Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1898, Page 9

Stock Taking Has Shown us that we have too goods in many lines. We do not wish to carry so much stock. Greatly reduced pric is the only way to thin it out, so we have cut deep into prices in every department. There’: many a valuable bargain to be picked up in our great seven- story building. Hardly an ar- ticle but what we have some snaps in. It's worth while looking after the house now, for this is the time of the year when your money will go furthe If it is not conve- nient for you to pay cash, tell us to charge the goods and pay at your leisure. Lansburgh Furniture Co., 1226 FSt.N. W. EJ cco many a ca ie H 3 i 3 "yarn Win DE. EDISON'S OBESITY PILLS AND SALT “REDUCED MADALAINE PRICE, THE POPU- LAR ACTRESS, 58 POUNDS. IF FAT, WRITE LOBING & CO.’S NEW YORK 0.. CHICAGO MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS—RUP- TURE CURED—BEST TRUSS EVER DEVISED. The popular actress, Madalaine Price, one of the stellar lights of the Southers-Price Theater Com- Pevy, bas token Dr. Edisen’s Obesity Treatment, aod is glad of it. Read below what she suys of her experience with Dr. Edison's remedi ATLANTA, Ga., Apr Chicago. I cannot ea 1897. ak in too high terms of Pills and Obesity Salt ond began taking Dr. Edison's Otesity Treatment my weight was 198. 1 had al- ready another much advertised treatment, and aa soon as I stopped it bad fleshemed up again, and it left my stomach in a ve weak condition. I took Dr. Eidisoa’s Pine Salt, and was reduced from 198 to 140 witbout any bad ef- fects upon iy system. These remedies soon cured the condition of my stomach, caused as above Stated. Since taking your remedies I look better and feel better cham for years, and have no ten. in fat. My professional friends yr. son's remedies if inclined to get too feshy, ani all of them who have used them on my recommendation bave been greatly benefited by them. My bus! Mr. Edwin Southecs, joins me In theoki; you for what your treatment has one for me. I will reply to inquiries about this treatnent that may be sent to we in care of tue “New Yerk Cilpper."” Yours sincerely, MADALAINE PRICE. Ohesity Salt. $1 a bottle: Obesity Pills, $1.50 » bettle. THESE GOODS ARE REPT IN STOCK B LEADING RETAIL DRUGGISTS. . Written guerantee to refund the price !f Dr. Edison's Obesity Pills or Obesity Salt are taken as directed without results. Write to our NEW YORK MEDICAL DEPARTMENT or our CHICAGO MEDICAL LEPARTMENT for advice about your obesity or any other disease. Be sure to write if rvptured. Best truss and treatment ever devisod— it crres. Send lezters and orders to Loring & Co., General Agents for the United States. To insure est a mention department, and est address. We send free ‘How to Cae LORING & CO., DEPT. 8, NO. 42 WEST 22D ST., NEW YORK CITY. No 115 STATE ST., CHICAGO, sLL. my25-tu,thées. tf So ee Fat Folks, Attention. A complete line of Loring’s Obes- ity Preparations and Flesh-produc- ing Medicines at Mertz’s Pharmacy, 1th and F. The Impor —oi having your eyes accu- rately fitted with eyeglasses or spectacles is apparent to every person of intelligence. We have but one quality of lenses—THE BEST--the price is regulated by the frames en- tirely. ' McAllisteré Feast _| Opticians,““1311” F st.: The Main Reason Why You Should Take Our Phosphatic Emulsion s of the ordinary stock emulsions of + Oi fs because WE PREPARE IT. “ans only the finest Norwegian cod Hand pure drugs are used in com- zit. Note our low prices for it. % pt. 6c. pint. c Arlington Drug Store, Cor. Vt. Ave. & H St Alex. 8. Dasgett. Artistic Souvenir Boxes we w. Kimmel, 805 Vt. Ave. 2d eeeee 20 Off Draftsmen’s Supplies. ites for Drawing, Painting, Dec- and Supplies for Draftsmen and Ceeecccccccocooces oeoet Coe eeeerereeos Pecercccecoooe Fred A. Schmidt,504 9th.: 2 ° tee ececcccreccccoccooos Great Reduction In Hair. 50, formerly $5.00. formerly $10.50. Gray Switches, formerly $5.6 Gray Switches, $4.50. formerly $6. First-class attendants in Hairdressing, Shampooing, ete. lair Regenerator for restoring gray hair. S. HELLER’S, 720 7th Street N. W. apl6-20d > Lucca, Italy, Is the home of finest OLIVE OIL in the world. Our Olive Oil comes direct from Lucca—and is bottled here. goc. quart. 50c. pint. W. S. THOMPSON, PHARMACIST, 103 15TH STREET. aS zy Ed ee HH HH eH HH HH PAAR [Pan ars Oar Os Pa ae og ma oy PARLORS,"" 1110 G ST. N.W. ; factal culture; manicuring; Im- perial Hair tor applications 8 Pure soap; cuilars, . domestic finish. d31-6t* | Inference wonld be natural enough, it is all the NEW YEAR _ MESSAGE The New Methods Better Adapt- ing the Practice to the Needs of People in Moderate Means. Doctor McCoy closed with the concluding days of the year the $3 period and the period of unl- form fixed rates, as stated in the public press. He appreciates that with the emphasis which he thonght it best to lend to the announcements of its closing the inference today with the public would be that be had raised his fees so high that none but those uf abundant means could obtain the