Newspaper Page Text
FOURTH TAG b
THE SUNNY SOUTH
The Week in a Busy
World
HE announcement
T i that a plan is on- foot
to combine the South
ern railway system
with the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Day-
ton an<3 the Queen
and Crescent and the
Monon routes, placing
these valuable rail
road properties under
one. central manage
ment, has caused con
siderable interest and
speculation, especially
in those sections trav
ersed by the systems
in the combine.
This combination if it is affected, will
.have an important bearing on the com
mercial development of the south, being
one of the principal outlets of this sec
tion. General Samuel Thomas, while ad
mitting that the plan is on foot, declares
the roads will not be amalgamated, but
that the scheme is merely to bring about
a centralization of power in the manage
ment of the affairs of the various lines.
In the deal is involved 9,243 miles of
railway, divided as follows: Southern rail
way, including Mobile and Ohio, oflG
miles; Cincinnati Southern, 33S miles; Cin
cinnati. Hamilton and Dayton, 652 miles;
Monon route, 537 miles. A combination of
these interests would amount to one sys
tem with terminals or outlets at Chicago,
Detroit and Michigan City, on the great
lakes; at New York and the south Atlan
tic ports on the eastern seaboard, and
at New Orleans and Mobile on the gulf.
The tracks of the system traverse the
most thickly populated section of country
between these points and touch at all the
principal cities in. the central, southeast
ern and gulf states.
If the combination materializes the south
Atlantic and gulf ports could soon be
placed on the same footing with New
York and other great eastern ports.
Georgia's great swamp, the Okefenokee,
famous in southern history, has been sold
to Charles Hebbard & Sons, of Michi
gan, for $173,000. The new owners will at
once begin to develop the property with a
view to obtaining the vast quantity of
valuable timber it contains.
The largest interest in the swamp be
longed to the estate of the late General
Henry R. Jackson, of Savannah. Ga. The
swamp is 157 miies in circumference and
contains about 354,900 miles. The sale
carries with it the timber, the land and
the game, in which the swamp abounds,
but an effort will be made to save the
■game.
Hebbard & Sons Will erect several saw
mills and out away the immense cypress
jind pine timber, after which they will
ftriln the swamp and open it up for cul
tivation. The land is said to be the rieh-
eMt ’In tills section of the country.
*
Governor Allen, of Porto Rico, who it
Wita thought would retire from his high
office in the Islands,
has retained the
position and has re
turned to Porto
Rico, after a confer
ence with the presi
dent. In answer to
the reports of in
tense suffering and
poverty among the
Porto Ricans, Gov
ernor Allen declares
the people are in an
unusual state of
prosperity. More,
tnan 300.000 fons of
sugar were produced
this year, he says,
only 40,000 tons.
*
The supreme court of California has de
cided in a contest between next of kin on
the one hand and claimants under a will
on the other hand for the possession of a
corpse, that a man canaot by will dispose
of that which after his death will be his
corpse. The custody of the corpse be
longs to tl:e next of kin in preference to
the administrator. This view is based on
the fact that the general English and
American legal authorities establish the
rule that, in the absence of statutory pro
visions. there is no property in a dead
body. If this ruling is correct, the sooner
statutory provisions are obtained en
abling a man who feels that a great bene
fit to humanity will accrue through in
crease of medical knowledge, by the con
tinuance postmortem of an investigation
into his case, or that new light may be
shed upon other scientific problems, to
•authorize by will such use of his corpse,
the better.
made commander of the I.oulslana Tigers,
a regiment that made aa enviable record
for itself during the four years’ conflict.
The count was grounded several times,
and after the war went to New’ York,
where he entered the watch-mending bus
iness. jle Is at present In New York.
On bis return to Germany next June he
will inherit his father’s vast estates, and
in addition will receive from the Bank
of England a check for almost a million
pounds. In an interview he says he is
coming back to America and show his
friends, a good time at the expense of his
inheritance.
*
The youngest bridegroom on record is
said to be an eight-months-old baby boy.
of Binghamton, N. Y. The remarkable
story that Is told in recent news dis
patches Is to the effect that Miss Eliza
beth Watrous married the baby in order
to save an estate of $SO,000 left by her
grandfather two years ago. The estate
was left to her. provided she married the
male heir. The first heir died, but by
marrying the baby she made him the heir,
thus securing the property. As the mar
riage occurred to DU the conditions of a
will, it is said it will be annulled as soon
as the estate lias been settled and Miss
Watrous has endowed her baby husband
with a share of the property.
