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MRS. EDDY WORTH MILLIONS.
I'ormcr Publisher Tell* How She Be
(■nine Wealthy.
I'rom the Philadelphia North American, j
Boston, June 4.—William G. Nixon, i
whose testimony yesterday in the libel j
lit brought by Mrs. Josephine C. Wood
bury against Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy,
the Mother of Christian Science,” caused j
panic in the camp of the defendant, said
to-day that, although he did not have the I
ightest pecuniary interest in the out- j
cosne of the case, he would like to see
the inside workings of the Christian
Science movement exposed.
In view of the fact that Mr. Nixon was
Mrs. Eddy's publisher for more than
three years, it is likely that he hiraset'
i ould tell a great deal of interest, if he
,lid not feel that it would be a violation
of business ethics. On the witness stand
lie testified that he was a Christian Seien
list at the time he was Mrs. Eddy's pub
lisher, but was now no longer a Chris
tian Scientist, he was in hopes counsel
for Mrs. Eddy would ask him why he
was no longer a Christian Scientist, but
they were not so easily entrapped.
Mr. Nixon is now treasurer of the Shaw
Motor Vehicle Company, 15 Court square,
this city. When asked to-day privately
to explain what ever induced him to t>e
, ome a Christian Scientist, and how he
tame to lose faith in the movement, he
said:
Drawn Into file Movement.
"I was drawn into the movement, like
others, because I believed that Christian
Science had the power to heal. I was
never healed of anything myself, hut I
had friends who attributed their cures to
the Science. When I became a Christian
Scientist 1 firmly believed that it could
do in the way of healing diseases all that
Mrs. Eddy said it could. 1 was cashier of
a bank at Pierre, S. D,, and I was in
duced to come on to Boston and take S3OO
worth of Christian Science lessons from
Mrs. Eddy. Then 1 went back to Pierre,
and after the lapse of several months,
when I saw a favorable opportunity to
pull up stakes, 1 did so, and came to
Boston to accept the proposition of Mrs.
Eddy to publish her writings.
•In September, 1889, I took hold of the
publication business for her, and conduct
ed it until January, 1893. When I took hold
the concern was in a bad way financially.
It had several hundred dollars of liabili
ties outstanding against it, and practic
ally nothing to meet the payments. When
1 quit—for conscientious reasons—l left a
balance of $7,000 in the treasury. Of course
all that was published did not go to Chris
tian Science.
Mrs. Eddy's 'Science and Health, With
Key to the Scriptures' was published by
me on a royalty. The volumes cost 47
cents to produce, and sold from $3 to $6,
according to the binding. Thus, if Mrs.
Eddy's recent published statements be
correct—that she has sold over 200,000 vol
umes—she must have cleared from S3OO,- •
00" to $400,000 net on the sals of her
•Science of Health’ alone.
She Is Worth $2,000,000.
"And if her other published statement
is correct—that she personally taught
4,000 Christian Science pupils, all of
w hom must have paid S3OO each, and many
who paid more—she has cleared over sl,-
tOO'iOO in her lessons to pupils. We would
roughly estimate that she has taken in
in round numbers $2,000,000. As Mrs.
Eddy is a very matter-of-fact woman in
all material matters except her theory
that there is no matter, and has invested
in land extensively, she can easily be
rate! now as a very substantial million
aire."
But what caused yop to lose your
faith in Christian Science?” he was ask
ed.
"My knowledge of the Inside workings
of the publication of the Eddy works
farced upon me the overwhelming conclu
sion that the whole thing was but one
gigantic money-making scheme. X lost
all faith in the theory Itself from having
become acquainted with its innumerable
failure to cure disease. I also lost all
confidence in Mrs. Eddy as the divine
revelator of any spiritual message. I still
had confidence In the well-known psychic
law that many persons afflicted with sup
posed constitutional troubles would get
well if only sufficient confidence could be
aroused in them to make them get up and
bestir themselves, take exercise and stop
thinking of illness.
C urei From Natural Laws.
"But I saw that those cures were the
result of natural laws irrespective of any
Christian Science. I then attributed Mrs.
