The Brussels Post, 1893-8-18, Page 22
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BRUSSELS POST,
EXPLORER MAi KENZIN,
he $uudredth Anniversary of Iiia Over
land Tourney.
ti• Ulnatoboeterlteaktntuh
boreeand COesa.
orated-IYt+tnile or the l x1,1oit 1lttelcen-
• ato and other AltyouI arena 11x1,lorers
III
-at 1s 5nggexted Thattllxtat.leai.Paint-
irt , should '^i 111,1 lid Tell tli • it In T rear
e Story 1 C
y
Kenai -trite IsshiOrOra Received Meant
)leovrited.
2 7i
One hundred 1
Q e hunt ed oars a+ (July � 1,
o J
that tireless traveller end intrepid explorer,
Alexander. Mackenrie (afterwards Sir Alex -
lander), completed the firstovelandjourney
north of the Golf of Moxieo, made by any
European, to the Pacific ocean, Hearne,
aching for the Hudson's Bay Company, had
• in 1771, traced the Coppermfne river to its
mouth on the Arctic ocean. Then the North-
West Fur Company (1788) cause Tato exist-
ence, Montreal being its business centre,
What liistoi•io district had contributed scores
Of ehivedeeus explorers before; but none
more devoted, more patrfotio, more iudefa.
tigable, than Alexander Maokenzie. In the
�1reface to his " Journal of a Voyage
ffhrough the North-West Cmutinent of
Americo," (published in 1801) Mackenzie
says :-" 1 was led at an early period of my
life, by oommeroial views, to the country
0iorth-west of Lake Superior, in North
sl.merica, and beiug endowed by nature with
an inquisitive mind and enterprising spirit,
bossessing also a constitution and frame of
ody equal to the most arduous undertak-
ings, and being familiar with toilsome ex.
onions in the prosecution of mercantile
pursuits, I not only contemplated the pram
tenability of penetrating across the continent
of America, but was confident in the queli-
&ations, as I was animated by the deeire to
Undertake the perilous enterprise."
On the Oth of May, 1708, ;Mackenzie,
(having left Montreal and arrived at Fort
lOhipewyan the preceding October, proceed-
ed on his t\'esternexppedition, following the
Peace river, and remising one of its branoh-
es, the Findlay ; ultimately embarking on
the Tatouche (uow Fraser) river, believing
et to be the main body, or a branch of the
great Columbia. Advised by various Indian
tribes that
TILE RI780IN, WATERS
ataraets, ane gn;geo were uoc only perilous,
but rendered navigation animpossibility,he
eventually retraced a portion of his route,
z, ad sixteen days afterwards, reavhed what
e termed "the cheek of Vancouver's Ou-
tdo oaual"-north-west trom Bentinck
ren. The journey from Fort Chipewyan
cite Cascade canal er Cascade Inlet, as it
ppoars on recent charts, was accomplished
1 about eleven weeks, phenomenal progress
,neidering the terrible hardships endured,
and the almost insurmountable difficulties
overcome. The chronicler says: -
We had nu sooner landed than we took
posseeeion of a rook, where there was not
space for, more than twiee our number, and
which admitted of onr defending ourselves
with advantage, in case we should be attack-
ed. The people in the first canoes (referring
to Indlaa meters) were the most trouble-
some, but after doing their utmost to irri-
tate us, they went away. .They were, how•
ever, .nosooner gone thana hat, a hanclker-
chief and several other articles were miss-
ing." Then a second boat arrived "with )
seven stout, well looking men." Their Eng- I
Bah vocabulary was limited to the monosyll-
able
i ,
ahie ""to,"chic chiefly mployed in refusing„ta
dispose of otter and goat skins at anything
like a reasonable price. The Indians of
that day took what did not belong to them,
also demanded exorbitant prices for their
wares. Lau it be possible that eventually
they bequeathed to the whites some modi-
eum of them rapacity? Be that as it may,
Mackenzie dldnot tamely submit to the de.
p
.lotion of what a best, U , was a primeval,
certainly a limited, wardrobe, and despite
the feat that the recent arrivals made ad-
vance towards something approaching the'
a 'eotionate, he kept them at arm's length.
