The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1898, Page 5

THE N FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1898 THREATENED BY A FEARFUL EPIDEMIC WATER AT SACRAMENTO POLLUTED Rivers Filled With Disease-Breeding Filth. Refuse From the Folsom Prison Dumped Into the American. From This Floating Sewer the ‘Water Supply of the Capital City Is Derived. MUCH TYPHOID FEVER. Already There Has Been a Startling Mortality, but the Worst Has Yet to Come. SACRAMENTO, May 6.—Frightful | possibilities are ahead of the people of to. The horrors of war and | Special Dispatch to The Call. of famin has i The th intc c ‘ine n of the e ctly there been a start ¢ spring; alread »f typhoid fever ps are not immediately £ ERE a all corre introduction wat is bad > drink I Ameri > to follow oy A up the brid the > ( lict mento of the for ct situat “all co: riv. = the re no more to | s of a deadly | what con- 1ts of the capital city | g ding the of disposing of the - at Folsom (which is done to the river, the death | 1ing summer and fall a prominent 2spondent, , the physiclan, who made t not to have his nam < in gh, but 1g it when | d laden with | yrison a v, the g has ev rive B : the place where the domestic pur- ic might from the > great dam nt and Power | Str is not a single river bank a distance of | used as ail- a and offal. ets by the American mouth of the which furnishes the city of to with its drinking w umerable ditches from Chin ments pour their stenchful 1x T o it, and at the tc ng h it t running full of offe 2 fl thickly populated Ct atown But the prison furnishes the source of the river's de this point does the stom this place is found th i tain of filth. Thou per minute ¢ m sewa way into th at this pc pollution is so evident that for miles| at one time, and the results will be >ment. . not . principal At h sicken; at | deposits away, the gallon: e finds its int. The the 2 | appropr " | State’s bondent | from | & View of the Great Sewer at the Folsom Prison. Thousands of Gallons Per Minute Flow Through This Main Into the River Below. the water carries the stench of the,fearful to contemplate. The peo- prison. ple of Folsom are thoroughly alarmed { Just below the town of Folsom can |over the present outlook, and many are | be found eral pools of s nant | preparing to leave for the summer, be« water cov d over with a green and | fore the epidemic, which is sure to moldy scum, emitting odors that are |come, arrives. simply fr And yet, notwith- The State Board of Health will no tanding th: the school children of | doubt be called upon to take some steps | Sacramento are compelled to drink this toward bettering the situation, and the local authorities will, in all probabil- ity, be asked to co-operate to the sams ght from the hydrant with- pt at filtration. | wate | out the sli | It is a e, a , a crime, and the end. In the meantime the peo- | people uld be aroused to the enorm- ple of Sacramento will be living in| ity of it. peril. The doctors of the city have ad- | Warden Aull has full knowledge of Vised no one to drink water that is not | boiled and many are taking that pre= caution, but for the poor, who cannot | afford to buy ice to cool the water after boiling, it is a very difficult practice | to pursue. Typhoid fever is a most dreaded disease, however, and once the people ‘are aroused to the necessity of complying with these sanitary meas- ures, discomforture and trouble will not be taken Into consideration. RENEWAL OF THE CONTEST Fight Over the Estate Left| by George H. Parker the awful abuse, for in his last report | to the Governor he wrote: the Ame has been broug attempt has been evil In May la Health thoriti demand: | to obviat prison The emp question but no dy the Board of prison au- law and State the tion to the " and of the adopt of notice y to posing ost of such a plant. make the on of While ties against for State | < provision of | Jeast set the | at San Jase. | ) the law, even | | { d towns fail to do so. The health cannot be guarded too jeal- y. Tt is not enoughsto say that dan- £ § ger is remote, as no epemics have yvet | The Widow of the Capitalist’s ocecurred direct tr le to tus e s idemics have occurred in the past and | Son Tells How She Was ain in the re, and it will be 3 | to apply the remedy when a | Injured. scourge of this Kind is upon us. | fons of the , one of the lymen fror county, intro- | duced at the last session of the Legis- { 1ature a biil which provided: | “That the sum of $15,000 ated for the purpose ge pumping plant son at Folsom.” the Following out th, | report Hon. Scot e s F. Special Dispatch to The Call. SAN JOSE, May The fight over the $300.000 left by the late George H. Parker began in earnest this morning. A jury was secured yesterday after- noon, and when court convened this | should be | of erect- at the S ) The Stats Bosrd of | Prison Di- made the opening statement for the contestant. Smma L. Parker, the contest- after the | , within af Mrs. of this a da: repared b a