The evening world. Newspaper, March 6, 1903, Page 5

TO GUE LAWS BEING FRAMED Gho GREED. Legislature to Deal with the Abuses of Which Thousands of Citizens Have Complained Through The Evening World. Public Organizations Back the Move- ment Which Seeks to Purify the Sup- ply, Do Away with Crooked Meters and Stop Extortion. ‘The fact that despite thousands of complaints about gas extortion the @ommissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Elecricity has shown no signs of floterestins himself or of getting his expensive office busy has impelled The @vening World to take up the work of inspecting gas meters and analyzing Bhe gas supply. This work is now in progress, and from the results thus far obtained the Fevelations promise to be even more astonishing than those already pub- ished in this newspaper. In the mean time the work of laying plans for the curbing of the greed of the Gas Trust is progressing in Albany. Steps have been taken for the Antroduction of bills that are designed to make the consumer of gas as Much exempt from oppression as are consumers of water, which is supplied by the municipality. Clubs and political organizations throughout the city Bre taking up the work, and the movement to purify the gas supply and fects honest reading of meters grows with every hour. F TROUBLE. IN EVERY BOROUGH. 5 In the bales of letters of complaint received by The Evening World every day there are scores and scores from Brooklyn and the Bronx. This proves that the Gas Trust, which controls the supply in both those boroughs, fs no respecter of persons when profits are to be piled up on watered stock. In addition to the dissatisfaction of consumers, the Gas Trust is con- ted by increasing dissatisfaction on the part of its underpaid and over- ‘worked employees, and, all around, the outlook for the Gas Man is fraught with woe and worry. No longer is he to be envied ‘because he has a “light fob.” or “meter readers, sompany. be done away with. ‘tingency. tate Inspector of Meters Jastrow ‘Alexander, in an‘interview with a re- porter for The Evening World to-day, @aid that there were undoubtedly many that registered big consumption mote of gas because of their filthy condition internally. ‘These meters, in many instances, are half-filed with lquified oll low hydro-carbon and heavy gases that coi- lect in the bottom. This fills up the gas spaces so that the meter fills rapidly. The gas passes out into the pipes registering a cubic foot when in reality only 60 or per.iaps per cent. of a cuble foot has really passed through the meter, ‘This filth in the end usually clogs up the meter entirely and stops all flow of xas, But before this is accomplished the consumer is robbed of hundreds of dollars, “It requires years to fill the meter up to the point where the di phragms that admit the passage of the as are located. Impure gas, the kind of gas that is being turned out by the millions of ouble feet every day, causes this deposit fm the meters, The gas, not properly Durified and washed in the works be- fore it's sent out, contains particles of earbon and olly matter. When it reaches the meter, where It {s held du:ing the day, It settles. Some of the heavy pe- troleum gas also liquifes, as does the Baphtha used in the carburetted air. Where Heavy Ga: Form. Immediately above this slimy deposit heavy gases form, These are almost Wf the Gas Trust officials really be- fleve there are no complaints extortion they should see the scores of letters which come to The Evening ‘World. Here is « temple tot of koks, Story of Extortion tn Brooklyn, ‘Fe the Bditor of The Kvening World: Manhattan has been airing her griev- ances regarding the stupendous gas bile; now let Brooklyn come to the tor: Sad join in the cry of denouncing thes teving ‘knights of the Gas Trust,” inst | Penetrated the whole house, 78, 1 myself of extravagance and straight, -| Way began to economise, dismay when for Deoemier I was pre- wented with @ bill of $10.96! In its investigation The Evening World has learned that the “indexers,” employed by the Gas Trust are nearly all mere youths wwho are paid the munificent sum of $9 per week. They are expected to read ® certain number of meters every day, and the amount of labor put upon them is impossible of honest fulfilment. In consequence the reading of meters is largely guesswork, and the guessing is always in favor of the NEW PLAN FOR READING METERS. Under the proposed amendments to the charter which The Evening World has prepared for the Legislature, this method of reading meters