Newspaper Page Text
HE IS THE HUSBAND
OFTIFTY WIVES,
Charles Woodruff, of Chieago, Beat
Brigham Young’s Record.
A WIDOW FOR ONE HOUR.
He Has Made Marriage a Trade and in Thir
teen Years Took to Himself Half a Hun
dred Wives, Which is an Average
of Four a Year.
Charles Woodruff, of Chicago, is a
man who has made marriage a trade.
Within the last thirteen years‘he has
married fifty women, an average of four
a year. With everyone he got some
money, and in this is the secret of his
wholesale ventures in matrimony. Now
Woodruff is in prison at Buffalo, N. Y.
lie married once too often.
Rrigkam Young, the high priest of
Mormonism, with all his facilities for
plural marriage, had only twenty-six
wives; he was a tenderfoot in compari
son with Woodruff. There probably
was never a more successful winner of
womeu than this man ; probably no man
who ever had a more delicate, more
subtle affection of manner. To meet a
woman and marry her in an hour is his
record for facility. To woo and marry
half a hundred women is his record of
success.
When he was middle-aged and attrac
tive. dressing as he did in the heighth of
fashion, it was his diversion to captivate
a woman, young or old, to tell her that
lu- loved her as he had never loved an
other. and to marry her in a tew hours,
or perchance in a few days, only to de
sert her.
Mr. Woodruff is a student- and a
philosopher of love, and this is the state
ment he makes of the secret of his suc
cess in winning women’s hearts:
•Woman’s weakness, not any accom
plishment or appearance of mine is the
cause of my success in winning hearts.
Women are frail things at best.
‘•Take women when they get to be 40
and almost anybody can win them. They
want to be won. Under 30 it is harder
to win tinm, but still it can he done if a
person is patient.
“Tell them they are good looking, of
course; any school boy knows that is
the first rudiment of snccess with wo
men .
“There is another fact which I cannot
describe. It might be called man’s en
semble. It is his make-up, his appear
ance, his manner, his way of talking,
his way of looking—a man’s eyes, you
know, are what work havoc with women
if they are nsed right. Yon cannot
acquire these personalities. They are
born in a man.
“Women differ some, too. For in
stance, a simpleness of manner might
impress one, while another might be
captivated by a mysterious, self-know
ing air. First, yon want to study the
woman.”
Woodruff pushed his nnmerons court
ships with vigorous alacrity. It seldom
took him over two days after he had met
a woman for the first time to close up
the marriage bargain and lead her to
the alter. It was in 1889 that Woodruff
achieved his especial notoriety. One
day he was descending in the elevator
of an office building on Main street,
Buffalo, when a woman, overcome by
the movement of the car, fainted and
fell against him. This was Mrs. S. A,
Sample, a widow, with five children.
Woodruff was gay looking and. urbane
in speech. He captivated Mrs. Sample
THE ATHENS BANNER: FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1898
ZHIDELAJEtT Of Tine
AT-
reac hes the top notch in Women’s weeir. This store is at its best. Every department loaded
hi ^ * th ,f mos t remarkable creations of the world. Every aisles filled with smiling faces, and instead of
Giscomiort, the moving, tossing crowds find exciting joy in its own jam and jostle.
THE STANDARD OF' EXCELLENCE,
United with a guarantee of value, is foremost in the reputation ot this store. Dependableness marks its shopping. Comforts universally important to all.
This week we will offer what we consider the greatest Cape and Jacket values ever shown in Athens, embracing all the swell ideas of the season.
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS IN
Handsome Dress Goods and Silks. Such a stock of choice Dress Goods as will greet you Monday morning at reduced prices would be hard to find. But beauty,
freshness, desirability and worth do not stand in our way when we are bent upon lessening stock.
WINTER UNDERWEAR AND BLANKETS.
Extraordinary bargains in choice Winter Underwear for Ladies and Children. In many instances half prices prevail, and when it is remembered that
our figures are always low, the unique values will be better understood.
GREAT BLANKET BARGAIN.
In no department of our store have prices been reduced to smaller proportions than among the Blankets. Blankets of every grade are here from the popular sort
to the finest quality of the most luxurious California coverings made.
