The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 15, 1900, Page 9

FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900 DR. HUNTINGTON AND JENNIE McKOWN WERE RECOGNIZED AS BEING DEVOTED LOVERS FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS estimony Given at the Preliminary Hearing of Hunting- ton and Hill by Judge Cabaniss on Charge of ctor Hill Testifies in His y Murder—Do N 5 i Own Behalf. e WITNESSES AND PRINCIPALS IN THE INQUIRY INTO JEN- NIE McKOWN'S DEATH. fainting. After vas so weak t artroomi. er revived her. img toward Hunt- She declared that ister had been de- two years prior 1o witness ex- His testi- to the resuit tes of & phy operation and sy and the ¢ ng wr t that she lived - e sister, prior h her. She k for about two s Hill several times. tington intimately and he f her sister. He used 13 the house very frequently, some- three times a day. He and 4 been going together for two were devoted lovers. No out with her sister or paid tention n and Hill called at her house ng. October 2. They both \d nervous. She asked was sick. He shook She then asked, ald, “Yes.” 8She 4 she die and he told her treating her for an illness her the Monday previous ' and he would have to undergo an oper- nle objectes t, but finaliy 1d on Friday evening he took W to Dr. Hil T tion to take ay. d asked him Mrs. McCottre as a phy- d not break confidence with witness told him that he had no he knew she and should He knew how she nnie and Dr. Hill remarked. “You not have loved r more than Dr. »n.” She asked Huntington if he ‘rue a girl as For the sake of what the she suggested that It iven out that €he was present ation and _that Jennie suo- the chloroform. They con- They =ald they had worked for ars over her. Mr. Davis was pres- » interview. ame home with a chill Wednes- Gay evening and she put her to bed. Dr. Huntington telephoned and seemed dis- tre d when told that Jennie had a chill. He a if he could call and when she told Jennie she said he could come if he ed liked. He did not come that night, but called to see Jennie Thursday evening. Friday evening he took her to dinner. Saturday morning Jennie appeared sick & and nervous and said she had an awful };T/M:mhe and felt as if she were going to dle On cross-examination the witness admit- ted that Jennie was always a delicate, sickly girl. She was 21 years of age. She had been suffering for four or five months and Dr. Huntington bad been treating her off and on. Mr. Davis did not pay Jennie any attention. She asked him often to take Jennie for a drive or to dinner and had also told him to write to her when ehe was in the country. Both she and Jennie looked upon Mr. Davis as a father. Jennie never went to see Mr. Davis at the college except with her permission. Miss Kate Degnan, 1135 Folsom street, stified to having known the dead girl very_well. She had often seen her and Dr.” Huntington _together. ~He always seemed very attentive and devoted to her. This cloeed the case for the prosecution and Dr. Hill was called to the stand. He testified that he had not seen Jennie on the Thursday or Friday before the opera- tion. Dr. Huntington came to his office Friday evening and asked if he would ad- minister an anesthetic for him next day at 2 o'clock. Hill !\lggesl@d 1 o'clock and it was so arranged. Hill was at Dr. Hunt- ington’s office at 1 o'clock Saturday and in about fifteen minutes the young lady came in. He carefully examined her heart and respiration and found both in good condition. She seemed a little nervous. He asked her no questions. He adminis- tered the chloroform for a few minutes and then told Dr. Huntington that he was ready. In about three-quarters of an hour he noticed signs of syncope, which were observed at the same time by Dr. Hunt- ington, who remarked, “She is sinking.” He immediately began artificial respira- tion and they worked on her for nearly three hours. The?‘ then called upon Mrs. McCottrey and witness told her that Dr. Huntington had something to say to her. Huntington took Mrs. McCottrey in his arms and witness left the room. He did not recollect anything being then said by Mrs. McCottrey as to suggesting that she was there. but next evening Mrs. McCot- trey and Dr. Huntington called at his of- fice and she made the suggestion. He &@- vised her not to do so. Hill was put through a severe cross-ex- amination by the District Attorney, chieflv as to_ his experience since he graduated In July last, the questions being prompted by Dr. Leland, and more than once the Judge interposed. As there are witnesses to go called to testify on behalf of Dr. Hill the examination was continued until this morning at 11 o'clock. ~ Dr. Huntington will probably reserve his defense until the case is heard in the Superfor Court. t RETURNING TRADERS RELATE HORRIBLE TALES OF CANNIBALISM IN THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS Gasoline Schooner Mascotte Arrives in Port With Crew Almost Entirely Composed of