The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1902, Page 5

"THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25 1902, VADVEETISEHENT& Peositively cured by these Little Pilis, Thry also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty E: A per- fect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi- ness, Bad Tastein the Mouth, Coated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable., Small Rill, Smal! Dose. Small Price- ‘Twill Pleass You As well as old Santa to note the exquisite imparted y linen when we have the finis cleanliness and comfort No saw edges. UNITED STATES LAUNDRY | Cifice 1004 Market Street, Near Powell. DAGHE OPPOSE GHINT OF FRANCHSE ;Residents Insist on Re- | moval of Misgion Tracks. | |Southern Pacific to Settle Legitimate Claims for Damages. A number of Mission residents appeared befere the Supervisors' Street Committee terday in opposition to the proposed | srant of franchise to the Southern Pa-’ | effic Company by reason of jts intention to continue the operation of its tracks through the Mission district, even though it should secure the franchise for the proposed “cut-off” line. Replying to a question of Chairman Curtis of the com- miitce, Chief Counsel W. F. Herrin said the company desired to utilize the tracks for trafiic between San Bruno and this dty. “We intend to run two light trains daily four times a day on the old tracks,” Herrin. ““There will be no through trains whatever, unless in the case of a wreck or tunnel cave-in on the shore line.” D. .Suliivan, attorney for the Mis- sicn residants, said clients had been stering for thirty v ises of the Southern Pacific Company Missfon tracks would be taken up. Sulll- van declared the company always said the only obstacle in the way of the re- moval of ‘the tracks was the fact that the e line was not built, but now that the ine was about to be constructed the company said the tracks would remain. ‘CONTINUE TO PROTEST. “We shall continue to protest against granting a franchise to the company un- til it agrees to take up the Mission tracks,” said Sullivan. George Center said the only remedy weuld be to put the tracks underground if they were not removed. Center said they should be taken up in two years. William Watson and A. B. Maguire also ke in opposition to the retention of the u John J. O'Toole, attorney for Arch- biskop Riordan, protested against the re- meval of the tracks on the ground that it would inconvenience traffic tos the San Mateo cemeteries. Attorney Herrin said that the line might be changed into an, | ciectric road “should science so advance | as 1o make the change feasible.” | | | { | SOZ1‘0,000 Eye-Glasses rd { P and wishes Famous the ' World Over—Fulily Matured. Sold Everywhere. PERFECT Tooth Powder Used by people of refinement for over a guarter of a century. w ———2o RUSS HOUSE n cur an; 400 rooms; ved throughout. p-to-date head- mercial men. Sample Located in car lines. 11y pro- ntgomery. ry room. M er” R it e B =Y Q\msn- DR. JORDAN'S creat/) ¢HUSECE OF SHET () w 8. 6:227: Specalis on the C: DAN—BISEA! SES OF pien ) for Book, P MARRIAGE, ok for men) s . DR. HALL’S REINVIGORATOR all losses in 24 hours. Five reward for any case we cure. This secret rem- Emissions, Impotency, Gonorrhioea, Gleet, es, Drains, Lost Man- and all other wasting ef- forie ©f self-nbuse or excesses. Bent sealed, $2 bottle; 3 botties, $5: gu: are any case. Call or 'address orders : MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 866 Broad- Oskland, Cal. Aiso for sale at 1073% £.F. HOITT’S SCHOOL Oitt's For bovs, Menlo Park. prepares for any university or for business. term will n Jan. 6, *03. School 527 begin J; aranteed TRA G..HOITT, Ph. D., Principal. | WILL SETTLE DAMAGES. | Attorney Mullany, representing owners | of property on the west side of Pen | vania avenue, between Twenty-third and | Twenty-fourth streets, wanted the com- pary. to buy the entire. frontage, as the trains passing through a tunnel would injure the property. It was decided that all claims for damages would be fixed by the Board of Works and settled by the Southern Pacific Company. Atto: ey Frank Kierce, representing property owners on Fifteenth avenue South, objected to raising the grade thereon three and a | half feet. Attorney H. S. Robinson said | Jutely necessary to do so. Let us give all tax- {the grade would be raised ten feet at ! payers an equal chance. Iam following a line Muriposa street and Pennsylvania avenue | ¥hich I think not only lawful but which el sh e . 