Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. 11 ie] A Ghanee to the final chapter. closed in the final chapter of the store, to be publi= and absolutely correct solutions are recelved, the $500 in gold will be divided equally. their percentage of merit, and the money will be divided as follows: lst Prize. 2a Prize. Prizes of $10 each. 29 Prizes, agerexating.. : the person s may determine thelr merit. 3. The Star is pre-eminently a family nen to especially commend It to the home circle. suitable for women’s reading, the by women and girls. All may read; but only women and girls may gue “When the War Was Orer’’ will continue In daily installments until Friday, chapter will have been published. The interval between Friday, November 8, and Tue: clusive, will he allowed for the forwarding of guesses, und the final chapt 15. Under no consideration whatever will zitesses aix o'clock p.m. November 12, sidered fully an- © proper utten- cize Story Edl- r, Washington, 4. Inquirtes not awered here will 1. But ore solntion can be entered by & reader. AIL guesses inust be sent by mail pl addressed The Evening . Washington, D. C: In order to pnt out-of-town readers of The Star on a time equality with city Jers, they will be permitted to se from their local postmaster an {o- dorsement on the back of the envelope in relating to this’ contest. lete and correct solution’ chich their guesses are forwarded, 5. ting the day and hour af delivery of ean srs own’ lane letter to him, and such guesees will guage and in the of words accepted at the Washington post Becessury for an absolute statement of jee on the day and hour certiled. the reader's guess. It must disch :e Iindorsement, plais.y written In nk, the mystery and such materlal facts of immst be personally signed by the post the plot revealed in the development of master of acting postunasier. tho story aa mas be deemed neceseary POSS ISHSSSS ESS SS DSSHSSC SOSH OSSHOSSSLSCSS IIOP HOSS TSHHSHISHODSOOSS 8 eossoece OS 6S GSO 505899 90908 2000 in Gold Daily installments of a thrilling story en- titled “When the War Was Over,” by Frederick R. Burton, will be published in The Star, begin- ning Monday, October 7, and five hundred dol= lars in gold will be paid to the correct guesser of 1, The Evening Star will pay $500 tp gold to the reader from whom It recelves by mall, at the pubiication office, Pennsyl- vania avenue and 11th street, the complete and absolutely correct solution of “When the W ed Friday, November 15, in The Evening 2. 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Fur oo resso: whatever will guesses from any source be received or considered after RULES OF THE COMPETITION: GDOSSSE SHIVSS OSHS SHHDS BHOSDS O99 OS SOSOSCSOOS Win | (o} i Was Over,” tar. it shall be d If two or wore complete GSOS SS SSS 09S S0SSOSSSSOSSSSS00008 ‘The remaining twenty-five prizes 2OOe O86 fe a, et er S, on which date all but the final prior to Fr by tho Judges to a clear and full ex- planation of the ible after the publication of the ster. dition of sub imposed. ription to The is sNers must be women and girls, and necessarily they must be re ‘of The Star, but they aay read the story in ‘The Start taken by nd need not ves in order While only win any member of the family be regular subscribers thems: to enter the competition women and girls my 8 the prizes, they can receive help as to thelr guess from any member of thelr family or fiom all the faimily. GSOSO0GS SSS OSSO89066 @ Bb! © DSSESES —————— “MIERTZ’S MODERN PHARMACY,” 11TH AND F STS. Grand Fall Opening. ow that you have come back from the springs, the mountains and N the seashore we will have our Grand Fall Opening. We have been waiting for all of our customers to come back from their pleasure trips, because we are going to give them the grandest treat in low prices they ever had, and it is going to be such a big thing that we wanted not some, but ail of them to share it. The entire stock of Toilet Articles and Druggist Sundries has been marked down for this great event. The largest stock of Medicines and Housekeepers’ Necessities in Washington have also shared the cutting mania which pervades this opening. For Three Days Only, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, —you will be quoted the Lowest Prices in the History of the Drug Business. Read every single item. RTICLE j Clark's Bunion Cure. 180. TOILET ARTICLES cuT. Lot Bouquet Soap, box, 3 cakes. ....19¢. Queen Ann Lotion ee eT9e, Witet Havel, pints. 