Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1896, Page 21

Gas! ‘ THE EVENING —— a = ——— = le, made of twenty-three ; This STARS ON THE FLAG |:rcttird Saar Symbolism in the Arrangement Pro- posed for the Forty-Five. SOME UNIQUE SUGGESTIONS The Official Field Will, However, Remain as It is. THE ——_-—___ I since the announce- general orders by Sec- retaries Lamont and Herbert ef the ar- by the President, for the for ive starson the national flag many efforts have been made to propase a more significant and symmetrical disposi- | the stars. All manner of ccnjura- ens with the number forty-five have been and many emblematic con: etary H jent, the field of the national flag in use in the army and navy will on and after the Fourth of July next consist of forty- five stars in six rows, the first, third and fifth rows to have eight stars, and the sec- ond, fourth and sixth seven stars each. | Tris arrangement fills up the entire blue | field of the flag, and adheres to the general impression in vogue for many years that the field should represent the blue canopy pf heaven studded with stars occupying the entire field, and not combined in any par- ticular symmetrical arrangement. As ar- ranged now the stars appear on the flag in gf hexagonal or quineunx relation, which tele aN “kK Fea e ye” KK ey ae ee ae SS Pe ieee ee PRA, FS ‘The Official Arrangement. add< material! five-point the field. the suggested new forms of arrange- y to the pleasing effect of the J stars massed as they are upon eally from the idea of Stars all over the field, and ut them in circles or stars. A mathemati- al arrangement suggested by Mr. Charles rd of this city makes use of the of the number forty-five by five, : number of points in a star, so that pre- «ly nine stars are used to make up the outline of a large star. He disposes forty stars in the outline of the large star, and then places gle star at the base of each Mr. Stoddard “It seems to me that the union of all the American states can row be hest represented in our flag by one Mazing five-pointed star on the blue back- grourd made up with forty-five white stars, number of states at present. There & ill three territories. but ample room is left in the center for place without disturb- ing the general effect. The Stoddard Design. “The forty-sixth state admitted into the Tnion may be starred in the center of this large star, atl also the fo-ty-sevenzh and forty-cighth, end, if necessary, more. Of ccurs>, the arrangement of these stars in the center of this large star would have to be changed with each addition. The forty- sixth would be placed right in the center. When it was necessary to add the forty- seventh star the forfy-sixth would he moved a short distance to the left of ae | Besign, Including Utah. 2enter. and the forty-scventh put 2n equal tance to tne right. When it was neces Yy to add the forty-eighth, that could be jaced in the center.” r. mzkes a suesestion similar to oddard’s, but gets all the forty-five 2 the outline of the large star, and nm be lacing the stars representing the such position as to form one sr, each complete or independent in yet necessary for the symmeti completion of the whole. A perfect arranged with five points ¢ 2éne stars, forty-five im all, one for each state in the Unicn, would @:monstrate our motto—one government formed of many tes. This would not cnty make a beat- ul flag, but would’ be an object lesson to future generations as well as foreign na- tions.” = A Symmetrical Plan, Mr. John F. Earhart of Cincinnati has Promulgated in a circular with the field beautifully printed in blue a series of Suggestions for the arrangement of the stars which embraces many striking and signiticamt emblematic features. He pro- poses to put in the center of the field a ‘The Earhart Design. @ompact six-pointed star, constructed by massing together thirteen stars, represent- ing the original colonies which fought for the Independence. Around this central cmposite star he arranges a closely form- the breaking out of tke rebelifon, in 1861 Outside ef this compect..circie,of twenty- three stars ke puts a.larger circle of nine stars, representing sf the states admitted ito the Union during and since the war, including Utah. 3. : j As other states are admitted Mr. Earhart preposes to insert new’ stars tw this outer circle, as shown above, until perhaps in time it shall become as close and full of stars as the Inner circle. Altogether his suggestion presents a very artistic and pleasing array of stars. Whether the field is occupied by forty-five stars, as now pro- posed, or a much larger number, the plan proposed, while being in all respects sym- ™metrical, is a permanent one, capable of an elastic expansion. Mr. Earhart, in speaking of his arrangement, says: .”, “All the stars should be equal in size— the states are equal, and have the same rights under the Constitution. The stars PRESIDENT’S REASONS | representing the thirteen original. states should not be larger than the others, be- cause these states are already glorified by the thirteen stripes