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THE PITTSBURG DESPATCH, SATURDAY, AUGUST, l 1891.
LTMPH IS A FAIIME.
Only One Tatient Is Left Under Treat
ment in Kew lorko
DB. HEINEMAN ALONE A BELIEVER.
Dr. -EoclisiTuberculiii Cannot-Curo-Iithcrr
Cancer or PMnisis.
S0METJI13G- -ABOUT TnERLUPUS-KIASES,
The annotmcement-from'BCrlinxtliat Trot.
Eoch has given up his experiments with his
lymph and resolved to devote himself in tho
future to bacteriological .researches will not
arouse surprise in 2Jew York, -where the
lymph has come to be regarded as a failure
in tho cure of consumption, or of'anything
that could not be more-easily-cured by other
means. The failure of the lymph in 2ew
York, says the New-York Times, has been
rnmnfete that there is now, so far as
known, only-one patient under ljmph treat
sent in a public institution. Pormerly
there -were hundred!
Prof. Abraham Jacob!, Mho- was-among-the
foremost of the earliest distinguished
advocates of experimentation with tho
lymph, pave it a thorough trial in practice
at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Gensan Hos
pital, and several other public institutions,
and the result of his experiments -was so far
from satisfactory that he definitely aban
doned its further use in the hospitals. The
Professor lias sailed for Europe, but-efore
departing he left, his opinion of tho Koch
lymph on record.
AIXEVIATTTE, JfOr rEATlVE.
At a meeting of th Academy of tMedi-
cine in Vest Forty-third street, in the
coarse of a discussion on the merits of the
lymph, Prof. Jacobi staled that the lymph
Germed to be an allevianve out 1101 a cuia
tive. Its use had caused improvement in'
taberculous rases wr the-usual methods of
Iwspital treatment. Beyond that, however,
nothing appeared to-huve been established.
The object of Prof Jacobi'- journey to
Ttorone is to attend, as a delegate. Hie forth
ootuiuc Tuberculosis Congress w hieh meets
in Pins this month. It is understood that
!) proposes to furnish data to the congress
ooneeTiing his lyniph cxjerinieats, and
draw conclusions" therefrom, in accordance
ith his known opinions" on the subject.
The preent congress is a continuation of
that which met in Paris two years ago, and
to which Prol Jacobi, Dr. Henry . Heine
nan and lr. It. C. M. Page were delegates.
The ob!ot of the congress was to establish
the relation, if such relation might exist,
hex wet n consumption in man and consump
tion in the lower animals, with the object
if ascertaining whether there was infection
in thi meat or milk of consumptive cattle.
ot only physicians but veterinarians as!
well took part in tne congress.
o case op intectjon rr.ovr.D.
Althonch great learning and patient ob
ervationhad been brought bear on the
problem, there was no one in attendance at
the congress, it is declared, who was able to
present a single authenticated ami undis
jratable case where man had been infected
with consumption either from meat or milk.
Jhe theme of discussion at the present ses-J
sion of the congress will be considerably"
broadened.
At St. JIark's Hospital, wbere-thercwere
over SO cases of tuberculosis under lymph
treatment during the early stages of the ex
citement over Prof. Koch's discovery, there
5s not now a single patient The use of the
lymph was discontinued two months ago,
except in one case, and there has been no
lvmph administered at all in the hospital
for over a month. Moreover, there have
been no patien'ts admitted in that period
who expressed a desire to have the lymph
used. The sum total of the entire series of
experiments with the lymph at St. Mark's
was the discharge of three lupus patients
credited on the books as "cured," although.
it is as vet too early, of course, to tell
whether the disease will make its reap-
pearanee.
""We used the lymph," said Dr. S.
Strauss, 'in many cases of lupus and some
cases of phthisis. A few of the patients
Euflering with phthisis were discharged as
improved, but none were cured. The last
case of phthisis was a woman, who went
away saying she felt slightly improved.
The effect of the lvmph treatment on the
patients was often larirely the result of
their imagination. They believed they felt
better because the lymph vas heralded as a
jrreat cure. The woman of whom Ijust.
enoke was under treatment two weeks.
LTMTH STILL OK HAND.
"We still hao about 1,000 milligrams of
Use lymph, but long ago ceased to adminis
ter it, except to such patients as expressed
aa argent desire for its use, and then only
at their own risk. To such patients we
have held forth no promises, telling thrai
frankly that the chances for their receiving
auv benefit from the lymph were very
fluht. We oflced no assurance. Jhe
p ij-ular taitn in tne remeay nas uieu out.
Tin re ore no more applicants for its use.
When last we administered it the doses
varied from one to 12 milligrams. "
At St, Luke's Hospital, in West Fifty
fourth street, near Fifth avenue, vhere
formerly Dr. Kinnicutt, the pioneer experi
menter in New York, was eo enthusiastic
over the lymph, its ue has been entirely
discontinued, and when the subject of the
lymph treatment was yesterday broached to
Ir. 1. F. Bishop, the house physician, he
dismissed its further consideration v ith an
impatient wave of the arm.
"The use of the lyiupli," he said, "has
been entirely stopped in this hospital. No
lymph has b-en administered this present
month, and its use was practically aban
doned before that. We used two big bottles
of the lymph (10,000 milligrams in all) on
our tuberculosis patients, and none of them
were discharged as cured."
ICO PATIEXT EXTIRELY CUBED.
At Bellevue Hospital, where there was at
oae time a 'lymph ward under the care of
Prof. Loomis, the ue of the lymph has been
discarded. o patient was discharged as
entirely curea. TL- experiments at Belle
vue covered a wide range of cases, from
lupus to almost the last stages of pulmonary
consumption. The usual symptoms of
alleviation were frequently observed.
At the Montefiore Homo for Chronic In
valids, in the Boulevard at West One Hun
dred and Thirty-eighth street, the use of the
lvmph has been given up. Ko patient was
discharged as cured. The lymph was ad
Biimstered in this institution to many per
ous suffering from phthisis, but with un
satisfactory results. In some cases there
was seeming temporary relief, with an alle
viation of the symptoms.
The lymph was tried in several cancer
caes at the Sew York Cancer Hospital,
Eighth avenue and One Hundred and Sixth
street, under the pergonal direction of Dr.
George F. Shrady, of the Medical Record, but
it was soon demonstrated that the new
remedy was ineffectual to retard or stop the
ravages o that disease, and there has been
no attempt to emphasize the failure by fur
ther experiments. Dr. Shrady was skeptical
of the virtues of the lymph from the outset,
and whs among the first to criticise its use,
point out its defects, prophesy its failure,
and decry its use.
DEATHS UXDEH THE TUEATJIEXT.
AtSL Francis' Hospital, Fifth street
near Avcau C, where, it is said, three' pa
tients died under lyniph treatment when
big doses were in vogue, the use of the
lymph has been entirely discontinued, so
lar as can be learned. The same is true of
the German Hospital, where Prof. Jacobi
used to operate at wholesale, and of the
New York Post-craduate Medical School
and Hospital, in Fat JTifteenth street near
Second av enue.
