Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1889, Page 11

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE A SEXTON OLD AND GRAY. A GQGoneration Spent Among the Dead on Prospect Hill HE HAS BURIED FIVE THOUSAND. Memorable Kvents in the Eventful Lite of George Medlock, Now Calinly Awaiting the Last Tramp. Life Among Dead Men, ID 1 ever see graveyards yawn in the dead hour of midnight, did you say?”’ was the repeated interrogatory of George Medlock, the venerable exton of Prospect Hill cemetory, when talking to a writer for THE BEE. In a neat and cosy little cottace at 1618 Cass street, Mr. Medlock resides with his wife, who has perhaps seen about the same number of summers as himself. He is y-eight years of age, and his hair on the sides and hack of his head is as white as snow. For twenty-seven years he was sexton of Prospect Hill cemetery,and three years ago he retired from that grave position. He is now spenaing the remaingder of his days among live people. 'The old sexton is a jolly, good- natured old gentloman, who has de- posited over five thousand bodins in the ground, $ “No, I never saw graveyards yawn,” continued the grave digg “1 have often heard of them yawning in their deathly silence, but have seen nothing more than a ghastly gap—a gap that indicates more than sleepiness. It 1sa gap for an eternal sleep. It isnota yawn as people are prone to call it. Juring iy twenty-seven years’ experi- ence | have seen over five thousand souls—if the souls had not taken their flight laid down in their last and long sleep when the grave has ‘gape I have had some queer experiences at grave-digging. I was the first sexton of the cemete: and had that grim undertaking when that last resting place for the dead wa nothing but trees and shrubs, I have not only planted the bod of people, but 1 have resurrected them, not to life, but from the grave for removal. Considerable of this work has been done nt night. T had to do it then in order that the corpses could be taken away on n steamboat. In those days there were no railroads. I remember having tal 5 up the body of a Chinaman about tifteen years ago. He died very suddenly one fummer afternoon in a iaundry on Thirteenth street. He ate a quart of fce cream and it killed him. After he had been in the Hround three years some Chines ofticial eame here and wanted to take the bones of the dead Chinaman to his native country. We found that he had not sufticiently decayed to get his bones and 1 took off” his elothing and planted him again for another three years. At the expiration of this time, he brought to the surface of the earth. Theve was a large erowd and a big gang of Chinamen at the cemetery to witness the performance. What little flesh re- wained on.the skeleton, I picked from the bones. The Chinamen put them into a sack and made much ado over them. They had a chicken, oranges, candies and burned a lot of red paper and then the bones weregready to be sent to China. “One day about twenty years ago while myself and men were digging a grave we accidently struck a skeleton after we had gotten about seven feet into the ground. There was no sign of a coflin or anything else but the skele- ton of n man. He was evidently one of the emigrants who were going to i fornia in 1849 and had died on his and was buried here. I struck skull with a spade. Soundsa little like the grave aigger in ‘Hamlet,” don’t it? But it was not the skull of a Yorri a ‘man of infinite jest.” He might ha been, however, but we never knew it. His bones were bleached as white as the driven enow, and around his neck was n black satin cravat. It 5 us fresh as it was when he first put it on. ‘We had our grave about finished and nev disturbed the skeleton. The corpse for which the grave had been dug was laid on top of the bones, and by this time T suppose that both have returned to earth. “In my time Ihave come across a aumber of skeletonsin digging graves. Among them have been the remains of Indians in decayed cottonwood boxes which crumbled into dust just as soon as I would try to handle them. I have nlso hundled and buried bodies that other people would not go near on nc- count of disease, Some years ago I was digging a well at the old’ Brownell hall and when returning home at night, I