on our flag, and their THE FORTNIGHT | glory is surely emplasized and given suffi- cient prominence through the grouping of ment was made in| the thirteen stars tn the center. “The thirteen stars in the center represent the thirteen original states, and are ar- tanged in exactly the same form they appear on the great seal of the” United rangement, approved | States. The circle of. twenty-three stars Tepresents states admitted to the Union up to the close of the eivil war. “Thus, it will be seen these two features the field, or union, of | are symbolic of the two great. events in Four Stars Added to Outer Circle. the nation’s history—the revolutionary and the civil wars. The first great event,which brought our flag into existence, and the second great event, which has made its life permanent, by welding the sisterhood of states into a perfect and indestructible Union, should both be represented upon our national emblem. The outside circle of nine stars represents the states. which have been added to the Union since the civil war. New stars can be added to this circle without changing the general appearance of the design. One other advantage in this design is that it is sharply defined, and on this acocunt its different features can be seen and understood from a distance.” Stars Once in a Circle. To those who criticise the changes pro- pesed, there is a very ready answer. The first stars and stripes ai the original thir- teen stars arranged in the form of a circle on the blue fleld. This was the flag first hoisted August 3, over Fort Schuyler, a military post on the site of the present Village of Rome, Nz:¥. it -wilh-be .temem- bered that this original flag was’ adop: by the Contmenial Congress ~ June i7 that “the flag of the United States be-thir- teen stripes, alternate red and white; the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” From this it wiil be seen that there was no cfticial mandate as to the-special ar- rangement of the stars upon the field or union. It wes not until two additional stars were added to.the ficld in 174 that the arrangement in the form of a circle was abandoned and the rectangular ar- 14, when, by formal vote, it was decided The Mather Design. rangement adopted in three rows of five stars each. These stars were not distrib- uted over the entire field, but left a mar- gin of blue around each side of the rectan- gular union or field about the width of two stripes. Although thece was no direciion in the congressional resojution as to the arrangement of the bars in the flag, the original arrangement of seven shorter bars opposite the field and six longer ones ex- tending clear across the flag was adhered to from the start. How the Flag Originated. The story goes that Robert Morris and George Washington, after making a few pencil sketches, went to Mrs. John Ross, a wommn who did upholstery work and gen- eral sewing in a little shop on Arch str=et, Philadelphia, and asked her to: make a flag to correspond with the design which they had made. This she did, and in'makiig the stars she adopted the five-pointed star taken from the French tri-vofor, instead of the six-pointed stars Washington and Mor- rs had agreed upen, which were probaly used in one form or another on some of the many flags carfied by the continenial troops. The Treasury Department has ad- kered to the six-pointed stars in all the de- signs for coins since the founding of the government. Another Unique Design. A unique design for the field is suggested by Alonzo Mather of Chicago. This con- sists of a cluster of three stars in each of the four corners of the field and an involute arrangement of the remaining thirty-three stars. This arrangement leaves a tail of stars sweeping eut from the_en@ of the comet-like arrangement, to which from time to time additional stars may ‘be added without at ull disturbing any star on the field. The stars in the corner are all intended to represent siatcs. Those in the upper ieft hand corner stand for New York, where the first capital of the United States was located after the ‘adoption of the Constitu- ton, and Connecticut and New Jersey, her neighbors. In the upper right hand corner Massachusetts, the first state to rebel against unjust taxation by England, has a place, and with er her neighbors, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. In the lower right hand corner there is a star; for Virginia, the mother of the early Presi- dents, with Maryland and Delaware, and in the left hand lower corner are the stars for South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. In the center of the involute is Pennsylveria’s star, where thé Declaration of Independence was promulgated, and each successive star in the whirling in- volute represents the various states in the order of their coming into the Union. The objection made by the President to all the proposed cBanges was that they confused the appearance of the field at a distance. The Earhart design perpetually stamping the fact of the rebellion on the flag was not entertained for a moment. It seemed