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PEACE SEEMS PROBABLE.
GOVERNMENT HOPES FOR BEST,
BUT BEADY FOR THE WORST.
OflleinlH of the War and Sary De
partmentK Confident of n Peaceful
Outcome of the Threatening; Dilti
cultie*—A New Military Depart
ment to Be Created With Atlanta
as the Headquarter*—Brazil’s Two
Warships Reported Secured.
Washington, March 11.—Hoping for and
expecting the best, and prepared for the
worst, about represents the situation in
the war and navy department these days.
The officials still profess confidence that
there is to be a peaceful outcome of the
. threatening difficulties, but meanwhile
prepare with serenity to meet their duty
if events should shape themselves other
wise.
The most important and significant de
velopments of the day were the decision
of the House naval committee to place in
the naval appropriation bill a provision for
three new battleships, and a conclusion tn
the part of the Secretary of War to issue
to-morrow morning an order creating a
new nliiitary department, including within
its confines that part of the country which
would be in all likelihood nearest to the
field of hostilities in case it should come 1
to tljat. The order will create a commo
tion in the South. The present department
of Texas is abolished and the headquar
ters, which have been in San Antonio,
Tex., tor so many years, are abandoned.
In place of the old department is created
a new one, called the department of the
South.
Gen. Graham, at present commander of
the department of Texas, will command
the new department. This department v ill
include the states of South Carolina, Geor
« gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi
ana and Texas. All of these states except
the last are at present attached co the
department of the East, under command
of Gen. Merritt of New York.
It is said at the department that Gen.
Merritt is fully compensated for the
strength of the command which parses
away from him by the addition to bis
forces of two regiments of artillery row
recruiting. The of the new
department of the South are at Atlanta,
Ga., chosen because of its fine strategical
value, from its excellent railroad connec
tions. At present the government has no
accommodations at Atlanta for the head
quarters of the department, ltd it will be
obliged to hire the most available build
ings.
Gen. Wilson, chief of engineers, who has
been in Florida, is expected back to-mor
row |<x report to Secretary Alger u[>on the
progress of Che fortification works in that
section of the country, and especially to
Ihe defense of the Tortugas.
For the first time io-day the officials of
the war department admitted that they
were straining every nerve to improve
. every part of the defenses of the country
confined to their care. It is without ques
tion a most unusual mark of confidence
in uyi executive officer to empower him to
give orders without limit for the purchase
of War material, yet that is what the
President and Secretary Alger have done
In (ho case of Gen. Flagler, chief of ord
nance. Anti the officer has not shown any
disposition to shirk this large response
blllty, but has instructed every concern
papable of supplying war material, suejh
as rapid-fire Muns, slrot, shell and ainmu.
nitkrp to go to work at full capacity.
The nnvy department has now reason to
believe that It has secured the two war
ships, Amnrrmns and her sister ship, now
building in England .for Brazil. It was
stated at the cabinet meeting to-day by
Secretary Long thqt the naval attache at
London, Lieut. Colwell, had almost com
pleted the negotiations for the sale. So
far, however, the final notification from
him that his offer nas been accepted has
not yet reached the nnvy deportment.
The day passed without word from the
court of inquiry, according to the state
ment Os Secretary Long, who says that
he has received nothing whatever from the
court itself or Judge Advocate Marlx, re
gardless of the frequent publications to
the contrary. The secretary has deter
mined there shall be no wasteful extrava
gance In his department In the expendi
ture of the funds so gqnerously provideo
by Congress, and to this end he has ad
dressed the following letter to the assist
ant secretary of tye navy, colonel com
mandant of the marine corps, und to each
of the bureau chiefs of the navy depart
ment:
"Sir: Vnder the emergency appropria
tion of W 0,000,000 made Wednesday, you
will incur no expense or liability except
• fter written statements and estimate
made by you and approved by the Presi
dent and secretary, all in writing. A
special record must be*kept of every such
requisition. If any such liability or ex
pense lias been Incurred by you by oral
direction, make such written statement
mid estimate and submit it at once for
such approval,
"By order of the President. Very re
spectfully, , j ohn D> Dong,
"Secretary. “
In anticipation of a rupture .between the
United Blates and Spain many naval offi
cers on the retired list have notified the
Hcerrtnry of the Navy of their willingness
and ivadincMM to perform any duty in the
line of their profession that he may deem
suitable for them. There seems to lie con
siderable tbisuppnUiension on the part of
the general public as to the availability
of Qfflcerson the retired list for active duty
in times of war. Section Ute of the re
vised statutes bearing on this subject pro
vides an follows: "No officer on the retir
ed list of the navy shall be employed on
actiw duly except In lime of war"
‘ i.-T W T r *^ , *^ any <*» «he retired
list in the fuil enjoyment of health and
mental vigor, despite the fact that they
are over 83 >’««#* of age. whose ability and
• xiwr.ence would undoubtedly lie of great
advantage to the nation iq case it proved
necessary to go to war in the defense of
Rs honor and dignity. Notable among
these la Rear Admiral John G. Walker
recently retired for age and who is now
rngatfed on special duty a. president of
th* Nicaraguan Canal Cixn mission,
>O WORD FROM THE UOIRT.
