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THE THERE REMAIN JUST FIVE DAYS MORE Before the Positive and Absolute Suspension of the $3 Rate--Doctor McCoy’s Reasons for Making So Promi- nent and Emphatic the Time Limit January 1. F DR. McCOY’S RECORD. With this closing month of the year ends, ac- cording to announcement, this opportunity. It fs reasonable to suppose that by this time the terms have been made clear to all. The greatest pains have been taken to guard against the positbility of confusion. The $3 rate was adopted to give all an opportunity to be treated under Doctor McCoy. It was extended to dispel the misunderstanding which the time Itmit caused; TO MAKE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT DOCTOR Met OFFICES AND DOCTOR McCO¥'S PRACTICE WORK ARE PER- MANENT IN WASHINGTON, NOT AS SOME SUP- POSED, LIMITED BY THE TIME FOR WHICH HE MADE THIS REMARKABLE OFFER. It was extended because many were unable to take advan- tage of it during the time limit set. Such an opportunity has never been given before. Such an opporunity will never be given agala, s0 fn presenting it Doctor McCoy may be pardoned desiring to make the final time lmlt emphatic. He not want hear plaints after January 1 from those who pay iis regular fee on the ground that he is partial or un- Just, so he has made this notice of the expiration of the s prominent, just as clear and just as emphatic as he has been able to make it. It will be Justly presumed that by the close of the month there will be none who have not been informed and notified that: for very does to com- 3 period just All patients beginning or rene ing treatment before January 1 wil! be treated t the uni- form rate of #3 a month. This in: eludes all medicines and treatment. This ix absolutely the tinal cppor- tw It will under until cured ty under this rate. mees be again extended Doc- tor McCoy will resume his usual fees. ne cireums: or continued. After January 1 RESTORED TO HEARING AN EAR DEAF FROM BIRTH. Samuel Allen, 504 Harrison st., Anacostia, D. C. Aged 72 years: “I have been deaf from childhood. My right ear was absolutely stone deaf. With it [ could not bear ove sound. When I went to Dr. y my left ear had become nearly as bad. I could not understand conyersa- tlon at all. Icould not hear any sound except the roar of a cannon, a clap of thender, or some equally loud noises. It was impossible for the people In the house where I lived to make me he ss thing. For years I had been unable to hear the preaching in the church where I attend, the Methodist Chureh.”” Rev. Mr. McLean, pastor. “When I consulted Dr. MeCoy—and I only did so after the people where I lived begged me to, Decanse they could not make me und: ut -T was. told by him that he could cure my left car, and possibly t t. Dr. McCoy has cert: kept his pre f The Hearing of My Left Ear is Fully Restored, x of the right ear has so improved @ificulty in hearing distinctly with ft with my lefi car every sound as dis- it fs pessible for any one to “The first improvement that I noticed was on the when I found that 1 could hear {was very raj that [ could hear the vole then I began to dist clearly ordinary tones. the wl shortly f found of those talking about ix words, and finally understood all that wes said, even when in Tcan now, after many years, again Samuel Allen, 504 Harrison St., Anacostia, D.C., aged 72 years. Cured of deafness. Hear the Preaching in Church, I can hear the words of a song, I can bear the ticking of a clock, I cam hear the ringing of the door bell, I cam hear the closing of the door, I can hear the electric cars and even the chirping of a bird. rvelous result, this restoring of my hear- sounds were shut out from me, adds more than Lever thought powsible. I had supposed that T must pass my few remaining years In absolute silence, but instead of that, Dr. MeCoy has made it possible for me to hear again, better than I ever could before in my i restored the hearing in the ear that had b deat from childhood, ax well become deaf later In my Ufe. I wish it we sible for me to express my gratitude happiness that it hax given me THE MARVEL oF RESTORING ¢ pos- great LOST HEARING. M. C. MeDonough, Mes in Quirtermaster's Office: “I was so deat for eight years that I could not hear a ser- moa fu church. Dr. McCoy bas completely re- 206 Zist st. n.w., stoced my hearing." amp Springs, Md.: “I had been so deaf for fifteen years that I could not hear a bell ring or the preaching Im church. My hearing has been completely restored by Doctors McCay and Cow- J. P. Steiner of the Firm of Hamilton Manufacturing Tolacconists, Alexandria, When I went to Dr. MeCoy I was totally deaf in my left ear. He has completely restored my bearing. Rev. L. L. Smith, G06 Gth st. s.w., Clergyman of the Church of the United Brethren: “I bad been very hard of hearing for elghteen months. Dr. McCoy completely restored my hi ing. I most heartily recommend his treatment.” Mrs. B. Marcey, Cherrydale, Va.: “I Was so deaf when [ went to Dr. McCoy that I could net hear the beils ring or the whistles blow. T cao now hear all sounds distinctly, and under. #and conversation tu ordinary tone. J. R. Pearson, 904 K st. s.e.: haa been quite deaf for fifteen years. My hearing has heen perfectly restored by Dr. McCoy.”