will Every index will have to be correctly made. ‘The movement in Albany for 75-cent gas continues to increase in power and effectiveness. The only argument advanced against it is that the com- panies, if they. are compelled by.Jaw to reduce the price-Of gas, wilt-well prorer gas than the olled air they are forcing through the mains at present. But, under The Evening World’s amendments, putting the duty of geeing that pure gas is sold upon the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas end Electricity, with enlarged powers, there is no danger of such a con- —— eee HOW THE GAS TRUST ROBS THROUGH FAULTY METERS. Nquid in substance, Too heav: - culate in the plpes—in tact, tae ce held down by the higher product that Passes through the meter when the was ‘s being burned by the consumer. The Mlustration best explains th : dition of affairs, con- The gas meter is shown as if cut down through the middie, The gas enters by the pipe on the right hand side and enters the lower right-hand section and passes by means of diaphrams that open as the expands to the other compartments. When the meter is in the condition shown tt 1s very evident that only about 60 per cent. of the real space can be oceupled by the gas in {ts passage to the gas burner. But {t nevertheless registers with great regularity. The: meters when discovered are condemned Py as, Alexander's men. “The great majority of the ol of the Mutual Gas Compan etree meters,” paid the inspector, “They are usually in a filthy condition.” How to Have Meter Inspected. Mr. Alexander said that more defec- tive meters would be found provided more complaints were made to him. “It costs the consumer from 30 cents to #1 to have his meter inspected, accord- ing to its size," he said, “The meter is removed immediately and examined by my men. A new meter is put in, and if the old meter is found defective the fee is refunded. The consumer will also get a rebate from the com- pany in case the meter {s found to have been registering too high. “I wish this wes more generally known.” GAS TRUST CONTINUES ITS OUTRAGEOUS HOLD-UP of gas iseulng from the meter which I made several complaints, but each time was told that the leak was on the outside 4nd made no impression upon the me- ter, No remedies were attempted, In October, when the days grew much shorter, it was reasonable to expect an increas in the gas bill, which was #4.73, But in November, when the bill Was dumfounded. I accused Imagine my I made complaints to the gas oficial, but ail he said was that the meter reg- istered that amount, and that it must be correct, j When the January tii! chine andiealied for exactly $10.98, the seme as the pr vious month—this was for only two and cooking for two adults and child—I began to grow suspicious. _hererore SENATOR FROM BOROUGH OF QUEENS WHO IS FIGHTING ‘The fight for cheap and pure gas has an ardent supporter in the State Senate Albany In the person of Senator Luke A. Keenan, of Queens Borough, who has already introduced a cheap gas bill, which, if enacted into law, will give to the residents of Queens Borough pure @as at $1 per thousand cubic feet, in- stead of at the rate of $1.25 to $1.85 per thousand feet, as is being paid at the present time for pure gas in Queen: Senator Keenan has written a letter to one of his constituents, in which he gives credit to The Evening World for {ts fight for pure and cheap gas, and is very hopeful that his measure will be ‘enacted into law. The consumption of gas in Queens js far greater during the summer months, when all of the Seaside resorts are open, and should the Senator's act me a law there will be a great saving to those who do bus- {ness in Queens during the warm months, as well a saving to those who make their homes or places of bus- iness in that section the year round. Senator Keenan’a bill {s ae follows: minating gas in the Borough of Queens, City of New York: Section 1. A corporation, association, guage not smacking of politeness that “some people are chronic kickers.” I then decided to test the accuracy of the meter, For iwo weeks I burned lamps, ignoring gas entirely, yot when the February bill arrived—the short month, mind you—there it was in bold figures, $10.98, to the very penny like the two previous months. What more proof oes one want of rascality? I Immediately despatched a letter to the President of this combine and told him the exact details, He replied he would have the matter investigated. The next’ day my meter was removed for inspection and the following week I recetved notice that the