i frem the | @0t was the first witness. She testi- | on into peoperly cone | fied she married Edward L. Parker, S0 as to prevent pol- | the testator’s only son, in Hartford, an Rive 1t ealth These plans submitted to | for their ap- Conn., in 1873, and they had lived to- gether until her husband's death in 1893. Edward Parker was conducting shoe store in Hartford at that time. | She said they lived together happily | as the plans and speci- | sr by section two of | this act have approved by the State | yptil Jane Pomeroy, sister of George | Board of Health the § ”.:l lif;:.;fl of } H. Parker, took a dislike to her. Mrs. on Directors g6 pumping | Pomeroy then set her machinations to sewage pumpin act. ) the erect plant provid: work to separate witness and her hus- | band. Mrs. Parker accused Mrs. Pom- eroy of writing to her father-in-law and giving her (the witness) a bad rep- utation. She saiu Mrs. Pomeroy told her if she did not leave Edward Par- ker she would make things uncomfort- able for her and that they would neves receive a cent from his father. Witness also said undue influence had been exercised over George H. Par- ker in the making of his will. There were frequent interruptions by objections from various attorneys. Mrs. Parker had not finished her testimony -d for in thi: The measure was known as Assem- bly bill No. 132. It passed the As-| sembly, but came to grief in the Sen- ate. There is no doubt but that an- other appeal will be made to the next Legislature, but the question ar What are the people of Sacramento go- | | ing to do in the meantime? i | The coming summer promises the | | lowest river water mark ever reached. | | w to carry these deadly vill accumulate in | | enormous quantities in the bed of the | th no current river, and when the first freshets of [at adjournment. fall come the entire amount ccums - s ulated will be carried down the river The number of churches in Chicago has grown from 157 in 1870 to ¢ One of the Many Pig Pens Lining the Banks of the American River. The Filth From These Places Flows Directly to the River. | Marila even at a ten-knot speed. PRESSING ANNEXATION - OF HAWAIL Advocates Urge That the Islands Are Needed. Would Push the Scheme Through as a War Measure. It Is Claimed That the United States Needs Honolulu as a Coaling Station. TREATY YET IN ABEYANCE. Before Rushing Newlands’ Resolution Ratification of the Original Meas- ure to Be Sought. Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, May 5—A Washington special to the Herald says: Immedi- ate action by Congress on the resolu- tion for the annexation of the Hawalian Islands is most earnestly desired by the administration. Chairman Hitt of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs called a special meeting of the commit- tee to-day to consider the annexation resolution introduced in the House by Representative Newlands. The matter was discussed in all its details, and it was found that the resolution would have an overwhelming majority in the committee—twelve of the members be- ing in favor of it and only three against it. Final action was not taken at . to-| day’'s meeting, however, for the reason | that it was thought that Commodore Dewey’s report of the situation at Ma- nila might render some change In the form of the resolution desirable. Chair- man Hitt gave notice that another meeting of the committee would be held on Tuesday next. Final action on the resolution will then be taken, and it will be reported to the House. The present programme is to have it taken up in the House and passed not later than Thursday. Strong arguments in favor of imme- diate action were advanced in the com- mittee this morning. It was contend- ed that the possession of the islands was absolutely ential for war pur- poses at this time, and that whether Congress acted or not, we might be compelled to use Homnolulu as a base of supplies. The necessity of imme- diately reinforcing Commodore Dewey | and of sending him enough troops to enable him to hold the Philippine Isl- ands and maintain order among the Spaniards and the natives was re- ferred to. It was pointed out that his report would probably indicate the necessity of immediately dispatching an expedi- tion to Manila with troops and sup- plies. From San Freicisc) to Manila by the most direct route is about 700 miles. As any ships tha: may be zent out “wculd be exp2ciel to travel at the highest possible rat- i .speed they can- not economize in the use cf coal. all the ships which will go will leaviiy loaded with ammunition ies of all kiads for mniodere fleet and for the land forces, it wiil not be poss:ble for them to carry mora than their norm:l supply of coal, If ther are to rep enish their bunkers en ruite it must be done at Honclulu There is no other port in the bread panse f the Paclfiz where coal can be obtaired. Crpe of the first vesscls that will be seut will be the craissr Charleston With her maximum supply of ccal on boarl she would not he able to reach She