* Wm. Arts, 3136 M st. n.w.: “1 was very deaf when I went to Dr. McCoy. He bas completely restored my bearing Master Caryl Odell, 215 9th wi Hit mother says: “Caryl was stone deaf when we took him to Dr. McCoy. He could not understand & spoken word. He hears everything now per- fectly."" Mrs. Thos. Moore, Brookland, D. C.: “I was so deaf that I coald mot hear a sound. Dr. MeOoy has completely restored my hearing.” Patrick MeGraw, 214 E st. s.w., 85 years old: “I had been deaf im both ears for twenty years. My hearing bas been completely restored by Dr. MeCoy. P. F. Milligan, 115 4th st. me: “I was very deaf when I went to Dr. McCoy. I had deen deaf fourteen years. My hearing is completely The Six Years of Preparation. Matriculant at University of New York. First bonor man fa bis class. ‘Winner of famous Loomis prize. Candidate for Bellevue Hospital appoint- ment. tee oe «.-March, 1879 Chosen by competitive examination, open to all the doctors of the world, resident physician of Bellevue Hospital... -+-March, 1879 During service at Bellevue elected visiting pby- sician to training school for nurses....April, 1880 Served as resident physician to Bellevue. .1879-1880 Study im hospitals of London and Dublin. +1881 Formulation of regular treatment for chronic trou- bles as a result of hospital experience.......2882 Formulation of regular treatment for the cure of ¢atarrbal, bronchfal and lung diseases. ......1883 Announcement of Dr. McCoy's cures firat introduced voluntarily by well-known journalists, with ple- tures and interviews of patients cured. April, 1884 Doctor McCoy treating over one thousand patients 2 ‘month. cece ~ 1885 Extension facilities by employment of students from Bellevue... oe ee es 1880-1886 ‘The second visit te Europe for further hospital Study and Inspection. Serving in the laboratories of Prof. Koch, at Ber- lin... se ccacrt int ++e 1890 Study in Charitie Hospital of Berlin and Royal Clinic under Von Bergmann. oS 1801 Formulation of a system of medicine based on the discovery of polson in the blood as the origin of disease...... zee = - 1891 ‘The system perfected by application and experl- ment in cases selected from Dr. McCoy's prac- ‘The world startled by Dr. McCoy's Discovery of a eure for Deafness... September, 1895 Location of a permanent national practice in Wash- Iggton. February, 1879 O. W. Bailey, 616 7th st. s.w. Cured of deafness. O. W. Bailey, 616 Tth st. s.w.: “My left ear was totally deaf, and my right ear nearly #8 bad when I went to Drs. MeCoy and Cowden. ‘The hearing of both ears has been restored so that I can. hear perfectly. fs CURING BRONCHIAL AND LUNG TROUBLE. Wm. A. Uile, 641 Maryland ive. s.w.: “I had been a great sufferer from Bronchial and Lung Trouble for a long time before I went to Dr. Me He hax entirely cured me of both.”* W. H. Morse, 321 Maryland ave. n.e.: “Dr. MeCoy has completely cured me of a very bad Chest Trouble.” CURE ASTHMA, Jno. Palmer, GOS Callen st. m.e.: “I had suffered from Asthma Oftecn years. Drs. Mc- Coy and Cowden have given me the first rellef that I have had in all that time.” Mrs. S. B. Marconnier, 1073 32d st., Georgetown, D. C.: “I had suffered from Asthma for years. Dr. McCoy has cured me, and since iis treatment I have gained twelve pounds.’ CURING CATARRH OF THE STOMACH. Mrs. Mary Donovan, 2313 Champlain ave. n.w.: “I had Catarth of the Stomach for five Sears. The week before I went to Drs. McCoy and Cowden I fainted from weakness. They have com- pletely cured me.’ Mrs. S. Fitzgerald, 208 Sth «| Wet “For years I had been a sufferer from chronic dyspepsia (Catarth of the Stomach). Doctors Mc- Coy and Cowden have completely cured CURING DISEASE OF THE SKIN. Jno. D. Barker, 1310 12th at. n.w.: “Dr. McCoy has completely cured me of @ terrible ease of Bczewa, which I had for three years,” J. M. Woodward, 1002 C st. s.w.: “Dr. McCoy has completely cured me of a distressing Skin Disease, from which I had suffered for twenty years.” Mrs. B. King, 482 E #1 McCoy completely cured me of a very bad case of Eczema from which I bad suffered for three years.” MR. PALMER'S HEARING RESTORED. J. W. Palmer, 1005 G st. n.w.: “For four years my hearing had been considerably im- paired. I had sought the aid of a specialist, who gave me a prolonged course of treatment, but without restoring my hearing. I could not under- stand ordinary conversation. I bad to keep re- questing people t> repeat. I COULD NOT HEAR THE TICKING OF A CLOCK OR WATCH RIGHT AGAINST MY EAR. I could get no enjoyment in golng to public meetings or places of amusement, because I could not bear. At the carnest solicita- tion of friends I went to Doctor McCoy to have my hearing restored. Now. as the resalt of his treatment, I CAN HEAR the ticking of a watch near my ear and that of a clock at a distance of twenty feet. I cam understand conversation in au ordinary moderate tone distinetly.”