Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1891, Page 7

° * THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1891—SIXTEEN PAGES. 7} GALLANT LITTLE TOM. = ‘iiss ooraplod tebeats Pat Ue Tameny | oval tate ame hectare money ane could go into partare WA Lik PPR Re a SE St ee himself. She surprised, moreover, to see | This letter braught a prompt reply full of | some o° ys.” that he had been ‘washed and combed sad had | affectionate solicitude for "Mother" y,”| “That was prudent.” ing Uniform. had his clothes changed and was not exactly | and inclosing another letter for ‘Alice | | “it'wan that! and ve saved lots! I've got The chilly dampness will render it impossible A Reminiscence of a Washington | dressed, but wound in strips of soft white | Louisa,” to whom was also sent a keg pA $217 dollars in bank now!” How the Feats of Washington Irving Bishop Were Accomplished. sheets, and laid comfortably on a clean white Datter, and she was ber “ ‘and ob: “A nice Little mum to life with, Levabting benaote cpg ———— lay | on wo mas Dvernioarn> TEE svsrect sats ; i 4 - 1 i ietl; surgeon | servant for ever and ever.” Tommy,” Bai 1e sympathetic a aside thing ascume very ‘MIND READIN TMPOSSIBLE—S80-CALLED MIND Military Hospital During inahargn wap quia Darema nner at] Tommy improved rapidly after this home| ‘in the Bolton Centre Savings Bank; = real | of spring. New apparel already completed and RADIO 20 ZITEER wUDcLe RBADENE O8 BOWE- reporter i the War. Tommy's cot. correspondence, but was unable to | safo bank!” said Tommy, looking up anxiously | in its owner's possession must, with rare excep-| RIGHT TRICKERY—FRAUDS BY BISHOP. ‘ . “I am surprised,” said the sister in alow | stand upon his fect and was for some time con- | into her face; then he paused. tions, be enjoyed rather in contemplation and ' = ciate for hime NU SIN®. ere e lest ebed-eidden ‘bor whe cold wot be tet | orth pases st harold king Pe | antejation than inthe clan! wearing” Dat|[)R. CHARLES “GATOHELL OF THE Tee that WO Hoga promt of the % 4 A » o 5 WRITTEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE EVENING | "Tao not think so," replied the surgeon; “he | ested in books, was ineapportably weary. One | ently Tommy pinckea up courage to say: down south, where roses bloom in December, University of Michigan, in an article in cal Sure, ‘of or 2S oe eg was in poe 4 and called STAR BY MRS ED. E.N.SOUTAWORTH. | is very badly mangled. We had to eat his | day Sister Aloysia said to him: And there is my back pay! must mount to} the fortunate residents and sojourners are| the April Forum on “The Methods of Mind rary character. yoke Seminary, as he takes great _— clothes off him and could not put others on. | | “Tommy, I wish I could do something to | almost as much more. I reckon asI ain't got | even now reveling in light dainty attire such’ ” says: ib} interest in that educational institution, being We hed to wind him in strips of sheeting po Har =e rma ica elegans Fond om poe Fe rear om Non’ cea ect | S218 only possible for northerners in mid-eum-| Mind reading, in the sense in which the President of the board of trustees. ‘The time § ister some ou. bink married ra Sy ; Tire thee at: Foun po mors, tions aa to. te treatment of the wounded | "I thank you, Mise Alice,” he enid_ (he had | up hourckespingens, See Aneh Fon Takould mer. "Such gowns in wool crepons, chalice and | word is used by thoee who pretend to. possess ‘ Sew rapidly and he found himeel’ late for the Si tena bones boy snd passed on. given up his formal “Miss Alice Louise’ 1d | have to — housekeepit T might go in ina silks Redfern is now making up by the | the alleged power, may be defined as the trans- 7 Jay pot Ola Song. | Sister Aloysia had other duties. Indeed, all | now habitually called tho sister “Miss Alice’ ers with pappy. but I wouldn't never ask | dozen. The model here shown is one of those | ference of a thought that is a mental con wan tate of Kentucky e use Sagi or ae 6677 AY IT DOWN AND HELP LIFT HIM!” | that ward was ander her superintendence, and | “You are so good to me, dren Te cine gece an ane all them chil- | handsome dresses which is equally suitable for | cept, or an ides—from the mind of one person road and one not acquainted with the officials The time wae the summer o€ 185, fat | Ment she inde at of sitet numer, botn | eng Tou roman do.one eibor Mat arabe ets Aieeos ” ® ‘| Rouse or outdoor wear. In fashioning it Red | to the mind of eaather, meet thowes of the ca : Jere te the ‘conversation is > i ive tl = eee 3 iY in id re after the awfnl carnage of Antietam. The place | fied boy an much nrleen et ye | Tad toon, Mise Alice,” he said, | “Tt depends ‘upon’ circumstances, ‘Tommy. baits eager a skirt, which in this cose means | Own mediums of communication, which con- : ie depot end ofthe uae ee was s public square in Washington where some | to have done. Fortunately he did not require | and he added, “You never would’ go for to| Such an arrangement fometimes makes the | four inches in length (on the ground). sist of the nerves of general sensation and the wine temporary wooden buildings hed been erected | much service. All day long he lay quietly on Pn i. cards ‘long o’ me, — = itn households.”” mapa those of special sense. Mind readers claim Y to he tr Well, 1 guess not.” See aay i pangecen sal whens wens re cane ar pcee ee ales ches tel | See aes ee en ee ee Te en em eis that this feat is possible. In opposition to such | Pisbed 'll bet you @2 we don’t told nee i © number of ambulances loaded with the | PO 'O6, iitar? hospital £1 FY quiet in the | been crazy to ask you such athing. Dexcon Mar- | "You should leave it to your parents and the claims I submit that profane history contains no : We won't bold tte | wounded, dead (for some had died in transit) | ward. Nothing broke the silence but an occe- | tin would a turned me out of church for asking young lady to decide,” said Sister Aloysia, who h . trustworthy account of its accomplishment. It “Don't ie 3 snd dying from the bloody battle field. The | sional moan from aman on