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CLAY HITS BACK AT CHENEY.
THE CHALLENGER TOLD HE DON’T
WANT TO FIGHT A DUEL.
The Chairman Accuse* Cheney of
Giving His Letter to the Newspa
pers and Informing the Police Offi
cers So As to Make Sure no Dnel
'Could Be Fought—Mr. Clay’s Let
ter a Bitter PHI for the Lawyer to
Swallow.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26.—Hon. Steve Clay
to-day publisher! a letter In reply to the
note which ho received from W. C. Che
ney inviting him to a meeting outside of
the state, this meeting being for the pur
pose of a due). Mr. Clay's letter, which is
very good reading, is addressed to Mr.
Cheney. He says: “I have always re
garded you as a harmless one. I regret
very mucn to see the extreme melancholy
which has always manifested itself in
your disposition and character assume a
phase so fierce and aggressive, and so ut
terly antagonistic to your entire career
heretofore. No man who knows you
would think for a moment that you want
ed to fight a duel with me, and I cannot
persuade myself that you are really in
earnest, although you say so in express
terms. I arrive at this conclusion as
much on account of your conduct in this
affair as by what I know of your person
ally. For in the first place I am inform
ed that you furnished the press with the
communication that you addressed to me
almost as soon as 1 received it.
“In the second place 1 am Informed
that you notified the peace officers of this
city that you intended to tight a duel and
that you had addressed a communication
to me looking to that end.
“No sane man who Intended to appeal
to the code duello for satisfaction would
have acted in this way, because you are
obliged to know that we could not possi
bly escape the vigilance of the officers
that you have taken the precaution to no
tify in advance of your criminal purpose.
Modern dueds are usually fought In this
way. A challenge is sent and accepted,
and the principals are iminedlately put
under bond to keep the peace. But few
of them have labored as assiduously to
accomplish this result as you have done.
I decline to become a party to any such
miserable fiasco.
"I decline to meet you for the purpose
Os receiving a challenge to fight a duel
for various reasons. In the first place, I
do not believe that you comprehend the
character or nature of the act you ask
me to engage in. This would apppear to
be sufficient reason, but I base my re
fusal on higher grounds. I am opposed to
dueling. I am opposed to it. because it
is prohibited by the constitution of the
state, that I have frequently sworn to
support and defend. I am opposed to it
because it is condemned by every prin
ciple of our laws and every doctrine of
our religion.
“I am opposed to it, because I am un
willing to commit murder or to become
a party to its commission by others. I
never Intend to take the life of a human
being unless it is absolutely necessary to
do so in self defense. I have a family
and dependent little ones who look to me
for support. They have higher claims
upon me than you can possibly have. You
have neither a family nor a future, and
hazard nothing but a life without ties or
associations that make it desirable to
live, a life embittered by disappointments,
Beared, wretched and dwarfed by failure
and selfishness.
"I have no reason for desiring to meet
you out of the state, nor have 1 done
you any wrong that entitles you to any re
dress at my hands. I have done you no
injustice. If I had I am manly enough
to confess it and make thexproper repara
tion for it. Having done you no wrong, I
have no reparation to make you. It is
evident that you wanted no duel, but a
newspaper sensation, otherwise you,
would have Waited a reasonable time for
an answer. This you have not done, and
notwithstanding that your complaints are
from eighteen months to ten years old,
you Invite me out of the state on one
day, and rush into the public prints on the
next.
“The course of any gentleman having a
grievance against another one would have
been to ask an apology. This is cus
tomary with all gentlemen, and no one
can appeal to the code until he has done
this. This you have not done, but on the
contrary you send me twelve pages of
legal cap reeking with abuse, false
charges and rumors you claim to have
heard. You assume all these to be true
without giving me an opportunity to af
firm or deny them. I shall not dignify
your charge by answering them specific
ally. for where you are known and I am
known they need no answer and will do
me but little harm.”
Mr. Clay then reiterates the charge he
had already made touching Mr. Cheney's
business transactions, he having been
employed by Mr. Cheney's brother to sue
him to recover his inheritance.
Mr. Cheney also publishes a reply, in
which he says Mr. Clay is mistaken in
believing that he did not want tn fi<ht a
duel, and denying that he notified the au
thorities that he was going to send a
challenge, and also denying that he gave
the matter to the newspapers.
A REVOLT IN A PRISON.
Convicts Attack the Men in Charge
of a Shirt Factory.
Jackson, Mich., Nov. 26.—The convicts
in the shirt factory at the prison became
rebellious this morning about 9:30 and
attacked the foreman, named Maulder,
pounding him on the head and shoulders.
The superintendent of the factory, James
Colfey, attempted to Interfere, when the
other convicts attacked him with iron
bars and clubs. Deputy Warden Northup
attempted to enter the factory, and he
was also assaulted in a similar manner,
•nd but for the prompt arrival of assist
ance he would nave been killed. It Is
said trouble has been brewing for some
time between some of the convicts and
the foreman, which culminated this morn
ing when he corrected one of the men
for not doing his work properly. The
convict struck Maulder in the face, when
the general fight ensued, in which Wil
liam Curely, who assaulted Foreman
John McClary In the stone shop nearly
two weeks ago, took the leading part.