* COPIES OF DR. MeCOY’S MONO- GRAPH ON DEAFNESS WILL BE MAILED ON APPLICATION TO THOSE DIRECTLY INTERESTED IN THE CURE OF THIS CONDITION. Readers of the MONOGRAPH ON DEAFNESS are to bear ¢! im mind. In Measics, Scarlet Fever, Bronchitis and Pacumenia the thront is involved and the inflammation extending from the throat in to the Eustachian Tubes and causing Deafness is Catarrhal from the doctor's standpoint. The ase Ci rrhal Origin” in the MONOGRAPH is used in the scientific not im that popular sense in which Catarrh is se commonly re- warded as a disease of the head and throat. McCoySystem of Medicine PERMANENT OFFICES DR. MeCOY'S NATIONAL PRACTICE. Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. 715 13th Street Northwest. Office Heurs, 9 to 12 a.m.,1 toS p.m. ¢ to 8 p.m.,dally. Sunday, 10 a.m. te 4 p.m EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1896—24 PAGES. 11 THE STEAMER THREE THE “BLOODY ANGLE.”| One of the Most Desperate Engagements in the War. Gen. Horace Porter Tells of Scenes in the Wilderncss—Trees Cut in Two by the Incessant Masketry Fire. Gen. Horace Porter in January Century. I had been anxious to participate in the Scenes occurring at the “angle,” and now got permission to go there and look after scme new movements which had been or- dered. Lee made five assaults, in all, that FRIEND: WEYLER’SCUBAN PLAN He Declares That He Will Starve Out the Insurgents. WILL S00N REDUCE THEM 0 TERMS Christmas Eve Prediction to a Newspaper Correspondent. HE PROFESSES ae CONFIDENCE The New York Herald correspondent who is with Capt. Gen. Weyler in Cuba. has sent his paper the following inter&ting dispatch: Camp Arroyo Grande, foot of the Ran gel Hills, Pinar del Rio province, Decembei 24, via Havana, Cuba, December 25, 1896.— In a small field tent, where neither of u: could stand upright with comfort, I have just interviewed Captain General Weyler in the above encampment of 10,000 men. The general's field requirements are sim- ple—a low canvae cot, which would make a good twin with that of the first Napo- Jeon on exhibition at Paris, and three diminutive canvas camp stools. The rain pattered on the canvas cover and it was all I could do to find room for myself and my interpreter. General Weyler sat facing us at the end of the tent and we were able to get just far enough to be out of the wet. Back of General Weyler hung his sword, belt and sash and on the cot by his side lay his revolver in its case. General Weyler changed his military casque for a velvet smoking cap during the interview. He looked well and his manner of speaking showed his satisfac- tion at being able to say in this remark- able and exclusive interview, given to the Herald’s correspondent, that at last he believed he had accomplished the work he had assigned himself. Surrounded as we were by an army, with clouds of smoke arising from the hills be- fore us marking the advance of marching columns, and the rain dripping about us, it was such an interview as General Weyler never gave befcre and probably never will again. Unpretentious Gen. Weyler. Having seated myself on the smailest camp stool I ever raw, I drew as close to the general as possible, General Weyler aiding me by drawing a wooden chest cut of the way himself. In fact, a more ap- proachable, unpretentious commaader never lived, at least that Is the way I have found him. “Have you found many changes since you were last here?” I asked. “Yes; the progress made has been most satisfactory, and I can at least say that the complete pacification of the province is a matter of a few days. “I have twenty-six battalions, ranging from eight hundred to a thousand men each, occupying all the hills of the prov- ince, these columns have destroyed every- thing in sight and have been able to sub- sist on the cattle of the insurgents, which were found grazing in the hills, and with whose Cestruction died their remaining hope of sustenance. They must either starve now or submit, and some may prefer to do the former, owing to their re- markable apathy.” “But why are there so few presentados, general; in other words, persons willing to lay down their arms?" “That point is eastly cleared up. I know that they have held meetings with the idea of coming in as presentados, but have been told that I would murder them all, which is absurd, is it not? Certainly I shall not harm them, but, not knowing that, they hope to throw away their arms and pcse as pacificos still. “When the presentados begin to come in crowds and the rest find that they are not killed there will be