a cot, that would | such ® thing,” he concluded, with a look of | now began to see that Tommy's Inte mental : never will be brought about so long as man re- care who youare. See youinJericho 4 speaker was an officer in a very shabby uni-| bring a nurse to his side to change the hot wet | ¢nuine mortification. exercises had been upon the subject of matri- before we'll delay a train.” fi mains constituted as he is at present. It is it the von't di M napkin on his head for a cool one, or to put a| “Play carda? Why. of course I will play | mony, though che woe ter enogely from wus. . oe ee ee Lee Dee, f form, who was directing the movements of the | HaPEIn on Lng l = Soon —< iA entas | catlie Wile sou, Wout, whenever Tiuses tae, pootiag the Ghole ork. ~ opposed to the principles of evolution and to e weird | Werun our trains on time. This is mo Jum soldiers who were carrying the victims from |tood or medicine, of to attend’ to some other | if you want me to. ‘Tliere is no harm in cards: |" "So will 1, Miss Alice; It's her right, ain't : ail known facts of physiology. | Notwithetand- Observa- | “Who in h— is Hi { the wagons to the buildings. “It” was the | want. They are only bits of painted pasteboard. The 5 ing all that may be adduced to the contrary | *y asc Lagi rt 3 mangled body of a boy who seemed to be dead, | | At intervals the surgeon came in and walked | harm is in gambling. Of course youdon’t| “Yos, Tommy: but who is the young lady?" ; ce here at tind reading le one of the the ofice, from Station Agent Ter tothe and by “him” was meant avery large and | his quiet rounds, pausing at each cot and giving | Mean that!” me Tommy opened his blue eyes wide and stared ia] ibilities even if it is mot one of the actuali- ‘ messenger bor. made a, Tush wn tried £0 got } wee ana can | diwctions 0 tteees heceoeeee “Oh, no indeed, I don't! But would you, for | for a few seconds, then inquired: ‘ ie of life. | Bat the belief in every instance is q the telephone away from tue Kentucty cht i heavy soldier apparently very badly ; | At ently every round the surseon would | tree? “What did you say. Mise Alice?” g sounded either on ineuficient evidence, or on | ing his way to the location ofc hidden ebjers, | han ee ee ray from the Kentucky ‘= for he uttered groans at every movemeat that | stana by the side of some silent ed motion “Yes, Tommy, ofconrseIwould. Itisasmuch | “I asked you who is the young lady.” . faulty observation, or on a dixposition ‘to mus- | ¢he wabject wsually doce not lend the setecs | vee ing daunted, the young man proved the soundness of his langs. less patient, carefully examine him and then | my duty and my pleasureto play cards with you| Tommy stared more intenecly than before \ take the marvelous for the miraculous. Many | reader, but the wrccl conde ten ee uhjoct. | “‘aund beck there; Tetarted ln with thio ‘desk The soldiers layed “it” down and helped to | sign to. men within call. who would quietly | if, by so doing, I can enliven your sick bed, as it | and then suid slowly and sorrowfully: A Seuss °f sleged mind reading aro purely |‘Thet Ls to any, oo long en the mancleneeior and Igness Lean handle bam ; carry “him” into the hospital. Of course the | bring inastretcher, on which they would lay ibs being you your medicine and broth. “TI thought I did not hear you right at first. . fictitious. Others are exaggerations of trivial | moves in the right direction the subject gives | “But he's the prnntene ny ‘ ' ry “him P the ‘body from which the soul had taken its | “Well, f never! I thought I'd gone crazy | The idea of you asking me who theyoung nay \ incidents or misinterpretations of observed | no indication, I pt <is the aun ainarace Uving had to be cared for first. The dead | signt and remove it to the deadhouse. So eev-| @¥en to ask you! And I know Deacon Martin |is Phenomena. Others still are accounts of muscle | Tho muscle mouder bones ang coon ay — = i could wait. So it might have been an hour or | eral cots were vacated during the day, to be oc- = = a ond Cee ay, for ae an Tweed like to Seow Temas I take ae Those cases that ont not rend | But, the subject's mind | being intent y Gael on young — ‘ana bong py ey brs ‘ es me to carry “it” to | cupied by new sufferers, for # fresh detachment | about euch a thing. ouldn't even thin! t much interest in you,” said the sister. : e classes named are accomplished ick- wire: fj . ~ : paptery rab a Sa of wounded men bad ‘arrived from the battle | Jou Knowed how to play.” Well, do declare, 1 do!” Why it ain't any — "s Tender deviates from hat cones there ies . field. = . to play whist and euchre with my | young’ Indy at all, Miss Alice! It's you; you “Hever seo « bedy so broke to pieces as this | "Ani i515 time Tommy lay quietly sleeping and Auaitiee aud Ircther au besos betees yourself! “The idea of my offering myself to here. Why, I don't believe we could carry it | sister Aloysia, when she reted {rom ‘alie of | Lentered upon my vocation.” any young lady or any other lad; whole any other way." said one of the men ss | duty through the wards, sat down ina low chair| “Euchre! Ain't that a nice game,” said the | except you, yourself after all they raised z by the four corner of lanket | beside his cot. Frequently she would be roused | delighted invalid. me. on which it lay. id Feader deviates from that course there is a |" “Yes, we'll bold the t: rs WASHINGTON IRVING BISHOP. alight, involuntary tremor, or muscular thrill, | week Ifyou ay soe nn OF POU bold Hw After referring to various cases of persons | On the part of the subject, due to the sudden | The Foung man has been exiled to Bowling who during the past century have claimed | terruption of his previous state of mental ten- | Gree mind-rending powers, Dr. Gatchell oa sion. The muscle reader, almost unconsciously, in this world you've done for _I'm not that sort of an ungrateful i i ‘i ’ takes note of the delicate signal, and alters his $ by @ moan, when she wouid move silently to the | _ After this a curioussight might be seen in the | fellow, Miss Alice! Iam an honest