They, however, volunteered the informetion
that " Maenbah" (Vanmonver) had been
there, "and left his ship behind it, point ad
land in the channel, south-west of then." 1
Mackenzie grimly chronicles, ' The natives l
having left us. . I directed the poo- I
pie to keep watch by two, in turn, and laid i
• myself down in my cloak." The morning'
of the 22nd of July, 1703, was bright and'
beautiful ; then and there, the man who had
a few years before given bis name to what f
is now an historic Northern river, stamped
the sign -manual of British prowess on the :
shores of the great Pacilio ocean. He thus 1
records the event:-
I now mixed up some vermillion in
melted grease, and inscribed iu largo char -
eaters, on the south oast fade of the rook on
whboh we had slept last night, this brief
memorial :-"Alexander :Mackenzie, from
Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, t
one thousand seven hundred and ninety 'o
three,"
In no degree enamoured of the peculiar n
aenizens of this region, Sir Alexander, with
caution not altogether foreign to the Scot.
tiah nature, decided that proximity to this
articular Iridian settlement would neither r
e conducive to health nor yet beneficial, t
Brom an momenta standpoint; lie accord- r
ingly directed the boats to proceed north-
east three miles, landing at a point present-
ing a safe ecieutifio frontier, should
.ANY AtARAGIiIN(. F\1ED10108
advanced towards the village and " matte
signs for someone to come down." k;veutu-
ally, a Plenlpateutiary Extraordinary,
more dirty than diplomatio, appeared,
explaining that some evil gonna had
oircitiated a story to the effect
that the travellers, shortly before,
itad murdered four of the tribe
wltoln they mat on the bay,Maokenzle dont•
ed thio,produemdproof-more of the musket
order than simple verbal testimony -end
seeing his advantage, threatened to renew
hostilities unless his linen and other pilfer.
ed artioles were restored, together with a
t int F,dried fish. Lemon•
reasonableal tot a 1
ciliation followed, the purloined artioles
were returned, some purchases of salmon,
and canoe poles made, and the adventurer
mildly iatinmtes that he named the place
"Rascal's Village," On Saturday, the '24th
of August, t110 expedition reached the
fort, on its retina voyage, "As the round-
ed the point," tyritse Maokenzie, and
mane in 0180' of Fort Chipovyao, we throw
out our fleg,aocompnnied with a general dis-
charge of our firearms, while the men were
in such spirits, and made such active use of
their paddles that we arrived before the
3 uien, whom we left ]tern in the spring
could recover their senses to answer us.
Thus win landed at four in the afternoon, at
the place which WO left on the Oth of May,
I reoeived the reward of my
labors,for they were crowned with success I"
This then, in brief, is the plain story of
a great man's victory over obstacles seem-
ingly insurmountable, the story too of an
event fraught with tremendous consequenc-
es to
VIE BRITISH EMPIRE
for the Dominion of Canada claims sover-
eignty over the greater portion of theAmeri-
can Continent, two oceans are connected by
iron bands, and Great Britain controls the
shortest and safest route to her possessions
in the East. One intrepid spirit, inspiring
these whon,be directed, acoompliahed mar-
vellous work, and today is the centenary
of his masterful combat with and splendid
victory over the combined forces of nature
and the savage elenhents owning her sover-
eignty. To chronicle this historic journey
with all its graphic incidents ; to paint the
picture of brave men struggling to assert
man's supremacy; to describe hairbreadth
escapes from Rood, and hand-to-hand en.
counters with suspicious savages, is not the
design of his brief record ; sulfite to show
that perils were sucoesafully encountered,
obstacles surmounted, difficulties overcome.
Across snow -packed, tree -strewn gorges ;
widely -gaping crevasses ; through swollen
streams and cataracts, roaring above rocky
beds ; through canyons where human life
had never before pulsatect ; beneath crash-
ing boulders and along ledges seemingly sus-
pended in midair; forcing a pathway through
trackless mazes of dense forests, those cru-
saders accomplished for the greater pro.
tion of the American continent that which
entitles them to the love, the respect,
the admiration of the present genera-
tion. Truly, there were giants in the
earth in those days; a marvellous race of
men; faithful unto death, to that which
duty dictates ; a galaxy of memorable
characters, a group of Titans who feared
naught save failure. Nob alone Alexander
Maokenzie ; long ere his time, by land,
and sea, and river, hardy pioneers had
found a lebour of love in the wilds ot
Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Superior. The
French pioneers under Champlain had as-
cended the Ottawa ; Fathers Rnymbanit
and Joques had (1040) penetrated the north
shore of Lake Superior and reached Sault
Ste. Merle ; Albanel had (1 671 ) accomplished
an overland expedition tion Quebec to
Hudson Bay, and Royon visited tate Lake
of the Woods ; LaVen !rye (1731-30) had
reached the Saskatchewan, and his son,
Chevalier LaVendrye, bed penetrated witk-
in the Rooky Mountain zone ; LaSalle had
pierced the interior of America to die by
VIE 1ANUS OF ASSASSINS,
and the pious Friar Ribourde (1680), bre-
viary fn hand, had fallen beneath the war
Clubs of savages, for whose salvation lie had
surrendered courtly honours and prefer.
