The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 10, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1896, s . oHE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1896. . CLOSE OF THE After a Week of Interesting and Crowded Meetings the Convention Adjourns for a Year. A FAREWELL SURPRISE Great Enthusiasm Is Mani- fested at All the Sessions. MISS SHAW SHOWS SPIRIT. Eleven Fins Papers Read and a Stirring Address Given by Miss Anthony. JOINT CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, HEADQUARTEES, 1630 FOLSOM STREET, % SN FRANCISCO, May 9. The nine days’ talk in regerd to the action of the Republican convention in adopting s woman suffrege plank has not yet ended, end the comm Secramento are besieged with inquiries as to how it was done. The only answer to be made fs that *it did fisel,” We established our hesdquarters on the third floor of the Golden Eagle Hotel, opened our perlor, lighted a cheerful fire in the grate; the ladies of Sacra- mento sent in quantities of flowers, we spread | out our literature, put our boxes of badges on the center table, and then sat down in our rocking-chairs and waited. We had dec not to down in the lobby to “buttonhole” the delegates, but to stand on our dignity and let them come to us. There was no other head- quarters on that floor, and they would have to make the trip on purpose to seeus. Buppose theydid not come ! Butin a short time a prominent editor ap- peared and then the rush commenced. From Tuesday noon until the close of the conven- tion there was a steady stream of delegates, in twos and threes, and in whole delegations. Sometimes 2 chairman would come up and s: the others were 0o busy to cail, but had sent kim for badges for the entire delegation. Wednesday morning 250 delegates were wear- ing woman-suffrage badges, and our supply was exhausted. At least fifty more could have been used. Only once did we go to the floor below and that was when we were invited to address the platform committee. I wish I could picture that scene. In the smallroom, seated or stand- ing around the table, were the seven men who held the fate of this question in their hands. Atoneend of the table stood Miss Anthony, the light from above shining upon her silver hair till it seemed like a halo around her | head, and she spoke as no one ever heard her speak before. On the face of every delegate was an expres- sion of the deepest seriousness, and before she hed finished tears were in the eyes of more than one of them. Bhaw, who stood there the embodiment of all that is pure, sweet and womanly, and ina low clear voice presented the cause as no one else could have done. As we were about to leave the room the chairman said: “Ladies, we will take the vote now if you desire.” We thanked him but said no, we would with- draw and leave them to consider the matter at their leisure. Within a very few minutes we had their de- cision, six in favor of the resolution and one opposed—Kidder of Grass Valley. We violate no confidence in giving his name, as he went down into the lobby and publicly proclaimed the fact. Here I want to call attention to one thing. Eight women knew of the favorable action of the committee by 9 o’clock, but al- though we were besieged by reporters and del- egates until nearly midnight we gave no sign, and the Wednesday morning papers could only say that it was probable there would be & woman suffrage plank. Itis said that women cannot keep a secret, but this is oneof those many ancient myths that takes a long time to die. How were we treated? Just as ladies are treated who hold & reception in their drawing- room. Not one discourteous word or action during the entire convention, only the most profound respect. There was more than re- spect; there were hearty encouragement and helpfulness, and more compliments than we cared to hear. We would not have it under- stood that we believed implicitly all that was eald to us, but the final action of the conven- tion spoke londer than words. The convention-hall was clean, cool and beautiful with flowers and bunting. There was no smoking and no disorderly conduct. There were many women present, and the sur- roundings were much more sgreeable than at the majority of mass-meetings for verious pur- poses which women sttend without any com- ment. The meeting was more orderly and decorous, if we are to judge from the telegraphic reports, than a great religious convention now in ses- sion, which is not willing to permit & woman 1o sit smong its delegates. Aswe entered the hell we noticed on every banner which marked a delegation three white stars on a blue ground. We did not know what they might signify, but to us they said, “Wyoming, Colo- rado, Utah”—the three States where women are fully enfranchised. The convention throughout was for us an ttee of women who went up to | Ehe was followed by Miss | enjoyable one. We listened with close atten- tion to the bursts of eloquence displayed in the nominating speeches, but we wondered why in those nominating Mr. Grant the orators spent ali their breath in extolling