ad- vantage of his school of practice. Because this mote necessary that {t be corrected at the outset and that the correction be #0 plain and clear that there can be no misunderstanding about it. THE DEPARTURE FROM A ONE-FEE PLAN TO A SYSTEM OF JUST AND ADEQUATE CHARGES FOR DIFFERENT DISEASES, PARTURE MADE NECESSARY BY THE WO?! DERFUL GROWTH OF THE McCOY PRACTICE AND BY THE WONDERFUL ADVANCE THAT IT HAS MADE IN THE TREATMENT OF ALL KINDS OF DISEASED CONDITIONS, IS NOT A RAISING OF RATES. Miss Mabel Becraft, 1208 Banks St. N.W., aged 8 years. Cured of deafness. Doctor McCoy has discontinued the $3 rate, yet he dees not want his patients or the public to think that in the confidence born of the great crowds who save thronged the offices these con- cluding days of the year he has suddenly raised his fees beyond the reach of the people who have con- tributed to make his practice the greatest numer- ically ever known. ‘There are some whose slight ailments of a sim- ple catarrhal nature, for instance, can be cured for a trifling cost. There are others whose deep-seated diseases require more continued work, and the system of uniform fees, popular as it has been, is today, with the -vonderful increase in practice, no longer practicable. This, then, 18 the announcement which Doctor McCoy makes with the beginning of the new year: FIRST—Recognizing the unwritten law of the profession that people who have no money are entitled, withoat pay, to the best medical skill, Doctors McCey and Cowden will, as they always have, treat absolutely free those who are unable to pay. SECOND—Doctors McCoy and Cow- den extend to all, as they always have, a cordial and kindly invitation to visit their offices, and on their first visit to receive a trial treat- ment absolutely without cost, with- out pay, or without expectation to pay. THIRD—All those people who have slight or trifling ailments, purely Catarrhal conditions, easily capable of a speedy cure under the new methods, will be charged only a trifiing fee, while those who have difficult, obstinate or serious dis- eases, requiring a special and long- continued care and attention, will be charged a fee commensurate with the care and attention they require. McCoy System of Medicine, PERMANENT OFFICES DR. McCOY'S NATIONAL PRACTICE, 715 13th Street Northwest. Office hours—9 to 12 a.m.; 1 to 5 p.m.; 6 to 8 pm. dally: Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Pleasures, To the Faditor of The Evening Star: The following is the concluding sentence of a brief article entitled “Innocent Pleas- ures for Sunday,” cut from a late number of your paper: “Can any one, even the most orthodox church member, at the close of the nine- teenth century, suggest a more benéficial and innocent pleasure than the enjoyment of the works of art, horticulture and sci- ence?” At the close of the nineteenth century religious men believe that the important work of human life is the building of human character. The love, the study and the practice of duty the religious man esti- mates more highly than pleasure—albiet, the highest pleasure is found in the path of duty. All study, all work and all recreation he makes subservient to it, and finds them never so rarmoniousiy related as when duty stands at the center. The “orthodox church member” does not think it the work of Sunday to search for pleasures for diversion. He knows that upon this day, if ever, the thoughts of men are turned to religion, without which every life is a failure, and without which even the ameliorating influences of the best civilization fall to reach the temporal in- terests of thos? who seek for nothing higher. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” Penitence and love take precedence of art, horticulture and science. They cre at the beginning of the pathway that leads to the alghest and noblest. It is not new to avoid a duty by substi- tuting something called innocent. To entice men from the thoughts which they mosi need on the day which is found to be practically the only day on which those most In need will heed such thoughts, even by museums and gardens and libraries or public spectacles, is to divert them from their best welfare. Who shall say to what destiny the little beginning of such di- versions shall conduct them? Sunday is the “Pearl of Days” to those who use it aright. We may well be thankful that there are so many who know its value, and that the aids to its proper employment are now more than ever available to a! January 4, 1898, SS A Word on Handle Bars. To the Editor of The Evening Star: As an old rider, and one who has beerf throvgh all stages of cycling, from the old “bone shaker’ down to the present “scorcher,” I think that those in power have made a great mistake in regulating the height of handle bars. There is no one better qualified to regulate the adjustment of lis wheel, for his own comfort and safety of others, than the one who does the riding. We riders place our handle bars where we can manipulate our wheels to the best advantage, and to raise the grips