Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 11, 1906, Page 1

VOLUME 4. NUMBER 10 BECHTEL REVEALS BRIBING SCANDALS SENSATION AT TRIAL | Former Insurance Commis-. sioner Shaughnessy Re- ceived $5,000. Defendant Spent Sum of $3,500 for Legislative Expenses. Trial Is Nearing Close in| Hennepin County Dis- ! trict Court, Minneapolis, Minn., May 10.— Attorneys today are summing up, in the case of the state against) W. I, Bechtel, former president of the Northwestern Nutional Life Insurance com, any, who is charged with grand larceny in having appropriated to his own use $3,500 of the funds of thej company. ! The testimony given by Bechtel i was sensational in the extreme. The charge of Bechtel that Former Insurance Commissioner | Shaughnessy of Minnesota had accepted a bribe of $5,000 for a’ favorable report on the proposed consolidation of the Northwest- ern Mutual and National Life} association, had been considered | by the grand jury which brought an indictment against Bechtel, and in its report the grand ju ry | seveiely reprobated the alleged! conduct of the insurance com- missioner, but said that he was exempt from prosecution because of the statute of limitations. Other sensational smtmnenlsl made by Bechtel while on the stand related to personal profits made by transactions supposedly carried on for the benefit of the company. The company con-| tracted to reimburse the Towa company, but instead of doing so, Bechtel turned the contract over to the California company at a profit of §40,000. Assistant County Attorney Dahl introduced a letter written to Albert H. Reed, Roulder, Colo- rado, in which he made the statc- ment that he had used $3,500 to reimburse himsell for money, paid for the good of the company and legislative expenses during: the session of the legislature. Mrs. Cavis Dangerously 1. New York, May U.—M Lravis, widow of (e pr Jefterson ident of the dangzero Southern Confedeizey, i il of the the llotel € nearly 3 old it that the attack may be fatal, Our [5th Anniversary I est in the world. Saturday o’clock Satnrd vy night, May 12. ing a large niumber of items at a very low price, to those who have supplied themselves, we ex- tend an invitation to come in and see what they can save on huying advertised goods. CRAPSEY TRIAL ENDED. All Reports as to the Verdict Are Merely Guesswork. Batavia, N. Y., May 11.—The ec- clasiastical court which tried Dr. Algernon A. Crapsey, rector of St. Andrew’s church of Rochester, on a jcharge of heresy, ended its work dur- Ing the day when a verdict was reached and the document containing the findings of the cour: was drawn up, signed and forwarded to Bishop Walker at Buffalo. Until the verdict thas been reviewdd by Bishop Wallker no official information as to its con- tents can be secured. The published statement to the effect that the court had voted four to one against Dr. Crapsey on both specifications is de- clared to be only guesswor A remark dropped by the Rev. Charles I. Boynton of Geneseo to the clerk of the court has led many, to be- lieve that the court was unanimo for Dr. Crapsey’s conviction but dit- fered as to the degree of punishment. In answer to a question as to whether the president and cl would sign the findings Dr. Boynton replied: “They all will sign them.” Bishop Walker has the power to modify the sentence, if the verdict is against Dr. Crapsey, although he is without power to increase it. REBUILDING OF SAN FRANCISCO. Plans for Financing the Project As- suming Definite Shape. New York, May 11.—The Tribune says the plans for financing the re- building of San Francisco, which have been the subject of several confer- ences here within the past few days, are now assuming definite shape. It Is purposed to organize a hond and mortgage corporation under a federal charter, or a broad state charter, em- powering the corporation to guaran- tee the principal and interest of bonds , Issued by it and secured by ten-year mortgages on San Francisco property. The company will have a capital of probably $10,000,000. This capitaliza- tion, it is ihought, will be sufticiently large to warrant the company in un- derwriting $30,000,000 of bonds. PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED, Tramp Killed and About Forty Pas. sengers Injured. San Jose, Cal, May 11.