an uncalied-for, attaek on the southern states, whose people now ail rev- erence the flag of the Union as the emblem of a reunited country. From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. “My gas bill this month fairly took ‘my lreath away!” complained the horse ,ed- itor. ‘Mine did worse than that,” replied the srake editor. . “How?” “It took away all my cash.” On a2 Railroad Car. From the Adams Freeman. She—“It’s no fun riding on the cars with a blind man, no matter how good a conver- She—“He can’t tunnel” A Planisptere of the Heavens, showing above the pring Horizon at KN. VES A LY Afrorrem STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1896-TWENTY-SIX PAGES, 21 1, Starg and Constellations. that will be. p.m. Apri 4° 5 SKIES IN APRIL] >-—_—_ What May Be Seen in the Heavens This Evening, BRIGHT ARRAY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS The Precise Season When Leo Became a Zodiacal Sign. ABOUT THE PLANETS —__+___ T 9 O'CLOCK TO- night the Ursa Ma- jor, or Great Bear, and Leo, the Lion, two especiaily nota- bie constellations, will be nearly over- head, the one to the north, the other to the south of the cx- act zenith point. Both are well mark- ed with stars and conta‘n striking fea- tures, although nelth- er is very suggestive of the animal for which it is named. Leo 1s one of the zodiacal constellations—~ one of those markers which had been de- vised in the earliest time of which we Lave} record for keeping trace of the changing seasons. At the present time the sun, purr suing his annual eastward round of the heavens, enters this constellation about the middle of August and remains in it until the middle of September. Upon leaving Leo, the sun enters the consteliation Virgo, and soon thereafter he “crosses the line’— abeut the 2ist of Septem\e ds enters the Soutern Hemisphere.” But this ar- Tangement is comparatively modern. The sun has not always crossed the celestial equator so soon after leaving Leo as he dees now. While the sun’s apparent path among the stars—the “eclipti invar- iable in its position, the celestial equator, which is simply the great le in which the plane of the earth’s.cquato:, extended indefinitely, would cut the starry sphere, is ccntinualiy, although very slowly, shifting | its place among the stars, in such wise that the two points at which it crosses the stn’s path—the “equinoxes’—are slowly slid-ng along that path toward the west. The rate of this movement—-known as the “precession of the equinoxes”—is such that |, the two crossing points perform a coriplete revolution of the heavens in about 20,000 years. For this reason some two thousand years ago the sun entered the constellation Leo a month earlier than it does now. Two thousand years earlier it entered the con- stellat.on at about the time of the summer solstice. At a still earller epoch—six ort seven thousand years earlier—the sun cn- tered Leo upon passing the vernal equinox, | So that Leo, as a season-marker, then had the position which is now held by the con- Stellation Pisces. If it were possible, there- fore, ‘to determine whet precise season of the year Leo represented when it was first fixed upon as a zodiscal “sign,” a very in- teresting date would be established. The Water Serpent. Between Leo and the southern horizon the Hydra, or Water Serpent, stretches his enormous length from a point midway be- tween Regulus and Procyon to a point just above the horizon in the southeast. The brightest star in this exceedingly shadowy constellation, Cor Hydrae, the Hydra'ai Heart, is of only the second magnitude, yet it is quitc conspicuous from its loncly: situation. It is a little west of south from Regulus, and Is at about-the same distance as that siar from Procyon. Near the cen- ter of the triangle formed by these three stars is the Hydra’s head, marked by a skort curved line of thre stars, of which the middle and brightest one is of the third magnitude. This head is a very pretty ob- Ject for an opera glass, which reveals quite @ cluster of stars here. The Crater, or Cup, and Corvus, the Crow, now east of the meridian at about one-third of the distance from the horizon to the zenith, both stand upon the Hydra’s back. They contain between them but one star of. the third magnitude, the most of their stars being of the fourth and fifth, yet they are quite striking figures, owing to the paucity of stars in this region of the heavens. The bowl of the cup is formed by a semi-circle of five stars, rather larger than the North. ern Crown, which opens toward the east. A line of three stars on the right forms the base. ‘The cup thus formed is a very pass. able goblet, though a little lop-sided. ‘The Crow is rather more conspicuous than the Cup, but ‘s by no means so “dike” as a constellation. Its four brighter stars form a trapezium, or unequal-sided squar The lowermost and brightest of these stars marks the Crow’s feet; the curved line of the others forms the body. The bird is rep- resented as pecking at the Hydra’s back. it being apparently a carnivorous crow. The bright star in