Mrs. Josephine Louis Newcomb, of New,
Orleans, known throughout the south for
her benevolence and
generosity, died last
week in New York
city. Mrs. Newcomb
was better known in
New Orleans than
anywhere else. In
that city she estab
lished and endowed
the H. Sophie New
comb Memorial Col
lege, a branch of the
Tulane university, in
memory of her only
child. Each dona
tion she made to
this institution was
Mrs Newcomb followed closely by
others, and at the time of her death she
had given 31.900,000.
Mrs. Newcomb possessed an estate val
ued at $1,500,000. She left no heir and in
her will, which has just been probated,
she gave all her property to the H. Sophie
Newcomb Memorial College. During her
life she also built a memorial chapel to
General Robert E. Lee in Lexington. Ky.
Her husband, before his death, in connec
tion with Cyrus McCormick, endowed a
chair in Washington Lee University.
Mrs. Newcomb led a quiet, secluded life,
and although her gifts were made public,
it was entirely against her will. Her
death has removed a person who was
honored and loved in the south, and
whose munificence will be perpetuated in
lasting monuments built by her home
hand, from which coming generations will
derive a benefit.
tect Europe from being pauperized by the
inflow of American manufactures. This
defense league is to take the form of pro
tectionist tariffs discriminat’ng against
American products. Count Gulochowski’s
speech In 1897 advocating counteracting
measures bv European countries has been
raked up as indicating the true policy to
protect Europe’s commercial future.
Contributors to a twentieth century
symposium who singled out trusts as the
coming danger are being justified and
how to fight them is the most urgent
problem facing European governments to
day. *
*
General Alejandrino. who succeeds
Agulnaldo in the command of the Fili
pino forces. has
played a prominent
part in the war in
the Philippines and
h a s successfully
eluded the American
soldiers who have
made many efforts
io capture him. He
is a comparatively
young soldier and
has had many op
portunities to dis
play his courage.
He was close to
Aguinaldo and was
well acquainted with
Alejandrino the plans of the for
mer chieftain. Those who have watched
his career believe he will continue the
war as long as he has a handful of men
left. He lias a strong following and is
popular with the Insurgents.
An alleged letter from the Philippine isl
ands to a New York firm, bearing on
Funston’s capture of Aguinaldo, has cre
pt id a sensation. This letter declares that
the capture of Aguinaldo was a well-
formed a plan in which the Filipino chief
tain was one of the leading conspirators.
The march of Funston and Ills band is al
leged to have been of a triumphal nature
and the only reason anyone was killed is
said to have been because the Filipino of
ficer who was shot had not been let into
the serret. it is alleged that Aguinaldo
agreed to surrender when he was prom
ised his personal liberty, be agreeing to
plead with his followers for peace.
The United States war department es'
timates that the war in the Philippine
islands has cost the Filipinos 59,000 men.
7.667 rillcs captured or surrendered and
603.142 rounds of ammunition. The num
ber, of men killed and died of disease
cannot be accurately estimated but it is
believed that 56.600 Is a good estimate. In
bb.ju.i if.rrrrrr
1 ANNOUNCEMENT
ROSALYNDE’S LOVERS
By Maurice Thompson
The last story written by Maurice Thompson and said to
be his best effort, will appear in Sunny South be
ginning Sunday, April 27th, under the title, “Rosalynde’s
Lovers” The story will be fully illustrated. The scene of the
story is primarily In Indiana, but shifts to New Orleans and
other southern cities. It is an interest retaining novel and
cannot fail to please.
* *
WATCH FOIl IT\
1899 General Otis, then in command, esti
mated Aguinaldo’s army at 30,000 men. As
the. war has progressed it has been shown
that this estimate was extremely low.
*
The Black Bull inn. the last of the an
cient hos-telrles in Hojborn. is to be pulled
down. It was here that Dickens laid the
scene of the nursing experience of Mrs.
Gamp and Betsy Prig and where the im
mortal Sairey perpetrated so many of her
historic expressions. After standing for
over 3C0 years it is now to make way for
modern buildings, which will soon replace
all the old haunts so dear to Dickens,
*
Rev. Frederick W. Farrar. de.an of
Canterbury, has not improved during the
past few days and
- his physicians an
nounce that his con
dition i s critical.