19¢, (For rongh compiextors.) 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Queen Ann ¢ Queen Ann Col Greamicreaie For chapped hans and lps.) jet Water ($1 size). batean Violette Blane. Clirk’s Corn Cure. MERTZ’S MODERN PHARMACY, Eleventh and F Streets. i * (small size). THE VI SIONS. NEZUELAN CONCE: Ambassador Bayard Instructed to In- sist Upon Arbitration. The St. Paul Pioneer Press says: Moses E. Clapp left for New York last night to attend Thursday evening a has- tily arranged meeting of the Manoa Com- pany, limited, to consider immediately’ stegs to take possession of the territory embraced within the concession from Ven- ezuela. The outcome of the meeting may possibly be fraught with serious results. It 1s no secret that a portion, at least, of the territory is in dispute between Ven- ezucla and Great Britain and that the present government of the former country would not be loathe to avall itself of the noral, and if necessary physical good of- fices of the United States to prevent the encroachment of the latter. Indeed, it is said that the grant of the concession was a shrewd stroke of diplo- macy of the Venezuelan president, for the purpose of drawing the United States di- rectly into action to foree Great Britain to abandon ker usurpation of territory in Venezuela. The syndicate has given no- tice that it will take possession of its ter- ritory within a month. But diplomatic cor- respondence on this subject between Washington and London has been active for some tire past. President Cleveland and Secretary of State Olney are said to be one on the ques- tion of action, and three letters, it is re- ported, have been sent to Mr. Bayard, in- structing him to notify the British govern- ment that unless the whole question is sub- mitted to arbitration and ettled within ninety days, the United States will act upon its own view of the dispute and en- force the Monroe doctrine. Thursday's meeting in New York, It is said, is called to consider the details of the possession of the land embraced in the concessions, —<eos—_____ Stories for Saturday. Saturday’s Star will contain complete an- other of Anthony Hope's charming tales of the heart of Princess Osra, entitled “The Love of the Prince of Giottenburg.” In ad- dition, there will be printed the concluding portion of the story, “The Foundry Fore- an,"’ by J. H. Connelly, which is one of he Star's series of daily stories. —— DIVORCES NOT RECOGN ED. Action of the South Carolina Con- stitutional Convention. South Carolina occupies the unique posi- tion among the states of the Union of being the only one which has no divorce law, and has never had. The constitu- tional convention yesterday, after a hard fight, by a vote of 86 to 49, adopted a sec- tion of tha constitution | forbidding the ranting of divorces for any cause what- ever, and not allowing recognition of di- vorces granted in other states. —se+. Asleep Over Seven Months. Peter Crawford, twenty-two years old, has been asleep, at Cleveland, with the ex- ception of a few hours, for the last seven or eight months. His case is the most re- markable one that has ever come under the observation of Cleveland physicians. Nearly every doctor in the city, and not a few from other cities, have viewed what bids fair to be the most remarkable case of catalepsy ever known. A litle over a year ago Mr. Crawford was thrown from a mail wagon in New York, sustaining injuries to his spine. Every device employed to awaken the man has proven futile. +o+____, Big Money for an Imagination. A little exercise of your imagination may be worth five hundred dollars in gold to you. Read the particulars in another column of The Star's great mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” by Frederick R. Burton. * ***** There’s solid com- fort in Hanan’s Shoes. Saks and Company—Agents. ‘ight, 1895, by Irving Bachelier.) (Continued from TueSday’s Star.) No doubt Le Grand saw at once that it would be impossible for him to maintain his incognito, so he made a virtue of neces- sity, and said: “What! are you running