3 | common justice clearly points out as right. and he was told to submit his clalms for | 1”3y wrong and reject - legal demands a | dumages to Attorney Herrin at once. friendly suit, which 1 would assist to bring City Engineer Grunsky submitted a re- | to a speedy hearing, would soon settle the | matter. | port upon that portion of the franch cmbraced in the “bay shore cut-off” -and the tepminals adjacent to.zmd bounded by renth, Sixth, Sixteenth the future importance of one un- tructed roadw to the Potrero and the southern portion of the city between Eighth street and the bay. The roadway e had along Fifth street, over < g and contemplated structures, between B nt and Kentucky streets, to a connecti with the proposed viaduct or Kentuc street, to be made by ex- tending this viaduct northerly to a proper on. Gru y says the virtual ertain streets would do- S acres of street sur- the company and in return ontribute toward the construction the Third-street bridge, on which the to | 8anta Fe will exnend $70,000. | OVERCROWDED CARS. | General Manager W Chapman of the United Railroads appeared before the committee regarding the overcrowding of the of electric , whereby acci- derts are caused when cars running in op- e directions pass each other. Lough- thought the on! remedy would be to on more cars: Chapman said he would, ery irstruct his conductors to keep’ passen: gers off the lower steps as much as pos- sible. He w style of car had en purchased, which would do away the objectionable feature. pmse informed the committee that the idea of putting a =ign on an over- crowded car, 'ake the next car,” would e carried out as soon as the signs could bte painted. The committee recommended the accept- ance of the tenders of land at a cost of sz for the extension of Duncan street rom San Jose avenue to Tiffany streect. nd the construction of a sewer on Har- rison street, between Fifth and Sixth. ALFRED BOUVIER'S WILL Deceased Declares His Wealth Is Community Property and Leaves It All to Widow. The will of the late Alfred Bouvier, the theatrical manager, was filed for probate yesterday. It holographic and bears the date of September 16, 1893. The will rcags as follows: is This is my last will and testament. I leave | all of my property to my beloved wife, Jo- | sphine, and 1 hereby appoint her executrix | of the will without bonds, and I empower her with authority to sell any -of my estate, Whether real or personal, without first ob- taining leave of the court. | "l of my property is community property. I have no In witness whereof 1 ildren. reunto affix my seal and signature, this 16th | day of September, 1895, i | ALFRED BOUVIER. .In presence of H. G, Platt. —————————— Got Cigars on Bogus Order. Joe Sideman, a boy 1§ years of age, ap- peared before Police Judge Fritz yester- day on a charge of obtaining goods by | false pretenses and the case was con- | tinued until to-morrow. i"f' handed an order for 200 cigars and 500 cigarettes purporting to be signed by S. Wilson, a cigar dealer at Powell and | O'Farrell streets, to Frankel, Gerdis & Co. of 244 Fremont street, and the articles were delivered to him. When it was | found that Wilson had not signed the or- | | | | | | § | der the police were notified and Detectives Crockett and Riordan arrested Sideman and recovered the cigars and clgarettes. Moxey Denies Charges. { Onliver N. Moxey, the youthful husband of aged Mrs. Gage H. Phillips, whose | marriage has brought him all sorts of | trouble, was placed on the witness stand {in the Probate Court yesterday, where proceedings are being held to have his wife declared an incompetent. Moxey made a @ecific denlal of all the charges preferred against him. The court ad- Journed at 4 p. m. until Friday, December 26, at 2 o'clock, when Moxey will again | be examingd. 