Prayer for his recov
ery was offered at
St. Paul's in London
on Easter Sunday,
and great uneasiness
is felt at his contin
ued serious state.
Dean Farrar is now
seventy years old.
He was ordained
deacon in 1854 by the
bishop of Salisbury,
and three years lator
Dean Farrar was admitted into
holy orders by the bishop of Ely. Until
IS71 he was one of the masters at Har
row. and for five years was head master
of Marlborough college, a position he
held with great distinction. In 1883 he
General Cassius Clay
Defies the Law
George Allen
the normal output hoin?
Count Edmund Heinecke von
member of one. of the noblest
The Count
Larisch.
German
families and -elated
to the reigning sov
ereigns of the three
countries, is about to
complete a sentence
of forty-five years'
exile from his native
country. Count Lar-
Isch was sentenced
to forty-five years’
exile fr.'m Germany
by a military court
on the charge of kill
ing a brother officer.
In 1856 he killed Ma
jor Vcn Ponita. They
were both in love
with a countess and
the fight resulted from Von Ponita’s re
sentment of the young woman's evident
preference for Count Larisch. Larisch
escaped and came to America. At the
trial he was sentenced to banishment. In
America he enlisled in the confederate
army during the civil war, and owing to
his knowledge of military affairs was
COMES FROM BRAIN.
Fhosphates Found on the Skin and
Thrown Out from Pores.
We know that active brain work throw’s
cut the phosphate of potash, for this prod
uct is found on the skin after excassive
brain work, therefore, brain workers, in
order to keep well, must have proper
food containing phosphate of potash to
quickly and surely rebuild the used-up
tissue. That one can obtain such food
lias been proven in thousands of cases
among users of Grape-Nuts Food.
This contains phosphate of potash in
minute particles, just as it is furnished
by nature in the grains.
This product makes from albumen the
gray matter that builds the brain and
fills the nerve centers.
In no way can this gray matter be made
except by the action of phosphate of pot
ash upon albumen, and this mineral
should be intioduoed to the body just as it
comes from Nature’s laboratory, and not
from the drug store. The system is more
or less fastidious about taking up the
needed elements, and, as might be sus
weeted. it will favor the products oi
Mother Nature rather than the products
of the drug shop, however valuable the
last may be for certain uses.
Lawyers. Journalists, doctors, ministers,
business men and others, who earn their
living by the use of the brain, are using
Grape-Nuts Food. It is manufactured for
a reason and was originated by an ex
pert. The regenerative value of the Food
baa been demonstrated beyond question.
The masterful disposition of King Ed
ward Is illustrated by the arrangement
under which in the new civil list he re
tains absolute command of the family
purse.
Formerly the queen consort had a sepa
rate amount voted for her private ex
penses. This time $550,000 per annum wag
set apart for this purpose for the king
and queen jointly.
When the members of the select com
mittee suggested that the queen’s allow
ance be separate the chancellor of the ex
chequer replied that the king desired the
queen’s allowance left lo him. It is be
lieved that he expects to keep her under
control bv making her entirely dependent
upon him. If she persists in evading pub
lic duties her allowance will be reduced.
Prince Edward of York, his brothers
and sisters, follow the voyage of their pa
rents on the yacht Ophir with the aid of
a globe and map. Each day their gover
ness points out the place where the Ophir
is and the places from which the little
ones receive telegrams.
*
The International Kindergarten Union
held its annual convention in Chicago, be
ginning last Wednesday and closing Fri
day. The union has
members in every
section of the coun
try and in many dis
tant countries and
naturally the meet
ing attracted wide
spread interest and
attention. The mem
bership of the union
ncludes seventy
branches, represent
ing G.225 members,
some of whom are in
Japan and South
America. The work
of the union has met
C T Haven with signal success
and groat progress has been made in the
work of all its branches. Miss Carolina
T. Haven, of Now York, is the president.
The recent convention was marked for
the advancement re.ported and the evident
prosperitv of the union.
*
Fear of American competition has
grown to the dimensions of a perfect ob
session with European countries. Every
day some fresh developments of Ameri
can enterprise threatening English in
dustry are described in the British press
and a similar state of panic prevails
abroad.