TRIMMED MILLINERY
Special values in Carpets, Curtains and Housekeeping Linens.
We’re tempting you to extra hat buying. No use denying the fact. Workers must be kept
busy. But th nk of the good fortune that gives you pretty millinery at little more than half price.
MICHAEL BROTHERS.
Oh, the Pain of
Rheumatism!
Rheumatism often causes the most in*
tense suffering. Many have for years
vainly sought relief from this disabling
disease, and are to-day worse off than
ever. Rheumatism is a blood disease,
and Swift’s Specific is the only cure, be
cause it is the only remedy which can
reach such deep-seated diseases.
A few years ago I was taken with inflamma
tory Rheumatism, which became so Intense
that I was for wetko unahle to walk. I tried
several prominent physi
cians and took their treat
ment faithfully, hut was
nnable to get the slight
est relief. In fact, my con
dition seemed to grow
worse, the disease spread
over my entire body, and
from November to March
. I suffered agony. I tried
many potent medicines,
but none relieved me,
Upon the a d v 11 c e or a
, WW - K , friend I decided to try
8. S. S. Before allowing me to take it, how
ever my guardian, who wa? a chemist, ana
lyzed the remedy, and pronounced itfreeol
potash or mercury. I felt so muehbstter after
taking two bottles, that I cont, "S!£^nletelv
edy. and in two months I was cured compl S£
The cure was permanent, for I ha .X e “Ly^manv
had a touch of Rheumatism though many
times exposed to dam Pj *ndcold
8711 Powelton Avenue<ThUa<lelphia.
Don’t suffer longer with Rheumatism^
Throw aside your oils and liniments, as
they can not reach your trouble. Don t
experiment with doctors—their potash
and mercury will add to your disabil
ity and completely destroy your diges
tion.
other
edYTee by Swift
, Gn.
even while he held her on the way down
in the elevator. He went out with her,
wen her completely, and married her.
The entire proceeding had occupied jnst
an hoar. He deserted her two days later.
Mrs. Sample is now—living in Ayer,
Mass., nnder her old name.
Mr. Woodruff married, so far as de
tectives have been able to learn, five
women in Buffalo. It is believed, how
ever, that he figured in at least a dozen
weddings there. His greatest snccess
tookplace while he was stationed at the
United States hotel advertising for
young women to go on the stage. In
answer to his advertisement a young
woman named Rowell called at his room
and was so pleased with him that she
took him to the home of her aunt. Miss
Schmintzin, and introduced him to her.
In two days Woodruff and Miss Schmint
zins were married.
After leaving Buffalo in 1890 or 1891,
Woodruff traveled all over the country,
returning to Buffalo every few months
for a day’s visit. He spent much of his
time in St. Louis, where, the police say,
he has more wives than he has in Buffalo.
He also has wives in Chicago, Pittsburg,
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
City of Mexico, Kansas City, Boston and
Philadelphia.
In each of these places, judging from
the letters he has in his trunk, he won
numerous hearts and made some wives.
He posed as a professor of massage treat
ment in New York, professor of elocu
tion in St. Louis, and as a mining engi
neer in Mexioo and California.
In 1896 Woodruff went to Buffalo,
stayed two weeks, and married a woman
named Loretta Dart, of whom he had
never before heard. He and she were
married at Fort Enc. Woodruff desert
ed her a few days after the ceremony
and the woman went to live with her
parents, who are wealthy farmers near
Tatuburg, this State. She lives there
now. She has been subpoenaed as a
witness to appear against Woodruff.
From her the polygamist secured $200 at
different times.
About three months ago Woodruff
went to Buffalo and pnt up at a Pearl
street boarding home. One day he met
Rowina Scott on the street. Mrs. Scott
spoke to him, but Woodruff did not an
swer. He evidently did not know her
as one of his wives. Mrs Scott met him
second time he did not design to rec-
oganize her, she was indignant. She
went to the polioe. Detectives were de
tailed on the case and two days later
they arrested Woodruff.