a general rush to surrender.” “You can tell pretty well by the number of arms given up how many have been con- cealed, can’t you, I asked?” “I arm not sure there are more arms than there are insurgents. To show their des- perate condition, I can tell you that I know positively that Maceo himself went three days without food before he was killed.” “You still belleve he is dead He Knows Where Maceo’s Body Lies. “Beyond a doubt, certainly. We even know where his body is, but we do not like to disinter it, as it would savor too much of profanation of the grave.” This seemingly settled this question, so I asked, “Why has Arolas left the trocha with 8,000 men to take part in this active campaigning?" “Because the necessity for the trocha as a defensive line no longer exists. There is, however, a considerable force there still, amply sufficient for all present purposes.” “Do you expect to capture Rius Rivera?” I asked, rather irrelevantly. “I don’t think Rivera will show himself at all,” said General Weyler. “We never hear from him, but sometimes do from one of the Ducasse brothers.” “Which one?” I asked. “That I don’t know. One of them is wounded, so, naturally, this is the other. Whoever it is, he is at the head of about 200 men.” Speaking of the dearth of presentados again, General Weyler added, as another reason for their hesitancy in coming for- ward, the fact that many of them held back because they were accused of other crimes commited before becoming insur- gents, such as having been bandits, assas- sins and highwaymen. General Weyler said he would have occu- pied the Rangel Hill pass before he did, only he didn’t want to inflict unnecessary loss of life from filness among his men. “Will you withdraw all your troops after you have declared Pinar del Rio pacified?” ‘No; I shall leave several columns there LAPSED NDUSTRIAL to keep order and prevent the existence of banditti and other criminals.” Met Rebels on Thetr Own Ground. Genera! Weyler added that as soon as the pacification of this province was accom- plished he would withdraw the troops for operations in other fieXts, though he natu- rally would not say where. He said that for some time past he has met the rebels on their own ground by dividing his own troops into groups and chasing those of the rebels. To this and depriving them of their food supply he attributes his success. In front of the tent, as we shook hands, I wished General Weyler a merry Christ- mas, as today is celebrated here as Christ- mass day. “Stay and dine with us,” said the general Pleasantly. I had to refuse, as darkness was already coming on and it was raining hard, and I had a two-mile horseback ride back to San Cristobal before me aftér I had written out the interview, which I finished in the tent of General Weyler’s young son and two of the members of his staff. I finished writ- ing on my knee by candle light. General Weyler’s Christmas dinner was a simple affair. It was served on a number of army chests, while the general, his son, Colonel Escribano and members of his staff sat on other boxes underneath a tree drip- ping with moisture. Colonel Escribano asked me to at least come and wish them good appetite. “You are not getting much of a Christ- mas dinner, general, and this tent isn’t the palace, is !t?” I said. “No, but I am better off than you, who are getting no dinner at all,” was the kind- ly repl A little later the bugle sounded, calling the troops together to get their Christmas ration of extra wine. REPORT OF NAVAL FIGHT DENIED. It is Said at Havana No Combat Took Place. - g A special to the Cincinflati Commercial- Tribune from Key West,'dated yesterday, says: Much comment was’ made today at Havana over the reports ¢abled from New York that the fillbuster Three Friends had been fired on by Spanish cruisers, and that the steamer had disabled.'a Spanish gun- boat. This report ig. positively denied in official circles, who affirm; that nothing of the kind occurred, but that the story is made from whole ¢loth.’ It is admitted that the steamer landed ofi the south side of the island, but it.is alleged that there was no fighting. Pi at It 1s furthermore aflmitted that only a part of the cargo was secured by Gomez, Spanish coast guards baying captured a good portion. 