The Times* Vienna correspondent writes
that it has been suggested that an in
dustrial defense league be formed to pro-
*
The famous Gainsborough portrait of
the “Electioneering Duchess" of Devon
shire. which was stolen from the Agnews,
London art dealers, in 1876, was recover
ed in Chicago last week. For twenty-fiVe
years the whereabouts of the portrait had
been a matter of mystery, and, although
the greatest detectives the world has ever
known had worked on the case, no clue
to the portrait or the thief could be ob
tained.
The recovery of the portrait was due
in a large measure to the work of the
Pinkertons, and it was through them that
the Ag-nen-s now possess the portrait.
The painting was stolen in May, 1S76, by
members of a band of forgers and they
expected to return it as payment for their
release of one of their number who had
been arrested in France and brought to
England for trial. Through a technicality
the forger was released and the picture
remained in the hands of those who stole
it. Large rewards were offered for its
recovery, and engravings of the picture,
together with full descriptions, were sent
f to all parts of the world, but without
.success. Fifteen years ago it was brought
to America in a false bottomed trunk
and has been here ever since. The Pin
kertons first learned the history of the
portrait and the details of the causes that
led up to the theft through a criminal
who died a number of years ago. They
interested a well known sporting man in
the case, and he finally communicated
with the holder of the painting, after he
had been assured that there would be
no prosecution. A suitable reward was
agreed upon and the portrait was turned
over to the Pinkertons in the presence
of Mr. Agnew and the sporting man.
The portrait was regarded as Gains
borough’s masterpiece, and the Agnews
paid 10,500 guineas for it at an auction in
London. The duchess of Devonshire was
a famous English beauty and became
known as the "Electioneering Duchess”
through her zeal In the Interest of her
husband when he sought office before tha
people.
Gen Cassius M arcellus Ciaj
ENERAL Cassius Mer-
cellus Clay, who has
figured prominently in
the public eye by rea
son of a number of in
cidents that have added
notoriety to his re
markable career, i s
again to the fore.
Some days ago the
sheriff o f Madison
county, Kentucky, ap
peared at Whitehall,
the general’s home, and
attempted to serve a
writ of delivery for his
daughter Alary B.
Clay’s furniture. The
sheriff was met in a warlike manner and
exchanged volley after volley with the
general and his bodyguard, and was
forced to retire without having served the
' General Clay has not been on good
terms with his children since he married
a girl wife, whom he has since divorced,
and the writ was an effort on the part
of hls daughter Mary to secure furniture
which she claimed belonged to her.
General Clay, at the advanced age of
ninety-one, is writing the second volume
of his autobiography, which is to tell the
story of his inner life.
That is to say, he employs his time in
this manner when the white flag flies
above the red, but today the red flag is
Hying before the great yellow brick man
sion of Whitehall, where the old lion has
his lair, and the red flag means that the
okl lion is aroused, that he has shaken
the dust from his mane and is ready for
the fray. When the red flag is out only
the body servant and hired man of the
aged general dare approach him, and they
only to administer to his immediate ne
cessities, for when the scarlet rag flies at
the end of his old hickory walking cane,
stuck in the gravel walk leading to the
portion of the house that he occupies,
the old hero holds the fort alone.
Since the attempt of Sheriff Collier, of
Madison county, to serve on him a writ
of delivery for his daughter Alary B.
Clay's furniture, the white flag has been
dragged in the dust and the red one
flaunts in the breeze. He drove away the
sheriff and his posse, firing shot after shot
at them with his repeating shotgun and
standing fire in return. In days like these
he does not write, but sits and watches
from his great leather chair in the libra
ry, which is his living room as well. At
the least sound, pistol in hand, he is on
the alert and when he opens the door at
the call of his serving men he is always
armed.
Whitehall is a large yellow, rambling
building of forty-two rooms, in the edge
of Madison county, on the rolling lands
of the Jack's Creek neighborhood, near
the Kentucky river. The men of the sec
tion have many of the characteristics of
mountaineers, especially the farm hands,
and it is only with farm hands, white and
black, that General Clay associates with,
even in times of peace. Visitors who are
his social and intellectual equals are few.
and in times of war only the most trusted
of his servitors can see him.