meats. It was ordained, however, that
Alexander Maokenize should become famous
in Western annals, rendering services to
oivilization far in advance of any outer in-
dividual explorer. He brought a new world
oto existence, opened a new field, inspired
a sahoal of hardy enthusiasts, and, ere he
passed to his long home, realized in a spirit
of humility, yet with justifiable pride, that
le had accomplished something worthy,
something benefieiel, something ennobling,
something which would entitle him to the
ova and respect of future generations.
One can well imagine the interest awak-
ened in the mind of Alexander iMaokenize,
as Simon Fraser, fifteen years afterwards
1838), arrive 1 at Fort George, and was ad-
vised by the Indians to turn back or perish
-the very point where Mackenize decided
o retrace his steps, and thus reach the
oast by another and shorter route. To
rend Senator Masson's quotations from Fra-
er's "Journal" in "Ie Bonrgeoiv de la
Compagnie de Nord-Onest," the appalling
dangers are immediately realized ; narlow
canyons, steep pre0ipiees, contracting the
oaring waters, "turbulent, noisy, and awful
o beold," within a span of thirty feet,
apids, cascades, iitorcepllis rooks -then
portaging heavy loads, paths, canoes, erm-
ine ravines, pn.ssing along the claolivity of
mountains, all combined to strilce terror
nto the hearts of the bravest. "etpurzum"
was reached, where now (:801*) stands the
Canadian Pacific railway station a few miles
eat of Yale.
Little did :limon Fraser dream as he
and at the moue, that there were those
iving who would witness the opening of a
real tranaeentmootal railway through this
weird and apparently inhpassal.le country :
that against the face of the roe;=, 150 feet
above the boisterous river, teals would ho
laid and trestles brought into re7uiaitinn,
and the roar of The )ncontotirthoard maid
the crags and. gorges and pealts of these
terribly impressive wilds, I•'oor Fraser;
he did hie work well, and starved for
it,
Then, too, David Thompson, after whom
another great 0)04' is named ; he should
net be forgotten, for these men, Mnoltenzio
Fritter, and Thompson, are one in historical
importance. 'Thompson, in 1800, mule an
unsuccessful attempt to reach the mast, by
way of a peas eupposerl to thatsince utiliz-
ed bythe Canadian Moine railway.
however,wasnot clam to aIla
etre tacit of
lighting hordes of Indians, so returned. In
1807, however, to went in trio e0utho'ly
direction, entered Howls pass, andr0Aoherl
the Columbia and Kooteuey lake. Needless
t0 say,
011E 3L'0V010INOS 30' 010001008
and his men are cteseribod as terrible. A
lung line of explorers followed, Gabrielle
?ranchero, Ross Cox, Alexander Henry, D;
W, Harman, John Mabeod, Sir George
Simpson, Alexander Ross, and hosts of
°there, each contributed sonothing to • the
steek of information already furnished,
A son of ,John McLeod, Malcolm, at tires -
eat resides
ires.ettresides in Ottawa ; hie father rendered
groat service to the country, being au in-
trepid explorer and e very able Mall. Mr,
Malooln 11tcLood was an earnest advocate
take place during the night, The natives,
• however, appeared quite willing to steal,
but not so anxious to die, )fence eo attack
took place, the adventurer; proceeding on u
their return trip. The next day they 1
reached t hat ie known as " 11aolconzie e ,
Outlet' on the Salmon river. Aguide whoE
deserted soidontiy aimed at leading the ex-
, plover into an ambuscade, within a mile of
What, by a stretch of imagination, might be
termed a village. Suddenly he was mut-98.18.
ed by two men running t„wards Min
"with dagger's in their Rants and fury
in their aspect." Ile naively adds t
"from their hostile appearance, 1 could not
doubt of their p. reuse." Certainly, this
was a reasonable ,.;epesitio0, and quite in
keeping with an intelligent diagnosis of the
situation, Mackenzie presenter) Lis gem.