the illus- trious fatker, but had not one word to say in praise of the proposed delegate, except thit he was the son of his father. | We were very much grieved to learn from | our waiter at the hotel that he should not vote for woman sufirage, as he did not think women were smart enough to vote! We had a young feliow to do our errands, look after our fire, eic., and he surprised us by saying one day that he thought he ought to tell us that he could not give us his vote this fall, as he did not think women were prepared for suffrage! We asked him if women who could come up there and do the work we were doing were not intelligent enough to use the bailot. He sald he thought we were awfully smart women, but not smart enough to vote. Finding that he was a Republican we inquired if all the wise men attending the convention should decide that we ought to have the ballot, whether he then would vote for it. He thought he would, and finally decided to put on the badge. Ire- fer to these instances simply to illustrate the | humiliations to which progressive, educated | women are subjected. s soon as the convention closed there wasa | wild rush for the train, and when we got aboard the cars were crowded. At least a | dozen delegates, tired as they were, sprang up | and insisted upon putting us in their seats, and after we were comfortably seated they came to us from another car and told us they had arranged to have us all sit together there. We went forward and took those seats, and then the other men came in to know why we left their car. At the Benicia ferry a delegate from Tulere brought a lunch to us, and in | every possible way our comfort and conveni- ence were attended to. These are but small | things, yet I relate them because one of the bugbears held up before the advocates of | woman suffrage is that when women get the right to vote they will be allowed to stand up in cars, ete. | Webelieve that they will be treated with | even more deterence and respect when they | are no longer classed politically with crimin- | als, idiots and insane, and when their opinions | and wishes are considered of sufficient value to be accorded the same weight in public af- | fairs as are those of men, We make the pre- | diction that after a few years’ experience of | woman sufrage in California allof these old | objections will appear so usterly weak and ab- | surd that people will wonder how they ever | could have made them or believed in them. On Monaay we go to the Populist Convention at Sacramento and on Thursday to the Prohi. bition Convention at Stockton. We have every assurance from the leaders of these parties that our appearing before them will be a mere act of formality and courtesy, as woman suf- | frage is one of their fundamental princtples. The statement is frequently made by Pop: | lists,and appeared in THE CaLLa few da | ago, that, while they are in full sympathy with suffrage and will work for it, they are not oblivious to the fact that, assoon asitwas ven to the women of Colorado, they over- threw the Populist party in that State. This is not & fair statement. election where women voted in Colorado the | Republican party scored s victory, but this | alsowas done iu Kansas, where women bave no vote whatever in State elections. The Populist party was as fully in control in Kan- sas as in Colorado. Whenever there comessa time of grest financial stress the party in power is always charged with being the cause of it, no matter what party it may be. Colo- redo and Kansas were passing through such a period of depression, and in both Statesthe people overthrew the administration, in hopes of securing better times. The Populist women doubtless stood by their party in as larges proportion ss did the Populist men. It was simply one of thosz landslides which are apt at any time to turn down any party. Ipa A. HaRPER, Chairman Press Committee. A glowing bower of pink environed the fair participants in yesterday’s session of the Woman’s Congress. Sweet Castilian roses blossomed everywhere, save in some nooks and corners graced by dainty pink carnations and flesh-tinted sweet peas. Mrs. Eroma Seckle Marshal! read the first paper, taking for her subject “Women as Citizens.”” There was something singu- larly lucid in her presentation of the sub- ject. She said: “You have heard if you have been in attendance during the week the bistory of woman; her growth as a sex; the unfold- ing of her character; the processes of the broadening and strengthening of her men- tality; how, even in the days of her most | abject slavery she was the staff upon which man leaned for support, for had she not then tilled the soil, ground the acorns and maize, grubbed the roots and per- formed the various menial tasks how would the poor creatures who depended on her strength and energy for food and shelter have existed ? “When one-half the world is dependent on the other why should either hall assert their superiority? Man without woman is like unto what the earth would be deprived of the sun's warmth, and, I will admit, vica versa. Therefore, if. men