away, too?” “Only for a day or so,” I said. “That is just my case. I want a little change, and really there is nothing to be gained dancing attendance on the con- gress. Never was there such a collection of dumb dogs.” If I hai still doubted that Le Grand had obtained some valuable information I could have doubted no longer. Nothing else wculd have justified this turning of his back upon the congress whilst it was still in the middle of its sittings. I determined to stick close to him in the hope that I might gain some definite information. However, during our long journey he was very reticent, and it was not until we were actually aboard the steamer which was to corvey us to Dover that he allowed his habitual boastfulness to overcome his cau- tion in even the smallest degree. Then, judging himsclf, no doubt, to be beyond the reach of any possible danger, he drew from his pocket the blue official envelope ral “1 just give you the hint for what it is worth.” which I had once before caught sight of, and said with a triumphant smile: “This is one of my surprise packages.” “Indeed,” I said, “and what is the value inside?" : “Perhaps a crown,” he answered gran- diloquently. Then he returned it to his pocket, but not before I had noticed ‘two things about it. The first that it was fastened; the sec- ond that there was no writing upon it. I had now to devise some plan to get possession of this envelope, and it was not long tefore I hit upon one. I left Le Grand and ;went into another cabin. Here I opened my valise and took out a precisely similar envelope. Then I folded a sheet of foolscap paper and_plac- ing It inside fastened the envelope. I now had a dummy package, not to be distin- guished externally fram the one in Le Grand’s pocket. All this was simple enough. The diffi- culty was how to effect the exchange—but I had my own scheme. The custom house officers were, as usual, on board, and I went up to the chief of them, and told him jin confidence that there was a passenger on board whom it might be well for them to search for cigars or tobacco. “Of course,"" I added, “I do not wish to be mixed up with the business. I just give you the hint for what it is worth. You cannot mistake the passenger in question, he is so immense, and I can hardly belleve that all his bulk is genuine.”’ The official was much obliged to me for the hint, ang it was arranged between us that the sefrch should not take place till just as we were reaching Dover, and that I should then place myself close to the suspected passenger in order to avoid the possibility of a mistake. All came off as we had arranged. As the steamer was on the point of entering the harbor, I went up to Le Grand to fetch my valise, which I had previously placed beside him. Then the revenue officers came up and asked him if he had anything to declare. “Nothing,” said Le Grand impatiently. “Please to open your packages.” These were duly examined, but nothing contraband was discovered. “And now, sir,” said the chief official, “I must trouble you to turn out your pockets.” “What!"" exclaimed Le Grand, swelling with indignation. ; “Duty, sir.” it is unheard of. Do you know who “That doesn't matter, sir; we have the right to search any passenger. “You will hear more of this, Grand. But he had to submit, and he laid a mot- ley collection of articles on the table. Amongst them was the blue envelope. This was my opportunity. I felt very nervous, but in reality the risk of detection was slight, as every one’s eyes were riveted on Le Grand. In fine I made the exchange without difficulty. Then I quietly withdrew and went on deck. The gang plank had al- ready be2n placed in position. As I was crossing it, Le Grand, foaming with im- potent anger, game up behind me. “Did you ever hear of such insolence?” he said. “I shall have the matter brought forward in parliament.” I let him =2ss when we got on shore, and then made my way, not to the Lord Warden, but to a much smaller hotel where I knew I should be unmolested by enemies or frien Here I opened the True enough, it ‘contained the reaty in French with the thirteenth * said Le “We have the right to passenger.” earch any clause obtrusively marked with red ink. “So the prince was right in his suspi- cions,” I said to myself. ‘But