Man-Eaters—Killing of Matzke nibal crew and storfes of nar- | the man-eaters of New tain 2 New gchooner Mascotte came into port late night vessel made a fair m Kusal, the Carolines, but in having no charts of the ad to take a pilot. Captain hieson picked up the small craft to an anchorage Fre s a t her safely off A 2z The Mascotte was built here by Mathew tan Turner Co. of ¥ years ago for Hernsheim & urg and was engined by the gine Company. She has been in constant service ever since and now returns to San Francisco for an over- A HARD WORKER. One of the “Kings” of the Coast. Mrs. L. 8. King of Concord, Cal., is State organizer and ‘ecturer for the W. C. T. U. of California. She had been carrying on her work without using proper food to sustain her body, and says: “Before I found Grape-Nuts food I was suffering se- riously with indigestion, and my mind had become sluggish and dull, the mem- ory being very much impaired. “Hearing of Grape-Nuts as a food for rebuflding &nd strengthening the brain £nd nerve centers, I began its use. In two months 1 have gained four pounds in welght, never felt better in my life and fnd a most remarkable improvement in my memory and mental activity. I never £100d the fatigue and pressure of work as ‘ we as I 4o now. A short time ago I went 5 a new county, worked twenty-two dave, #imost day and night, without rest, and came home feeling fine. You may be sure 1 :ake Grape-Nuts food with me so that I may depend upon having it.” S S T The firm of Hernsheim & Co. have over thirty trading stations in the Southern Ireland, the gasoline | Seas, and fully half of them are located | on islands where the natives are all can- nibale. On several occasions Captain Macco and his men ran narrow escapes, while the vessel bears the marks of the troubles she was in. The foresall and mainsalil are riddled with bullets; the rail forward is splintered from contact with a Mauser bullet; two bullet holes are in the deok and the engineer's room is perfor- ated. On August 20 last,” said Captain Macco vesterday, ““we were heading for Komull, one of our stations in the Admiralty group. As we made port 1 was surprised 10 see three canoes laden with men mak- ing off to the southward. I was still more surprised to find that when we came with- in range a hafl of bullets began to pour down on us. The natives had secured gung from somewhere and were firing at us from the prush. We have a little 4- pounder aboard, and when I got that to work the natives soon scattered. “As soon as the firing ceased I got a boat and went ashore. It did not take long to show me that the station had been looted and that H. Matzke, the nt, and ten of his boys, brought from the Caro- iines, had been killed and eaten. The ots were still on the fire and simmering n them were various parts of the human body. The devils had evidently been pre. paring for a wind-up feast when we su prised them. The guns with which they fired at us were noien from the er's house. “While we lay at anchor that day three pative boys swam out to us. They had belonged to Matzke's gang and escaped b a miracle. All of them had been cut an wounded in the melee, but they got into the bush and hid there until we ocame ong. i 8o of the boys told me the story of the massacre as follows: “‘Some of the men gvere down at_the beach and some were asleep. Chief Rew and one of his men came along and wanted to trade some native money for some cloth.’ s “In order to understand what follows, sald Captain Macco, “you must remember that in the New ebrides, Solomon group and New Guinea all the money i Species of shell, which is strung on coco: nut fiber. As much as a man can stretch with his arms extended s worth so mucn in trade. N to trade with Matzke he offered him a string of native money. Matzke spread out his arms to measure the stuff, the native who acCompanied the chief struck him on the back of the neck and knocked him senseless. He was dispatched in a few minutes by the war- riors, who lay in waiting. ~ Then the massacre began. “When I found out how m: = man had been killed and eaten T went ashore with my little gun and all my men and we drove the natives to the hilis and get fire to their village. Then I went back to Kusai and reported to the captain of the German sloop-of-war Seeadler. He at once got up steam and together we went back to Komull. The natives fled into the interior, but we destroved eighty villages, killed about 160 of the inhabitants and took twenty prisoners. The prisoners are now working on & breakwater in German New Guinea. “At Matty Island, in the Solomons, we met with a warm reception. We sent a supercargo, and two fraders ashore. and only landed a firing party in time to save them from the pot. We were met with a shower of epears, but when I opened up on them with my Winchester they were scared to death. A firearm had never been heard on Matty Island before, and when their men began to drop one by one they were alarmed. Then after each report, when (he"' saw a4 man with a gaping wound in his body and blood flowing, they t scared and fled to the hills in a body. Ve “estabiished a trading station. thary but some day the trader may meet the un;; fate as )gn ‘M:ttlke. " crew of e een _are n from the islands of New Britain 5:‘.;"":2 Ireland, while a few are Quinea. Ever, from New one of them has dined human flesh, but they are terribly afr, dd of a gun. ‘® carry an arsenal of twelve Mauser xifies. six Krag Jorgensons. tweive nchesters and six revolvers. Eve; 18 l?