the feet bears the Arabic name Alchiba, which means the Tent, and Is prob- ably to be regarded as the name of the con. stellation rather than of this particutar star. At any rate, the group of stars is more sug- gestive of a tent than of a bird. ‘One of the Britian: In the east the Serpent has just thrust his head sidve the horizon. Above this, at about one-third of the distance from the horizon to the zenith, is Arcturus, the Bear- warden, which is to form one of the bril- Hiants of the summer evening sky. To the right of Arcturus and nearly in the south- east is Spica, the Wheat-Har, the principal star in the constellation Virgo. The three stars Arcturus, Spica and Denebola form @ large triangle, the sides of which are abcut equal in length. By the addition of a fourth star, Cor Caroli, Charles’ Heart, a star of the third magnitude, the principal star in the Hunting Dogs, a lozenge-shaped figure is formed, known as the Diamond of Virgo. Coma Berenices, in the upper part of this Diamond, is a diffuse cluster of be- tween forty and fifty stats of the fourth, fifth and sixth magnitudes, and is a splendid opera glass field. This region ts astronomi- cally interesting because of the great num- ‘ber of nebulae which it contains. The con- stellation is said to have been formed by the astronomer Conon in honor of the queen of one of the Ptolemies. Another fine opera glass object is the Northern Crown, which will now be feund at 9 p.m, some twelve or fifteen degrees above the between east and north- Pye eg es w eta, sometimes cafled the Pearl of the Crowa, is of the second magnitude. Alpheta, Arc- turus and the star Betd, in the left shoulder of Bootes, are about equidistant from each other, forming a large equilateral triangle, which is a quite noticeable figure in this part of the sky. At the éenter of this tri- angle is the star Epsilon Bootis; one of the prettiest of the colored doubles. Its com- ponents are+yellow and emerald green.' | In the constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped figure. very similar to+ the: triangie’ just pointed out, formed by the star Spica, at the foot of the ad five stars of the third magnitude, which form the upper part of the figure. Named in order from right to left, these stars are Beta, Eta, Gamma, Delta and Epsilon Virginis. The central star, Gamma, is a beautiful double star, but, unlike Epsilon Bootls, its components are of the same color—both white. Gamma Vir- ginis is famous as the first of the double stars, of which the components were dis- covered to be revolving around each other, forming what js called @ binary star. The Planets. ie ot * { Mercury wii! be a morning star until the th; whew it-witbe in superior conjunction | with. the sun—will pass behind the sun. After that date it will-be an evening star, and should become visible low in the west by the close of the month. Venus is still a morning sta hour or more before, the sun. Mars, in the constellation Aquarius, is a morning star, rising between 3 and 4 o'clock. His distance from ug now is nearly one and a half times that of the ‘sun. Jupiter, in the corstgllation Cancer, con- tinues ,to.be.a. evening star, out- shining Sirius. He be in quadrature with fhe sun—ninety dekugeasast of the tun’ —on the 19th of the tion Libra, is!an Saturn, in the, evening star, and is above the horizon 4t 9 o'cloak., Jip pasition -negaig. midway ‘he- tween the stars Alpha and Beta Librae 13 shown. on the planisphere. The planet ap- Pears as a yellow star of the first magnitude, and forms, with Arctutus and Spica, a large | trangle, cl, which two. sides are uf about equdl length. Uranus, also ia Libra, rises aboiit twebty minutes later than Saturn. Jt.is about five degrees directly west of Beta Scorpion: Neptune is in Taurus, between the hours, and is above the horizon at 9 p.m., but is invisible to the naked eye. ‘The moon will be new on the 13th, at 4:23 a.7.; it Will be full on the 27th, at pm., Washington meantfme. Its position at 9 p.m. for every day of the month on which it is above the horizon at that hour is shown on the planisphere. rising an : ——— Almost. Married: With a Button. From the Philadelphla Record. Pa A bivshing bride, a nervous “best man,” end a minister had a thrillingly embarras- sing experience at a wedding in a North Broad street church the other night. ‘The best man, who is a clerk in the Reading railroad freight office, was so overcome by the excitement incident to the wedding march up the aisle of the church that he became partially dazed, and at a most critical mement made ‘a- mistake. which came very neur delaying the ceremony. The mibister had just asked the reguila- tion questions, “Do you take,” etc.,.and the time had artived for the clergyman to place the ring on the bride's finger when | the best man lost himself, and instead of pulling the ring from his.