how on earth did Le Grand manage to get hold of eb I knew that, though I had secured the draft, which might be useful for the de- tection of the traitor, whoever he might be, Le Grand was much too sagacious to allow himself to be dependent on any docu- ment. I did not doubt that he had learnt off the principal clauses by heart, and that we should, in spite of his loss, see the pro- visions of the treaty in next day's Dial. So I sent the following telegram to the prince: “I have recovered the missing parcel, but I am pretty sure that most of its con- tents have been forwarded to London.” Iv. I stayed in Dover only until the next boat left for Calais. Then I retraced my route and in due course found myself again in A DIPLOMATIC MYSTERY. BY ROY TERET the capital where the congress was sitting. My first visit was, of course, to the prince, I found him greatly agitated. “How good of you,” he said, taking both my hands in his, “to put yourself to all this trouble on my account. And so you have really recovered the document. I will rot ask you how you managed it. In what- ever way it was done, it was a righteous act, for Le Grand could have obtained it only py fraud of some kind. But the rodus operandi is utterly beyond me. As I said before, Le Grand must be the devil.” I drew out the envelope and handed him the paper on which the draft-treaty was written. “Perhaps,” 1 said, detect the traitor.” The prince took the paper, and ran his practiced eye over the several paragraphs. “It is as I feared,”’ he said at last, with something very like a groan. “Some of it is, no doubt, mere clever guesswork, but much is evidently ar-plified from significant hirts given by some one who 1s familiar with our proceedings. And the thirteenth clause—the most important of all—is almost word for word as we finally agreed that it shculd stand. This makes it certain that We have been betrayed. And if it once gets into the papers, as you think it will, there will be such an outcry that we shall have t> modify it. It {s a terrible blow, espe- cially for me, as it will be impossible, for me now to secure anything like such favor- able terms for my sovereign. No misfor- tune so great kas ever befallen me in the whole course of my official career. And all. through that unscrupulous Le Grand.” Sympathizing with the prince, I did my best to soothe and comfort him, but his chagrin was too profound for my efforts to have much success. Then I tried to turn his attention to the document as a possible means of identity- ing the traitor. “Do you know the handwriting?” I asked. “Not in the least; it seems to me to be a disguised band.” “So I thought. And there is nothing about the document to suggest to you any one in particular as the writer?” ‘Nothing! We had a little further conversation, and then I left him, taking the document with me. I had an idea that possibly Gresham might help me. At any rate it was a good cpportunity of putting his boasted science to the test. When I brought the subject before him he smiled a little sarcastically. “So the scoffer has come to pray,” he said. Then he carefully scrutinized the writing, at first, with the naked eye, and afterward with a pocket lense. At iast he sald: ow I: think I have mastered it. Pray ask me any question you like. I will not undertake to answer them all, but if I do not knew, I will say so frankly “Very well, then. First—Is this hand- writing natural or disguised?” “Undoubtedly disguised. “Secondly—Is it a man's hand or a wo- man’s?” “A man’s.” 'Thirdly—Is the writer educated or un- educated “Highly educated.” “Can you fix approximately the age of the -vriter? “Only in th “this will help you to roughest way. He is cer- tainly not a child—not even a youth—for the hand is perfecUy formed. And he can- not be very old, for the writing is quite firm. But he might be any ag2 between, sey, twenty-five and fitty or even sixty.” I could think of only one more question. As yet Gresham's science had done but li tle to help vs. “Is there any pecullarity about the writ- ing which enables you to give any: fu ther information respecting the writer “Ah,” he said, “that is a crucial que: tion; the rest was mere child's play. I an- swer it by saying that there is something very peculiar about the