Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1898, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, ‘SEPTEMBER 14, 1898-14 PAGES. AHEART-RENDING SPECTACLE! The Strange Pathetic Tale Brought to Light by Our Porto Rican Campaign. ts Significance to American Women. One of the saddest, most incredible } revelations of Spanish atrocity in all this heart-thrilling and desperate war is the wretched multitude of hopeless prisoners discovered in the filthy dungeons of Cuba and Porto Rico. “Their case is even more deplor- able,” says the New York Herald, “than that of the wretched reconcen- trados. ese are men and women | rave been kept in jail for uncon- | able terms, some on trumped } *s, some on no charges at | some instances faded andj} up cl all In worn women who had once been| SE OF PORTO RICAN PRISONERS. ful, gaunt and gged men had once been prosperous Id scarcely realize that priso’ doors which seemed forever seale were at last opened to them.” if it is a glorious and noble « for this great country, with its ent illimitable power, to Je open the prison doors the miserable creatures so desperately ground beneath Spain’s iron heel, it is no less a great and pressing duty of American man- | hood to think of the ten thousand | wives and mothers of free America | whose lot is more pathetic and miser- able than that of these wretched Porto Ricans. WOMEN PRISONERS OF FR AMERICA. ‘These women of our own country with homes to shelter and hearts to love them, with all the surroundings which ought to make life a pleasure and a blessing, are yet weighed down with an inward physical weak- ness which shuts them off from the sunshine and happi of life, as completely and hopel were immured in the darkest con- fines of a Spanish dungeon. Sentenced to years of continual suffering, weariness and distaste of | living, their sense of melancholy and | despair filling even their own cheer- | ful homes with prison-like gloom, the daily round of housework grows more and more irksome and dread- ful until it finally rests upon them like the leaden routine of a jail. A woman whose life is embittered } and poisoned by the weaknesses or diseases peculiar to her sex cannot | but feel that this penalty which na- | ure has inflicted on her is more un- reasonable than the despotism of a Spanish tyrant. How startling it seems that a true woman, capable i heart and soul of being a loving wife and mother, should, by sheer physi- | cal incapacity, be deprived of the crowning happiness of womanhood. A QUESTION FOR HUSEANDS. This is something for every hus- band in the land to consider, and then determine if there be not some- thing more than fine furniture and beautiful roundings needed, and which he can furnish to brighten his wife’s existence, and to make his} home, as it should be, the ever-living source of comfort and joy. © one can give an ailing, sensi- five woman too much sympathy. The best of husbands cannot half appre- ciate what she suffers. If the doc- tor is called in, ten to one he will not diagnose the case correctly. The ordinary local practitioner has no special knowledge of special diseases. Fie will probably prescribe for “in- digestion” or “liver complaint” or “heart trouble,” and never once reach the real fundamental trouble Jurking in the organs distinctly feminine. The woman herself may hardly realize where the cause of the whole difficulty lies, and if she does, the thought of the mortifying question- ings, “examinations” and “local ap- ications,” which modest women dread, will deter her from speaking frankly. She knows the doctor does not understand her case; she feels that his medicines are giving her no real help; yet she takes them in the vain hope that some way, somehow, she will be better in a little while. But no woman ever was or ever can | ful. be well while a hidden ailment of this nature is daily and hourly sap- ping away her very life. WHAT BOTH HUSBAND AND WIBE SHOULD KNOW. If every ailing woman could know what Dr. Pierce’s wonderful “Fav- orite Prescription” has done for countless thousands of her suffering sisters, female complaints would be- come almost unknown throughout the length and breadth of this coun- try. This extraordinary ‘“Prescrip- tion” is the outgrowth of thorough education, deep research and an al- most unparalleled experience. Its originator, Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., has devoted a long life of earnest effort to the study and treatment of the various diseases pe- culiar to women. For thirty years, as chief consulting