—A serious wreck occurred at Edenvale, seven miles south of this city, early in the di when the Southern Pacific Over- land limited, westbound, running firty miles an hour, was ditched. A tramp was killed and thirty or forty passen gers, mostly Chinese, were injured, The accident was due to der a car behind the ge car Jumping the track and striking the switch. The engine, tender, conbina tion bag; and mail car and a mail car were piled in a heap. T EQUAL TO ANY IN THE WORLD. Congressman Keifer Favors Enlarge- ment of the Navy. truck un- Washington, May 11-—Representa- tive Keifer (0. lclieves that the , proper way (o bring about a lasting peace in the world is ia a properly constructed navy, cuusl to the great: eral Keifer ol tained the floor in the house G day to deliver a pr the enlargement of the pa aph relating 1o the priation tor a battleship had not heen | He said that our modern na 18 never fought a real naval eng nt. 1t was his zolemn judg nmient that if the United States desived to continne to protect conerce she must have modern navy. reached © maritinee At Belmont Park Johu A. Drake's Grapple, an § to 1 shot, captared the rieh Metropolitan handicap, defeating a good ficld. Night! Sale will close at 10 We are offer- shades. prices $10.00 to Ladies’ Long Coats We are now showing some beautiful garments, (Wooltex make.) in light geey 0’Leary & Bowser $15.00 AGTIVITY AT ALL PORTS MEN RESUME WORK OF UN- LOADING VESSELS. ACTUAL COST OF STRIKE $2,500,000 EMPLOYES RETURN TO THEIR LA- BORS FOR THE SAME WAGES AS LAST SEASON. Cleveland, May 11.—In compliance with the terms of the agreement the striking longshoremen reported for work early in the day. The work of getting up steam in the big ore hoists on all the docks was at once begun : and the boats were lined up, hatches off, and word was sent to the boats in the harbor to be ready to come in as soon as the bcats now inside are cleared. ¥ Every one of the 20,000 men who were out on strike at the various lower lake ports returned to work and the task of unloading the 1,000,000 tons of ore that has accumulated in Lake Erie was begun. that were laid off were put to work again, The strike lasted nine days, cost $2,500,000 directly in loss of actual money to the strikers and carriers, exclusive of indirect loss, and the men are returning to work on the same basis as last year. Bad faith is charged by the longshoremen against the offi- cials of the Mates' union, in whose be- half they stvuck. Contrary to general expectation it is not probable that there will be any advance in lake freight rates at this time as a result of the strike. Prom- inent vessel owners ‘expressed the opinion that while rates will doubtless go up toward fall there will be no ad- vance at present. INTERESTS SUFFER. Marine Strike Seriously Affected Iron Range Towns. Duluth, May 11.—The marine strike, which has just been called off, was be- ginning to he severely felt in the Me- saba range towns and had it lasted through this month there would have: been many discouraged merchants and other business interests would have suffered severely. Already merchants on the range had begun to curtail their orders from the jobbers and in this manner were the effects of the strike beginning to be reflected in Duluth. A large number of men who had been laid off at 1the docks will soon be regularly employed. Their services will be in greater demand now. BUSINESS Buffalo Strikers at Work. Buffalo, N. Y., May 11.—In accord- ance with the agreement reached at Cleveland all the workers on the docks reported for duty during the day. It will require about ten days to clear up the congested condition of the har- bor. About 3,000 men resumed work. CAUTIONS TRIAL JUDGES. Wisconsin Supreme Court Warning to Circuits. Madison, Wis., May 11.—The Wis. consin supreme court has issued a mild reprimand to the circuit judges of the state and calls upon them to be more careful in the charging of trial Juries. The court of appeals declares that the rights of litigants are often worked hardship by the failure of trial judges to cavefully consider and lay before juries the law and that for many litigants who are unable to carry their cases to the higher courts there is no relief from this injustice. The supreme court calls upon courts to cavefully prepare and write out their charges to the juries. Issues a FALL AT DANCE Superior Girl Trips on Dress and Hurts Head on Chair. Superior, Wis., May 11.