Eddy’s success in her so-called cures to
her knowledge of the same psychic law,
obtained, no doubt, from her former as
sociate, Dr. Quimby, and to her slight
knowledge of homeopathy.
"I found that one could not remain in a
position of responsibility in connection
with the movement without Intrigue and
hypocrisy; and I saw that the only honest
persons in the movement were those w'ho
were blinded by the same delusions which
tricked me- into the fold in 1889. For a
long time -before X decided to give up the
w hole thing my doubt was growing. Each
day it got stronger, until at last I found
that I could no longer remain a Christian
Scientist, accepting money for the teach
ing of one of the most pernicious delu
sions of modern times. But as for any
real Christian spirit that might be sup
posed to be in the movement, that is illus
trated by the way in which Mrs. Wood
bun- was treated.
Indian More Merciful,
f am not here to defend Mrs. Wood
bury, hut I do say that in dealing with
her the-y did not imitate Jesus of Naza
ro*'i. They did not try to throw any
Christian mantle of charity over this
unfortunate woman. They did not even
tr- tt her with the rudimentary Justice
o! an Indian. I have lived among the
Sioix Indians and I verily believe that
th- rfioux Indians show more genuine
i,e in dealing with their victims than
the Christian Scientists with Mrs.
u-'-dhury; for the Sioux Indians always
Want to the accused the right of sneech
L?. his side of the case. In Mrs.
''ood-bury’s case she was excommuni
c.’"ii forever without any opportunity to
be heard. ,
Believe me, as one who was once on
wu- Inside, one who went Into the move-
Hurt honestly ond could not conscien
tl""dy remain in it—Christian Beience Is
’ monumental humbug. It has seen its*
greatest prosperity as a money-making
enterprise, and a few more trials like
' will jay bare its -skeleton closets.
-'lrs. Eddy dares* not, in- my opinion,
re through the ordeal of a cross-examlna
' e*i. she is old and feeble, In spite of
her constant teaching to the contrary.
- neord is only a two hours’ trip from
According to her Christian Sci
•m • teaching, S he cannot be ill, or old,
rr •’e.-oie, and should have nothing to
Vt she will not come to the trial,
'hat by staying away she may
because the burden of proof Is on
;’ rr Woodbury. If she should dare to
hemelf in court It will, In my opltr
"t brr undoing. She will never give
* PiMlc an opportunity to see how near
Is to dissolution and collapse.
Belief minds Followers.
)et her followers, still blinded by
belief In her divine mission on
_ tth, are swayed by her slightest wish,
fiat has gone forth that when she
” the message about the Babylonish
,r> "he did not mean Mrs. Woodbury,
J"' although every Christian Scientist
t| ” beard that message knew full well
:,; a " rK Woodbury was the woman In
tr'iK?*’ onß a *'cr arother will be called
"'and before the close of the trial,
I- * ,, *l testify that they hadn't the
|, * "y* 0,1,1 Mr*. Woodbury was
gome of them- would Juat as
Vi "*Y * hat they had never heard of
" oodbury, if they thought It nee
* ’** w ' n the cae. For they bellev,
I !, e etui Justifies the means, ond thus
. Mr*. Eddy a wiati Is to litem us •
I***."
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FINANCIER, AGED TWELVE.
Talk* Politico and Finance With J.
K. Keene nnil Rukmcll Sage.
From the New York Times.
A considerable number of rather extra
ordinary visitors arrive at the various ho
tels of this city during the course of a
twelvemonth, bu't the Waldorf-Astoria in
Richard E. Murphy, 12 years old, from
Missouri, has a guest who in many re
spects is one of the most remarkable
specimens that the great Populistic belt
has yet produced.
According to the statements of this
youth he is, among other things, the son
of the virtual owner of the great elevated
railway system of Jefferson City, Mo.,
and is himself the sole proprietor and ed
itor of the Jefferson City Spectator, a
weekly Democratic paper, with a circu
lation of over 120,000 a year and employ
ing a staff of forty-six persons, most
of these being brainy youths under 16
years of age, yielding an annual revenue
of some $23,000, and one of the most out
spoken and fearless Bryan organs in the
great Middle West.
