holbrook pain, 1 Would you ruin everything? Oh, if the Shadow were only here to follow the spy! But let us take a cab here at the corner." - Holbrook had been restrained with difficulty, and Tom desired to get him into a cab, where he could reason with him. . - His companion submitted, a cab was called, and the driver directed . to go straight to Holbrook's office. When they were once on their way Tom said. "I'm not sure that the best way Is not to tell the police. -1 want to discuss it I fear it is not The result of giving the. matter to the police would be that a gen eral alarm would be given and the bird take flight , I am positive we are fol lowed. If we were to go to the polios. In ten minutes the prrty would know of it If, on the contrary, we go quietly to your office, they will be thrown off and suppose that we have not yet waked up to die affair. To lull their suspicions is to make a great gain. Believe me, this Is the surer way. Be guided by me, thus far at all events." "Well, suppose I submit, what then? What is gained? Time will have been lost precious time." "I have gained something when I have got you to a point that you will argue with me. ; - 1 "What do you mean?" "That your reason ia restored we want cool thought on this subject." Thus Tom, who was fighting for time, succeeded in gaining it The truth was, the reporter was not altogether disin genuous or disinterested in the policy he was pursuing. He quickly realized that any application to the police for assist ance must result in telling to the author ities everything they knew. Convinced as he was that the same hand that struck down the brother had seized the sister, he felt that the discovery of the girl would lead straightway to the dis covery of the murderer. To give this matter into the hands of the nolioo would be to srive. them, the means to unravel the crime of Union square, and they, not he, would have the sredit of the detection and arrest He was in momentary fear that Hol brook would detect his purpose, and he was at his wit's end to furnish argument in favor of the position be had taken. His great trouble was that he could not suggest to himself, let alone Holbrook, a feasible plan of procedure if the matter were not given to the police, nor indeed even invent a plausible one. Time was the great desideratum, and this, by all the ingenuity he could exer cise, be endeavored to gain. His task was made not an easy one by the impa tience of Holbrook. While thus arguing, talking, declaim ing and lecturing with Holbrook, Tom caught a glimpse of the Shadow stand ing upon the curbstone, and perceived that the Shadow had seen him. He gave him a hasty signal to follow, and was pleased to observe that it was recognized. This incident afforded Tom another pretext, and thus, by dint of one device and another, he succeeded in getting Holbrook to his office. Tbey both entered together. As they did so a clerk said: "There is Mr. Holbrook." Upon this a very dirty, a very ragged and a very small, boy came up to Hol brook and asked: "Be you Mr. Holebook?" "Yes," replied the lawyer. 'Tm Mr. Holbrook." "Den dis here's for you," handing a dirty slip of paper nearly rolled into a ball Before either Tom or Holbrook could realize what had taken place the boy bad shot through the half open door and scampered off. It was with difficulty that Holbrook could decipher it, for it was written with a lead pencil upon the margin of a newspaper. When he did he uttered a cry of joy. to be continued. A TELLING ILLUSTKATION. A Feinted Argument Against the Sub division of lexas. We had beentalking for half an hour or so on the subject of dividing Texas into four States, says a writer ia the New York Sun, and the man from Jersey City, who bad a front seat in the stage, insisted that the matter ought to come up for Con gressional action. We finally drew up at a way station to change horses, and as we got down to stretch our legs the one native Texan among the eight passengers pulled out a bowie knife and confronted the Jersey man with: So you reckon there's enough of Texas to make four States.' 'It's it's a very large State,' re plied the man, looking with anxiety at the kaife. Exactly. You are also a very large man,' Y-e-a.' 'Do you think there's enough of you to make four menf Well, hardly.' 'If I should even slice off your ears you'd lose 7 suthin' of your glory, wouldn't your 'Of course.' 'And you wouldn't feel that you were much of a man with your head gone, would you' 'No, indeed.' I merely illustrate,' said theTexan, as he stroked the blade on his boot leg. 'If Texas can de divided up and still Oh J she shan't bef interrupted the Jersey man, Texas is none too big for a single State, tor the Empire State of the West, and if I were one of her honored citizens should cer tainly oppose such a movement with every energy. Gentlemen let ua drink to Texas as she is I . And we gurgled. - How to Breathe. Nine out of ten men are two lazy to breathe properly. About eighty or ninety cubic inches of air always re main in a man's lungs, and about the same amount of supplemental (or sluggishly changing) air remains af ter ordinary expiration. Only about twenty inches of tidal air air that changes at once with each breath passes in and out, the average man being too ignorant or too indolent to inhale and exhale fully. 