unneces- sarily high not only interferes ‘with the knees, but prevents full swing of the front wheel, and makes an otherwise confident rider only awkward and an uncertain rider. to meet. If the regulation goes into effect look out for an increase in accidents. It would be just as inconsistent to promulgate an order to regulate the position of the hands while driving. if the Commissioners desire to guarantee safety to the public, let them appoint a board of examiners, as in some foreign countries, where every cyclist is compelled to give an exhibition of his riding abilities and allowed full use of the public streets thereafter, his riding being approved by the miners, OLD RIDER, exal January 5, 1898. i ACROSS ROCK CREEK Plans Submitted for the Connecticut Avenue Bridge. COS? OF STRUCTURE ESTIMATED The Competition and How Awards Will Be Made. DIFFERENT APPROACHES For the purpose of securing designs by competition for a bridge or viaduct across Rock creek on the line of the extension of Connecticut avenue, Congress provided, March 3, 1897, an appropriation of $2,000. The Commissioners of the District were authorized and directed to invite the sub- mission of designs, and in response to a circular letter of the 28th of last Sev- tember three of the best-known and most- accomplished architects of the country, George S. Morison, L.7U Bhick and W. H. Briethaupt, all of N@w York, submitted designs, the first named3submitting one and ‘the others two ‘Srour of the five designe are published..hegewith, and, as the prizes have not yet bebn decided upon, the Commissioners h¥e withheld any fir- ther identification referring to them as designs A, ,, D and E, no Perspective drawing of design E having been. furnished for #Must¥ative _ purposes by the architect. abs The five designs, togethéx with complete detail sheets of eachgar@,now on file in the office of Engireer:Comimissioner Black, together with the pergpéctive drawings for illustrative purreses of the first four. De- sign A, it will be seem, 4s; masonry via- duct, with a suggestion ‘for modification of the same for econdémic: purposes. Design Biis a Melan (teel arches embedded In concrete) viaduct, faced with stone. De- sign C is a combination viaduct of Me- len construction, except the center span. which is of steel. Design D is a viaduct With steel arch span, as is true of de- sign E. ‘The competitors having assumed differ- ent lengths for their approaches, and va- rying somewhat in the prices stated for the same class of construction, it has been thought best by Commissioner Black to rake, for the sake of better comparison, a table showing the cost of each design, if based on an unit length and unit price for = ‘There Commissioner Black says that the known ability of the competitors in this class of work made it practically unnecessary to check carefully the stress sheets and quan- tities submitted with each design. But an examination of them, he states, shows that each is within the requirements, as_ set forth in the letter inviting the competition, and with a good safety factor. Therefore, he feeis assured that each design shows that the work set forth would be amply strong to withstand any legitimate loading that the viaduct would be subjected to in the present or future. Those who have seen the designs submit- ted speak of them in the highest terms, and the decision of the Commissioners as to the order of merit will be awaited with much interest. Their decision will, it is expected, be made in a few days, and it has been determined that each competitor shall recetve a prize. The first prize will be $600; the second, $500, and the third, $400. A cardinal principle in the competition was, indeed, that each competitor should receive a consideration for his work, a result which would be defeated gpould two of the three awards be assigned to one of the three participants. PLAN A, ais a ANGLERS’ ASSOCIATION, Washington Organization Holds Its Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Washington Angling Association was held last night, and officers for the ensuing year were The Nev Hotel. To the Editor of The Evening Start Reading a report in_thdeolumns of your paper a few days sipce that it is in con- templation to construgt a large, first-class hotel in this city, mdele& after the plan and style of the Waldorf in New: York, I elected as follows: W. K. Mendenhall, pres- | venture. to suggest’ that. Pennsylvania ident; Samuel Einstein, vice president; The- odore Friebus, secretary; W. P. Fearson, treasurer, and H. C, Coburn, P. Otterback, W. P. Fearson, Samuel Einstein and W. K. Mendenhall, members of the board of di- avenue may be selected as the proper site for its location, I submit this pgopositfon for the one good reason that the improvement and embel- | ishment of this noble thoroughfare is now rectors. During the discussion of the asso- | alone wanting to make Washington one of ciation’s affairs, Mr. Einstein offered a| the most beautiful cities m the: world: It resolution that no member should take more than six bass from the river in one day. The resolution was not favorably acted upon. —_.