Besides being the isjssessor of this hand
some property, young Murphy admits that
he is the sole legatee of his grandfather,
by whose will he recently became pos
sessed of $250,000, and he is now on his
way around the world on a sighit-seelng
tour, that will cost him in -the neighbor
hood of SIO,OOO. Eater he expects to snatch
sufficient time from his business labors
to take a course at Yale, after which
he will return to Jefferson City, Mo., and
again take up the active personal direc
tion of his newspaper property.
These are only the most startling fea
tures of this youth’s account of himself,
given with a wealth of detail at the ho
tel to attentive and' wondering audiences,
including some of the most influential
members of financial, political, and reli
gious circles of this city. He was the
center of attraction in the hotel all day
Monday and yesterday.
Mr. Murphy, notwithstanding the fact
that he is almost thirteen years old, has
been dealt gently with by time. He does
not look a day over nine years. He ar
rived a;t the hotel late Sunday evening,
and, strolling up to the desk, climbed up
on it and registered his name in a bold
hand. "A room and bath,” he saidi in
a matter-of-fact way, while the clerk
looked about to see where the rest of the
family was. The order was repeated in
a tone that brooked no delay, and Mr.
Murphy was shown up to Room 311 Vi on
the third floor. The price of this room
is $4 a day.
"Any luggage, sir?” inquired the clerk.
“Only my light luggage,” replied the
new guest, pointing to the satchel. "My
trunks have been forwarded to the Adel
phi Hotel, in Liverpool. I sail in a few
days."
The guest is about feet high, and
weighs in the neighborhood of 65 pounds.
He was dressed in knickerbockers with
lace shoes, and wmre a little standing
collar, a blue tie, and looked like the or
dinary nine-year-old school boy, but he
didn't talk like any boy with which the
management of the hotel had ever before
come into contact. His every gesture
was peremptory; his commands impera
tive, and he succeeded in getting the
best service to be had in the hotel.
On Mondrfy, after partaking of a hand
some breakfast in the hotel dining moot,
he strolled down town to see the sights
and, as became a man of large affairs,
he spent most of the day in Wall street.
Returning to the hotel In the evening
he casually engaged Assistant Manager
Hilliard in conversation, and the few
things he let fall about himself so stag
gered that official that Father Hucey.
who was in the hotel, was immediately
sought out and introduced to the new
style of Western traveler.
The youngster put the clerygyman at
ease in a very few minutes, and the two
adjourned to the palm garden, where the
Westerner was introduced to James K.
Keene, the financier, and the two wera
scon engagpd in a politico-financial dis
cussion that the attentive audience at the
near-by tables will remember for a long
time.
Young Murphy slept late yesterday, and
later in the day went for a ride with
Father Ducey and enjoyed some of the
sights of the city.
Interviewed by Reporters.
Returning to the hotel yesterday after
non, he was waylaid by a horde of repor
ters and consented to tell them something
about himself.
"I am always glad to meet members of
the press,” he said, affably, as he climbed
Into a chair and was almost lost In its
ample proportions, "for Journalism Is my
chief business, you know, but I must first
correct some errors that appeared in in
terviews with me published in the even
ing papers.
"My father is not paying my expenses
on this trip. X am paying my own. I am
worth a great deal more than he is, and
1 am free to do with It as I please. I
have made my own arrangements, select
ed my own route, end win probably spend
some eight months on the trip. I came
here by way of Chicago and Buffalo in a
special car. I will tako the steamer Bt.
Paul for the other side a week from Sat
urday, Meantime I will see something of
your city. It appears to me to have many
points of interest about it.
"As to my newspaper business? Well, l
have been in the business since I *i
very young." and Mr. Murphy's counten
atice took on a reminiscent wrinkle. “A
year and a half ago I thought a would
start a paper of my own, a real paper.
So I bought a four-story building, got
Hoe presses, and started the Spectator.
It has grown by (raps snd boundu from
the very start. It Is a weekly paper,
strongly Democratic, opposed to trust*,
Imperialism, ana everything that Is
wrong, X supported Bryan for th# prea-
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. JUNE 7. 1901.
idency, and think he would make a good
President if he would leave silver alone.