As be and will e expected to travel much faster | than this, and must necassarily replen- sh her bunkers at Hoaolulu. What- ever doubt may have existed as to the status of coal in time of war, the tion of all the pow: since the prese war broke out has claariy estahlished the prireiple that coal is contraband of war, and that no reutral nation can allow the vessels of 1 bolizaren: power to take on coal except for the purpese «f pr ceeding to & h)me port or te an- othe: peutral port. Suck vessels of the United States as may coal at Honoluln will be destined for a Festile expedition against Spain, and spould the Hawaiian Zovernment Permrst them to eoal at Honolulu and rraoceed from there to Manila the ef- fcow urer internat’vnal law, as estab- lished by the commen action of civil- ize~ nations in the prese t war, would Le to make Hawaii an ally of 1the Uni- 1ed Flates The only crmpensation Hawaii wants is annexation. There will be no difficulty in getting the annexation resolution through the House. Practically the entire Repub- lican members and many of the Demo- crats will vote for it. When the Sen- ate will act cannot be foretold. - Before taking up the annexation resolutions in the Senate Chairman Davis and those who stand with him in favor of an- nexation of the islands will make one more effort to secure the ratification of the annexation treaty. BUNKOED BY A SHREWD RASCAL- Expressman Burkhart of San Rafael Has a Sad Experience With a Confidence Man. SAN RAFAEL, May 5—One of the cleverest bunko games ever played is now a matter of ancient history, and J. A. Burkhart, the expressman, {s left to mourn. A man who gave his name as T. J. Davis is the sharper on whose trail Constable Traynor is now camping. Yes- terday Davis came to W. J. Miller, the real estate agent, and sald he wished to rent a house and bring his family here from Larkspur. Miller made arrange- ments to secure one of Attorney M. F. Cochrane’s cottages for Davis, who went to Burkhart and asked him to go to Lark- spur at 4:30 a. m. to-day and bring his belongings here. Burkhart did so and de- art ithout any breakfast, after lend- ing Davis $5 on his representation that $20 would be paid for the express work, Davis explaining that his wife had all his money. When Burkhart reached Larkspur he sought everywhere for Mrs. Davis to give her a note from- her hus- band, explaining that Burkhart must be given his breakfast and $20. The note was signed “Father.” Mrs. Davis proved to be a will-o’-the-wisp, and the express- man returned to San Rafael a madder if not a wiser man. His bewilderment and anger increased on reac..ng home to learn that Davis had gone to-Mrs. Burk- hart and secured §5 on an order from her husband, evidently written in his sleep. Davis was not to be found, and a war- rant was sworn out for his arrest and placed in the hands of Constable Tray- nor, who is now searching for the wil: thief. Davis is a tall, heavy fellow, and is said to have operated pretty thorough- ly throughout the State. He is supposed to be now in San Francisco. BRUTALITY T0 AN IMBECILE San Rafael Woman Ac- cused of Fiendish Cruelty. Her Insane Brother the Victim of Her Alleged Acts of Persecution. Charged With Seeking to Get Rid of Him to Secure His In- heritance. Special Dispatch to The Call SAN RAFAEL, May 5.—Mrs. Minnie Lakin was arrested by Constable C. Shepard to-day on a warrant sworn to before Justice Rodden by Mrs. M. Gil- leran, charging her (Mrs. Lakin) with assault and battery. On the face of it the affair would present merely the aspect of an ordinary neigh- bor's quarrel, but when the facts lead- Ing up to the arrest are investigated, taking the evidence of the witnesses in the case for the truth, there is revealed a case of alleged fiendish cruelty by the woman to be arrested that is enough to make one shudder—a case in which a half-witted brother was starved, beaten and kept closely confined in a cellar for several years, on the alleged ground that avaricious hands itched for |a sum of money coming to him. | The unfortunate wretch is Thomas | Jamison, a brother of the workman | who was killed by falling from the partly completed Hall of Justice build- ing in San Francisco some time ago. | Mrs. Minnie Lakin is the man’'s sister and is “taking care” of him for a cer- tain monthly sum. ~* seems that the woman who caused the arrest, Mrs. Gilleran, knew too much and talked too little, the result of being an assault upon her by Mrs. Lakin, and the is- | suance of the warrant. Mrs. Gilleran's story, which she as- serts will be told on the witness stanad, |and which witnesses will be compelled | to corroborate under oath, is as for- lows: “For a number of years I lived on Petaluma avenue, near Third street, |and next door to Mrs. Lakin, with | whom I came to be very chummy. The brother under her charge, Thomas, | was left about $25,000 a gcod while ago by an uncle. Mrs. Lakin received a like sum, and the other brother, | Jo who was Kkilled, the same. | Mrs. Lakin's