whom we Mrs. Alice Moore McComas, Whose In Has Placed Her in the Froat Ranks of the Modern Movement for Woman’s Emancipation. telligent View of the Suffrage Question v WOMAN'’'S It 15 true that at the first | CONGRESS. have cared for, educated and encouraged, are entitled to certain man-conferred priv- ileges the same should be considered the prerogative of women. “It has been asserted by some men, and women too, who are, strange to say, among the thinkers of the age, that Nature made man physically the stronger because on him was to devolve the careand mainten- ance of dependent beings, hence, they say, it is but in line with the intention of nature that he should represent the weaker portion of humanity in a legal phase that, as he is the bread-winner and natural protector 5o must he assume and exercise tbe functions of government. “‘But I donot believe that the Creator in- tended man to exercise a jurisprudence over woman simply because she was not as big and strong and robust as he is. Nature’s God is never unjust, and there is nothing in the world to prevent man rfro;n if she protecting and guardin7 woman rises to the dignity of a legal citizen. It certainly should” not detract from her womanly qualities or make her one whit less sweet and lovable. It is not so many years since co-educa- tion was considered unwise, and even to- day, women are excluded from some of our highest institutions of learning, but they have proved their ability to contest collegiate honors with the other sex, and our colleges and universities which receive young women on an equal footing with young men have reason to be proud of the attainments of one equally with the other. Then why should the woman who divides class honors with the man be his inferior in but the one thing, the ability to be a good citizen? “In this connection let me citeaninstance that occurred one week a<o to-day. A husbana and wife presented themselves before the commissioners of the Supreme Court for examination for admission to the bar. The wife had become interested from hearing her husband read aloud, and the study of law. ledge of the wife was far superior to that sioners in speaking of the fact aitecward exclaimed enthusiastically: applicants that I have examined for ad- concluded that shs, too, would take up | “The exsmination proved that the know- | of the husband, and one of the commis- | “Of all the | mission to the bar, and I have been ou | to his country, his family and his feliow- men; an understanding of the needs of his Government and an honest endeavor to do bis part toward accom- plishing the satisfving of those needs by casting an intelligent, honest ballot. Is there anything in these requisites to pre- vent a woman from being a good citizen 2" Mrs. Miller ot Oakland opened tire dis- cussion by ufing that the type of woman described by Mrs. Marshall would make a splendid public officer. A lady in the gallery opined that the :Ihusbn]lld could never represent the wife at 6 polls. Mrs. Hall said she would like to bear her testimony of agreement with the gal- lery lady’s remarks and said woman’s cause was an attempt for the good of ail; it was not for an expediency of good gov- ernment; it was all right enough for a man {0 eat & meal, but that meal did the woman no good, and so it was with politi« cal rights. ‘I suppose,” observed Miss Severance, “that woman is citizen enough to pay taxes, and if she has no husband she may perhaps take up land, but when it comes totheactual rights of citizenship, woman’s position is peculiar, She’s init, and she isn’tin it, and she don’t know where she is at all.” “Women,’” commented Miss Manning, | “are said to be very free in France. In exchange for their freedom the French woman gave the voting and law-making power into the hands of the men. As a result France has some of the most vil- lainous laws in relation to woman that have ever been enacted.” “1know a man in Oakland,” said Mrs. Van Pelt, “who has never voted since his marriage, and he says he never will until his wife can go with him to the polls.” *Do you think ti at man will vote next November?" inquired Miss Severance. *‘He most certainly will,”” was Mrs. Van Pegt’s answer, which was applauded to the echo. ‘‘Housekeeping and City-keeping” gave Miss Harriet May Mills of New York City the theme for a brilliant address. She said in part: The growth of civilization has been a remark- | able growth in the last century. In Washington's | time only 3 per cent of tha population lived in citles, but now 10 per cent live in the cities of the United States. We know that city-keeping Is nothing but house- keeping on a larger scale, and yet men for a whole century have left out of consideration this im- | portant element of management. The home man- agement, the many undertakings women have entered, show that they are good managers. They are used 10 making a very little g0 a 10ng way, for they have not had much money to manage with and they are economical. Mrs, John F. Swift, Whose Presence and Assistance at the Woman’s Congress Lent So Much to Make It the Grand Success It Proved. lutionary war. but of a new political philosophy. The inailenable rights therein declared are not limitable by sex, and she questions the intention of our forefathers to so cous.rue them. Woman has the same right to life, liberty and property that man has. Fas she not an equal right to_ pro- | tection? ThisJs the right of suftrage. If she has | a natural right to life, liberty and the pursult of “THE CaLL” HAS GAINED A MULTITUDE OF FRIENDS. the bench for upwards of twenty-five years, that lady was one of the very pest.’ Now the point I wish to make is this, Snhe is the mother ogegrowing children who are models of obedience, and who prove by their manner and bearing the true motherhood that has guided them. ‘‘Take our criminal records and look them over. In California the census shows that the female population is nearly equal to that of the male, yet in the peniten- tiaries of the State there are at San Quentin 1250 male prisoners and fifteen female prisoners. Last summer 1 visited the State’s prison of Nevada and fonnd that, while nearly every cell in the men’s department of that institution was oc- cupied, there was butone woman prisoner, and she was incarcerated for baving killed her betrayer. “If women are lesslaw-abidingthan men or defy the laws equally with men why are they not equally punished with men? Are our peace officers, our judges and our juries, the latter composefi nf‘zhe peers of the realm’ who are sworn to uphold the honor and justice of our country, more partial to the female transgressor than the male? And if this is so, why? for it is conceded than when a woman loses her nl!—nlz«:t and her position in society she sinks to lower levels of criminality than does a man. ““And s this the reason that, limited as are .the accommodations provided for wadeq in our peniteniiaries, they are more taan ample for the number assigned to them? ‘‘The brain that can expend the smallin- come of the artisan or laborer in & mas- terly manner can certainly comprebend as much lpdy:ury and intricacy as the brain that guides the hand that earns that in- come. He brin;- his wages home—we are speaking now of the exemplary man—and as the wife expends them so does the fam- ily succeed or fail. Her brain carries the details of butcher, baker and candlestick- maker, etc., to say nothing of the rent or installmerts on the little home they are buying; she has to plan for the shoes and bats and suitable clothes of their gowing children; to keeg‘ln condition the gar- ments of her husband; to see that variety marks his daily meals; to note the symp- toms of illness in her little ones, and though she hovers over the beds of fever- ish babies in the still watches.of the night, yet must she keep well oiled the machinery that operates her household affairs. Who will tell me that the woman who accom- plishes_this—and her n: is legion—is unfitted to make a good citizen? “The requisites for a good citizen consist in a thorough comprehension of his duties Tn New York I remember driving for years over a sireet with holes in it and shey always grew bigger until finally the men got an epidemicof pavement laying and paved every street and lane. ‘What's more, women are more cieanly in ian- agement. Their handling of houses shows that they know more about sweeplng than men who have so long superintended the wretched street- sweeping systems. "Wilat ie meed {5 not only ssnitation and better sanitation, but the cultivation Of a taste for the beantiful. Any man that will sacrifice the beauti- ful trees and the natural contour of the City Is not fit to bold the position that controls such things. treet-sweeping is 100 often made a matter of ! political affiliation. \We wouldn't have a cook sim- ply because she would nowl for some particutar candidate or party in favor. 12 you were in & city where a_School Superinten- dent could not read or write you might feel that woman ought to have a hand. Woman should have some partin the management of the school system. Men always make a mistake when they try to Keep house alone, and that 18 what they have done in atiempting the management of citles. There fis _no clty-keeping in which good housekeeplng is not recogvized as an important part. 1t would save us from filth, from a great deal of disease, and it would save menifrom a great deal of the responsibility. We don't expect toTeform the city management allin_a minute, but we do believe it will result eventually from the joint management of men and women. Miss Manning took occasion here to ex- press herself on a topic of the day sug- gested by Mrs. Mills’ speech. She said: If women were gharers in San Francisco's gov- ernment could the Cliy papers have come out this morning with the announcement of the disgraceful removal of the most efficient omclals that huve ever served in this City, Mr. and Mrs Weaver, the su- perintendent and matron of the Almshouse? Several other persons commented on the aper, after which Mrs. Alice Moore Mec- omas spoke, in part as follows, on *‘The Right of Representation.” ‘That there should be a question of the right of representation in a republic founded as is ours, upon the principle of “freedom and equality,” is truly remarkable. It is COBLTAFY o the :rtrh of our government o quesiion the political rights of any of our people. 