writing which does enable me to give a piece of information about the writer. Only, you will not be- Ti me when I tell you what tt 1s.” ‘Tell me, nevertheless,” I said. “The writer is blind of one eye.” “How can you possibly know that “Oh, it is easy enough, if you only take the trouble to observe. I know, too, that it is the left eye of which he is blind and that the sight of the right eye is not good.” “It is very remarkable, if tru “It is perfectly true. You can yourself. Did you ever see ‘I's’ dotied as these ara?” “I do not know. about them?” “Perhaps you have never noticed how people generally dot them. No one, ex- cept, perhaps, a schoolboy over his round hand, ever dots an ‘i’ at the time he forms the letter; he always waits at least until he has reached the end of the word. Well, row, a nan who has lost the sight of his left eye, and whose sight is generally de- fective, bends over his paper, and his nose gets ir his way when he wants to dot his ‘i's.’ The consequence is that it is all done haphazard. Now look at the dots of these ‘i's,’ they are here, there and everywhere; sometimes—but rarely—before the letter; more often behind it: sometimes too high up; sometimes too low down. You can see at once that it ts all done by taith and not by sight.” I looked more carefully at the writing; it was indeed as Gresham had said. I thovght at once of Count Shrievaliieff. Every one knew that he was blind of the He had acted as secretary to the cergress. Hf, as seemed certain, it was one of the plenipotentiaries who had be- trayed the secret, Count Shrievaljieff must be the man. I hastened with my new piece of information to the prince, but I had to wait till the evening before I could gee him, as he had just gone back to the congre: When we met, I told him what Gresham had said about the handwriting. The prince was no great believer in graphol- ogy, and said so. ‘Still,” I said, “just consider the actual position of affairs. Some one has divulged the main provisions of the treaty. That some one must be one of the plenipoten- tlaries, for no one else has had an oppor- tunity of knowing them. And if it is one of them, the cui bono question arises. Which of them has the greatest interest in upsetting the thirteenth clause *“Undoubtedl; said the prince, “Shrie- valjieff is the man most interested in up- setting that clause. So much must be pat- ent to everybody. Still, I say again, it Is impossible that he can have betrayed us. He may not be overscrupulous, but, still, he would not violate the essential principles of diplomacy.” “But consider again,” I sald. “The count is the man to whom the cul bono test ap- plies, and he is also the man to whom my friend’s description applies. A man be- tween twenty-iive and sixty—that is noth- irg; but also a man blind of the left eye— that fs really significant. Is there any other of the plenipotentiaries blind of the left eye?” “It Is very strange,” said the prince, shaking his kead mournfully. “This busi- ness will kill me; I can think of nothing else but that unlucky thirteenth clause.” Whilst we were thus discussing the af- fair, the post came, and from amongst a pile of letters and papers, the prince picked cut the London Dial. His delicate, jeweled hands trembled visivly as he opened it. One glance was sufficient, and he passed it on to me with a doleful expression. “There it is," he said. “The most sacred What fs there peculiar of secrets published urbi et orbi, and all my labor thrown away. It is mo: us (Concluded in Thursday's Star.) —— Big Money for an Imagination. A little exercise of your imagination may be worth five hundred dollars in gold to you. Read the particulars in another column of The Star’s great mystery story, “When the War Was Over, R. Burton. " by Frederick Don’t be Foolish and take some other brand of condensed milk, thinking it is “just as good” as the GAIL BORDEN > ' EAGLE BRAND It Has No Equal ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH. Thrown Open to the Public Last Night —Organ Recital and Concert. St. Patrick's Church was last night open- ed to the public for the firat time since it was closed for repairs last spring. A de- scription of the improvements that have beea made was published in The Star yes- terday, but even that failed