—Miss Hen- rletta Sworts, a prominent society girl is dead as the result of received by falling at a club dance week ago. Miss Sworts tripped in the folds of her gown at the dance and in falling her head struck on the rung of a chair. The base of her brain was injured, causing convul- slons, from which she was unable to recover. She was seventeen years of age and a daughter of D. H. Sworts, a prominent railroad man here. IS FATAL. EARTHQUAKE IN NEBRASKA. One Minute Shock Covers Large Sec- tion of State. Cody, Neb., May 11.—At 6:25 p. m. an earthquake shock lasting nearly one minute passed through the Elk- horn valley, the earth seeming to move north and south. No damage is re- ported from the different towns which have telephcned in the news. So far towns in all directions for sixty miles have reported feeling the shock. Wallace Accepts Position. Chicago, May 11.—John F. Wallace, formeT chief engineer of the' Panama canal, has announced that he has ac- cepted the presidency of the Electric Properties company. tion, recently incorporated in New York, is; according to Mr. Wallace, to ~acquire, finance and develop properties in which electricity plays the prin- cipal part. 3 | on o EEEe memIt JF A A The railroad freight crews | the trial ; The - organiza- MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ! BY BROTHER. Latter's Mind B to Be Mentally Unbalanced. Montesuma, lnd.i‘: May 11.—W. H. Bylvester, presideint ot the First Na- tional bank of Mdntezuma, was shot and killed at noon In his home by his brother, whose mind is believed to be affected. 5 Stephen Sylvestér, the brother who did the shooting, Wa# injured several years ago by a fall and his mind has | been affected sinca; The shooting fol- lowed a quarrel at the home of W. H. Sylvester, the dead man, who was one of the most prominent men in the com- munity. Stephen hdd demanded money | fight followed. A néighbor named Pitt- ‘man was called il by Mrs. Sylvester and he separated the men, Stephen agreeing to return to his home. Pitt- man released him #nd Stephen drew a revolver and fired into his brother’s stomach, killing him almost instantly. Stephen ran from the house to his own home and took refuge in a shed recently built by him with an iron roof and wooden walls eight Inches thick. In this he had placed a number of re- volvers, rifles andf ammunition. He | entrenched himself “inside, shouting . through the door that he would never be taken alive. PATIENTS TEL! OF ABUSES. Investigation of Government Asylum at Wachington. ‘Washington, May 11.—The investi gating of the government hospital ror the insane of this gity was continaed | during the day by the special commit tee of the iduse ofreépresentatives. Mrs. F. S. Rolam of this eity, who + has a son in the ilistitution, testified that he had been illjtreated. Mrs. lottie P.JWright, formerly treated there for frervousness, also told of abuses. Her husband, George C. Wright, also wi#s a witness. His mother had been geni to the institu- tion and had died within a week there- after. Her body was bralsed so badly that he could hardly recognize her after her death. August Holmberg, an old soldier, told of cruel wreatment and bad food. Otis Wilson and @wen S, Allen, both ex-attendants of thé asylum, admitted striking patients. SHOT WITH S OWN GUN. il Not Admit Sui- lionaire, —Following the .-Spier, the. lrac- as found dead in But Spier Family cide of New York, May funeral .of Charles tion manager, who his home on Sta Island Monday morning following: alarm_of bur- glare, a second autopsy was performed on the body and the bullet extracted. It was found to be a 32-caliber, the same as Spier’s pistol. - The bullet was in the back under the left shoul- der blade. In ita course it had pene- trated the heart. Having been shot with his own re- volver it is the theory of the fami that Spier grappled with the burglar he is said to have detected at work and that the marauder turned the weapon upon its owne CHICAGO CITY HALL IS SAFE. Evicted Employes Are Ordered Back to Work. Chicago, May 11.—The scare grow- ing out of the settling of the city hall because of the construction of the foundation of the new courthouse is over. The various departments that were evicted from the building have been ordered back to their quarters, with the exception of those on the fourth fioor, where the binding trusses are being put in. An expert commission appointed by Mayor Dunne formally declared the building perfectly safe as far as any danger of collapse is concerned and all employes who have been given 2 vacation pending the investigation will be ordered to report for duty at once. CHANGES COLOR THRICE DAILY. Des Moines Baby of Mixed Blood a Curiosity. Des Moines, May 11.