treatment of this half-witted brother, whose money |she has charge orf, was some- thing frightful. He was kept locked in a cellar under the house and nobody |ever saw him. I saw him twice in these years and he was unkempt, un- shaven and hollow-cheeked. Moreover, he was kept nearly starved. On one occasion I saw him in the back yard, as he managed to get out of his cellar in some way, and he was eating | chicken-feed in a pan in the back yard. His appearance was pitiable. “Mrs. Lakin used to beat him se- verely. One night I was awakened by hearing shrill howls of anguish, and, throwing up my window, heard the | sound of heavy blows in_the cellar op- posite. Between yells I heard Tom | brokenly plead, ‘Oh, Minnie, do quit; | I won't do it again.” The next day h, o authorities and have the brutal trea.- ment stopped. She talked to me for | a while and I told her she wanted the poor fellow out of the way to get his money. . She said if I) would keep still and let her give him poison she would see that I got money enough to make me comfortable. “A few days ago I went and told a man the whole story. He made me promise to keep still for two days while he investigated the charges, but |in trying to learn things from the neighbors he must have put the La- king on their guard, for Mr. Lakin in the, Frencr Jaundry. on B early yesterday morning, and, showing me a pistol, said he would blow my brains out if I didn’t keep quiet. To- day he came up here and abused me before the other employes. I consulted | with my friends, and as Mrs. Lakin had beaten me in my house on April 28 for talking I was afraid they would do worse, and I have had her arrested. and I will tell it all under oath.” The nei~hbors of Mrs. Lakin are afraid to talk for various reasons, but enough can be learned to corroborate Mrs. Gilleran’s story in many -particu- lars. Thomas Steward and his wife lived by the Lakins for ten months. Mrs. Steward said: “Durir~ all this time I never saw this half-witted brother but once, and then they had him bringing in a load of lumber from the sidewalk—a load 80 heav+ he tottered under it. Rumors of ill treatment have been current for a "ong time, and the man should have been placed in an asylum.” Mr. Steward said he never saw the He understood the family had promisei to take him out for exercise every day. Mrs. Agnew, who now lives near the Lakin house, says he is never taken out for exercise and was not even allowed to take exercise in the back yard till recently. Mrs. Willlam Crane states that on one occasion the man ran away, but when he got a few blocks from the house he appeared to become dazed and halted long enough to be brought back by the Lakins. At this time a beard of about four months’ growth covered his face. Mrs. Honeywell, another neighbor, admitted the story of inhuman cruelty had been in circulation for a long time. but nobody seemed to care to take the initiative to stop it. One neighbor, Mrs. Ring, denied there was any truth in the tale, but stultified herself by deny- ing that such a storv was in circula- tion, which none of the neighbors cared to deny. She is known to be an inti- mate friend of the accused. It is needless to say the Lakins deny the story In toto, but when the case comes Into court some sensational evidence may be adduced. AMERICAN MISSIONARIES HAVE BEEN MASSACRED. Further Outrage Committed by In- surgents on the West Coast of Africa. FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, West Coast of Africa, May 5.—It is reported that tre insurgents engaged in the rebellion which has grown out of the dissatisfaction with the Hunt tax, and, as was announced yes- terday, had burned the headquarters of the American missionaries at Shongay, in the Sherboro district, have attacked destroyed the town of Rotifunk. further said that the ‘members of the American mission, located in that place, w’hz:!‘;ere Sierra Leonians, have beenmas- 8ac —_———— Jessie Ackerman relates some of her most wonderful experiences in dotting the great globe with W. C. T. U. missions in next Sundav’s Call. J | told Mrs. Lakin I was going to see the | was waiting for me as I went to work | street | “As God is my witness, this is true, | poor brother in the whole ten months. | | CHRISTIANS AT SAN RAFAEL Forty - Fifth Quarterly Convention of the En- deavorers. Delegations From the Golden Gate Union Invade the Marin Metropolis. Interesting Services Held and Reports Made at the Session of the Pres- byterian Cnurch. Special Dispatch to The Call \ SAN RAFAEL, May 5.