The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1902, Page 8

THE SAN TINY ELECTRIC CAR IS CONSTRUCTED AS A DECORATION FOR THEIR BALL Carmen’s Social and Benevolent Society of Oakland Will Enjoy a Jolly St. Valentine’s Dance in Reed Hall, It Being Their Fifth Annual Event of the Kind---Committees Intend That the Affair Shall Be the Best Ever Held .- = o | . W.E- \WATKINS FLooR . WILCOX PR COMMITTEE OF ARRANGE ME A 4 ND, Feb. 1L.—The big an- f 1 St. Valentine's ball of the | | {{ ]} Carmen’'s Social end Benevolent | | \ Society will be given to-morrow even 1t of a long line of these the fifth annual ball, and hat This ha there will be many nortion_of the deco- sized electric car. etafl. it will be sev ur high, with giass win. wheels, trolley and every plete order. It will ghts, end on the top » S. & B. 8,” the y and below, “O. t of the Oakland Transit all of the Tt ar it was ent the Oakland T irection of Ch { the com; at Srise streetcar men County, There is hardly an of the lines in Oakland, keley that is not a mem- ongest organization of They give an annual members of the or- he event Watkine, B. B, Booth W. D. Wilcox and C. O “Watkins. X, B. Parker, D. =t end J. W. Fonte, e, manager; D. Sher- ‘Dutton, B. B. Booth, . F. J. Wallace, W, LAYS LOGAL TRAFFIC Empty Flatcars Piled on Main Track Stop Pas- senger Trains, Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 1L Local traffic on the broad-gauge line was blocked for four hours, from 5 till $ o'clock to-night, by a wreck near the Thirteenth-avenue station. The wrecked irain consisted of thirty empty flatcars returning from the mole, wnere a load of dirt had just been dumped. Ten of the cars left the track and piled up on the main line, whence it was necessary to them before got through. t occurred as the engineer ht train put on brakes as he witch. The impetus of the rear cars caused those nearest the engine ing one on top of another I of the train was ditched. The engine did not leave the rails. While the Wrecking crew were removing the debris the 5 o'clock docal from Frult- vale, which was caught on the farther side of the wreck, made trips from Thir- th avenue to the end the line, pas: ed around the wre ze from the incoming locals. No one was injured in the accident. —e passenger trains Heiress Comes Into Property. —A_deed recorded Miss Hazel G. Mont- of the late Arthur hter of the late million- ry, in control of The property deeded includes realty scat- the State. —_—————— Superior Judge Melvin Iil KLAND. Feb. 11.—Superior Judge ry A. Melvin has been confined to for some days with an attack of his bed Mellin’s Food nourishes the whole system and provides for a perfect and normal develop- ment. Send for a free sample of Mellin's Food. Mellin’s Food Co., Boston, Mass. Reed Hall and will be charge of the corations and events | | + — SOME OF THOSE WHO MADE THE CARMEN'S BALL A SUC- CESS. | > i ESCAPING GAS NEARLY ROBS COUPLE OF LIFE Samuel Short and Wife Become Un- conscious From the Effects of Deadly Fumes. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—Gas escaping from a gas stove nearly robbed Samuel Short, an extraman in the Fire Department, and his wife of their lives last night in their apartments at the corner of San Pably avenue and Sixteenth street. Mrs. Short was using the stove just before she and her hueband retired last night and in some way one of the cocks became turned und so that the gas leaked out slowly. The facts that the gas only escaped in a small quantity and were open were ail that saved the couple from losing their lives. When an attend- ant passed their room this morning detected the odor of gas and broke open the door. He found the couple lying in a semi-conscious staje. A physician was called, who restored them to conscious- ness after some difficuity. —_————— Franchise Applications Received. BERKELEY, Feb. 1L—Applications for etreet railroad franchises were received last night by the Town Trustees from the Oakland Transit Company. According to law the franchises will be advertised and sold to the highest bidd The bids will be opened on March 2 a special meet- ing held for that purpose. The fran- chises ed for are for a line along Ade- line street and Shattuck avenue from the southerly boundary line of this city to Berkeley station; from Hearst avenue to Euclid avenue, to Hilgard avenue; down Uniyersity avenue from Shaituck avenue to Third street, and north along San Pablo avenue from University avenue to the town 1i The Transit Company has agreed to be- gin work as soon as granted the fran- chises and to complete the roads within eighteen months. Work on the road to West Berkeley will begin first. ——————— Berkeley Postoffice Contract Let. BERKELEY, Feb. 11.—The contract for the new Berkeley postoffice to be erected by Dr, J. S. Eastman at the corner of Center and Oxford streets has been let to Robert Griegg for $16,000. The bulldin; must be finished before May next. It wil be two stories in helght and will occupy ninety-eight feet on Center street and seventy-five feet on Oxford street. The plans have been drawn by Louis Stone after the Spanish style of architecture. — e ‘World Pilgrimage the Subject. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—The Rev. John Henry Barrows, D. D., president of Ober- lin College, Ohlo, will lecture Thursday evening before the Y. M. C. A. His sub- 't will be “The World Pilgrimage, With xperience Serious and Not erious.” The lecturer will talk before the students of Mills College to-day, when his subject will be “The Truth an 3 o Tt and Comfort of Chris. that the windows | he | $ LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THE PLANS Doctors Want the People to Help New Med cal College. SRR N Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 11 The incorporators of the Oakland Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons have taken the public into their confidence in | their efforts to build a structure for the housing of the new institution in this city. It is desired by the directors of the corporation that the public shall know that the new college is not to be a pri- vate cne and that the intentions of them- selves are not to be kept to themselves. It 1s0 desired that the public take a financial interest in the proposed institu- tion, and for that reason a subscription list has been opened. Already this list has a number of names written upon it with substantial figures opposite them. The subscription contains the following statement oI purposes and names: We, the undersigned citizens of the State of California, for und in consideration of the advancement of the educailonal interests of this State, do hercby promise to pay, in_gold coin of the United States, on or beiore March 1, 1902, to the Board of Directors of the Oak- land Coliege of Medicine and Surgery, & .- poration, duly form.d and existing under and | | by virtde of the laws of the State of Cail- | fornia, the amounts set opposite our respective | names. ‘for the purpose of the erection. ex- sliing and mainienance of a college buiid- ing, in the city of Oakiand, county uf ~Aia- meda, and State of California, to be dedicated L for the education of the youth of #nd to be under the management the Oakland College of Medicine , . $1000; Thomas Crellin, $500; Emil Lundbiom, $500; A Friend, §250;°W. J. | Dingee, $250; James L. McCarthy, $250; 1. A. | Beret $10 Mrs. 1, Frank, $250; A. H. Breed, $100; Smith Bros., $150; W. E. Dargie, Z50. A site for the building $5x115 feet at the northwest corner of Grove and Thirt, first streets was recently purchased by the directors and now money is needed for a building to adorn it. CEEDITORS OF JACOBS ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT HIM He Disappears and They Ask Polics to Assist Them in Learning His Address. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—The creditors of Charles Jacobs, who kept a grocery store at the northwest corner of Brush and Fifth streets, are anxious to know his whereabouts. They have asked the police to assist them in learning his address. They claim that he obtained goods from them on the pretense that he was golng to sell them and then carried them away to parts unknown without offering to [Hl:\lfdflle the bills. lord, says he has not seen Jacobs for ten days. He was then packing up his things, and when Holland asked him what he was doing he replied that he was moving away and would let him know his ad- dress the next day. Holland says Jacobs never came back. ——— Tully Will Not Lose Eyesight. BERKELEY; Feb. 11.—Word has beea received from New York that the injurles to R. W, Tully, a graduate of the Uni- versity of California, were not so serious as first thought and his eyesight will not be lost. Some weeks ago Tully was struck by a glass door at a reception in New York and his face was badly cut by the shattered glass. One of his eyelids was cut open and it was thought at first that he would lose the sight of the eye. ! FRANCISCO © | no jurisciction to punish, and that the de- James Holland, who was Jacobs’ land-’ ALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 190 DANIELS SCORES A LEGAL POINT Judge Ogden Purges Him of Charge of Con- tempt of Court. Decides That the Commis- ~sioner Is ths Offended Party if Any One. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—G. B. Danlels of the Enquirer Pubiishing Company, who, with Dr. George C. Pardee, Henry C. Dal- ton and others, Is' being sued by D. Ed- ward Collins for an accounting, was purged of contempt of court to-day for retusing to answer the questions put to him by Attorney Henry Ach before Court Commissioner George C. Babcock. The whole pro.ceding depended upon the ques- tlon of jurisdiction. Judge Ogden decided | that his court does not nave jurisdiction in cases of depositions. *lf there was any contempt,” he said, “it is the Covrt Com- missioner who is offended, and 1t devolves upon him to punish the offender—if he can.” The fate of Daniels was decided by the ruling of the Supreme Court in th2 case of Levinsky, a detendant in Contra Costa County, who was haled before the Supe- rior Court for refusing to answer the