It is to men of this class that he tells
his thoughts, who are the confidants of
this old man with leonine head, who must
Dora Richardson Clay Brock
soon pass away, after a long life filled
with strife and stained with the blood of
many battles. The spirit of the old war-
horse is not yet dead, but the gleam in his
steel-blue eyes is not the light of a coura
geous intellect, and the expression of the
face is almost blank except when he is
aroused to great and most often unmean
ing anger. The god of battles most often
stirs within him, and in such moments he
tells to his attendants with an almost
bloodthirsty glee the story of the duels in
his early days—how he used the krifo
and how the blood flowed. And always
he tells his story with a laugh. Alany of
the events of his life he has detailed to
the men about him, but seme of them
he has never revealed, even to them.
These, it is said, will be reserved for the
second volume of the autobiography, to
be published when the old man is dead.
Those who have studied the adventurous
life close wonder what will be the ex
planation of certain events which are
known only in a general way, for General
Clay has been as eccentric in his love
affairs as in his battles, and should he
tel! the true story of his life at the court
at St. Petersburg, when minister lo Rus
sia. the revelations would shake the high
est circles of society in that city—ancient,
history as the story would be. It is
thought, too, that he will outline his
reasons for the marriage to his child
wife half a dozen years ago.
Not only has he told the tenants who
have been his body servants that he will
put the secrets of his life into this vol
ume. but other facts lead to the belief
that such is bis purpose. In the preface
to the first volume of his autobiography,
published some years ago, General Clay
says: "Among the millions of books
which fill the world as the dust of sum
mer, or the leaves of autumn, how few
are autobiographies. And of those few’,
how many are fragmentary—illuminating
a few premitories only; while the vast
continent of life remains dark.” Further
along he speaks of the calumnies which
follow a man to his grave and the neces
sity of explanations. These words in the
light of his expressed determination to
the men with whom he comes in contact
leads to the belief that the volume will
be fully as sensational as the life which
it purports to chronicle.
The Ic-test freak of fancy of General
Clay's has put him at outs with his chil
dren at a time when a reconciliation
seemed effected. About two months ago
he was taken seriously ill and thought
that he was going to die. At this time he
invited his daughter. Mary B. Clay, to
come to him, and it war. only when he
had regained his strength that he again
quarreled. He wishes to leave the house
in which he lives and the farm of about
four hundred acres around it to his now
divorced child wife. Dora Brock. He has
struggled with his children to have them
release their dower right in it, and their
refusal resulted in his driving his daugh
ter from the house and the subsequent
attack on the sheriff's officers.
He holds the fort alone now, fighting
the vendetta which his mind in recent
years lias conjured up. The people of the
neighborhood go miles out of their way
to avoid passing near Whitehall, and
while strange to say they love the old
men, they are wondering Whether his
next freak of fancy will result in some
man’s death.
was appointed arch deacon of Westmin
ster, and in 3895 was given his present
office in the church.
X*
The news that Lady Strafford, former
ly Airs. Samuel Colgate, of New York,
has sold her summer heme on the Hud
son river is taken by her friends as con
firmation of the rumor that she has de
termined to make her home hereafter in
England.
The earl, who was married to his coun
tess in Grace church. New York, in 1$9S,
was senior equerry to the late queen. He
was afflicted with epilepsy, and while
temporarily insane it is supposed that he
threw himself in front of the express
train that killed him at Potter's Bar sta
tion.
Besides his marriage settlement, the
earl left his widow only $5,000—a matier
of no concern to her. since she has an
independent income of $50,000 a. year.
The title and estates, in default of un
heir, passed to Rev. Francis Byng.
The postoffice department is expected to
issue an order at an early date permit
ting the mail carriers throughout the
country to dive.st tiiemselves of their
coats during the hot summer months and
be real "shirtwaist men.” Mail carriers
have been caused no little discomfort by
reason of the regulation requiring them
to wear their full uniforms. While de
livering and collecting mail they are
forced to walk long distances, and the
burden of a coat in addition to a mail
pouch is sufficient ta tire them out during
the summer months. If the new order is
issued, it will be hailed with delight.
THE PENSION
OFFICE
ERHAPS there Is no oth
er department of the
government at Wash
ington that has a corre
spondence with the gen
eral public as large as
thatof the United States
pension bureau, presided
over by H. Clay Evans.