'Therefore 1 claim that Ameri- gau women aro entitled to every right possesaed by American men. In making this sssertion, con- trary t0 our usual political practice, yet periectly in harmony with republican ideas—in perfect ac- cord with the fundamental principles of our government—it is right and proper that I s tempt toshow that 1t is reagonable and not dangerous (o our public interests. There is no better way to do this than to show by our National sonstitution that women axe entitied 1o ihe right of representation. A XIX, sectron says: o United Tticl sect! Ppersons born or na:uralized In the States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the Stale wherein they reside. No Sta i make or enfore= any law whnich shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens, nor shall any Etatedeprive any person of life. lIbérty or property without due of law, NOr deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal srotection of the laws.” And again: “All vernments derive [:'v’e'nfl"" powers from the consent of the The American woman bases her claim to the right of representation upon the Declaration of in- dependence, which was not & declaration of revo- happiness, then she should have & natural or sc- quired right to everything that secures to her the use of these rights—just as man Las—provided this Goes not hiarm the equal right of other. 1 ask the men here assembled if you have to a certainty ascertained that you are e 10 any God-miven, natural rights that are speci- fled pronibitions to women? Have you any daim o protection that is justly denied (0 women? Gentlemen of the 'Golden State— you who are famous the world over for gene- rosity and chivalry, whose pride In your women stands as one of your most gracefcl virtues— we ask that you establish such @ government in our State. We ask that you no longer permit this “Shadow on the face of the Priucess” tore- main. Woman are part of the people of California. They ask that Lhe grand declurations of the found- ers of this great State be no longer considered as glittering generalitfes. Verify them st the polls uext November by entranchising your intelligent women. ‘There s t00 much said about woman's “holy mission” and not enongh about her pract.cal duty to her country; there is 100 much said of man's patriotism and public service and not enough about his “holy mission” as the father of his race. A little mingling of these duties and missions, and more interchange of mutual interests would €1¥6 Us an improved system of government in the home and the state. You have seen a household bereft of a mother and have watched the dis- tracted father try to do for the children what the mother had done. You have seen s home de- prived of a father apd witnessed the broken- hearted mother's attempt to take his place. No matter how great the effort, neither of these homes are like homes where each day husband and wite £ave Lheir best strenght and thought to the welfare of the family. Does our government differ from our housonold?” Do we not love our country as our ome? Our opponents say, “Universal su trary to law,” “against nature,” “not sanctioned by scripture,” and “means revolution.” Yes, everything now is a revolution, Revolu- ton and evolutlon are the mainsprings of elviliza- tion. When Sir Samuel Rouwilly proposed to abolish the death penalty for sicaliog a handkerchief it was feared I would eudanger the whole cHminal code. When the bill abolishing the slave trade passed the House of Lords, Lord St. Vincent left the House, saying he washed his hands of the downfell of the British Empire. When the first steamer floated down the Thames it was deciared against nature! When ut the close of tne reign of Charles 11 London had a halt millfon people, there was . fierce strugsle against S n when some enterprising young men wanted 10 hire & “meeting house”—not a thonsand miles from New York—to hold a debate on rail- roads, the slow-going deacons, after prayerful de- Iiberation, sent a note of refusal, saying, “You are cheerfully welcome to our meeting-house to de- bate all proper questions, but such things as rail- fonds are impossibilitles! There 18 nu:hing in the Seriptures about them. 1 God had designed bis inteiligent creatares should travel a¢ the frightful rate of fifteen miles an hour by steam he would have foretold it by his holy prophets. It Isa de- vice of Satan to léad immortal souls to perdition " We can scarcely belleve such foolish men ever lived! Yet the time is not far distant when a truly eniightened people, enjoying the traly Republican Government, will be doubting the "existence of men who questioned woman's right of representation. Miss Yates, opening the discu ion, told of a man in the employ of a wealthy rivileges of a , lady graduate of Vassar College who went to cast his first vote after an instan- | taneous naturalization. His mistress | asked him how he had voted. 