physician of the famous World's Dispensary Medical Association, of Buffalo, he has had a wider practical experience in this special field of medical practice than probably America. He designed this marvelous “Pre- scription” for the one specific pur- pose of healing, strengthening and purifying the distinctly feminine or- ganism. It is for this and nothing tse. It heals all ulcerative condi- tions and unnatural drains; over- comes all weaknesses and derange- ments; imparts strength to the sup- porting ligaments and tonic power to the nerve centers. There never was any other medi- cine so scientifically devised for the express benefit of womankind; there never was any other which accom- plished this purpose so completely and permanently. It is a temperance medicine, not a mere stimulant. There is no alcohol in it, no narcotic drugs. The per- istent use of preparations contain- ing such agents is liable to awaken a morbid, intemperate craving. The “Favorite Prescription” develops no bad habits. The health it bestows is natural, genuine, vigorous and per- manent. “I was sick for a long time with female trouble, but paid little atten- tion to it until last winter,” says Lydia Craft of Larwood, Linn Co. Oregon, in a letter to Dr. Pierce. “I miscarried and this left me in a weak- ened condition. I grew very nervous and despondent. I did not want to see anybody; everything seemed so strange, as though I were in a strange land. I had such a disagree- any other physician in | able feeling in my head; it was not a headache, but a drawing feeling and the top of my head was hot and pain- I had bearing down pains and my back hurt me all the time. I could not do any work at all and could not sleep. I tried some patent medicine, but got no relief. “I went to see the best doctor in Lebanon. He said I had inflamma- tion of the inside lining of the womb. He treated me for a while and I did not see much change. I wrote to Dr. Pierce and in due time received an encouraging letter, advising me to take his ‘Favorite Prescription’ and ‘Golden Medical Discovery’ I did so and am very glad to say it helped me steadily. I could see that I was gaining. When I wrote to you I weighed eighty-seven pounds, now I weigh ninety-nine. I can eat anything I want to, my appetite is good, I can work all day and not feel tired at night. I have no more bear- ing down pains. My head does not trouble me any more at all and I feel better than I have for three years.” “T feel it a duty to inform you that I had been a sufferer for many years from nervousness with all its symp- | toms and complications,” writes Mrs. O. N. Fisher, 1861 Lexington ave- nue, New York, N. Y., in an earnest letter to Dr. Pierce. “I was con- stantly going to see a physician or purchasing medicine for this or that complaint, as my troubles became unbearable. In the spring of 1897 my husband induced me to try Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. After taking one bottle and following your advice I was so encouraged that I took. five more bottles of ‘Favorite Prescription’ and then I did not take any more for several weeks as I felt so much better. “T am not now cross and irritable, and I have a good color in my face; have also gained about ten pounds in weight and one thousand pounds of comfort, for I am a new woman once more, and your advice and your ‘Favorite Prescription’ are the cause of it, coupled with your ‘Pleas- ant Pellets,’ which are not to be dis- pensed with. I will not take any more unless you so advise, for I do not see that I need it. I have often told my friends how I was cured, and have been no little surprised to learn how many of them also used Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription with great benefit. For every critical period of wo- man’s life this superb “Prescription” is the never-failing stay, support and comfort. It fits young women to be happy, healthy wives and mothers. It gives prospective mothers physical and mental strength to pass through the ordeal of motherhood with com- parative comfort and perfect safety. it insures recuperative energy for young nursing mothers; and abund- ant healthy nourishment for their babies. ij “When I look at my little boy,” savs Mrs. Axel Kjer, of Gordenville, Cape Girardeau, Mo., “I feel it my duty to write you. Perhaps some one will see my testimony and be led to use your ‘Favorite Prescription’ and be blessed in the same way. This is my fifth child and the only one who came to maturity; the others having died from lack of nourishment—so the doctor said. I was not sickly in any way and this time I just thought I would try your ‘Prescription’ I took nine bottles and to my surprise it carried me through and gave us as fine a little boy as ever was. He weighed ten and one-half pounds. He is now five months old, has never been sick a day, and is so strong that everybody who sees him won- ders at him. He is so playful and holds himself up so well. I would like to see this in print for so many have asked me, ‘Do you think those are the testimonials of the people or has Dr. Pierce just made them up and printed them?’ “I do hope that if any women have the same trouble that I have had they will try Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. We recommended it to one of our neighbors and she tried it and the result is a fine big boy. Her two babies before this one were born dead, after she had suffered un- told miser Is very grateful for the ‘Favorite Prescription.’ ” A PLAIN DUTY. Every husband who feels that his wite’s health demands the attention of an expert, scientific specialist, and every ailing woman who is down- hearted and discouraged with weak- ness and incapacity in a womanly vay, should feel absolute confidence riting to Dr. Pierce about these troubles. He will answer all such letters promptly and earnestly; and will give carefully considered, fatherly, protes- sional advice without charge. He will prescribe simple and inexpensive self-treatment whereby any woman, in the privacy of her own home, may, in almost every instance, effect a complete and permanent cure. Any reputable dealer can supply you with Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre- scription. A dealer who doesn’t sup- ply it to you doesn’t want to. Some dealers would rather sell you a sub- stitute on which they can make more than a fair profit which this great standard “Prescription” allows them. Your health or your judgment is of no account to such a dealer. This kind of substituting is an insult to your intelligence. Show him that you know what you want. Insist on Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, and you will get it. THE BIBLE OF THE BODY. One of the greatest medical books of the present century is Dr. Pierce’s thousand-page illustrated Common Sense Medical Adviser. It has beert termed “The Bible of the Body”—be- cause what the Bible is to the soul this book is to the physical man. Two-thirds of a million copies were sold at $1.50 each. The profit on this enormons sale induced Dr. Pierce to issue a new edition in pa- per covers which will be sent abso- lutely free—one copy only to one family—on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps, to pay the bare cost of mail- ing only, inclosed to World’s Dys- pensary Medical Association, Buf- falo, N. Y. Or send 31 stamps if a heavier, handsomer, cloth-bound copy is desired. In one chapter of this grand book nearly a hundred pages are devoted to the consideration of the diseases of women; with an account of many severe and obstinate cases which by means of Dr. Pierce’s scientific, com- mon-sense treatment were promptly relieved and permanently cured. Death of an Old Resident. Alexander Giles, for forty years a rest- dent of this section, died this morning at 1 o'clock at his residence, No. 1736 14th street northwest, in the sixty-sixrh year of his age. Mr. Giles was the father of George Giles, who was killed in the Louis- jana avenue fire. He enjoyed a large cir- cle of acquaintances. He had been sick for the past two years. The deceased was one of the oldest members of Friendship Lodge, 1. O. O. ¥.Sand took an active interest in its work. The funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The inter- ment will be at Rock Creek cemetery, >——_— Sale of Alcohol. Mr. Roger W. Duffy, a druggist, has been notified that he will be expected to appear before a jury in the Police Court in about ten days to answer the charge of selling alcohol on Sunday without the prescription of a physician. It is claimed that many druggists do as Mr. Duffy is alleged to have done, and Prosecutor Pugh wants to make @ test case to see if those who do so are not violators of the Sunday law. THE HOSPIFAL LIST District Soldiers Men Brought FromMgntauk Point Aboard the Shianecock. THOSE GIVEN FURLOUGHS Special Dispatch to The Eveuing Star. NEW YORK, September 14—Ior two days your correspondent has be2n endeav- oring to locate, in the numerous hos- pitals, the members of the District of Columbia Volunteers left behind when the regiment departed for Washington last