_;ded :"nd ru}f:d for use. i o “The engineer A NArrow escape day. He was firing away at the mtlv?en-e who were throwing spears and shooting arrows, when he ran short of ammunition Just as he stepped out of his room a shof crashed through the roof and went through the seat where he had been sit- ting. All's well that ends fairly well however, and we'll give the canni other rub next spring.” bals an. Now, when Chief Rew wanted, As soon as | MAGUIRE TELLS IS STORY T0 INQUISITORS Hospital Officials Generally Knew of Milk Being Diluted. Health Board’s Investigation of Com- missary’s Suspension by Suss- dorff Develops Niggardly Policy. SR 50 L | The features of last night's investiga- | tion into the mitk-watering scandal at the | City ana County Hospital were the tes- | | timony of Commissary Maguire that Su- | | perintendent Sussdorff told him to cease | testing and rejecting milk and delegate | that duty to Peter Teyssier, a kitchen em- | plove, and that the cream was skimmed | off many of the cans of milk daily and | six pints of it sent to the superintendent’s table; the acknowledgment by Danlel | | Richards, one of the “affidavit makers,” | that Mgguire had never given him in- | structions to water the milk, and the ! statement by Dr. Bazet that he himself had charge of one of the wards in which it is alleged the diluted milk was served. The investigation was resumed with the same ‘“‘dramatis personae” that took part | at Tuesday’s session. It developed that suf- | fictent milk was not provided for the re- i quirements of patients and employes andAt was watered so that it would go around. It would appear that this was a matter of | common knowledge among the officials and subordinates, but no one thought it incumbent upon him to report the matter | to the Health Board until Dr. d'Ancona, chairman of the Hospital Committee of the Board of Supervisors, had awakenea sufficiently to take a slight look into mat- ters at the big institution. | Miss Patton, superintendent of nurses of | the hospital, testified that it was sible for any thi in the pantries, locked. The di Jurse, n charge, was called away at various times, leaving the milk and other food unpro- tected. There had been frequent com- plaints, previous to Maguire's appoint- ment as commissary, that the milk was | bad. _Prior to the present investigation | Miss Patton was satisfied that the pa- | tients were recelving more milk, but she could not judge of its quality. ~She had | | heard no word of complaint about the | | milk since Maguire had been commissary. | There was nothing to prevent con valescents or attendants from entering | the pantries and abstracting milk and | substituting water. She could not tell | who had put water into the milk from which samples were taken and pro- nounced below the standard by cnemml Green. Miss Patton had a hazy remem- brance of once beXn%}lnfflrmed that some one had turned the hose into a milk can, but whether to clean the can or dilute the milk she did not remember. Louis Loo, the head cook, had once told her that 1t | was customary to mix three cans of wa- ter with five cans of the lacteal fluld, | but he told her that before Maguire's | | regime. | Daniel Richards, a former patient, but | now a servant in the institution, had been entry clerk for several months under Commissary Maguire. Richards attributes his dismissal from the post of entry clerk | te a complaint made hf’ Maguire to Suss- | dorff. Richards had told Maguire that th milk was poor and was called “‘blue milk’ | by the attaches. Maguire had never given him direct orders to water the milk, but had instructed him to reduce the quan- | I” of the milk to be supplied to em- | rioyes. Richards said he had signed the statement that he was willing to swear that Maguire had given him orders to water the milk at the request of Dr. Suss- | dorft and Dr. Buckley. Richards had | heard complaints from nurses, patients | and especially from emploves about the poor milk. It was possible to have adul- | terated the milk in the wards after it left the commissary's department. | On cross-examination Richards sald he aid not know if Maguire had complained ! of his being drunk to Superintendent| Sussdorff, but Maguire had lectured him | (Richards) for drinking too much. Rich- ards had seen Peter Teyssler manipulate | the milk, but some of the complaints made | { by patients were made without Jjust | ground. He had heard Maguire say that the milk for employes and officlals should be adulterated, so as to reduce expenses. Resident Physiclan Maher had never | heard any complaints from patlents about | thelr food, nor had he ever heard Maguire glve orders to water the milk. | Dr. Bazet here broke in and said that | the reason why patients did nopt complain about thelr food was becausé they were | afraid to do so. “If they . complain,” sald Dr. Bazet, | o0 they | “their lives are made unbearable, prefer to keep their mouths shut, even it | the food Is bad. In the ward over which | 1T have control I endeavor to have the pa- | tients freely tell whether the food is sat- isfactory or mot. Maher explained the erasure of the word ‘“patients’” In Teyssler's afidavit that Maguire had ordered him to water the milk, that Teyssler stated Magufre | had always told him to fiive atfents pure milk. Maher testifled that Richards was an ‘“‘aleoholic,” but Dr. Buckley ob- | jected to the testimony on the ground | that the information was gained profes- | slonally. Maher, however, had seen Rich- | ards under the influence of liquor tn the | last sfx_months when he was not his pa- tlent. He considered Richards mentally incompetent as a result of drink. Dr. Bazet sald 1t was the habit of the ward tenders as soon as they recelved their wages of $5 to Alsappear, presumably to £0_On & spree. Commissary Maguire was put on_the stand and entered a general denial of the charge that he had wate the milk. When Maguire took charge he learned | from his predecessor that the last Board | of Health had ordered him to reduca the | number of cans of milk served to the patients and employes from thirty to twenty-five cans. “On taking charge of the office” sald Maguire. “T sat ahout to determine how to live within the limited amount of money allowed the commissary’'s d ment, By means of a lactometer T ascer- tained that some of the milk was below standard, which I rejected, ordering new milk in its stead. This continued for sev- eral weeks and on the advice of Dr. Suss- dorfr T delegated that duty to Peter Teys- sier and Instructed him how to use the lactometer and to report all shortages. After the patlents had been supplied, the remaining eans were skimmed. Six pints were sent to the maternity ward and six pints to the superintendent’s table. T noticed that Teyssier then poured water into the cans to make up what was taken T cut down the supply of the em- ployes’ milk from ten cans to what T thovght was proper. The head walter was in the habit of skimming the milk for favored nurses and emploves, and T put an end to that practice. From this dates the commencement of my troublea. “T learned then that there was a strong combination against me among the em- ployes because of my methods of econ- omy. Teyssier sald he was called a ‘scab’ and T a miser because T reduced the al- lowance of milk to employes. T never jesued an order to water the milk. T never atered it mvself, nor do I bellove that any of the milk sent to t.?"e patients wi diluted in my department. ‘At this point the Investigation was post poned until 4 o'clock this afternoon. — ee———— $125 Sealskin Jackets. Yadles should not fall to see the $1% real sealekin jackets which Berwin & Gassner are showing this season. They | are a gem apd cannot be duplicated any- where in the world. Berwin & Gassne: 110 Kearny street. e ee————— : Fire Board Is Purged. The citation directing the Fire Commis- sioners to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt for refusing to award the horseshoeing contract to J. ., Kennedy, the lowest bidder, was dis- missed by Judge Hebbard yesterday. At- torney Costello, who reglrelentu the Com- missioners, announced that the board had held a meeting and formally awarded the contract to Kennedy. On this statement the citation was dismissed. ‘Write for new catalogue of watches, jewelry and silverwars. Invaluable to out-of-town pur- chasers. Hammersmith & Field, # Kearny st. * EILA, COUNTESS FESTETICS, TELLS TO THE COURT THE STORY OF HER HUSBAND’S MANY IDIOSYNCRASIES Divorce Action, Supported by a Sensational Chapter of Abuses She Suffered at the Hands Nobleman, Is Submitted for Decision OLNA, ahoy.” 'Ahoy, Oceania. Au revoir, Eila. Bon voyage.” Thus did the ships upon which sailed Rudolph and Eila, Count and Countess Festeticd de Tolna, pass In the night. The Oceania went down to the sea and behind her the darkness closed round the little yacht Tolna at anchor in the Stralts of Malacca. Eila, Countess Festetics de Tolna, was coming home to launch her action for divorce against her titled and characteristically negligent Lusband. He remalined behind to breathe his fill of the salt air of the ocean, to fight and quarrel with his black-skinned crew and to grow restless with the annoyances of the “cockroaches and creepers’ that Lilllan Ross Thomson of Hongkong avers infested the ‘‘cramped and dirty cabin of the yacht.” The Count says it is luxurious. Count Festetics fulfilled his end of the | bill until the bones of the Tolna sank be- neath the sea. Countess Festetics launched her divorce proceedings. They | the yacht was good enough for me and | that T was not as sick as I thought I was. At last, In despair that I would lose either my mind or my life, I went ashore and %e | salled away, leaving me penniless at Sing- | apore. 