5s : Tae Three Friends iq here, lying. under the guns of the Raleigh. Capt. Lewis re- fuses to say anything about bis trip, save that he had been after derelicts. As to the story of a fight, he professes ignorance. None of the crew can be induced to speak of the affair. The vessel does not bear any marks of conflict, and the report is doubt- ed here. Havana advices are that Gomez's advance guard has captured the town of Las. Passega, in Santa Clara province, tak- ing the er.tire garrison and all their stores. A battalion of fresh troops was sent to Matanzas this morning trom Havana, to be sent to the front. Great exertions are be- ig made to get a strong force to oppose Gen. Gomez, and three lines are being formed to get the Cubans entangled in be- tween them anc crvshed. Inquiries in official quarters in Havana by the correspondent of the Associated Press elicited a denial of the story publish- ed in the United States that the filibuster steamer Three Friends fired upon a Span- ish coast guard steamer and a Spanish gunboat, which attempted to capture it while running into the San Juan river to land its cargo of arms and munitions. Alleged Warning From Europe. The London Times Paris correspondent says: “The Washington government hus been confidentially infurmed, although in very friendly terms, that the European powers would not remain passive should the United States recognize or encourage the Cuban insurgents. If my information is ccrrect, an intimation has been further given that Germany is quite ready, even rcw, to take Spain's side, should the United States show a disposition officially to side with the rebels. These warnings originated im the course of pourparlers for a Euro- Fean coalition against revolutionary so- clalism.”” Another Account of Maceo’s Death. A Havana letter to the London Times de- seribes the death of Maceo as a lucky and unexpected accident for the Spaniards. The writer says: “The main body of the Spanish troops continued to advance, ignorant ot the fact that Maceo had been killed and unheeding the two dead bodies, whose clothing had been stripped by the soldiers, who later handed to the commander the documents and letters found on the body, disclosing their identity. “The censorship suppressed the news of President Cleveland’s message here for three days. Discussing the Report. A dispatch from Key West to the New Yerk Herald says: As today is a nationai holiday nothing has been done by the local federal authorities in the matter of the Cuban fillbustering steamer Three Friends. For the same reason, it is presumed, no instructions have been received from Wash- ington, ror has any intimation been given of what {fs proposed:sto me done with the steamer or her captain, ;The tug remains tied up at the wharf,with a customs officer aboard, and Captain Reynolds, of the rev- enue cutter McLane, has: been instructed to keep surveillance) ovet ner to prevent any attempt to depart.:sConsiderable in- terest is belng manifestedyin the probable action of the Washingtam officials in the matter and the outcome is anxiously await- ed. The report that thestugrexchanged shots with Spanish naval. vessejs on the Cuban coast, and within the,juriadiction of Cuban waters, is freely discussed in the streets, and while applauded- in-Cuban circles is considered by morevgobemminded citizens as seriously complicating the situation. It is thought the master crew may be indicted for piracy! and. ‘he vessel con- demned as a pirate.) 'f I saw Captain Lewis this evening. He insists he has not violated any law, and de- clares the Three Friends has been engaged only in legitimate trade. Captain “Matt” O'Brien, who is aiso attached to the tug, makes a similar statement. Consul General Lee called cn Captain Lewis during his brief visit ashore this evening and had a long conference with him about the reported recent cruise of the tug. It is not known whether General Lee was acting under instructions from Wash- ington or obtaining information for his guidance after reaching Havana. If, as ru- mored, an engagement actually took place between the tug and Spanish tugboats the matter, it is ught, will be ht to his attention by Spanish officials in Cuba, ‘Turkey India day, In a series of desperate and even reck- less attempts to retake his main line of earthworks, but each time his men were hurled back defeated, and he had to con- tent himself in the end with throwing up a new line farther in his rear. The battle near the “angle” was probably the most desperate engagement in the his. tory of modern warfare, and presented fea- tures which were absolutely appalling. It vas chiefly a savage, hand-to-hand fight across the breastworks. Rank after rank was riddled by shot and shell and bayonet thrusts, and finally sank, a mass of torn and mutilated corpses; then fresh troops rushed madly forward to replace the dead, and so the murderous work went on. Guns were run up close to the parapet, and double charges of canister played their part in the bloody work. The fence-rails and logs in the breastworks were shattered in- to splinters, and trees over a foot and a half in diameter were cut completely in two by the incessant musketry fire. A sec- tion of the trunk of a stout oak tree thus severed was afterward sent to Washington, where it is still on exhibition at the N tional Museum. We had not only shot down an army, but also a forest. ‘The opposing flags were in places thrust against each other, and muskets were fired with muzzle against muzzle. Skulls were crushed with clubbed