3 e calls attention | it | | er Grammar School, sent a letter to the'| forgery. IS FILED FOR PROBATE | On December 15 | said | | | ‘ | ‘ | ‘ | | be compelled later to allow | this ar; | hammer and | a number of schools liad been entered by i | Vieted -of robbing telephone boxes. | and four incorrigible boys were sent to aENDG A SHARP REPLY T0 MAYOR Auditor Baehr Denies That He Is an Ob- structionist. Believes It Is Just That All Taxpayers Should Have Equal Chance. Auditor Baehr sent a sharp letter yes- terday to Mayor Schmitz in response to the latter's request for a valld reason why the Auditor refuses to sign demands on the special levy fund for new school- houses. Baehr resents the imputation that he is obstructing any broad public policy and reiterates that he has no legal right to audit demands on the fund, the legality of which is in doubt, owing to the taxes having been protested by prop- erty owners. -The letter follows: AUDITOR'S LETTER. CISCO, Cal., Dec. 24, 1002. chmitz, Mayor, San Francisco, Your letter of the 22d inst, was received and its contents duly noted. I had hoped that the controversy was ended, at least between you and me. There is nothing in my otfice at the present time requiring my official action. When demands are presented I shall act upon them promptly and for' the best interest of the community far as I can legally do so. I am as much interested in zood school facilities as vou or any other citi- zen. It is true that two demands for draughts- men’s services were pre: ted against the spe- cial emergency fund. 1 did not allow them out of that fund, the fund for the Noe V they properly belonged, and upon which, in good faith, the Board of Hducation should have drawn them in the first instance. When demands are presented against the urgency fund I will give them my most careful atten- tion and try to do what is lawful and right. In the meantime it seems to me that you are trying to meke me appear before the com- 1 but did allow them out of v schoolhouse, where i 11 munity as an obstructionist to any ‘‘broad public’ pol " when, as a matter of fact, the inaction of your Board of Education Is re- sponsible for the unnecessary delay, The money for the Noe Valley schoolhouse is, and for a long time has been, available, but not a move has been made toward its construction. Sufficient money was also available to continue at work the repair force of the School Depart- ment, but for political reasons they were dis- missed. The skam claim of “‘economyy’ which was alleged, too_thin to deceive any one. My assuran s to the funds for other school buildings and improvements are already mat- ters of record. The charter does not require the Auditor to consult the records of the Board of Education in disbursing public funds. The books in this office are the accepted authority én that subject. As head of the department I am responsible for tlieir accuracy. There is no intention on my part to deprive any section of the city of the public utilities to which ft is entitled. UNPROTESTED TAXES. You say that about one-half of the speclal emergency tax was pald without protest and is therefore available for immediate use with- out_rendering me liable on my bond 1f I audit claims asainst it. Possibly that is so. I may demands on that fund, whether I deem them just or not. At the present time, however, I take notice of the fact that it was the larger tax s and rich men who paid this tax under protest, and the poorer classes. failed to lay a foundation to. recover their money if the levy is 1 believe the great city of Sai consent to this_ injustice, way to return_their. mone: also if the richer taxpayers recover their share of the tax. The only thing 1 am insisting on at the present time is that we do not use any of this questionnble money until it s abso- o= ared Invalid. rancisco will not- but find some to the less wealthy 1 am as desirous as you to bring this con- troversy to.an end. letter writing will not repatr achosi. housés or build buildgs. If the Boerd of Education will ‘‘get a move on’ and do something the educational interests of the v wiil be better promoted than by continuing gument. While the pen is mightler than the sword, I think in the present® case the saw will accomplish more than Yours. truly HARRY ASKS SCHOOL BOARD TO REMOVE VICE PRINCIPAL Principal Edwards of Crocker Gram- mar Thinks Madison Babcock Should Be Transferred. H. Edwards, principal of the Crock- either. ' BAEHR, Auditor. W. Board of Education yesterday statihg that he felt it would be for the best in- terests of the school if Madison Babcock, vice principal.of the school, be removed to some other field of action. Edwards svggcsted the name of Miss Aimee Hirstel as worthy successor to Babcock. The request was taken under advisement. The resignation of C. T. Work, super- vieor of manual training, was accepted. The Board of Works reported that the approximate cost estimate of -the Noe valley schoolhouse is $37,500, Truant Officer J. M. Floyd reported that juvenile burglars, two of whom were con- Two girls were placed in the orphan asylum the Boys' and Girls' Ald Soclety. In all 508 calls have been answered concerning truants. 