Secretary Long Denies Truth of a
Nvt«»nlionnl Htury.
Washington. March U,—The statement
was penitently circulated this ahernoon,
and in aom* ease* the report came from
those whose sources of information should
be reliable, that the administration was in
pftaaeaslon of intimation* or Information
that the result of the investigation of the
court of inquiry as to the cause of the
Ma.in- diaaater would show that the ex
pioatai which destroyed th* battleship
cigm<’ from *ome external agenev
A cabinet officer was even quoted as
nwk:tu this announcement, and another
report had it that the stenographic notes
of the Inquiry w«re before Secretary Lona
When the matter was brought to*the at
ten’ton, .<g Becretary Long he piotmunc. U
the «<hte«ne*U false tn every particular.
*’ r fhcnt vs not a word of truth in then ”
he said, "no word has been received by
the President or any one else, as to what
the board of inquiry will determine.”
FIGHTING MENFOR THE FORTS.
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WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUES ORDERS
TO MAN THE NEW WORKS. '
Tli-c New Sixth Regiment of Artillery
to Have Its Headqufft?£.*es at Fort
Slocum nnrt file Sevenxli Regiment
at Fort Henry—Order Covers All
the Points Along the Coast From
Boston to Galveston—Two Batter
ies to Be Utilized at the Big; Guns
at Sandy Hook,
Washington, March 11.—Orders were.Js
sued at the war department to-day for
manning the newly established fortifica
tions on the Atlantic coast, from Boston
down to Galveston on the Gulf. They in
clude the organization of the two new
artillery regiments, numbers 6 and 7, au
thorized by a recent act of Congress. The
Sixth regiment will have its headquarters
at Fort Slocum, N. Y., and the Seventh
Regiment its headquarters at Fort Mc-
Henry, Md.
The new fortifications on Long Island
head, at the entrance to the harbor of
Boston, will be guarded by a battery of
the Second Artillery, now at Fort Adams,
R. I. For the operation of the big .runs
cn Sandy Hook, New York harbor, two
batteries, now at Fort Slocum, one at Fort
Hamilton and another at Fort Wadsworth,
will be utilized. It is expected that the
Sandy Hook garrison will be established
at once.
Fortress Monroe, Virginia, is probs bly
the strongest and best equipped staition
on the Atlantic coast, and the garrttun
there will be called upon tp man other, for
tifications, but not to an extent that w*ould
weaken its own efficiency. One battery of
the First Artillery, at Fortress Monroe,
will be transferred to Fort Mqrgan, Ala.,
which, in connection with Fort Gaines,
commands the entrance to Mobile bay.
Another battery of the First Artillery
will be sent to Tybee Island, Go.. for the
protection of the mouth of the Savannah
river.
The garrison headquarters, bagid and one
battery of the First Artillery, stationed at
St. Francis barracks, St. Augustine, Fla.,
will be transferred to duty at Sullivan’s
Island, Charleston harbor. Ti« garrison
at St. Francis barracks will be abandoned.
Battery I of the Second Artillery will be
assigned to duty at Fort Cadwell, oppo
site Smith Island, near Wilmington, N. C.
For the better protection of tho national
capitol, one battery of the Fourth Artil
lery at Fort Monroe has been ordered to
Sheridan Point, Va. This fort is nearly
opposite Fort Washington, and in connec
tion with It, commands the approach to
Washington by water.
The batteries of the Fourth Ariillciry, sta
tioned at Fort McHenry, near Baltimore,
will be distributed between Fort Delaware
and Fort Mott, N. J., thus providing ter
the protection of Philadelphia, Trenicn,
Camden and other cities in that vicinity
Fort Philip on the Mississippi river, just
below New Orleans, will be garrisoned by
a battery of the First Artillery, now at
Jackson barracks, New Orleans.
The other battery -at Jackson barracks
has been assigned to duty at Fort Point,
harbor of Galveston, Tex.
All th* movements indicated above are
to be mail* without delay and arglpe re
sults of the recent tour of inspection of
Gen. Merritt. \
GEN. W. L. ROBECRAMS DEAD.
The Old Warrior’* Death Peaceful in
the Extreme.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 11.—Gen. W.
S. Rosecrans died this morning at 7
o'clock at his home near Redmond.
The old warrior's death was peaceful
in the extreme. At the bedside when the
end came were a son and daughter of
the general, Carl and Anna Rosecrans,
and a number of immediate friends of the
family, besides the attending physician,
Dr. Hayes.