The insurrection was subdued after a
abort time and the injured men were
cared for.
While al) received severe blows, no
bones were broken and it is thought none
are seriously hurt. Eight men are locked
up as a result.
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TURKEY AND THE POWERS.
No Material Change in the Situation
in the Orient.
Constantinople, Nov. 26.—A telegram
from Bitlls says the American mission
aries there are fully guarded against
danger, but are unable to leave their
houses. They therefore request the pres
ence there of an American consul. There
is no safety for them in Van, and this
fact makes their (removal from their
present quarters doubtful.
A telegram from Harpoot says that the
mission houses which were burned there
recently were set on fire separately in the
presence of Turkish soldiers. The mis
sion college and academy were saved.
The loss on the missionary/ property
amounted to SBB,OOO.
Leading Turks in Constantinople ex
press themselves as mortified at the sul
tan’s letter to Lord Salisbury.
No permits admitting additional guard
boats into the Dardanelles will be issued
for the present. The demands of the pow
ers for such permits will be insisted upon
by the powers nevertheless. The foreign
diplomats held another meeting to-day,
at which this question was discussed.
The Armenian hunchagists, or revo
lutionary committee, in Constantinople
are planning another riotous demonstra
tion.
At a meeting of the representatives of
the powers held here to-day. the question
of the sultan’s procrastination in issuing
his irades for the addition of a second
guardship for each of the powers was dis
cussed.
Vienna, Nov. 26.—The suggestion that
Germany is encouraging the sultan to re
sist the demands of the powers is vig
orously denied in a semi-official manner
here. The German ambassador in Con
stantinople is one of the firm supporters
of the powers, and it is contended if Ger
many does not ask Turkey for the ad
mission of another dispatch boat to the
Bosphorus it is mainly to prove to the
sultan that Germany is disinterested,
rendering the advice of Germany the
more valuable.
Vienna, Nov. 26.—Advices received here
from J4onstantin*ple state that the for
eign ■hbassadors to Turkey have sent
identi<Yil dispatches to their respective
governments, urging them to maintain
In the Interest of dignity the demands
of the powers for permits, allowing the
entrance of a second dispatch boat each
into the Bosphorus.
Berlin, Nov. 26.—The North German Ga
zette publishes an officially authorized
denial of the reports which have been in
circulation that the emperor is not in
sympathy with the demonstrations of the
fleets or the powers in Turkish waters. *
RAMS ON THE BATTLESHIPS J
They Are to Be Placed Niue Feet Bel
low the Water Line.
Washington, Nov. 26.—A new feature in
battleship construction was authorized
to-day by Secretary Herbert In his ap
proval of a report submitted by the spec
ial board of which Rear Admiral John G.
Walker Is president, convened to consider
plans for the Kearsarge and the other
battleship for which provision was adopt
ed by the last congress. The matter upon
which the secretary passed, relates to the
position of the ram on these vessels.
Heretofore the navy department has fav
ored the plan of placing the point of the
ram five feet six inches below the water
line, which was a compromise between
the English and the French ideas, the
latter placing the ranf point on the water
line and the British having it eleven feet
below, as embodied in the United Stales
battleship Texas, which was constructed
on English plans. Recently, with refer
ence to the new battleships, Commodore
Sicard, commandant of the Brooklvn
navy yard, made the suggestion that the
ram points should be lowered from the
present standard of five feet six Inches.
The idea met with opposition in the
board of bureau chiefs or board of con
struction and Secretary Herbert referred
the matter to the special board. The re
commendation of this board that the
point be placed nine feet below the wa
ter line was that approved by the sec
retary.
A~~Chil<t _ Enjoya
The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when
in need of a laxatlva. and if the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow Its use; so that
it is the best family remedy known, and
every family should have a bottle on
hand.—ad.
A MIXED SCHOOL TROIRLE.
Courts May Be Appealed to In Order
to Settle It.
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 26.—The mixed
school at Orange Park is still disturbing
some persons hereabouts. State Superin
tendent Sheats has Information to the
effect that the sheriff of Clay county has
secured a list of the teachers and patrons
of the school, who are equally guilty under
the law. and that he will arrest all of
them as soon as the county officers pre
pare the necessary papers.
Mr. Sheats also has a letter from the
state attorney for that circuit, assuring
him that he will prosecute the offenders
to the full extent of the law.
It is now said that Mr. Horton, who
came to the capital last week, ostensibly
to represent the citizens opposed to the
school, was. in reality, sent here bv the
friends of the school, presumably to inter
cede with the authorities and persuade
them to be lenient with those violating
the law, if they would desist as law
breakers.
