THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1808.
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CARBONDALE.
OFFICIALS CONFER.
Hospital Trustees and Medical Staff
Have a Meeting.
At a special meeting of the trustees
mid medical Btalt or the Carliondale
hospital, several meapures fur the good
of the Institution wero talked over. Ac
cording to the annual report, u synop
sis of which was recently published In
The Tribune, the hospital Is consider
ably In debt. Among1 other things It
was decided to charge $lu a week for
paid ward patients and $12 to $1 for
private looms.
There are now thirty-live patients In
the hoshltul and five of them are suf
fering fractured thighs.
It was arranged to have the mem
bers of the staff take turns In doing
the regular and emergency work, each
acting a month at a time.
THE NUDE IN ART.
Man Put Under Bail for Carrying It
in His Pocket.
Last night Wallace MeAtuilen. of this
city, was placed under $300 ball for his
appparance at court. The cause of his
trouble was the carrying and exhibit
ing of a photograph portraying the
nude in art. As far an this alone s
concerned he might have escaped the
i hitches of the law, but the face of the
picture Is suld to resemble the fair
plaintiff who alleges that the photo
graph was represented as her likeness.
Hence the action.
When the matter comes up In court
several fine legal points will llkelv be
come involved. Mr. Ale-Mullen says he
obtained the picture In Scranton.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Theie was a pleasant social and busi
ness meeting of Trinity guild at the
home of Miss Carrie Atoms, of North
Church street, hist evening.
Milerman Hunucll was In Scranton on
professional business yesterday.
James Fox, of South Aluln street,
graduate of Prof. Scott's Carliondale
s hool of shorthand, has wcured a
lucrative situation as stenographer in
the Cudahy Packing house, of Scranton.
Dr. D. L. Hallev and Peter Kruntz
Mill leave this nimulng for New York
city to consult a specialist regarding
Mr. Krantz's condition. The doctor will
return tonight.
News was leceived yesterday of the
death of Mrs. J. M. Irland, of Danville,
v ho was a daughter of Mrs. .lane Alux
wcll. of this city.
The londltlon of Miss Delia Boyley
iviinins unimproved.
Mm Phoebe Sklllhorn, of Scranton,
ii'btalled new officers of the Daughters
of Rebekah In this city last night.
The sports of this city were much In
terested in learning from The Tiimine
yesterday morning of Hobby Dobbs'
vie toiy In England.
JERMYN AND MAYFIELD.
The fair at Sacred Heart church will
open tomorrow night. Arrangements
have been made so that the building
v ill be warm and comfortable. The eli
te rtainment next Monday night will be
given by members of Crystal Fire com
pan. The whole company will attend
In full uniform.
The members of the First Baptist
i hurt h will hold a business meeting to
night and consider the question of ex
truding a tall for a pastor.
The employes of Glenwood, Erie and
Keystone colliers were paid yesterday.
Home of the members of the council
are beginning to tiee that some method
ether than an old stove Is necessary to
heat the borough building af It should
be heated. They s-ay that the stoves
burn more coat In one winter than a
furnace would bum in four seasons,
and at present the water pines ami
other plumbing that was put in last
fall is liable to freeze and burst nnd
cause nearly as much expensv to repair
it as a furnace would cost. They should
have seen this fact yenrs ago, but bet
ter late than never, and It Is to be
hoped that they will act at once and
put in a furnace, and thereby save
money for the taxpayers.
The Ladlen' Aid society of St. James
Episcopal church will hold a Christmas
bazaar In Enterprise hall on Dec. 22.
They will have for sale a miscellane
ous lot of pretty articles suitable for
Christmas gifts and expect to sell them
cheap.
Mrs. Stephen Miller In ill at her home
on Fourth street.
Miss Lizzie Gannon Is visiting friends
In Peckville.
Mrs. Walter Murray was in Carbon
dale, Monday.
PECKVILLE.
Miss Jessie Stearns, our talented elo
cutionist, will with her ciuss given an
Interesting entertainment at the Pies
byterlan church Wednesday evening,
Dec. 14 The entertainment will he
given under the auspices or the t'nlon
Temperance league.
Miles H. Johnson, or the Thlul ward,
has announced himself as u candidate
for councilman.
R. H. Rarnes. of New York, Is home
on a visit.
The thlckery of Richard Bradley was
raided by thieves Saturduy night.