,Then ' followed what proved to he mere
pantomime, but !nighht readily (tare been
solemn traggedy; they Indians dropped their
daggers, the White man Iet his un
fall into hie left hand, drawing phis
henget) and the opposing forces approach-
ing one another, ' One of tli0m," says
Mackenzie, "contrived to got behind me
and grasped 1110 in his arms. I soon dis-
engaged myeslf from him, and why he did
tot avail himself of the opportunity which
lie had of plunging his dagger into ne, I
cannot conjecture. They certainly, might
limo -overpowered me, and though I should
'1 probably .have killed one or two of them, I
must have fallen at last," At this juncture
reinforcements arrived from the exploring
beats, and a "stamppede" on the part of
teludskfns fcllowe1. The blood of the
irate Nootehinan was by this time bubblier(
and st0atn185 in his ve(ns.; 80 Ie tells 11s,
" I therefore told my mon to prim their
pieces afresh' for an active use of -them, if
the °evasion shctild require it," He then
of the uonetruotiou of the Canadian Pitalfio
railway, writing udder the none de plume
of 1 Brittaninus,' He is universally re -
spatted, hitt being reduced In airomnstanooe,
is eouscq uan lly without friends. 'Talk about
" Republics " being ungrateful 1 Savage
or civilized, monarchical or deepotio, govern -
giants, like individuals, too frequently
forget to reward according to merit, Then
came the railway explorations, the visit of
Sir Hooter Ltngovin, the expedition of Mr.
Sandford Fleming (ap min led chief engineer
of the railway, 1872,) the expedition of
Adjutant -General !toss, the tour tondo by
General 1 Butler, the perilous trip
Si1 W. 1. t ) a leas t
,
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made by Jerrie and Iiannington, engineers,
in 1874, and the various journeyings of
Lord Dufferin (1876.17), the :Marquis of
Lorne and the Princess Louise (1.881.1582),
the expedition of .tat alarms Smith In con,
neotion with surveys (1877), 51r. W. C.
VacHerne (1884), Sir Charles Tupper (1885),
and Lord Lansdowne (1885). Since then
millions of passengers have "crossed the
hackies," perhape without a thought of
Alexander Mackenzie; perhaps without
having hoard of Simon Fraser, or dreamed
that sea a splendid character as David
Thompson ever existed. It matters little
to the dead ; but what a commentary upon
the living 1 Mackenzie made Montreal
famous ; his very name reflected
I81 108 MED SPLENDOR
upon her oom:neroe, her fndestries, her
business energy ; it dirt more, for the
Dominion of Canada profited by itis indifati-
gable labour, and to -day pointa proudly to
a great national work, which, without the
10aokeuzies, the Thompsons, and the
Frasers, world bo but an empty dream.
1loekm:die was honoured with a knighthood;
Fraser was offered one, but declined it be-
cause the was starving to death; honours
were cheap, bread dear, Thompson, too,
was allowed to go to his grave a pauper,
and to -day no monument, no hietorio paint-
ing, nor national testimonial commemorates
the chivalrous devotion of three great ex-
plorers to a country which has become ono
of the richest and most promising portions
of British North America.
A chronicler sadly says : "Simon Fraser
died at St. Andrews, above Montreal, at
the age of 89, and leaving no provision for
his family." And of David Thompson, "He
lived to be 87, dying atLongueull, opposite
Montreal, on February 1011, 1807, itis sad
to write, in extreme poverty," Simon
Fraser left relatives, and a smell, very
small pension is now allowed some of them.
Some months ago Mr. Sandford Fleming.
0. M. G„ whose admirable addresses have
been listened to, and whose writings
perused with pleasure by all interested in
historic subjects appertaining to Canada,
made a powerful appeal at the Canadian
Institute, in Toronto, advocating " Cana-
dian Historioal Pictures," the learned gen-
tleman especially referringto Sir Alexander
Mackenzie's explorations, via Peace River
to the Pacific coast. Apparently the ap•
peal has been in vain. The last spike in
the Pacific railway was driven in 1885;
fortunes have been made and imhnenoo 0012-
tributions given by scores of wealthy igen
towards various public institutions ; but no
sound of that which would make Canadians
proud of their country, and anxious to emu-
late the deeds of early pioneers ; no wihis-
per that an historioal institute is to be es.
tablislted and endowed ; no announcement
that public assistance will be given, and
scenes transferred to canvas for preser.
cation during generations to oome.
PERSONAL.
Walter Beaant says Boston is thoroughly
English,
The King of Siam wears a gem -studded
gold hat weighing twenty-seven pounds.
Queen Viotoria hs said to know the names
of all of her household servants, although
there aro over 125 of them.
The tennis court on George Vanderbilt's
place at Asheville, N.C., is of marble, and
is said t0 have cost 025,000. Nice place
for a racket.