-pocket.to. hand to the i fhe n, = pulled out a coliar Btton, _w. the clergyman attempted Dut on the bride's finger. Tn ce There were blushes, a momentary spasm, and a wild look of despair; then the young ‘best man recovered long enough to tind the ring, and the ceremoay proceeded. His collar button Was returned with thanks, = see Magnetized Cerset Steels. From the New Orleans Times-Democrat. “Every day something new is found about electricity and its effects,” said Mr. Fa the Southern Pacific. “Do you know that ine-tenths of the umbrellas that men carry owadays are magnetized? Well, iHéy arb, end.alhthat tsineeessary to'prove this Js to, apply the point of your knife, or, better palin sect Bou deat ‘thé steel ribu e attraction is very perceptible, and it is eunsed BY the catrying party ‘of the electric cars. ‘The umbrella is rested tpdn' the floor’ near thé motors, and the proximity of the metal causes a certain quantity of the fluid to find a permanent jodgment in the ribs, “Carrying out the idea, it Is very likely that the corset steels of the ladies are sim- ilarly affected, and think what the conse- quences would be if & young man with steel cuff buttons should hug a girl with magne- tized corset steels.” ~~ = sont A Negative Virtue. nae Brom the Tercito (Ont) Christian GmMian., , us “Ma,” said Bobby, running intg.the house, “you said if I did @ real act of kindness this afternoon I could shave ®-piece of pie; and I've done it. yhat was the act of kindness, “Bobby?” itiquired* itis mother while he ate the ple, And Bobby replied, between bites: “A ¢at-edme intabour back yard, and I didn’t stone it.” Ser age toe tae __. The Joys of Scandal Bearing. From Punch. “Tsay, Bounderson—you know that xather Tummy story you told me it little Schreck, the violinist, and the wager Duchess of St. Ambergris? Well; I met Joo ‘Cadby on Wednesday, and what do you think? He’s got the whole yarn from be- ginning to end, fiddiestick and ali!” ‘Of course he has. I knew that.” “Then, why. the dickens did you make me rat ae efi os to acai aon o any ne cape not Joe Cadby?” Sr I: wanted:to have the fun of tell- ing him all about it myself, you juggins! Why, I told him the very next day! ‘article ingide-} bearing for some time, but two weeks ago smn These cures are in New England, where, during the past year, the ex- perimental work m connection with Dr. McCoy’s discoyeries was per- formed, The majority of them -are from Boston, where from Dr. Mc- Coy’s great laboratories his medi- cines are being sent out to all the world. They are taken verbatim from the Boston papers. They may be considered’ as. New England's message to Washington, in which city, to give his discoveries the na- tional name and color they deserve, he is in person inaugurating his practice—a national practice. These are New England people who are talking, and Washington knows that New England speak truthfully. Let those, however, who may hesi- tate because this message is from far away, take abundant time. There is no hurry. In a short time just such testimony as this from your own friends and neighbors will crowd these columns. Just such a message of manifold voices as this, which has thrilled and @wed New England with the marvel of the dis- covery and the majesty of the skill that produced it, will come from the homes of the people of Washington. Cyros M. Currier, Fulton st., Dor- chester, testifies to Doctor McCoy"s skfil in curing deafness. DR. McCOY CURING THE DEAF. Joseph Vallinc, Cohasset, Mass.: “Six years ago I became deaf in my right ear. ‘The henring in that ear today is almost as perfect as ever.” | Mr. Lyman ©. Jones, 57 Ash St. Nashua, N. H., came to Boston to be cured of Gcafness. ‘Today I can hear a wateh tick twelve inches from my bead. J. Tyzzer, 425 Main St.. Melrose, Mass., 0 years old. “I was deaf in both ears. ‘The hearing im my left ear bad been lost for cight years. Today I can hear distinctly.” Mes. M. Bennett, 15 Clark St., Win- chester, Mass.: “I was deaf ever since I was efght years old as the result of scarlet fever. I commenced treatment in October. Today 1 can hear Cisituetly in either eer. ‘D. F. Bagley, Southboro: “I Was @enf eleven years. When I began treatment I was so deaf that I couid not bear an alarm clock. Two wecks ago the noises all left my ears, and my lost Bearing has almost entirely returned. Edward J. Powers, 4 Stanley Place, Charlestown: *I bad been slightly hand of hear- ing for some time, not really deaf, but just deat enough to be nuises in my head. Today the noises have entircly ceased and my hearing is perfect.”