At Mount Sinai Hospital, however, w here
one tJent is still under lymph treatment,
there yet lingers a belief in the efficacy of
the lymph under restrictions. Hut Dr.
Heineman does not longer regard the lymph
as a curative except it be in lupus. When
the lvmph was first put into use Dr. Heine
man Loped for much from it, and even
fancied he observed significant results fol
insr its use in cases of epithelioma.
T rn cf!lt i,oinT Tnl vmnh " ho RftM T-PS-N
terday. "I have one case a boy suffering
from "lupus under treatment at Mount
Sinai, and I have several cases of lupus and
phthisis under lvmph treatment in my pri
vate practice. The boy at the hospital is
doing nicely. So far as the so-called failure
of the Koch tuberculin is concerned, it is
now an important questiou whether the
tuberoulin cannot be carried to a greater de
gree of purity. In the next place it must be
remembered that when we used the tuber-r
culin it was in its full poisonous doses. Such
doses we would not venture to use were wo
dealing with belladonna or opium. "Unless
we saw the lvmph actually work before our
eyes we didn't believe it was working. We
had not then had sufficient experience, and
our doses were too large.
A LITTLE BEXEFIT"I2f-LUPUS.
"I am frank to sav I have seen no cure-of 1
phthisis by the lymph, but it has been of
very material assistance in the treatment of
lupus. By graduating the doses, I find I
can soften the tissues, and thereby mora
easily carry on my treatment of scarifica
tion br cauterization. I have also combined
the anilines with the lymph treatment.
The anilines, I believe, present a wonderful
field for discovery in medicine. They possess
truly wonderful properties. When the
lymph was first brought over from Ger
many, a good many doctors jumped at it
because they thought there was a fortune in
it. When they found there was not a for
tune in it theyhastened to drop it.
"l.och s lymph is still in the experi
mental stage. In some improved form,
after the lapse of time, we cau use it so as
to determine the exact limitation of its
value. Where formerly doses of as high as
"0 milligrams were used, I now only use
one-twentieth of one milligram, and that
only once or twice per week. 1 do not in
crease the dose over that amount. I find
the lymph keeps well, and shows not the
slightest sign of sediment. It has been
erroneously reported that Prof. Koch had
been compelled to abandon his titles and
high positions because of the failure of his
lymph to satisfy popular expectations. This
is an error. Pending the establishment of
the Institute of Infectious Diseases bv the
German Government, Dr. Koch was a pro
fessor of hygiene, and director of the
Bacteriological Institute. The professor
ship of hygiene was a position created for
the discoverer merely to enable him todraw
a salary during his experiments and pend
ing the establishinen": of the new institute.
In becoming the chief director of the insti
tute he has given up the other position as a
matter of course,.aud that is all there is in
ciheincident.
T 0--OTABL CASES.
"Of the-two cases of lupus in my private
practice, one is that of a woman who was
successively operated on for 40 years by
every prominent specialist in this part of
the country. She lias been under lymph
treatment for five months, and is able to go
without a veil for-the first time. There is a
wonderful change in the appearance of her
face. The other case of lupus is of ten
Vyears standing, and shows improvement.
An tne case ol tne bov at Mount bmal Hos-
,pilal, the lupus has all but disappeared.
"My phthisis patient does not show so
rnKch" improvement. I have lately heard
from two patients who were formerly under
lymph treatment at Mount Sinai, and they
are as well as when they left. The improve
ment in their cases has been maintained.
Six cases of phthisis were discharged from a
narMTOi fCril i Ntilinrinm n wdol arm ol
4 leged Jo have been cured by the lymph. In
tne case ot leprosy under treatment tne-improvement
went up to a certain point and
stopred. The case was not a favorable one
for experiment, since the disease was of
nine years' standing. What was needed was
an incipient case."
Dr. Heineman stands almost alone-in his
continued faith in the lymph. In a paper
read bv Dr. Charles Dcmson. of Denver.
before the Colorado State Medical Society
the lymph was given scant credit. "In
fine," concluded the paper, "tuberculin is
not a remedy to be chosen for the great Ma
jority of cases of pulmonary consumption in
preference to proper change of lift and
.climate, for it does not equal the latter."
Dr. J. Jti. .Bean, ot tne uity Jtlospital, St.
.Paul, Minn., says: "Koch s preparation
lias been found inefficient both as a diagnos
tic and as a therapeutic in tuberculous dis
eases." In Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Brooklyn and Chicago the use of the lymph J
has-been abandoned.
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.airs, vveisns cnaractcr. a. capias was-
issued lor iionanue's arrest.
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MAKHGMONEYCHEAP.
The Experience Through "Which the
Argentine Eepublic
IS PASSING TO FIND PROSPERITY.
An Effort to Make Dollars More Plentiful
Among the People.
Lmosteapid-detelopment-in niSTorvY
In the August Century there is a careful
account of the experience through which
the Argentine Republic is passing in an at
tempt to increase the general prosperity by
making money cheap and plentiful, which
ought to be read and considered in every
hamlet in the United States. The writer
says:
The Government of the Argentine. Re
public is closely modeled upon that of tlio
United States. It is a country of almost
boundless natural resources, whose develop
ment has been so rapid as to be almost with
out parallel in history, and whose growth
in wealth, prosperity and commercial im
portance has been so nearly approached by
no other country in the world as by Amer
ica. Its people are an energetic, buoyant,self
confident race full of pride in their
country, and inclined to the belief that it is
capable of withstanding any strain that
maybe put upon it. Yet, rich and pros
perous as they were, these people conceived
the idea, when a slight check to their de
velopment was felt a few years ago, that
what they needed in order to attain the full
measure of their prosperity was to make
money "cheap and plenty."
Perceiving the importance of their ex
perience as an object lesson for our own
country, bearing as it does directly upou
discussions and propositions current here,
we have gone thoroughly into the matter,
examining all available sources of informa
tion, and have thus been able to prepare for
our readers what wo believe to be the most
complete as vll as the most accurate aci
count yet published.
A COMIXO ESTABLISHJIESr.
In 1873 there was established in tho
capital city of the Argentine Republic,
Buenos Ayres, the Hypothecary or Mort-
fage.Bank, whose main object was to make
oans on all kinds of landed property. Tho
principles upon which these loans were to
be made were much the same as Senator
Stanford is advocating as a basis for similar
loans by the United States Government.
Any person owning landed property in tho
province could go to the bauk and secure a
loan for half its value, which was to be fixed
by the bank's appraisers. The bauk gavo
him a mortgage bond, called a cedula, which
was to run for 24 years, at from 6 to 8 per
cent interest, !. per cent amortization, and 1
per cent commission. The interest was pay
able quarterly, and there were coupons at
tached for the 24 years.
The cedulas were issued in alphabetical
series, besinninc with A and runninc to P.