—A baby who changes color three times in every twenty-four hours is a curiosity in Des Moines. The strange child is Eli Rami, the fourteen-months-old son of Count Natho, a Hindoo, who married an American girl in Quiney, Il1, three years ago. When the little fellow awakens at sunrise he is a pretty, pink. fair complexioned boy; at noon he changes color and Within an hour he is of the dark ginger color of his | princely ancestor. At night he be- comes an alabaster white. The mix- ture of blood-is said to be accountable & for the strange phenomenon. LEGISLATORS TESTIFY. Boston Grand Jury Investigating Brib- ery Charges, Boston, May. 11.—The Suffolk coun- 1y courthouse was a place of unusual activity during the day when members of the legislature appeared in answer to summons by District Attorney Mo- ran calling upon them to testify be-: fore the grand jury on the subject of bribery charges. The unprecedented proceeding of the entire membership of the Massachusetts general assem- bly being difécted to appear before tlie grand jury attracted a large number of people to the corridors of the court | building. Italian Couple Murdered. New York, May 11.—James Mucchio and his wife Gelesti were found mur- dered in their rooms in the rear of a bootblacking stand which Muechio conducted in Court street, Brooklyn. Their skulls had been crushed with a Matchot and their {hroats cut. from his brother and a quarrel and fist | | general's action was read to the mem- | METHODS OF OIL TRUST FORMER AGENT OF OCTOPUS ON STAND IN GOVERNMENT IN- QUIRY AT CHICAGO. RESORTED TO BRIBERY IF NEGESSARY STANDARD COMPANY ANXIOUS FOR DETAILS OF BUSINESS OF COMPETITORS. Chicago, May 11.—The inquiry by the government, through the inter- state commerce commission, into the relations between the Standard Oil company and the railroads of the coun- try commenced here during the day. ‘Two of the points upon which, it is said, the investigation will endeavor to throw light are the matter of the pipe lines ot the Standard Ofl com- pany which are laid along the railroad rights of way and the purchase of Galena oil by the railroads for head- light and signal purposes. The hearing was conducted by At- torneys J. F. Marchand and F. S. Mon- ett for the government and Commis- sioners Clements, Cockrell and Prouty heard the evidence. John S. Miller And A. G. Eddy appeared for the Stand- ard Oil company. Commissioner Clements, at {the com- mencement of the hearing, aunounced that it was held in pursuance of a resolution passed by congress and that the present session was a contin- uance of the investigation conducted some time ago at Kansas City. The first witness was E. M. Wilhoit of Topeka, Kan., now an independent oil operator but ten years 2g0 an agent of the Standard Oil company. He testified that while in the employ of the Standard Oil company he had, in following out the instructions of his superior officers, bribed clerks in the offices of railroads and enployes of in dependent oil concerns in order to ob- tain information of the details of the business done by the Rivals of Standard Oil Company. He declared that agents of the Stand- ard Oil company are held personally responsible for all oil sold in their territory by independent companies and that drivers of tank wagons are expected to keep up their stock by selling 205 Lo 208 gallons from a wag- onload of 200 gallons. He said that the actual test of the products of the Standard Oil company to determine the quality are carefully guarded and that when it was found necessary to cut the price to meet the figure of a competitor a cheaper quality of oil was substituted and guaranteed to be of higher grade than it really waus: Mr. Wilhoit said that frequently three grades of oil were sold from the same tank by agents of the Standard Oil company. In support of the state- ments he had made Mr. Wilhoit read a letter written Oct. 26, 1896, by C. W. Mayer, manager of the Standard Oil company at Kansas City. The letter enclosed a check for $8 and said that the company had decided to-stop send- ing money