5 & Teachers’ certificates were granted to A. T. Barnett, Florence Sollman, J. R. Hansen, Sarah C. Burnett, Nettie Thel- en, J. B. Clarke, Edith Gilmore, P. T. Riby and Mrs. T. F. Spencer. Leaves of absence were granted . to Misses Ida and A. Clark and Miss Sarah Goss. : Sarah Jones, principal of the Agassiz School, reported a vacancy there, caused by the death of Miss Eva Cleary ————— Chinese Crew Transferred. The Chinese crew of the steamship Peru was transferred yesterday to the City of Peking by permission of the Secretary of the Treasury. The Chinese are returning to China as passengers on the Peking. GHIEF SULLIVAN SGORES GOMPANY Says Spring Valley Does Not Furnish Fire Protection. Produces Figures Showing That Little Work Is Accomplished. —_— Fire Chief Sullivan submitted a com- munication to the Supervisors’ Street Committee yesterday regarding the report of the Spring Valley Company as to what work has been done so far in the laying of mains and setting of hydrants. Sulll- van takes up the claim made by the com- pany that it has laid 29,500 feet of fire pipe, and shows that much less work has been done. The letter says: The only mains that were laid for fire pur- poses solely and that can properly be called fire mains are the 24-inch main on Valencla street, from Mission street to Twenty-sixth; the 12-inch main on Leavenworth street, from California to Pacific street; the 16-inch main, cn Bush street, from Fillmore to Plerce, and the 12-inch main on Pierce street, from Bush to Pine, and on- Pine street, from Pierce to Devisadero. Thus the total amount of fire pipe completed and in service during the first half of - the present flscal vear is about 2400 feet. As to the amount of pipe laid in answer to the requests from thls department since the fixing of the water rates this iS embraced in one item, viz.: Harrison street, from Spear to Steuart, 300 feet. In. the matter of hydrants the showing of the Spring Valley Water Works is still worse. Mr. Schussler does not deny thut he prom- ised to set 200 hydrants, but he claims that the company was requested to set only sixteen hy- drants on mains already laid and that nine of these have been set. He well knew when he made this offer that the existihg mains were carrying about all the hydrants they could sup- ply. The ‘various requests for hydrants, whether on old mains or new, made since July 1, were treated with silent contempt up to the date when complaint was made. 1t was never supposed that the signing of an agreement to perform certain work absolved the water company from fulfilling its con- tinuing . obligations to this large and rapidly growing community. This growth has largely increased the revenue of the cémpany, whose conduct in the premises is entirely without cavse. ! The committee resumed its investiga- tion into the complaint made by the Fire Commission that the Spring Valley Water Company is not fulfilling its promise to install hydrants in various parts of thd city to insure,adequate fire protection. The compary sent a list of the work | that had already been done, and the tom- mittee requested Chief Engineer Sullivan to ascertain if the hydrants had been set and mains laid, as reported by the com- pany. Why Modify Milk For infant fee g in the uncertain wa of the novice when you can have always | with you a supply of Borden's Hagle Brand Condensed Milk, a perfect cow’s | milk from herds of native breeds, the | perfection of infant food? Use it for tea | and coffee. . S e ADDITIONAL INDICTMENT ‘ ASKED AGAINST DILLARD| Judge de Haven Cuts the. Present One in Two on Motion of Shortridge. The United States Grand Jury will be called on to find an additional indictment zgainst William H. Dillard, colored, for- meriy