man if 1am Of modern mind readers the late Washing- ‘ : : “Mother!” sighed the pallid lips of the boy | side of the sufferer and minister to his needs. | ward at odd times. A white-hooded sister of | @ poor one! And I wish I was a rich man and ton Irving Bishop was best known in this leg eulge dogs pee = — —— i on being mov: Pm exclaimed his | , Ate im the afternoon the surgoon-in-chief, | charity sitting beside the cot of a wounded | a banker, or a general or a politician or some- country. ‘Me. Biabop wns ot the ome time am | inst reciotne. “Ia net per sa 86 savings bank bookeim ¢ “Why, he ain't dead after all!” exclaimed his| attended by several assistants, made his last | soldier boy, with cards spread out on the ou:- | thing great for your sake; bat if you will take f expert muscle reader anda clever trickster. His | are reversed; the sabject uselitingls locke see | France on January *, 1891, against 5.20896 om 3 bearers in, a breath: and they let him gently | round for the day and dressed the wounds of fide of ths counterpane, playing euchre with | me, jiiss Alico, Tl do my level bert for you, most famous feat, the one from which he | prix He becomesso much interested and | January 1, 1890. The deposits for 1890 wore | | Speer bps ocho waren the | {20se that required his especial attention and | him. And none were found to object unless | the Hapliedes. yd knows I will I will work f gained the greatest notority and most eclat,was | his mind is so intently Sed upon the object of | 869,500,000 franca, or 104.000-000 more than in them ran off to bring the surgeon, leaving gave directions for the night. In due course he | they were the sort of ‘‘saints” who found fault | my fingers to the bone for you. (Poor Tommy k that of driving a team of horves, while he was | the search that he is oblivieus of everything | ais ' other to watch the boy. came to Tommy's cot, where Sister Aloysia was | With the Son of God for eating and drinking | wus not original in his forms of oxpression.) Zz F ostensibly blindfolded, at brenk-neck spced by | eave the attempt to fud it. ‘Subjects have Tod | 1889. The total rum of savings bank deposite The surgeons had their hands full, bats resting. After a brief look he decided not to| with publicans and sinners, and poor little | would do anything for you before you should & circuitous route through crowded strecte, and | me in this manner ed T hove eee ‘professional | £2 | = mereased im the last year } young medical cadet was dispatched to look | disturb him. To the sister's questions he ex- | Tommy was neither the one nor the other. This | want in this worl: the Lord keows L wonld ? } Aiding, ata distant point, an object, or a name | mind readers enjoving a like benefit. Again. I | Eoutgsiene ee france to 2,906,000,000, er after the e1 2 » a — his surprise that the boy still ‘held the | entertainment for an hour or 4o every after-| Sister Aloysia understood nowall the conflict 3 ina book, previously selected by x committee. | have had subjects whe would give patentassist- 600,000,000. He came and knelt down beside the boy and | fort,” as he called it, and then on. Soon | noon did him so much good that his health and | that had disturbed the boy's soul and a certain mB For the aniisement of my Zriends Tlnve sew: | ance at interseke ang ot ee give Datont asst cheat ms looked into his pale, pinched face. ‘The e¥es } after this Sister Aloysia was relieved and went to | spirits improved visibly. He had Something to } senso of humor overcame her for the moment, iy) \ is ¥ eral times performed this seemingly impossible | my own resources, It’ wast ba walt thar tho ‘ot . joke, Atver All, Were closed. but the lips were partly open, | her rest, not forgetting in her orisons to recom | look forward to every morning when he woke, | so that she turned her mirthfal face aside, bul fey |e y feat, and in no instance have my methods been | method of muscle radinn ts Cece eet his | Prom Puck. with the strain of patient pain marked upon | mend to “Mary Mother” the boy who was} snd something to do in the afternoon, and | not beforo ‘Tommy's watchful eyes detected the 4 detected. Its successful accomplishment | usual one is that first dessribed. his features. .a that | @YiP& #0 far “from his mother, if, indeed, he | something to look back upon in the evening. | suppressed laughter, which he misinterpreted, \ z > depends’ upon. two things—the fact that | ‘The dimers tc ene te number re- After examining the case the cadet aid that | had one living. Kote very high calling. but you must pardon | when his own face brightened up with the f i the (one who is apparently blind-| quires @ slightly different explanation. ‘The _ ge ee ee oe Again when she entered the ward the next beagle forge pe 2nly a Poot, | light of heroic self-devotion and he murmured fact the ee yiittinetly all the time and the | conditions are these: The subject is intently ? morning she found several changes. All of the iy salt} 0.3 g ; : fact that the members of his committee are | thinking of ¢ certain figure Mis mind is ins be tee! fos a. aid on s cot in the | Cot Were occupied, but many of them by —_ — = —- — Cote 1 ee ecgiea! 