Mrs. Naomi Sutherland -Bailey, one of,
the famous seven long-haired sisters, was
buried last week in Glenwood Cemetery,
Lookport. Her six sisters were present
at the funeral.
Nin George Colthurst, the owner of the
real Blarney Castle, denies emphatically
that any fragment, however minute, of that
famous structure, has been transplanted to
Chicago.
Dr. Tooazoli, a noted Russian physician
is about to matte public what be claims to
be it positive cure for leprosy. The chief
ingredient in the remedy is a whey obtain-
ed from sheep.
Prince Waldemar of Prussia, the only
sou of Emperor William's sailor brother,
Prince Henry, is deaf and dumb, u fact of
which scarcely any one outside of court
circles is aware,
King Carlos, of Portugal, leaped from his
carriage the other day to interfere with a
fight and prevent a probable murder His
majesty overpowered the stronger party
and turned him over to the police.
Alexis Columbus, a resident of Buffalo,
10.4 years old, says he is a lineal descendant
of Christopher Columbus, It is claimed
that ho is the great-great-great-great•great-
grandeon of the man who discovered Amer -
10a.
Theocltdf Ecolfre, of the Canton Wallis,
Switgerland, is a dwarf soareely more than
a yard high. No one knows his age, but
he can remember the French invasion in
1708, and from other facts is supposed to
be 110 years old.
J. Beaver Webb, the naval architect, who
is of English birth, has made New York his
home name the Gehestes which he designed,
was brought here to ram with the Puritan,
the first of our really exciting international
yacht races.
Prince Bismarck says that when we read
A medical book we are likely to coolude
We have all the maladies it describes. But
Whet] we read a hoop 05 morals the seem to
think it is aur neighbor who has all tato
maladies it describes.
The largest lead pencil( in the world is
carried by Mr, Gladstone 1,0 whom it was
given by a pencil maltufacturer fn Kaswiek.
It has a gold top, is thirty-nine inches tong,
and the British statesman nem it as a walk-
ing stick.
Miss Kitty C. Wilkintf, Idaho's beret
queen, has a range o0ntaiufng 3,000 horses
of high grade, bronohos being carefully ex.
eluded. ,311ss Wilkins, who is about 30
years old, 'does the buying and selling,
while her fatheraud brothers do the harder,
prastloal work about the place.
Prcaidont Carnot has been informed by
the cashier of a Paris savings bank that the
has the sun of fifty francs and a few eon•
times Mantling to nis credit on the hank's
ledge'. This 500000t M. Carnot opened
in' his youth, when he was en (nimble join.
or's apprentice, and then forgot about 1t.
A New York Chemist, accompanied by
two friends, has started on a foot journey
to California, They 0xp00t to bo 170 days
on the way and to animist exolusivoly 0n
as elixir whhioh to oheniet claim; t0 have
discovered, and of *hick he says half a
teaspoonful three times a day will enable a
man to diopehso with food and sleep.
TO KEEP A SROELAOE TIED,
One of the (,reel Annoyances of Life Re-
moved by a Twtsl. of the 5Vrtat.
A public benefactor has arisen and, though
he is merely selling shoes ou a email eatery
in s city boot and shoe store, he is none the
loss worthy of fame, and, perhaps, a menu.
moat. Ho gives away with moll pail' of
shoos the secret 0f tying them so that they
Will remain time, No ouo steeds to be told
that heretoioro the last thing Omelettes have
been known to do has been to remain tied.
Every male reader has more tlhut enc0 fallen
over a schoolgirl •l wI u d l
t 10 has s td1 eL. • stopped
ed
on the sidewalk to tie a shoelace. Every
reader of that sex has frequently stopped -
perhaps it has happened in the middle of a
deolarution of love -while his fair compan-
ion has pot a foot 0n a near -by garden rail-
ing and stooped over to tie " that provolt-
ing shoelace," Every such reader has him-
self bean halted -and perhaps missed the
last train out of totru an a Saturday night
-in ceder to catch up the laying ends of
(lie shoelacros, whose trio-truo on tate pave-
ment warned him that if he did not tie
sham up ho might trip on ono of them
and break a limb. Every militiaman
has more than once spoiled the effect of a
march and dropped out of line in order to
tie a refractory shoelace in the gutter while
the battalion swept by. In short it has
seemed as though nothing could be devised
to take the place of shoelaces, and as if no
way could be found for keeping them secure.
ly tied.