was told that two Englishmen who had been on their way to Utah, and who were tenting in the bottoms, had died of cholora and that no one would bury them. Everybody was afraid that the disense was contegeous. I took the bodies and deposited them in the poor farm, That night, in et when I had just finished throwing in the dirt, and was ahout to leave, [ stumbled over a corpse that had been left there by some one. I planted it also. A few nights aftorward, in my tool house at Prospect Hill,I found the bedy of a negro woman, whose husband’s nam a8 Smith and who was shot r citizen while trying to steal something from the postoflice. She was there in a box and I placed her under the sod. “1 used to have a Dutchman who worked with me and I had lots of fun with him when we were in the grave yard at night. When he first went to work it wus in the winter and we ex- perienced some pretty cold days and nights. One night, wo were there, working on a grave until 4 o'clock in the morning. The wind howled as it whirled around the monuments and the por Hollander was scared almost to onth. The grave was being made for o traveiing man who worked for a wholesale drug house in St. Loms, He died of the small-pox and we were go- ing to b him that night. His re- mains were taken to the cemetery by a couple of colored fellows who dropped them in the yard and did not notify me that the corpse was there. The Hol- lunder staggered onto the box and again he was almost frightened out of his wits, Three years later, while I was standing over the man’s pit, a lady ap- roached and asked me 1' I could show er the place where a man who had died of tho small-pox was buried, She was his wife. She gave his name und told of the circumstances connected with the drummer’s death, I informed the lady that she was standing near it and pointed to the spot. She looked at it and the tears forced from her eyes. Dreying them she asked me who had teen so kind as to put flowers on the grave, I then told them it was my« sell. The woman made a rush for me and with tears of joy threw her arms around my neek and kissed me. Her heart was filled with gratitude and 81X thought that T was not as hardened as grave diggers are said w be. “‘People have asked me if I have not become hardened by seeing 80 man, dead ones laid under the sod, but never di Many a time tears have streamed from my eyes when I saw oth ers sobbing. “I have acted the dual role of grave- digger and minister at the cemetery. In many cases, where fast women and licentious men have been taken to the graveyard = for interment, [ have been asked by their friends accompanying the remains to say a few holy words for the ones about to be entombed. “Body snatchers? Yes, there was one robbery some time ago. The robbers got the corpse of an old German. They dug down at the head of the grave, broke the glass in the casket and snaked the body out, leaving the clothes and the coffin. I knew the next morning that grave robbers had been in the cemotery by the bungling way in which they left the grave. I don’tthink they got the body that they were after. “My grim and lonely work in the cemetery is over. wonder, at times, who will lay me to rest in m, little lot in the cem- eter, There is a monument there and it is waiting for me and my dear old precious wife., There is nothing on it yet but $he plain, big letters, ‘Med- lock.” When the sexton has lowered me in my boxand has thrown the clods upon my remains, perhaps with the same shovel that I have covered many o man with, [ want these words to go on my monument: ‘George Medlock is my name, England is my nation, King Linn is my native town and Omaha is my financial salvation.” i oS A Sure Thing. Chicago Tribune. Publisher—It is your own affair, of urse: but are younot running a heavy risk in ordering an edition of 50,000 copies of this book? Author—Isn’t it customary for the person to whom a book is dedicated to buy vne or more copics of i Publisher—Certainly, but Author—Well, read the dedication. Publisher opens manusceipts at sec- ond page and read With the Friendly Sympathy of One Who Has Suffered \rmum Ayonies of Humiliation On Account of False Imprisonment, Unjust Suspicion of Guilt, And the Wretched Bungling of the Law's Incompetent Agents, This Book 1s