It Is thought by many that the agita-
I tion of the past week and the steps al
ready taken by the law officers will fright
en those who have so persistently ignored
the law and cause them to expel the white
pupils. Those who do not entertain this
view of the case cite the fact that the
national council of congregational
churches, recently in session in Syracuse,
I N. Y„ by resolution, which was adopted
by a rising vote, called upon the American
Missionary Association, under whose aus
pices the school was established, and has
been fostered and conducted, to unceas
ingly and courageously resist this wicked
enactment (the Florida law) In all lawful
ways, if necessary Co carry this case to
the supreme court of the United States,
pledging the association their heart)' co
operation.
It is further known that the friends of
this mixed school have retained one of the
ablest lawyers in Florida to conduct their
side of the case, which indicates a legal
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THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1895.
TEXT BOOK BILL THROTTLED.
THE HOUSE VOTES AGAINST THE
UNIFORMITY SCHEME.
The Fleming Bill to Increase the
Number of Supreme Court Judges
Tn ken Up .lust Before Adjourn
ment—The Bhhli Dispensary Bill to
Come Up ns the Special Order in
the House To-day and Its Passage
Not Improbable.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26.—The House to
day, after spending most of the session
in discussing it, killed the bill by Mr.
West of Lowndes, providing for a uni
form system of text books for the com
mon schools, and the creation of a state
school book commission to make contracts
for the purchase of the school books for
the state.
The bill was taken up as the special or
der of the day. Mr. West moved to dis
agree to the report of the committee,
which was adverse to its passage, and In
doing so made a strong argument in fa
vor of the proposed book commission and
the uniformity of text books. Mr. John
son of Hall followed Mr. West in opposi
tion to the bill, while Mr. Rockwell of
Chatham made one of the best speeches
of the session In support of It.
Mr. Fogarty of Richmond took the
floor in conclusion of the debate, at the
request of the author, who, under the
rules, had twenty minutes to conclude
after the previous question had been or
dered, this time being divided with Mr.
Fogarty.
Following the disposition of the school
book bill, the Fleming bill to increase the
number of supreme court judges was
taken up as another special order. The
bill came back from the committee with
an amendment striking out the election
by the people, and substituting election
by the general assembly, in this shape
being favorably recommended. It was
within a few minutes to the hour of ad
journment when the reading of the bill
was completed, and Mr. Fleming was
recognized on the floor by Mr. Jenkins
of Putnam, who was in the chair. In view
of the very few minutes left of the ses
sion, Mr. Fleming did not get down to
his argument in support of the measure,
but will have the floor again in the morn
ing as soon as the session opens, when
he will make his argument. It is expect
ed that the bill will reach a vote to-mor
row morning. At any rate, it will be
voted upon before the day’s session
closes, as the judges of the supreme court
have asked Mr. Fleming to press it to a
conclusion without any further delay,
and he announced to-day that this was his
Intention.
SHOT "DEAD FROM*'HIS HORSE.
Now the Slayer is on Trial on n
Charge of Murder.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 26.—The trial in
this city of M. M. Driggers, a merchant
of Lake Butler, for the murder of R. T.
Dowling, tax collector of Bradford coun
ty, last June, is exciting unusual atten
tion. The court room was crowded to
day, many of the spectators being resi
dents of Bradford county. The trial is
being held here, the defense having se
cured a change of venue on the ground
of local prejudice. Dowling was a very
popular man. After the murder Driggers
escaped and was hunted by lynchers,
but was spirited away by the authorities
to the Duval county jail, where he since
has been.
Seventeen witnesses for the state were
examined to-day and so far State's At
torney Hartridge has made a strong
case. While none of the witnesses saw
the killing, yet they heard Driggers ac
knowledge that he had done it. and one
said Driggers told him he did it because
the/ tax collector had attempted to bull
doze him. Dowling was shot from his
mule a few feet from Driggers store. He
fell in the road. His mule with his own
er’s blood on the sadde ran on, but was
caught up the road by Mrs. Dowling. She
hurried back and found her husband
dead. In his hand was a knife. This
knife Driggers claimed Dowling had at
tacked him with, but it was proven that
Driggers had borrowed this very knife
from John Carver a few days before.
The state will endeavor to show that
Drifters placed the knife in the dead
marffi hand.
DETECTIVE LOONEY SET DOWN.
A Charge of Bribery Brought Against
the Officer.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 26.—Detective Dave
Looney, one of the “big three” of the
local department who were the principals
In the sensational investigation last win
ter, the charges being that they were
corrupt and in the habit of giving pro
tection to the criminal classes for a mon
ey consideration, was to-day suspended
from duty upon the order of Chief Con
nally. The charge this time also is
bribery, though the details have not yet
come to the surface. It is understood that
the suspension was due to an anonymous
letter sent to the chief stating that Mad.
Gray, the keeper of a disreputable house
on Collins street, could give valuable tes
timony to oonvict Detective Looney. Upon
receipt of this letter the woman was sent
for and after a conference with Chairman
Johnson the order of suspension until the
charges can be investigated was issued.
Detective Looney declares that he is In
nocent and that he is the victim of a con
spiracy to ruin him because of his prose
cution of the demimonde.