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It is at Last Presented la tbe House The Views of Both tbe Majority and Minority of tbe Committee Tbe Bfi norlty Uphold the Sound Doctrine of the Democrat And Give Good Rea sons for Doing So. Washington, D, C, April 18. Mr. McKioley, from the committee on ways and means, introduced tbe new tariff bill with tbe majority report on it, in the House this afternoon. The majority report discusses the effect that the bill will have upon the reve nues of the government . It states that the exact effect is difficult of as certainment. "That there will be a substantial reduction, as we shall show," It says, "admits of no doubt The general policy of the bill is to foster and pro mote American production and di versification of American industry." The committee recommend that sugar up to and including No. 16, Dutch standard of color.and molasses, be placed on the free list; a duty of four-tenths of one cent per pound on refined sugar, above No. 16, and that a bounty of two cents per pound be paid from the treasury for a period of fifteen years for all sugar polaris ing at least 85 per cent, made in this country from cane, beets or sorghum, produced in the United States. Discussing the sugar question the committee pays: "So large a propor tion of our sugar is imported that the home production of sugar does not materially affect the price, and the duty is therefore a tax which is added to the price, not only of tbe import ed, but of the domestic product, which is not true of duties imposed on articles produced or made here substantially to the extent of our wants." The committee have recommended changes in tbe internal revenue laws as follows: Abolishing the tax on dealers in leaf and on manufactured tobacco; manufacturers of tobacco and cigars, and peddlers of tobacco; reducing the tax on smoking and manufactured tobacco and leaf, from eight cents to four per pound. Tbe committee recommend that all provisions of tho statutes imposing restricions, of any kind whatsoever, upon farmers and growers of tobacco, in regard to the 6ale thereof, be re pealed . This will enable the farmers and planters to sell their tobacco wherever and to whom so ever tbey please with the same freedom they now dispose of other agricultural pro ducts. The committee 'conclude that the proposed bill, if enacted into law, will certainly reduce tbe revenue from imports at least $60,936,536, and prob ably more, and from the internal revenue $10,827,878, or in the aggre gate $71,264,414. Mr. McKenna, of California, a re publican member of the ways and means committee, submitted a report dissenting from tbe sugar schedule of the bilL Mr. Carlisle submitted the views of the minority on the bill. Tbe minor ity discuss the tariff question at length, pointing out the differences between the two political parties in the matter, and defending the doc trine of the democrats. Summing up the question the mi nority say: We believe, therefore, that tbe only manner in which our industries can be helped by legisla tion at -the present time is to exempt from taxation the materials they are compelled to use, and to reduce pro portionately the taxes on finished products, so that all our farmers, mechanics and manufacturers may be able to compete on equal terms with those of other countries. That is tbe policy we advocate and which we desire to see inaugurated and com pleted just as early and as rapidly as circumstances will permit The cap italist who has invested his money in these industries, tbe laborers he em ploys, and the domestic consumer to whom he sells would all be benefited and nobody would be in jured. With untaxed materials, it is evident that they could afford to pay their labor era better wages than they can afford to pay them now, and still sell their products to consumers at lower prices than are now charged. Concerning the internal revenue features of the bill the minority say : While we would be willing to re peal the internal revenue taxes on tobacco fn connection with reductions upon other articles which tbe people are obliged to ue, as was proposed in the bill which passed the last House, we cannot agree to a measure which provides. for the. abolition of any part of such taxes and at the same time increase tbe rates of duty of cotton, woolen and linen clothing, and in earthenware, glassware, table cutlery and many forms of iron and steel which cannot be dispensed with. Besides, about the only sub stantial reason that can be urged for the repeal of tbe tax on tobacco is the fact that the governmental supervis ion and control necessary to enforce its collection is a constant source of vexation and annoyance to those en gaged in manufacturing that article. A mere reduction of the tax from eight 'cents to four cents per pound does not dispense with tbe supervision and control to any extent whatever, nor does it diminish to any extent the expense of ctl!ec'ion. The sirae su