The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 1, 1904, Page 2

2 4 A REPLIES eady to Join in-a e Congress Until the With Japan Is Ended VER IS CORDIAL Gives Assurance of Sympathy With Atti- ade of This Government — . WASHINGTON, Nov..30.—Russia is nwilling to jofn the powers in a sec- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL; THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1904. JAPANESE FALL BACK, WITH SLAVS PUR Oyama Abandons Turning Movement Di-| rected Against Kuropatkin’s Left Flank. Retreating"TroopS Succeed in Carrying Their Wounded From Battlefield. MUKDEN, Nov. 30.—The Japanese of the firm of Spever Bros. has given Admiral Baron von Shaun, formerly i peace conference at The Hague | are withdrawing to the Tsanchau and| $28,600 to repay ecreditors, mostly | commander of the Austrian navy, to be he Russian reply to Secretary Hay's | circular note to the powers of Oc- last, inviting them in the | n f the President to reassemble ice at The Hague “to com- postponed work of the first verbally Count was delivered to-day by 1 Embassador. was requested by say that Russia in principie’ the in- ng readily associated American Govern- ssion of the the conference at der Emperor further request- € the Russian Goverr very sincerely cherished these v not consider the mome for the convening of such e, and it there- fore must withhold its formal ac- tion until the at an end r form the difr ) effect | ain, France )PEAn POWErS. e first power speci- a postponeme all the pow- | approval of the for further | r time when the e should be held be stated that this Gover! pléased with the recep- note received. In his note y Hay purposely omitted sug- 1 date for the assembling of rence, realizing that certain | powers might hesitate to take up for | definition such complicated | ons as the rights of neutrals at | - when a great war w in For the present it is prob- American Government will| t un- s well its —_——— Army and Navy Orders. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Under or- a f the War Department Captain mes Canby, paymaster, is relieved duty in St. Louis and will pro- | San Francisto for duty. - Pri- | an S. Bolton of the Fifty-ninth | sast Artillery at Fort An- | is transferred to the| and Fifteenth company, | He will be sent to the | company at Fort Rose- te Bartholomew Da- | on April 9, 1903, red who deserted | taking | vember | fantry, who was apprehended on her war with Japan is ended.|the district between Tsinchecheu andi Sintsintin is clear of thenn The foreign hospitais at Yinkow are co-operating energetically in the work of the removal of the sick and wound- ed Japanese. The most important problem now is the supply fuel and forage, but a commission which has been formed is nergetic steps to keep up the supply of both these necessaries. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30.—Official and private dispatch received here to-day indicate that the Japanese are falling back below Sinmintin, where for several days they had apparently been attempting a turning movement. After four successful fighting they are now retir- ing, with the Russians in pursuit. It is impossible as yet to tell whether either movement has real strategic sig- nificance. General Kuropatkin, under date »vember 29, reports that the Japanese force which evacuated Tsinkhetchen, near Da Pass, took up a fresh position near the village of Suidun, about seven and a half miles southeast of that place. They carried off many wounded. The Russians on the morning of No- 29 resumed the offensive, ad- in the direction of Suidun. of of v s encountered a Japanese artillery fire. cing By midday the Russian artillery opened ! and under cover of its fire the Russian nfantry resumed the advance. e Speyer Helps Bank's Victims. LONDON, Nov. 30.—Edgar Speyer days of tolerably severe but un-| thin a mile and quarter of there they | poor persons who lost their savings in the failure of the local Penny Bank at Needham Market, Suffolk. S R ADMIRAL DAVIS CHOSEN. | Will Represent America on the North Sea Commissior WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Rear Ad- miral Charles H. Davis has been of- ; fered and has accepted the appointment {on the Dogger bank court of inquiry. Count Cassini of the Russian embassy and Sir Mortimer Durand, the British | Embassador, who were at the State De- partment to-day, were informed of the selection. Rear Admird] Davis was promoted to the grade of rear admiral on August 24, 1904, and was selected recently by | Secretary Morton to command a divi- sion of the battleshin squadron of the North Atlantic fleet. He completed for- | ty-three years of service in the navy vesterday, having been appointed to the naval academy from Massachusetts in 1861. He commanded the converted cruiser Dixie in the war with Spain and was engaged in blockading duty off the coast of Cuba. For a number of years he was superintendent of the naval ob- servatory at Washington. Admiral Davis speaks French fluent- ly, and this, with his knowledge’ of in- ternational ‘and maritime law, com- | mended him’ to Secretary Morton, on whose . recommendation thé. selection was made. He is‘a brother-in-law of | Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. | VIENNA, Nov. 30.