for the use of its agents in obtaining information regarding the shipments of independent concerns for fear that knowledge of the practice might become public. He said that in | the future agents would be expected to obtain their information without { the use of expense money. Another letter, said to have been written by Mr. Mayer and dated Nov. 10, asked the local agent to obtain a sample of the product being shipped into the territory by the Nartional Oil company. The letter said that while the task was difficult it the agent suc- ceeded it would make his services to the company extremely valuable. DENIES EXISTENCE OF TRUST.! President of Proprietary Association Considers Suit a Joke. New York, May 11.—The Proprietary Association of America, one of the de- | fendants in the petition filed by Attor- ney General Moody for an injunction to restrain certain associations, cor- porations and individuale from con: trolling prices in the drug trade, is holding its annual meeting in this city. | During the day’s session the announce- ment from Washington of the attorney bers. Everybody in the association, said President Cheney afterward, took the petition as a joke, “How can they enjoin us from doing | what we nre not doing?” he asked. “The w!ole thing is absurd. There is no s.cl thing as a drug trust. The phrase is a misnomer—coined from ignorance of the real functions of the Proprietary association, - “We had nearly adjourned for the day,” President Cheney . continued. ! “when somebody came into the room and showed me this article about this petition for an injunction. I had it ' read aloud to the meeting and we all | had a good iaugh over it. There never has been any sort of couspiracy to keep prices either up or down.” _ Blow at Present Officials. Madison, Wis., May 11.—The elvil service commission has rendered a de- cision that state employes cannot efr- culate nomination papers under the new primary election law. This is a blow at the present state officers who are candidates and are conducting campaigns from their offices through | #ubordinates. PAPER TRUST HARD HIT BY THE COURT QUESTIONED BY MORGAN. William Nelson Cromwell Again Be- | fore Senate Committee. Washington, May 11.—In condemna- tion of the action of Secretary Taft in trausterring one share of Panama rail- road stock each to William Nelson Cromwell, Roger L. Farnham and Min- ister Obald a of the republic of Pan- ama to quaiify these men to serve as directors Senator Morgan during the day continued the examination of Mr. Cromwell before the senate committee on interoteanic canals. Mr. Cromwell asserted that the transfer was neces- i sary to the protection and preserva- tion of the interests of the government | in order to continue the corporation under its New York charter, which provided for the election of a board of directors of bona fide stockholders. Senator Morgan took issue with this statement, saVing he could see no rea- son why all of the shares should not have been left in the United States treasury and some wgy found to have dispensed with the services of these directors. As the examination proceeded many of Mr. Cromwell's answers were guard- ed by legal technicalities and Senator Morgan said sharply: “I shall warn you that I intend to examine Secretary Taft about this. I' want you to be careful in your answers ' and to tell the truth.” “It is pretty hard to get at the truth without criticising your language,” said Mr. Cromwell, He was proceed- ' ing in a personal way and simultane- || ously Senator Morgan was sharply up- braiding the witness for alleged eva- ' sions of questions. At the same time Senator Taliaferro was addressing Chairman Millard in protest ggalnsii the language of the witness and every- thing was confusion. ‘When order had been restored Mr. Cromwell started to review the trans- actions by which he bought Panama rallroad stock for the government and said he was proud of his success. “Let us put a stop to this vainglori ous review,” said Senator Morgan. Senator Taliaferro then examined the witness at some length, clearing up j much of the misunderstending. ‘The thirty-third national conference | of charities and corrections is in ses.