They were bought and sold on the Bolsa or
Stock Exchange, and from their first issue
became an important element in specula
tion. The first of series A was between
?13,000,000 and 514,000,000, the Argentine
dollar being about 96 cents of our money,
being based upon the unit of the French
monetary system. These remained at par
for only a short time after issue. They
were quickly followed by others, until
series A closed with a total issue of 27,
394,000. Then came series B, with an issue
of 51,092,000; series C, with 5813,000; series
D, with 5288,000, all at 7 per cent. Then
came scries E, with a total issue of 515,
830,000 at G per cent, and F, with a total
issue of 56,100,000 at V per cent. :Tea vears
after the bank's establishment over 5100,
000.000 of these cedulas had been issued, all
based, be it remembered, upon the landed.
jpropcrty ot a single province.
THEV FOBMED A EESG.
They had from the putset been used, for
speculative purposes, ana every year tnls
use became more wild and reckless. A ring
was formed between directors of the banc
and certain favored brokers for the absolute
control of the successive issues. No one
could obtain concesssion for a loan who did
not make application through these brokers,
and in order that all the members of tho
riug uut;iib reap meir suare ux me prone xne
value of the property upon which the loans
were placed was raised to extravagant
figures.
The fictitious prosperity which the Hy
pothecary Bank brought to Buenos Ayres
infected "the entire Republic, and in 1884
Congress passed a law annexing a National
Hypothecary Bank to the National Bank,
which was the fiscal agent of the Govern
ment and of all the provinces except Buenos
Ayres. The issue of cedulas on the landed
property of the nation was authorized for
50 per cent, of its value, at interest from G
to 8 per cent, with 2 per sent amortization
and 1 per cent commission, no single loan
to exceed 5250,000, and all payable at the
end of 12 years. The issue of cedulas was
at first limited to 540,000,000, but this was
extended from time to time so that in No
vember, 1890, six years after the National
Bank began the experiment, it had out no
less than 5204,000,000 in gold, all bearing
interest. The Buenos Avres Bank had in
creased its issue of cedulas so that at the
same date it had out no less than 5330,000,
000, but these were in paper, making the
grand total of money which had been
loaned upon land in the Republic during 17
years 5534,000,000, or over 140 for every,
man, woman and child.
ISIJIIGRATIOJJ' CHECKED.
When the National Bank went into the
hypothecary business, In 1884, paper money
was at par with gold. Several severe
checks to the national prosperity were felt
during that year. Cholera made necessary
that year a rigorous quarantine against
Mediterranean steamers and checked immi
gration. Heavy floods during the fall de
layed tne snipment oi crops from the in
terior to the seaboard. A new Government
'loan of 590,000,000 was to be placed, but tho
European market wnicn was expected to
take 10,000,000 of it was so nearly sated
with Argentine investments of one kind or
another that it declined to take more than.
53,500,000.
In January, 1885, a run began upon thoi
Provincial Sank of Buenos Ayres, and com
pelled it to suspend specie payments,
whereupon the President of 'the republic
declared the national currency a legal ten
der. Gold rose at once to 17 per cent pre
mium, and then to 20 per cent. In Febru
ary it had reached 83 per cent, and it con
tinued to rise steadily till at one time it was
at 300 per cent. That is to say, 5400 in paper
was worth only 5100 in gold. From the mo
ment that the gold standard was abandoned,
the demand for more paper money began to
be heard, and it was poured out by the Gov
ernment in almost unlimited volume. Un
der the pretense of creating a Eounder
financial system and securing a more stable,
currency, a law was passed in November,
1887, establishing a system of State banks,
40 in number, similar to cur national banks.
These started with a capital of 5350,000,000,
and began to issue paper money, not being
required, as our banks are, to be able at all
times to redeem their notes with gold,
THICK OF TIIE BROKERS.
When the premium on gold had reached
40 per cent tne Government took the posi
tion tnai me increase was a tricK ot tne
brokers, and not in any way an outcome of
currency inflation, and issued a decree al
lowing the banks to issue currencypraeti
cally without limit. At the same time the
Government, to satisfy the demand for gold,
and prove its belief in its own contentions,
threw 530,000,000 of its gold reserves on the
market. The gold premium continued to
rise with no perceptible check, and as it
rose the banks poured qut more and more
paper money in a frenzied attempt to check
its upward flight.
It was discovered after a time that
through trickery, there were several mil
lions more of this irredeemable paper money
in circulation than had been supposed. A
provision of the national banking law re
quired that all banks reorganizing under it
should withdraw and cancel their old notes
when they put their new ones in circula
tion. Several banks, in collusion with dis
honest officials, violated this requirement,
and kept a large part of their old issue in
circulation with the new. At one time the
amount of this fradulent monev, based on
nothing whatever, amounted to 560,000,000.
Some of this was afterward destroyed, but
the latest official estimate put the amount
still in circulation at over 35,000,000. As
the latest attainable total of the regular
paper issuo of the banks places it at 34 j,
000,000, the grand total of paper money in
circulation in March of the present y
worth about 25 cents onja dollar, was 5380,
000,000, all irredeemable, and decreasing m
value every day.
THE COLLAPSE CAME.
This was a per capita circulation of 100
for every man, woman and child in the re
public. That ought certainly to have put
"plenty of money into the pockets oi me
people," for S100 is the highest sum per
capita our wildest cheap money advocates
have ever demanded. In 1886 the
National Bank had a capital of 10,000,000
sterling, and the Provincial Bank one of
8.000.000 sterlintr. Not a penny of the
latter remained. The National Bank had
lost 8,800,000 of its 10,000,000, and owed
the Government 14,000,000. These two
banks had lost, therefore, during five years
experience with cheap money based on
landed property, about 30,000,000 sterling,
a sum more than double the capital of tho
bank of England.
When the collapse came the nation gave
itself over, as France had done two cen
turies earlier, to rage and despair. Men
who were believed to be worth millions
found themselves paupers. One man who
had been worth 520,000,000, which he had
accumulated during a lifetime's devotion to
honest industry, but who had been tempted
to venture it in speculation, lost every dol-
lar.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Silver has been discovered near Eureka-,
Springs, Ark.
Enormous wheat crop are reported from,
the Northwest.
West Point, Miss., was flooded by awater
spout Thursday.
The Deutsche Bank at Uerlln-loses about
$295,000 by forgeries.
Onnalaska is intensely excited- over-tho
British sealing edict.
Pamellwlll appeal against tho decision-
oi mo isanxruptcy court.
Tho Government of Honduras has let?,
contracts lor railioad building.
The ocean shipping buslnes-of Quebec
shows a decrease since last year.
The Danubo, swollen by heavy rains,,
threatens property In Upper Austria.
Guatomala will levy an export taxxnr
coffee to raise funds to pay off its army.
By a collision in Japanese waters recent
ly, 260 laborers were drowned or missing.
Grasshoppers aro devouring oats, clover
-and other vegetation near Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mrs. Mark Hopkins-Searlo's will is to bo
contested by her adopted son, Timothy Hop
kins. Men and cattle were hurt by pelting hail
stones during Thursday's storm atliegina,
X.W.T.
A scheme to smuggle 30 Chinamen across
tho British Columbian border was discov
ered and frustrated Thursday.
A Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton ex
cursion train in ten sections carried 4,003
sightseers to Xiagara Falls Thursday.
Tho House of lords has decided the his
torio Berkeley peerage oase in favor of
Itandall Mowbray Thomas Borkoloy.
A now rullman will bo built In New Jor
sey by the Canada Manufacturing Company,
the basis of whioh willbe a great car-making
plant.
It is. understood that Russia andPranco
have concluded a commercial agreement
which will militate against tho United
States.
The overdue British ship City of Flor
ence was towerl into port at San Francisco
Thursday night In a disabled condition. She
encountered a gale May 26.
Sir Hcnro Farter, Premier of New-South
Wales, Australia, was defeated in the Legis
lative Assembly In his motion for female
suffrage by a voto of 57 to 31.
Cashier Klrby, of the City NationaVBank
of Marshall. Mich., who fled six weeks aeo
with $100,000 of the bank's funds,Jias just-
ncen arrcstea at oeaana, .uo.
The United States Court at Plerre,5-D.,
has decided that children of marriages be
tween American citizens and Indians tako
tho legal status of the father.
Judge Aiken, of South Dakota, will grant
Tiut very few of the 93 applications for di
vorce before him. Ho proposes to interpret
tho law according to the spirit.
Very little Kansas wheat is moving east
ward. It Is believed the farmers are taking
the advice ot tho Alliance leaders by hold
ing their grain for better prices.
Humored that the Chicago Stock Tards
Company and tho "Big Four" packers have
settled their differences, and that tho
former will absorb the new-yaxds at Tolles-i
ton, Ind.
MissLydla Keeth's parents, at Sydnoy,
N. Y., who believed in faith cure, allowed
their daughter to die after sho had wasted to
a skeleton, but would not allow a doctor to
attend her.
B. D. Wheldon, alias E. S. Btrong, who
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ago, has been arrested at Portland, Ore.
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be General Nicolal, a famous Hussian soldier
who was onco Governor of tho Caucasus.
Tho Alabama Great Southern depot at
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A small blaze whloh had just been discov
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Loss, $1(1,000.
A mortal combatunaertroiindhaTmnnpil
In Buck Kidgo colliery, near Shamokiu, be
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masked burglar early Thursday morning.
Roach, with a pay envelope containing $64
in his pocket, while eating his lunch alone at
3 o'clock, was suddenly confronted with a
revolver in the hands of tho robbor. In a
flirht lasting about an hour Roaoh saved his
money and his life, but his antagonist es.
Lapcu.
auvjiMids A. novel way or catcning a.
vCoyoto is a feature of the-, chapter of the
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PROBLEM NO. 77.
IComposed for The Dispatch.
BY COLOSEL A. T. BOCKWEIX, TJ. S. A.
Black: 7 pieces.
White: 6 pieces.
White mates in two inove3.
SOLUTIONS.
Problem No. 71 S. M. Joseph Q to K B S.
Pioblem No. 72 H. Ernst Kt to B 5.
IfKxP,QtoQ4ch. IfPxP.Qto B4ch. If
K toKt3,Q to Q Ktrt If P to K 4,Q to
K7ch.
Game ending No 22 17, B to K B 6, PxB:
18, PxP, B to K Kt 5: 19, QxB, R to Kt; 20, R
B 8, Q to Q; 21, RxQ, B to B; 22, RxB, RxR;
23, Q mates. -
Correct solutlonsreeeived from Otto-Wurg-burg
and C. S. Jacobs.
CORRESPONDENCE.
T. D. S., New Orleans, La. Many thanks for
the missing number.
GAME NO.-71.
This and the two following eames were-
-played in the tournmentat Simpson's divan.
Bird's opening.
'White
Bird
1. PKB4
2. PK3
3. KKtB3
Black
Gossip
PQ3
PK3
KKtBS
BK2
White.
Bird
13. Kt Q 2
14. B Kt 1
Black
BR6
PB4
BBS
BvKt
KtB3
QB2
QUK
15. QIC!
IB. BR 3
4. POKt3
5. B Kt 2
Pit 4
17. Q R g
IS. Px B
19. Kt B 3
20. Q B 2
6. BKtOch. QKtQ
Castles Castles
QK1
POR3
9. II ( 3
10. B K 3
11. P 03
12.1CtK5
PQKti
Kt K 5
BBS
KtQS
I. P g
PUR
22. I'KKttKtKtP
2S. Bxl' KtKtA
Black Gossip.
m mnmMM
";rM .. v,v"'t rMwa' "" r-''-'f, .
? xai a '.::; Xk. r,m x'.a
m& & TmirawM ta
tvKM MM K.S '. -
mm Wk
mi vwi. wm
mmm. m
mk Hi M jm
4h mi 5 IS w&
HI mt mSfm
m mm m
mm Ww, WW a WM
m m a km
White Bird.
24. KtxKt RxQ 33. KB3 BQ3
23. RxR KtBl 36. BQS KtB4
2(5. QRKB BB1 87. BxKt KtPxB
27. PxP QxP 38. Kt B i K R 2
28. BQ4 QK2 39. KtR5 It Kt ch-
29. PKRi PR3 40. KR2 RQ1
30. RB7 QKto 41. KtB6clt Kill
31. KtR3 KtKtS 4iRKKt BB3
S2. BR5 KtK2 43. KRKt2 QB1
33. PBS QR6 41. BB5andwins.
34. K R B 2 P Kt 3
KOTE3.
5xx, P B 4. Black should first play P to-Q
E S or castle.
23xx, Kt Kt 4. The Field observes that Mr..
Gossip did not considor white's contem
plated brilliant sacrlfloa (fow players por
haps would), else he might have continued
with 23xx. Kt to R 3.
26xx, BBL If 26rs, Q to K 2: 27 ExKt oh,
RxR; 28 BxP oh, K to El; 29 RxR ch, etc..
Anally remaining with three pieces for the
queen.
27 PxP. "Mr. Bird pointed out that he saw
Just a moment too Into the following pretty
variation: 27 BxKt ch, RxR; 28 BxP ch,
BxB: 29 RxR ch, KxR: 30KtxB ch. Thetcxt
.move Is good enough." Z7ic Field.
GAME NO. 72.
Bird's Opening.
Whlto.
H. E. Bird.
Black.
White.