—It is said that mperor Francis Josewh has chosen the fifth member of the Anglo-Russian North Sea Commission in case the oth- er four members fail to agree upon the fifth member. S MIKADO OPENS THE DIET. Speaks With Confidence of the Prog- ress of the War. TOKIO, Nov. 30.—The Emperor formally opened the second war Diet to-day, reading the following ad- dress: “We hereby perform the ceremony of opening the imperial Diet. “We announce to the members of the House of Peers and of the House of Representatives— “That, to our profound delight, our relations with all neutral treaty pow- ers are increasingly amicable: “That we have directed our Minis- ters of state to submit to you a scheme for mewting the extraordinary expenditure necessitated by the war, together with the budget for the thirty-eighth fiscal year of Meiji, be- sides other projects of law; 5 3 “That our expeditionary forces have been victorious in every battle and have repeatedly shown fresh proofs of their loyaity and bravery, so that the progress of .the war is increasingly to our advantage; & “That we expect, by the loval de- votion of our subjects, to atfain our ultimate object; and “That we call upon vou to distharge your duties by harmonious co- operation, thereby promoting our wishes and ends.” K, Seventeenth In- or from Company about October 31, 1904, while serving in Company G, Twenty-first Infantry, now at the Presidio, San Francisco, and who has been held to service in the latter company without trial for fraud- ulent enlistment, will be discharged without honor from Company K, Sev- enteenth Infantry, by the commanding officer of the post.in the Philippines where his company is stationed, by rea- son of desertion. Orders to officers of the navy: Sur- geon A. R. Alfred to be detached from the navy yard at Puget Sound on De- cember 9 to the naval station at Cavite, P. L, reporting to the commandgnt of the navy yard at Mare Island, C&al, on cember 14 for temporary duty on the Solace en route. Surgecn D. N. Car- penter to be detached from the naval hospital at New York to duty in charge of the naval hospital and additional duty at the navy yard on Puget Sound Are conducting SALE OF PIANOS. Some new more for uprights. A SOGEL0500050055, dard pianos Conover, Lu Che At 931-933 MARKET STREET at the present time their ANNUAL CLEARANCE perfect condition, ranging in price $12.00 for squares and but little General Clecaning Up of All Odds and Ends and Discontinued Styles Such ill not appear in catalogues again. Many of them the stan- s "“oflbewrld. Among them Mason & Hamlin, . Everett, Hardman, dwig, Packard, etc., etc. ‘We only conduct this kind of a sale once a year, and the sea- son is open now—the sale is in full swing. (Open evenings.) gl from $135 up, some used. but in 1931-933 MARKET ST. San Francisco. | steel bridge across the Snake River at FIETY MILLIONS - COST OF FAIR Estimates Show That Stoek- holders Will Have Fifth of Their Money Returned —_— 8pecial Dispatch to The Call. * €ALL BUREAU, WORLD'S FAIR GROUNDS, ST. LOUIS, -Nov. 30.— When the Loutsiana Purchase Exposi- | tion, the greatest ‘of all world’s fairs, closes at midnight to-morrow, "18,750,- 000 persons will have passed through the turnstiles in the seven months it has been opened to the public, more than $50,000,000 will have been expended in the construction and maintenance of the great show and about the same amount will have been spent by the public within the exposition grounds. | Of the total admissions, about five millions have been free, leaving four- teen millions paid admissions, which the exposition $6,000,000. According to the best in- formation obtainable the receipts from the receipts from admissions. would give the exposition a total rev- enue -of $12,000,000, to which may be added $1,000,000 more for receipts from all other sources. This gives the ex- position a grand total of $13,000,000 in receipts. During the period before the opening, the world’'s fair company received $5,- 000,000 from the Government, $5,000,000 from the city and $5,000,000 from in- dividual stockholders. In addition the exposition obtained a loan of $4,600,000 from the Government, which was re- paid out of the receipts after the fair | opened. The receipts from all sources up to the day of the opening amounted tc about $20,000,000. This sum, which was all expended, added to the cost of | maintenance during the exposition period and to the total sums expended by the States and foreign governments |and the United States Government, bring the total cost of the exposition, exclusive of the cost tc exhibitors of | preparing, transporting and maintain- | ing their exhibits, up to about $50,- 000,000. Having repaid the Government loan and settled &1l outstanding bills pay- able, it is believed there should be, | after salvage, a balance of at least $1,- %000.000 to be divided among the stock- holders. ——————— SCORES STARVE TO DEATH IN UPPER PART OF MEXICO { | Dead Thrown Into Ditches and Au- thorities Unable to Cope ‘With Situation. MAZATLAN, Mexico, Nov. 30.