2 have made her - happy i r betrayed into becoming his unwitting accom- | state of expectant atte ae . He is waiting for ere the dying boy was laid on ® cot in the | strangers, silently telling the tale of deaths | 904 whose mind was nearly as much shattere Tam glad, too, that Idid it! And ['ll be good | ealled corduroy crepe and it he | Rlices. ‘The trick is performed in this manner: | but one thing in the world, to happen —foF ane ward for the seriously or mortally wounded. | Soe the night” Othertatertes Crone tnais, body; and, moreover, you, must forgive | to her and as loving as if she was the prettiest | shade of gray. Down the front and upon the | Phe mindsoeiie sclocton susiber af param other to glee andieicnepreaies Chee cena Stimulants, were administered to fan the | ot there. Mothers, wives and gisterm whe bed | ie sweet sister for playing cards with hin in- Sil in Bolton Centre! That I will! draped bodice are bands of gold galloon | three, for iustance—to aot al his oomaitiee or | thet wig te wens eee She ane ee fickering flame of life ere it should sink and | t0n summoned to’ the dying to secelve thei | Stead of reading terrifying tracts to him, HIN aa tien Ginis Understoed, the poor, | studded with points of cut steel. Other bands/| they may be selected for hint bY otters One | Meech he ase Samad the. aaener me {ypire. But no attempt was made to remove | is6t breath and to take home the bodies of their | After this he mended so rapidly that he was ghildlike soldier boy perfectly. understood ali | edge the straight collar and the sleeves and | member of the comentie rece with ee auhject le saaea toe oe, ee eee his torn and blood-soaked ater tor it was | Beloved ones. Some came even too late for | °O transferred tothe convalescent ward. And = tere troubled his simple, grateful heart for | pass over the hizs in girdle fashion. mind reader, the other members, preferably id the accompanying nervous action causes @ say cumsinction of = SSS cor ow, ees nhe was oS donger under Bister | the lat oe ae ee rthat be hed en- Th oben surrey, drive to a distant hotel, where | slight muscular tremor, which is perceived by o Sister Aloysia passed down the ward, silently y » ° y of er hey select a name in the register. They have | the acute senses of cle res ie than useless to i C5, Lee a but sympathetically bowing to the heart-broken wench attention as she could without neglecting ed of the order to which she belonged; been instructed to note also the day of the | eapiauation rena bedeeg to the pointing out of Sake and exhaust him and hasten hie desth. | SoLTn ho ant becite Ueto at meckonn her regular duties, but, strangely enoggh from | that he mistook her toben poor, lonely, friend- month on which the name was entered. They | one pin among many ot of a letter or © figure Be, wae rTanged a0 comfortably an hie condi | the nurse, until she reached Tommy's sot, | te time Rie qranefer Tommy's spirite flagged. | less old maid and a professional nurse who was 4 then return, driving by a circuitous route, but | ona. chart. ‘The conditions involved in’ the Sie weail poems we Biv emnsow 908 an tt | TELA sha falls exposted to Sad Coomlod Io Aa Siiter Aloysia went in and out his eyes fol- | working for her living and would fiadly get 2 observing carefully every block passed and | tracing of a figure on a blackboard or other nS Sle ain ee Cee | con galeed. eet nat lowed her with wistful earnestness, and as sho | married if she could. Tommy hada theory every corner turned. On their retarn to the | surface are of a like order, although this isa Renee ere Sy swans Se Oe cranes wes il Iying there! Awake, con. | Tn ie bande: eae ama ant cover his face | thet all single women gunted to be marred fom where the first member of the committec | severer test of u muscle Feader's powers. ‘So : scious and repls ‘@ weak little voice, but n d his com 3 atly Mise Z = a8 carefally detained the mind render, | long us the muscle reader mov crayon ii 2 rattt Aloysia was en angel ine white hood. | in & sensible manner, to the questions of a'con. | cheer him up by seuiading him that be be married She had ‘been very good to him " they proceed to blindfold the latter: or rather | the right direction be is permitted te ance bon reel a tat Rie Tk foe tate ata | valescent soldier, who was acting as nurse and | Would soon be able to travel and would go home | an he owed her his gratitude. “How could he he biindfolds himself, while permitting the | when he deviates from the proper course the a 2 ‘the very idea of | "Ho Now sat in a chair beside him feeding him | 1 time to SPsua Corietmas with his family, | pas his debt better than by giving her himself committer to think that they take a leading | subject, whose land or wrist he clas health, evergy, benovelence and cheerfulness; | ¥ith ® spoon from a bowl of beef toa. that he stasdet.” Tummy nok cate ace cnter | tery tare ee, a —— part in the operation. He first produces a | involuntarily indicates the fact by the an ote te ee = ad couse: | Beld on his knee, for Tommy still lay flat on his | Sbsence. Tommy would on in body ond the | Woomera remaee of talk to her about the heavy hood, or bag, which he offers for the in- | slight muscular tremor. This,of coarse is done Pills. scart pug Boy = back, unable to’ move hand or foot, scarcely | AD cee ad ha ase a es | roma otk piste nl ena the cevotion oC kis section of the committee. They scrutinize it, | involuntarily; but if. he is fulfilling the condi-| “Here's that absurd ond improbable old joke She had been on ber feet all that dey attending | able to wag his ton, ‘The soldier finished osha —— - eaters ure approache ae geod agses that an A pay oa 5 outside and in, pull it over their own heads, | tions demanded of all subjects—absolate con- | again about the man forgetting to mail the le> fo the sedenere ine. teed ee Le Un | feeding him, wi @ mouth with » towel, | telower Toumy’'s spirits fel. 0 Surely |p Rise eeabt on repeating that be wou! find themselves in utter darkness and then | centration of attention and absence of muscu. | ter his wife gives Lim wel cnuasurhar than ae cau aodiane pace ny Ba ond Sen, bowt in band, rose, politely saluted | .,.0)Ba ise bey vearaoe ie eee pane Fe Dope best an d work his 2 need or ‘ eetara ee hood, ae discoveries made. 7 contre he unconsciously obeys his impuse. : sister and gave inis piace to her. be * wa in next places two balls of cot- | A billiard player does the same when he follows oe eet ae ae aren ee eae St | “The boy is better?” madd the sister. comet re, oe cpt foe ae tal vA ten, or folded kid gloves, against his eyes, and | the driven'ball with his cus. weil be shece fovea : and saw. the boy soldier. said to be wounded en eee ee ans (eal th| Snterprah his! anions tke Say ta woe ta | nether aa sortie souereta eae ak ‘ ad >. | about hte heat aoe tment Se bomd Tae i, be could. induce it to alter its course. Ento death and dying silently and patiently on | STs same. ir