a trusted clerk in the office of In- ternal Revenue Collector John C. Lynch, Diliard was fiidicted “*everal months ago. the document containing twenty-eigh counts, in fourteen of which he was charged with forging the names of John C. Lynch and othkers to Chinese certifi-| ites of registration and in the remain- ing fourteen he was accused of issuing fraudulent certificates. Samucl M. Short- ridge, counsel for Dillard, demurred to the indictment and contended that it | charged two separate offenses. United Stafes District Judge de Haven handed down an: opinion yesterday, which he sustained the demurrer as to | the first fourteen counts and overruled | it as to the remainder. The Grand Jury wiil be asked to find a new indictment for | | | | | —_——— Go East on the “California Limited.” $60 is the speclal round-trip gate to Kan- sas City on January 8 and 9. Stopovers returning. Inquire at Santa Fe office, f41 - Market street ( ——————— Accused of Grand Larceny. Rosie White, colored, Matt Campbell, colored, and Harry Meyer were booked at the City Prison. yesterday by Policemen Joy, Peters and Skain on charges of grand larceny. It is alleged that they stole $70 from Grant Bartram in the Wis- consin House, Pacific and Montgomery stregts, Tuesday night. Louls Harran and Munroe Matthews were arrested early yesterday morning on Fourth street by Policemen Flynn, Mitchell and Robl, who beoked them at the City Prison on a charge of grand larceny. It is alleged that they stole $10.05 from Emerson Mann. s e Dr. F. W. Morse, who has been associ- ated with Dr. George C. Pardee for the past twelve years, will continue his prac- tice, eye, ear, nose and throat, during his absence in Sacramento. Chronicle bulld- D ing. —— e Violates the Liquor Law. Mrs. Nellie Howard of 237 O'Farrell street_was arrested yesterday by Police- man F. M. Black on a charge of selling liquor without a license and was releasedl on $20°cash bail’ Black alleges that he went into the place last Monday and was served with a glass of whisky, for which he pald a dime. ADVERTISEMENTS. Our four Pacific Coast Stores join - inwishing you a fiyful Most J [V | of packages in the office. POSTOFFIGES ARE OVERTAXED Rush of Christmas Mail Matter Overwhelms ‘Workers. Lei;ters and Packages ifi Greater Numbers Than Ever Before. —_— The Christmas season rush of mail is one dreaded by all of the postoffice em- ployes, from the mail sorter to the super- intendent. For then come the innumer- able packages, some addressed wrongly, others mailed without stamps, more witi- out the proper amount of postage on them and still others illegibly addressed. Those which are addressed right cause a bustle in the mail rooms characteristic only of Christmastide, while the others cause no end of ‘annoying trouble. The -local offices. are swamped with packages and parcels of all descriptions, and an extra force of men and women is kept working night and day in order that the various mail matter may reach its proper destination The present holiday season's mail in this city s one of the biggest on record. There is no denying the general prosper- ity of the whole country. the postal of- ficials say, when the present condition of the malls is taken into consideration. Usually the rush begins about the 1ith of December and continues until after the new year. Uncle Sam's Christmas busi- ness is the most extensive of any that is carried on in the Unitcd States, and as a result the work of the department of posts is iffcreascd by zs much as 200 or 4% per cent. It becomes necessary then for the postoffice to scek help to handle the enprmous malils that come with the Christmas rush. Each year there ar- &ges sent out in the mails which are never delivered. This is not the fault of the postoffice officials, but the fault of the senders themselves. The addresses in some instances are wrong, and at other times are neglected altogether. In speaking of letters to Santa Claus, City Superintendent of Delivery D. L. Richardson sald: “Yes, we receive letters addressed to Santa Claus, and, in fact, to every one. Why, we even receive them addressed to Jesus Christ and God Al- mighty. All of such letters are sent to the dead letter office. Some of the letters are ex- tremely ludicrous in their requests, while others are pathetic in the