—Late reports from the northern part of this State say that fearful conditions exist there. Deaths range from twenty-five to forty per day owing to starvation {and malaria. In many instances the | dead are not given burial, it is said, | but are thrown into open ditches and canals. The authorities are unable to | cope with the situation. Provisions have been scarce in North- ern Sinaloa for some time, owing to the destruction of crops by torrential raine. —————— Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The fol- lowing Californians have arrived at hotels here: At the Raleigh—Mrs. Fred Deltmers of Los Angeles. At the New Willard—Thomas J. Wilson and Dr. Adolph Danzizer of San Fran- ciseco. —— e Bridge From Oregon to Idaho. WEISER, Idaho, Nov. 30.—The big this place, connecting the States of Idaho and Oregon, was completed to- trom | derived about | tion's continued efforts to show by the | . lieq Mntague, “it was sald that if ADMITS SHARE | N THE FRAED Former Deputy County Clerk (}i)‘es Damaging Testimony in " Oregon Land Cases —_— | PORTLAND,. Or., Nov. | George A. Howe'is a myth manipulated | by the alleged conspirator, Horace G. McKinley, to bring about the disposi- tion of the seven quarter-sections in township 11 south, range 7 east, by ap- i plication for the right of lieu selec- tion, thus placing them in the hands |of alleged conspirators, and that for an abstract of title to the George Howe lands and that George Howe was. Junkno\*\'n and did not request it, was | the trend of the evidence on the part of the Government during the fraud | tyial to-day. Early in the session the prosecu- testimony of the Government officials that George A. Howe does not represent | the concessions have just about equaled | & corporal reality precipitated a legal | This | battle. The defense assumed the posi- tion that the evidence offered by the Government to prove the non-exist- | ence of Howe is not competent and that it cannot be proven by the mere testi- mony of witnesses that such a man is not known and cannot be found. The prosecution contended that it could be so proved, that this is the only way to prove it and make impossible the whole- sale perpetration of fraud and crime and that such evidence is competent sufficiently to establish the fact for all legal purposes that such a person does | mot exist in flesh and blood. Judge Bellinger did not pass finally upon the merits of the contention, but said enough to warrant the conclusion that the evidence is competent and ad- missible. Judge Bellinger said he would look into the question further before ruling definitely regarding the admission of such evidence. GAVE FALSE CERTIFICATES. R. W. Montague, Deputy County Clerk of Linn County under W. 8. Hammer from July, 1900, to July, 1902, testified that he was authorized to ‘sign Hammer's name. to final proofs and homestead filings. Montague identified the handwriting on the Government exhibits and stated that he supposed the seal on each was that of Linn County. He also stated that he had known McKinley, Puter, Dan W. Tarpley; Mrs. Emma L. Wat- son and Miss Ware for various periods of time. He then told of the filing of the proofs and said: “Those who appeared before me were George A. Graham, Thomas Wil- kins, George A. Pettis, Zenas K. Wat- son, Nellle Backus and Alexander D. Brown. Those who did not appear were Mattie S. Lowell, Willlam Me- Laughlin, Christie E. Langham, John F. Foster, James A. Taylor, Albert A. Austin and John Wakefield.” The silence in the courtroom as the words connecting Horace G. McKinley ' with seven of the overt acts were ut- tered was inténse. Montague then admitted that his certificate on the papers that all of those persons appeared before him was not true and thus directly con- nected himself with the alleged con- spiracy. ‘WAS IN THE DEAL. Further questioning by the District Attorney brought out the statement that in each of the cases where the papers were sent to the land office with- out Montague having seen the entry- men Horace G. McKinley brought them to him personally. “Was there ever anything said as to what you were to receive out of the deal?” questioned the District Attorney. Horace G. McKinley made the request | ITALIAN KING LOUKS AREAD for Bettering Conditions of the Working Classes HE OPENS PARLIAMENT Refers to Country’s Prosper- ous State as Due to Peace and Friendship of Nations ROME, Nov. 30.