JEM SMITH KNOCKS OUT BI RGE.
The Vanquished Slugger Gives Out
in the Ninth Round.
London. Nov. 26.—The fight between
Dick Burge and Jem Smith for £2OO a side
and a purse of £3OO took place to-night
at the Boling Broke Club. In the ninth
round Burge, who had been badly pun
ished. fell several times from exhaustion
and Referee Angle declared Smith the
•’inner. Burge was not able to hit his
opponent. The articles, which were sign
ed in July lasi, provided for a 20-round
A DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN JAIL.
HE IS SENT THERE FOR A DAY FOR
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Judge Moise of New Orleans the ofll
clal Who Sent Him There—The Dis
trict Attorney Actively at Work
Endeavoring to Secure a. Nolle
Prosse in the Case of Henry Bier,
Convicted of Perjury—The Judge
Casts Reflections on the District
Attorney and Won’t Brook a Re
ply.
New Orleans, Nov. 26.—Quite a sensa
tion was caused to-day by Judge Moise
committing District Attorney Butler to
the parish prison for contempt of court.
On Friday last the district attorney filed
a motion to nolle prosse the case of Henry
Bier, convicted of perjury, but not sen
tenced, the Idea being to use Bier as an
important state witness in another and
more important case. Judge Moise would
not entertain the motion at the time, but
deferred the matter until to-day, at the
same time ordering subpoenas for the
members of the grand jury that indicted
and ,the petit jury which convicted Bier,
and who signed petitions asking a nolle
prosse in the case.
Judge Moise stated that his object was
to ascertain who drafted the petitions and
who was instrumental in obtaining signa
tures to them. The proceedings to-day
were of a particularly lively character,
resulting in a good deal of explanation
b . y District Attorney Butler as to his mo
tives in, desiring to enter the nolle prosse.
Judge Moise was proceeding to dispose of
the matter, and said that had the attor
ney general offered to nolle prosse the
Bier case he would probably have enter
tained the motion. Mr. Butler angrily
inquired whether the court intended to
say it would entertain, a nolle prosse by
the attorney general and not from the
district attorney. Judge Moise replied
that he did not deem it incumbent upon
him to explain his remark.
Mr. Butler emphatically demanded to
have the remarks explained because they
reflected upon his own course and mo
tives. and he demanded to know what
the judge meant by them. Judge Moise
then said that the reason why he would
entertain a nolle prosse by the attorney
general and not by the district attorney
was because the newspapers had been
teeming with scandal about the district
attorney’s office, and it had been a sub
ject of public discussion and he (the judge)
had a right to be suspicious of his ac
tions. It was true. Judge Moise said,
that he had no positive evidence of the
district attorney’s guilt, but his conduct
had been a matter of investigation by
the grand jury.
Mr. Butler was greatly excited, and
said the court was traducing him, and
went on to say something else, using
strong language denunciatory of the grand
jury’s criticism, when the judge reminded
him that he was in contempt, and sen
tenced him to twenty-four hours in the
parish prison. Mr. Butler was soon after
ward taken to prison by the sheriff, and
is now serving his sentence.
Judge Moise refused to entertain the
nolle prosse or to allow the motion to be
filed.
BIG REWARDS OFFERED
Gov. Stone Trying; to Run Down Res
cuer* and Lynchers.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 26.—Gov. Stone is
determined to punish the persons who
were concerned in the liberation of
Whitecapper Will Purvis, under sentence
of death at Columbia, a full ac
count of how his ffjends broke in the
jail and ’released him- being wired a few
days ago. The governor offeres a reward
of $250 for each and every one concerned
in that affair.
He also issued a proclamation to-day
which occasions a good deal of concern
to those interested. Saturday night
Jack Yarborough, sentenced to the
penitentiary for life from Brook
Haven and en route to Jackson
in charge of State Agent Parker,
was taken from the train and the officer
at Crystal Springs by an armed mob
and hanged. Gov. Stone has offered a re
ward of SSOO for each and every one con
cerned in this affair. The amount of the
reward is sure to produce results and has
caused something of a panic in the neigh
borhood of Crystal Springs.
MISS ROCKEFELLER MARRIED.
The Ceremony Solemnized in Mr.
McCormick's Anartments.
New York, Nov. 26.—Miss Edith Rocke
feller, the youngest daughter of John D.
Rockefeller, the multi <nillionalre, was
married at noon to-day in the Bucking
ham hotel to Harold F. McCormick, son
of Cyrus McCormick, the well known
“reaper king” of Chicago. The wedding
was to have taken place at the Fifth Av
enue Baptist church, and was to have
been a grand ceremony. But the hand
of Providence interfered, and Mr. Mc-
Cormick found himself confined to his
room on his wedding day, ill with an at
tack of pleuresy, which threatened pneu
monia. His physician, after consultation
yesterday, decided that the groom-elect
was too sick to venture out doors, espe
clally as the weather was inclement.