extremée in their entreaties from the children to San- ta Claus to send them everything, from a Lox of candy tp a horse and carriage. Inregard to the present holiday conges- tion of the mails Superintendent Richard- son said: “The present rush in mail mat- ter is“undoubtedly a large one, and from tiie revenues coming in from the sale of stamps it appears that it will be one of the largest in the history of the office. The revenue s extremely large and flood of packages overwhelming. To make matters worse,. we have a Chinese clerk nundreds of pack- | here who insists on giving, packages of tea and various other presents to every one in the office. In our busiest moments in he walks with an armful of bundles, that does not help to decrease the litter He even brings us all fireworks on the Fourth of July, but then it is not so.bad, as there is no rush on then.”” Mr. Richardson states that about De- ember 15 they get what is known as the Furopean mail, and then about a week before Christmas comes the Eastern mail from cities on the Atlantic coast, while later, about four or five days before Christmas, comes local mail. NATIVE DAUGHTERS RETURN THEIR' THANKS Circular Expressing Gratitude From Committee of O’Farrell- Street Home. The committee of the Native Daugh- ters’ Home on O'Farrell street has issued the following circular of thanks: The N. D. G. W. Home Committee desires to thank all friends who were so ready to aid -in the rummage sale for the home. Donations were received from many friends who do not belong to our order, but to whom the principles of our home appeal. The Na- _tive Daughters here in San Francisco were most’ generous, sending us more than enougin to continue the sale for two.weeks. Many aid- ed us in acting as salesladies. Many from the interfor sent boxes and trunks full of wearing apparel, etc., and from many more comes the word_that had they known of the sale they | ‘would have contributed. It is not amiss to tell these friends who have aided us the result of the sale and the work to_which the proceeds are to be given. The N. D. G. W Home was established by the G. P. Board of Relief (an incorporation) in 1898 for the purpose of— irst, caring for. sick sisters who have no hom or who are at a distance from their own home. We have cared for mgany sick ones. Two of this number found in our home the last earthly shelter before entering our' Father's Mansfan. Second, to give a home to young women who desire to fit themselves for some life work, ana v have succeeded in getting a position n what way they can for that which they have-reccived from the home. We have had some who studied, or worked in somie way to acquire an education. Of this number a few have paid hack so much monthly. Our object is not to raake devendents but to help our girls to be independent. To feel that it is no charity to receive when you receive ro that you may get strength to pay back by belping some one. else to achieve position and independence. Third, to provide sleeping accommodation and meals for Native Daughters who may be visiting San Francisco and who wish a tem- porar¥y~ home at reasonable rates, and where they may feel safe. Many have so used our | home. The home is maintained by voluntary con- tributions of subordinate parlors, gifts from interested friends and the siight receipts from rooms and meaj ‘We say “slight’” receipts because a number have been aided by putting the board at ‘a figure below cost to enable cur girls to provide for themselves at the low salary which they may receive. With low salaries and the high cost of living many girls cannot maintain themselves respectably. Those of our number who do receive large salarics are supposed to pay thé schedule price. Our home is too small to accommodate all who apply and we are-seeking larger quar- ters. We need monev to move Into a larger place and we were almost discouraged, but tie veterans who kave accomnlished so much for some of our leading hospitals and. homes in this city have enthused us by recitals of their own struggles and how success has finally crowned their efforts, =o we have concelvad the plan of gettinz a bullding of our own. The rummage sale netted us $260, which is the nest-egg toward our bullding fund. The sixteen pariors of San Francisco with the ex- ception of three have