"Personally, however, I have no use for
the man. During the recent Mayoralty
campaign in Jefferson City, whic-h ended
In the election of Hollo Wells, our candi
date, Mr. Bryan referred in his paper, the
Commoner, to me as 'the mugwump edi
tor of a -mugwump city in a mugwump
state.’ I replied in my paper that we
only paid attention editorially to what
really great men said.
"I am the -business manager as well as
the editor of my paper, and my editorial
staff is made up entirely of -boys. I pay
good wages. I pay my chief writer—l do
not call any of my men editors, I alone
am editor—s2s a week. His name is Hall
Shackelford, and he is a bird. He wears
evening dress and patent leather shoes
all day, and gets drunk bn Saturdays. I
personally do not drink. My responsibili
ties are too great.
“I got my ideas of going around the
world from reading of others doing it.
My father didn't object, but my mother,
who is ill at Colorado Springs, did. I
finally got her consent, however. I be
lieve in doing things in a -business-like
way, so I sent my three trunks to Liver
pool ahead of me. These trunks contain,
among other things, seven suits of clothes
and ten overcoats. I will need heavy
clothing when I get to Russia.
"What have I seen in your city? Well,
I saw Russell Sage for one thing. I called
upon him at his office yesterday. When
I disclosed my identity I found it very
easy to get to him. I met a very old and
miserably dressed man. and said, ‘ls this
Mr. Sage?’ You see, he was so poorly
dressed that I thought I was talking to
his coachman. He said- he was Mr. Sage.
I heard that you were the oldest and
richest man in Wall street-; I said. He
replied that he was sorry he could not
claim the last named distinction. He said
that since -the panic he had -fallen down
a great deal. He said that he had more
to do with the panic privately than any
of the other financial houses. He said he
had been hit hard. I asked him if their
would be another panic soon and he said,
■Just wait till Morgan gets home.’ ’Then,'
said I, ‘you- must be on the side of the
Kuhn Loeb interests. ‘Well,’ he said, ’if
you were not an editor I'd tell you all
about it.’
“Then I told him all about my paper,
and he said he would subscribe for him
self and the other nine men in his office.
I then told him that I would like to give
him a five-inch “ad.” He asked the rates,
and I told him that It would cost him $42.
This with the subscriptions amounted to
$52, and he gave me a check for the
amount. I deposited -the check with my
banker, Mr. Samuel E. Keech. on Astor
Court. I intend having Mr. Keech issue
a letter of credit against a check for $5,-
000 to-morrow.
BURNS SET BANDAGES AFIHK.
Curious Cose of Spontaneous Com
bustion After Wounds Hail Been
Dressed.
From the New York Sim.
Louisville, Ky., June 4.—What is con
sidered a remarkable case of spontaneous
combustion is brought to light by Dr.
S. E. Woody, who for several years has
! been dean of the Kentucky School of
Medicine and for twenty years a profes
sor of chemistry of that college. The re
' port of the case comes to Dr. Woodv in
letter from Dr. B. C. Wilson, a reputa
ble physician of Soldier, Ky., In part
the letter says:
"A'child about 4 years old was burned
on the extremities and abdomen by its
dress catching on fire. The bums in
each locality, being of moderate severi
ty and strictly superficial, were not suffi
cient to have caused a fatal result. The
burns were dressed in the following man
ner: First dusted with subnitrate of
bismuth, then linseed oil was freely pour
ed on and the parts wrapped in cotton
batting and a sheet pinned around it
snugly, end lastly a quilt was wrapped
around this.
‘‘The child was put to bed and instruc
tions were given not to remove the dress
ing. The child complained bitterly all
night long, the parents thinking that the
suffering was due to the original burn.
About daylight they saw smoke arising
from the bed, but being very Ignorant
people thought It was the ‘lire leaving the
I burri,' and did not remove the dressing
! until later, when the child was dying.
: Upon removing the dressing they found
the inner aspect of the sheet was ocorch
ed, the cotton batting was burned al
most entirely up (over the abdomen) and
still smouldering.