Among the other wives of Woodruff
are Mable Lane, a sonbrette, married
in April, 1888, Mrs. Branster; May,
1887, Alice Newberry, February, 1888,
Annie Schetler, January, 1890, Miss
Kent, January, 1890, Mrs. Caroline
Woodruff, January, 1898.
Woodruff was trying to deny the
charges which have been made against
him one day last week when the prison
guard announced that a lady wished to
see him—a lady from New York.
“I guess yon may show her up,” said
the prisoner. I don’t know anybody
from New York.”
A wiry woman of 40—she said after
ward her name was Mrs. Jasper—walk
ed into the room.
‘Now, Charley Woodruff,” she said,
as she fixed her eyes on the man, “I
hope yon can remember me long enough
to give me back my ring. I’m not so
proud being Mrs. Woodruff that I want
to keep telling people abont it. Here is
your ring. I want mine.”
“My good woman,” he said, soothing
ly, “I don’t know yon. I con't remem
ber having met you before.”
“I am the woman you married.”
“Are yon sure about it?” queried
Woodruff sweetly, “I never would have
known yon.”
GEORGIA'S VICTORY
WAS GLORIOUS!
Red and Black Waves Victoriously
Over Track and Gridiron,
on the team works as hard to defeat
their opponents as “Old Coo” will to
help down Auburn, no fear will be en
tertained.
Georgia is undisputed champion on
the track. Now win over North Caro
lina and Auburn and let the same be
said of the gridiron.
GEORGIA LEADS THEM ALL-
The Next Game, With North Carolina, To Be
/ Played in riacon—nuch Interest Man
ifest in the Outcome—Then
for Auburn.
A TEXAS WONDER.
Hall’s Great Discovery.
One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cores diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame back,
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder In both men and
women, regulates bladder trouble in
children. If not sold by your druggist,
will be sent by mail on receipt of $1
One small bottle is two months’ treat
ment, and will cure any case above
mentioned. E. W. HALL,
Sole Manufacturer, P. O. Bor 218, Waco,
Texas. Sold by H. R. Palmer &
Sons., Athens. Ga.
Read This.
Cnthbcrt, Ga., April 2, 1898.—This is
to certify that I was affected with gravel
and that I took 60 drops of Hall’s Great
Discovery, and it completely cured me.
It is worth $1,000 per bottle to any one
needing it. Signed,
.T. T. STEVENS
To Our Subscribers—Important.
RAISING THE MERCEDES.
The Work of Raising the Spanish Cruiser
Begun.
New York, Oct. 31.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Santiago says:
The work of raising the Spanish cruis
er Mercedes, sank jnst inside the month
of Santiago harbor, is about to be begun.
The task is comparatively easy. Work
on the Cristobal Colon continues, bat
much difficulty is found in using the
pontoons on account of the heavy seas.
Edward Sumner and Peter Flint, rep
resenting the Helen Gould war relief,
and the Lipton fund committees, have
arrived here with $10,000 worth of goods
and medical supplies for distribution.
ANY PERSON
Wishing to know the truth m regard to
their health should not fail to send for a
valuable and new 64-page Booklet which
will be sent FREE for a shorn time to
those who mention this paper. This
book is published by the celebrated phy
sicians and specialists—Dr. Hathaway &
Co., of 22% S. Broad street Atlanta,
Ga., whom yon should address. Write
today and mention this
The victory of last Saturday throws a
new light upon the football situation in
the south.
Vanderbilt was recognized as the on
disputed champions of the S. I. A. A.,
and few thought she would be deprived
of her glory so soon. Her team was one
worthy of representing any college and
played good, strong, clean football from
the word go. There was no time taken
out for unnecessary reasons, and the
game passed off as smoothly as could be
so far as Vanderbilt’s players were con
cerned.
But one of the officials seemed to have
decided that Georgia should lose, if it
were left to him, and he did his utmost
to that end. But to no avail.
During the game Georgia suffered
penalty after penalty at his hands,
amounting in the long ran to ninety-
five yards, almost the entire length of
the field, and not once did she deserve
such treatment.
The outcome was a surprise to most
people, and in the future they will be
careful in taking sides with any team
other than onr sturdy fellows.