nave bere dace ier ches o iit | eves would follow her; the mosh with which be |s women with tore wie toa ener ae 4 i @ to bis shoulders cror all wat | the ivory is uninfluenced: the human ball : Ly an may boa deouiciy’ cheaget ttt 2 rn y ry a charity Oe Fi of which comes to his shoulders, over all, and | obeys. ‘This e: . . Me = a away from a ono aicSte | mortification is set ta _ would turn from the door econ which she might have felt and (fxpresied. "She turned to . vi eh announces that he isready for his ack. cease hNexcatuet hg cy Mihedive of rer emt war moved ith eee ee cring | Cuan” anid the sistor in a very low voice. | ¥°Uld disappear and cover hie face. im with a grave and sweet «mile, thanked him ptcaben wah dice anand aot behead eee ee “Bliss the boy not attendin’! See. he’s |, One day Sister Aloysia coming into the ward | for the offer he had made her and explained that she gave up her season of rest and sat be- a hey! : 3 + apie lly sph Panag 5 hide bis cot to watch him to the last. Her min. | 40zed off, sister,” said the man, as he sauntered | found him sittingat atable writing. He ceased ‘ows that bound her to her Divine Master At this stage the mind reader goes through a | hat the paper was “gummed to the wail. ble g d jher Di r | Thix indicates that the writing was done in t ith his bo d 5 as she drew near, and said in the agitated man- | for the service of His suffering child Process thet he calls “testing the committee.” |). ee . isteatians wore simple enough; to give hina 0 | A 2G St Pres t ens ond off, for when the | oF 0° ponslion to Mim cos ‘Tommy gazed and listened with amazement. He informs them that a necessary condition of | sS° {haracters and was not of Bim stimulant at stated times, to put flakes of ice |... ‘stooped over him to look at himhe| “Iowe you so much, Miss Alice. Iowe you|All this was newto him. ‘That any single a mind reading is that ali three members of the markable that Mr. Cumberland should have between his parched lips, to wipe his brow with opened his eyes and met her gaze with a grate- | More'n I will ever be able to pay you in thig| Woman should voluntarily bind herself by a SN committee shail ha t knowl | traced the Arabic characters than thi stn § damp napkin and to watch and listen for any | SEeed Sues ne adttotinaite Les wen eres | world.” Vow never to marry and to spend all her life in Toate, the-dete ant Mammal ioatee oten:|tpenmeen, kegel teemeen hee an nod Nes meee cee, There mc sbTee 8, centre. | to indicate that be hed ot bean so unconegios reese meme nothing, Tommy: "Ite to dur | harsing the sick and teaching the poor was to] .<y ee ible reasons why the ‘comuanicadous’ doula | OF the oudlines of beasts or bind rt non ie. no sign of | H i father in heaven that you and ail of us are in- | him an aw ing. his utterances were <x Nee 5 r i 4 F that mangled form but the feeble pulse and | ¢f her tender ministrations for the past three | Fether in heaven that you and all that we have | Never equal to his thoughts or feolings. They | \ Bot be sae | by word of mouth, aud, instructs | rue SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE SURZECT. faint breathing. It seemed the “Valley of the “How are you, Tommy?” she gently inqnired. | #nd hope for. 1 have done what our Father | Were commonplace, not to way elangy. “Is— ¢ . . the knowledge toi it to th as lle posse=s | Success in muscle reading depends upon the Stal wack beste” that night ecene in the hos-| Better, 1 thank You, Miss Altco Louise,” be | ordered me to do. You must thank Him!" | that—so?” was" all be found to eup fy: he tte ¢' te i : mitteeman by making silent, trachige wiih me | Powers of the principal and upon the suscepti- pital ward. answered in a faint but grateful to “Yes, I know,” said Tommy, ““but—" Lim) amazing announcement of “Miss Alice.” 2 ‘ we finger agaivsta blank wal Thay cb ean | Buty of the subject. The latter must be capa- 1 2mo TONS of narrow white cote, with ther ‘The sinter smiled atts mistake the boy had || "Tumiay Never gottarther than “but” on euch sgh Tommy, my child T am happy in this Ty are mittee always obeys a mind reader. ble of mental concentration; be must exert no 8 : tween | in . whisk, by @ ‘on- | 0¢casious, and he would blush and sigh. fo.” a ‘sister. : LY Hae ge muscular self control; he must obey bi tem and a long poses down the center. On | S80, iny Mahe bet dh eee ce eee | silat a tan tatiana eee ace | cheyenne aNear” inquired the j uronah bis perioco Dean en ene Kanne | Mapes. Under tune encamime cee: Bar eder the moncttel intensed oF dying sol- | "I thank heaven that you are better, ray | You not glad that the time far going homme is so open Cie aoe aie Lf, ] that he wishes, and the rest is easy. After surge | €04 ure in accordance with known lawsof phi 5 r ‘ ade : n topsipr other y ri * | near?’ “lm 5 ot see how happy Saf) ittle ne! - owe ology. On the part of th St ossible. 4 rs A b i you?” j a saake a slight action of another's muscles. On the part come to relieve, Sister Aloysia, moving noise- | M@.‘0i2. | a 1s good to you, Tommy. Ido no | "ton don’t look it, my boy." “Was you for true, Miss Alice?” he repeated. y } Datel, opens Up raise REGIE ona en | of tas aubdestit Inveines @ temeaes eats eee re ea sieet wide |g Gen Hla erammanin ast dake son, tt| * ‘Sermy folshod aden sigh: gute happy, Tommy." / ou a slip of paper aud ia grecied with ready {ScomPanied by muscular action. The mind most needed: s medic: cadet mented at hisdesk | ie whom you must thank. Andnow, Tommy, |, “No, you don’t look it! Is there anyone| “Well, then,””he said, hesitatingly, “if you applause 6 “°Y | of the subject isin a state of tension o: ee ee ee ae eaeety nites OM | oa vou ts ms fo wrtie & lattes ac on Ti | bce you mrs soacy leave. Tema was so happy nursing and taking care of me, l the peculiar method of blinafoldi ac wudden release from this state oi alleen dimly under the light of lamps and | Fould you ‘No! n-n-no, Miss Alice, *tuin’t that!” Why, you might be happy that way all the days : hes . Lerel aes, must | cites momentarily an increased activity in the candies. Such was the night scene in that hov- | “MYPOWY ss ssonty and answered: aor hem Tommy, my boy, thes | of your life, youknow. That ie 1 you canget| This striking sketch’ {nstrater snother of | Bow De described. The haudkerchief that ia St ct ane esrafaal ene ee pital ward. i “Mo, 1 teak your Wiss Alico Lonies. 