——— Read and Learn. Read The Evening Star Almanac for 1898 and learn all about the District of Colum- ‘dia and, its relationship to the national government; 450 pages. Sold by ali news- dealers and at Star should be remembered’ that four-fifths of the visitors to the capitg] are landed direct- ly upon Pennsylvania avenue, and ‘their first exclamations are of admiration for the imposing and majestic ‘structure bounding aes ao Aesists and bpetan Foes snaps intment e great centrat artery, which they heve .heard so muehy is-sp wanting in buildings having any-claim upon their attention! a “ ch:aa-the gayernment isin need . of Tnasmui Office, Price, 25 cents. additional buildings. for ments, and is now compelled to rent them, it would seem to be in order for Congress to inaugurate this much-neaded improve- ment by the erection of structures which would be useful to them and ornamental acter to the city. As I observed, should be done to make this, the capital a nation of 70,000,000 peovle, the most beau- tiful and attractive of ‘all modern cities— a grand metropolis, of which Americans can be proud as having no superior in Europe. A VISITOR. January 3, 1898. FAIR PROMISES MADE The Question Arises Can Mayor Van Wyck Make Them Good. CROKER SPECTER LEERS IN REAR Rip Van Winkle Clerk Says New Scheme Won't Work. TROUBLE WITH FINANCES > Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 3, 1898. Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck made the shortest inauguration address on record. His brief remark that he had received his office from the hands of the people and that to the people he would answer, has raised his personality in the estimation of the people. There are many who remem- ber, however, that the nomination was dic- tated by the supreme will of one man, Richard Croker; that up to the time of the assembling of the democratic convention Van Wyck was unheard of and undreamed of. Though elected by an unusual combi- nation of circumstances by the people of Greater New York, it is still too much to say that if the voters of the greater city could be massed together in the old- fashioned town meeting style Van Wyck would even now be the popular chotce. His feeble imitation of the great Jeffer- son, who refused to permit any display and who rode up to the public square on horseback, hitching his horse with his own hands, has also made an excellent impres- sion on the people of the town. True, the City Hall Park was a blaze of glory from end to end the night before, when the cele- bration occurred, but the exercises sur- rounding the office taking—the event over which Mayor Van Wyck had absolute con- trol—were unostentatious and simple. Now that the time for action has arrived, now that the day of performances rather than Promises is at hand, the new mayor's troubles may be expected to begin. Cabinet Composed of New Men. In the main Van Wyck’s cabinet consists of new men. Perhaps this is an advantage, perhaps it is a disadvantage. It will take the people longer to “get on to the curves’ of the new administration. The mayor's power of removal over the heads of depart- ments lasts for only six months. It may be expected that Tammany will not fully “show its hand” during that period, but | afterward the new charter absoives the mayor from neariy ali responsivity, and the blame for official wrongdoing can be placed upon the shoulders of individuals rather than upon the organization. There are some men who may be expected to give trouble. One source of great weakness to Tam- many and the ancillary organizations in the boroughs of Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond is found in the fact that the new municipal assembly is overwhelm- ingly democratic. In fact, it is extremely doubtful whether enough republicans were elected to give that party a representative on important committees. Political econo- mists generally appear to agree that the best results are obtained where the par- ties are almost evenly divided and where a few independents hold the balance of pow- er. If this theory holds good, look «ut for the new municipal assembly! This city legislature promises to become a veritable “School for Scandal.” The character of some of the new members indicates that it 1s not above suspicion. There are those who predict that the only two daily papers which supported Tam- many Hall in the last campaign will, with- in six months, commence to attack the tiger and its actions. All the other dailies are openly hostile. This fact speaks vol- umes concerning the character of the men in control of the new city. Should the two dailies mentioned quit the support of the administration it would leave Mayor Van Wyck without a newspaper organ in the great city of New York. Attitude Toward the It is too early to indicate the policy of ‘Van Wyck toward the saloons on Sunday— one of the hardest problems that confront- ed Mayor Strong and his president of the Folice board, Theodore Roosevelt. The