Thirt.v-two chickens wero stolen.
Clean your side walks and save the
expense of the road commissioner doing
It for you.
George Thomas passed yes'' icl.iy
with Honesdule relatives.
The charter having been ice ;lv -' .
the Carpenters' union Will meet at
the Wilson lire company ball Thursday
evening. All members of the union aie
requested to be present on that i veil
ing Mrs. Levi Stage, of 1'iof.peet street,
Is i.ulte III.
Mr C H. Reuttys, of the West Side,
Is indisposed.
Order of Pocahontas will hold a line
social on Friday evening. Dee. in at
the home of Mr. uud Mrs. 'Abu iiukl -paugh.
of Hickory street.
Council met In regular adjourned
session Monday evening. All members
were present with the exception of
Messrs. nicies and Harper. President
Srnjth stated at the opening of Uie
meeting that the Intent of the meeting
was to eleUse ways and means for ibe
purchase of the necessary transform
ers to opeiate the commercial llilit
system. President Smith stated Miuf
upon u anvass made by him he four 1
that the following transformers would
ht needed at once for the first ward.
Six light one, lfto light and thro-- .".0
light transformers. Mr. Taylor, of the
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK
coffee .it night It bpoils their sleep. You
tun ill Ink Urnln-O when you please ami
tleip like a top. For Gruln-O does not
tlmillntu it nniiilnhPH, cheers nnd teed,
Yet (t looks and tastes like the best cof.
fee- For nervous parson, young peoplo
uml children Oraln-O H the perfect drink.
Mud? from pure grains. Get a package
from your grocer toda. Try It in place
coffee. 15 mid 2.V
Second ward, asked for ono 100 Hnd
two 50 light transfotmers. Reese, of
the Third ward, asked for two 100 and
thtee CO light transformers. Contrac
tor Fred I'latt, of the Scranton Elec
trical Construction company, was prt
sent and was asked the cost of the
above transformers. Hu staled hu
would furnish them $US9.73, and would
estimate the cost of erecting necessary
Wire, etc. at $250, making a total of
$1,239.73. He was then asked If Indi
vidual security would be accepted. Mr.
I'latt stated that his company would
rather sell the transformers to one man
and let such person be secured by this
Inviduals. President Smith stated thnt
he would personally go the security,
which would amount to $300, the bal
ance to bo paid In cash. This being
satisfactory, a resolution was drawn
up and passed to purchase the tiuns
formers. The ordinance providing for
the bondingof $5,000tocomplete the elec
tric light system tiassed llrst reading.
What Is meant by the completion of
the system Is to place lights on all
streets in the borough not now lighted
and to make other Improvements on
the present system; also to ptirohn.-:
the transformers to be used In the com
mercial lighting.
TAYLOR NEWS.
Free and Accepted Masons Banquet.
The New Catholic Parish Per
sonal News.
Weber's rink was the scene of an
elaborate al'inlr on Monday evening,
when the members of Acacia lodge No.
f,T!, Free and Accepted Masons, held
their annual banquet. The spacious
hall wns elaborately decorated with the
national colors. The occasion was the
Installation of ofllcors. The following
nflbeir were Installed: Worshipful
master. James J. Anderson; senior war
den, Burgess James E. Watklns- junior
waiden. t'lysses G. Brown; treasurer,
Morgan M. Williams' secretary, An
drew Doles. Attei the ceremonies a
number of speeches were made by some
of the members. Among tin- s-peeehes
was the speech of Representative Mc
Crlndle. The social of the Young Ladles' soel
etv of the Calvary Baptist church last
evening was well patronized. The
young ladles are to be eoinpllraWitoel
l'cr the way they served refreshments.
The Delaware. Lackawanna and
"Western collieries In this place have
dropped to the eight-hour .system.
The employes of the Taylor, Pyne
and Holden collieries received their
monthly earnings for November yes
terday. The Misses ProberU. of North Tay
lor, were the guests of friends in
WllU"s-Harre on Monday.
The West Side Social club will con
duct their regular weekly social in
"Weber's rink on Friday evening.
The funeral of Michael, the young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Corcoran,
of Taylor stveet, occurred on Monday
afternoon. Burial was made In the
Mlnopka. Catholic cemetery.
Mr. J. Reynolds, of Elmlrn, N. Y .
vllted at the home of Foreman and
.Mrs. R. Johns on Mondav.