12] troubles you?" c shot of them vows of yourn. If 90 be you | the Redfern specialties, tho making of military | bound sbout the hes By calling ction | tional centers, as is usually held, correspond to himacifand walk op aid dows bereear ws | would’ only make ‘mother cry and pappy | “Never mind what it is, Mise Alice, Fil do it! | would like to change your mind, if it wes tou | uniforms for those. princemes “who, ncconding decles of the forebead, thet hintiker tor r imself and walk uj lown between y y i i ipa 5 the muscles of the forebead, the handkerchief | € motor centers the nervous action causes a ° a = = Iought to do it! And’ s'help me’I will. I| today or tomorrow, or next year, or any time, | to foceign custom, hold the rank of honorary : motor impulse to be transmitted to s. looking at each of ‘the patients to | couldn’ oo ci ate War rs lucas tag mnen 40) Iie te tela er irs | Miss Alice Toate go back on my offer, you | colonels in various regiments, In the present | aud the gloves are clevated, and vision is per-| Vics "pastuise asusjesk @lsus mene ar ay thing could be dase for them. of exhausting him, said no more on the sub- | didn't doit. There!” know. No! the Lord knows I won't!” declared | instance it is_ the Duchess of Connaught, the | mitted beneath Meek, enti he Rood | cenotionsl @isturbanoe of mental exciiiasee, one hae Flam Hayes be GE nen ject Raeggs ae “Some duty that lies before you, Tommy? | Tommy. =, S or, of ines A a es ens on | dace wey. dlect. Mh Your |'a#a like effect. “The agitation of the im ment aronnd one of the cots. Its occu- | J¢ct, Some hard dut: . Sister Aloysia explained to him that she could | Poses a8 chiof of the eig’ Brandenburg regi- | °ce ‘Aiport ‘sioned orator, the wringing of the hands of the nporce ho ermal nd 2 | will fpr Pefeaee polenta + #0 | "Yes, Miss Alice, a duty! I oughtn’t to call it | not “get shit of them vows” without sin, nor | @ent of infantry. Her unitorm is of Hun- | thickuesses of black cloth, of which the second - * ging of the hands o} rows of 2 I bereaved mother, the threatening gestures of nd carrie “Yes, I know that text, Mins Alice Louisa, |® hard duty, and fought to call ite pleamure, | did she wish todo so. f = Ph ead Treen. alwa i | the ‘angry ‘teamater, are instances of like fag Guewed and the & Nee ee een eee eee ee es en eeigm nave itt | Ales fori waman's vanity, if the. ewsed| slater | bese tee oreet of the xoyal house of Branden. | Tbs Cubermuost layer bx shmays: of may be of | *tion unrestrained. : S, Alovsia must give on weprosched | yonder. And He will. won't He?” do, bat—"and here he ended with is usual | bad any, for Tommy, heaved “the ‘sigh of a | DUE tnder the Hobe ‘Ce oni heavy cheviot, bas about the crown circular |, Lhe muscle reader receives from his subj Mi sock much need pean” Poet to | 7 “sorely, Tommy. Now go to sleep. I will| sigh. reat deliverance.” and ae saw on his face the | buttoned cuffs urea feature of ‘the ing | Seam, which’ comes. in front of. the | intelligence in regard to only two. things —di- another and seek much needed rest. But be- | | “Surely, Tommy, bat what, Tommy? Can’t rou tell mae your | look of intinite relief, ‘Then, as if conscience | memento of n battle when t an ain es ee the | Feetion and time. In seeking a hidden object, termined to make an careful an exe cto tone et | , At thismomentan agonizing cry rang through | dificultiest "Perhaps I could help you." tho abtiantion Os Pastries honerae TTS | looves talastenod; siuoe which "tine tha cer: | Neat: Attone place Gh teem datos actttcguins | ba loorne nothing af Hs matey af ebay bis condition as she dared without the vise of | the ward. Several patients Varied uneasily on | _ “"'Tain't that, Miss Alice. ‘There ain't no dit. | the obligation of marrying: he said; form ot tho corp bas always boca ads ix Bat | that -by proper” manipaistan Lene ences | ar of whether tf ooe foot ot ous mile detect ieiciog han, She Seoad his pulve 2 etie | their cot#and moaned. Sister Aloysia went to | ficulties. I almoxt wish there w n ‘t it peck Mears |) oe See aT ing Sethe work T conidia jo—- | Pim) otis Carne Des slays ven Yanks te ane cd conac mana open'to the extent of | {fm his outstretched hand. In determining see the cause of the outcry. It was from the | How awfal mean I am toway anything like that! . half an inch. 1 3 vision is | te shape of a figure or in finding a letter on a - Kind er out and kind rivileges as he had ou; is “To pay you, Alice . no! jon’ "When | CeTtain conditions are the condi- pda ges poet nape bs sos veleie msiaistered to her. ee “None of us are, Tommy.” mean iat! Nothing on this earth that I could | From the New York Sun. or a ee et ° sig : tions should not all be prearranged, the ed highly e iy |, Nore pathetic than these outbreaks of desper-| “But Til do my duty and Tl try to bo ae | do would pay one-half for allou have done or | "Look at that tan,” said a Bowery rertan- sede agegieler ale entre by that he receives would be. meaningless, “Tine eric feed witht whisk che natant “Sly | ation were the petiont ouerers who stv ta | proudand happye man asTought tobe! Svelp| me! I didn’t mean pay! I mean—I—don't | ra to one customer as he pointed to| lected even by the clean ee anne conditions amount to a tacit understanding L~ prcked guest and Soom “cs = pode taute despair bedde their aging loved ones. perl concluded Tommy, gulping down a bere ioe Ly west mat ia ete another. “He has ordered three boiled eggs. deftest tunnipulation % The wted sae acne fxcen Principal and subject that the one is to — = . . Bi idier boy who got himself shot nearly to | °™ : _ . “ i signal the other at the instant when he shall Ting alors ney tee ge eer a per glee pay goer rapes fey ~bowe tame ar A