H. E.Blrd
27. BxB
28. PQKt4
29. Q K2
30. PKR3
31. PxP
83. PB3
33. BR3
34. Eltl
35. QKOch
Blacks
R.Loman
R.Loman i
1. PKB4 PQ4
2. PK3 PK3
3. KKtB3PQR3
4. PQKt3KKtB3
5. BKt2 BK2
6.BK2 PB1
7. Castles KtB3
8. Q K I Castles
9. QKt3 PQKti
10. PQ3 P.Kt3
11. QKtQS KtKRl
12. Q B 2 B B 3
13. Kt K 5 BxKt
14. PxB Kt Kt 2
15. Q B 4 B Kt 2
16. Q R C Kt B 4
17. RxKt K PxR
18. KtB3 PBS
19. PxP Q Q 2
20. KtKt5 PQ5
21. PB7chRxP
22. KtxR QxKt
23. BKB3 RK1
24..PK4 PxP
25. BxP R K B
20. QQ2 KtK4
KtKtS
KtKG
SxV
KtQB54
KKt2
PKt5
KtKt6ch
KtB8ch
RxR
KR3
RxB
QKtS
30. P B 6
37. P B 7
38. KR2
3D. RxKt
40. Q K 7 ch
41. BBlch
42. Q B 8 ch
43. OxQ ch
.lYAl
44. P queens R Q 8
45. QB7ch KR3
4C. O B i ch
KKt3
KR3
KKt2
KR3
KKt4
KxP
Resigns
47. QQlch'
IS. UH4C11
41. Q K 7 ch
50. QI16 ch
61. PR4ch
52. QB4ch
NOTES.
8 Q K 1. If 8 Kt to K 5, Q to B 2; 0
P to Q 3, Castles; 10 Kt to Q 2. Kt to Q 2: 11 Q
Kt to B 3, P to B 3; 12 KtxQ Kt, QxKt; 13 Q to
K 1, P to Q Kt 4, etc., as in a game betweon
Bird and Dr.Tnreasch in theManchestor tour
nament of 1890.
9PQKt4. If 9 xx, PtoQ5: 10BtoQ3, Kt
to Kt 6; 11 PxP, KtxB: 12 PxKt, P to Q Kt 4;
13 Kt to K 5, B to Kt 2: 14 Q to B 2;'
RtoBl; 15 PxP, BxP: 16 P toQ 4, BtoKt
3:17KttoR3,Qto Q5; 18 QRto Bl,Kt to
IC5, and black has the better game. Bird'
'Versus Weiss, Hamburg, 1885.
Jf white plays 10 Kt toK5,Kt to Kt-Cull:
KttoR3,KttoK5; 12Q toE3, Pto'B 3,ymC
black has a good game,
(ixx,iuiv4.
We wouldr-prefeiQtcK,iB-6.-j
GAME NO. 73.
RuyLopez.
'White.
Black.
Van Tliet.
White.
Lorn an.
16. R Kt !
17. BxB
18. QB3
Black,
Loman.
1. PK
Tan VlietA
PIC4
BxKt
KtBS
KtxB
PB3
KKtB3'QKtB3
B Kt 5 P Q 3
3.
i. PQ4
PxP
19. QKt
(S. KtxP
" 6. KtxKt
7. BQ3
8. Castles
9. KtB3
10. BK3
11. BQ2
12. PICKS'
13. BK2
14. KR2
15. B Q 3
BQ2
PxKt
KtB3
BK2
Castles
Kt Kt 5
BB3
KtK4
KtKt3
KRK
RKtl
20.
KRK
21.
, QR(
Qli
22. PQKtSKKtl
23. B Kt 2 R Kt 4
24. P K B 4 R K R
25. QKB3CPKB4,
16.PK5 RR3
27. PQB4
28. R Q 2
29. K R Q
SO. Q Q 3
RKt3
ICRIC3
Q.K1
PB4
Black Van Vliet.
White Lomun.
31. PKKtl
32. PBS
S3. PxR
34. R K Kt
fM,.M MM
MM
PxQ
PKt3
Resigns.
SOTES.
6, KtxKt. A good continuation for white
is the following 6, Kt to Q B 2, Kt to K B 3:
7, castles, B toK2; 8, P to Q Kt 3, castles; 9,
BtoQKt2.etc.
7 xx, Kt B 3. Black would have obtained'
more feedom by P,to Q 4.
PxP 35. QxR
RR3 30. PxP
BBS 37. P Q 7
RxP ch
10, BK3. P to K E 3 should have been
played first.
30 xx, P B 4. Black should have played
here, R to K 2.
3ixx.RxPch. If 34 xx, B to K B C; 33, QxB
and wins.
CHESS NEWS.
The midsummer meeting of the New York
State Chess Assnnisitlnn nt SlmnnfltoIeR vflS
one of the most interesting tho ns90ciatiou-
v ii " iwnuam won tno ataau-Zieuuiiy
challenge cup on behalf of tho Manhattan
Chess Club. In tho handicap, consisting of
three, sections, Hanham won the first prize,
Shotwell the second and Searle the third.
The Delmar-Pollock match was won by the
formorwith the scoreof5to3. The result
of the play is a great triumph for the Man
hattan Chess Club, for both Hanham and
Delmar are prominent mombers of that or
ganization. Mr. Steinitz played two simultaneous
games, blindfolded, against two colnpetitors
in the challenge cup tournament, A. B. Hod
Ees and A. t. Blackmar, winning hoth within
75 minutes. The game against Hodges termi
Bmf w a hrlfliant sacrltlce of the queen.
Ihe meeting opened with great eclat, and
wound up with brilliant festivities. -This
heats anything of the kind I ever saw," said
Mr. Pollock, "and is only equalled by the
Hereford (England) meeting hold in 18SC.
But the latter was, afterall, an international
tournament, organized on a much larger
scale, and It is hardly fair to compare the
two."
THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS.
CONDUCTED BV J. U. PERQCSOK.
I1EPEHENCE BOVED,
:o:
Black men occupy square
1 to 12; white men squares
21 to S2. Black men al
ways move first.
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favors. Look at 67 again; vou have missed It.
Dr. J. O. McCreery Vou were correct;
these mistakes will occur. We think Mr.
Jenkins' solutions ought to please you.
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been looking for the triplets for some time
which yon promised.
PROBLEM NO. 70. "
BY I IT. 8TEAE39, DERBY D1FOT, 71. B.
Black 17, 21; kings, 18, 20.
White 19, 30; kings, 9. 3L
White to move and win.
Mr. Stearns offers a small prize tothe first
correct solution sent to his address; checker
editors barred. It is to remain open-for four
weeks.
Stroke problem No. 71 contributed to Thej
.uisfatcii Dy jnr. iionnston, Lmawonn, a.
Black 1, 14. 13, 22, 23, 27. King 32.
White 5, 7, 8. 10, 16. 21, 24. 29, 30, 31.
Black to move and win.
The above Droblem is very old, but a great
number of our readers are not what we call
experts, but enjoy the game fully as much
as the so-callod exports, and they derive a
great deal of pleasure from solving such po
sitions as the above that do not-requiie'o-month's
study to get tho end of.
GAME NO. 13L BLACK-DOCTOR.
Played recently in Buffalo. N. Y., between.
jur. .anarew ivousniranud. ivix.ugeriy.jux.
Edgerly's move.
SlBISIMi
S7gWM
ljM?6JM27Pl28
Z3M30Flf3lM32lS
H WVXV, WW?. WMZ
WfM WM w rM
m m m m
IPfli WP HP
m m m M
aB wm hi in
1115 1010 6-10 189 5 9b 2619
23-19 7-14 27-2J 5-14 24-20C 17-28
8-11 2-") 22 11-18 31-24 11-16 30-23
2217 48 28-24 8-11 20-11 26
913 29-25 1620 25-22 716 28-24
17-14 3-7 22-13 1-5 23-13 13-17
10-17 21-191 20-27 32-28 18-23 B. won
fa) 27-23. 6-10. 24-20. 1-ft (not -ll-Wis -the usual
f-pl;V
luj ii-iu aisu win-,
(c) 23-13 is no better.