This young shoe clerk has found the way
-at least he has been making the way
publicly known -so that hereafter men and
women may buy shoes with the conscious-
ness that they man pursue their chosen
vocation without frequent and annoying
interruptions that constitute a horrible
slavery to their shoelaces. This clerk shows
that all that is necessary is to tie a doable
bowknot iu the same way that everybody
does, completing the operation up to the
very last point of drawing the knot tight
against the shoe. Before doing that and
finishing the job he brings in his clinching
and perfecting touch. It is done by merely
bending one of the loops of the bow under
the knot, and then pnlling the knot tight
by taking hold of each loop and pulling.
The illustration shows all that is new in
the clever unloosable knot, When the
reader ties his shoelaces and has the bow-
knot completed he will notice a space or
opening between the laces where they cone
up from the shoe to meet at the knot. Into
and through that space he trust put one of
tate loop ends of the knot. He merely
takes bold ot one loop, bends it under the
knot, pushes it through the opening be-
tween the knot and the shoe, and then
pulls the knot tight by pulling on the two
loops in the old fashioned way. If he does
that not ell the pow•ere of darkness nor all
the euseedness of inanimate things will ever
be able to make that shoelace oome untied,
until he wants it to. When he wants to
untie it he will do so as easily as he ever
untied any shoelace. A pall on the tag
end of the laces and the thing is done.
Shooking Oriins in Paris.
An atrocious crime, the motive of tvhioh
is still a matter of lively conjecture, was
committed on Sunday evening iu the Rue
de Saintonge, Paris, a usually quiet street
iu the Temple quarter. M. Bouroille, a
young Ulan who was only married last
March, and is the proprietor of a flourishing
bakery, was sitting in his shop, when,a
respeotablydressed man entered, and asked
for two pounds of bread. the baker turned
round for a moment, and instantly received
a terrific blow with a knife at the back of bhe
neck, lie faced round towards his assail.
ant, who stabbed him twice more, but he
was able to push his way to the door and
call "Murder 1" in a load voice. A number
of:neighbours rushed to the scene, and
while some assisted tate unfortunate man
to the nearest chemist's, others melted into
tate shop in the hope of arresting the crimi-
nal. They were, however, to late, for the
man had sought a refuge in tate parlour be-
hind the shop, and there had committed
suicide by stabbing himself in the obese and
throat with his knife, a weapon of Spanish
make, with a blade nearly a foot in length.
While this tragical event was taking place
Madame Bouroille, a young woman of only
22, was away in the country at Etreclly,
whither she had been summoned by telegram
to the bedside of her mother, Who, by a sad
coincidence, died that day shortly after her
arrival. The crime is still enveloped in
mystery, as the assassin's body, which has
been publicly exhibited in the Morgue, has
not been recognised by anyone, and 1i,
Bouroille, who, eltough in a very critical
condition, was gneseioned in the hospital,
declared that he knew nothing of his as.
maim t.
A Valuable ,Article•
The girl's heart had been rudely handled
by a plan Mau whose premises to pay
wore k',owe among men to be of no more
value than his promises to love were known
among women, and site went to an attor-
ney to see about ming him for branch of
promise.
"So," Bahl the kindly old gentleman,
"you web to site Jack for breach of
promise"
"Yes, air, Ido, and I moan to," she 55
sorted, with angry emphasis,
" What are ti'e figures?"
"Twenty-five thousand dollars."
The old man's eyebrows Ifow up with a
snap.
Twenty-five thousand dollars 1" be ejar..
uhtted. " Why, my dear young lady,
there isn't a jury in this oonutry that
wouldn't laugh right oat in the box at the
very idea of one of Jack's promises being
worth a thousandth part of it. You'd
bettor bring in your broken heart and sue
him tor assault and battery or cruelty to
animals or something like that,"
Among treclea at which women work there
are few, If any, in which worn is harder,
hours longer, and conditions worse than in
the laundry trade,
A man in Mumma, Vis., has found in a
sand pita shell duet may prove of Innper-
taume to naturalists, as it belongs to a
species found in the wenn sons of South
America known asbusyeon pp000500um. They
were used all over the south by the mound
bidders for material to manufa0t11ro a great
variety of articles,
AUG -Ufa 19, 1899
'r,'.'$nf,T Su'LITH
e
a p Alar Cure
The Most Astonishing ing Medical. Disoovery o:8
the Last One Hundred Years.
It is Pleasant to the Taste as the Sweetest Nectar..
It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk,
This wonderful Nervine Tonic has only recently been introduced
into this country by the proprietors and manufacturers of the Great
South American Norville Tonic, and yet its great value as a curative
agent 111ts long been known by a few of tho most learned physicians,
who have not brought its merits and value to the knowledge of the
general pftbiie.