death in rescuing the colors of his Teginess | Watch how he eats thom.” The persoa re-| of opening s combination lock is accompiluned i matically, keeping his eyes closed. When she | CUpied, but not one of the original patients | Sister Aloysia was sorely dist and puz- s, e could not | ferred to dropped his eggs into a cup, maehed | it similar manner. ‘The committee, while wit . | Zled by Tommy's condition. She had ‘Was almost ready to because he could not ppe ‘eee Pf Pall or fi thought she had given him enough for the poe ph hers. 9 el sonatas 9 ~ or pal pe carne! saotliac’s prior tes pap et tad Utter the gratitase Pie flaws ‘swelling his heart | them =p with his spoon, seasoned them liberally boing a in ~ nantes room, reveals time being she ventured to speak to him and had embalmed to be sent to their distant | a#® sister of charity was free to cherish for any | to bursting. with salt, pepper and vinegar, and devoured poo pase sation reader by the a doveitedue tet" homes. Only Tommy remained, and it was but | individual. She would have done anything in| _ “I know what youmean, child. And, Tommy, | them with every appearance of relish. The pantomime. i sesinad apes tem Day sl faint voice and | ® Westion of time, so the surgeons said, when | her power to help him, but she was in utter ig-| if you wish to do Something for me, you will — shad oy a emeane was that he MUSCLE READIXG. with trembling lips, as his eyes phoes ed or he would die too. He still lay flat on his back, | norance of the cause of his trouble, which, it | take home some books I sl give you and | 4t¢ them shells an The methods of mind readers may thas be filent and motionless, except when he opened ) seemed, he could not confide to her, and which | Fead them. And you will write to ine some |», “‘Two other customers come here for bresk- | siiown to bo thove of the conjurcr aut bg how ot oe i Ris mouth to suewe® a question or $0 steliog | incomatnon Gelicnay aba contd not trtiee tobe: | tees and let me know what you are doing, and | Stand sappar,” eeld. the walter, “ho ent | ot" seavdo renting on pete oneal arsed —e a Fr pt —_ of beget weak- | the food or medicine off i ‘He still | She contented herself now with saying: let me write to you.” their son eet way. They order three eggs at r cies ot 4 2 after Fost Sister Aloyaia did not repeat her question ‘Soltieg the fort.” fered hima. beg “Well, Tommy, we must all do our duty,| “Ob, won't i, though! Td be proud and | every meal: 80, you sec, each man eats the | subject worthy of serious investigation. It is a new had misunderstood An opinion seemed to prevail among the | however hard and grievous it may seem to ug | happy’ to do it. Twen't only take the books | shells of half a dozen e in a day. It'sa roe by one person of an extremely Sh 26 ide hi = nurses that Tommy would go off suddenly at | aud we must look to the Lord for strength and | home ‘long o' me, Miss Alice, but I'll take ‘em | Queer custom, isn’t it? I have asked them why | slight, voluntary action of the muscles of sneak Gown at sido him sents. Thave was | Say moment Bat in Tomy cpistan | sostort” Awd Tommy woul ner in my knapsack when I go ‘back to the regi- | ther do it, and if they are not afraid the shells | another, with whom he is in contact. "The poe “ ”, “ “But it to me that I ill. And I won't only read your will hurt them, but they all say it aids digestion | tact is usually made by taking the hand or wrist | the performance of eran mnccth his bed oprend ex pillow, for he | Bras Simre® “detter"—aluaye “going to got | | “Dut it eeems to me duty, whew it ongh¢ ts | but E will learn every one ot Tort oe hence’ | and saves trouble. of the subject, thougi there’ are various other | tee bil Seeks Seteatom Sas netting Sed been | “Gites Aloysia hed found cut cll ubeat kim | be 0 dette? ‘and a pleasure. will, * help me!” he cried, with tears spring- methods. ‘Connection is made sometimes even “ Weil, Tommy, my child, the Lord in His | ing to his eyes. ‘Why Big Men Have Little Wives. by means of a coppor wire. The muscular ac- Soon pong ng en ta charge, st- | "is name was Thouss White. Ho bed been | goodness may tare ieintee pleasure anda de-| ‘The next day Tommy started for his north- | From the Glove-Democrat. tion that is felt by the principal is so slight as — py Bape Ropeonemr det, came into the | «mortally wounded” while saving the colors of delight.” said Sister Aloysia. ern home. We have never heard of him since. isa very general and ancient impres- | to be almost a dn fact, in many When be reeched Tomes st sud tock | hs regiment that had fallen frost the beatae | “fo He may! Bo He may! And oo itis! | And Siler Acpole? cages it is vo delicate that, while the principal's sion that big men in choosing wives prefer own muscles are affected by it, it is not made small women. -At first glance this would ap-| tnown to consciousness. In trier te ‘attain : the slaughtered bearer. He would win promo- | And I'm a mean fellow, who ought to have been | Ob, ® saint in heaven these many years. — Conanamie craig eee Ne made * | tion if he should live. But it, was impossible | let die of my wounds’ for eves thinking it was pacman: for bim to live—so his attendants decided. wer anything else but the most joyful and Pe A ate eee ee cneastumber of big| success muscle reader must haves Wonderfal vitality!” and moved on The women who visited the hospital daily, | happy thing as ever could happen Joy rellow mon with little wives is coriainly in an over-| good subject, that it, a As soon ss her relief came the sister with- | PTinging fruits, jellies, custards and other deli- | like me. Don't you think so, Miss Alice?” whel ming “mole <— we = — In the | muscles will give the necessar; drew to take her needed rest. As she pissed | Caie® for the sick and wounded, became very | “I think you are a good boy, Tommy. I Red peaporrinagy omen Geese dag Jearned | Not every oue fulfills this co: down the ward between the rows of mortally | MUM interested in the boy, and ie was the frst | know your are, but T'don't quite understand Page