—King Victor Em- manuel reopened Parliament to-day. | Prom his seat in the Senate at the Plaza Madama the King read the i speech from the throne, expressing lib- eral and peaceful principles, which were | enthusiastically applauded. The hall of the Senate was crowded jand there was an especially brilliant gathering in the diplomatic tribune, where the United States was represent- ed by Embassador and Mrs. Myer. The | whole assembly stood and applauded , for several minutes when the King and : Queen entered. In his speech the King Isaid in part: ‘ ““When for the first time I spoke be- | fore Parliament I affirmed my strong belief in liberty. My experience since :then has confirmed my belief and has ! persuaded me that only with liberty | can the ponderous problems now stand- ! ing before all the peoples of the world, | raised by the new aspirations and new | attitudes of the social forces, be solved. | My Government will continue to follow | the policy of granting ample liberty ; within the limits of the law.” | _ The King then announced the intro- duction of 'bills having the object of i progressively elevating the condition of | the working classes, facilitating an equitable and peaceful solution of the conflicts between capital and substituting co-operation among all | classes for struggles and “replacing | | strikes, which means victory only for' | the strongest by arbitration, which | means victory for justice.” | .The King theén referred to the con-. | clusion of commercial treaties with | Germany, Switzerland and Austria- ! Hungary, and remarked: , { “Italy has been the first to démon- | strate that the - protectionist current {ments are. guided by sentiments of l equity and solidarit: e insisted on the necessity for main- | taining the balance of the budget and the strength of the army and navy, and said in conclusion: | “The economic condition of Italy is i making evident progress, as demon- | strated hy the high quotations of state ' | .bonds, which have reached figures nev- | er before attained, the disappearance | of exchange on gold, the large amount | of capital coming in, the increase in the | deposits ‘in the savings banks, the | growing cofnmercial activity, the devel- 30.—That" opment.of the industriés and the unlim- | |ited credit enjoyed by the treasury of the state. This happy condition has | been reached. chiefly through peace, as- sured by solid alliarices and sincere friendships ‘and emphasized by the af- | fectionate demonstrations which oc- curred at the time of the visits to Rome | Uof the German Emiperor, the Kimg of England and the President of France. “Arbitration treaties have been con- | cluded with France, Great Britain and Switzerland, while negotiations | the United States and other countries !are well advanced. Thus Italy contin-' ues her mission of_pence.” | e b | | *“At the time the filings were made,” | they could buy the lands cheap and | a share in the profits.” | Another sensation was the testimony | of Miss Mida McCoy, who connected C. | A. Hardin, attorney for Marie Ware, with the changing of the name in the George A. Howe abstract. Miss McCoy is the stenographer in the office of the ! Linn County Abstract Company. She testified "that McKinley furnished ab- | stracts for the Graham Thompson and | George A. Howe claims. Miss McCoy said that the Howe abstract was or- dered and delivered to McKinley. At | the time of delivery it had the name of McKinley as having been the one !who ordered it. A short time after Hardin came in and had the name of McKinley changed to that of Howe. COMPARES HANDWRITINGS. John P. Marshall was the last wit- ness of the day. He was formerly cashier of the Ainsworth National Bank of this city and is a handwriting expert. graphs of the signatures taken from the bonds filed with the court as a standard, the witness compared the signatures of 8. A. D. Puter, Frank H. Woigamot, Marie Ware, D. W. Tripley, Horace G. McKinley and Emma L. Watson, found in the original instru- ments, as well as the testimony of the signatures of Joseph Wilson, in the ‘Wilkins case, had been written by Hor- ace G. McKinley. In the George A. Graham case and the George Pettis case, the signatures of Graham and Pettis were, according to the witness, made by some one with the handwrit- ing of Miss McCoy as a standard. This was ‘true in the signature of Edward Rees in the Foster case. The George A. Howe signature was, in Marshall's opinion, of similar character to the writing of Horace G. McKinley and the prosecution claims it will adduce fur- ‘ther proof that it was forged by Mc- Kinley. The Emma Porter and Emma ‘Watson signatures, so Marshall said, were beyond a doubt written by the same hand. Marshall was still on the stand wh court adjourned for the day. The Telegram quotes Special. Prose- cutor Heney as saying: “United States Senator John H. Mitchell has refused to come to Port- land at the earnest and repeated re- quest of the special prosecutor to tes- tity in the land fraud cases trial. Sen- ator Mitchell also refuses to divulge the name of a ‘prominent % who introduced Puter to him by letter at the time when Puter asked him to urge Mrs. Watson's claims before the Land Department.” : labor, | | daminating the world does not prevent ' commercial agreements when govern- ! with ! sell them for more that I should have ' By the aid of enlarged photo- | documents. According to Marshall, the BRAIL FACES A NEW CRISIS Great Strike to Take Place To-Day in the Capital of South American Republic TROOPS IN READINESS Government Gives Out Word That It Is Prepared and Able to Meet Situation BUENOS AYRES, Neov. 30.