* Mrs. D. H. Bitecy, 19 Thompson St., Winchester: “I had been deaf several years In my Tight ear. When lying on my left side it would be impossible to hear. I can now bear without difficulty. My sister, Mrs. Snare, was also deaf. |, She is being treated and is wonderfully improved.” Fred Neelander, Newton Falls, employed in Dudley Hostery Mills: -been deaf for years. My trouble was somewhat peculiar. At first I was deaf only by spells; this continued unttl a year azo; since then I have been totally deaf. The result of treatment is that my hearing is now perfect. Mr. E, Knowldon, Main St., Brattle- loro, Vt., weil known in ibe hotel business throughout New England: “I had been totally deaf ia my right ear for fifteen years. I was unable to ¥ Of | hear a scund on that side. Today I can distinctly bear my watch tick in my right ear.” Miss Gertrude Mahan, Leominster: “On the Gth of April I last the bearing in my right ear. The ringing and buzzing noises almost drove me frantic. July Gth 1 began treatment with “Doctor McCoy. I noticed no iaprovement in my thing gave wa! restored.”” and today my hearing is enti chester, employed at Strangman & Sons’, carriage manufacturers: “My deafness came on five years ago. The right ear was first affected, but after a time I found that J was also losing the hearing in my left ear, The trouble kept growing worse. When I went to Dector McCoy my right ear was stone deaf, could not hear a sound. Now the hearing in it is perfect. Alfred W. Bowers, 221-2 Vale St., Roxbury: ‘‘The noises in my left car resembled the blowing off of steam; those im the right car a ecrstant whir of machinery. I became so deaf my wife wonld have to shout two or three times to make me hear. ‘The noises have diraypeared and my hearing is so much improved that 1 am ecrfident of recorel Misx Annie Quiu , East Weymouth, Muse.: “If L went to an entertainment I could not hear anything unless 1 was in the frst row. The deafness was accompanied by a constant buzzing. I could rot hear a clock tick. Now I cau hear ordinary conversation distinctly and the buzalug s have ceased. I cam hear a clock or watch Mrs. Mary Monks, Si W ington St., Medford: “I bad been stene deaf in my right ear sixteen years. I was unable to hear the loudest voice on that side. My left car also became badly affected, so that I had difficulty in hearing con- vereation. My hearing in the left ear_is prac- tically cured, and, strange to say, the ear that had been deaf for 16 years has fimproved to such an extent that I can hear p2ople talk on that side,”’ Oliver A. Smith, 33 Sth St. East Cambridge: ‘I had been deaf tm my left car. With my right ear closed I could not hear my watch tick. My deafness was accompanied with welses like the working of an air pump. My frlerds had to repeat their conversation to me two or three times. ‘The noises in my ears have stopped; I can hear everything that is said to me in ordinary tone. 1 can hear my watch tick two feet from my head with my right ear closed.” Mrs. Anna 8. Thompson, 15 Hascl- wood street, Malden: “I bad been for two years so deaf thut I could not hear the clock tick in the room. I was more deat in the left car than in the t, I had to contimmliy ask people to speak louder or repent, and I could not understand pew king. Yast Monday night I went to e Malden Center Methodist Church and could hear distinetly every word of the sermon. can see my bearing is perfectly restored, and the bearing of no one is more acute than mine.”” people } . | under treatment I persevered, until ax a result m | deafuess ts entirely cured. I can hear as well as DR. McCOY CURING THE DEAF, “J had been hard of hearing fifteen years, was #0 deaf that I couldn't understend what a person said standing six feet away. My deafness came on while I was at school at Itye Beach, N. H. 1 found I had to be constantly asking ‘What? when people spoke to ne. It steadily grew worse. Two months ago I went to Dr. McCoy. he had done for me. I attended the Odd Fellows’ fuveral of George I. Gills, ond though I was half “way down the aisle of the church, I could bear and understand the two scrmons—the first time I have heard publle speaking in fifteen years. Today I find that not only can I bear people talk, but I can hear them whisper, and what is even more wonder- ful to me, walking along Washington street with a lady, in spite of the neise of traffic, I could bear distinctly every word she spoke.” To this state- ment Mr. Jenness, whose portrait is given above, appended his signatere, saying: “It’s the truth, Lat tt docsn't half tell the wonder of it.” Mrs. Esther G. Bryant, who has been stopping during her treatment with her daughter, Mrs, Karl Cook, No.+40 Gove strect, Medford Hill- fide, resides in Weston, Vt. She had been deaf four years in’ber right ear. Her dullness of hear- ing was so marked that while she could hear the found of voices in the room sbe could not distin- guish 2 word that was said. One had to be close to her and speak directly to ber in a lond tone in order to meke ber understand. Her story of ber recovery of hearing 1s of that bowe-tiving, church-going trpe that bas been noted as beautiful in so many of there statements, She says: “One Sunday I came bome from church thor- oughly discouraged and disbeartenal. I sald I never woold go again, for I could mot catch a word of the sermon, and it only made me feel bad to know that I could mot hear. “The Sunday following J still persevered with Dr. McCoy's treatment, however, and the next Sunday after this one.ap which I was so dis- heartened, to my joy J could catch enough of the service tp sunderstand somevdamiliar passages of Seripture. “The next Sunday after this I beard the text and was uble to get all the sense of the discourse. “Last Sanday I beard the