| sfon at Philadelphia, The condition of growing winter | wheat 1s given at 91 per cent by the ! agricultural department’s crop renort. INJUNCTION BY SANBORN Federal Judge Grants Per- petual Order Against Gen- eral Paper Company. e Effect of Order Will Be to Dissolve the Trust. Restrained From Doing Busi- ness Through Any of Its Branches. St. Paul, Minn, May 11— Judge Sanborn in federal court today granted a perpetual in- , junction against the paper trust. The order forbids the General Paper company, otherwise known as the paper trust, from trans. acting bnsiness through any and all of the various companies of which it is composed. The effect of the injunction will he to dissolve the trust. A boller at Brown Bros.’ tile factory at Crawfordsville, Ja., exploded. Two workmen were killed and the plant was wrecked. The bank of Thornton, Ia., owned by a co-partnership of J. D. Barlow and G. L. Ehlers. has made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, Liabili- ties, $40,000. The house committee on coinage. weights and measures has authorized a favorable-renort on-a-bill whieh the—— senate has passed authorizing the coin: age of the reserve gold bullion in the treasury in excess of 350,000,000, HABIT-FORMING MEDICINES AND DRUGS. Whatever may be the fact s to many of the so-called patent medicines con- La.ln]_nfi njarious- ingredfents as broadly ublished ‘in some journals of more or ess influence, this publicity has certainly been of great benelit in arousing needed attention to this subject. It has. in a considerable measure, resulted in the most Intelligent people avoiding such foods and medicines as may be fairly sus- gecbed of cor ients complained of. Recognizing this fact some time ago, Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., “took e by the forelock,” as it were. and published broadcast all the ingredients of which his popular med cines are composed. Thus he has com- pletely forestalled ail harping critics and 8ll opposition that might otherwise be urged against his medicines, because they &re NOW OF KNOWN COMPOSITION. Fur- thermore, from the formula printed on every bottle wrapper, it will be seen that these medicines contain no alcohol or other habit-forming drugs. Neither do they contain any narcoties or injurious agents, their ingredients being “purely vegetable, extracted from the roots of medicinal plants found growing in the dagths of our American forests and of well recognized curative virtues, Instead of alcohol, which even in small portions long continued, as in_obstinate cases of diseases, becomes highly objec- tionable fr¢ its tendency to _produce a craving for stimulants, *Dr. F}l’erce em- ploys chemically pure. triple refined glycerine, which” of itself is a valuable remedy in many cases of chronic disease, being a superior demulcent, anti-septic, anti-ferment and supporting nutritive. It enhances the curative action of the Golden Seal root, Stone root, Black Cherry- bark and Bloodroot, contained in *Golds Medical “Discovery,” in all bronchial, throat and lung affections attended with severe coughs. - As will be seen from the writings of the eminent Drs. Grover Coe, of New York; Bartholow, of Jefferson Medical College, Phila.; Sendder, of Ci cinnati; Ellingwood, of Chicago; Hule, of Chicago, and others, who stand as leaders in their several schools of prac- tice. The foregoing agents are the very best ingredients that Dr. Pierce could have chosen to make up his famous “Discovery ” for the cure of not only bronchial, throat and lung affections, but also of chronic catarrh in all its various forms in whatever part of the system located. By reading the writings of these emi- nent medical men contained in the little booklet, recently compiled by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buftalo, N. Y., which will be sent free, on request by postal card or letter, addressed to him, as above, the reader will find that all the several native, medicinal roots entering into the "Golden Medical Discovery,” as also into Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Preseription, for woman’'s weaknesses and peculiar ail- ments, are very thl:( recommended and raised as cures for diseases for which r. Pierce advises these famous medi- cines of his preparation. Dr. Ellingwood says of Golden Sea] Toot, which is an important ingredient in_both “ Favorite Prescription” and ®Golden Medical Discovery,” "it is an Important remedy in disorders of the womb.” He continnes: “In all catarrhal conditions, especially in flabby, muscular relaxation and general enfeeblement, it