The fagot social at the English Con
gregational church i nder the auspices
of the lady members was well patron
ized. James Palmer was the only person
whose name was drawn from the Jury
wheel to serve ?.s a juror from Taylor
borough at the recent draw Inr.
The social and ball of the St. Joseph's
Tolnl Abstinence nnd Benevolent soci
ety at Father Matthew" ball on New
Year's day, Jan. 2, promises to be an
elaborate affair.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholon and j
Dlarrohooa Remedy can always be de
pended upon and is pleasant and safe
to take Sold by all druggists Mat
thews Bros., wholesale and retail
nget.ts.
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FOREST CITY.
The recently elected ollicers of Bllt
Ish American lodge, Sons of St. George,
were Installed Monday evening at their
place of meeting In Odd Fellows' hall,
by District Deputy Benjamin Milton,
of Va 'idling.
Attorney Ambrose M. O'Donnell was
In S-ranton on legal business Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hrown are In
receipt of a letter from their son,
Thomas Hrown. Jr., who is stationed at
San Juan, Porto Rico, stating that ho
has been confined in the hospital with
an attack of malarial fever, but is now
recovering.
The many Forest City friends ot
Reuben Williams, will be grieved to
hear that he recently died of typhoid
fever In a Philadelphia hospital, where
ho had been sent from one of tho
southern camps. Mr Williams was for
seveial years a resident of tills place
and war. u young man who was very
popular with ull who knew htm.
Mr. and Mrs. Frenk Hnyden. of
Ethelbcrt T.ilbol at iitist Knlscnnui
church in tills borough on Tucsihu,
Dec. 0
A party ot Forest City young peopl-tool-,
advantage of the sleighing and
spent -Monday evening vry plcnsantly
at Dundnff. Supper was served at
Deckel's hotel and the balance of th"
time Ik fore leturnlng was passed In
s-oelal amus'inent" at the hotel ami
link connecKd with It. The member
of the piirtv were is follow h: Messis.
William Jnii's. William AIcLaughlln.
Frank Darrcw. Daniel Allen, m. j.
Aluiphy, Earl Pentecost. John Litlig,
William White. Cecil Alunzer Lemuel
Jones, James Hoar. Art. Reese, Sidney
Lot i, and the Allsses Lillian CllchHt,
Letltla Brown, Or ice Alenhennett,
Helen Dunnlcr, Josle Mexander, Ethel
Alexander, Maine CdWlev, Kate Scully,
Emma AIcLaughlln, Anna AIcLaughlln,
Louisa Wlsgnte, ENIe Hehblne and
Martha Arnold.
AJIss Dencle Coyle is home from
Washington, D. (.. where sho has been
doing duty for several months as a
nurse in niie of the hospitals of that
'ity.
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FACTORYVILLE.
At the regular meeting of P.iuluwim
lodge. Daughters of Rebekub. held Dec.
!. the following officers wero Installed
by the grand ntiiMer'n deputy, Air
Susan Al. Tompkins,' of Areshoppen:
Noble grand, Airs. Arvilla C. fair.
Nice grand, Airs Poulowna Rrown,
seeietfry, Mr. It. II. Uolente: assist
ant seeretarv. AIlss Rertha Ilolgnto;
tjeasurei, Aire. Sarah Stanton; chap
lain Airs. Emma C. Rhodes- warden,
Mrs Alice Goodwin; conductor, Alls
Betilah TnivN: R. S. N. C, Mrs. Fan
nie Reynolds: i. s.. Alls. Louise If.
Capwell; R..S. V. O., Airs. Nancy P..
Allller: L. S., Airs. Ellon anrdner; in
fide guardian, Airs, Ida Biitton: out
side Rtiiirdlitn, Air. N. A. Oardner. Af-
Flilondale. were guests at the homo of ' .n ''"' u ami me Misses , mll ,, 1M,to;nlH t, w,ni,oat Ht- P V
Air. and Mrs Emory Wakefield the Rena and Aluzette Edsall spent Sunday ,.,, . lU ,,,, ,,.,,.,,,,,.. i Lr. K. V.