The Rockefeller family was notified, and
the young couple, not wanting to post
pone the ceremony, it was decided to have
the marriage solemnized in Mr. McCor
mick s apartments in the Buckingham
note!.
FATAL FIGHT AMONG TRAMPS.
One Pushed Before * Train and Ter
ribly Injured.
South Bend, Ind., Nov. 26.—A fatal
fight among hobos occurred last night in
the western suburbs of the city. One of
the participants, an unknown tramp, was
pushed in front of a passing Lake Shore
passenger train and was terribly injured.
He was removed to the Epworth hospi
tal. where he died this morning. The
tramp who committed the murder board
ed the train in an endeavor to escape. He
was locked in a coach and brought to
s J c L ty ’. where a fierce battle ensued.
He defied a coach full of passengers and
fought desperately for liberty, but was
finally clubbed into insensibility by the
officers and train crew and placed und-r
arrest. He may die. He claims his com
panion, whom he murdered, was attempt
ing to hold him up. *
FALL OF THE GOLD RESERVE.
The Total at the Close of Business
Yesterday 550.»24,€W0.
Washington, Nov. 26.—The recent offer
of the treasury to pay express charges
both ways on gold deposits for currency
is beginning to bear fruit, as several offers
were received at the treasury to-day. AD
were accepted. It is explained that if
the offers are made direct to the sub-1
treasury by the tenderer, the transactions
will be greatly facilitated.
The treasury gold reserve, at the close
of business to-day, with to-day’s gold en
gagements deducted, stands at $80,924,650
Gold was withdrawn at New York to-day
as reported to the treasury, to the amount
of $1,130,000, of which $730,000 was in gold
bars, and $400,000 in gold coin.
WILDE TOO WICKED FOR ZOLA.
The Sptey French Writer Refuse* to
Sign a Petition for Pardon.
Paris, Nov. 26.—Emile Zola has refused
to sign the petition for the release of Os
car Wilde from prison, and most of the
other litterateurs who have been ap
proached on the subject have either de
clined or returned ambiguous replies. It i
is likely, owing to these rebuffs, that the
promoters of the idea of an international
petition of writers for Wilde's release will
—p.
THE PAIL PUZZLE.
IT’S EASY IF YOU KNOW HOW.
The Way to Do It.
Ninety-nine women in a hundred may
think that it is an easy thing to hold a
pail at arm’s length. Let them try it. Here
and there one will succeed in holding the
empty pail, but it will puzzle even a man
to hold a pall full of water in exactly this
position. There is no trick about it, how
ever. The pall is a real pall and the water
is real water. The secret is hidden in the
arm of the woman who does it.
Woman is but little lower than the an
gels and yet the plan of creation gave her
bones, muscles, and sinews which in their
perfect development mean strength. To
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make the human machinery complete, she
was also given nerves more wonderfully
delicate than electric wires and more po
tent for good or ill. Without nerves she
would be unable to control a single mus
cle. She could not raise her hand, move
her lips, or close an eyelid. Her lungs could
not draw In the breath of life, and her
heart would cease to send the life blood
through her system to supply the waste
which is going on second by second.
The nerves are as necessary to life as
the blood or the breath, and yet these
same delicate nerves may keep a woman,
or a man, either, for that matter, in con
stant torment. They are the pain channels
of the body. When they are hfirt or crip
pled, they are like live wires, scorching
and burning wherever they go.
The secret of the pail puzzle is in the
right sort of nerves—those sound, strong
nerves that act so naturally that people
do not know that they have any nerves
at all. But that is
ONLY PART OF THE SECRET.
Many women, a majority of American
women, have starved nerves, nerves that
torture them, drive them into nervous
debility, female disorders, insomnia, neu
ralgia and fatal diseases of various kinds.
The one practical scientist to realize and
seize upon this fact and make a univer
sal application of it was R. V. Pierce, M.
D., of Buffalo, N. Y. He soon became
recognized as an authority on diseases
of women, who stands, thinks and prac
tices on the broad platform of common
sense.
He has made it a life study to find
nerve-nourishing, tissue-building and nat
ural regulating agencies for the female
system. His discoveries named below
have marked an epoch in the treat
ment of all ailments peculiar to wo
man’s delicate organization. They ■ em
body entirely new principles and develop
strength and vitality in accordance
with the laws of nature.
• HOW TO DO IT.
Any woman, young or old, can by using
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription solve
the "pail puzzle.” Let her begin on Mon
day and try to hold out at arm’s length
a heavy book or flat iron. On the same
dav let her begin -taking the “Favorite
Prescription,” and keep taking it for a
week. At the end of that time let her
again try the book or flat iron and see
how much longer and easier it can be held.
On the following Monday let her hold opt
something heavier and keep on with the
"Prescription,” and the power to hold out
the pail full of water will follow as nat
rally as the day follows night, and thus
she solves the puzzle.