Gen. Rosecrans was stricken with no
particular disease and the end came
through a general weakening of the sys
tem. The thin! child, a daughter, now
Mrs. O’Toole, is at Helena, Mont., where
she and ■ her husband live. Gen. Rose
crans was possessed of a fine property and
his last days were spent In peace and
plenty.
Arrangements are being made to have a
public funeral in which all the military
bodies of this city and section will partic
ipate. A request will be made to have the
body He in state in the city hall until the
funeral. The body is now in this etty.
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FIVE TIMES A BRIDE.
•alt for n Years Support liriug Ont
n Strati <e Story.
Augusta, Ga., March 11.—A petition for
a year’s support, heard before Ordinary
Walton to-day, developed some sensational
testimony.
The petition was brought by Mrs. Jane
Ellison, as she Is known in the Community,
or Mrs. Jane Wilson as she is called in
the petition, and the year's support was
asked opt vs the estate of the late J. L.
Wilson, a former well-known merchant.
Mrs. Ellison claims to have been married
to Mr. Wilson. July 38, 1838. By Judge Mi
loolln, a magistrate, who has since died.
In Mr. Wilson's will, Jone W. Ellison is
bequeathed most of his property. Before
his death, Mr. Wilson had reverses in bus
iness and creditors of his estate resisted
the petition of Jane Ellison or Jane Wil
son for S2.<XK) as a year’s support.
In the hearing to-day it was established
that no recent exists of any marriage be
tween Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Ellison, or of
any marriage license. But there was pro
duced the record of four other marriages
of Mrs. Ellison, und a suit for divorce
against her by the third husband, in which
only the first verdict had been obtained. so
that it was charged she was not free under
the law from her third husband when she
contracted marriage with her fourth hus
band.
Under Hie evidence adduced. Ordinary
Walton refused the year's support.
It is said the case will be carried to the
Supreme (N>urt.
Noa la the Time
To purify your blood with Hood's Sarsa
parilla. March. April. May are the trying
months of the year. At this seasoti y uUr
blood Is ioa«k-d with impurities which
have accumulated during the winter, and
th« »e impurities must be immediately ex
pelled. Hood’s Sarsaparilla i* the One
True Blood Purifier. It is the medieme
which has accomplished many thousands
of remarkable cures of all b’.ood disca-as.
It is what the millkma take In the spring
to build up health and ward off sickness.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY MARCH 14. 1898.
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EXPLOSION WASN’T EXTERNAL.
CAI’T. PERAL GIVES HIS REASONS
FOR THE ASSERTION.
Torpedo Would Have Blown a Hole
in the Mud at the Bottom of the
Harbor, and None Has Been Found.
Explonion Also Not Marked by a
Column of Water Thrown Into the
Air—No Fisii Killed—Accident May
Have Been Due to Any One of Many
Causes.
Havana, March 11.—To-day Capt. Peral,
president of the Spanish naval, court of
inquiry Into the cause of the Maine disas
ter, granted an interview to the 2o>rre
spondent of the Associated Press, whom
he authorized to say it was the first and
only interview he had given any newspaper
on the subject of the inquiry.
Capt. Peral speaks excellent English.
With him in the naval court is Lieut. Sa
las. He has power to call in for consulta
tion any army or navy engineer or expert
on explosives or marine building. He has
twice called in such and will do so again
w’hen necessary.
Capt. Peral said: "Our divers are hard
at work examining the hull of the Maine.
Great difficulty is experienced,owing to the
deep mud in which the hull is buried and
the condition of the wreck forward of
amidships. The whole forward part of the
ship is a mass of iron and steel debris.
We have hoisted up much of it; but in
the mud it is not always possible to tell
what parts of the ship, armor, deck,
beams or stanchions are found, the ex
plosion so changed the positions.
“We think we have located the ram of
the prow, but not in the position sup
posed. The forward, turret, mounting the
large guns was blow’n clear of the hull
into the water on the starboard. We shall
continue our work and try to examine
the hull forward down to the keel. It
is possible that we may propose to the
American authorities to raise the hull toy
means of the floating dock, brought from
England and now in Havana harbor.
"We cannot believe there was an ex
ternal explosion of a torpedo for the fol
lowing reasons: A torpedo, following the
line of least resistance, must have blown
a great hole In the mud at the bottom of
the harbor. No such hole was foubd, A
torpedo must have large mass
of water into the air if exploded at a
depth of only twenty feet or so, or at
least, have produced a wave reaching the
other ships and the shore of the harbor.
We have examined every man on ship
board or shore who saw the explosion;
but no one can be found who remarked
any upheaval of the water or a big wave.
"A torpedo explosion always kills fish
in the vicinity. No fish were killed by the
Maine disaster, as fishenmen who have
known the harbor for many years testify.
To produce the effects noted in the wreck,
a torpedo would have to be of enormous
size, fully 150 or 200 kilos.