muskets, and men stabbed to death with swords and bayonets thrust between the logs in the parapet which separated the combatants. Wild cheers, savage yells and frantic shrieks rose above the sighing of the wind and the pat- tering of the rain, and formed a demoniacal accompaniment to the booming of the guns as they hurled their missiles of death into the contending ranks. Even the darkness of night and the pitiless storm failed to stop the fierce contest, and the deadly strife did not cease till after midnight. Our troops had been under fire for twenty hours, but they still held the position which they had so dearly purchased. My duties carried me again to the spot the next day, and the appalling sight presented was har- rowing in the extreme. Our own killed were scattered over a large space near the “angle,” while in front of the captured breastworks the enemy's dead, vastly more numerous than our own, were piled upon each other, in some places four layers deep, exhibiting every ghastly phase of mutila- ticn, Below the mass of fast-decaying corpses, the convulsive twitching of limbs and the writhing of bodies showed that there were wounded men still alive and strug- gling to extricate themselves from their horrid entombment. Every relief possible was afforded, but in too many cases it came tco late. The place was well named the “Bloody Angle.” The results of the battle are best sum- med up in the report which the general-in- chief sent to Washington. At 6:30 p.m., May 1%, he wrote to Halleck as follow: “The eighth day of battle closes leaving between three and four thousand prisoners in our hands for the day's work, including two general officers and over thirty pieces of artillery. The enemy are obstinate and seem to have found the last ditch. We have lost no organization, not even that of a company, whilst we have destroyed and captured one diyision (Johnson's), one bri- gade (Dole’s) and one regiment entire of the enemy.” The confederates had suffered greatly in general officers. Two had been killed, four severely wounded and two cap- tured. Our loss in killed, wounded and missing was less than seven thousand: that of the enemy between nine and ten thous- and as nearly as could be ascertained. —— THE DEBTS OF NATIONS. United States Wan Sixth in the List of 1895. From the New York Times. Every one takes an interest in his coun- try’s Indebtedness and the proportion of it that he has to bear. In considering the debts of the nations of the world, it is pleasing to know that with the exception of the Germans, Ameri- cans pay less per capita per annum than any other people—43 cents, about 1s. 9d. In estimating the indebtedness of the na- tions (pounds sterling being used for sim- plicity of statement) the United States in 1875 was third, with a debt of £440,000,000, and in 1895 was sixth, with a debt of £339,- 000,000—France and Great Britain having greater debts in 1875, and France, Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Russia and Italy in 1805. Although the United States, Great Brit- ain, Spain and Germany have made sub- stantial reductions in their debts during the last twenty years, the debts of the other nations of the world have been grow- ing. Taking the fourteen nations that in 1875 owed £100,000,000 or over, their aggre- gate estimated indebtedness was £4,324,004 000 in that year, and £5,172,000,000 in 1805 a net increase of £848,000,000._ The esti- mates giving these figures are as follows: Country. 1875. 1895. France. - + £900,000,000 Great Britain. ..:. 780,000,000 United States. .... 440,000,000 y 390,000,000 375,000,000 350,000,000 340,000.000 -£4,324,000,000 In estimating the debt of Spain the loans contracted to prosecute the war in Cuba were not included. If to these nations’ debts be added those of many smallelr countries, such as Bel- gium, the Netherlands, Canada, Greece, Mexico, Bulgaria and others, and’ Japan, a new borrower, we have a total of fi $04,000—the added sums aggregating £57 804,000. The interest paid on these great debts ap- proximates £2:30,000,000 yearly. It was about £200,000,000 twenty years ago, and, although the debts have increased more than £1,000,000,000 since 1875, the increase in interest has been but £30,000,000, because money is cheaper than it was in 1575 where credit is good. = In 1875 Mexico paid 18 per cent interest, Spain 15 per ceni, Turkey and Peru 10 per cent, Egypt 8 per cent, Hungary 7% per cent, Italy and Portugal 6 per cent, France, Russia and Brazil 5 per cent, Canada 4% per cent, Holland 4% per cent, India 34 per cent, and England 3% per ceat, on some of their loans, and the United States had not paid off much of her war ‘lebt. that was running at high rates of interest. The largest sum of money that is paid out yearly for interest is pald by France— about £37,000,600, a charge of 1s. 8d. per head of the population, although Austria- Hungary on the joint ani