questions of a notary public. There the court heid that the Superior Court had fendant was in contempt only to the no- ta. who nas no power to punish disobe- dience of his rulings. Judge Ogden held that the Levinsky case and tne Daniels case was identical, with the exception that in one case the referee was a notary and in the other a Court Commissioner. This decision means that Damels and the others do 1. have to answer any more question in deposition taxing uniess they wish, The day began with the issuance of a citation by Judge Ogden commanding Daniels to show cause why he refused to |. answer certain questions and why he re- fused to produce the books and documents of the Enquirer Publishing Company be- fore the Court Commissioner. ‘‘'ne cita- tlon, which was made returnable at 1:30 o'clock this afterncon, was based on the afiidavit ot Attorney J. B. Richardson for the plaintiff. Court Commissioner Bab- cock also swore to a certification setting forth that Danlels had refused to comply with his rulings. Refuses to Produce Books. ‘When the matter was called in the aft- ernoon Judge Ogden spent a half-hour in acquainting himself with the complaint before allowing Attorney Ach to proceed with the presentation of his case. Ach then read the section of the code under which the taking of the deposition is au- thorized. ‘M. de L. Hadley !s the secretary of the Enquirer Publishing = Company,” continued Ach, “and has been called upon to produce certain books which should be in his posses- sion. He has not produced these because Daniels has forbidden that any books be taken from the office. Daniels has the bocks in his possession and he refuses to give them up. We want to show that Daniels, Pardee and Daiton are the sole owners of and that they have “In what respect this material? an action by a minority stockholder for an accounting, as I understand It is not material, but it is merely stating the facts that lead up to the cause of this action.” Attorney Snook, representing the de- fendant, took exception to this line of ar- gument and said. it, not been shown :lha;l the plaintiff was entitled to any re- ef. I disagree with youw! replied Attorney Ach. “*I think on the showing we have mad=» that we are entitied to an accounting and an tnjunction.”’ “All the stockholders are directed to count?” queried the court, ““Pardee and Dalton aré mot stockholders,” interposed Attorney Snook. “It is our contention that they are,” ‘said Ach. ““We clalm they are the real owners.”" “‘But they are not stockholders,” replied Snook, “We will show that they are, said Ach. “The complaint alleges that the directors voted on December 13, salary of ac- 1898, to pay Daniels a 2 month from the time they got control of the paper February 5, 18u8," gald Ach. ‘It is illegul in this State for any director to vote himself back salary or any salary. “It 1s not alleged that he drew the salary,” said the court. Vital Issues Are Involved. ““We don't know whether he did or not. We are trying to find out that from the books. That's why we want them produced. If these men who "voted this salary were bona fide stackRolders this diversion of funds against the protest of any other stockholder was clearly & fraudulent act.” “Let us not argue the case now At any rate, gaid Snook. *‘I hope your Honor will not prejudge the case before we have a chance to be hear: “AN T nt,” eald Ach, “is the books of this concern and the answers of this defend- ant. We are not here to have anybody im- prisoned for contempt. We simply want to gt & rullng on this important matter. The omly issues are the two I have stated. We want to settle the question right now whether our_guestions will be answered or not.”” “‘Well, I won't agree that the issues in- volved here are other than those that reiate to the books as set forth in your affidavit,” eald Bnook. ““Your Honor,” sald Ach, “'I was willing that no punishment should follow the disposition of this case, but if counsel will not concede anyth.ng to us we'll proceed In the strict legal way_and endeayor to have Daniels punished.’ “You're very dramatic, Mr. Ach,” retorted Snook, “'but that doesn't scare us at all. We'll proceed in the strict legal way, If you please.” To settle the question of the reason for the non-productton of the books Attorney Snook called Daniels to the witness-chair to ask him some questions. But he was not allowed to answer, as the court sus- tained an objection. Snook pointed out the fact that the afidavit on which the citation was based did not state the exact time the contempt took place. “*The custody of the books, according to the affidavit,”” said Snook, ‘‘shows that they were only in the possession of the defendant on February 11 and at no previous time. There is nothing .to show where they are. If my client is to be sent to jail by the mere recital in (Rat affidavit that he has them I think we would all be golng to jail soon.” “Well, it would not delight us to see Daniels in jail, 'but if he has those books we want them, it possible,”” replied Ach. Objects to Reading the Testimony. ‘“The