“I am, therefore, of th© opinion the
explosion occurred within, the ship. \ I
know and respect Capt. Sigs bee, and I be
lieve the American regulations affecting
naval conduct which I have read and found
admirable, were carefully observed. But
some things which cannot be foreseen are
bound to happen in any navy. I have
been reading of the explosion on tlje Eng
lish ship Dolerel, which the English be
lieve was caused by chemical combustion
in the paint used for quick drying. I have
also read an English aocount of shells
that were found burst ov-en because of
hardening points that spjt and produced
heat, which exploded the ahell. As I have
said, I do not believe there was any care
lessness on the part of the officers of the
Maine. Ido believe there was an acci
dent which could not possibly have been
foreseen. Such is my judgment at pres
ent with the facts now in possession of
the court. When the court of inquiry
finally decides. Its judgment will be in ac
cordance with the best evidence that can
be procured. We are having plans, dia
grams and drawings of the wreck made as
fast as the divers are able to give us defi
nite information.”’
Capt. Peral was most courteous during
the entire interview. He illustrated some
of the points he made by ink sketches
on the desk before him. He spoke as a
judge would, whose mind was ready to
weigh any evidence ready to be brought
before the court over which he presided.
.It should be borne in mind that this is the
first and only Interview he has given any
one.
Capt. Peral requested this correspondent
to make it known tnat he had granted the
Interview in his unofficial capacity and not
as president of the Spanish court of in
quiry, which the law forbids him to do.
LAUNCH BLEW I P FIRST.
Another Alleged Sisnlficnnt Fact
Brought to Light.
New York, March 11.—The Herald will
to-moirow print the following: “John R.
Ix’ad, who was master-at-arms of the
battleship Maine, and who tame to New
York in command of four other survivors
who were not assigned to duty at Key
West, has been given shore leave and is
living with his brother-in-law, Louis
Helneke, in Jersey City. He has been very
guarded in his statements to reporters.
Police Capt. Archibald McKaig says, how
ever, that to his friends Lead has said
that a significant fact which had appar
ently been overlooked was that the launch
of the Maine, which was at a little dis
tance from the ship, blew up before the
Maine did.”
TWO Ni:u TORPEDO BOATS.
The Talbot nnd Guin to Be in Com
niission In n Few Dayn,
Newport, R. 1., March 11.—The torpedo
boats Talbot and Gwin arrived here this
afternoon and were at once turned over |
to Lieutenant Commander McClain, com- i
mandant of the station, the boa’s having I
been accepted by the government. They I
will receive tbeir equipments and supplies
at the station and are to go into com
mission in a few days.
COLUMBIA AFLOAT.
She WHI Soon Sail In Company With
the Minni-apolis.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 11.—The big
cruiser Columbia was taken out of the
League Island dry dock this afternoon. She
will begin taking on stores at once. The
Columbia and Minneapolis will sail south
in a few days. Their destination is not
positively known, but it is tald the first
port touched will be Hampton roads.
Esterhasy Score* Ptequart.
Paris. March 11.—Col. Picquart, declin
ing to notice Comte Esterhaxy's challenge
to a duel, the latter has written a letter I
accusing him of cowardice and threatening I
*o horsewhip him.
DIXIE TO DO AND DIE.
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War Looked Forward to ’With Se
renity While the North Is Excited.
Tampa, Fla., March 11.—Gen. John M.
Wilson, chief of the engineering corps of
the United States army, said to-night that
he was much surprised to find that there
is not near the amount of excitement in
the South over the prospects of war with
Spain that there is in the North.
“I do not mean that the people in the
South appear to look at the situation dif
ferently. In the North there has been the
greatest excitement ever since the. Maine
disaster and the prospects of w r ar has de
moralized many branches of trade.
“In the South I find the people are con
fident that war will soon be declared find
all are ready for it, but there is little
excitement and every line of business ap
pears to be moving along serenely. I find
that the people almost to a man are
ready to go to the front to defend the
country. They look upon it as their duty,
and while there is no great bluster and
noise made about st, they are quietly pre
paring for what they believe will come.
“I was cn route to Key West last Sun
day and Monday when the excitement all
over the country was wrought up to the
highest pitch by the request for the re
call of Gen. Lee. I had not reached Tam
pa, where I was to take the steamer, and I
at one time seriously contemplated turning
back, thinking .that my services might be
needed in Washington before I had com
pleted my tour of inspection. Upon arriv
ing here I learned that Spain had with
drawn the request, and from what I ob
served of the feeling of the people here,
I concluded that it would be safe to con
tinue my journey, and I did so.
“How did I find the coast sjefenses of the
country that I have inspected? Well, I
will make a report on that matter when I
return to Washington, but one thing I will
say, and that is that any foreign power
that attempts to attach any of our fortified
ports will meet with a warm lor
the coast defense guns will shoot consid
erably farther than these of any warship
afloat.