1t tran- spired that he had cast his first tax re- ceipt into the ballot-box. “I can give a little incident myself,” said Mrs. Marshall. “I applied for the position of proof- reader of a great register of one of our | counties, as I had been assistant on the previous issue, but I was refused, as I was told, because I was not a voter. They gave the position to a man, and he found he could not get it out on time and he had to send for me.”’ Miss Mabel Craft, a graduate of the Uni- versity of California, offered some perti- nent remarks on women’s wages. She said that in all the positions requiring what is known as brain work the women of California receive compensation equal to that men receive, but that inh other em- ployment the women competing with men do not receive nearly so much pay | as the men. In teaching and in journal- ism women receive as good wages as men and in some cases better because of better work, but in stores poor girls who have to help out the family at home work for $4 a week. It would not be possible for them to live on such wages, but they are addin,; a little to the furnishings of brothers an father. Women will never know political economy, she eoncluded, until they are able to vote; until they refuse to take work | unless the pay is fair. | Thelast Paper of the morning session | was by Miss Sarah M. Severance, who sgoke on *‘The Reaction of Injustice” in | the following strain: Action and reaction are equal, and fnjustice to woman has reacied upon man In full measure pressed down. Neither is responsile except for 1ts continuance, for it is ap inheritance, bus wrong woman and retributive justice follows on_the track of her sons and grandsons. Not only is there general retribution, but the individoal suf- fers. All inteiligent peope are interested in poli- tics. The club-woman knows all about the laws of Moses, of Lycurgus, of Solon, the Twelve Tables, NEW TO-DA' 9 VDYV ™ SOLE AGENTS FOR THE MAGGIONI KID GLOVES. WE OFFER THIS WEEK SPECIAL:-: VALUES e Muslin Underwear ~——COMPRISING—— Gowns, Skirts, Chemises, Drawers and Corset Covers. We Only Ask an Inspection. 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Amount of cash devosited in banks Interest due and accrued. Reunts due and accrued . Net amount of premiums in pro- cess of collection and of deferred 1,948,050 00 418,801 84 12,635,201 08 97,169 05 4,508,915 77 . 1,862,318 08 = 8,987 71 premiums . 2 1,481,470 74 Total assets -$82,902,369 64 LIABILITIES. Claims for death losses and ma- tured endowments, due and un- d. 55,218 74 death "lossi tured endowments in process of aajustment, or adjusted but not due....... .. . 282,859,87 Claims resisted by thecompany.... 4884499 Net present value of all the oni- standing policies, compated sc- cording to the combined experi- ence tables of mortality, with 4 r Cent interest. . . 65,804,573 Aaount of all napaid dividends to ° i ‘policy-holders.. . & 94,740 97 All other demandsagainst the com- . pany.. . 108,094 01 Total liabilities. INCOME. Cash received for premiums om new policies during the year...... $1,679,149 92 Cash received for renewal of pre- _— -$66,388,828 38 ‘miams during the year...... ..... 11,990,630 79 Cash recefved for sale of annuities. 8,291 97 Cash recefved for interest. . 8,837,791 50 Cash received for rents. 109,842 23 Cash__received from sources . : 27,269 41 Total income.. 17,550,775 83 EXPENDITURES. Pald for losses and matured en- dowments..... « 83,513,740 40 Paid to annuitants. : 2.554 26 872,671 88 ,298. for surrendered D 1,296.894 65 1,548,571 53 Paid for dividendsto polls Commissions paid to agents. Salaries aud other compensat officers and employes, except agents and medical oxaminers... 308,196 26 Salaries and_traveling expenses of managers of agencies. S 899 91 Medical examiners' fees and sal- aries. . 119,691 15 Cash paid for taxes. 194.323 73 Cash paid for rents. 0 25 000 00 782,119 18 88,656,662 42 PREMIUM NOTE ACCOUNT. Premium notes and other premium obllgations at ginning of the year...$467,540 43 Preminm notes and other premium obligations re- ceived during the year.. All other cash payments & Total expenditures during the 89,664 60 Deductions during the year as follows: Amount of notes and ouher premium obliga- tlons used in payment of losses and claims.... 22,758 17 Amount of notes and other premium obliga- tions used in_purchase of surrendered policies. Amount of notes other premiom obliga- tions used in payment of dividends to policy- holders. . Amoust ¢ , fod other premium obliga- nollulvoldod by lapse of oles. . 18,780 80 Amount d other premium obliga- tions redeemed by maker in cash.......... Total reduction of premium note account.. H. L. PALMER, Precident. gttt e b A B of ¥ebruary, 1896, e C. A. PRIDE, Notary Publlc. 557,206 02 10,438 81 66,639 64 3 Ealar, Organs, i cures Emissions, Impo-ency, Varico- o] cele, Gleet, Fits, Strictures and ad wasting effects of Self-Abuse or Ex- ccsses. 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