meter was a trifle too fast, and I was to receive a rebate of $2.35. Had they admitted the meter galloped along {t would have been more to the point, I was dissatisfied with the result and refused to pay the bill, Am now alding John BD. to swell his millions by using his expensive oll, But that 4s rot the end of the story. Last August—six months after the re- moval of the meter—I got a bill for 75 cents for gas consumed during that month, although no meter was in the house. Three times they have called during the year to remove some myth- fcal meter which 1s supposed to exist in this house. Now, if this isn't barefaced fraud, what 1s? If the Brooklyn gas ofMcials say there are no complaints they are falsifiers by the clock, for while I was at the oMfce to enter my complaint I overheard one of their clerks remark to a complaining friend of his that never had so many complaints been made heretofore, “Everybody seems to be kicking," he said, o which his friend appropriately remarked: “And with good reason. The company 1s overdoing it." Oh, all ye defrauded ones, let us not rest until tese fraudulent vipers are brought to terms. Let us not only in- jst on 75 cent gas, but also demand re- Hable meters ¢ will not run away with our pocketbooks, EMMA M, BOSCH, His Gas Meter a Wht To the Editor of The Evening Worl T have been @ user of Consolidated Gas for many years, My servant girl informed me recently that there must be something the matter with the meter, as about every minute it would whistle. I examined it week before last, found she was right, that jt was whis- tling if wind was being forced through some way. I reported it at the office, Forty-sixtl street and Broadway; they sent a man to examine it, He sald it was all right, that all meters whistled that but 1 find since your articles in The Evening World that the whistling has completely stopped. JAMS DEVLIN. Deliberate, Cold-Blooded Swindle. ‘To the RAitor of The Evening World T have read with an indignant inter- est the many communications of victime of the gas. extortians which have ap- Peared in your paper. But I have as yet falled to note an imposition which can compare with that suffered by the woman in whose house I have a fur- rished room. Her monthly gas bills for An act to regulate the price of illu- FOR CHEAPER Gas.| LUKE A. KEENAN, OF QUEENS. company, copartnership or person shall not charge or receive for illuminating gas in the Borough of Queens, City of New York, sums to exceed $1 per thou- sand cudic’ feet. Section 2. The {illuminating gas fur- nished 6y any such corporation, asso- ciation, company, copartnership or per- son shall nave an illuminating power of not Jess than twenty-two spenm candles of six to one pound, burning at the rate of one hundred and twenty gtains of spermacet! per ‘hour, tested at a distance of not less than one mile from the place of manufacture, by a burner consuming five cubic feet’ of gas per hour, and shall, as regards purity, comply with the standard now or hereafter established y law. Section 3. Whenever hereafter, and as soon as hereafter any corporation, asso- elation, company, copartnership or per- son shall be prohibited by law from charging or recelving for illuminating gas in any part of the City of New York, as at present constituted, a sum not to exceed a sum less than $1 per thousand cuble feet, then said pronto: tion shall be so framed as to inchude the Borough of Queens, City of New York. Section 4. All acts or parts of acts In- ponaiment with this act are hereby re- pealed. Section 5. This act shall take effect immediately. 4 assumed the amazing proportions of $21.75. There was nothing whatever to jus- tify this tremendous jump—no unusual consumption of gas, no leakage of pipes, no Irregularity of any kind, save in the gas dill. Now, If this is not deliberate, cold- blooded swindling, pure and simple, I should like to know what nice, inoffe sive Christian definition you could truthfully give it, I have no desire to be Indicted for libel, especially by a class of men who enjoy the peculiar distinction of ‘divinely appointed In- struments, with a lawsuit the other day because I disputed ‘his pill. I thought that was about as much of the grotesquely hu- millating as I could stand for the pres- ent. I sincerely hope you will continue your vigorous exposure of the greedy, heart- less gas companies. No more righteous work could receive your attention. The gas bills in this city have been a grievous burden to people of moderate means; they have now reached the un- bearable point, Don't