sa- loon keepers, however, if the first Sunday urder Tammany rule is any criterion, ap- pear to be going ahead while the mayor is worrying over his policy. Sunday night the saloons were free of access through the long-closed side doors, and in some instances the drinking places were lo- cated within sight of places of wor- ship. And, while Croker’s mayor Is as- sumecly thinking over his “policy,” the police are acting, or rather not acting, for there was not a single excise arrest recorded in any of the precincts or courts this first Sunday of Tammany’s adminis- tration. If this is the situation now what will it be later? It is agreed that the great pres- sure on the administration so far as sa- Joons are concerned will not come until the warm weather approaches and the summer gardens and the places at the beaches at- tempt to run. During the winter in a city like New York-it is comparatively easy to conduct the sale of liquor in the smaller saloons if the police are comPiaisant. It Is when doors and windows are wide open be- cause of the heat that trouble with the church people begins. New Conditions Accepted. * It is interesting to note that the people of New York have accommodated themselves to the changed conditions caused by con- .solidation, and that there has been little or no friction. Even “Paddy” Gleason, the fighting mayor of Long Island City, yield- ed his crazy contention that he had been elected to serve another year by the people of his bailiwick, and that he had never been legislated out of office, and at the last mo- ment he consented to help welcome Mayor Van Wyck into his new office. To the very last, however, there remained a little old Rip Van Winkle sort of a man in the office of ex-Controller Fitch. This old man has grown up in the controller's office; knows nothing, hears nothing, talks nothing except bookkeeping and bonds. This expert, for he is an expert upon these subjects, will probably be retained by Con- troller Coler. At any rate controllers for the last half a century have found him an invaluable man. This odd little old fellow, the day before New Year, insisted that consolidation was a financial impossibility; @ sort of a fiscal monstrosity; that Greater New York was, in fact, absolutely illegal; that it would be impossible to ever recon- cile the bond issues of the different cities and towns, and that the new city idea must fall by its own weight. Whether the old man is now convinced that the consolida- tion is a fact no man knows, for the book- Keeping Rip Van Winkle would not talk to your correspondent-on the subject. Primary Election Law. One of the most important subjects that Gov. Btack will caM the legislature's at- tention to at the coming session is the amending of the primary laws of the state. Already in anticipation of such a move sev- eral bills have been prepared for introduc- tion into the legislature, but so Tadicalty Saloons. to be adopted that it is almost certain that the committee that will have the bills in | charge’ will have to frame a combination Measure containing the best of the views. The plan which seems to have gained favor is that which follows somewhat closely the Kentucky law, and which provides for the enrollment in cities of the first and second class of the members of political parties, under the supervision of sworn public of- ficilals—the regular of election. The plan is said to fit any form of party “organization and does not violate the con- Stitutional provision of secrecy of the bail- ‘Tot. It gives no plainer indication of the ticket. a men votes at the primary than is | given ‘new at e general election and thus | different are the ideas concerning the policy then enroll him, the enrollment being evi- dence of his right to vote at such primary. ‘Mr. Spooner's Bill. ‘W. R. Spooner, not a member of the legislature, has also prepared a bill upon behalf of the Allied Political Clubs of New York, which is somewhat after the style of the bill detailed above, but prevents primaries being held without ten days’ notice, and provides further for inspectors of election who must take the regular oath of office. ——— CONFESS HIS CRIME. Prisoner Admits Theft of Bicycle and Goes to Jail. James A. Cleary stole a bicycle valued at $18 yesterday afternoon from Thomas Gwinn, and was arrested shortly after dark last evening by Policeman Harrover. Today he was sent to jali for sixty days by Judge Kimball. He admitted the charge. The officer stated in his testimony that Cleary was coming down New Jersey ave nue without a light on the wheel and he stopped him. “I might as well own up, oner; “I stole this wheel.” Cleary told Judge Kimball that he took the bicycle because he was hard up, but was unable to sell it, and, being unable to ay work, thought he might as well be in jal said the Widows’ Right of Dower. To the Editor of The Evening Star: Referring to the communication of Mr. W. Mosby Williams read by me a few moments ago in The Star of this date, wherein he states “he thinks I have incor- rectly stated the present law