GAME NO. 135-FIFE.
Played in Rochester, N. Y., between J.
IL,
Fahy and J. W. Edgerly.
Mr. Pahy'smove
llis 8-11 4-11 711 19 2&-W
23-19 25-21 28-24 30-25C 27-23 20-16
9-14 18-23a 1216 S 7d 20-27 1120
22-17 27-18 28-23 17-14 31-24 182
59 15-22 11 Kb 16 9-13 30-25
1713 19-15 32-27 21-17 24-3) 147
14-18 10-19 1320 010 22-28 25-27
21-17 24- 8 23-18 13- 6 ;25-22 Drawn.
(a) 9-14 Is played more often; answered by
50-25 or 29-23 or 26-23.
(b) 7-10,23-18,1-5,17-14, 10-17, 21-11, 3-7, 30-26.
Drawn.
(o) 17-14. 11-16 draws. Let W. then avoid
18-11,9-18,30-26,22-25,23-15,6-9. Instead of 30
25. von may nlav 30-26.
(d) 3-Salso looks goodfor a draw; answered;
Dy 17-u or 27-23.
GAME NO. 126 "WHITE DYKE."
The following game was contributed -to
The Dispatch by L. S. Head, champion of
Minnesota:
11-15
22-17
8-11
17-14
10-17
21-14
9-18
23-11 6 9 2S-22 b 9-13
1 8 M-23 3- 8 c 23-W
26 23 2- 6 3128 l-23
15-18 2319 12-18 :0-lB
24 M 8 Ha 2823 11-20
11-15 19-10 16 25-22
23-24 6-15 22-17 18-23
13-23
29
:o-27.
Drawn
Strick
land. Notes L. S. Head.
In. 6-10 .loses nrettilv bv 32-23. 10.17. 19.10.
7J4, 23-22, 18-25, 29-6, 1-1(1 20-16. White wins
same as neaino wou uu Aioumonu. some '
players now sayltwasthe-quickest "beat t,
ho" ever got. ,
fbl 24-19. 15-24. 32-28 loses by 9-13.23-19. U-15.
119-10, 18-22, 25-18, 5-9, 14-5, 7-32. Black wins.
I pa 12.18 loses bv-24-19. 18-23. 20-16.'H-20. 25.M
'l8-25,,.27-2r0-lS, 29-15. White wins.
GAME NO. 137 "SINGLE' CORNER."
The following two games were plaved be
tween the world's champion and Mr. W..
Lovelidge, Mr. Wyllle playing the whites In
both games. From the Northern Leader:
Lovclldge'i move.
11-15 2S-24 14-18 28-23 22-31 18-11
22-18 48 2314 914 19-16 24-27
15-22 32-28 9-18 31-20 12-19 14-10
25-18 10-14 30-M 14-17 24-15 27-31
, 12-16 28-22 1- 3- 7 23- 7 3121 11 7
'24-19 7-11 21-17 2-18 28-19 31-27
16-20 18-15 5 9 25-21 2024 7 2
29-2 11-18 17-13 18-22 19-16 Wj-HIe
8-12 22-15 710 21-14 812 won.
VARIATION 1.
Mr. Lovelldfce varied here with :
59 714 8-15 8-11 913 110
28-22 22-15 19-10 2117 26-23 14 7
2-7 14-18 12-16 11-15 13-17 Wyllio
15-10 15-10 31-26 1714 106 won.
GAME NO. 13S SINGLE CORNER,
Played in Pittsburg between James P.
Reed, the American champion, and J. Maize,
of McDonald, Pa.
Mr. Maize's move.
11-15 24-19 10-17 31-21 10-17 1J-H
2--18 1620 2114 10-17 26-23 7-10
1522 M 24 89 25-21 1722 128
25-18 8-12 28-23 26 18-15 3-19
S-ll 30-20 9-18 21-17 22-26 246
2325 9-13 23-14 12-16 Zt-19 3124
48 18-15 16 19-12 26-31 23 !9
26-22 11-18 3223 6-10 19 1G drawn.
12-10 23-14 6-10 22-18 13-17
SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS
BY HICUAIID JtXKIKS, BBIEB HILL, O.
PROBLEM NO. 67.
BY H. C. EWALT, PITTSDUKQ, PA.
Black-3. 7, 10. 13, 21. 22.
White 5, 16, 18, 23, 29, 30.
Black to move, white to win.
21-25a
30-21 I
2223
51
20-31 I 16-11 I 716
16
W wins
(a) 3-8. 5-1. 8-11. 1-6. W. wins.
We give the above solution by oar friend, L
duc we rear no nas not got on to me autnors
idea, A draw can be forced, after 51, on
black's moving 38 first move,
friends to examine it.
We ask our
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. OS.
EY DO. J. O.Ill'CnEEBY. Jt'KEEgPOUT, FA.
Wlltte-17. 22, 25. 28. 23. I Kings-4. W. 20.
BIack-1, 3, 11. 15. 19. I Kings-9. 10.
Black to move and win.
11-16
1S-11
3-7
11 2 19-24 I 29 10-14
16 23-W 57 8-12
20-U 9-5 4 8 7-1 1
lil.ick
wins.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. CO.
BY BE. J. O. M'CKEERY.
Black-7. 15, IS. I Klnics-10, 17. 19. 29.
Whlte-8, 23. 31. Kings-2. 4, 31. 27.
Black; to move. What result?
23-25 25-21 19-18 16-12 32-27 15 U
2-11 1S-25 48 48 24-20 Black
18-22 21-32 J7-14 10-15 2723 wins.
1118 S 3 8- 4 2824 H 4
To the Checker Editor orThe Dispatch:
In game 127, played by Messrs. Wyllio and
Jordan, the position given below is formed
by tho 36th move. Mr. Wyllio moved 27
and lost. Will not the following play draw
for black?
B I. 2. 12. 13. 23.
W , 15, 21. 31, z;. lllark to moTe.
1U-22
25 2
Drtwn.
a 9 5, 13-17, 2114, 6-10. Drawn.
Brier Hill. O. Richard Jeskiss.
In letters from R. AV. Patterson and John
L. Rao, Buena Vista, notice is taken of the
game at tho above position. J. L.Rae sug
gests 10 as above. Mr. Patterson suggests
tho following: After 149, annotated as a
strong move, would not 15, 1811, 1923,
2619, 1116, 2011, 723, etc., have given
white the laboring oar. We are ready to
receive such as the above from all of our
readers. Checker Eo.
THE OLD VETERAN. .
Nav, let the old man have his wayl
E'en humor every whini.
A Vet'ran loves to have his say
And so let him.