As chief consulting physician to the In
valid’s Hotel and Surgical Institute at
Buffalo, N. Y.—the most complete health
institution in America, Dr. Pierce and
his staff of skilled specialists have per
sonally investigated and successfully
treated tens of thousands of cases, cover
ing every kind of female disorder. So
phenomenal has been their success that
patients come to them from every state
in the union. His "Favorite Prescrip
tion,” “Golden Medical Discovery” and
“Pleasant Pellets,” used conjointly, sup
ply a scientific and most efficacious course
of remedial treatment. These are the
outgrowth of this vast, unrivaled expe
rience, and the records of years show
that there are not three cases of woman’s
peculiar maladies in a hundred that these
remedies will not permanently cure, right
IN HER OWN HOME,
without the dreaded "examinations” and
the useless "local applications,” and not
one case in fifty that they will not speed
ily relieve. And even in these exceptional
cases, when the medicine alone aid not
produce the usual good results, by taking
a course of treatment at the Invalids’ Ho-/
tel and Surgical Institute, the patients
have soon gone forth grateful, well, per
manently happy women.
GUARANTEED FOR YEARS.
So absolutely reliable are Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription (for woman’s pe
culiar physical "weaknesses”) and Doc
tor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
(the great liver, blood and kidney remedy)
that on first introducing these now world
famed medicines to the afflicted, and for
many vears thereafter, they were sold
under a positive guarantee of giving en
tire satisfaction in every case for which
they are recommended. So uniformly suc
cessful did they prove in curing the dis
eases, derangements, and weaknesses for
which they are recommended, that claims
for the return of money paid for them
were exceedingly rare.
But since their manufacturers can now
refer to thousands of noted cures effected
by them in every part of the land, and in
many foreign countries, they believe their
past record a. sufficient guarantee of their
great value as curative agents; therefore,
they now rest the claims of these reme
dies to the confidence of the afflicted sole
ly upon that record.
EXPERT ADVICE FREE.
Dr. Pierce and his staff of physicians
hold themselves at all times ready to re
ply to letters from women afflicted with
obstinate, complicated or long neglected
and so-called incurable ailtpents, and are
always glad to offer free of charge, advice
and suggestions that will lead to relief
and cure. Where a local physician treats
one case of woman’s ailments, Dr. Pierce
and his trained specialists treats many
thousands, and a life time’s practice in
this particular field has made them ex
perts to cure all such diseases. With them
there is no experimenting, no physical
nntchwork and no promises given that
-f ’ -el
there is nothing unbusiness like or un
professional in placing the acknowledged
merits of his remedies and his demonstrat
ed skill as a regular physician, before the
people by means of the public press. His
record tells a story of success that no pre
judice can overthrow.
THE HIGHEST HONORS.
Such is the confidence of his fellow
citizens in his ability, integrity, and
worth, that Dr. Pierce has been honored
by election to the highest offices in the
gift of the people of Buffalo: first to the
state Senate, and later to congress.
Such, however, is the doctor’s pride in
and love for his profession that he has
since repeatedly declined high office in
order that he may best serve the public
by serving his patients, who are scattered
over every state and territory in the
land, and such is the standing of his med
ical staff that its members are frequently
called in consultation by eminent physl-
CAN DO IT.
clans in other cities and have held places
at the head of leading scientific societies.
Over ninety thousand letters like the
following have been sent to Dr. Pierce
by grateful patients, many of whom
have specially requested that their mar-
I velous recoveries be made a matter of
public record.
NO LIVING WOMAN
Need endure one hundredth part
of the pain, worry, agony and
fear which mothers, fathers and doctors
say she must endure simply because she
is a woman. She can free herself of the
awful slavery to pain. Just as thousands
upon thousands of her sister sufferers
are daily freeing themselves—by Using
the world-famed, common sense reme
dies of Dr. Pierce. If the results are
not entirely satisfactory, let her write
to the World’s Dispensary Medical Asso
ciation, or to Dr. Pierce personally, and
s he will receive free of charge, such
advice as will render her cure prompt
and complete.
Mrs. Victoria Shreiber of Box 58, Fred
erickstown, Washington county, Rennsyi
writes: “Seven years ago I left
childbed too soon and being overwhelmed
by a sudden report of a death, the trou
ble settled in my womb. Most physicians
whom I consulted told me I had prolap
sus-uteri and if I were careful, and lifted
nothing heavy, I might get better, but
could never be entirely cured. That was
seven years ago. One physician who at
tended me in confinement, gave me a
supporter, which I always wore.
In the winter of 1892-’93 I had a severe
attack of the grip. My trouble grew
worse; had medical care, but without any
improvement. I cannot tell you what I
took, but I was almost crazed and would
have preferred death to life. Stomach,
liver and the whole system were out of
° rdei \ w Th . e . n a neighbor of ours called
my attention to your medicines. In
March, 1893, I began to take Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription and to the great
1 » ot b etter after the
first bottle. After three more I was as
well as ever before.