let the matter blow over. Keep up the exposure and probing good and strong until something 1s done for the reilef of a long-suffering community. CITIZEN, Voor Woman Oppressed. To the Editor of The Eveulng World: T have a little private house of nine rooms, My gas bills have been from $8 to #2. I am a widow, and rent the yooms for a living. Last December I put in some gas, stoves, and my bills ran up to over $f. As I could not stand that, I took the gas stoves out and asked every one to be careful not to waste the gas, 40 1 would have a small bill. But my next month's bill was only 9 cents less, I made a complaint. A man was nent to Inspect the meter. He re- ported It “all right," but the February bill was only $1 less. As I was waiting for them to test the meter, I had not pald for two months, so they sent a man and turned off the gas without notice. I had to pay over $20 before they would turn on the gas. N, SMITH, No, 812 West One Hundred and Twenty- third street, A Kiek from Queens, To the Editor of The Evening World: Find inclosed my last three gas bills Regarding the $13.14 bill for twenty- eight days, I made a complaint and was told that a man would be sent to ex- amine meter, He was not sent. ‘The following month I received the bill again, together with a regular monthly blll, I wrote the gas company to take out the meter, I have not pald this bill nor have I heard a word from the com- peony, I have used gas in but two rooms of my house. Queens Borough Is full of g00d citizene who are being robbed outright by the company. M, A, THOMAS, Crescent and @encca streete, Queens Borough, Plundering « Poor Widow, ‘To the HAitor of The Hvening World: _1-am @ poor widow with one gon. He only earns 1 a Ww 1 go out to work by the day to help pay our rent ani other expenses, cores bang one gas Mgtt burning at 7 es 4) A plumber threatened me wien SEND YOUR COMPLAINTS OF GAS EXTORTION TO THE EVENING WORLD, The Gas Trust says there are no complaints of over- oharge from its victims. To refute this statement The Evening World will print all complaints sent to this office. Each communication must have name and address of the writer, not for publication unless desired. Write only on one side of the paper. THE WORLD: FRWAY EVENi.u, MARCH 6, 1903, was $1.40. I thought that was right, but when my February bill came it was $2.9. I am now writing this by a lamp, because I am afraid to vse gas, Mra, T. Gas Meter Was a Robber, To the Editor of The Evening World: T have been burning gas from the Con- solidated Gas Company for the last five years, and my bills were so high that I had to deprive my children of what food they needed to fatten the Gas Trust. Thad my landlont {investigate the mat- ter, and he discovered that tho meter was out of order and that the dial went around aa it pleased. Now, I paid those Kind of bills, averaging from #2 to $5, for burning one light and a Httle gas stove, and all the company returned to me was $4. Mra. BOLOMON. Bille That Leaped. ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: 1, top, am one of the poor, unfortu- nate victims of the Gas Trust. I have deen using gas for the past three or four years, and my bills have never been more than $1.60 to $1.80 a month until ‘last October. I was compelled to use @ heater for three weeks and my bill called for $6.60. Then I stopped using the heater and only used on an average two burners at night—never more—and my bill for November was $8.50, and for December {twas $7,80, and for January $2.10. I complained twice to the company about my bills and said I could not afford to pay them, but my complaints did no good. E., NORTON. Downright Robbery. To the Biltor of The Evening World: When I saw that you had take: up arms against the meanest of corpora- tions I eejolced. I have complained re- peatedly both in person and in writing to the gas company (the seoretary to the contrary notwithstanding) of their exorbitant charges. In our little fiat there fs but myself and my wife, and economy {s our watchword, Notwtth- standing our efforts our gas bill has doubled in the last few months—down- right robbery and that of the poor—that ds the size of it. A VICTIM. His Protests Ignored. To the Editor of The Evening World: T have read with great interest the editorial of this evening's World about the overcharges of the gas bills, being myself a victim, perhaps to a greater extent than those you have mentioned in your article. I think it my duty to give gome details of my gens bills for the past few months, Before I state these