1 ‘telegraphed home for money. My father responded promptly and I took | the steamer for home. | last saw the Count fn the Strait | Malacca. The Oceania, in which T sailed, assed close to the yacht one dark night | T knew_the Tolna from her low hanging | light. I shouted: ‘Tolna, ahoy! Back | from the little vessel came the shout: |“Ahoy, Oceanic. Au revoir. Elia. Boa voyage.'” The little vessel was lost in tha darkness and I have not seen my hus- neither have I ..card his volce. “The Count was never solicitous for my | welfare. Once he sent me off to the yachr, when she was lying off shore, attended | only by a Chinese boy and a black sailor. | (mfy once during my years at sea did I have a maid, and that was at Sydney. She left me at Yokohama, because she was frightened almost to death by the ty- phoons we had passed through. I was as | wearied to death of my cramped quarters, the whole cabin being but twelve feet | | band since, | of the Austrian by Judge Bahrs. ?(( ] — . N\ \Q:\\ were heard by Judge Bahrs yesterday and the action was submitted for decision. Mr. Lowey protested against the action of the court in taking the case under ad visement until such time as Count Fes- tetics’ deposition, setting forth his de- fense in detail, arrived from Vienna. E. 8. Pillsbury, counsel for Countess Fes- tetics, swept aside the necessity of a de- position by Count Festetics by admitting that the Austrian Count would deny ev- erything asserted by Countess Festetics and corroborating witnesses, and would reaffirm every allegation made in his an- swer to his wife's divorce complaint. Un- der the statute there was no alternative but fgr the court to take the case under advisement, but Judge Bahrs stated, however, if Count Festetics’ deposition arrived in the mear future he would con- sider the same fn his deliberations on the merits of the plaintiff’s case. Countess Festetics entered the court- he opening of the morning ses- Eon secompanied by Mr. Pillsbury, Miss h r, her cousin, who resides e elena, Lieutenant Frank Brooks Upham of the Pensacola and another gen- . She was dressed in a black ot "“endsown relleved with white, awore a tetching black chiffon turban. Countess Festetics was _ immediately called to the ség.nd by‘; Mhr. Plll:_::urya sg: mm addressed the court an ; Gd‘ud{l | he story of her sufferings N er flve years aboard the etatis of Which have been at ublished. ~ Referring to the :;r;;o ‘t’;l'llg and tribulations of her un- voyage, Countess Festetics said BapDY ot oubles besan at Honolulu. “TAt Honolulu,” she said, ‘“the captain and crew of the Tolna deserted and after we had secured a new crew I was com- lled to take the post of sailing master. Pre went from Honolulu to Tahiti, visit- ed all wof the islands of the South Seas, nd thence we went to Sydney. From the time we left Sydney I be o complain_ of my sufferings aboard the Tolna. I was broken in health, my ner- vous system was a wreck and [ felt that 1Y &4 ot die I would go crazy. M pleadings to my husband were met wit cynical smiles and for three more years I'was forced to comply with his wishes. “During the trip we visited Kobe and there found a message informing me that fny mother was seriously {Il. I immediate- 1y took a steamer for home, and did not in my husband again until early in May, B e wae then at Hongkong with the Tolna. Against my objection, for I was in poor health, we set sail for Manila. The crew_was made up of Malays, Filipinos and Lascars, while the captain was an Austrian. In addition to my fear of the crew and the elements, I was forced to accept a Chinese boy instead of a maid. ‘When we reached Manila we found that Admiral Dewey had destroyed the Spanish flotilla, and as things were still in a dan- gerous condition he ordered the yacht away. We went, but my husband insisted on visiting the other important citles of the Philippine archipelago. Though we were in constant danger we cruised around and among the islands, but finally, with- out injury, we made our way to Sanda- ‘kan, i Borneo, where we arri Aug- ust o ““We cruised #’mmd and finally arrived at Singapore. ere the physician ordered frightened as the mald. me to the moun Festetics would was_also ns for my health. Count ve none of it. He said | + | | | e | | square. The Count's desire to go to | Africa hastened my conclusion to quit ths | yacht forever. The dangers with which | such a voyage across the Indian Oceaa were fraught were too much for my | nerves, but he laughed at me. Then ha desertéd me and I am here. | “My_ husband never supported me. Though