Gen. Wilson started out last week on a
tour of inspection of the principal South
ern ports and has Visited a number of cit
ies. It was expected that he would ex
tend his visit to Dry Tortugas, but he did
not go beyond Key West. He appeared to
be deeply interested in Tampa bay and in
quired particularly regarding the depth of
water, etc. It is possible that his visit
may be of great benefit,to Tampa for if he
recommends the immediate deepening of
the channel, while the present w T ar scare
is on, »he work will most assuredly be
done, for the government realizes the im
portance of this port as a port for the de
barkating of troops and supplies.
If this work Is recommended by him he
will, no doubt, also recommend the con
struction of suitable,, fortifications at the
enirace to the bay as a protection against
a hostile fleet.
Gen. Wilson will visit Pensacola and oth
er points on the Gulf coast.
TIFTON TOPICS.
Railroad* to Build a Union Depot-
Fruit Outlook Good.
j Tifton, Ga., March U.—There has been
considerable agitation here for the past
month or so relative to the building of a
new depot by the Plant who were
ordered some time ago by the Georgia
Railroad Commission to construct a new
one. Later the Georgia Southern and
Florida were induced io join the Plant
people in a union depot at the road cross
ings, and now' and Northeastern
will likely be identified, in the enterprise,
so that by some May Tifton will
fiavo a handsome depot.
c The lumberthen bf (his section of South
Georgia had a meeting here yesterday in
the interest of better shipping rules and
rates. Ex-Gov. Northen met with them
to ask that they bontribute the lumber for
the Georgia building at (he Omaha Expo
sition, which request tvas acceded to.
I E. A. Russell,formerly a jeweler of Lees
burg, Fla., has transferred his entre stock
and business to Tifton, and is now occupy
ing one of the handsome store rooms un
der the Bowen opera house.
A large fruit crop, is almost assured in
the section as the steady cool weather has
kept the buds in dormant state so that
they will not be in fail bloom till after the
late frost of March.
BOUND TO PUT I P WATSON.
I’opullnt* Feci He I* the Only Man
Who Can Poll the Party Vote.
Macon, Ga., March 10.—The Populists
of Bibb county will a meeting here
to-morrow to appoint delegates to the state
convention, which meets in Atlanta on
March 16.
The Bibb delegation will go to the con
vention instructed to vote for Tom Wat
son, to .the last gasp, but will be left free
as io the second choice.
The Populists of Bibb express the be
lief .that Mr. Watson will be compelled to
accept the nomination, as the pressure
brought to bear on him will be so heavy
that for the sake of the party he will
have to accept.
They say that Mr. Watson is now the
only jnan who can poll the strength of his
Pjfiy, as there are many of the party
who would vote the Democratic ticket on
the slightest provocation, and that the ab
sence of Mr. Watson’s name on the ticket
Uouid be provocation enough.
PICKANINNIES IN PLENTY.
Thirty-Three Ncgroea With 341
. Children A«k tor Sehoola.
Ocala, Fla., March 11.—At the meeting
of the board of public Instruction, just
adjourned, a petition signed by thirty
three patrons was presented asking for the
establishment of a colored school at Ro
meo. Each of the signers gave the num
ber of children they had of school age and
the thirty-three would-be patrons figured
it out that they had a total of ill chil
dren, and were justly entitled to a school.
The names and number of children each
have are as follows: D. W. Weaver, 17;
R. W. Weaver, Lucy and Florence Kil
patrick, fifteen each; Eliza Williams,
Ix>nzo Loinner. Maggie Kilpatrick, 14
eachfc M. F. Weaver, Bertha Williams,
Nancy Smith, Joseph Kilpatrick, Annie
Baker, 13 each; O. K. Smith, 12; Peggie
Baker. Susie Weaver and Arthur Weaver
11 each; May Gaskin. Julia Kilpatrick and
O’Sell, 10 each. The petition was re
fused, as the board believed the petition to
have been falsely signed.
STRING I I* AT SPARTA.
A Negro Hanged for Outraging a
Girl of Hi« Own Race.
Sparta, Ga., Match 11—Isaiah Thomas,
colored, was hanged here to-day.
The drop fell at 12:56.
Death was instantaneous.
Thomas was hanged for the outraging
of a negro girl.
Japan Not to Sell Her Cruisers.
Washington. March 11.—Negotiations for
the purchase of the two new Japanese
cruisers now building in Philadelphia and
San Francisco are off. and the indications
are that no further steps will be taken to
ward acquiring the ships.
She Broke Her Cross.
What Inspired Her to
Do the Deed.
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The Book That Gave Her Hie Cour
age and Strength to Do It.
Here is a case of a very charming young
woman of Central Ohio, who had
beauty and w’it to commend her. Just as
she was budding into womanhood a
cloud came to darken her life.* Her trou
bles weighed so heavily upon.her that for
a long time she would not;—could not leave
her house. She used to receive her friends
stretched on a couch or leaning back In
an invalid chair. Apd her friends were
many. She was quoted .as an example of
Christian courage. She referred to her
condition as "her cross,” and ■ everyone
thought how brave and good she was to
bear her burden with such fortitude.