Ho'll fight his battles o'er again,
fikmzleg, mu ann.
lr of his viot'ries he seems vain
Well, here's the harm?
Par be it from this pen of mine
To say the Vet'ian's n cak.
'Tis you mas-think so. Where's the sign?
He'll vengeance wreak!
We know he was a giant when.
In boyhood, he was match'd 'gainst man,
And them he routed!
Then old and young
His praises sung
His prowess no one doubted! j
Alas, O, popularity!
Vain phantom, if pursued alone
The clam'rous croj d that raised will bo
The very first to lay you prone!
But you, who learn at Dama's feet.
May not retain that olflsli trait
(That oft in human breasts wo meet)
To rend weak comrades by the way.
Then you will take another plan.
And smooth the path for fellow-man;
Aye, smooth It to tue grave.
And when the old man sleeps at last
(Long may he live link of the Past)
Thft mum'ry j ou w 111 have
"We never did the Vet'ran wrong,
Nor made him feel he'd lived too long."
S. A. Lucas.
The above, coming from an Englishman,
and though published six years ago in the
Glasgow Herald, is very much to the point
at tho present time. What a forcible answer
tothe letter of James Hill in the last issue of
the Reporter, July 23, 1891, we get in the last
four lines of the first stanza. At the age of
throe score and twelve years we cannot look
for nature to be able to stand against youth,
and If, as ho has said, he is troubled with u
dizziness in the head owing to the change of
climate we think his playinc marvelous.
The would-be world's champion when in
Pittsburg lost about eight games, to mere
scrubs in comparison to the London players;
tho two that won games were In the National
tournament for the championship of Eng
land. With these leading players his score
stands C wins against 2. and 10 drawn, out of
a total of 18 games played. Would It not De
well before making such prophecies as Hill
and Denvir have done to wait until he meets
some great world beaters. When he docs
meet them they will bo very small when he
gets through with them. In a match of CO
games we believe tho old man is ablo to give
any one of them one game, as he offered less
than 10 years ago. Checker Ed.
INTERESTING GOSSIP.
The team match which was to come off at
Laughlin's Hill did not take placo as Intend
ed, owing to some of tho players not show
ing up. Our friend and contributor, L. Arm
strong, played several matches with the
players. The first was with David Arm
strong or four games, and the result was a
complete victory for Laurence Armstrong,
he having three wins' to one game eVawn.
The next was with Mr. Joseph Parker of
four games, and Mr.Arm trong again proved
the victor by winning all the games. He
played several of the others, and won all his
games. He played one game with Mr. Bin
hardt, who defeated him in the team match,
which Mr. Armstrong won. Our prediction
that if Mr. Armstrong struck his gait he
would give tho boys more than they could
do has come true. It is only In Pittsburg he
gets left, owing, wo are sure, to first meeting
a John B. mentioned by the poet Burns.
Relative Values ov Maw axd Kixo. .
A well written and thoughtful article on
this subject appeared In the Aukland Chron
icle of last week. The writer, "D. 3L W.,"
endeavoring to arrive at an approximate
estimate by a series of careful calculations
on the basis of their relative powers In mov
ing and in the capturing of other pieces,
hi9 conclusions finally reaching the point
that the "ratio of 5:7, if not universally ap-
plicame, win De lound to hold good at the
crucial point of tho vast majority of prob
lems which occur In actual play." This is
probably as nearly a correct result as can be
obtained by a merely theoretical calcula
tion; and "D. M. W." does not touch upon
the practical aspect of the question, which
shows that tho value of either man orklnsr
is a constantly changing one, depending in
the main upon the position of the pieces and
the move For instance, in some situations
a man opposed to a king can absolutely win.
and is thus tho more valuable piece of the
two; and, again, in others a king finds him
self unable to win against a single man
through lack of the move; while yet a king
is sometimes enabled to win against two
men, or even more, according tothe position
in which they may happen to be placed at
the time. '
Thejovialeditorof thoDerryiVetrj checker
department purposes visiting Providence
and Woonsocket in a week or so, by way of
vacation, and would be pleased to have a
sscial chat and a few practice games with
tho players of the two cities, if they will
condescend as ho expresses It to play a
"scrub" like him. Friend Sterns will be
most welcome.nnd few there are in theState
who will beat him. Reporter.
Mr. H. C.Ewalt, one of Pittsburg's strong
est players, is taking a few holidays, and will
spend most of his time In Ohio. He will
make It interesting for all whom he
may meet; and on his return, and as the
cooler weather sets in. he is going to stndv
.tho game very closely, and we will no doubt I
near irom mm wnen me new association
meets In Its first tournament for the cham
tiionshro of the State.
The Woeld's Champion. Mr. Wyllle Is
still in London, and playing with unabated
success. Up to Tnesday he had contested 189
games, and of these he won 165, lost 2, and 22
wore drawn.
In a letter to us Mr. Wyllie, referring to
the proposed match with J. P. Reod, says
that 'It was distinctly stated in the articles
that the time for playing tho match was to
be within 60 days after I arrived in America.
How Mr. Dunlap could give up my deposit
to Mr. Reed completely puzzles me."
On Friday Mr. Wyllie attended a garden
party and thoroughly enjoyed himself.
Among the players invited were S. Blrk
enshaw, F. Tesohelelt, J. H. Strudwlok, W.
Patterson and several Scotch playars. Play
was kept up until midnight. Aberdeen Free
Fress.
Mr R.W. Patterson and his family are
spending the summer in the heart of Maine.
But as Pittsburg checker columns reach
him regularly, ho feels quite at homo. Sur
rounded with beautiful scenery, a lovely
lake in front and a cool, delightful atmos
phere, three stalwart boys and a lovely
llttlo girl, with a beloved wire, mnst bo as
near to the heavenly as Is possible on earth.
Mr. J. W. Edgerly, late ot uumuo, visited
Williamsport, Pa., and made the following
scores
Wins. ' Drawn. Wins.
8. .J. W. Edgerly ll..Mr. Agar 4
2..J. W.Edgorly 3..T. P. Warnor 2
1..J.W. Edgerly 0..J. H. Burns l
0 1 7
3Ir. Edgerly had a sitting lately with tho
Syracuse champion, Mr. Fred Wolff. Score:
Edgerly, 1; Wolff, 1; drawn, 2.
riCTION Jnles Verne's story, "Tho Cal
lfornlans" and Paysle's Fairy Story In THE
DISPATCH to-morrow.
Corks permanently and quickly cured
by Daisy Corn Cure. 13 cents; of druggists.
15. i B.
A table of children's rcadv-made wool
dresses 8, 10 and 12 years, ?2 50 at to
day's second floor sale.
Boggs $ Buhl.
Ask your grocer for "Table Belle" flour
and'take no other. - 3
11-8 15-18 8-11 25-.m
10-15 3- 8 2326 15-18
8- 3 W-22 I ll--t I 22-25 I
FIVE DOLLARS A MONTH.
The summer is the best time for the treat
ment and cure of catarrhal troubles. Tha
climatic conditions are then most favorable,
liability of catching fresh cold beinijtheii
reduced to the minimum, and the even tem
peratnre and the condition of the atmos
phere favorim?. the progress of the patient.