Respectfully Dedicated By the Author To Those of His Fellow Men Who Have Been Arrested on Suspicion ot Being William B. Tascott. —— EDISON'S CURIOUS LABORATORY is Full of all Sorts of Bewildering Lhings. Among the materials stored in Ex son’s luboratory (as appears in an arti- cle upon Edison in the April Cosmopol- itan), are samples of every substance in the worid; the thousands of pigeon- holes and drawers contain skins and feathers, and furs of the whole animal creation, minerals, barks, grasses, drugs, fruits and gums, in bewildering completenc Some of the species are sorare that they are kept like dig monds, in the little folded papers. The rotesque nature of some of the mate- als there collected prompted the in- quiry: Loy can you ever want such thin as shark’s teeth or rhinocerous’ horn? ““That shows that you don’t know what queer things electricians use,” replied our modern Virgil. “During the pro- gress of the experiments with the in- candescent electric light, for ance, nearly everythimg one can think of was tried as a primary material from which to form the delicate carvon filament whose incandescence is the source of light. Finally, as perhaps you know, shreds of one particular variety of bam- boo were found to give the most gratify- ing results; and there, by the way, you can see a few bales of the vecy reeds from which those strips are cut. Again, the delicate needle, w\\u‘h.ufllx(‘.d to the under side of the vibrating diaphragm of the phonograph, indents the smooth, revolving surface of the waxen cylinder, had 10 be formed of some material pos- sessing peculiar properties of elasticity and rigidity. Scores of the most un- ; sanic and in- natural and artificial, were tried before the right one was hit upon. And so it goes with all !,I)c little details of electric appliances SRS Carter a8 an Author. Ex-Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago left here this evening for New York, says a Philadelphia dispatch, where he will call on some publishers in regard to issuing his letters of travel in book form. *I find that book-writing is con- siderably to my taste, and have found great enjoyment in the compilation of my letters.” RA nov “Yes, I am,” replied Mr. Harrison, smilingly. *I have thought seriously of writing one—a novel, something on the style of *Robert Elsmere.” I kunow it will tax my abilitis nd that it will not compare with Mrs. Ward’s wonder- ful creation, nor do I entertain any iden of it being its pee I have also an ethical creed which I would like to ex- press. That is what induces me to write on so deep a subject. However, the only certain thing is the unex- pected.”! title of your new book?"’ What is th *‘A Race with the Sun,” said he, « R D Galvanizing Wrought Iron. The American Machinist gives the following method for galvanizing wrought iron: The wrought iron is first immersed in a cleansing bath of equal parts of sulphuric or muriutic acid and water, used warm. Tt is then sorubbed with emery or sand, to clean it thoroughly and detach all'scales, if any are left, after which it is immersed in a preparing bath of equal parts of saturated solutions of chloride of zine and chloride of ammonia, from which bath it is directly transferred to the Auid metallic bath, consisting of twenty chemical equivalents of zine to one of mercury; or, by weight, 640 pounds of zine to 106 of mercury, to which are added from five to six ounces of sodium. As soon as the iron. has attained the temperature of this hot fuid bath, which is only 6580 degrees Fahrenheit, it may be removed, and will then be found thoroughly coated with zine. Care must be taken not to leave the iron too long immersed in this bath, as its aftinity for iron is such that it may become dissolved. This is the case with thin plates of wrought ron; even when one-cighth inch thick they may be dis- solved in a few seconds. It is safe, therefore, to let the bath previously act on some wrought iron, so that it dissolves a portion of it, in order to sat- iafy its inconveniently great aftingty for this metal, thinking of writing a All danger of drinking impure water is avoided by adding 20 drops of the genuine Angostura Bitters, manyfac- tured by Dr. Siegert & Sons. At all druggists, An English firm has been using pet- roleum