numbers of the hymns, found them myself, sang and enjoyed all the sermon. “I suppose I do not hear perfectly, but if T never bear any more it ts a marvel, a wonder and a joy to me that I can bear as I can now." Andrew Hobson, North Scituate: Al- though there was no improvement fer some time anybedy.”” Copies of Dector McCoy's monograph on deafness will be mafled on nppil- eation to those directly interested in the cure ef this condition. DR. CUTTING’S TESTIMONY. Dr. James M. Cutting, 40 Frenklin st., Quincy, who testines to bis ap- val of Doctor McCos's treatinent, Enving found trum bis en expericuce its value im troubles of the bead and ears. THE TIME IT TAKES TO CURE. Mrs.” AbDte~ Flint, Revere St., Revece, Mass. ip.her own cure of Deafness de- acribed Low she continued The treatment regularl for Weversd wnaths yithout galving eny improve- Tent, but still firmly believing in what Dor McCo¥ End *toM bere-chat when the Enstachizn tebes opened up under the teatment her hearing would come back tober. Mas. Flint’s family have lived at the rame homestead in Ker e for 1 years. She is herself of the fifth generation, born there and resident for cver forty years. She says: ‘I had been deaf for twenty It seemed to come en @s the result of an absecss in my ri; ear, closing it eutirely to ecund. About tea ago deafuess attacked my left car, Wh-n L to Deeter MsCoy people ‘had te shout at m: make me understand. For several m which Doctor MeCoy trented me 1 could not s any change in my bearing. But 1 bad r. fully Deétor McCoy’s writing med. Now let me the chre in About two weeks ago I came home one day and the children Yegan to scream and shout at me, and I said: ‘What on earth is the matter with y It is enough to deafen one.’ Why we are pot talking any louder tusn we ev to make you bear.’ ‘Then in an Instant 1 realized the truth that my hearing was reslly coming back.” case, DR. McCOY CURING EPILEPSY. Miss Laura L. Tolman, 3 Creighton street, Jamaica Plain: “The doctors called it cemlepsy. Every few days I would be thrown into spasms and convulsions. I would lcse all conscloas- iss and control of myself and know nothing but ‘the intense pain I was suffering. The spasms, the dectors called epilepsy, were very frequent and painful, causing my stomach to feel numb and painful, just as your foot docs when It Is asleep. it was 2 frighifal scomtton, ard I could think of nothing enly how my stomach felt. I have been under Doctor McCoy's treatment two months, and it is mow fully five weeks since I had a spasm, Whereas I used to spend my ‘suffering from: despondency, that Is pursed away and I feel as if I were another person since the spasms Lave cused, and that there Is a new life for me.’ THE BABY CURED OF ECZEMA, Mr. James Steeves, Builder, 31 Biae Hill ave., Roxbury, sare: “Our Hitle baby Georgie, seven months old, bas been cured of Eczema Ly Doctor McCoy. Shortly afier bis birth the Eczema appeared. His face was much mottied, and in a avouth these marks turped into somes and crup- tions, until bis face war covered with sores. We took bim to a neighborhood doctor, who gave us a prescription, but it did mo goxl. Then we uscd Cuticure Preparations and they also failed. The baby’s face by this time was one mass of sores. neighlor, wh» had been cured by Doctor MeCoy of Rheumatism, urged us to take the baby to him. We took him te Do-tor ‘BicCoy om the 25th of Kevember, end totay the and healthy as any one's. ‘Thorwday I realized what | NEW ENGLAND'S: MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON, A Truthful Message of the Marvelous Cures of the Great Ears of the Deaf—The Curing of the Seriously Sick. . Master—The Opening’ TESTS BY.EXPERTS, Miss Mary Donovan lites at 114 Longwood avenue, and her recovery from what the” doctors cold her was Consumption, and what hor perents believed was Consumption, has been pub- Ushed in detail. ‘The sequel refers to the proof of that recovery afforded “by the insurance experts, “It was a little over @ year ago,” said Mixes Dono- yen, “that my parents took me to the Metropolitan ‘¢ Company at 2307 Washington street ani applied for @ policy. ‘The physician gave me a careful examination, bat refused to take me, be cause he suld I was not a safe risk. After Doctor McCoy restored me to health we thought ft would be a good thing to go again. On February 7 I ap: piled again for sn irsurance policy, avd xfter the seme kind of an exemination, Dr. F. B. Lawson, the medical examiner, whose office fe in the Picr# bullding, Copley Square, passed me and said T was @ good risk. I have vince been granted @ polics¢ Which shows how complete as well as how wonders fal Doctor MeCo; re was!” MAJESTY AND MARVEL OF SKILIL Mr, Frank McCormick, Rartlett St, Wakefield, says: “T took a heavy cold six months ago, and it settled on m and in my left side. T worked just as long nus I could stand it, the last of the time having to cot @ team to take we to work. I would have to sit down two or threo times if I tried to walk the stortest distance. My legs would fcel as tho they would fall from under me or