The quick work - of the Georgia team
seemed for a while to baffle their oppo
nents, and the ball was kept constantly
in Vanderbilt’s territory.
The kicking of Jones for Georgia was
the best ever seen on a southern grid
iron. He is a sure kicker, and a thor
ough athlete in every way.
Now for North Carolina and Anburn.
The victory of Saturday should act as
an incentive to harder work than ever.
With a little more hard work the team
which represents old Georgia can stand
their ground with the most formidable
opponents. x
The work of Coach McCarthy has been
thorough and in dead earnest. He has
made a great team out of a lot of new
material and deserves special praise for
bis magnificent work.
If the boys will only follow his advice
tc the end they will win the honors
which McCarthy and every lover of the
game who is a supporter of the Red and
Black so eagerly anticipates.
North Carolina in Macon Saturday
week is the next regular gome on the
schedule. Then for Anburn.
Nally is still here, and if every man
The Quaker Valley Mfg. Co. of Chica
go have requested ns to announce that
they have several thousand sets of the
finest coin silver-plated War Memorial
Spoons left over from their recent dis
tribution. They will mail, postpaid,
full set of six of these spoons to every
subscriber to the Banner who will send
name and address—a postal card will do.
If, on receipt of the spoons, yon find
them the most exquisitely beautiful spe
cimens of the silversmith’s art you ever
saw, and worth $3.00, remit 78 cents, as
payment in full, within 30 days; if not
pleased, return spoons immediately.
Each spoon is of a different design—af
ter-dinner coffee size—showing soldiers
in camp in Cuba, Morro Castle and four
U. S. Battleships. They are imperisha
ble mementoes of the late war, and every
subscriber should accept this most re
markable offer, and obtain a set before
it is too late. All that’s necessary is to
say you’re a subscriber to the Banner
(this is important) and that yon accept
Memorial Spoon Offer. Add
QUAKER VALLEY MFG. CO., 857
W. Harrison Street, Chicago.
WANTED TO BE FAIR.
SKIFFS ONCE-A-WEEK TALK.
A REVISED VERSION.
From Life.
A soldier of the Legion day dying of
Algerians,
There was a lack of woman’s nnrsing,
Also of medicine,
food,
doctors,
tents,
clothing
and pretty
much everything
else that
might have
been dictated by experience.
He Thought One Half of $10,000 Was Enough
for the Lawyer.
Most peculiar case I ever had,”
mused the attorney, who is still a favo
rite with those requiring a strong de
fense in the criminal courts, according
to an exchange.
You never saw a finer-looking young
fellow. He had a good face and a well
shaped head; he was clean and neatly-
dressed ; he talked well and looked you
squarely in the eyes. When I went to
the jail at his request I took an immed
iate liking to him. It had been my
business to study human nature and I
was satisfied from the first that he had
never commitcd the $10,000 robbery of
which he stood accused.
“He told me his - story frankly and
without reservation. I was convinced
more firmly than ever of his innocense.
He outlined his own defense by ac
counting for every minute of his time
on the night of the robbery and inform
ing me just where the witnesses to
substantiate his statement could
be seen. I found them
and they affirmed everything he had
told me. It was clear a case as I ever
saw and I went into court with the
utmost confidence. The prosecution did
the best it could nnder the circum
stances, but we swept the board and the
young man was acquitted by the jury’s
first ballot. He was very grateful, shak
ing hands with the judge, the jurymen
and even the prosecuting attorney.
Now sir,” he began, when we had
reached the office, ‘what do I owe yon?”
“Only what yon can afford to pay me.
The saving of an innocent man is some
thing of a reward in itself.”
“Well, I would like to pay you more,
but at present I can only afford to give
you half of the $1,000. Is that fair?”
The Best Piaster.
A piece of flannel dampened with
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on
to the affected parts is superior to any
plaster. When troubled with a pain in
the chest or side, or a lame back, give it
a trial. You are certain to be more than
pleased with the prompt relief which it
affords. Pam Balm is also a certain
core for rheumatism. For sale by H.