One by one her girl friends, were joined
to the men of their choice. She sent
them all presents and deceived from
each a piece. of wedding cake, which
she cried over a little, and didn’t put
under her pillow because it wasn’t any
good for her to d?cam. No man could
marry her. A life, of solitary suffering
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was hers. Yet her sad smile only got
brighter as her cross got heavier. One
day a young man found his way into
that home; looking upon this girl, he
loved her. And so he came often ,and
she gtew to look for him, and learned
to lean on him, and dreamed the pretty
dreams that come to pure women whose
hearts God has fashioned for happy love.
But over all the prospect was the shadow
of her cross.
“It could never be, never be!” She eaid
it over and over again to herself many a
night as the tears slipped down her face.
Then she got to saying: “If it only could
be! If it only could be!” And she said
this many times day and night. One day
she lay on the sofa and began to say, “It
shall be!”
“IT SHALL BE?”
"I’ll break this cross to pieces or I’ll
die trying. And then she looked around
for help. And by chance or providence
therfe came into her hands a book—the
book whose title and contents are referred
to below. It appealed to her. Common
sense was what she needed. She realized
now that sh§ had eyes, hands, organs, di
mensions like her girl who were
matrons and mothers. She realized that
it was not common sense thAt she should
be born to be crushed by her cross.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness were her inalienable rights and she
wanted the full rights of her wA-manhood.
It was common sense she neek'ed- She
had tried all the uncommon, extraordinary
and extravagant forms of treatment, now
she wanted less medicine and com
mon sense. It was thug she began use
of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The
rest of the story sounds like a fairy a, tory.
But it is only like a fairy story in th\'t it
ends amid the merry clang of marriage
bells and with “they lived happy ep er
afterward.” ,
It seemed a miracle to her friends to ew -
this martyr, this patient cross bearer, g»A
up from her sofa and begin to live. It was’
more strange when she took to golf, and I
the wheel, and tennis, with all the ardor
of one so long excluded from out door en
jpyment. And strangest of all that she
became the mother of healthy, happy chil
dren. This is not a fairy story. It is not
the story of one person. It is the story
of thousands of women. It Is a composite
picture in which one can trace face be
hind face, lined with suffering, channeled
by tears. It is a story as true as the
parable of the Prodigal Son, which was
not'the story of one young man, but the
story of the type which repeats itself
generation after generation and is as com
mon to Europe as to Asia, to Africa as
to America.
13 IT TOUR STORY?
Your story either in whole or in part?
There’s hope for you. There’s help for
you, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
has cured so many cases where life was
a daily burden under wtiich the weak and
weary body staggered on to the grave,
that it can be recommended with the ut
most assurance in every case of female
disorders. Dr. Pierce’s treatment is based
on practical common sense, There is no
need of personal interviews, pf local treat
ments, of offensive examinatiene. The
Doctor's wide experience in a practice of
thirty years as chief consulting physician i
to the Invalid's Hotel and Surgleal Insti
tute of Buffalo, N. Y., the successful
treatment <ff more than a quarter of a
million of cases, haa given him ample op
portunity to observe every form of female
disorder with all the varying symptoms
attending such diseases. Thia extended
practice and experience has put him far
in advance of all other specialists in
female diseases. There are no compli
cations of disorders that can, evgde his
keen diagnosis, no singularity of symp
tom that can baffle his keen arn-flyw’.--.
This is not remarkable. It is the natural
result of special study, .special facilities
and special gifts. The natural result of
years spent in the treatment of one class
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of diseases. And these years. dU; Observation
and study have borne as the k" fruit (in
part) the “Favorite Prescript!©. i•” In the
majority of cases the cause of is
the same, though symptoms vafY Dr.
Pierce Eoes to the cause. His * 1 T avorite
Prescription,’’ from its first dose’ begins
the work of recuperating the * "system
drained by waste, putting the bod}’ on a
fighting footing with disease. Just ;i the
walls <X Jerusalem were rebuilt by men
with a sword in one hand and a trowt 1 in
the other, so in building up the body j.Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription puts a wt a
pon iriko the one hand to fight disease an d
into the other the tnwtertals with which ft'
build up the depleted and debilitated sys
tem. For this reason
A CURE RARELY FAILS
to result from the conscientious use of
the “Favorite Prescription.’’ Ulceration
and inflammation, irregularities, displace
ments, and uterine disorders in general, all
yield quickly to the acaion of this real
and radical remedy. As the disease is
healed the symptoms pass away, pain
in the side, difficult breath, floating specks
before the eyes, nausea, weariness and
melancholy. The appetite returns, the
blood is vitalized, and life which was here
tofore a mere existence becomes a hearty,
happy condition, every day of which re
cords that “something attempted, some
thing done, has earned a night’s repose.”