as if the paralyzed; T lost 26 pounds in weight 9 weeks ago f gave up work. I simply not do another steeée, I coughed and raised ter- Tibly, could pot iie down, had to be bolstered up With pillows; my fect and lege were swollen to twice thelr usual size, Ukewise my stomach; the pain in my side was excrotiating, I had a dull, heavy feeling in my side, ns though there were @ lond there; I could not eat, thongh Td feel so faint with hunger sometimes I would try, but the mo ment I saw food I would be full. 1 had no rest day or night frow coughivg. I had two acither of whom relieved me. The night hefare T Feat to Dr. MeCos, the Lith of December, I f-lt that I should not live to see day. My suffering was j #0 Intense that 1 fainted dead away three tines, T Fee carried to the station and the doctor's ofice, ‘nd while the doctor was sounding iny Jungs IT would Jose my brenth, and it seemed to me I was dying. I began taking hie medicine right away. ‘The bope that he gave me belped to keep me up, and 1 got hone alive, “I slept most of the time for three days, the frst netural sleep I'd had for weeks, the welling went down and the fecling becan to come back 10 my legs, the conghing and raistig was less. and at the end of the week I went to the office a: the doctor looked as surp:ined as though he'd seen © dead man walk. It ix only three weeks wince T first went, and I have xained 11 pounds, my cough tas stopped. I sleep lke a baby, my lees anf Stomach have reeumed their normal size, have no trouble with sbort breath; fn fact, feel lke a made-cver nan. As for appetite, the trouble now fe thes can't get encugh for me to cat. There te tot a word of cxaggeration in what J have said. Jehn Costello, mason, South Groveland, a snbur> of Haverhill, «: “My work © mason kept me tn damp places, sometimes standing in water, and finally brought on a succession of vids,” which resulted two years ago in Uresking me down entirel had to give up work. A distrowlng me night and day, the pains in m unbearable, it seemed ax though my | burst open, I ccntimually raised Vieod. Of course I sought for any kind of relief. A year p and during that time I lost flesh and strencth. The first of last January I went to Dr. ¢ of Maver Lill, who examined me cacefully and t | : omy | left lung was affected. | “I didn’t want to die. 1 elutels every | particle of hope as m drvwning man es at ® straw. I began te take Maree’s Ei car druggist will tell you thet 1 t of medicine between January and J: continually, e than ever, amd T grew wes j all the ti ad given up all hop | ouly waiting for the end. when about last @ctober Mr. Hosea Nash, the mill, who had becn under Doctor Me treatment and greatly helped by ursed me te go and seo Lim, first, telling bim my © and the medic j be sent in revly made a marked improve Ti Thad taken it a week I began to fe if perhaps there was some bope for me. Ti three months ago. So wonderful was the benetit I received from the medicine be sent me that I thought if I could see him myself perhaps be might cure me, so I went to Boston and was examined by him. That was four weeks ago, and today I can truthfully say Iam a well man. I weighed 120 pounds when I began treatment: yesterday 1 tipped the scales at 153, and am gaining in weight all the ume.” Lurus. Edwin L, Thurston, aged 69 ycars, 7 Goodwin place, Boston, member of Chelsen Post, “About five years ago a sore luke out cheek at the side of my nose. It began as 1 pimple, which was constantly dnitated, partly by the lime I used in my work as a tmuson and partly by my picking at Mt unconsciously. It gradually grew larger and finally became a un- sightly running sore. I tried various doctors and patent salves, but it would not boal, amd, acting under the advice of John Stewart of 117 Eliot st., # patient whom Doctor MeCoy had cured, T con: sulted the doctor, with the result that my face ip now entirely healed. ECZEMA. Mrs. Elmirn P. Faller, 11 Loring St., South Boston: “I bad suffered from Bex Salt Rheum for over thi it broke out on my right | img was unbearabli ing It, and es a consequence it wei Occasionally it would sc with silvery scales, which would rub off in immense quantities, ana leay the skin underneath red and inflamed. While on a visit to my sister in Bromswick, Me., my leg Became more inflated, and ore sore on my sukle was so painful that Twas deprived of sleep. The sores grew rapidly larger, until foun my knoe to roots of my toes Was A mass of running, foul =. My sister came home with me to Toston, a ated Doctor Me WIth the result that the pain and swelling has entirely disap and with the exception of one very small sore my leg is entirely healed.” Mrs. Elmira P. Puller, 11 Loring st., Kouth Boston, testifies to Dr. BMe- Coy’s skill in curing ma. Remember that until further notice all are welcome to consultation and examination on their first visit, with- out pay or obligntion to pay. The McCoy System of Medicine, 715 13th Street Northwest. Dr. J. CRESAP MCCOY, Dr. J. M. COWDEN, Consulting Physicians, OFFIOE HOURS, 9am.T08 pm DAILY SUNDAY, 10am T02nm