to do justice to the full beauty of the effect when the church was illuminated by the myriads of electric lights that brought out the rich tints on walls and pillars and grained arches and vaulted ceiling. The most ar- tistic taste is manifest in all the coloring and decoration, and the church is now per- haps the handsomest of its size in this country. The electric light plant is one of the most complete to be found, and the ar- tistic fixtures exceed in beauty of design and elegance of finish anything ever seen here. The introduction of the plant, wir- ing, switchboard, etc., was the work of Mr. John R. Galloway of this city, and its per- fect operation last night was a source of Great satisfaction to Columbani, the de- signer of the fixtures and tabernacle lamp, which were shown off to their full advan- tage. The occasion of the opening of the church last night was an organ recital and con- cert; the first to display the effect of the handsome new organ, and the second to show the excellence of the choir under the new director, Sig. Mariano Maina. The or- ganist last night was Mr. John Porter Law- rence, and that skillful musician never played better. He brought out all the beau- ties of the instrument, its mellowness and richness of tone, its orchestral effects and its volume and power. His numbers were: Bach's Toccata and Fuge in D minor,Saint- Saens’ “Le Rouet d'Omphale,” Chopin's “Military Polonaise,” Guilmant’s “Nuptial March" and Gricg’s “Peer Gynt Suite.” These selections were sufficiently varied in character to bring out the full resources of both player and organ, and ali were inter- preted in the most artistic manner, The choir quartet is composed of Miss Blanche Mattingly, soprano; Mrs. Paulina Maina, contralto; Mr. W. D. McFarland, tenor, and Mr. B. A. Ryan, bass; and each had a solo with chorus accompaniment. Miss Mat- tingly was heard in the brilliant ‘Lauda- mus Te” of Rossint, Mrs. Maina in Dana’s alve Regina,” which was given with splendid effect; Mr. McFarland in Gou- nod’s “Sanctu: and also in Dudley Buck's “How Long, O, Lord,” and Mr. Ryan in Curto'’s “Juxta Crucem.” Mr. Maina sang Karst’s “O Salutari: The choruses were all well sung. The choir was assisted by Mr. Anton Kaspar, violinist; Miss Anita Cluss, harpist, and Miss Mary Helen Howe, soprano. Miss Howe sang tor the fi tims In this city Mascagni’s prayer, “Eterno I ilo,” arranged for violin and harp obligato, with artistic effect and expression. The at- tendance was quite large, and all expressed themselves as highly pleased with the en- tertairment. ee AT ST. MATTHEW’S CHURCH. Work on the Chapel of St. Anthony Well Advanced. Work has so far advanced on the chape: of St. Anthony of Padua, which is being erected for St. Matthew's Church, that the foundation walls are already in place. The general plan of the church being that of a cross, it is the intention of the architect in the designs to build four chapels, one each at the corners formed by the arms of the cross. The chapel which is now under course of construction is at the southeasi- ern intersection and to the east of the va- rochial residence, which fronts on Rhode Island avenue. Another chapel will be that of Our Lady of Lourdes, at the southwest corner, and near which will be located the pulpit. In the center of the church, be- neath the dome, will be placed the altar now being carved in India, to be finished about three years hence. The arrangement of the chapels, in conjunction with the placing of the rulpit, is expected to render the acoustic properties of St. Matthew's unexcelled anywhere, or at least in this eity. The Carroll Chapel is a duplicate of the one after which it is named, in the city of Padua, Italy. — A Story of Mystery. Do you know what a “Story of Mystery” is? It is a continued story of which all but the last chapter is printed, and then guesses are made as to the solution, then the final installment is printed, On October seventh a most interesting mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” will be started In The Stur, and five hundred dollars will be given for the first absolutely correct solution. In case no guess {s abso- iutely correct the amount will be divided among those nearest to a correct solution. The guesses will be confined to women read- ers. Fuller particulars elsewhere. Is the making of a pie. The? making of a crisp crust depends ge largely upon the shortening. 