Friday. While at Camp Wikoff there were about 200 sick. A number of these de- parted for their homes with the regiment in the first stages of convalescence. Some had to be left behind, at Camp Wikoff or in the hospitals of this vicinity. The mortality in the regiment so far had only been fif- teen, and this number died of diseases in- cident to military service in the field. The regiment farad better than other volunteer troops during the war, and probably fewer of their sick were left in this yicinity than of any other regiment in the service. As an illustration of this fact, the trans- port Shinnecock, which brought 310 con- valescent soldiers from Camp Wikoff Mon- day, had aboard only two District of Co- lumbia soldizrs {ll enough to be sent to hospitals. They were Samuel Morgan of Company L, Ist Regiment, who was sent to St. Catherine’s Hospital in Brooklyn, and Samuel J. Wallace, acting steward, Ist Reg- iment, who was sent to St. Vincent's Hos- pital in this city. Neither of these m:n was dangerously, or even .seriously, sick. They were in the first stages of conva- lescence, and it was thought advisable to give thom the care and attention found in a hospital. Aboard the Shinnecoek. There were a number of District of Co- lumbia men aboard the Shinnecock who were well enough to take their furloughs. When the usuall questions, Will you go to a hospital? Will you remain two wesks in New York? Will you go to the country fer two weeks, or will you take your fur- \d go home? were asked, these men, e@ probably reached their homes cr are now well on their way thither, felt sufficiently well to be furloughed at once: John Green, corporal, Company G, Ist District of Columbia. Jas. S. Connaty, Company L, Ist District of Columbt. John Kamerer, corporal, Company I, 1st District of Columbia. George G. Meigs, quartermaster sergeant, 1st District of Columbia. William A. Noyes, Company D, Ist Dis- trict of Columbia. Flbert Richmond, trict of Columb! Alphonso W. Shilling, sergeant, Company D, 1st District of Colummias Harry Slatter, Company K, 1st District of Columbia. C. M. Walker, Company, D, Ist District of Columbi s David Williams, Compauy,G, Ist District of Columbia. oa! There are but two sources of information here regarding sick soldjers. One is the hospital and the other is the bureau of in- formation in the army ‘building, presided over by Major Appel. ‘The former is uncer- tain and the latter almystiimpracticable. The hospitals are strung out over a large area of territory, and are so. hedged in by Tules that the seeker afterinformation does not always get what he wams. Major Ap- pel is striving to handle a large problem to the best of his ability, bug his. bureau of in- formation doesn’t inform: uniess you can give the name of the soldier you wish to find. The reason for it is this: The names of all the sick soldiers, probably 1,000, are arranged alphabetica They are’ not classified by regiments, and the only copy of this list is kept-in card index form, is revised daily and is in almost constant use. The narrow passageway to the abiding place of this list is between the elevator shafts and the wall, and is filled from morning until night with a long line of soldiers, some of them convalescents and weak from long standing, ‘waiting their turn to reacn the major’s little room in the corner and be checked off from thi+ same list, as furloughed or otherwise disposed of. Jt will therefore be seen that {t is almost out of the question to obtain access to the roster of the sick for the purposes of slow selection of certain members of a regiment, prebably not more than thirty all te!d. Bureau's List. September 4 the bureau of information gave out its full Hst of sick soldiers. There was not a District of Columbia man in it. Starting from this date it is found that of the District of Columbia troops there were, September 7, three furloughs; September 8 there was one death; September 9, another death, and September 10, the day after the departure of the regiment for home, there were three furloughs. These furloughs and deaths, added to the list of furloughs and sick just given, would account for twenty men. Your correspondent was only able to lo- cate two men in New York hospitals. They were Wallace, already mentioned, and Elmer Pheips of Ist District of Columbia. Phelps is from Kent, Ohio, originally. He is located at the Post-Graduate Hospital, and the house physician says he is doing very weil. Visiting the out-of-town hospitals there were found at the Long Island College the