special debts pays out £37,190,000 a year; the average per capita charge on the joint debt being 4s. 10d., on the special Austrian debt 10s. 10d. erd on the special Hungarian debt lis. Great Britain disburses £24,540,000, a charge of 12s. $d per head; Russia, {21.726,000, a charge of 4s. 11d. per head: italy, £23,450,- 000, a charge of Is. 1d. ver head; Spain, £11,300,000, or 13s. Id. per head. The high- est per capita charge is said to be in Peru, where it is £1 3s. In Uruguay it is f1 2s. 6d. per head. The agggregate indebtedness of all the English possessions is £1,097,166,600, St. Helena, one of her smallest possessions, having the smallest debt, £5,408, Bie SAE a HARD WORK AND SMALL PAY. ‘The Lot of the Coolies Who Work on Tea Plantations. From ‘the Youth's Companion. ‘A great deal of hard and ill-paid work goes to the producing and preparation of tea for the market. Edward Carpenter says that the coolies of Ceylon are unfor- tunate. They go over in gangs from the mainland to India, men, women and dren. An agent is sent to conduct Success of Was first introduced to the medical pro} report. PNEUY Joss of flesh and strength, from the use of Terraline. cures Croup. fied indorsement of the profession, just Durang’s Rheumatic Remedy fs almost infallible in the severest cases of Rheumatism, It bas cured for twenty calar pains of every description. convinces the most skeptical. THE What Terraline Really Is. ——Codliver Oil, with its unpleasant and nauseating characteristics, has ‘been the only remedy at hand for a long period, when ‘Terraline was dis covered. 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One trint set a certain task, and if it is not com- pleted he receives only half pay, so that if he is slow or lazy ne may expect but 6 cents daily. Under these circumstances the debt Keeps on increasing, for the es- tate is far in the country, eway from any town or village, and the tea company con- sequently sells rice and other necessaries of life to its own coolies. They cannot buy elsewhere. “Oh, but they like to be in deb! said a young planter. “They think they are pot doing the best possible ching for them- selves unless they owe as mucn as the company will allow." That planter was very young, and perhaps he did not realize the force of what he was saying, but, in any case, what a suggestion of despair! At the end of the week ihe coolie does not receive any money, his debt is simply tick- ed down a little deeper. If he runs away to a neighboring estate he is soon sent back in irons. He ts a slave and must remain so to the end of his days; but poor food, thin clothing and the cool air and the mists of the mountains soon bring on lung é1s- ease, of which the slight-bodied Tamil easi- ly dies. 3 “I dare say three pence a day seems $3 you very small wages,” said a planter to a traveler, “but it is really surprising to} see how little these fellows will live on."> “It is surprising, indeed, when you see their thin frames, that they live at all!” “Ah, but they are much worse off at home! You should see them when they come from India!" And so the conversation ended. — Like wine, tea demands a vast amount of toil, in order that it may reach its lovers, and, like wine again, a great amount of suffer- ing. THE MUSIC CURE IN FAVOR. Vocal and Instrumental Music for In- valids. From the New York Sun. After the water cure we now have the music cure, and the French aud German papers are devoting some attenticn to it. It is seriously prescribed as a cure for nervous diseases, and it is claimed that it can re- move some maladies in the space of a few weeks. It 1s also averred that a musical hospital is about to be established in Munich, where the patients will be regular- ly dosed at proper intervals with insiru- mental and vocal music. The idea that music can cure discases cf the body is by no means novel. Every- body admits that singing possesses alsnost a magical power. It was by incantations, accompanied by the strangest instruments, that the sorcerers of antiquity prepared their charms and their evil doings. By piaying the harp David socthed the sadness of Saul. The belief that singing cures not only the ills of the mind, but also the maladies of the body, has been perpetuated till the present time. At the end of the eighteenth century Princess Belmont Pignatelli, the patroness of all talents, and particularly musical talent, became ill. She was visited by the Chevalier Raaf, the celebrated sing- er, who happened to be in Paris at that time. No sooner had he come into her Presence than she begged him to sing an airette. Tne singer consented, and chose a piece by Hasse, called “The Saxon.” While he was singing the fever of the princess ceased completely. Her medical at @idant, who was present, sald to her, pointing to the artist: “There, madam, is your real doctor.” The Journal de Paris of the 15th of April, 1788,from which this story