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As we propose to add many new lines to our stock it will be necessary to make exten- sive alterations. In order to reduce st prior to making these improvements, we offer pretty much our entire stock at a discount of 25 per cent— 14 off present marked prices. As this reduction meuns cost and less than cost you should not fail to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity. Purchases laid aside upon pay- ment of a deposit. The sale is °° for thirty days only. and gn. Goldsmith son, 3 Jewelers, 911 Pa. Ave. > sc30-3m,28 i hadnt add Diba ADAAAAL DADS ood! ee eceees eeeceeeeer Terre ry PIOVSODOSOOAAA POOP PEI 6 66 660 SS versthing OO so at a time like this. And thank vou for taking hold of the matter as you have. An honest purpose mer- its an honest response— and is getting it. In re- turn we are distributing some of the greatest bar- gains in FURNITURE— CARPETS — MAT- ; TINGS--DRAPERIES— * STOVES — CROCK- ERY WARE—BED- WEAR =REFRIGERA-~* TORS—BABY CAR- RIAGES—OFFICE 'AP- POINTMENTS— BRIC- A-BRAC— FANCY LAMPS—in fact, every- thing a home needs—that you ever heard of. Come in and get the price of anything. You will find it has been marked down until the cost more than swallows up what we ask for it now. As a consequence we are very, yery busy, But we expected to be-and ou: force has been angmented, that our service may be as prompt as usual. If you haven't the cash —you've got credit—what more do you want? House & Herrmann, ‘The Leading Honsefarnish 919, 921 AND 823 7TH ST. 636 MASS. AVE. BOS SECOSESE LESH ~~ *REDUGEDI DR. EDISON'S FAMOUS OBESITY PILLS, SALE AND BANDS TAKE OFF A POUND A Day. DR. EDISON'S OBESITY FRUIT SALT TaxE® OFF FAT AND IS A DELIGHTFUL, CHAM- PAGNE-LIKE, HEALTIUFUL SUM- MER BEVERAGE. BSSSODOOSH0G BOOS OOSSSSSSCO000000' SO66 © T) |@@ @ QSOS OESSIOG OOS OSSSSHOHHGSPOVSOOOSO If you are fat it will pay you to read what a few well-known people say below: “Dr. Edison's Obesitg, treatment will redece a fleshy abdomen, neck, bust chin or face, or shoulders, or hips, without reduce tion where there is no surplus fat. The skin come tracts to its uormal tension and covers the parte Without wrinkles.""—Mrs. Lucy Stoue Menard ia We u's World. Houoria Caifant Way ury Department, say: “Dr. Salt and Band ‘reditced my weight 19 po ks @ of kidney trouble. Irs. Writing from the s thus from In six weeks Dr. Edie Salt reduced me 40 pounds, My son's Obesity Pills a ‘That is what the Ed sister, Mrs. Tillle Vu town, used Dr. fat veopie and weeks.”” Eliza Chelton Sterlin; remedies did for me. erlip Sprague, of Geor Pills, Salt and Band reduced 31 pounds in fiy writes from the Woman’ Cind of Washington: “Dr. Edison's Olsity Pills and Salt reduced my too fat shoulders and bust, ree Leving me of 26 pounds snd making me quite well and graceful appearing in less than a month Capt. Henry Caton, log connected with the Post os a trea Nigro “1 took Dr. Edie son's Pllis and Salt and they reduced me 38 pounds. ina month and half. oe T took ty Salt and Pills for six weel my Weight 25 pounds and cleare athe cht. one of the best known reiwaine tary men, writes: “I had my a ment rediiced Y Inches bw wearing tty Band four and oue-haif weeks,’ 1 Sturgess, writing from her t says: “D Band has reduced my wei me of kidney tro Salt have cured ity Fruit Sait is $1 a bottle. Obesity Band, any size up to 86 inches, ts $2.50} 10 cents extra for cach additional inch in length. Send all mail, express or C. O. D. orders to us, Retail drug trade supplied by BE. P. MERTZ, 11th and F op. 2 C, Send for“ 24 news; columns, een thors; wuiuer General Agents, United States, ft No. Iv, No. 118 State street. Raw York elty, Dept. 4 No. 42 W. 224 street. be’ = Electricity is not only a better light than gas, but it is a safer, betten and more reliable power than steam, There are dozens of printing houses and manufacturing concerns in town who use electric power. When the “line” is ready ‘plone us an@ We'll turn out the current, J. S, ELECTRIC LIGHTING ©O., 14th st. "Phone 77. se27-204 There's style in Hanan’s Shoes. ~ Saks and Company—Agents.