In the last fiscal year
there were 1,012,796 let
ters received by that
bureau, of which 536,851
were " miscellaneous
letters,” and during the
same period 3.883,359 let
ters were written by the
small army of clerks
employed for that purpose. The corre
spondents are among "all sorts and con
ditions of men,” and live not only in this
country, but all over the world. There
are now pensioners living in the Comore
islands. Isle of Alan, Malta, Alauritius,
Portuguese East Africa, Sierra Leone and
St. Helena, to say nothing of the larger
and more populous countries and islands
of the seas; and there are 437,101 claims
still pending.
Most of the correspondents have the
vaguest ideas of the working methods of
the pension bureau. There are multitudes
who send volumes of illegible manuscript
overflowing with ardent descriptions of
their own glorious deeds upon the fields
of battle—neglecting, however, to inclose
a scrap of evidence in supiiort thereof.
The office, regretting its inability to ac
cept the unsupported statements of these
heroes, politely calls on them for the
necessary evidence, and continues to call
with unabated politeness until such tes
timony is all collected, or the applicants
cease from troubling.
Often the applicants aim their requests
directly at President McKinley. Here is
laAKRLunrTAPEittr^
.Best Published—FREE.
J. W. F. GUNNELS, Toledo, Ohio.
a sample from Mississippi w hi ch betrays
the belief that the president has disco
ed the necessity of advertising
of business competition: -
"Mr. William McKinley . dea T
luracd By reading one of your advertise
ment that iny one that Fanght in the
Yankie Armie that you would . ffid
a Pension Well sir I Faught in the Armie
2 years and 1 got shot one time in the
Armie but I did not stop fighting Bu
days & I Wint Fighting on I Will not
try to tell you all the Plaices that we
wint to but I will tel! you some of thim
to let you know no that I shor _
the Armie dear sir you can loo
Book & find my name. Well M hl “ *
home I wint down to Servaner 8
& left thair and wint down to Borfe
South Carlinas and went from thair
Jonesfer and from thair to Rolie, an
thain we capted Johnson if i make no
mistake it is Bin so long that I cant re
member ever little thing & after we cap -
ed him we wint to Richmon Verjenias
and from thair we wint in camp be
tween Elexander and Washeton. Me fort
thair and got on the train and wint down
to the ohio R and got on the Boat and
wint to fouisvill Kintockie and whin
they all musted out I was not there I was
sick that day and had bin for 1 weak
so that is al I have to say in this letter
so rite soon and help me if you pleas i no
it is in your Power.”
Many persons regard the pension office
as a sort of bureau of information es
tablished in the interest of the entire
human race. The following letter from
the Hoosier State illustrates this fact.
“Sir—I would thank you ever so much
if you would please tell me if a colored
man named Tom Smith is living or dead
and if you know where he resides if
living. Ans. right away.”
The. extraordinary concern displayed by
some of the correspondents lest their
neighbors should stray from the path of
righteousness is worthy of a better cause.
One of these zealous workers sent this
complaint of a certain applicant for pen
sion in his vicinity:
“I let you know that Air.
that has but in for benchen is not in
titell for it. he is joust as Weal! as enny
own of ous and if he gets benchen then
hall AViiwaukee can get it.”
Shortly afterwards the same writer ad
vised the office thus regarding the same
claimant:
“I have to let you know that mister
has but in for Benchen and
is getting examined to Day. he is Joust
as helthy as I am. He bordet by ous and
I know what he is he is to Iacey to do
annev thing and is Nothing but a|
Dramb. he tolt me that he hat to eat
liounts of Crabes yesterday becaus he
waar geting examined to Day. If mor
explomashing or if you wount to know
mor let me know.
Here is a remarkable specimen of the
same kind, manifesting a surprisingly
intimate acquaintance with his neighbor’s
affairs on the part of its author:
“Sir Jantlemans i will let you know
that is getting to mutch pen
sion he is fully a well man he can walk
and run for three or six miles and carry
a load on his back, he knows about
the time when youens would come ex
amine him then when he sees youens
coming he junt in to bed and squealed
like a dog ad got his oman to fan him
the whilu youns was there tp see hia*.
as soon as youns went away he. junt out
of bed and went to liis work and he a
well man up to this day.”
Some of the addresses in the pension
bureau’s mail are even more curious
than the letters themselves. The pro
miscuous American use of the prefix
“Mr.” has made it possible for one man
to address his communication to “Air.