"The child was burned into the Intes
tines in .three places and died In a few
moments. There was not the least evi
dence or tho remotest possibility of the
second fire originating from the outside,
and there was absolutely nothing used
but the bismuth and linseed oil.
Dr. Woody gives the following explana
tion:
"Under the circumstances It must have
been spontaneous combustion of the lin
seed oil. The bismuth subnitrato and cot
ton, divided finely, distributed the oil and
exjtoscd a large surface to the'action of
the oxygen of the air. The warmth from
the body a<)dcd lo the heat and hastened
the oxidation, and the covering confined
the heat until tho oxidation became an
actual combustion."
—Secretary Lyman J. Gage, in an arti
cle In the current number of "Success,’*
says: "The successful banker must be a
trained man. Originality counts for a
great deal, but It Is safer when one Is
young to follow the beaten (>;*ok and to
profit by the wisdom of those who have
learned In tne school of ezperlene,.”
HEALTH OF SCHOOL-GIHLS.
Warning* of Speclnll*t* Against
Overwork. From tlie Age* of Ten
to Sixteen Years.
From the New York Post.
At a time when it is widely claimed that
the curriculum of the public schools
makes too great a demand upon the time
and energies of children, the gynaecolo
gists are coming to the front with a
special protest on behalf of girls. in
his recent presidential address before the
American Gynaecological Society, Dr.
George J. Englemann of Boston paid
paritcular attention -to this subject.
Statistics he said, had clearly shown the
tremendous susceptibility and the almost
feverish activity of the -period of develop
ing womanhood, and he contended that
the system of education in vogue in the
schools (public and private) and the col
leges of this country tended to aggravate
these conditions in the rising generation
of American womanhood, with the result
of a general and functional deterioration
in health.
While expressing the belief that many
of the evil effects produced by what he
termed the present irrational mode of
educating girls could be overcome by Ju
dicious physical training and by strict
adherence to the laws of hygiene. Dr.
Engelmann urged preventive measures,
holding that the real solution was in rea
sonable hours of study, in mental train
ing adapted to physiological possibilities,
and in a regard for the claims of woman's
sensitive organization.
The Medical Record of this city, of
which Dr. George F. Shrady is editor,
takes up the subject and says in a recent
issue:
The influence of modern education on
the functional development of girls is a
matter the importance of which It is al
most impossible to overestimate, and it is
one which will bear discussion with ad
vantage. From all sides and from all
parts of the civilized world comes the
cry that the vitality of the race is being
sapped by injudicious method* of educa
tion. In the case of growing girls this Is
a question that closely concerns the phy
sical and mental welfare of every nation,
for it stands to reason that in order to
produce and rear a healthy progeny, the
mothers of our children should be thor
oughly sound in mind and body. In the
United States, perhaps to a greater ex
tent than in any other country, has the
present system of educating girls shown
its worst effects. • • • The present
day native American girl of the middle
class is -the artificial product of adva-nced
civilization. She is a bundle of nerves
encased in a fragile frame, and there is
undoubtedly reason to fear that unless
a radical change is made In her upbring
ing, the consequences will be serious to
the entire community. Less brain work
and more frejs-h air and exercise are the
remedies recommended.
All this appears to agree with the views
of Dr, W. Gill 'Wylie of this city, who
as a gynaecologist has for years made a
special study of the developing girl and
of the effects upon her organization of
exertion, mental or physical. He long ago
came to the conclusion that between the
ages of ten and sixteen the glrld could
endure but little strain and excitement—
whether produced by work or too vigo
rous play or Intellectual effort—without
grave danger of serious and permanent
impairment of her health. So Impressed
was Dr. Wylie by the results of his
physiological investigations, aided and
confirmed in the course of his practice
and by special observation, that he at
once began such a campaign as a busy
physician and surgeon could find time
for, and has written and spoken constant
ly on the prevalent evil of forcing the
mental growth of girls.