following: "Albert Shalk, Company I, District of Columbia Volunteers; suffering from acute rheumatism, but said to be doing very well. James B. Warden, Company M, ist Dis- trict of Columbia Volunteers; malarial tever, but also said to be duing well. At St. Peter's Hospital (Brooklyn) the following were found: : G. R. Woodington, Company H, 1st Dis- trict of Columbia Volunteers; ill of typhoid fever. lvan Tidestrom, sergeant, Company C, Ist District of Columbia Volunteers; malaria. arence B. Hart, Company G, 1st Dis- trict of Columbia Volunteers; malaria. Robert Taylor, Compz ist District of Columbia Volunteer - Ernest Barbour, quartermaster sergeant, Company G; malaria. All are doing well. At St. John's (Brooklyn) Hospital there were: Edgar Fletcher, Company L, suffering from diarrhoea, and Budd Fortney, Com- pany L, malarial fever. Fred. Stewart, Company L, left the hos- pital today for Washington, discharged. At the Seney Hospital George N. Hodges was the last District of Columbia soidier on the list. He was discharggd today. This covers all but one Kospital—the East- ern District—in Brookiyn, Access to this hospital could not be obtained iast night. Company G, 1s: Dis- rs’ —__+>_—, Scrapbooks in the Library. ‘To the Editor of The Evening. Star. I am under obligatioris t6 Col. L. D. Bumpers for the full indoysement he gives in The Star of today toythe: suggestion I made in your issue of ysstetday, relative to the use of scrapbooks“in the Congress- ional Library. I am equally thankful to you for the prompt inséftt of the col- onel’s communication. I'!heatd a number of citizens, reading The Str; speak favor- ably of the whole project: + On s2veral occasions I have called the at- tention to the planispheres and astronomical lectures published in The Star the first Sat- urday of each month. They are important and ought to be utilized very generally. During the progress of the war with Spain I have k2pt a full personal diary of trans- actions. In addition to my own observa- tions, I have pasted in the margins. clip- pirgs from all the daily papers of the city. ‘These clippings embrace descriptions of ter- ritory, marches, battle sketches, proclama- tions, official reports, maps, etc. In short, I hav2 substantially a correct history of the war. This, in crude form, may give a hint to others. If so, they are welcome to it. It is this feature, enlarged and systematized, that I should be pleased to see incorporated as a part of ths work of the library. J. FRAISE RICHARD. September 13, 1898. ———__ Get one of those new Carpets at Hoeke’s special prices.—Advt, ‘Taffeta z Plaids, in fancy col- ; Cheviots and Tailor Suitings Correct. | Table 3. The bargain spots that will soon melt away are: The 85c value | Je fr ¢ hicoe-caees Cheviots at 68c yard, here in lovely autumn effects....The 54-inch | We to 8¥e Mibbons, 3 to 44% inches: $ lengths, styles. : Table 5. $ 14c Tor 1yx4a4 good value at 1c. AS least price to $15 yard. % adie rinegs una sat | fects in Renaissance Laces. .....Pompadour Ruches are again au fait. | : s See center | Ten styles here at 98c each. Many others from $1.25 to $3.98 are | F newly beautiful. Please to show them and be content with only your % Hose. All atzes, 1iD- bed and plain. ig $ table filled with them z $ Table 2. i waists. Some worth % We. yara. Table 4. (First floor.) a Oc pair for Dress Table 6. 3 DSc tor hast oF va- Tomorrow, Lisner Building........ nouncement. English Silk Umbrella is but $1.89. The Palais Royal, SAS Se Ses Sees G and 11th streets EW autumn goods have arrived in such quantity that only 18 of the 43 Remnant Tables are told of in this an- To the left hand is pictured the correct London Style Cloth Walking Costume, with “dart” sleeve, reproduced to retail here at only $10.98. To the right is the new “Santiago” Mili- tary Cape Mackintosh, here at only $2.98. The tight-rolling Thursday is Remnant Day, ne',,| New Autumn Dress Goods. | 72.2: ranted All-woot Serges, in autumo colors; All-wool mix- ed Cheviots and Fancy Plaids, for school dresses. longer. (Hirst floor.) 49c yard tor 27 - in. Black China Silks, Silks Black and | $4 and $4.50 a yard are Silk and Wool, in ten exquisite effects. 