of dower,” I will say it is true as stated by him that there is an old act of Maryland, to be found in the various law digests of this District, declaring that a widow is dowerable “not excluding more than one-seventh part nor less than one-tenth part.” This fact was well known to me, I having just finished reading {t when I commenced to write my article referred to by him. If he will read my article again he will see I distinctly say, “This is the law of Maryland in relation to dower as declared by the courts of this District to ve in force here.” In the next paragraph of my article I say, “But taking the law of dower as declared by our courts it will appear,” &c., &c. I did not therein express any opinion as to whether or not the Supreme Court of this District in pro- mulgating said table of dower allowances undertook to exercise powers of legislation which properly belonged to Congress; nor did I express any opinion as to the correct- ness in law of said action, as such a course would have made me a reviewer of the court’s decisions. What I did say in sub- stance was that the courts of this District held the law to be as stated in my arti- cle. That I was not incorrect in that state- ment, but, on the contrary, was absolutely correct, is evidenced by the very rule (No 102, Equity) cited by him. That ryle was adopted by all of the judges of the Sipreme Court of this District in General Term as the law of this District on the subject of dower allowances. For the course of reasoning which in- duced the court to thus hold, and which ruling has been followed for many years, I must, with due respect to that honorable court, leave for them to say. In respect to Mr. Williams’ statement that, though the Supreme Court in General Term hae established one table of dower allowances, rule 102, the auditor of the court uses another table, based on the aforesaid act of Maryland and that a member of thc Supreme Court of the District of Colum bia holding the Equity branch of said court “invariably sustains the auditor” certainly presents a statement of a most remarkable and unusual condition of af- fairs not existing in any other jurisdiction in the United States, and is certainly an argument for prompt legislation on the subject of dower in the District of Colum bia. But, supposing that the Supreme Court is in error on the subject and that the act of Maryland aforesaid is the law of this District, there would still be but little improvement over the condition dis- closed in my article. JOHN S. BLANKMAN, January 4, 1898. —-+ One Pensioner’s Experience. To the Editor of The Evening Star: There ig so much being said about fraud in the pension role I would lke to add a few words. I don’t see how any unjust claims. can get through the pension office if they use the same degree of caution in granting pensions that they did in my case. I enlisted in September, 1861, at the age of tweaty, and was discharged in De- cember, 1864, having served all that time in the guif department. We had not been there long before I was taken sick h chronic diarrhoea, scurvy, chilis and fever (all pleasant things to have), and from the of- which I have never gotten over. d for a pension in 180), under the 1 law, but, not hearing from it, I law of Iz. gene! again applied under the new I furnished all the evidence for. Two officers and thr company, also three coctors practiced on me since the war (two of them here in Washington) gave their affi- davits as to my disabilities. I have also been examined by three medical boards, all making favorable reports. I was granted an allowance ot #12 per month, When the last. administration came in power (the soldiers’ friend) they found that I was net entitled to anything under the new law, so they teok that all away and granted me an allowance of $6 under the general law That was very kind in them to do that much. They should have taken. that to increase some of the men who never shoul- dered a musket or ever left the depart- ments, that are only getting from $12 to $20 per month. I have since applied for an increase, but a few weeks ago it was re- jected. So you see, it is hard to work a fraud, and how any get by the board of review is something that I cannot under- stand. FRAUD, January 4, 1898. ————_ Fire in the A. D. Farmer & Son's type foundry, in New York, last night, did dam- age to the extent of $50,000. In the old days of the Christian martyrs it wae not unusual for the sav- age Pagans to cast inno- cent women into a den of lions, to suffer horri- ; ble ny and fear be- h fore ‘death ‘finally came to their relief. In this Christian age and this land of civilization tens of thousands of women daily suf- fer the slow tor ments of ap- proaching deat! They do this because of a false delicacy fre: quently inculcated by their mothers. There is a marvelous medicine for women that cures all weakness and disease of the distinctly feminine organism. It acts di- rectly on the delicate and i gered concerned in maternity and makes them strong and healthy. It is Dr. Pierce’s Fa-