first of the week. with relatives in Ilkcs-Barrc. , wn al len(?l H1M , ,)ls ,
Preife-sor Collins' dancing class is ar- , ' ,',rt ' ,,r"1 '7" ,hSh 5f aP; 'dBBcd ' ' "' " t I.mi It Is known that In the thirty
langli.g for a social to be held in the Ids M .. d A KdtxArd Shlffel t frlBhw, ,.In,,rao.. ,01.e dead than years, and over. In which he has given
Davis' Opera house on Friday evening. est P tlston. wo, e the guests of their I ativ lr(nV(.vc.,. W1. snnu .vU ( ,,., t .. diseases he has,
er-:o' , , ' ""'''r- A,r- ft"u",, I!i-(ii1"t""'- -.. on , by imtUllK hhn hl u , ))alll tI)i. wutl,r alilt.(1 , lils Mtnrr or nwirly n hWllt. of
eias Will be confirmed by Hlshoii ! UIUIll. I i,elmr at such a teninerntni-,. hu ....in- .....u,o,i ..,,.1 Miriil...l i,.liillsl
ONE OF THE PEST FEATURES
Of the Pyramid I'llo Cure
Is the fact that It cures every form of
piles without one particle of pain. This
desirable point Is not obtained by the
ue of of Injurious opiates which elmply
deaden and paralyze the mpiwh of the
parts and make matters worse In the
long run. Hut It Is done Bolely by its
remarkable healing and Hoothlng ef
fects. And while It thus gives Immediate re
lief, at the same time the disease Is not
merely checked, but a ladlcal cure Is
rapidly accomnllshed.
And the point we want to make clear
Is that all this Is done without a par
ticle of pulu.
This fact Is one reason for the great
popularity of the Pyramid Pile Cure
and constitutes one very gtout differ
ence between It and almost uny other
kind of treatment for piles.
Every kind of surgical operation for
pile Is excruciatingly painful besides
endangering the life of the patient and
In most cases Is not to bo compared
with the Pyramid Cnre.nclther In mak
ing successful cures without pain nor
In cheapness and safety.
The Pytamld Pile Cure hus been be
fore the public too long, and Its merits
recognized by too many people to al
low It to be clawed with the many
salves, suppositories, pills, etc., and you
run no ilsk In dying It, as Is often thu
case with new and untried prepara
tions. If you ure ever troubled with any
form of piles or rectal disease do not
forget the Pyramid Pile Cure. Pre
pared by the Pyramid Drug Co., Mar
shall, Mich., and sold by druggists at
GO cents per package.
ter the Installation refreshments were
served.
Mr. Wlnton Wrigley spent Sunday
with friends In Scranton.
Last Friday evening about twenty
persons from Mil? town went to Scran
ton and enjoyed the "Old Homestead."
The friends of Rev. and Mrs. W. M.
lllller will pay them a donation visit
Wednesday evening, Dec. 21.
A70CA.
The Catholic Mutual Benevolent as
sociation will elect olUf-crs this even
ing. The Daughters of St. George will
meet this evening.
The following oIHc ers were e'eeted by
the Independent Order of Hentnsophs
at their meeting on Monday evening:
Archon, George Rolls: provost. M. J.
Flyniv secretary, 11. M. Sterner; pre
late, J. L. Karris- Inspector. Charles
Johnson: warden, N. E. Hosklns' sen
tinel, Frank Shales; trustees, I. if.
Anderson, W. J. Sainmon M. J. livnn
representative to supremo lodge, .
B. Summon; alternate, William Wel
ter. Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Wilson. Mis.
James Roase, A. B. Chirk and Mrs.
W. S. Tow attended .tho Primitive
Methodist Sunday school convention at
Plymouth yesterday.
Thomas Borthwlck Is visiting fi lends
In Man land.
James Nelson and two daughters, of
Millers Grove, are seiiously 111 of ty
phoid fever.
The lemalns ot John Glllls, who was
killed at the West Avoca crossing on
Saturday evening were taken to Ran
som yesterday for Interment.
Mis. Julia Hendricks, of Hoboken. Is
the guest of her sister. .Mrs. M. I.
Flyr.n.
A party of liicncl? Invaded the home
of Miss Jennie Hell, on Lincoln Hill.
Mondav evening In honor of her sev
enteenth birtilday. UthoiUTh surprised,
Miss Jennie proved herself equal to the
task ol look'.nu after their comfort .
Hefore departing luncheon was served
by the hostess.
All's Mao Sandeis lias resumed her
duties at J. H. Anderson's store, after
several days' Illness.
Patrick Loughnoy of Grove street. Is
serlouslv 111 of asthma.