I saw in your pamphlet thkt a support
f»rlSai°rS»°TU^e ’ and 1 fo , und J t out myself
for since I do my work without a sup
nro nn th fee kJ? etter ’ , The feelin 8" of press
ure on the abdomen is gone, as well as all
my pain and headache. I am like a new
worn an enjoying my life with my chll-
Mrs. R. T. Budd of Neapolis, Pittsyl
vania. County, Virginia, writes: “When I
first began taking Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
Prescription I was in a critical condition;
sometimes I would almost give up in des-
r Ut i aft t r taking the first bottle I
Ch a chan « e I continued
its use until now I have taken six bottles,
and can but thank God that this wonder-
IdU* brought to my knowl-
fnHh «„ n wl hat ts uSe haß < lven mp great
faith in its power to cure not only ulcer
atir?.O T In* but all female diseases."
Mrs. Lilia M. Fox of Lyme Center, Graf
ton county. New Hampshire, writes: “I
have been troubled for four years with fe
nfanr W w kneß ' 8 ’ £ fter takln g two bottles
SLHki P ! er S. e 8 Favorite Prescription, I
am able to do all my work without any
bearing down pains or faintlhg spells. My
countenance is much Improved.”
of ,. Chickasaw
Nat., Ind. Ty., writes: "My wife had an
ulcerated, sore on her leg for several
tried three different doctors,
but they failed to cure her. We wCre
recommended to try Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery and his ‘Favorite Pre
scription. She took six bottles of each,
and four vials of Dr. Pierce’s Liver Pel
lets and was entirely cured.
"She recommends the medicine for all
diseases of females, and I shall never fail
to speak a word in your favor to suffer
ing humanity.”
Geo L. Whitten, Esq., of Deersville,
Harrison Co., Ohio, writes: “My little
son is now five years old. When he was
six weeks old he had Eczema on his face
and scalp. It was black all over his face
and head. He did not see any for six
weeks. Everybody that saw him said
he would die. I got medicine from six
different doctors, but the child still got
worse I inquired for the best blood
medicine at the drug store and got Dr
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery The
first bottle he took cured him sound o P a
well, but I gave him three more to pre
vent the return of the disease. Four
years and six months have passed and
the boy Is in perfect health. ‘Golden
Medical Discovery’ does not express half
I its value.”
A GREAT BOOK FREE.
"When Dr. Pierce published the first edi
tion of his work, “The Peo-
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of this most complete, interesting and valu
able common sense, medical work ever
published—the recipient only being re
quired tn mail to him, or the World’s Dis-
pie s Common Sense
Medical Adviser” he an
nounced that after SBO,-
000 copies had been sold
at the regular price,
ILSO per copy, the prof
it on which would re
pay him for the great
amount of labor and
money expended in pro
ducing it, he would dis
tribute the next half
million free. As this
number of copies has al
ready been sold he is
now distributing, abso
lutely free, 500,000 copies
N. Y., of which he is president,
this little * ♦ COUPON NUM-
BER with | COUPON twenty-one (21)
one-cent | No. 207 stamps to cover
cost of * mailing only, and
the book will be sent post-paid. It is a
veritable medical library, complete in one
volume. It contains over 1,000 pages and
more than 300 illustrations. Several fine
ly illustrated chapters are devoted to the
careful consideration in plain language,
of diseases peculiar to women and their
successful home-treatment without the
aid of a physician and without having to
submit to dreaded "examinations” and the
stereotyped “local applications,” so re
pulsive .to the modestly sensitive woman.
The Free Edition is precisely the same as
that sold at $1.50, except only that the
books are bound in strong manilia paper
covers instead of cloth. Send NOW be
fore all are given away. They are going
off rapidly, therefore, do not delay sending
immediately if in want of one.—ad.
POPE BOLTS FROM THE PARTY.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 26.—South Caro
lina’s constitutional convention to-night
at 7:03 o’clock, after a session lasting
nearly all day, completed its work so far
as the constitution is concerned, having
been in session almost continuously for
over two months, and it now only remains
for the delegates to return here on Tues
day next to ratify the new constitution.
Dr. Sampson Pope, who was defeated in
the last election in the race for gover
nor, is out in an interview to-night, in
which he announces that he has gone
over to the republican party. Speaking
of the situation, he says: “I believe that
I am safe in saying that there is much
political unrest. The convention now
about closing its labors has framed a
constitution for the people which, if sub
mitted to them, would be rejected by a
large majority. There are too many ob
jectionable features in it to refer to all
of them, but the suffrage! clause is the
most objectionable. It places the power
in the hands of the respective boards of
registration to refuse to register any man
not of their political views, and I pre
dict that thousands of white men will be
disfranchised by them,, and more than
100,000 negroes—in fact, as in Mississippi,
1 do not expect 10,000 negroes to be regis
tered. This power comes from the re
form members of the convention, aided
by some of the conservative members. It
is intended by the reformers to perpetuate
themselves in power. That it is intended
to commit frauds under the suffrage
clause has been admitted on the floor
of the convention.