details I may say that prior to my present residence I occ Pied a flat of elght rooms and my bills never exceeded $4 per month, Now I Mve at No. 125 East One Hun- dred and Twelfth street in an apart- ment of five rooms, and my gas bills amount to as follows December . January . February 5 All my protests were of no avail, considering that a single individualcan- not fight a trust, I paid all they have demanded. M. GARFUNKEL. No Complaints? How About This? To the Editor of The Evening World: I read in your paper that the secre- tary of the Consolidated Gas Company the remarkable assertion that there are no complaints of overcharg- ing the bills. I want to say there are complaints of overcharging every min- ute of the day. I went to the gas com- Pany's office and mage a complaint to the clerk, I’said to him: ‘My gas bill jumps up every month.” He sald he couldn't help that and that tf I didn't pay the bill he would shut off the gas. This is the way my bills went up: October, $2.20; November, $5; December, ; January, $8.40; February, $3.66. s the way the gas robbers rob me. ¥. B. PORTER. No Good from Kick: To the Editor of The Evening Worl 1 am one of the gas victims. I ha been living in the same rooms three years and my gas bills were from $2 to $2.60, The last two dills were for $4.60 and %.60, I sent to the company, but the inspector said the meter was all right. M. GOLDSTEIN, No. 80 Canal str. How Mr. Jones Beat a Ges Trust. To the Faltor nt The Evening World Mr. W. Martin Jones, a well-known citisen of Rochester, N. Y., was pre- sented by the Rochester Gas Company with @ bill for 60 cents for gas used in Als house when he had not used any during the month for whioh the bill was presented. For not paying the bill the Rochester Gas Company removed the meter, but before this Rochester Gas Company was through with this citizen $t not only paid all the court coats, but paid him about $3,500 as dam- ages. This story should go on record for the public benefit, VERTIS. How Does He Do Itt To eh lor of The Evening World I have been using gas for the last two years and using it in five rooms, for cooking, heating and light, and never has a gas bill been more than $1 from the Consolidated Gas Company I wish I could help some of my poor suffering neighbors, as 1 would gladly do it, [ would #ign my name, as I am not afraid of the gas company robbing me, but I am afraid of them @nding me out A RESIDENT Of Canary Island and one that can fool the gas company. ‘That’ He Kaows « Lying Meter. To the Editor of The Brewing World 1, too, am one being robbed by the Gas Tru I tried many plans to reduce my gas bill, but without any re- sult, until I thought of the splendid idea of turning Gown the meter, that ts, close the meter so fer as to have enough light and guMclent pressure, and it works well. This is the only scheme to check the pressure of the meter and of oh robbers. A.B. Oh, ¥: ‘This Meter Ie All Right. To the Réitor of The Evening World Thave been using ges for the last four years, Uving in three different houses companies. The bills were all about the same, until about Dec. %, when the Consolidated Gas Company changed my meter; then my bili was $1.90, But my next bill was $3.80: so I went to the office and complained. I was told that my last moter did not register all the gas I used, but that thle moter was all right. On Feb, 17 they sent an Inspector, and he told me everything was ©, K. and that T had used $3 worth of gas since Feb. 3. So Ihave a fine chance of hav- ing a bill of $6 the next time. T did not pay my $3.80 bill, and I suppose they will turn my gas off In a few days Lonly have $3 deposit HENRY E. KLEIN, No, 81 East Fourth street. Gas No Better Than a Candle. To the Editor of The Evening World: FISH PEDDLERS [CLANS NOWT WOVED ALONG.) BLIND CAN SER Hester, Ludlow, Essex and Other East Side Thorough- fares Will Know Them No Longer. NEW MARKET IS FOUND. & Space Under the Approach to the New Williamsburg Bridge Has Been Allotted to Them and There is Ample Room for All. Street-Cleaning Commissioner Wood- Health, have ‘They joined ‘ag| Dury and Dr, Lederle, of the Board of made an official ten strike. forces recently for the sole Purpose of devising a plan for relieving Hester, Lud! Christi smelling fish low, Essex, Bayard and wtreets of the presence of foul peddling push carts. The My gas bills are, higher than last year, |Commissioner had long fought against but I dia not mind that as much as| the nuisance which he declared was one having gasiight which 1s no better than|of the responsible