is taken, adds that the princess’ was completely cured after a few visits from the Chevalier Raat. According to the Journal Encyclopedique, 1776, Dr. Duval cured a woman sixty years of age who was stricken with paralysis, by making her sing Christmas hymns. Of course, nobody can guarantee the truth of these statements, but it is beyond a doubt, for all that, that singing has an extraor- dinary influence over a great many people. This is proved by the daily experience that everybody is able to verify with facility. It is by singing that men engaged in A lady 43 years of age, says: Medicine did not help me any. Ripans sol the first | the aphorism of Montaigne ‘* Any one. who saw me about six months ago never thought I would be alive to-day. I couldn’t eat or sleep on account of having malaria so bad. I had chronic indigestion, was dizzy about all the time. 1 was clear discouraged. A neighbor told me about at the drug store. I Now | am able to do ali my housework myself. I tell everybody to use Ripans Tabules and save doctor bills.” heavy work lighten their burdens. The scng of a nurse soothes the pain of the child, calms its impatience, and often com- municates to it a gayety which is clearly attested by smiles. Homer and Plutarch tell us that the ancients had a habit of singing at the end of each meal, in order to dissipate, or at least reduce, the effects of wine. According to Gallien, singing has the effect of calming the furies of intoxication. Why go back so far? At no time was the power of singing more clearly demonstrat- ed in al! its grandeur and eclat than during the French revolution. Men dangerously wounded performed acts cf heroism while singing the “Marseillaise,” and such today is the power of certain songs upon men of the most healthy minds that every time Nberty 1s proscribed the songs are forbid- Music, therefore, has an incontestable in- fluence upon the human organism. But is this influence great enough to turn it, in certain cases, into a cure? That is precisely what the experiments to be tried at Munich will tell us in a few years. An alienist doc- tor, on being consulted on this subje-t. showed less skepticism than was expected from him. In the hospital of La Salpe- triere, for example, it was remarked that the concerts given by the Lyonnet brothers had a most beneficial effect upon certain subjects. Who, therefore, can foresee the results that may be obtained by a skillful multiplication of musical performances? “Now,” concluded tie doctor, “in regard to mental maladies, we must never be too skeptical or too affirmative. Remember *A grain only Separates reason from madness.’ Who can say that a musical zephyr may not be powerful enough to blow away the grain and allow reason to dissipate insanity?” SRE T AC RAMEY St. Mcholas Day in Holland. Annie C. Kuiper in Janaary St. Nicholas. In some houses the little children who go to bed early put out their shoes and stock- ings and find them crammed with presents in the morning. Others have to play a game of hide-and-seek for their presents, which the father and mother have hidden in the most mysterious manner and in out- of-the-way places. In a great many fam- ilies, however, December 5 is celebrated by sending and receiving parcels in the evening of that day. “Parcels” must be taken here in a very broad sense. The servant who has to answer the bell is obliged to bring in whatever Is put into her hands or before her, and consequently is often heard to giggle behind the door of the room in which the whole family is as- sembled. Then in walks—nay, is put—a most extraordinary-looking gentleman or old lady, or a queer animal, consisting chiefly of wood or of linen filled with saw- dust, in which the present, sometimes one of very small dimensions, lies concealed. Funny little rhymes often accompany the parcels; and generally much good-natured teasing is contained in the poetical lines The patience of some people 1s often sorely tried by a parcel consisting of a big ball of very fine cotton, which has to be unwound to get at the present. ——_+e+_____ A Commercial View. From the Chicago Record. “Yes, optimists look more cheerful; but as customers I prefer pessimists.” “Why, Mr. Cutandslash?” ‘Weil, optimists as a rule will take their wives to the theater instead of paying their tailor bill: oi Moant Ratimter's Height. From the Portland Oregonian. George F. Hyde, in charge of the United States geological surveying party that was in the field in Kittitass county, Washing- ton, all last summer, has given out the correct altitude of Mount Rainier, as de- termined by the triangulation survey, The figures are 14,519 feet above the sea level. The base line at Ellensburg was used with the sea level gauge at Tacoma, And these figures will go on government records as official. residing at Perrysville, Ohio, 1 looked like a ghost, and I spent so much on doctors Tabules got better from