—In view of the fact that a genmeral strike will be inaugurated to-morrow, Pres- ident Quintana had long confer- ences to-day with the Ministers of the | Interior, War and Marine and the| Chief of Police for the purpose of adopting measures for the suppression | { of possible disturbances. An official | | statement was given out to-night that | the police are fully prepared to pre- QVEl’It any interruption of necessary fpublic services and to protect purvey- |ors of foodstuffs and those who are { willing to work. The Government also has announced that it is in pessession of sufficient power to meet any emer- | | gency. | Cavalry has been brought to the ; capital to aid in the preservation of | public order and prevent interference with the rallway or street car service | should it Be necessary. A state of isllege has t been declared, owing to | the fact that so far no serious breach | of the peace has occurred. e TELLURIDE STRIKE ENDS. Association Satisfied With | Employers’ Coneessions. TELLURIDE, Colo., Nov. 30.—Both | mine owners and union miners are re- jeicing over the action of the San Juan | District Miners' Association, in ses- sion at Quray, ending the strike in this district, which was called on Septem- | ber 1; 1903. President Charles H.| Moyer of the Western Federation of | Miners, who was imprisoned here for | isevéral months last summer during military occupation of the camp, said | to-day: : G “We have called the strike off be- | cause we take the position that the is- | sues involved have been conceded by | | the mine owners.and operators in the | ! Telluride d‘lslric!: in that they recently | posted notites to the effect that after | December 1 they would grant an | eight-hour work day, both for their mills and smelters, and a minimum | wage scale of $3 a day. These were | the demands we made more than one | year ago.” i ———— | Troops Restore Quiet at Zeigler. | SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov. 30.—A | telegram received to-night from As-| sistant Adjutant -General Reece at| | Miners* Zeigler to-day. He did neot say whether any more men had been tak- ,en into the mine to work. | — | ORCH BACKERS TO P, | e | Continued From Page 1, Column 2. received two messages from New York during the day, one of which bore the signature of Judge Albaugh. $This dis- patch stated that Judge Albaugh was | ‘on his way to Oberlin from New York and that he had with him securities | great enough to cover the loan which was made through the Oberlin Bank to Mrs. Cassie Chadwick. Beckwith now openly refers to the ilogs in its entirety as a $300,000 loan. | This, .he now says, covers in a general | way the loans made through the bank and by him personally. He said to-' night: “People have wondered why a woman having all the property that she has and with so large an income should continue to be asking for loans. Mrs. Chadwick has not had the handling of her own assets for some time. While there is not exactly a guardian, it al- most borders on that. She is in a posi- tion where she cannot touch one dol- lar of her income or principal. It is so tied up that she is absolutely heip- | less. This man who looks after her ; finances is in sole control. | “I have seen three chests full of jewels owned by Mrs. Chadwick. There | were diamonds worth a king's ran- som. She would hold them in her hand | and fondle them. | MRS. CHADWICK'S PARENTAGE. “It has been suggested that she was | an adopted child of the Canadian fam- ily with whom she lived. Well, I guess | that is true. I don’t think that Mrs. | Chadwick herself knew who she was or whence she came prior to four or| five years ago. I cannot tell how -he‘ discovered it.” “But how could a woman knowlng‘ so little about herself accumulate the vast fortune that she says she has?” was asked. “Have I not told you enough already | S0 that you can see how she might | have come into the possession of much | that she has? Are you still wondering | how she secured all the securities that | she has? I can add nothing to what I| have told you. This did'not come from | her, but I think I know what I am talk- ing about.” —_——————— PARKER GETS MARYLAND i BY SEVEN VOTES TO ONE | Official Count Made and Certified to by Governor of the | State. | BALTIMORE, Nov. 30.—The State | Board of Canvassers to-day 9nn-ed the vote of Maryland and upon its re- port Governor ‘Warfield certified to the election of seven Democratic electors to one Republican. ‘Murder Story Proves a Canard. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30.