T)is. Copelancl & Hall have decided to treat
all patients, old and new, applying to them
for treatment during July ,and Angust at
the merely nominal rate of ?5 a month, fur
nishing all medicines. This applies to pa
tients by mail as well as patients in the
city. It is to all patients, old as well as
new, and for all diseases. All patients tak
ing treatment from Drs. Copeland & Hall
during July and August will be treated
until cured at'the rate of 55 a month.
WAS IT IN HIS HEART t
Complications of Catarrhal Trouble Led Mr.
Miller to Fear a Desperate Disease.
"For many years I was as badly afflicted
as it is possible for a human being to be and
still possess a desire to live." The speaker
was .Sir. John Miller, who lives in Merri
mac street, near Grandview avenue, 21L
"Washington, Southside, this city.
Mr. John Miller, Merriinac St., Jit. Washington.
"1 knew I was hufferiug from catarrhal,
troubles, but at times the disease would so
complicate itself as to present many dis
tressing new phases. I had pains in my
head and my nostrils were always (topped
up. I constantly hawked and spit, and the
mucus dropped from the back of my head
into my throat. 3Iy liiubd ached and my
stomacli was all out of order.
"I suffered greatly from palpitation of
the heart; in tact, I was convinced that I
had heart disease. In a word, my condition
was very miserable and I was almost in
despair.
"I had tried remedies and doctors in
numerable, until I wa3 thoroughly discour
aged, when my attention was called to Doc
tors Copeland and Hall. Shortly after be
ginning treatment I noticed a change for
the better. They seemed to so thoroughly
understand my case and their medicines and
methods were so surely helping me that X
had confidsnee in them from the yery start.
These gentlemen were so kind and cautious
in their demeanor, so manifestly fair and
conscientious in their treatment of my case,
and I was received with so much kindness
and sympathy that,besrdes receiving a price
less boon in the relief of my sufferings, it
was a pleasure to take treatment from
them."
WAS IT'CONSUMPTION?
"Yes, they have been of such benefit to
me that I feel it my dnty to make publio
my troubles and how I was relieved, so that
others who are suffering may know where to
apply for succor," said 3Ir. H. L. Sparks, Jr.,
residing at CO Bluff street, Pittsburg.
"I suffered constantly for ten years; had
pains in the head and my eyes were very
weak and watery. 3Iy nose was full of con
stantly accumulating mucus, which dropped
into my throat and caused me to bo a nuis
ance to myself and friends, with my con
tinual and disagreeable hawking and spit
ting. I had sharp pains in my chest and of
such a nature that I was
FEABTUL OF COSSUMPTIOlf.
"3Iy stomach was always out of order,
and, in truth, during all these years my ex
istence was one of unceasing and continual
ill-health. I finally applied for treatment
at Drs. Copeland and Hall's offices, CS
Sixth avenue. They at once, after an ex
amination, told me I could be cured, and
they have fulfilled their promise. Not only
did their treatment greatly benefit me, but
the marked and sympathetic attention I re
ceived from their hands was so different
from what patients usually receive from
their physicians that it was a pleasure to
visit their offices. Their treatment I con
sider scientific, and the results achieved in
my case remarkable. I am brighter and
stronger to-day than ever before."
Their Credentials.
As has been said. Dr. W. Corjeland was
president of his class at Bellevue Hospital
Medical College, New York, where he gradu
ated, the most famous institution of its kind
In the country. His diploma bears tho writ
ten indorsement of the medical authorities
of New York, of the deans of prominentmed
ical colleges In Pennsylvania. Dr. Hall's
credentials aro no less abundantandunqnal
itled. He also is formally indorsed by
the secretaries of various county and
State medical societies. Both gentlemen,
after thorough hospital experience and
practice, have devoted their lives to tho
practice of their specialties, with what suc
cess the columns of the daily papers show.
In addition to tho high medical authorities
quoted above, may be mentioneda Pittsburg
medical authority, which is by no means to
be depreciated. The diplomas of both gen
tlemen bear tho formal written indorsement
of the Western Pennsylvania Medical Col
lege of Pittsburg.
FROM REPRESENTATIVE RESIDENTS.
Weil-Known Men and Women in Pittsburg
Make Remarkable Statements.
MR. J. G. FRAZIER, Architect, 5710 Kirk
wood street, Pittsburg:
"I am pleased to givo my hearty indorse
ment to Drs. Copeland & flail. Their treat
ment of catarrhal troubles is advanced and
scientific, the results obtained simply won
derful." MR. GEORGE KEPHART, residing at J
"X suffered for years from catarrhal com--plalnts.
My condition hecamo worse and
worse. I was advised to go and see Drs.
Copeland & HalL I am another man to-day.
You can't put it too strongly. I know by
experience that Drs. Copeland So Hall are
wonderfully skillful and successful."
MR. J. O. MOORE, Restaurateur, H09 Car
son street, S. S., Pittsburg:
"What do I think of Drs. Copeland & Hall?
Why, I think they aro the most satisfactory
physicians in the city and that the good
they aro doing the people of this city and
vicinity cannot be estimated."
MR. W. GOLDIE, salesman for Dilworth,
Porter & Co., and stopping when In the city
at the Seventh Avenue Hotel:
"I have been a sufferer from catarrh for a
great many years and state that six weeks
ago I began treatment with Drs. Copeland
and Hall and have received great benefit
from their treatment. I can cheerfully
recommend these gentlemen as courteous
and skillful physicians."
Testimony of Ladies.
MRS. ANNA MANGOLD, Butler, Pa.:
"I suffered for years. I grew so bad that I
had lost all hopes of ever regaining my
health. I treated with Drs. Copeland and
Hall and my rapid recovery wa3 astonish
ing. I grew periectiy wen under tneirjudl
cloas treatment, and heartily recommend
them."
MISS NORA FITZGEBALD.,333 Highland
avenue, E. E., Pittsburg:
"1 cannot spoak too highly of Drs. Codo
land & Hall's treatment. I consider the re
salts accomplished in my case remarkable.
As physicians they stand at the head of their
profession."
MISS TILLIE SATTER, 64 Nineteenth
street, S. S.:
"Drs. Copeland and Hall successfully
treated me for my tronble, and I consider
them skillful physicians, worthy of tho
highest praise. I can recommend them to
all persons who are nflllctcd with any of
those diseases of which they make a
specialty."
Drs. CopELAnASDllALL treat successfully
all cnrablu cases ntf.fi Sixth avenue, Pitts-'
burg. Pa. Office hours, 9 to 11 A. M.,2 to 5 p. :c
nnd 7 to 9 r. jl. Sundays 10 a. jr. to Ir.x, .
Specialties Catarrh and all diseases of the
eye, ear, throat and lungs, chronio diseases. .
Consultation, 3L ,
Many cases treated successfully by
mall. Send 2-cent stamp for qncstion blank.
Address all mail to
DRS. COPELAND ; HALL,
aul 08 Sixth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
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