for fuel in a torpedo boat and getting a speed of twenty-one knots. The oil is carried in the vessel’s double bottom, COOKED IT WITH HIS BREATH. Some Good Stories of Men and Other Animals. THE PARROT CALLED FOR PAPA This Scared the Burglar Away—A Horse Which Chews Tobacco ~S8he Was Ashamed of Such a Lover. The Curions Side of Life. 1 used to stay with a friend in Wiltshire, says & writer in the London Standard, whose park is separated from the house by a lake which is about one hundred and fifty yards broad at the narrowest part. 1 became inti- mate with two delighttul dogs Belonging to my hostess, a large collie, called Jasper, and a rough skye terrier, Sandie. The pair were devoted friends, if possible always went out together, and, sad to relate, even poached to- gether. One afternoon I called them, as usual, to go for a walk, and, making my way to the lake, 1determined to row across and wander about in the deer park. Without thinkingof my two companions, I got into the boat und vushed off. Jasper at once jumped into the water and gayly followed the boat. Half way across he and I were both startled by despairing howls, and, stopping to look back, we saw poor little Sandie running up and down the bank and bitterly bewailing the oruelty of his two so- cailed friends in leaving him behind. Hardening my heart, 1 sat still in silence and watched. Jasper was clearly distressed; he swam round the boat and, looking up into my face, said unmistakably with his w brown eyes: *“‘Wny don't you go to the res cne!” Seeing, however, that Ishowed no signs of intelligence, he nade up his mind to settle the difficulty himself, so turned and swam to poor little Sandie. There was a moment's pause, I suppose for explanations, and then, to my surprise and amusement, Jusper stood still, haif out and half n tne water, and Sandie scrambled on to_ his back, his front paws resting on Jasper's neck, who swam across the lake and landed him safely in the deer park. Mrs. E. Musgrove's horse Charlie has for years boen a well-known figure around v, O. The attachment between kim and s was 50 great that wherever one was seen it was well known that the other was not far away. But, sad to relate, he is no more. He has gone to that equine heaven where horses always revel 10 luxurious pas- turage and 1o crucl whip ever touches them, "The cause of his death, t0o, Was us rare as is pathetic. Some days ago Mrs. Musgro went to Hot Springs for the benefit of her health, leaving particular instructions b hind her for the care of her beloved Charlie. These instructions were faithfully carried out, but the animal drooped, refused to eat, and betrayed such marks of grief at the ab- sence of his mistress that the family b came seriously alarmed, and the best veteri- narians were called in to attend him. In vain all their efforts, Charlie refused to bo comforted, and_finaily yielded up the ghost. An autopsy showed that ho died of a broken heart. “1 will tell you a story,” soid Foster L. Backus in the Brookiyn Eacle, *“about the wemory and reasoning power possessed by a horse on iy father’s farm, This horse was in the habit of making journeys about the neighborhood in charge of a certain groom, who was coarse, ignoraut, low and cruel. “The horse hud been brought up on our farm, and was very good tempercd and gentle, but the groom’s roughness and fonduess for luy- ing on the whip confused him so much that he was not prompt in_obeying orders som times, Then the groom beat and bullied him. The horse never showed the slightest sign of resentment until one aay «he groom approached him in the pas ture field. The horse was free for the nrst time in the presence of his enemy, and he chareed tho groom. A short halter was around his neck and the groom seized this and hung on. The horse tried to strike him ith bis forofect—tricd to bite and kick him. 