“The suffrage clause is a disgrace to the
civilization or the age. and is in conflict
with the constitution of the United States,
and it was adopted whnst the flag of the
nation floated over the hall of the con
vention. Many of the poor white men
of the state are uneasy lest they lose
their right to vote, and well they may
be, for the constitution puts it in the
power of a few white men in each county j
to refuse them. I predict that a major- J
ity of these men will leave the reform I
ranks and seek safety elsewhere.
“Will the action of the convention lead fl
to any political changes in this state?” ■
“Yes, there are a large number of white.®
voters in the state who now feel free to®
make new party alignments. The repub®
lican party of this state will in the nexJß|
campaign consist of 15.000 white republi- 1
cans, who have not voted since 1876, or
who have come of age since then and
have not voted, and of 25,000 conservatives
and reformers, who will seek a new party
alignment, and of that part of the negroes
to be registered who will not follow Till
man."
The republican party is the party of
protection, not only of manufactures and
labor, but also of the rights of the citi
zens under the constitution of the United
States; hence our people are looking to
that party. Having been a protectionist
since 1884, I naturally go to that party,
and I do so for the further reason that I
believe in giving to every citizen every
right inherited from inagna charta, and
the common law of England before the
adoption of the United States constitu
tion, and every right guaranteed to him
by the constitution of the United States.
"You may look for a lively campaign in
this state next year. I would not bo sur
prised to see South Carolina in the re
publican column alongside of Old Vir
ginia, West Virginia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, Louisiana and Texas. Ken
tucky and Maryland are in the colmun to
stay.” __
GORE MAY BE SHED AT GIBSON.
Gibson, Ga., Nov. 26.—The little town
of Gibson and vicinity is stirred from
center to circumference. The negro Bal
am Hancock, who is confined in jail here
charged with the offense of rape upon
the person of Dessie Shelton, and who
was reported to have been lynched, is still
in the hands of the officers of the law.
His victim first reported that her assail
ant failed to accomplish his design, but
on yesterday she admitted that he out
raged her in a most brutal manner and
it was only by a hairs breadth that he es
caped Judge Lynch last night.
About 100 angry armed men assembled
at the scene of the crime, a swamp about
one mile from town last night at 9 o’clock,
where they were to remain until 11
o’clock, when they would enter the town,
break down the jail door, take from the
hands of the law, the destroyer of vir
tue, swing him to a limb just over the
spot where the outrage was per
petrated, and riddle his body,
with bullets. Fortunately, how
ever, the people of Gibson got news of
the anticipated violence and a posse,
consisting of the most prominent and in
fluential citizens of town, hastened io the
infuriated assembly, and succeeded, after
a long and earnest plea in favor of law
and order, in dissuading them from car
rying out their Intentions. They promised
and assured the mob that Judge Seaborn
Reese would be urged to order an extra
term of court, and try the accused this
week. They positively declared if the
negro was not tried during the week he
would be lynched.
Judge Reese was communicated with
and said that he would look after the
matter as soon as possible. But this did
not appease the wrath of the Infuriated
mob, and it is feared that the lynching
of the rapist will be attempted to-night.
Sheriff Bradley is determined that the
law shall be vindicated, and Is guarding
the jail to-night with a determined posse.
The situation is a serious one, and there
may be a battle in Gibson before morning.
The negro is a big burly one, says he is
Innocent, but that he knows he will be
killed.
News has reached here that the ne
groes throughout the county are organ
izing, and are arming themselves pre
paratory to making an attack upon the
jail for the purpose of liberating Han
cock. Sheriff Bradley is growing more
determined, and Is increasing his posse of
deputies. He says that the negro shall
not be mobbed or liberated.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 26.—A late special
to the Chronicle from Gibson, Ga., states
that there is no excitement in the town
and that the idea of lynching the negro
Balam Hancock, who committed rape on
a young lady of that place, is only being
talked of by a few hot heads. The law
will be allowed to take its course if there
are assurances of speedy justice being
done. The sheriff has all the help requir
ed to protect the prisoner.
SAILING DAYS OF STEAMSHIPS.
Below will be found a list of the steam
ships sailing from Savannah, and the date
of their sailing:
’ FOR NEW YORK.
Central (90th meridian) time.
Steamship CITY OF AUGUSTA, FRI
DAY, Nov. 29. 3:<JO p. m.
Steamship NACOOCHEE, TUESDAY.
Dec. 3, 6:00 p. m.
FOR BOSTON.
Central (90th meridian) time.
Steamship TALLAHASSEE, THURS
DAY, Nov. 28,2:00 a. m.
Steamship GATE CITY. SUNDAY, Dec
8, 9:00 a. m.
FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Central (90th meridian) time.
Steamship CITY OF MACON, FRIDAY.
Noy. 29, 3:00 p. m.
FOR BALTIMORE.
Central (90th meridian) time.
Steamship BERKSHIRE. SATURDAY.
Nov. 30, 4 p. m.
—Victor Emmanuel’s monument in the
Pantheon at Rome has already cost
$2,000,000, and will need another $3,000 000