just given a benefit at the Alhambra which will net us something Iike $600. Th~ Retail Liquor Association has donated us $150. In the early spring the com- mittce will hold another rummage sale and w again will call upon our friends. At this Xmas tide, we hove that more donations may come in to help swell the fund. Again thanking each and all of vou and wishing vou all the blessings of the Christmas tide, we are. N. D. G. W. HOME COMMITTEE: Mrs. W. S. Leake, chatrman; . Mra. treasurer; Miss Wittenmyver, secretary; Mrs. Morris, Dr. Bertola, Mrs. Steinbach, Mrs. Cockrifl. ——— e Dean Charged With Battery. ¥Fred Dean of 2421 California street. the young man who tried to chloroform Lucie Monier in heér room, 45 Bacon Place, Tues- day night, was booked at the City Prison yesterday on a charge of battery. He ad- mitted that his object was to.take money from her which he alleges she. swindled him out of the previous night, but it was decided that a charge of robbery could not be sustained. PE-RU-NA IN THE HOME BRINGS SAFETY AND COMFORT, A Letter From a Beautiful Albany Girl. | . seeeeree R R R SARA McGAHAN. ISS SARA McGAHAN, 197 Third street, Albany, N. Y., writes: “A few months ago | sufferad with a severe altack of influsnza, which nothing seemed to relieve. My hear- ing bscame bad, my eyes became ir- ritated and foverish. Nothing seemed right, and nothing | ate tasted good. “| do not know what Peruna is made of, but | know it is a wonderful medicine to drive away sickness and restore you to health. Within two weeks | was perfectly well, and now when any of my friends are sick I advise thsm to {ake Peruna.”’—Sara McGahan. A Cold Is the Starting Point of One- Half the Diseases of Mankind. 1t is through colds that most of the ill- nesses come to the human fami Our climate is responsible for most diseases. The ill effect of the climate first ex- presses itself through a cold. Immediate- Iy following the cold is a derangement of. one or more of the organs.. It may be in the head. It may be in the stomach. It may be in the pelvic organs, but some- where in the body the cold is sure to settle. If Peruna is used at this juncture all trouble would be averted, but unfortu- nately many people do not use Peruna. Some of them use some other remedy and some ‘of them use no remedy, and the cold is allowed to develop into influ- enza (la grippe) or chronic catarrh. At this stage even of the disease Peruna will cure, but of course it takes, longer. Used in time Peruna never fails to break up a cold and thus avert a great.deal of sickness. The fact is Peruna should be in every household. A Family of Nine Protected From Catarrhal Diseasas by Pe-ru-na. rs. Fred Bartz, 7% Ivory avenue NEW ATTRAGTION 4T THE CHUTES The proprietors of the Chutes have add- ed a new attraction to the many novel mechanical entertainments at the popular resort. It is known as “Down the Flume' and is probably the most wonder- ful and interesting device that has ever been erected for the amusement of the .public. It is located just under the chutes and was completed at a cost of nearly $20,000. “Down the Flume” is_ really a trip around the world in five minutes. The flume proper is a parrow canal which winds around for a guarter of a mile. The passenger is taken around in a boat, con- structed after the pattern of a rewboat, only more comfortably* equipped. You s$tart out at San Francisco bay, then reach the harbor of Honolulu and in tura see all the principal points of in- terest in the world, portrayed by a great panorama at each side. Wonderful elec- tric light effects are brought into use and when the whole thing is lighted it is a grand sight. The trip is made in five minutes and the amount af space covered is a quarter of a mile. The whole thing fs operated. by one man and the machinery is brought down to a very fine point. “Down the Flume” was designed and constructed by A. Van der Naillen Jr., Commissioner of the Board of Public Works. Mr. Van der Naillen has been working on the iInvention for fourteen years and he feels confident that he has Scored a great triumph in the construc- tion of the novel device. The eapacity of the large pumps which supply the.water to the canal is 12,000,000 gallons a day, just half that of the Spring Valley plant, which supplies the city with water. The electrical devices on the “Down the Flume" are a great piece of work and are cleverly arranged. The artistic effects are very beautiful and are the result of long and tedious work on the part of W. H. Hesser and a corps of assistants. Each scene is pie- tured in a most realistic manner’ and with wonderful _effect. 