Dr. PJerce’s treatment is of the utmost
benefit to young women, and especially to
those contemplating marriage. The
“Favorite Prescription” is the best pos
sible preparation for the serious functional
changes that come with the obligations’ of
wedlock. But it is the wife who has suf
fered who is loudest in praise of Dr.
Pierce’s medicines. She knows the misery
of that dread period of wailing which
precedes the baby’s coming. She knows
the agonizing doubts and fears, the nau
sea, the langour, the irritability that pre
cede the event and the pain and agony
lengthening into hours. Often, before the
event is consummated. To such as these,
the action of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre
scription
IS SIMPLY WONDERFUL.
To spend the days preparatory to child
birth in health, happy enjoyment of the
preparations to welcome the new-comer;
to be without nausea, without depression
of spirits; to have no anxiety or fear, but
a cheerful confidence in the outcome of
the event, this is indeed a strange experi
ence. And then when baby comes, trip
ping into the world with practically no
pain to the mother, her gratitude increases
and findpj its climax in her rapid recuper
ation, and the quick resumption of house
hold duties. With a healthy, Happy child
at her breast, her own heart beating be
neath the little lips that press it, is it
any wonder that the mother writes in
grateful acknowledgement of the good re
ceived from I>r. Pierce’s Favorite Pre
scription. Sometime other letters come,
letters that tell of the discouragement of
some woman who has not promptly re
ceived the full benefit desired from the use
of the “Prescription.” No letters are re
ceived with more satisfaction by Dr.
Pierce than these. They are few com
paratively, yet they are the outcome of
a confidence and a necessity that appeals
to the philanthropic as well as the profes
sional spirit. Dr. Pierce invites corre
spondence In all such cases, and the ad
vice he gives on such cases, free of charge,
is followed by the happiest results.
“I take pleasure In writing a few words
of praise for Dr. Pierce’s valuable medi
cines, as I have used both the 'Favorite
Prescription' and ‘Golden Medical Dis
covery,’ ” writes Mrs. V. A. Davenport of
Millboro, Bath county, Virginia. “On one
occasion I took one bottle of ‘Favorite
Prescription,’ which cured me of a bad
case of female weakness, attended with an
itnnoylng drain. I also took several bottles
o/ ’Golden Medical Discovery’ and ‘Pleas
ttrt t Pellets,’ for cold in the head (or ca
tiV.’h), and had a very bad cough at the
same time, and these medicines relieved
me immediately. On another occasion I
used tdx bottles of 'Favorite Prescription'
and ‘Golden Medical Discovery,’ after hav
ing a adscarriage and severe hemorrhages.
I was .not able to walk across the floor
without'’ .holding on to a chair. My family
doctor s.xKd I would soon gain strength but
it seem to me too long. I was
very low -spirted and began to
think I would never get well,
but the b*,'Sht thought caine to me
that I would take Dr. Pierce’s medicines.
By the time I had used six bottles I #as
well and able to do all the work for my
family, and I aI; o took in sewing. I can
safely say that was the use of Dr.
Pierce's medicines’ that built me up. When
ever I feel tired a. nd have an “all gone’
feeling from overw I >rk I take one or two
bottles of your val.l at> le medicine and it
gives me prompt relA **• an d I can go on
with my household cX ’ties- Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is' the best 'Woman’s
Friend' and tonic of aA the medicines I
have ever tried. It saves* doctor bills and
I thank God I found relief by ‘ts use.”
“I am very well at pr<A ef it and have
been for the last four ma ’iths,” writes
Mrs. Jennie J. Jackson ot' Fergussons
Wharf, Isle of Wight county, Virginin. “I
have enjoyed better health sk Ice taking
your medicine than 1 have sira ’* I have
been married. I can .work hard day
and sleep well all night.
"I was almost gone when I wr. to
you three years ago, had - womb t» ®ub!e
very badly, but, thank the Lord, J am
very well now. The doctor did not tx tv®
any faith in ‘patent medicines,’ but .be
says ‘something has done you good.’ I
tried many different medicines and got I'M.'
better until I tried Dr. Pierce’s medicinesu
The first bottle gave me ease. I have
taken six bottles of ‘Favorite Prescrip
tion,’ six bottles of ‘Pellets’ and four bot
tles of Dr. Pierce’s Extract of Smartweed*
and I feel as well as ever in my life. I
am under many obligations to you and
send you many thanks. I pray that the
Lord will bless you.
‘ I received Dr. Pierce’s book and was
very glad to get it. I would not take
ten for the book if I thought I
could not get another like it. I am well
and strong as ever. I thank you kindly;
for sending it to me and for the trouble
you have taken in advising me what to
. u I am well, and can work hard
all day and do as much walking as I ever 1 '
to) know if I had not taken Dr.’