'he man dodged and shouted for aid. The fight was desperate and very excit- ing. The horse fairly roared with rage. The groom was nearly fagged out, and in an- other five minute would have been knocked down and trampled to death, when my father come on the scene. He seized the halter and told the groom to run. As soon as ho was gone the horse subsided and was as docile as ever. Now I am_satisfied that the horse deliberately planned to kill the groom at tho first opportunity. how carcfulliy he chose the time and placo of the assault. ~ A lonely pasture field where hie had his enemy all to himself. He had never shown the faintest sign of viciousnes before. The groom kept away from him after that, and the horse never afterward was known to exhnbit rage. I he had kiiled the groom 1t would have been murder in the first de- for the slement of deliberation was Yes, sir, horses have reason, and they have memories also.” A New York Journal reporter assisted at feast the other day that for oddity outdoes thing in line of feasts it has ever been good fortuno to enjoy. He ate an omelet which was cooked by simply lying in a fry- ing-pan, under which a man's breath wis blown, nor was the meal confined to the omelot by any means; there was some nice buckwheat cakes, done to a turn, and some palatable coffee and lamb chops, as well as other things. The person who provided and cooked the meal is one of the most astonish- ing men in New York. His stomach is a well of natural gas, with a constant flow by duy and night, aad with every probability that iv will continue flowing until_he organ- 1208 a gas company. One thing is surc, the as is at present being constantly generated. ‘The owner of this remarkable stomach is a Spanish _gentleman, Senor Barnello by name, and it 18 a_funny thing to see him go up to a street lamp-post and ignite the gas by simply blowing his flaming breath upon for all he hus to do_atany time is o apply & a match o his breath to set the breath on fire. He did it several times yesterday, and at haif-past 5 o'clock in the evening he lit every gas jet in_Doris' big Eighth Avenuo museum; but that feat he will do every evening for the week. He will enter a dark- ened room, place u gas jet, say sixteen inches long, between his lips, blow his breath through it, touch a match to the breath and become a gas fixture instanter. He says ho can not account for this wonderful flaming business of his, and that he does it just as naturally as he walks. He protests that he has no trouble in lighting and heatingihis apartments, and as_for his cooking he can manage that like & chef. A poll parrot prevented a robbery in Cin- cinbati recently, By climbing a grape arbor a thief managed to get through a second story window into & room in the rear portion of the residence of Hon, Emil Rothe at 260 Browne street. In the room in which the nocturnal visitor found himself was a large parrot of unusual intelligence, and which Mr. Rothe has owned for a long time. On the entrance of the thief the bird, seeming to realize that something was wrong, set up & screaming and screeching, vociferously calling *papu” in @& manner that struck terror to the trespassor. There none of the members of the household in the room, but that they would be aroused if Polly was not throttled was certain. In fact, the bird’s cries were heard by Mr. Rothe, who pro- ceeded to the room, but mnot until the thief had made his escape. A wise horso is Ned, the dapple gray that runs on Engine No. 3 of Newburyport. One of the useful accomplishments he picked up @ short time ago is that of watering himself. Happening into the fire station one evening this week the scribe was introduced to this feat of the gray's. *'Ned,” said the driver, *do you want a driok!” The old fellow logked round with a knowing wink, as much as to say he did. Being unhitched he came out of his stall, walked over to the trough, looked around & moment, smelled at the faucct, and finally, taking it in bis teeth, opened it wide, setting the water runnin merrily, His thirst quenched, he reveru:fi the lever, took another observation, and sauntered back to his stall unconcerned!; The suicide mania is making great ravages in the Austrian army. Shortly after the death of the crown prioce an officer of the priuce of Wales' Hussars blew nis brains out. On Wednesday the colonel of the Sixi second recunent of the line shot himsalf in Hungary, Butone of the most extraordin- UNDAY, APRIL 21, ary cases of suicidq on military record is now reported from I{:n;lhur.. Licutenant Mangesius, one of ‘the‘most popular offtcers of the garrison, proceeded on Saturday to the barracks, whers his company was quar- tered, and