R. Palmer & Sons.
Grippe and influenza invariably leave
the system with a bad cough. For
such Dr. John W. Boll’s Cough Syrup
is highly recommended. This won
derful remedy gives relief at once,
conquers the worst cough overnight
and soon effects a thorough cure.
Br.3ull’s
COUGH SYRUP
Cures Grippe and Influenza.
Doses are small aud pleasant to take. Doctors
Prom New Zealand.
Reefton, New Zealand, Nov. 23, 1896.
I am very pleased to state that since I
took the agency of Chamberlain’s medi
cines the sale has been ve/y large, more
especially of the Congh Remedy. In
two years I have sold more of this par
ticular remedy than of all other makes
for the previous five years. As to its
efficacy, I have been informed by scores
of persons of the good results they have
received from it, and know its value
from the use of it in my own household.
It is so pleasant to take that we have to
place the bottle beyond the reach of the
children. E. J. SOANTLEBURY.
For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons.
The fool is a blessing to society. They
are the ciphers of the community, with
out which the social problem coold not
be worked out. We live in peace with
each other only because of our foolish
ness and stupidity. Were we all wise
and profound thinkers of equal capacity
the world would be in a constant up
roar, harmony would be impossible, and
here is Inhere the fool stands as sentinel
for social order.
The fool, with what wit and wisdom
he has, stands ready to help equalize
the human race. He is a good subject
to have in any community. They help
regulate things generally.
The mule-eyed fool, the one-idea man,
the crank, accomplishes all the great
reforms. Our nature soon gets exhaust-
| ed in continually hearing the old story.
Our eyes will soon weep for a sight of
the green fields after being closed for a
season. --
We would be nervous and useless to
be continually with those whose wis
dom was out of our reach, and the same
with the fool, whose folly was beneath
our delight. And here is where one
regulates the other keepings society
where one of ordinary mental capacity
and good breeding can be heard without
being trampelled on by the wise or
hissed at by the fool.
To be a fool it is not necessary to be
an idiot or a know-nothing. He may
have good sense on some points and a
failure on others. He can be classed
with the fops in some respect. They
have sense enough to be useful in keep
ing np the standard of dress which if it
was not for them it would become a
matter of convenience, not of taste.
Those that are often called fools or
foolish are as essential in regulating and
keeping society in its proper place as
those that are called wise.
Let the fool rejoice in his folly. Let
him even become ambitions to soar to
higher pinnacles of dullness.
Skiff the jeweler is nor first-class fool
if some people do think him so. He has
sense enough to keep a first-class jew
elry store where people can find most
everything they want that a first-class
jeweler keeps. Sterling silver table
ware and fancy articles, diamonds,
opals and other precious stones, rings ex
pressly made for engagement rings.
The latest style of watches and jewelry.
Some beantifnl chattelain watches.
Watches and jewelry repaired to give
satisfaction. Prices low and goods as
represented. No hnmbuggery nor fool
ing. Everything on a square.
Skiff the Jeweler.
An Indemnity.
The highwayman, in grim reality
and without the aureole of romance,
Black Bess and all, was a “common ob
ject of the country” 150 years ago, and
it was the duty of all good subjects to
try to copo with him. If you attempted
to apprehend such a desperado and were
killed in the attemjt, your exeertors
could claim £40 from the sheriff. This
indemnity was soarcely enough to kin
dle a horning passion in the English
mind for the extinction of the pest.-—
Liuscs uic siuuii uuu picaaaui iu mac. wviviui*
recommend it. Price 25 ct3. At all druggists. Gentleman fi Magazine.
SUCCESSFUL. PHYSICIANS.
We heartily recommend Dr. Hathaway
& Co., of 22% S. Broad St., Atlanta,
Ga., as being perfectly reliable and re
markably scncessfol in the treatment of
chronic diseases of men and women
They cure where others fail. Onr
readers, if in need of medical help
should certainly write these eminent
doctors and yon will receive a free and
expert opinion of your case by return
mail without cost; this certainly is the
right way to do business. They guaran
tee their cures. Write them today, and
mention this paper.
castor:
Bears the
Signature
• £