pervision, tti " ". f." and the aame number of officials will be required to collect four cents per pound that are required to collect eight cents per pound. The policy of placing farm products on the dutiable list as provided for in the tari bill in order to give the farmer protection, is referred to as fallacious. .The minority holds that it is impossible to . protect the farmer against foreign competition in his home market, because it is claimed he has no such com peti on. Regarding the cut in sugar, and the sugar bounty, the minority say : "We protest against tbe gross favoritism and injustice of such a policy, and we deny the moral or constitutional right of tbe government to tax tbe people who grow corn, wheat, cotton,' rye, oats and other agricultural pro ducts for the purpose of raising mon ey to bo given to those who produce sugar, or any other article. Tbe bounty provisions contained in the bill are confessions that the whole system which it seems to strengthen and extend is a system of discrimina tions between tbe various productive industries of tbe country a system which imposes charges upon some for the support of others, and disregards every principle of justice and equali ty in distributing the burdens of tax ation." Tbe minority state that in their opinion, tbe increase in the tobacco schedule, resulting mainly from the imposition of a duty on $3 per pound on un8timmed leaf cigar wrappers, will be $16,305,925 instead of $9,754,-. 069 as shown by the tables, and tbey are 'confident that an analysis of the importations of that article for a se ries of years past will sustain that position. Of the effect of the proposed meas ure on the revenue of the country the minority say: We do not mean to assert that the bill actually increases the customs revenue $65,000,000 over what it is under existing law, but that it proposeses to impose upon the articles' it leaves upon the dutiable list, except sugar and molasses, that sum in excess of the amount collected on the same schedules last year. It places upon the free list articles which yielded a revenue of $6,039,969 during tbe last fiscal year, and it makes a reduction of $54,922,110 on sugar and molasses, and these two sums, amounting to $60,963,079. being de ducted from the $68,000,000, leave a net icrease of more than $4,000,000 in tariff taxation under this bill. Tbe report concludes as follows : "While we would gladly co operate with the majority in the passage of any measure which would relieve the people from unnecessary taxation, promote the prosperity of our indus tries and secure ample wages and steady employment to tbe Jaborers engaged in them, we feel constrained to make an earnest protest against tbis bill, because, in our opinion, it will not accomplish any of those de sirable results. KajiiK of Children. -Youth's Companion. Ethel, four years old, went out in the evening with her mother to see tbe cows milked, and while watching them suddenly exclaimed, "O mam mal tbe cows are chewing gum." A little fifteen cent watch delighted Raymond greatly, and he said to me as I was undressing him: "A lady did say to me on boat, 'What time is it by your watch f and I did say to lady, My watch didnt went'" Ellie was examining very attentive ly the large spurs of the Leghorn rooster, when papa came into the poultry-yard with a measure of corn for the fowls. "Papa," eaid Ellie, "I know why these chickens are called Leghorns.' It's because tbey have such big horns on their legs I" Ned and Fred were returning from town with papa, and Ned, seeing a goat by the roadside, said: "Paps; there is a Billy-goat." "No, son," said papa, "that's a Nanny-goat" "Papa," said Freddie, thoughtfully, ''why do goats always name their children Billy and Nannie t" Teddy is a little city boy, who, last summer, paid a long visit to his grandpa's farm. He stayed until harveet-time, and was, of course, very much interested in everything he saw. One day grandpa was busk ing corn. '- Teddy wanted to help, but be wasn't quite sure bow to ask about it Pretty soon, however, he burst forth, eagerly: "Gram 'pa, may may I help you undress that corn!' Epoch. Tbe transition from long, lingering and painful sickness to robust health marks an epoch in the life- of the individual. Snch a remarkable event is treasured in tbe memory and tbe agency whereby tbe rood health has been attained is gratefully blessed. Hence it ia that so much ia heard in praise of Elee-tric- Bitters. Bo many feel they owe their restoration to health, to the use of the Great Alterative and Tonic, If yon are troubled with any disease of Kidneys. Liver or Stonv acb, of long or abort standing you will surely find relief by use of Klectrio Bitters. Sold at 50c and SI per bottle at McLeudon & Parsons' Drug Store, ."Papa," said Willie, who had been down street. "The town looks just the same as it did. , "Why shouldn't itr "Mamma said you had painted it" Washington Post, . SOMETHING ABOUT THE SH OCA UKSCLTS OK LA GUim Utile Known of It Casts aad Mom Deal With It. v It is coming to be realixM thatTt disease popularly known as the g. wasin reality a very serious epider ic It has made the tour