was obsarved, to be absent-minded and dr"rcum!, He went into a room whero a number of the Wew magazine rifles wera lu‘pl‘l and loaded ane. of them with a bullet. He then called \n ‘»:19 en, Addressing one of them, e said: “Buke this riflo and let me seeif you can aim_broperly. Point at my left eye.”” The soldier had no idea the weapon was loaded, wnd obeying the words of command, “Make. . ready,” ‘‘present,’ “five," he discharged the ritloat a distance of three yards into the ofcer's eye. The bullet went through his skull, and death was, of course, instantancous. He left a letter for his captain, saying that the soldier who shot him was innocent. Albert Menning, a middle aged man of Eau_Claire, Wis., formerly a subaltern in the German army, was arrosted recently at Chippewa Falls charged with bigamy and was jailed there. Tt appears that Menning has a wife and chiid in Munich, whence he fled to America. Ho rocently went through the marriage ceremony with a young girl living at Fall Creek. — She is the sister of a prominent citizen of Kau Claire, who has just discovered the previous marriage. The wife's suspicions were aroused by things her husbaud said in his sleep. Her brother has secured documentary evidence from the old country which shows a clear caso against Menni. There is a heavy draught horse at one of the quarries in Westerly that hus been driven for anumber of vears by the same man—a native of the Emerald Isle. - And it is a fact that the worthy animal will not draw a load in the morning until he has had a chew of tobacco, Hls appetite being satistied, he is off like a whole-sail breeze. - “Kid" Literatare. ‘‘Fad” seems a trifling word to em- ploy in connection with the vast subject of literature, says Kate Catherwood in Table Talk: and yet it is o recogni fact that there, perhaps, never was a time when there was such a strong for cortuin kinds of reading —and these kinds cover ample grounds. While one-half the \\‘nrh[ is deeply absorhed in books of the “*Robert smere” orler, the other half isen- rossed with what has been termed, not inaptly, “Kid Literature The best ccimen of the latter is Mrs. Burnett charming “‘Little Lord Fauntleroy, that has taken young and old by storm, and that has inspired a notable numher of imitators, who have rushed into the field with unbounded conti- dence, and an earnestness that would be highly commendable otherwise ap- plied. Yet more curious “*fads” in the current literature are the strange com- parisons not a few of the authors draw, to say nothing of the incomprehensible —to the many—words they us One author of the day. in a much- discussed book, makes the dark tresses of his heroi exhale a fragrance like unto the *‘odor of distant onses.” W hile again, she is made to harken to her lover’s protests as if a ting at the soliloquy of an “engastrimuth.” The same writer, in another talked-ubout story, tells of being ‘‘distraught at the intussusception of & presence.” The and similar expressions, form dive fying topics of gonyersation. A §6 Book F3 For $1.00, ofbulldtog'a hon Hyoaams iakiag. b metiean’ book; Pallfve: o Bulld or otherw R A b el . Bieaity four bindred dran it A §5 b 1Y resched by ai. Double b and country, Hou conniry, and coing from 43000 46, 500 e, T v i paper b, §2.00 " Tiox. DUCTOR q. M. Jordan Late of the Universit of ‘New Yok (ity ani HowardUniversity, Wash- ington, D, C. 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The HUSSEY & DAY COMPANY Sanitary Plumbing! Steam and Hot Water Heating! Gas and Electric Chandeliers! Art Metal Work, Stable Fittings, Fountains, Vases, Etc. LARGE ' SHOWROOMS WEST OF CHICAGD & We make o sy of repair work on Plumbing, Gas or Heating Appar- atus. Prompt attention. illful mechanics. Personal supervision, and charges always reasonable as firs ill allow..