Pension Department, Washington, D. C.,”
which is not more original, however, than
this superscription, “U S Statutes, Pen-
chon Offic.”
FREE TRIAL
For Weak Men
Lost Vitality.
and Victims
A Sure Cure
ol
At Last.
A startling new anatomical discovery and i n .
vention that is bound to obliterate old fogi, j
and modern sharks has just been announce d
and patents are being taken on it through*i
the world.
Its wonderful action effects a complete r- .
toration of cases of Sexual Weakness, Dei-a ,.,j
Powers, Shrunken or Stunted Organs, Var
cele. Prostrate troubles. Unnatural i
Nervousness, etc. Conditions that have baf
fled family doctors, specialists and hospital-*
have been quickly overcome by this new povv ;
Every part of the country pours forth
grateful testimony in praise of the disc
which is making old men young, and worn-*
men strong and robust.
To enable every weak and discouraged r: a
to take heart, and get well, we will send
“Complete New Treatment,” consisting of
packages as shown above, on trial .,nd
proval. No C. O. 1)., no advance- fee. Y. u
pay after being convinced. Address at. w
Allison Aledlcal Institute. Section 6, Huff a .
N. Y. Your letter will be held sacredly -in' -
dential.
UDIES!
address 7 lie
A frifnd in nf*ed is a friend indeed,
you want a. regulator that u^v<rt>
IV.-man’s Medical Home. KufLt'u. X.
Sofa Cushion
SOUdfCS stain;,-clV a
* chol
on new art cloth In la: -
rich shades. These <
covers arc ail the rage, to
introduce we will send * ,a
postpaid to any address a
receipt of six 2-cent stasis. i
ROGERS SUPPLY CO.. COLUMBI
HEIGHTS. ILL.
Cured. Samples free. Dr. I .
E. May, Bloomington, J/1.
Bed Wetting
LADIES
who desire a Monthly Itegulut
cannot fail will please add re
stamp, Im. Stkvens, Buffalo,
X.
order
SEND RIO K10NEY-b Ul
Machines sent C. O. 1>
days' trial. If you don't fh
them superior to any or in
‘offered at the same or high-
prices or are dissatisfied r
any reason, return them fit on
expense and we refund j on
er and freight charges. For
0.50 we can sell you a he:'
machine than those advertise
elsewhere at hijrher price, hut ■
would rather sell you better Quality
and (•Ive SutInfliction,
tfant Arlington Jewel.drop head,
$12.50. Our \o. H Hull Hearing Arlington, 5 drawer
drop h*»d. $15. 15. Write lor lat ere :1 .'unti ated ' at
logue FRKF.-I CASH BUYERS' UNION. Inc.
158-104 W. Van 15uren .St., 15-445, Chicat, *
Morphlneand Llquor|Habitcu^
in 10 to 20 days. No pay tiil
cured. Write DR. J. L. STEPH
ENSCO. Dept.F. 8,Lebanon.Ohio
:criiDeciiXie f in'apfcbi* | tr f Ty'i^^ a/ ’* <: .
I £1 1 M fpl^F AYEAf * 875 MDHTHUf,
* A LA *1 I ST3AiGHT ° UT SA ^'
00 B0HAFiDESALARY -
i O 880MgRE ’ HDlESSSAU ° V
) Several trustworthy gentlemen or ladies wanted in §
I each state to manage our business in the.r own W
k and nearby counties. It is mainly office work con- tw
| ducted at home. Salary straight $900 a year am.
l expenses—-definite), bonafide, no commission, easy 0
I to understand. Six years in tonrno
^ compelled fiflMPETENT RELIABLE WANACEjSfr
* to handle our rapidly growing trade. References. .,
* Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. S.
THE QQM'.glON COMPANY, |
[ Dopt. Si - Ch/cago, Hi §
L2(fi&3 tree.'* Dlt/F
DO YOU WANT A WATCH
Do you want a Watch that runs and keeps good time? This watch has a Solid
Gold laid case, handsome dial, dust proof, adjusted to position, patent escapeuien..
and highly finished. This is a remarkable watch. We guarantee it, and with prop; r
care it should wear and give satisfaction for 20 years. It has t he appearance of a $4( .