—This city was | captured to-night by the Christian En- | deavor army, 600 strong. An alarm | was sounded at 7:30 p. m., when the train rolled into the broad gauge depot, | and soon the streets were crowded with people eager to witness the invasion. | Singing gospel hymns, the delegations | from the various San Francisco | churches belonging to Golden Gate | Union marched four abreast in compa- | nies to the new Presbyterian church at | E and Fifth streets. They were es- corted by the reception committee from | the local Congregational and Presby- | terian churches, composed of Dr. Van- derlip, C. Mockler, A. Todd, Edward Davenport, Henry Harrison and Miss | Clifford. The occasion was the forty- | fifth quarterly convention of the Gold- | en Gate Union of the Society of Chris- | tian Endeavor. Under the direction of the decoration | committee the church had been taste- | fully decorated with flowers, while banners were placed in conspicuous po- | sitions. The decoration committee was | composed of the following: Miss L | Shaver, Miss M. Dollar, J. Elliott, A.| Taber, Stanley Dollar, Miss McKenzie, | E. Boyen and O. Jacobs. | Rev. Dr. Robert Mackenzie dellvered | the address in his usual masterly style, treating of the purposes of the Chris tian Endeavor societies generally and of the Golden Gate Union in particuiar. | Rev. W. B. Noble gave a Scripture reading and offered prayer, and Pres dent J. S. Allen spoke eloquently on the | work accomplished bv the union. | Reports were handed in by Miss J. K. Partridge, recording secretary; Miss | H. L. Reynolds, corresponding secre- tary; W. Clark, treasurer, and by the chairmen of all the standing commit- tees. They showed the union to be in a flourishing condition financially and to have accomplished much work un- der the banner of the peasant of Pales- | tine for the la quarter. The praise service was of an unusually fine order | and was led by J. J. Morris. Messrs. Dufficy and Vanderlip in addition sang | an offertory. After the regular convention business was closed and the president had made the concluding remarks an adjourn- ment was taken for the regular social | hour. ’ All the delega‘es enjoved themselves heartily., They departed for San Fran- | cisco at a late hour by special train. | T0 TAX SOME CORPORATIONS Democratic Amendment| to the War Revenue Bill. | Call Office, Riggs House, | Washington, May 5. There is little doubt from Senator | Wolcott's expressions in the Senate | Finance Committee yesterday and the | fact that he did not sit with the Re- | publican members to-day that he will| vote to eliminate the bond provision, but it is understood he is not quite so | clear as to the support of a substi-| tute. | The Republican members are dis-| turbed over the discovery of his posi- tion and are considering how to best| repair the breach occasioned by his| probable deflection. They were not so greatly surprised at Jones' position, although they had hoped to be able | to secure his support of the measure practically as it passed the House. The proposition on which Senator Wolcott and Senator Jones of Nevada voted with the Democrats in the Com- mittee on Finance yesterday was a dec- | laration to the effect that the bill/ should provide more than $100,000,000 in | revenue. On this the two Western Senators aligned themselves with the Democrats and In opposition to the Republicans. The delaration was construed by the Republican members as in opposition to the bond provision. The Democratic members of the| Finance Committee held a conference late this afternoon and agreed upon an amendment they will offer to the bill, imposing a tax of 1 per cent on the revenues of certain corporations, in- cluding railroad, express, sleeping car, telegraph and telephone companies. This probably is the only addition they will suggest to the revenue portion of the bill, but it is probabl® that they will also urge the colnage of the sil- ver seigniorage in the treasury and the issuance of at least $150,000,000 in green- backs. The seigniorage amounts to about $42,000,000, and the intention is to authorize the issuance of certificates | for it, so as to secure immediate money | and not wait upon the coinage of the silver. These certificates, with the greenbacks, would give $192,000,000 of immediate cash. and the Democrats think this would be sufficient for the immediate wants of the Government. They believe that the tax they pro- pose on corporations would increase the regular revenues to the extent of about $50,000,000 annually. gy e Stricken With Apoplexy. WOODLAND, May 5—F. E. Baker, one | of the leading lawyers of Northern Cali- | fornia, suffered a stroke of apoplexy last | evening and is thought to be dying. | | ADVERTISEMENTS. Y 5 cures colds in the bead, colds on ihe ‘Solds, new colds and_ obstiziate colds, and xfnjflp. Stops neelln%dluhnm m Eyes, provents catarrh, diphiberia, Ditatmnr litite pelicts are abeolatels, Rormicse. bave e pollctssoe 2 ve Suved thousands of liyes ARG prevanted much Sl noss. The Munyon Remedy oo?mm a separate cure for % ceats & vial. If you need medical advice write Street, Philadelphia, It is LD CURE bsolut COLD C i’ Tablets; MUSTERY NOT VET CLEARED Cause of the Santa Cruz Powder Explosion Unknown. So the Coroner’s Jury Declares in Its Verdict on the Re- mains of the Victims. Three of the Mangled Bodies May Continue to Be Classed as Those of Spies. Spectal Dispatch to The Call 73 SANTA CRUZ, May 5—This after- noon