"The American horse,” he #ay, "re
ceives, on the average, better treatment
than the young women of America from
the time of early girlhood until the age
of development has passed. The stock
breeder never forces tiff 1 young animal
during the period of development, realiz
ing that It la the lime the greatest care
should be taken; while American parents,
especially of the middle classes, with
great ambition for their children and the
desire that they develop Intellectually be
yond their own standard, allow their
heads to be crammed vflth knowledge so
rapidly that the brain canot assimilate
It, and the result Is that all strength of
development Is devoted to the brain, and
physique And# expansion as best It can;
New England furnishes the extreme type
of the woman, supposedly more perfect
than In any other section, InteUlctuaMy
above the average, but with a physique
below par.”
Dr. Wylie is one of the medical ex
aminers of the Board of Education, and
os such he examines physically candi
dates for teaching licenses. A majority of
these are young women of from eighteen
to twenty-live, who have passed through
the public schools of this city and have
been graduated from the Normal College.
Dr. Wylie does not hesitate to say that
it la evident to him at: a glance that a
large percentage of these young women
have suffered vitally from too Intense ap
plieation to studies during the period
when they should have been carefully
precerved from strain of any nature.
In this official capacity of examiner,
Dr. Wylie has been brought Into such
relation with the Board of Education tnat
It would be naturally supposed that
his views were well known to the members
of the Board. All who were approached
on tho subject, however—and they were
several, of the most prominent—admitted
that they were totally Ignorant both of
Dr. Wylie’s opinion and of those delivered
by Dr. Engelmann of Boston. The whola
subject. In fact, had to them the charm
of perfect novelty. They said they were
aware that there was a widespread Ini
jireasion that too mtacll was attempted In
the school*, and that the pupils were be
ing pressed to hard, but they confessed
that It had never occurred to them that
girls were suffering, or might suffer,
more than boys.
“In Manhattan and the Bronx.” said
one member, “the curriculum is undoubt
edly too much crowded. In seven years
the same results are attempted as in
Brooklyn in eight. A committee of the
Manhattan School Board is now consider
ing lightening the burden laid upon pupils.
It will, I think, recommend that either
the course be extended one year or the
curriculum -be substantially reduced."
“Would it not be desirable and feasible
to have separate courses for boys and
girls?” was asked.
"No; decidedly not.- The curriculum, in
my t opinion, must remain, a* it is at
present, the same for both boys and girls.
To create different courses would Intro
duce grave complications In the matter
of promotion for teachers. The teacher
who had instructed girls in a minimized
course would have no experience qualify
ing her to teach boys in a more elaborate
course, and, consequently, she could not
be promoted and receive the larger salary
attached to boys’ classes. No: the idea
of different Courses is impracticable; it
would work Injustice to teachers and
breed discontent among them."
Another member said that the subject
was at present an "academic'’ one; that
it was one which the Board could scarce
ly investigate, it lacking qualifications
for so doing; but that, In view of the
emphatic warning note of eminent spec
ialists, it was undoubtedly Important and
deserving of consideration. Thus far it
had never in any form been before the
school authorities. There was a general
agreement among the members that in
visits to the schools nothing suggestive
of the ill consequences described by the
gynaecologists had been observed.
KING EDWARD DAM ES W ELL.
gold to Do the Highland Fling Bet
ter Than Any One in tlie Kingdom.
From the Philadelphia Times.
London, June I.—A life of King Ed
ward VII., written by "One of His Serv
ants,” has been published. It is quite in
teresting and is full of anecdotes of His
Majesty, to whose traits are devoted a
good deal of space. Probably the average
Briton will learn with surprise that His
Majesty is "Inordinately fond of dancing"
and that for many a year his friends de
clared he danced the Highland fling bet
ter than any one in the kingdom. These
years, one would think, must be long past.
He, however, is a fine skater, plays
hockey well, is a good sailor and has, of
late years, patronized pigeon flying.
Among his minor hobbles is that of col
lecting arms of all kinds.
The wardrobe of King Edward is some
what Immense. This Is due. to a consid
erable extent, to the many complimentary
naval and military appointments he holds.
About the fit of his private clothes he Is
most particular and gives employment to
three tailors. Tne Kirtg has a great dis
like for eccentricity in dress, startling
neckties and fancy waistcoats, and, above
all, a profusion of Jewelry is strictly ta
booed.