agents for the un- a candle. AF. Go Much Wind Gas Won't Light, To the Editor of The Evening World: clean conditi on of the streets used as a rendezvous by the fish peddlers. ‘As each peddler was provided with a empowering the holder to take up ce: In reading your paper about the 688) 4 stand in the fish mart, the Commis- sioner was at a loss to know how to trust swindle I see that Senator Fitz- gerald 1s trying to push a bill to reduce) cone with the evil. He applied to the the price of gas to 75 cents. That would) poara of Aldermen for a rellef measure, sive us no rellof, as I find that my bills) nut that body disappointed him. Then aro much larger than when I waa pay- ing $1.25, I think it would be a good thing to investigate the methods of cheating the public. If they force alr into the mains they could easily be de tected. “I have twenty-twe gas stoves in one house. ‘The tenants have had much trouble of late in lighting the stoves. ‘They make a very loud report and go out often before lighting. It appears there ts #0 much air in the gas that It will not light. I called at the Consolt- dnted Gas Company's office to have a bill corrected, and while there I saw that the way the people were treated was shameful. How they can be ao bare-taced I can’t tell, I made up chy mind I must submit to the Gas Trust swindle as I do to the United Hlectric Light and Power Com- pany; aizo the telephone company. Some one should get after the two last-named! companies and investigate thelr methods of doing business. I have had dealings with both and find that they are bare- faced ewindlors. An employee of the electric light company came to get the Index of the meter for the power that. runs the elevator. I happened to be: neer by and showed him where it w: in a dark closet, where you could hardly} ‘seo the moter, much less the index. He merely gave a glance and put down some numbers on his book. J laughed and said to him: “Why, you could hardly see the meter, much less the, dial.” ‘He smiled and. sald he could. You would render the public a great good if you get after those ewindling companies. Very little investigation| will show that thelr methods are not] straight, I would let you use my name, but you know I am in thelr power and they might make things unpleasant for me. 8. F. ‘he counseled ter was quick to see the point. with Dr, Lederle. The lat- “The presence of these fish stands is a men- ace to the ‘health of the locality,’ de- clared the Health Commissioner to the Mayor. “And besides," Btreet Cleaning Department, Keep the streets there clean if the flah peddlers are.te be allowed “Well, what can we do, Mayor, "Th do business a: privilege. Bridge Commissioner IAndenthal had previously # Push-cart peddlers might said the ‘head of the “I can't hold forth.’ * quoted the ese people have Mcense to nd they pay the city for the uggested a plan whereby establish a market under the approach to the Will- jamsburg bridge near the rive “Let us fayor Lindenthal's ested the Health Comm! * sali the iclal. “Acquiesced in,” added the Mayor. “Agreed,’ fi So It now comes to pass that hence- forth the east side fish market shall be transplanted to the spot designated by the Bridge ‘To-day the new space is fish peddlers. Magistrat mmissioner. ‘order went into effect, The ample for the needs of the ——__—— LAWYER O'MALLY REBUKED. | ) trans Tighe Might Have Doue More Were He Not on Bench, Lottie Roberts, of No. 131 Willoughby , street, Brooklyn, was held yesterday tn the Adams Street Court for the Court of Special Sessions on a charge of as- saulting justice was cullar manner by “Youn; “you ar kindly langul n ly, who appea man, not taking m: amon this bench I woman, Lawyer 0" fred el the. Mag ne “aecialon in You are offensive in your not situated as I fence T would make this a personal matter, joner, C treet cleaning of- ing Without Eyes May at 1 Be Solved by the Invention- tounding Results Claimed, PARIS. March 6. solved the problem of bringing sf the blind. Dr, Case, in the Revue Revues, describes in an article enti “And the Blind Shall See" a wond apparatus Invented by Prof. Peter which will not only restore lost but give vision to those who have never before known It. Dr, Case enjoyed” practical demonstration of the Rages of the apparatus. He tells how oe Stéins took him Into a dark room bandaged his eyes tightly. He hear the profeessor walk about, a match and light a lamp, but the bam dages prevented hix perceiving tag, slightest glimmer of ght. Then he felt the apparatus fast lightly about his tempies, whereupon: became Instantly conscious of lights grew gradually stronger, until he Waa able to dimly recognize oojects mJ him, He was just beginning to that his normal power of sight was ing restored to him through ow! agency, when Prof. Steins suddenly: 2a moved the apparatus and he was diately plunged into total darknes®, ‘The theory on which the inventlod based is that the faculty of seeing: finally in the sensory motor centre: not in the eye or the optic nerve, tween the object and the seat of ception. y ‘ be If, therefore, the waves of light Gale be communicated to the seat of |perception the problem of seeing witl \eyes Is nolved. ‘This Prof. Steins cla his apparatus is able to do, and ‘az affirms the assertion, = A distinct advantage claimed for: apparatus is that it transmits the Through eo. many ‘vibratory oh u so man; © that even Where necrosis Of. the it is capable of it lik releph tranatal acts like a telephone th sapnioaciog Rent waves instead of ‘waves to the section of the FISHKILL LANDING, March 6— McFarlane, senor member of the Fishkill Landi: was found dead here | For a number of years he was |of the Delamater Iron | York, SUPERINTENDENT PUBL (OF WASHINGTON, D. C. Thinks Pe-ru-na Should Be in Every Houschold. B. Powell. Straightforwprd Evidence from Men of National Fame that Pe-rune Cures Catarrh, UCH straightforward evidence cannot be overlooked, What the common people say carries weight, but when a man of national prominence says, “Peruna should be used in every bousehol & significant fact to the Increasing promi- hence and undoubted efficacy of Peruna. Peruna {s of national fame as a catarrh remedy, It is the only internal, systemic catarrh remedy known to the wedical pro- fession, It makes diseased mucous mem- branes healthy, whether it is the mucous membrane lining the nose, throat, lungs, stomach, kidneys or pelvic organs. It cures various diseases of all these organs, because two-thirds of the ills of mankind are due to catarrh, With healthy mucous mem branes climatic diseases lore their terror, the system is enabled to throw off con- tagion, and health follows inevitably. “Pe-runa Is the Best Remedy on Earth,” Mr. A. T. Wood, Mt. Sterling, Ky, writes: “For many yeare | Bave been a sufferer from oaterrh, and bave spent time and, money with physiciane, aud ured many kinds of remedige which were ‘guaranteed gure cures,’ but ip every case it was money In @ recent letter to Dr. Hartman, Col Washington, D. C., Prof. W. B. Powell says “Persuaded by afriend,1 have used Peruna as a tonic, and I take pleasure in recommendin, your remedy. Peruna is indeed a good medi- cine, and should bein every household.’’—W. lumbus, Ohio, “I reaped no from 1410 N street, benefit whatever from th In my seemingly vain search for relief I purchased bottle of Perun: confidence in it whatever at the time, was about on improve and busin buman belong. baving no e year and I began wo was able to attend to my without being constantly ham- pered by every kind of pain known to a) }, My hearing, which was al- most entirely gone in one got very much better, “This winter, when every one was suffering from la grippe, absolutely proof against tone wall, Tam not medicine. I stood Hke @ it. a believer in ‘patent ’ having found the majority of them fakes, but I do not hesita te to recommend Pe- runa as the best medicine.for ca- tarrh the world has ever seen. I\x keep a bottle of it at home con. stantly, and shall continueto do} so, because I believe best remedy on earth, Jeave home that I don’t put a bot- tle of itin my grip.’’—A.T. Wood, Alexander, H No, 1 Mountain street, Montreal, Canada, writes: ‘After having suffered for several years with catarrh of the bead, and in vain tried various kinds snuf, balm, ete., ets to uy Perune ry a Al sae of patent medicines, caterrh IC SCHOOLS ® ll, of Wi best-known For fifteen indent of the KC yn, which is m4 it system United States, Prof. Powell ts the thor of a number of school books are used throughout the Unit This well-known gent hesitate to recommend Peruna to Waintances countl lends and acqt over the United States. This| taking th ly indorse its curative quali McBride, * Chronic catarrh often makes tte in disguise. Before a person may become a victim of chro Its onset may be gradual, ite insidious, and at lust the victim self in the clutches of a ter slight cold, « tendenc puffiness in the nose and crackling In the ears, the throat, slight to be the| ‘dur sleep; T nevor \sympisus should be fe ful Sulined to take tt to get well. Peruana & friend advised me |r,