is useful.” Prof. Scudder, late of Cin- cinnati, says of Golden-Seal root, in rela- tion to its general effect on the system, ®there is no icine in use about which there is such general unanimity of opinion. It is universally regarded as the tonie, useful in all debilitated states.” Dr. Bartholow says that Golden Seal root is “valuable in uterine hemorrhage |is (bleeding), hemorrhagia (flooding) and | sol congestive dysmenorrheea) painful men- struation).” Prof. John King; author of the AMERI-| addi CAN DISPENBATORY, n{s of Black Cohosh Toek, another ingredient of * Favorite Pre- ng the injurious ingre- | | seription,” “in dysmenorrheea (painful eriods). it is surpassed bf no other drug, | being of the greatest utility in irritative and congestive conditions of the uterus and appendages characterized by tensive, dragging pains resembling the pains of rheumatism.” He continues: "It is a good remedy for the reflex (side acnes) of unmarried women.” He also recom- mends it for uterine leucorrheea, also for sterility. He further says, “its action is slow, but its effects are permanent.” He | also recommends this agent for St. Vitus's dance, also for many rheumatic conditions, as does aiso Hobart H. Hara., M. D., professor in the Med. Dept., Uni- versity of Pa. Other agents entering into the “I’avorite Prescription” are equally praised in the little book of extracts from From(neut medical authors whose pub- ished works are consulted by ghysic any of all the several schools to guide them in preseribing. Golden Medical Discovery ” as also Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription may be ; relied upon to cure all the diseases and more than all that their several ingre- dients are represented as curing, by the above eminent physicians, for they are so compounded that each ingredient acts in harmony with all the others, and also enhances their curative action. They may be taken conjointly in alternate doses with great advantage. The most intelligent people are fast coming to the conclusion that it does not pay and is not safe to resort to medicines of doubtful composition when there are those in the market every ingredient of which is published on thefr wrappers and which are so strongly pra(sef and en- dorsed by scores of those most eminent in the medical profession. Secret medi- cines can, of course, have, no such pro- Jessional endorsement. In favor of Dr. Pierce’s medicines is the frank, confiding, open, honest state- ment of their full eomposition, giving every ingredient in plain English, with- out fear of successful criticism and witk confidence that the good sense of the afllicted will lead them to appreciate this honorable manner of config ng to them what mefi are taking into their stomachs when making use of these medicines. Dr. Pierce feels that he can afford to take the aflicted into his full confidence and lay all the ingredients of his medi- cines freely before them because these ingredients are such as are endorsed and most strongly praised by scores of the most eminent medical writers of all the several schools of practice as cures for the diseases for which these medicines are recommended. Your' druggists sells the “ FAvorrTe PRESCRIPTION” and also that famous alterative, blood purifier and stomach tonic, the “GOLDEN MEDICAL Discov- ERY." Write to Dr. Pierce about your case. He is an experienced physician and will treat your case as confidential and without charge for correspond- ence. Address him at the Invalids’ gotcl and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, . Y., of which he is chief consulting physician. - ft is as easy to be well as ill—and much more comfortable. Constipation is the cause of many forms of illness. Dr. Plerce’s Pleasant Pellets cure con- stipation. ’I‘he{ are l,lnr. sugar-coated ranules. One little “Pellet” is a gentle axative, two a mild cathartic. All dealers in medicines sell them. A food medical book. written in plain English, and free from technical terms is a valnable work for frequent consul: tion. Such a work is Dr. Pierce's Com: mon Sense Medical Adviser. It's a book of 1008 pages, profusely illustrated. It givsn zws{ now, although formerly in cloth binding for-$1.50. Send 21 cents, in one-cent stamps, to pay for cost of mailing only for snper-covered copy, ressing Dr. R. V. Plerce, Buffalo, N. Y.; or 31 cents for an elegantly cioth hound o