The King has now turned his renovat
ing energy in anew direction. Cranbourne
Lodge, a forgotten royal residence, which
lies in a beautifully wooded glade between
Virginia Water and Ascot, Is to be made
a fit habitation.
The lodge is a quaint house, built In the
reign of Charles II by the famous Lord
Ranelagh, and has some interesting
roems of that period. It was occupied for
some years by Princess Charlotte of
Wales, after her marriage to Prince Leo
pold of Saxe-Coburg. Since then the house
had not been occupied.
A Hide With n Shark.
Among the "Queer Steeds" of which C.
F. Holder tells in the June St. Nicholas,
perhaps the queerest is a "nurse" shark,
captured at sen. and Impounded in a tide
water aquarium in Florida.
With no little difficulty we caught the
nurse, towed It to the aquarium, which
was an inclosed moat half a mile long,
fifty feet wide, and from six b eight feet
deep. It required a dozen or more men
to haul the fish, which was eleven feet
■in length, over the little tide-gate. Just
before it was released a rope bridle was
passed over it—a loop that fitted over the
head and was tightened Just behind the
fins, so that it remained in place, a perfect
saddle-girth. To this a rope nbout ten
feet long was attached, and In turn made
fast to a float. All this was prepared In
advance, and it did not require much time
to attach it, though the plunges of the
shark knocked several men from their
feet. Finally all was ready, and the shark
was rolled over into (he moat, where 11
went dashing away, the telltale float fol
lowing at the surface.
For some time we had been engnged in
building a boat which was to be the car
riage of this steed. The masons had given
us the frame of a great brick arch upon
which they were working. This re
sembled a scow with square ends. It was
a perfect skiff, except that the planks
were an inch apart; but we fllied these
crevices and calked it with oakum. Ihe
day before the shark was esught, the boat
was launched and tested, and tt was found
that It would hold three boys, two on a
lower seat, and one on the box-seat of the
coach. The "shark ride" was looked for
ward to with the greatest interst.
Finally the day arrived, and very early
while the great tropical sun was creep
ing up through the vermilion clouds, we
made our way around the wa 11 and to
our marine carriage. Being the originator
of the scheme, the privilege of the box
scat was awarded to me. I,l l ere 11 y, this
seat was a box—a discarded cracker-box.
My two companions sat upon a board In
the stern to balance the skiff. We were
scon in place, and sitting on the box, X
carefully paddled the little craft out from
the tide-gate, and began the search for
our steed. I paddled down one side of the
great wall, keeping perfectly quiet, as
every quick movement threatened us with
a capsize.
Presently we saw the float lying mo
tlonleas on the water near the wall. The
shark was undoubtedly asleep. Uttle sus
pecting the rude awakening that was In
store for him. I now handed the. paddle
to one of the boys behind me, and took
In hand our painter. The latter Is the
rope fastened to the boat, and It was now
my business to secure this to the float
and to arouse the shark.
One of my companions paddled gently,
and the flat-bottomed boat slowly drifted
cn. Leaning forward, I picked up the
float, and quickly ran the painter through
a hole that had been left In the float for
the purpose, and fastened it with a bow
line knot In a very seamanlike manner.
When this was done, I hauled tn the slack
and gently pulled the rein while one of
the hoys "clucked” at t’bc shark, and the
other said "Uedap!" No response. Then
I gave another Jerk at the line, and the
shark woke up.
I have often read of bops who awake
at sunrise and bound out of bed with
single leap, and have always thought that
such sudden awakening could be true
tnly In books. But that was exactly how
lliis shark woke. It fairly leaped out of it
sound sleep, and Jerked the skiff ahead
so violently that the box-seat upset and
1 fell backward upon my companion*.This
upset was certainly not a dignified begin
ning, and I heard a roar of laughter from
some fun-loving lookers-on.