affidavit surely don't say where the bocks are,’ sald the court, '‘We must certainly have things explicit before we send a man {o At this point Ach submitted in evidence the transcript of testimony offered before !hchfiurl Commissoner, and proceeded to read it. I object to reading any portion of the testi- mony not included in the affidavit,” Interposed Snook. ““The transeript does not show that the baoks were in the custody of Daniels.” Ach insisted that the transcript made the showing he was arguing for, but the court would not allow him to proceed with the reading of the transcript. He then reiterated that he did not desire to punish Daniels for contempt, but merely wanted the books. ““If the books are all that are wanted,” said Snook, “you can go to the Enquirer office at any time and examine them.’" “‘Then, Mr. Snook,” asked the court, ‘“‘why do vou 'advise your client not to bring the books into court?'’ To this question Attorney Snook replied that the books were open to the stock- holders of the publishing company at any S ‘It is shown here'’ continued Ach, ‘‘that Daniels 18 the president and general er of the company, and that he has taken forcible possession of the hooks and ordered the book- keeper l;lnbt”w allow them to go out of his possession. ““Well, ‘admitting that that 1s so,”" safd Snook, “you have not shown. in your AfAdavit that Daniéls is In contempt.' “Well, T'll admit that the affidavit is de- fective in some respects. It wasn't intended 23,,53‘?'“ all the ground that you want us to “'Of course, you knew it was defective,” re- \ GHASTLY EXHIBITS CASE HAUNT IN MURDER JUROR TO SUICIDE Grisly Things That Silently Told Lillian Brandes’ Fate Gibe at Philip Sieber Until He Calls Upon Death for Relief From Mental Torture ——t - LAMEDA, Teb. 11.—To incessant dwelling upon the grewsome ex- hibit of skulls and bones and blood curdling evidence intro- duced in the Liltian Brandes mur- der case, in which he served as a juror, the relatives and friends of Philip Sieben directly attribute his tragical suicide this morning. The culmination of his brood- ing over what he had been compelled to witness in this case came when he stood before a mirror in his home at 1709 Wal- nut street at $:30 this morning and fired a bullet into his head, causing instant death. All the suicide's ‘acquaintances assert that since he participated in the trial of William Brandes for the killing of his little daughter Sieben has been a changed man. To many of them he had often re- lated how uncanny visions of skeletons without skulls and skulls without skele- tons would haunt him in his sleeping and waking hours. Try as he would, he couid not, he said, dismiss the bony specters from his mind. Twice during the progress of the Brandes case Sieben suffered strokes -of nervous prostration and it was found necessary to delay the trial until he had recovered strength enough to sit in the jury box and hear the testimony. As a juror Sieben was attentive and conscien- Uous and persistently put questions to the witnesses. After the trial had been concluded he wi forced to take a trip into the country for the purpose of bene- fiting his shatiered system. The outing did not improve his health {o any able extent and his family and friend became apprehensive of numerous men- tal vagaries and irresponsible acts. ‘Whenever any one would hearken to him, Sieben would invariably revert to the 'Brandes trial and in an excited anl vivid manner recount with detail the fea- tures in the case that had filled him with horror and impressed themselves indelibly upon his memory. Sieben was in easy financial circum- stances_and his family life was happy. Adam May, a_stepson of the decease said that Mr. Sieben had never made threat or intimated to any one that he intended to commit suicide. May dur- ther stated: When Mr. Sleben was at the breakfast table this morning he seemed to be in his usual frame of mind. He had cause to worry some- — JUROR IN THE BRANDES [ RS, PETERMAN ADJUDGED SANE Court Settles Fight Over Guardianship of Big Estate. Erstwhile Incompetent Now to Resume Control of Salt Lands. Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 1. ‘The legal entanglements over the guard- fanship of the person and property of Mrs. Mary Peterman, whose estate in- cludes large tracts of salt-producing marsh land near Mount Eden, were un- raveled to-day by Judge Ellsworth re- storing the aged woman to competency. The proceedings leading to this result were Instituted by Henry L. Peterman, who also had his mother declared incom- petent a year ago and himself appointed as her guardian. A petition was before the court in the hearing just concluded in which the other sons and the daughters of Mrs. Peterman requested the removal of Herry as guardian and the appoint- ment of some one else inhis stead. On the witness stand to-day these protest- ants withdrew the statements made in the petition and joined in the request to have their mother restored to compe- tency. Commenting on the contradictory na- ture of the evidence before him, Jud Ellsworth said that