This medicine has completely so1v, 1, the problem of the cure of indi-
gestion, dyspepsia, and diseases of the general nervous system, It is
also of the greatest value in the euro of all forms of flailing health from
whatever cause, It perforins this by the great nervine tonic qualities
which it possesses, a11t1 by its great curative power0 upon the digestive
organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy compares
with this wonderfully, valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder and strength-
ener of the life forces of the human body, and as tl great renewer of
broken-down constitution, It is also of more real permanent value in
the treatment and cure of diseases of the lungs than any consumption
.comedy ever used 012 this continent. It is a lnarvclous curd for nerv-
uusness of females of all ages. Ladies who are approaching the critical
period known as change in life, should not fail to use this great Nervine
Tonle, a]m0st constantly, Ibr the space of two or three ,years. It will
carry them safely over the danger. This great strengthener and cura-
tive is of inestimable value to the aged and infirm, because its great
energizing properties will give them tt new hold on 111'e. It will add ten
or fifteen years to the lives of many of those who will use a half dozen
bottles of .the remedy each year.
'IT IS A GREAT REMEDY FOR THE CURE OF
Nervousness,
Nervous Prostration,
Nervous Headache,
Siclo Headache,
Female Weakness,
Nervous Chills,
Paralysis,
Nervous Paroxysms and
Nervous Choking,
Hot Flashes,
Palpitation of the Heart,
Mental Despondency,
Sleeplessness,
St. Vitus' Dance,
Nervousness of Females,
Nervousness of Old Age,
Neuralgia,
Pains in the Heart,
Pains in the Back,
Failing Health,
Debility of Old Age,
Indigestion and Dyspepsia,
Heartburn and Sour Stomach,
Weight and Tenderness in Stomach,
Loss of Appetite,
Frightful Dreams,
Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears,
Weakness of Extremities and
Fainting,
Impure and Impoverished Blood,
Boils and Carbuncles,
Scrofula,
Scrofulous Swellings and Ulcers,
Consumption of the Lungs,
Catarrh of the Lungs,
Bronchitis and Chronic Cough,
Liver Complaint,
Chronic Dlarrhtlea,
Delicate and Scrofulous Children,
Summer Complaint of Infants.
Ali these and many other complaints cured by this wonderful
Nervine Tonic,
1 E V'rt:;Us ',t-1'SK SES®
As a cure for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been
able to compare With the Nervine Tonic, which 13 very pleasant; and
harmless in all its effects upon the youngest child or the oldest and most
delicate individual. Nine -tenths of all the ailments to which the human
family is heir are dependent on nervous exhaustion and impaired cliges-
tiO:l. When there is an insufficient supply of nerve food in the blood, a
general state of debility of the brain, spinal marrow, and nerves is the
result. Starved nerves, like starved muscles, become strong when the
right kind of food is supplied; and a thousand weaknesses and ailments
disappear as the nerves recover. .As the nervous system must supply all
the power by which the vital forces of the body aro carried on, it is the
first to suffer for want of perfect nutrition, Ordinary food sloes not con-
tain a sufficient quantity of the kind of nutriment necessary to repair
the wear our present motto of living and labor imposes upon the nerves.
For this reason it ''becomes necessary that a nerve food be supplied.
This South American Nervine has been found by analysis to contain the
essential elements out of which nerve tissue is formed. This accounts
for its universal adaptability to the curd of all forms of nervous deo
ranrement.
CnkwronnsvSLL0, THD.. Aug, 30, '8a.
To the Great South American Afediehnc Co.:
Dein nesea;,I dextro to say to you that I
have sulfured for many years with a cern serious
disease of the stomach and nerves. /tried ever.
modielno I could hear of, but nothing done 100
any apprevlable good until I was advised to
try your Great South American Nervine 'runic
and Stomach and Liver Cure, and xinee value;
several bottles of it f must stt,v that 1 tun cur -
prised et Its wonderful powers to cur" the atom-
• nolo and general nervous system, It everyone
knew the value of thin remedy nn h do you would
uc t Me able to supply the demand,
J, 9. 11,11100,6 Lx.Treae. Iloafgoalcry Co.
REBECCA WILKINSON, of Browaevaney, Ind„
says: " I had barn in a distressed condition tor
three years from Nerc0aalleoa, Weakness of Gm
Stomach, Dyspepsia, and Iudlgestioo, until my
health was gone. I had been doctoring con-
stantly, with no relief. I bought ono bottle of
South American Nerchie, which done mo more
good than any worth of doctoring I ever
did in my life. I would advise every weltifly per -
0 10 to use this vainnblu and lovely remedy ; Gt
fete bottles tt it has cured 1110 completely. I
consider It the grauIea, madIslue la the world.'!...