the Coroner’s jury rendered the following verdict in the powder explo- sion case: “Cause of the explosion un- known. Number of lives lost twelve. Bodies of Ed Gilleran and Guy Fagen identified. Bodies accounted for but un- identified eight. Unaccounted for bodies three.. We further find that no blame can be attached to the managers of the California Powder Works for the ex- plosion, and absolutely have no reason to believe the same was caused by de- sign.” The verdict still leaves the mystery surrounding three bodies as deep as ever. At the inquest to-day George Hannah and W. Huntington Jr. testi- fied to seeing Edward S. Holway, prin- cipal of the Soquel public school, and his brother at the works three-quarters of an hour before the explosion. W. C. Peyton, the assistant superin- tendent, who was in San Francisco, could give no reason for the explosion. He said that fire had been known to break out in gun-cotton. He was at a loss to explain the detonation, for smokeless powder burns in layers, which communicates with other sub- stances. One explosion was from two cans of nitro-glycerine which were found out of one of the mills when the fire reached it. The first explosion was in a small dryer. Ten thousand pounds of gun-cotton and twelve thousand pounds of finished smokeless powder and two smokeless mills were burned without an explosion. Peyton gave it as his opinion that but ten men were killed as no one had as yet reported any persons missing. He thought the remains of one body might be counted as two bodies. Coroner Clark introduced fragments of the thirteenth and gave an ana- tomical lecture on them. He belleves thirteen lives were lost. Peyton said that the floors of the { mills were cleaned several times a day, so that no danger from a contact of | metallic substance with dust on the floor might result. No more boys will be employed at the works for the present. There are fifty there now, and it is considered they | are better than men for certain lines of work. As a result of the recent ex- plosion it is doubtful if the dryers will be rebuilt, as gun-cotton is to be dried by a new process. The powder com- pany was always opposed to dryers, but as the Department of Ordnance in- sisted that the drying should be done in a certain way the company had to follow instructio: The drying will be done through a mixture of water and aleohol, which will greatly lessen the danger. The average speed of a carrler pigeon in calm weather is 1120 yards per minute, With a strong wind in the directfon of flight, some pigeons have made 1980 yards a_minute. ADVERTISEMENTS. A TRAVELING MAN. Gives Some Valuable Hints Regard- ing the Care of the Health ‘While Traveling. Mr. R. W. Wincherdon, a commer=- | cial traveler from Birmingham, whoses business keeps him almost constantly on the road,r relates in the Sunday News the dangers to health resulting from constant change of residence and the way he overcame the usual injuri- ous effects. He says: One thing people traveling cannot very well avoid is the constant change in water and food; the stomach never has an opportunity to becoms accustomed to anything and in a few vyears or much sooner the average trav- eling man becomes a hopelessdyspeptic. For several years I suffered more or ess from indigestion, sour stomachs, headaches, distaste for food, often no appetite, as on the stomach and the usual unpleasant effects of imperfect digestion. Nearly every traveling man has his favorite remedy for different troubles and I tried all of them with indifferent results. Finally on the train between Pittsburg and Philadelphia one day, L overheard a conversation between two ladies, one of whom had suffered se- verely from indigestion and stated she had been completely cured by a remedy which she called Stuart’s Dyspepsia I remembered the conversa- tion because it directly interested me, and at the next town I inquired at the first drug store wnd bought a package for 50 cents, and from that day to this 1 have never been without them. They are pleasant tasting tablets, not a se- cret patent medicine, but composed of vegetable essences, pure pepsin, fruit salts and Golden Seal; being in tablet, | form they never lose their good quali- ties like a liguid medicine would, but are always fresh and ready for use. I carry a box in my pocket continu-~ ally, and whenever 1 see any symp- toms of indigestion I take one, also one after each meal, and for a year and a half I have not lost a day by reason of. poor health and can eat anything and | relish what I eat; my digestion is ab- solutely perfect as far as I can judge | from my feelings, and although there may be other stomach medicines just as good as Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets I do not know what they are. Certainly for people who travel they are far | ahead of any liquid medicine, as they are so convenlent, they can be carried. in the pocket and used whenever| needed. 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