I lerce s medicines I could not have lived ■ <
> ong, as I was nothing but a skeleton. I
y,’as so thin in flesh that it hurt me to lie
ot'wn. I can never thank you enough for
th* good you did for me. When I want a
live.” pill I take Dr. Pierce’s Pellets.
PkHKse accept my heartfelt thanks*. - I.wUl
nev-si forget the kind letters I received
from .you.”
I Ilia ve a little sitep-daughter who had
St. Vitus’ Dance, which your medicine
cured,' writes Mrs. T. F. Boze of Ford,
DinwuMlft county, Virginia. “I spent
about twenty dollars for doctor’s bills and
medicine, aud it did not do the child 1 oho
cent’s -worth of good. We commenced giv
ing Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and.
Golden M.?dical Discovery,’ and used
three bottles of each, which cost only six
dollars. Now the child is running around
everywhere and is just as healthy as ,
ever.” '•
TO READERS OF THIS PAPER FREE.
We will send to any reader of this paper
who will send postage as below, a copy
of the masterpiece of w modern medical lit
erature, the “Common Sense Medical Ad
viser,” the life work of Dr. R. V. Pierce.
The book contains more than 1,000 pages
and over 700 illustrations. It is a book
for the family. It must save every family
money. It may save any family—life. If
treats of the vital matters that every
mother and every father should know. It
opens the door of knowledge for those of
either sex contemplating marriage. Send
twenty-one (21) one-cent stamps to defray
cost of mailing only, if you desire the ‘
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World’s Dispensary Medical Association,
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BATTLESHIPS TO BE BUILT.
HOUSE COMMITTEE TO REPORT IJg
FAVOR OF THREE.
Expected to Cost $5,000,000 Each and
to Be of the Staunchest Type-
Representative Tate the Only Op
ponent of the Proposition, and He
Favors Two Instead of Three—The
Maximum Price of the Armor Pla’te
Fixed at S4OO Per Ton—One of the
Vessels to Be Called the Maine.
Washington, March 11.—Three new bat
tles'hips of the staunchest type aflolt
were authorized by the House committee
on naval affairs to-day, and a provision
for their construction inserted in the
naval appropriation bill. At the same
time the* committee agreed on a maximum
price of per ton for armor plate for
our vessels, increased the force of naval
marines by 473 men and put matters in
fair shape for a decision to-morrow on
the locationi of dry docks, probably four
in number, capable of accommodating the
largest sized war vessels. The committee
was in session practically all day and be
fore the decision on the increase of ships
was reached there was a long and inter
esting discussion.
Representative Tate, Dem., of Georgia,
while favoring an increase, believed that
two vessels would be ample and that
further expenditure beyond the point of
necessity should be avoided. When the
vote was taken, there was but one dis
senting voice; Mr. Tate insisted that two
battleships would be sufficient to meet
present needs.
The new warships provided for will be
of the finest pattern. It will be two years
doubtless before they can be placed in
commission. One of them, the committee
decided, should bear the name of the ill
fated Maine. The appropriation for their
construction was not fixed, being referred
to the sub committee on appropriations,
which will report to the full committee
to-morrow.
The cost, it is expected, will be about
$5,000,000 edch, though for the fiscal year
covered in the bill, the amount of expen
diture may not exceed $2,000,000 each.
The committee also agreed on a provis
ion authorizing the Secretary of the Navy
to purchase a supply of plate by contract
or otherwise at a cost not exceeding S4OO
per ton. This was agreed to, however,
only on the express proviso that this item
should include the nickel used in the
armor, for which a large outside percen
tage heretofore has been paid by the gov
ernment. This limit of armor contract
price has been generally expected ands
with the exception of the insertion of the
proviso as to nickel, met with little op
position in the discussion.
One of the most important features of
the work on the bill was an agreement on
an appropriation of $135,000 for outfitting,
rationing and uniforming 473 additional
marines. This increase in the naval force
was made the subject of a special and
urgent request sent to the House after the
submission of the regular recommenda
tions.
With the amounts to be paid for dry i
docks and for armor plate, the aggregate '*
not yet determined, the bill as it stands
carries something like $26,000,000, which,
however, will be largely augmented by the
other items. Rapid progress has been
made with the bill, and it is likely it will
be in ?hapc to report to the House Monday
or Tuesday.
BUILT A HOUSE FROM BEGGING.
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Woman s<»w Dead, and Believed to
Have Left Hidden Wealth.
Macon, Ga., March 11.—Miss M. E. Mul
ligan. aged 68, died at East Macon this -
morning. The deceased came here f ron» f
Tennessee several years ago, bringing' ?
with her three small children of one of '
her sisters. In order to support them.
Miss Mulligan solicited alms and securea
a sufficient sum of money to buy a jot
and erect a comfortable home. It is
thought she has considerable money se
creted about her house, but so far it has
not been discovered. She was an intelli
gent woman, having taught school many
years in Tennessee.