Solid Gold one. The watch is accompanied with a 20 Year Guarantee. T
cases are beautifully made by the moat skilled workmen. The movement is an Amor
lean Style, expansion balance, quick tram, and you can rely upon it that when j
own one of these truly handsome watches you will at ail times have the correct
in your possession. Just the watch for railroad men, or those who need a very cl« -
timer. I)o you want a watch of this character? If so, now isyonr opportunity to scuu-
9he. We tfive it free as a preminm to anyone for selling 18 pieces of our hands •
jewelry for 10e. each, (regular price 25c. each.) Simply send your name and addre*
ana we will send you the 18 pieces of jewelry postpaid. When sold, send us the 5
^? 11 t ? en<1 y° n handsome Solid Gold laid watch. We trust you and '
take back all you cannot sell.® We propose to give away these watches simply t
. e 4° n fi PPBine—. No catch-words in this advertisement.* We mean just whar
. * — ;- - — —~r** wwmm...,—»jn if pi
for tu. Aadrees. SAFE WATCH CO., P. O
capital while
Box 1 SO, New York City.
DneDollariOneHour s Work
MEN, WOMEN, BOYS, GIRLS.
A ou can do it easy. A tivoik- can spare one hour’s time each cl nv. Send us y< >ur name an -1 5
dress, and we will send you 8 boxes of BEECHER’S PILLS, sell them to your neighb.vs ..
25 cents per box, then«ERtt» IMS $1.00 and KEEP $1.00. You ought to sell them in
hour s time, and that s last enough for anybody to make money. We make this liberal
introduced into every neighborhood in the UnitedSt.-.t
BEECHER’S PILLS are the best liver pills on earth, and every box s,,!d makes dem and Ur
dozen more. Sure pre\entative for chills and fever,. Write ~ ~
today and ask us (or 8 boxes to be sold on the above terms
BEECHER PILL
SEND NO MONEY
Room ’J0*» CHICAGO, ILL
CO., 46 Dearborn St„ Room ’J0*» CHICAGO, |i LS. ^
Wing Piano
STYLE 29. CONCERT GRAND UPRIGHT
Ad other Piano made equals this in style and design of case
The usual way to buy a piano is from a retail dealer or agent. We do not
sell our pianos in this way. We supply our pianos direct from our factorv to
retail purchasers. We do not employ a ~
single salesman or agent, and we have no
salesroom except our factory. We transact
all of our business and ship all of our pianos
direct from our factory. As our expenses
are small, a very small profit pays us.
No matter how far away you live, our
improved system of doing business makes it
actually more convenient and more satisfac
tory to buy a piano from us than to buy one
from a local dealer in your own town or city.
Over 30,000 Wing Pianos have been man
ufactured and sold in 32 years (since 1868).
Every Wing Piano is guaranteed for
twelve (12) years against any defect in tone,
action, workmanship or material.
Everyone who intends to purchase a piano should
have our complete catalogue. We send it free on request.
SENT ON TRIAL freight prepaid, We will send
Wing Pianos on trial, to any part of the United'States °,ai freight ° f -i\° ttCr
We will allow ample time for a thorough examination and trill P S’ d by U j
if the piano is not entirely satisfactoif in ever?respeS Sri 1 &°” e ’, and
onr own expense. There is no risk of expensAo th^person or.leSt .l, "
No money is sent to us in advance, we pay all freights erS ° n ° rde ™S the P iana
THE INSTRUMENTAL ATTACHMENT
CclrCS Z!ther and Bani °-
ennheplayed juntas
6 plano ’ alth °ugh there are several imitations of it.
For price an *tjrms of payment on Wing Piano-write us.
Ola instruments
351-353 EAST 12th ST.,
NEW YORK
I should like to say a few
words about your pianos
and manner of doing busi
ness. No one is doing
themselves justice in not
availing themselves of your
most liberal terms. The
tone, touch and durability
of your pianos cannot be
questioned. The instru
mental attachment pleases
every one who hears it and
allows a combination of ef
fects which cannot be
equalled.
Albert Draegert,
Thombury, Iowa.
The piano I bought of you
In December is giving
the very best of satisf;
satisfac-.
tion. In tone, touch and
workmanship it is certainlv
extra fine. The strangest
part of it seems to tie that
you can sell such an instru
ment for such a low price.
F. D. Green,
Perry, Lake County, Ohio.
WING & SON
1888—SSn4 Year—1900.