The shark, now feeling the rope, dashed
along at a rapid pace, making it extreme
ly difficult for us to letuln our [daces; but
my companions aided me. Carefully rais
ing me, they rtghted the box. J secured
the [winter and held the single rein in
triumph. It was a tig null success. We had
harnessed the shark, and were moving
at a rate that was wildly exciting The
speed was so great that the boat was
pulled almost bow under, end a wave of
foam preceded us. Tha boys held on tight
ly, but occasionally rawed one hand and
waved their hats end cheated whan a
head appeared at • porthole of th* fort.
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GOOD NEWS FROM ALABAMA.
Dear Friends: Pierce, Ala., Oct. 2.
I was In Baldwin county some three weeks sgo and there met Brother John
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REV. JNO. CHRISTIAN.
LETTER FROM TENNESSEE.
Dear Friends: I have been suffering twenty-three years with an ulcer on *my
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failing to make a cure. I called In different physicians. They all said that they
could cure me. but found It to be of a stubborn nature and failed
I saw GRAYBEARD advertised and I bought
4 bottles of it—
-2 boxes of the pills
-1 box of the ointment;
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I say that lam well—not nearly well-Jbut entirely well. It has been over twelve
months and no symptoms have returned.
1 hope the suffering will do as I have—use It. have faith in it and be cured.
Jan 1, MRS. JANE GEORGE, Rockvale, Tenn.
A SPLENDID SHOWING.
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sonic five years. I told her that her blood had to be cleansed and that GRAY
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HELPS A WORKING MAN.
Here is an Interesting statement from a citizen of East Georgia. It should
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est family madlclne obtainable. J. W. Williamson of Cairo, Oa„ writes
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of these holies. I had a bad one when I began to take GRAYBEARD and two
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GRAYBEARD CURES DYSPEPSIA
"GRAYBEARD cured me of dyspepsil
“Nervous Dyspepsia.
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times my suffering was intense. I almost despaired of life, though the doctors did
what they could for me.
“Last spring I begaVi to take GRAYBEARD. I Improved from the first, and
had hut one attack slnee-that was the lightest I ever had. GRAYBEARD la
the only thing that has made me feel like myself.
MRS. 8. E. CLARY, Greensboro, Ala.
SENT HOME TO DIE.
We have Just received this letter from Mr. A. Nixon, Logan. 0., who has sold
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MR. JOHN VAUGHN OF HOLTS CORNER, TENN., SAYS:
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This I- the statement of nearly every sufferer of Rheumatism. Rheumatism, as
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and kidneys. GRAYBEARD cures Rheumatism in every single Instance If takes
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CURED OF RHEUMATISM.
I suffered of rheumatism a long time, and found nothing to relieve me until
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blood medicines. All of them failed. GRAYBEARD cured me sound and well. I
can’t praise It enough. I will recoinegind It to anybody having Rheumatism.
’ - C. C. CLARK, No. 429 Park avenua.
“GRAYBEARD IS THE BEST.”
St. Simon's Mills, Ga.
rhmm Drug Cos., Savannah. Oa.:
Dear Sirs—l have used five bottles of your GRAYBEARD COMPOUND and I
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. S. G. DENT.
CANCER.
Sabine, 0., Dec. 15.
I had what the doctors called Cancer on my face, close to my eyes, and tried
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bought some of It and took It. ,
To-day I am well and GRAYBEARD cured me. I can say truthfully that this
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derive great benefit from It. All who have tried It In this section speak highly
a t it. REV. GEO. WADDLE.
RHEUMATISM.
Blrdford, Ga., June I*.
1 would here say for the benefit of the public that I was troubled with Rhea,
mutism In my hips for three months, and, as I handled GRAYBEARD I con
cluded to give It a trial. I took two bottlees and a half and was cured. Ido be
lieve It to be a great medicine.
Also Bister DeLoach took It for Paralysis and It helped her surprisingly.
REV. A. R. STRICKLAND.
Six bottles of the GRAYBEARD COMPOUND will coot you $5.00, and until
your druggist handles it for you we wilt allow you to deduct 50 cents to help pay
freight charges.
First ask your druggist If he haa our GRAYBEARD COMPOUND. If he has
It. he will aell It to you at SI.OO a bottle and you will not have to pay express.
Address orders or Inquiries to
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RESPESS DRUG COMPANY,
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