—Investi- gation shows that the letter reporting that Roswell Button, a Colton boy, was murdered in the Canary Islands was written by the foolish youth him- self as a joke. It was taken seriously and caused terrible suspense and WOrsy. ———————————— Some people spend all their lives looking behind them. 4 | posed Zeigler says that all has beéen quiet at |- TAX PROPOSED ~ FOR WINE MEN Suggested That Mild Reve- nue Be Collected on Brandy Used . for - Fortification YERKES MAKES REPORT Two Million Dollar Inerease in Receipts in His De- partment -During Year WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The an- nual report of Commissioner Yerkes of the Internal Revenue Bureau shows that for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, the receipts of the bureau were $232,904,004, an Incrase of $2,183,079 over the collections for the year pre- ceding. The Commissioner calls attention to the fact that the Government relieves the distillers and winemakers from the |tax of $1 10 per gallon on the grape brandy used to fortify sweet wines and in addition pays all the expenses inci- dent to the gauging and use of such spirits. In view of this latter fact the Commissioner recommends that a mod- erate tax, if not the full tax, be im- upon wine spirits or grape brandy produced and used for fortifica- tion. The present cost to the Govern- ment of supervising the use of grape brandy for this purpose is estimated at from $25,000 to $30,000 a year. The report says that if a tax of only 25 cents per gallon was assessed as against the brandy withdrawn and used for fortification purposes the attual cost of the wine would not be increased more than 5 cents per gal- lon and would have produced to the Government during the fiscal year 1903 a revenue of $1,042,791. ¢ The Commissioner submits for con- sideration the propriety of the imposi- tion through necessary legislation of a tax on wool alcohol to an amount suffi- cient to place wood and ethyl alcohol on a basis of dquality. ———————— Found Dead on the Street. SAN DIEGO. Nov. 30.—George W Larsen, 74 years of age, was found dead early .this evening on the sidewalk at the corner of Fifteenth and K streets. There were cuts and bruises on his head and face. ~He was employed as an expressman and may have been thrown from his wagon. The Coroner will try to ascertain whether death was the result of his injuries, and if 80 how they were inflicted. —_——————— Aged German Commits Saicide. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 30.—August Hour- tienna, a native of Germany, 74 years old, committed suicide this evening at the residence .of his son on Brooklyn Heights by taking carbolic acid. He had been a sufferer from cancer of the face. oi—— G — HRussia Will Make a Display. PORTLAND, Nov. 30.—Russia will make a governmental display and will participate in’the Lewis and Ciark centennial, according to a cablegram received to-day from St. Petersburg by W. H. Goode. —_——— Death of a Former Mayor. GRASS VALLEY, Nov. 30.—Fér- mer Mayor W. E. Parsons died here to-day. He was operated u for appedicitis this morning, but failed to rally. He leaves a wife and two chil- dren. —_———— ADVERTISEMENTS. “THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. | Few People Know How Useful It.ls in Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that char- coal is the safest and most efficient disinfectant and purifier in nature, but few realize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it the better; it is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impurities always present in the stomach and intestines and car- ries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating on- ions and other odorous vegetables Charcoal effectually clears and im- | proves the complexion; it whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic. It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; it disinfects the mouth and throat from the polson of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and the most for the money is in Stuart’s Charcoal Lozen- | ges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form, or rather in the form of large. pleas- ant tasting lozenges, the charcoal be- ing mixed with honey. The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much improved condi- tion of the general health, better com- plexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of it is that ne possible harm can result from their continued use, but, on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician, in speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says: “T advise Stuart’s Charcoal Lozenges to all pa- tients suffering from gas in stomach and bowels and to clear the complex- jon and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also believe rthe liver Is greatly benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but 25 cents a box at drug stores and although in some sense a patent preparation; yet [ be- lieve I get more and better charcoeal in Stuart’'s Charcoal Lozenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal tablets.”