of tbe wori It was last beard from in Central A rica, where it delayed a carava Although disappearing as an epidem in certain localities it persists a difleaxe. and . there is no end to tt. painful, as well as curious, instance the subjects have bewi plunged i: the depths of dark despair by th.. terrible nervous prostration that i its distintive mark. William H Draper. M. D.. in a late arUcIe in tbe Med teal Kecord on " l he Complications fibd Sequelae of Influrj enza," - summed up by sayings "It seems evident that the determining cause of .the disease, whatever it may be, is one which spends its force prU marily and directly upon tbe nervous system. Its most serious results have, as a rule, been observed in persons of advanced years and in those whp were enfeebled by previous disease or intemperate habits. The relative mortality of the malady has, to be sure, not been large, but when we consider, apart from the mortality which it has caused, the vast sum of human energy that it has destroyed, and the check that it has everywhere) put upon the wheels of human indue- r try. its effects have been indeed ap palling." In the epidemic at Beirut, Syria, there were so many sick with the dis ease in one village that there were not enough well persons to take care 5 of them. There were over twenty thousand cases at Beirut aloae. Ev ry physician iu the city had it When the epidemic raged in Paris the City Council voted $3,000 for the families of the afflicted. Tbe Pope , ordered the Bishops of the countries visited by the epidemic to excuse from the observance of tbe Lea tod . fasts all those wno had suffered froua the influenza in an aggravated form and are still in a weakened state as a result thereof. ..... It has been suggested that there is an analogy between tbe grip and the epizootic epidemic . that attacked horses a few years ago. This is suf ficiently answered by the fact that when the horses had it the men did not have it, when the men had it the horses had it not The recent epidemic originated in Russia near St Petersburg about tbe first of November. It spread quick ly, filling the hospitals and barracks, and within three weeks about half the population of St Petersburg w.as afflicted. Curiously in one family one would be ill while all the rest would escape. Then whole families would be laid low. But the simple explanation of this apparent enigma is that in every family the aged or the weak or the sick were the vic tims, while tbe strong and vigorous escaped with little or no attack. A number of prominent physicians connected with the Health Board and , with various medical societies are preparing elaborate reports of the late epidemic based on widespread obser vation and it is to be hoped that the next time the grip comes around, as it surely will, the doctors will be bet ter prepared to give it the reception it deserves and do something to keep away this, one of the greatest ills that flesh is heir to. Look; After tbe Little Ones. S. S. S. is the remedy for children because it is a simple vegetable com pound, prepared from tbe roots gath ered from the forests, and contains no mineral at all nor any poison of any kind. It cures by eliminating the impurities of the blood, thus as- , sisting nature. . If there is or has been any con sumption in your family, you Bhould give your children S. S. S. It will gently stimulate the action of the lungs, and en&ble nature to properly develop the child. If there is scrofu la, you should not fail to give 8. S. 8. It is the only remedy which has ever cured this disease. For boils, pimples, blotches, etc.. on children S. S 8. is superior to all other medicines. It acta gently, it forces out the impuri ties and builds up the child from the first dose. - We will mail a treatise on Blond and Skin Diseases to all who will send ' their address to us. Swirr Spec 1 no Co., Atlanta, Ga. A New Theory of tbe Transnalrratioa. of Seals. Dr. Fitzgerald: Two little child ren of Brother James Butterick, of Asheville, N. C, were watching the fluttering of a beheaded chicken. Tbe little girl's sympathy was moved. "What a pity," said she. "to kill a poor chicken. "Yes," said the boy, "but it's a heap better for the chick- en." "Why I" asked the girL "Cause," said the boy, "the chicken has no soul, but if we eat it, it will go to heaven with us. Old people suffer much from disorders of the vriaary organs, and are always gratified at tbe wonderful effects of Dr. J.IL Mc Lean's Liver aad-Kidaev Balsa ha -i--'-- their troubles. i.0U per bottle. Imperfect digestion and aaaimflatioa pro duce disordered coadiuona of the aysteut which grow and are confirmed by neglect. Dr. J. EL AcLeaa's Strengtheninc Cordial " and Blood Purifier, by its ton properti!. cures indigestkM and zives too tu tbav. t LOU per bottle. For sick headache, female trouble, Moral- erta-e nsTiinsi in thai hct A km b 1 -F 17 If T . - Lin e Liver and lUdcey Piilea. 23 cents a I Croury suf"'oeiti.-r, r.LLt c": Vs; an-,i a , Lawyer (who had posted. wJtnt) "Sow, Pels, tell the court and j rj all you know about t!.-. 3 r' I i?"!t r "'".I w
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