A SWORN CURE FOR ST. VITAS' I3ANl,E 734% CHORE&.
(3RAWF013DSV II Lis, .011D., June 22, 1887.
My daughter, eleven years old, was severely ii)iheted with 13t, Vitus' Dance
or Chorea. We gave her three and one-hetf bottles of South American Ner-
vine and she is completely restored. I believe it will cure every case of St.
:Vitus'Dance. I have kept it in my family for two years, incl am sure it is
the greatest remed,v in tile world for Indigestion and Dyspepsia, and for aII
forms of Nervous Disorders and Falling Health, from whatever cause.
State of Indiana,. r Joint T. Mem o c;io i, } ss
Subscribed and sworn to before nim ibis Tun" 22, 1857,
CI•I.t ;. \V. 1VP,IUIIT, Notary Publics
INDIGESTION A D D SP Edi CIAO
The Great South American irea'Vino Rto117o
I"irhieh we now offer ;yon, is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever
discovered for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the vast arena of
oymptoms. and horrors which .am. the result of diserlse•and debility of
the human stomach, No person 07112(01)118)01 puss by this jewel of iucal-
culable'value who is affected by disease oi' the stained), because the ex-
perience and testimony of many go to !wove that this is the onoo and
olir,Y o31E great cure 111 the world for this universal destroyer, There
is no 0000 of unmalignant disease of ;st
he Mann -itch which can rosist.tl,c
W0nderfal curative powers of the South American Nereille 'epic,
IiAgnIET i'i. ILti.i„ n, IVay tot= rn l., eayn: bins. I;i.t..1 .l. 101,3T008, et. blew Masa, Inclol I .,,
''1 0800 my life ee tin Curet 400111 American I says: ' 1 valiant exp:•rx5 haw nludl i oleo t0 iht
Nervine. I bad 1(008 in boil foe live lnndi a trout
thsoffoateolauexh,, atah70,', indigestion, 1 01-0 (13 1(0G•. Ilya,•atounr8xenmptetdyeha6.
Nervous l'rnslrntin.., n f'_.r., ,•,1 alirettered tenni. appetite gone. min roughing and spitting
condition of illy' whole system. laud given up up blond; ion onr 1 was 111 the time Magna
all hopes ot getting wen. 110,1 fried 1 tem do - nt onnxur Its ni, na lldterttnne, head, 1 dawn-
'LOTS. with 00 relict. The first Millie of the Neer. 1 1hrongh severe! ranrratlone. i began 10 king
Me Tonic Improved me no touch that la•as ableto-,the Norville ori,•, and 0110111rd its va:� tot
walk about, and a tele bnitles cured me entirely, ' about o(x menthe, n"d nm entirely on ed. IL
I believe it 10 the host mo,leine in the world, I ' is the 500,0100g1 einedy for nerves, stomach and
tau not recommend It too highly' I lungs I have r men,"
lie remedy compares. with 0e17171 Al1Bm0AN NVILVI$8 its azure for the Noires. Norenta,ly roll
Mires with A011011 American 'Norville nx a wondrous i'nts for the 5ummrh. No rtuted,91v111 Ot all
compare Willi 0otttlt American Nervine ns a cure for tell forms Ill falling health. 10 never fails to
051,0 lntilggce(lon and DYn)epsla• it never fails 00 rum Chorea or 4t, Vitus'Dance. Ito provers t'
build tip 1115 (011010. 07050(11 an: wonderful 115 the extreme. It cureshe old, hl, the young, and the mid•
If die aged. Ii ix a meat neglect to theonly acedand which ll not neglect t 1use this , it h A, boon 1
Nervi do, You may neglect. rhe ont1 1•sant t which will restore you die,dhealth. Smith 0 meMean
great tar peroeetly Aar, W11 amt very7(0l oortsnttf 1:o the 5,:,ltaste. beauty
pin moor,. do not fact to 0:1 thin
8,0,
rind
tcid Mdrive aItwa your theMann offd weaknesses.
nsse brauty upon your hpx and in your chCCna,
mid (Middy drive away ynur dixabllitlea and lung lmtcsla'x.
Large ge ouncet
vNi gtY BOTTLE WARRANT D,,
A, llf" "AAAliII:AN', Ilrho wale and Retail Agent for 1sr11sirsls.