fcouss otlos ad it ie my iapeeenioe tans | Parise Se man wounded and suffering men she moved silently | %e¥ would sea aa whee they entered | you,” ould, the sister, and af this, moments = > Te not that big men profor isd Gomes, tat i se | the 4 s answers to these m the surgeon in cl was ii i is Tis aya mater tes dwn apc | nga wei ive he Seino omimrs | oaglt an eh ithe war Sond | EIT, | tata woraza pester Bg en, eee the ¥ | condition an For the first few days | ing what hard duty pressed upon the soldier 5 2 ey ee a maa ily question, “How is | boy's mind and whether she could help him, : | Re St ete a8 er ey ap: husband sat a heartbroken wife or mother | Tommy?” would be “He is still alive.” When | It was evident that one of those crises that s ayer Summusuad ey hegenphs tu the dries * | Tommy was asked he would answer: “Better, I | come to all of us had befallen him end that the f SATS ‘Sister Aloysia peed ah Gene ot wed for | thank you, mam or sir; {ll soon be up and | soldier boy's gallant little soul was now the : A Rare Example of Devotion. to part all, but mostly fac the wan ‘bay who bad ; SBout, I thank you.” Tommy was always cheer- | battle field in which there was « fleree conflict | Dubuque Dispatch to Catcago Times. by tracing playing soldier, but had played the part | St, always patien! Waliantly, no doubt, and had got himself blown to pieces at his post of duty. "Had he a mother? So many of these soldier boys who should Mather have been st school bad come from fal — bergen gue with o Por of pyemiventure and patriotism, only to she said in her admonishi mest a bloody death on the batile field or lin ‘ a Uedeae ok down a be ing torment in the hospital! No one ever Sse [yen tae fe Egger % r “better,” and soon he | between duty and inclination, but what it was i Miss Julia Redman of this city has not been | “well!” The words seemed keep hake won Mecentananansunson . he lay there at the end of a fort-| save your strength for your journey tomor- was “going to get well” though no one but | no one could guess. half a block from her home in the last twelve himself believed he would recover. He steadily | The last day came, the very last that Tomm: i refused to let any one write to his friends.” | was to sojourn in the hospital. He was walk | 24) r years. During that time Miss Redman, who is “It would only make my poor mother ery | ing up and down the ward in a more distracted ; because pappy couldn't come, and she couldn't | manner than ever, when Sister Aloysia came in ther. Fl soon get well, and then I'l | to look after her | ij EE iti a young patient. 4 Hl : if and the little board at the head of his grave | Bight of suffering almost ae helpless as an | ro F ? Hi lft i and the battle in which he was killed. rible heat of summer had abated and had given | to say: Me. Bosiens—— What's the wentier—aty MO a eee ama dagger, which is then fot Se com Sach is the sole record of many who gave | place to the delicious breezes of ‘our incom: | “lies Alice, would you mind me talking to you engage her?” te cae nee es cack is hae paper , which is my eR mye he eg their lives for their country! parable autumns, he began to move his hands | you some?” Mrs. “Well—er—Billy, 4 Suge at eee and demi-gods of the heroic You Poor little Tommy! There was « childish |» little to take 's cup or spoon in his own | “Why, no, of course not,” the sister, wtiioh “be: dothantes. aut be. over. 100. years te as oe coe reged, irty archin simplicity in which he haa | fingers and to help himself. Henceforth his | drawing a chair near to him and seating herself. father wore,” “‘grand- Rapids many sr cee of Kindred, wih when in his weakened senses he mistaken | improvement was rapid. “Miss Alice,” he began in a ‘manner, you get that| Another feat performed by muscle readers is “Oh, Paidiaa” You aa Tectpeation when she asked him The Jray not 4 soul of his old comrades left Gi wish 1 was'a major general or ® policeman, hat” a with this | the reading number on s bank note, or and Theseus in- how Not Thomas Jones or Parsons, or | in the hospital. them had died and | or some importance.” ms street whatever might have been his fall name, but | were, buried. ‘The others had goneatey: Tha | "He patocd on nd fn such, deep, ember- eaten cot wes cae ta wae nce Wrote! teoxhed ra By Foe emmy,” ae 8 child might bave answered. | time hung heavily on the poor boy. Sister | rassment after Unie that the sae Bit of she ‘on the top and bottom of = grams ipiroahrs sath fo asap ong Vt oat | Aurea ey Pera | ane eto sane ane ce Soy mca, tgcer getter | Ra _ young im ina arout man s ve 4 fal full of victims, and in a world sofall of eaf-| ure hour or half bout abe could call "tee ete | Ming *2 ho an bones raising of the bat without ruffling the far. hand of a7 if i F 3 J : i i I $, E i muscle ‘She slept several hours, until it was her turn of | bi that her reading wearied he said: ‘The Car Window service Her first waking thought, was of | Rint Mh tacs en atm, hex read “Sine Alice, you know that my peppy is a rom the Guicure Tribune. fnsune whos Sees ape Foe ee, Tare eeeath, is Hine sho | "A day camo. last when he saked for eome | shoemaker?” p: ‘The young Indy hed tagged in vain at the car | that the subject ‘ach armor’. son up in the country conceived a Sond, anche hurried th her prepara- | writing materials and he wrote a letter to his eal r, 80 you told me.’ window. It refused to come slight muscular $0 chine as member of the legal profes- went to her ward. mother telling her how he got wounded atthe| “ he boots and shoes and keeps a t% by the subject. and undertook a fe the wsescance”™ Drab peat iracatog| it As gayentt eaters ae | mene me eg yo et tm bene pe many changes that had taken place during the the best he hed ever hed in, an szcapt “AndT'm his cal bey, ant I learned my a nee = oe hours of her absence. All the cots were cecu- | when he was at home with her, and that trade ‘long 0’ him; and he ‘lowed mea little L ; - d'yor like the law?” was the | eee teeeda tt eee Ca hed boon lindas ongal so oF bese ke ben [ian ne ee s m : : } “ i i