# Twenty-fiyo years' practi= cal exporionce. Visitors to our showrooms always welcome. THE HUSSEY & DAY COMPANY 409-411 South 16th Street HIGH GRASS LAWN MOWERS. Particularly adapted for large Inwns or rough grass. “The Popular Mower,” A Full Line of Regular Size Mowers. EVERY MOWER WARRANTED. TAS. MORTOIIT & SOV, 1511 Dodge Street, West of Postoffice. ~ THE BUSINESS OF B THE OMAHA MERCHANT TAILOR COMPANY, 3T, Has far ex d thelr expee 8, tog: ith fine work and perfect fit, have convineed thelr customers that it is the ¢ t plice to buy their garments. They ure coms ~ THE BEST REFRIGERATORS, Salest Vapor Stoves and Jewet Filters and Coolers. AT REASONAAL RATES, WM. LYLE DICKEY & CO., 1413 Douglas 8t. OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS. 808-810 N. I6th St. ROBERT UHLIG, Prop., C. M. EAT “Telephone 950, Repairs for all Stoves and Ranges made. Brillant Gasolin oves taken in exchange s part payment. Gasoline surners mude to order and thoroughly repaired, Telephone to us or send card and we will d estiniate work of any kind. ~ DEWEY & STONE Furniture Company A mognificent display of everything useful and ornemental in the furnk ture maker’s art at reasonable prices. satistaotion in ors_complain of t, SITOBZ ONON! has ever falle DN, Manager, Stoves. ETOHINGS, EMERSON, ENGRAVINGS, HALLET & DAVIS, ARTIST SUPPLIES, KIMBALL, MOULDINGS, PTIANOS AND ORGANS, FRAMES, SHEET MUSIO. 1613 Douglas &, - - - - - - - Omaha, Nebraska, " HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR, g Hardware and Cutlery, Mechanics’ 1ools, Fine Bronze Builders’ Goods anl Bujale Soalss, 1405 Douglas St., Omaha. s CIGAR! eMAHA‘ By iN s fl////;m ¢ ¢ SEE THA-rITr'ME .o B g ,;EEEL(EG" “REDLABEL” rner Capitol Ave, and 16th St, 1S ON THE BOX. |WHEN YOU BUY A L& A OWEN'S ELRCTRIC BEL.,T GENTS’ No. 4 BELT. SPINAL APPLIANGE ATTACHED, Dr. ing disense Selatica, Kidrie; disenses’caused Exhaustion, Female Com. Worle to prodoa 8 bali can be made or ro; y for weikness of menuwnnmedfimcfi?mm tte % S o or thi l?t‘a. &%‘f Improvad Februaty 18 1859, E tory Dl conta s i Willcare ali complaints ours day or pight. After exa in our Electro-Gulvauio Heltand Applia 1 Physiciaus endoree U it n Will be sent you with our Look of testimonials in & Flectrio insol Suspeu, the Eles wants the b Defore it DY ARE OB a0, To show the Ext idays’ trial, and if it does not Prove or \of 128 pagés written by & physiclan of over 40 without the wid of a phiyelcian or the use of e ). aste your money on Meontion OWEN'S Elcctro- Paralysls, Epi- plies, B Front View, ;jwumfilvlmc Bod! - and {his ho will find the Owen to be. %fi:m,mhm’:“&flmw:e:.y,gfams,'z, AL TERTE Its patented years ago. and if the belt is not adapted to their case thiey will be 80 advised. Open at all time I atonted August 16,/87. N7 1's B nd all otk lepsy, Spinal eart Dis- oasds, Lol Discases v " from In- ion in' Yo N p Bt wiil comp Buspensory. eity can be carried to any part of {he Boc mprdve Belt has just been patonted 1t differs from all others. 1t 1s & 1nlu e! ption. worh only froui six (o ten o W hay s wie T Sars experionch, Wil cine. ~ Send for & pair of Dr. Owen's We have private consultation rooms for ladics t, you 6an return it 10 us to suit any complaini eot ‘over mado n dpblying mmrm(’é us Consultal wiTH SPINAL , APPLA ATTACHER, Improved February l,'89. o, LADIES' v No. 4 BELT, alyanic Belt and Suspensory will of & nervous characte) Discases, g0, General and Nery- iy NOryousness, 'lrrmhllufi( Wastin discr th or Mar Ints, in fuct ail nervous discases pertainin o With it. “itheuma- Bt Vitus' [ it ebility, Cos ? B low, all ried Life, Nervous Prostration, Personal to Malo or Female, We cl The current is under the perfect control of th this cannot be done with any othe A are o adjusted thatby means of our appii iFeAs0 In} ted. 1bis 1s the Lates: ‘cure of Afsease or sy a vemeial dien 'y buyer of Hing 10 Gulvanic cells with 100 degrees of strengih, except onr No. 4 Full Pows th 200 degrees of stren, d Nogative curci, an the curreit ¢an He reve r Galvaite hitery, o Electric current can boy Tulng i b ‘otlier, us it 18 Jight and easily worn and superior to all g , wo will wer No. 4 11t complete 1o rasponsible parties on thirt Weet Reud'6 conts postage for our free illustrated pamphle aled enyelopo, giving instructions Low 1o treat yourself with electricit Price §1.00, which wil Gout Chilhiate, Cramps in Feet or Legs, or Cold Feet, 1o bo il a8 gents, and all who cell oF wrile us can rest assired that they will receive an honest opinion, n at oflice, or by mail frec, For information how o obtain trial bell seo 128 page pumphles, , the d crever Lh Back View. cure you #4.} The OWEN ELECTRIC BELT & APPLIANCE CO., 808 North Broadway: St. Louis, Mo,