1 display. bra for autumn shire | Where 1s ample room and perfect lght for their proper display. Ane ee ate Hair Cheviots, $1.25 yard for choice. stripes. ie yard. Shields; 4¢ card for De Long Hooks and Byes; 1¥e dozen for ‘King’s Macuine ‘Thread. A big table filled with such bdar- 75¢ yard. NLY the inexperienced merchant or timid customer need wait | The fashions are already ordained. more than ever beautiful, are to be much worn. Royal, by early importations, has saved its patrons Io to 15 per cent. Regular Prices, $1.50 $1.75 $4.00 $4.50 $5.25 Palais Royal’s, $1.35 $1.68 $3.68 $4.00 $4.50 | ‘Those at $1.85 and $1.68 are Mohair and Wool, shown in Gifteen lovely Black Crepons, tor to second floor, | tr x3 English Whipcord Tailor Suitings and Broadcloths, the rich Camel's Silks That Will Be Scarce. "These extra heavy and sweetly rustling Taffeta Silks. colors and fifty glace or combination colors, including every correct autumn shade. Best rustling and heaviest Taffeta Silk ever offered at The Palais slightly chipped. s Those at $3.88 count, $ Table 12. : (Basement floor.) pleces, cut glass the large cake and water are worth GOc. ‘ifty plain aa | faney Innch for ladies ern ples, nearly all @ ent gains, (First floor.) Hoek ‘Towels, praise. (First floor.) Oc pair for dren’s and 1z¢ Pair for Ladies’ Black Cn tomorrow. advantage than later. Table 7. (First floor.) to you at tempting prices: rious lots 5ve Union Suits Separate Vests. and low necks, and long sleeves. New Laces and Neckwear. | ETS, 22 inches wide, with dots and wondrous figures of jet and chenille, are to be worn by society’s elite. They are here from And so are the equally stylish new e Autumn Housefurnishings. = ARLY purchasers—merchant or his patron—can buy to better Prices are less and variety is greater. Here are bargains lately secured by our “buyers” and passed on EDWEAR:-$3.98 pair for Guaranteed $5 quality California Wool | Blankets, full size and weighing nearly six pounds....98c¢ pair for imitations of the California Blankets, but not all wool.... $1.39 for $1.50 value Comfortables covered with silkoline, in big art c. None wort less than’ Se perior Um steel rods; mat Table 8 figures. ...$1.29 for Genuine Marseilles Bed Spreads and 49c for - (Firat floor.) imitations of them....41c for 80xgo Lockwood Sheets and only 9c | (First floor.) 7 Ge part wr Zt 4 | for 36x45 Hemmed Pillow Cas: | 25c zart tor ve- ee e Embroid- : | —test $1. Sash Tulle teres: Tue" yard for | ITCHEN UTENSILS:—2c for Asbestos Stove Mats....1¢ for boo 7 : whe $ tncnen: “tome worth Bell-ringing Table Glasses....$1.98 for Decorated China cles “Sig to 5 Inches a Tea Sets of 56 pieces... .$4.98 for Dinner Set of 100 pieces..... $1.27 for Chamber Set of 9 pieces ...These sets are all full size, beau- | 1 3 Tabi oe tifully decorated in colors, worth nearly twice the prices asked. Table 1 8. LAO ae es RT GOODS:—73¢ for elaborately beautiful 54-inch Cut Work | 25C £5. Noun pate egy ore or Spachtel Scarfs and. 32-inch Squares, suitable for covers or | alin ad." sigs : Ga a ee shams. Guaranteed $1.25 to $2 qualities at only 73c for choice. | 2,624 ge" Values 59c instead of 75c. $8.98 for $10.50 Suits. LADIES 59c for the new season’s ef- | $8.98 for the new Cloth Suit that ‘TAILOR fects in dark colors. All sizes, as is to be our $10.50 autumn-winter MADE Oa ae a Lh ee a te Re ee in the illustration. Third floor. specialty. The Palais Royal, SUITS eoeeeeooces OOOO CCCOO HOO OOOOH OOO EEO HOHEO OOOOH OLED EOE HEHO OOOOH ETEH EEO EEHOESO OOS PPreeeeee eee eee ee eee ee eee eee eee eee) * inding Up Our Fina Some of the most surprising bargains are in the Fall and Winter Suits at $8 and $10, You'll pay $18 to 25 Be no better when the season’s in full swing. - The same chances in Overcoat buying. The same chances in Boys’ and Children’s Clothing, _ aoe The above statements are positive. Guided by this trueism, we unhesitatingly state that the values have never been equaled for greatness. Remember that these lots of clothing are not the hackneyed antique stock, but the good, reliable Parker-Bridget make. Remember, further, every hour now lessens the chance of securing the greatest clething bargains ever offered. PARKER, BRIDGET & CO., Straightforward Clothiers, 315 Seventh St. earance Sale, It is high time to be in a hurry. Only four more days before the closing.of this store. To be sure you miss much if you do not share the offerings we are now mak- ing. It is as though a “Presto! change!” had made your dollars treble to buy good Fall and Winter Suits for $5 and $6, And there is no slight or shortcoming about these garments. The patterns are just such as you'll be clamoring for when the thermometer drops a few more degrees. Aaaaae Oe saa nane seeeeee fragments of an sees . « « « « « « « « < « “ SOTHO OOOO E ESE H SEES EO SEDO LEOOE EHO OEOSOOSOSEO ESE SES ESOS OOOS OOOO OOOO OOO OSEOOO* HHH een