3 Fifteen boats will run over the coarse at short intervals. The new attraction will probably bé opened to-day, but all the minor details will not be completed [ until about the.firss ot.lhe year. The Juvenile. Vaudevillians, twelve dainty singing and dancing girls: Bryan and Nadine, comedy acrobats, and other high-class specialty people are present- ing great entcrtainment at the Chutes these afternoons and evenings. To-day Santa Claus will be greatly in evidence, and every child visiting the grounds will Teceive a gift. | - B R e R R Most of the Illnesses That Come to the Human Family. Are the Direet Result of Colds. St. Louis, Mo., write: As long as we have had Peruna in the house we have not needed a doetor, and there are nine of us in the family. “Peruna has rendered us greater service than five doctors and ail the patent medi- cines I used in the six years that I was sick. I wag so bad that mo one thought I would ever recover.'—Mrs. Fred Bartza. Peruna is becoming better and better established every day. It is simply foolishness on the part of any household to allow themselves to be without Peruna. Holiday Dinners and Catarrhal Indigestion. Christmas and New Years bring their joys long anticlpatéd and heurtily en- joyed. But the pleasure of holidays is not entirely unalloyed. The big dinners, the nuts and candies, the thousand and one delicacles and rich viands that tempt the palate and seduce the appetite are too well known to need mention. All this leads to deranged stcmachs. Ca- tarrh of the stomach is the immediate re- sult. Gastric catarrh, the doctors call it. One or two doses of Peruna at the tiine prevent a long siege with catarrh of the stomach (generally called dyspepsia). What the doctors call dyspepsia and the people call indigestion is in reality eca- tarrh of the stomach. Holiday overeating is not entirely con- fined to the children either. The old folks sometimes do so, too. Whole families oft- en_suffer together. Catarrh of the stom- ach. That is the cofrect name for it. Right here Peruna, the friend of the family, comes to the rescue. No family is exactly safe without Peruna. Nothing will take the place of Peruna. Insist upon having it and no other. If you do not derive prompt and factory results from the use of Pe: % write at once to Dr. Hartman, gi » full statement of your case, aud he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. ENINEER FACES DANGER BRHIELY | DENVER, Dec. 24.—Several passengers | 2nd trainmen- were injured in a collision | between the Colorado special and a [ treight train on the Union Pacific Rall- "road at Rogers, Neb., to-day. The injuved are: | Engineer William Bay, Colorad® special, Omaha, hips hurt, bruised and cut. A. W. Cole, Chicago, limbs bruised, head cut. Miss E. M. Murray, Orchard, Cal., cut and bruised slightly. Mrs. M. J. Wilson, Lyons, Iowa, right knee and head bruised. N. F. Reed, druggist, Ottumwa, Iowa, back wrenched. H. A. Walton, bruised. | The flagman of the freight train and the fireman of the special were hurt internal- ly, and possibly seriously. The freight, eastbound, was about to take a siding when the passenger train, westbound, crushed-into it head-on. The | passenser train was only about 100 yards | from the freight and running forty miles an hour when Engineer Bay first saw the danger ahead. He reversed and put on the emergency brakes and stayed by his engine until the crash came. The fireman jumped. The two engines were nearly de- molished, the tender of the passenger en- glne telescoped the baggage ecar, and the dining car was considerably damaged. The passengers took up a subscription te buy a gold medal for Engineer Bay in recognition of his courage. —— ‘Women Teachers Go on Strike. WINNIPEG, Dec. 21.—All the women teachers in the Portage La Prairie schools except one have gone on a strike to en- force a demand for better wages. The teachers are supported by practically every leading man in town. 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