he thought Mrs. P terman a good deal more competent th: several other witnesses in the case a that with proper outside advice she ought to be able to attend to her business. The property involved was originally worth about $50,000 to the estate, but is now heavily incumbered. The mars lands were at one time leased to Federal Salt Company, but it has been prevented from deriving revenue from them by suits begun by Henry Peterman as his mother’'s guardian, charging that the lease was obtained by undue Influ- ence. These actions are still pending. Henry Peterman eclaims that negotia- tions are now pending which will clear the estate and leave his mother a good income, amounting to about $150¢ a year. The original lease from the Federal Salt Company was for $500 a year, and it was this that caused the incompetency pro- ceedings about a year ago. LANDERS STEVENS INFLICTS OAKLAND, Feb. 1l.—Landers Stevens, the manager of the Dewey Theater, is confined to his beéd with a very serious wound in his right leg, accidentally in- flicted by himself after the performance of the “Blue and the Gray" last evening. Mr. Stevens was trying to drag from it sheath a blade of a sword cane. Whe the blads was finally drawn it stuck into his right leg, and the actor-manager now in bed, trying to ward off a c biood-poisoning. The blade was rust; and it is feared that it may have infected the wound. ““The worst of it all is that it was dor after the performance, and even my ow company thought that I was fooling,™” said Mr. Stevens. “I have a sword com- bat in the play, but there was no such luck as to have it happen during that fight.”” Mr. Stevens will be compelled to remain in bed for some time, and it has been found necessary to change the bill for next week and put on ‘“Romeo and Juliet™ because of this accident. ADVERTISEMENTS. MURDER CASE . WHO COM- MITTED SUICIDE. ES . i been q ill for six months, but his mental trouble, I think, dates back to the time of the Brandes trial. We have frequently noticed that he acted strangely, but never had any reason to believe that he contemplated doing away with himself. He waited until after I had left the house this morning and about 8:30 o’clock went into the parlor, stood before the mirror, so that his aim would be true, and fired a bullet from an old-fashioned pistol through his head. My wife, who was In a rear room, rushed into the parlor, but Mr. Sichen was beyond all aid Oscar 8. Meysel, E. R. Randiett and William Hammond Sr., all particular friends of the dead man, believe that he had become insane through worrying over the ghastly evidence in the Brandes trial and’ was in that state when he fired the fatal shot into his brain. Sieben had resided in this city for near- ly thirty years. He retired from active business life some years ago. A verdict was returned this evening by a Coroner's jury that Sieben came to his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by what over the condition of his wife, who has himself with suicidal intent. L e e o g e o B e ) plied Snook, ‘but you made a bluff and we called ft.” Court Dismisses the Procesdings. In an attempt to convince the court of his position Ach went into a long re- cital of the case and endeavored to show that all the steps were regular, but Judge Ogden had discovered the decision in the Levinsky case and no amount of argu- ment could shake his vosition. The at- torneys were all familiar with the deci- sfon, 'so the court did not read it aloud, but ‘confined himself to the statement that the present case,is parallel with that of the Levinsky. “In the Levinsky case,”” sald Judge Ogden, “the refusal of the witness to obey the: sub- pena of a notary public was contempt but it was not contempt of the court, but contempt of the notary. This case is almost identical With the Levinsky case. If I had known of this case this morning when I fssued the cita- tion I would not have issued it. The con- tempt - confined altogether to the officer who makes the order, and if there is any contempt he is the officer to punish the offense. “This court has absolutely no jurisdiction in this case. If the affidavit had been made of castiron it would not have made any aiffer- ence, This couft has no authority to interfere in this case.” Judge Ogden finally declared that the citation for contempt upon Daniels was discharged and the litigants left the courtroom. The deposition of Danlels was to have been continued this after- noon, but as the contempt proceedings occupied the entire day it was continued until _to-morrow. Attorney Snook said that he did not know whether he would permit his client to submit to further in- terrogations from Ach or not, and to- morrow will determine this new issue. Honor to National Heroes. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—School Superin- tendent McClymonds has issued a circu- lar calling for the assemblage of teach- ers and school children in the Common School Assembly Hall on different dates to take part in exerciges in honor of the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln. The Rev. E. R. Dille will address the teachers and children to-morrow, when his subject will be Abraham Lincoln. On February 21 there will be special exer- cises in honor of George Washington. P s oy v aiden Gy Makes a Daily of the “Record.” QAKLAND, Feb. 1l—Lyman Naugle, editor of the Point Richmond Record, has changed his paper to a daily to meet the increasing demands of the population and advertisers. ~Heretofore the paper has been a weekly, but on Saturday last it made its first appearance as a daily. B — Artists’ Materials. We are agents for Winsor & Newton, makers of the best artists’ materials in the world. Pyrography machines for hurping wood and leather. Artists’ and architects’ supplies of every description. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Marlket street * OUT OF ASTLUM AND INTO GOURT Mrs. A. Morrison Makes Charges Against Her Husband. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Feb. 1L A. J. Morrison, the former cashier of the Palace Hotel, his wife, who is a sister of M Arthur Rogers, formerly Mrs. Alex- ander Montgomery, and his mother-in- law, Mrs. Green, a claimant of various large properties, were parties to a lively scrimmage in Justice Quinn's court this morning, in the course of which the women were accused of theft and the man of railroading his wife into the in- sane asylum. The immediate occasion of the quarrel was a search warrant, sworn out by Mor- rison, for a strong box which he said his wife 'and mother-in-law had taken from his room at 663 Twenty-fourth street. According to Mrs. Green the box con- tains papers bearing on Morrison's course in the frregular inecarceration of her daughter in a madhouse. She does not deny abstracting it from his room, but claims that she and her daughter had o right there and were justified in taking the papers, which she considers of im- portance in securing her daughter's per- manent release. ‘When the party came into court ex- citement ran so high that Justice Quinm was forced to continue the matter until to-morrow and order all parties to be represeénttad g:y ;tt‘or;ne};;. slolorrison at- tempted to break into the box, Warned to desist by Quinn o DUt Was The case i§ set for 11 o'clock to-morrow. Coroner Mehrmann Still Very IIL OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—Dr. H. B. Mehr- mann, Coroner of Alameda County, is still very ill at his home. By attempting to get up too soon last week he over- taxed his strength and suffered a relapse, His ailment is Inflammatory rheumatism., ————— Recital From Hamlet. BERKELEY, Feb. 1L—S. A. King London will give a Shakespearear reeital in Hearst Hall Wednesday evening before the students of the State University. The recital will consist of selectiona from “Hamlet.” A TEST EXPERIMENT, Peculiar Power Possessed by a New Medicine. Of new discoveries there is no end, but one of the most recent, most remarkable and ome which will prove invaluable to thousands of péople, is a discoverey which it Is belleved will take the place of all other remedies for the cure of those common and obstinate diseases, dyspepsia and stomach troubles. This discov- ery is mot a loudly advertfsed, secret patent medicine, but Is a scientific combination of wholesome, perfectly harmless vegetable es- sences, fruit salts, pure pepsin and bismuth. ‘These remedies are combined In lozenge form, pleasant to take, and will preserve their good qualities indefinitely, whereas all liquid medi- cines rapidly lose whatever good qualities they may have had as soon as uncorked and exposed to the alr. This preparation is called Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets and It 1s claimed that one of these tab- lets or lozenges will digest from 300 to 3000 times its own weight of meat, eggs and other wholesome food. And this claimi has been proven by actual experiments in the following manner: A hard bolled egg cut into small pleces was placed in a bottle containing warm water heated to ninety-eight degrees (or blood heat), one of these Tablets was then placed in the bottle and the proper temperature main- tained for three Mours and a half, at the end of Which time the egg was as completely digested as it would have been In a healthy stomach. This experithent was undertaken to demonstrate that what it would do in the bottle it would also do in the stomach, hence Its unquestionabie’ value in the cure of dyspepsia and weak diges- tion. Very few people are free from some form of indigestion, but scarcely two will have the same symptoms. 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And all this in the face of the fact that the best doctors I consulted told me my case was Chronic Dyspepsia and absolutely incurable, as 1 had twenty-five years. I distributed half & dozen packages among my friends here Who are very anxious to try this remedy. Mrs. A. Skeels, Lynaville, Jaspar Co., Mo. Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by drug- gists everywhere at 50 cents for full sized packages. A little book on Stomach Diseases dressing F. mailed free by ad Stuart Co Marshall, At g ey d* «