we never had any agreement that | 1 was to uup?ort myself, he compelled me to do so. 1t I wanted juxuries I was forced to buy them for myself. I paid for my own washing and my own clothing. | He never gave me a garment in his life. | Once, on a Christmas, he became gener- | ous and gave me $20. He forced me to pay my own physician's bills and meet other eXpenses of a similar naturs, though he always had money_to expend on himself when he desired. When he hired a e rs e T was forced to pay the bill, for 8 and “He went so_far in his demand that I support myself that he wanted to rum separate bills, one for each of us, at va-| rious places at which we traded. I told him it would look foolish to run two bills | as he suggested. He finally consented | that we should run joint accounts, but in- | sisted that I pay my proportion of the ex- | penses. Thus I was forced to pay for all things purchased by me.” Here the Countess presented a bill to | bear out her assertion. Opposite each item purchased by her there appeared a “tick,” while items purchased for his use bore a cross. One bill, which was' read in evidence and then pocketed by counsel, reads something like the following: Cheese, for the Count, 28 cents. Hat, for the Countes Crystallized fruit, foi Mustard, for the Count, $1. Coffee, for the Count, & cents. Cruet, for the Countess, $12, and eap for the cruet, 32. - | “The ifems on the bills,” continued Countess Festetics, “were segregated, and | all purchased by me were paid by me, and | Count_Festetica footed his portion of the bill. Though the cruet and a silver nap- kin ring 1 purchased were for use on the yacht, I was forced to %fiy for the same, just because I fancied them and suggest- ed that they were needed.” A letter from Count Festetics to his wife was-Introduced in evidence. In this mis- sive the Count sent New Year's greetings t6 his wife. Then he bravely asserted that_he was in search of a commission in the British army for service in the Trans- vaal. He concluded by stating that if he didn’t get killed in the war he would cer- tainly make a fortune after it was over. Other letters were introduced, but in ad- | dition to the fact that in writing to her | husband the Countess always addressed | him in endearing terms they contained | nothing of importance. On cross-examination and in conclusion | Countess Festetics said her husband's | mother wrote tc her and expressed her | wongder that she had remained on board | the yacht as long as she did. She further | sald that her parting with her husband was not more affectionate than that ac- corded any tleman_friend, save that she was forced to kiss him good-by owing to the presence of the Austrian Consul. Countess Festetics thus concluded her story, and her cousin, Miss Hooper, was called to the stand. Miss Hooper simpily testified that Countess Festetics was in e | he only got the horses to please me, I must pay for my own amusement. poor health when she started on her tri with her husband in the Tolna followed Hooper & "He said me met Countess Festetics at Hopoluly. again at Yokohama and sgain at Hongkong. At Hongkong | - RSP 4 THE COUNTESS FESTETICS DE | TOLNA AND SOM WITNESSES J IN HER DIVORCE SUIT. he sald many naval officers agreed with him that the yacht was fit only for coast rips. i Countess Festetics' case was closed with the deposition of Lilllan Ross Thomson In her deposition e witness Lestifled that she \'!s\(&:’ the vessel “It was dirty and unkempt,” she said, “and in the cabin there were creepers and cockroaches,” but she and other visitors were too polite to remark about the peculiar conditions they found. Count Festetics was ‘surly, impolite and - disagreeable.” He never went near his wife unless she called him and that was seldom. He neglected her and treated her cruelly—and unjustly s Buch is the story of the life of an Aus- trian Count with an American girl for a wife. Countess Festetics Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis T. Haggin of New d a granddaughter of the late J. the noted millionaire. B s the 1S cond son of Count Sigis- once Chamberlain of tie Austrian court, and was formerly a sec- ond lieutenant invthe Austrian army. A brilliant social life’ awaited them, but his love for the sea and for adventure was greater than his love for his wife. WOMEN MUST SLEEP, Avoid Nervous Prostration. ped dangerously sick what is the frat duty of your physician? He uieta the nervous system, he pain, and you sleep well. Friends ask, “ what is the cause ?” and the answer comes in pitying Mzs. A. HARTLEY. You ought to have known that in your courses, and you grew irritable with- out cause, that there was serious trouble mmewhfre. e You ht to know indigestion, exhamion‘ womb displacements, fainting, dizziness, headache, and was entirely cured by L; ham’s Vegetable Compound should be a warning to her cure carry conviction to“ of every suffering woman failing efficicncy of Lydia E. Vegetable Compound.