A large number of people from this
town attended the
Allen obsi(iiies at
PittEton yesterday.
Thomas Kills is seriously ill at his
home on Main Ftron. His duties at
the depot are looked after by James
Lawler. of Olyphant. and the mall is
earrieet by William Christlnn.
Aliss Kate Clark Is visiting friends In
Scranton.
Mr. and Airs. Nelson. nl'.n '.on re
cently 'itarrk-d, have begun houseki)ep
Ing at Pitts-ton.
OLD Ii'OKGE.
Aliss JIut'tisuu, of Auburn, Is visiting
her aunt, Airs. E. L. Santee.
The Ladles' Aid society will meet on
Wednesday afternoon at the hemic of
Airs. Anderson.
The Messrs. T. J. Stewart und George
Drake. Jr.. returned fiom theli hunt
ing expedition with a line load of small
game.
tup i.awreni'eviiie t'ose company
will open their fair In tin- new hull
Alonday evening, Dec. in. The commit
too uie doln everything to make It a
sucves". A programme nus been pre
paied for ea'ii evening.
TYPES OF CRUISERS.
War Vessels Which Are Direct De
scendants of Old-Time Frigates
Fiom the Philadelphia Rcciud.
The modern cruiser Is a natural eo
lulloii of tho old-time frigate, which
tanked next to a line. of. battle ship,
and as a fighter occupies the same rel
ative position to the modern battle
ship,
Some of the latest gunboats differ
from ciulsers only In their sizes and
speed. The cruisers themselves vary
greatly in size und destructive-lies and
are divided Into three well-clelliicd
classes, namely, the unpiotected cruis
er, of which our navy has three the
Detiolt, Alarblehe-ail and Alontgoinery
the protected cruiser, a formidable
vessel, of which the Olyinpia may be
taken us a typical example, and the
uiinored cruiser, such us the New York
and Brooklyn.
When the unprotected cruisers
named were building they were known
as gunboats, hut the navy oltlcials
made a ruling that vet-sols of this type,
of over U.OOO tons displacement, should
be known as unprotected cruisers.
Their speed of eighteen knots, taken
HAPPINESS VS, MISERY.
Or Charcot a I'oule futjleN, the great I'nr
llun remedr, Is a cuitiuutcvd cure for tho
Drink Mnblt; also nervoimneftS uud uielaii.
eiioly cauned by over-indulgence.
it D.-Mruyi tilt Appetltj for Alcoholic una
all lntoxle-utlni! llavei-uBee, nnct leuvei mail
an he ktuiiilet hi). It run be iiiliiiliitlere.l
without the knowledge or the patient whore
noceatary. head lor pamphlet.
Win. (I. Clark, ,i26lenn Av.-,.Scrantin, Pa.
In connection with their comparative
ly heavy batteries of rapid-fire guns,
entitles them to be classed nB cruis
ers. The simple or unprotected cruiser,
In common with gunboats, has no pro
tection In tho shape of annul1 for her
vitals, as the engines, boilers anil mag
azines ure called. She has, however, it
water-tight deck covered with armor
plating, which extends from side to side
line! from bow to stern, completely roof
ing over the most vulnerable portions.
While not proof ugulnst even moderate
shot, this deck prevents the ndiuls
slon of water below which may come
In through breaks In the plating abovu
thu deck, und In that materially aids
In preserving the stability of tho craft
when pierced by shells Just above the
water lino, so as to admit water In
careening. The coul Is usually stored
above this deck, so as to afford u
measure of protection against guns up
t j (i-pounders. Some of the guns nnd
port holes have an armor protection,
but such urmor Is not designed for the
I rotcctlon of the ship ltselr.
The protected cruiser Is the next
step In the chain of evolution. Hero
again there Is a witer-tlght deck, but
In tills Instance It Is supplemented with
iv heavy covering a' nrnior, which may
range In the tiut parts from one to two
and a half Inches thick, and on thu
sloping sides from one antl a half to
four and a half Incnes. This armor
presents a delleetlvo front to shot
passing through the sides nnd threat
ening the magazines and motive now.
er, and, of course, makes It possible
fo
the vessel to withstand attacks
that would be certain destruction to '
an unprotected cruiser. Vessels of i
this type, such as the OImupIu, have
powerful guns, well protected by ar
mored turrets.
The armored cruiser represents the
highest typo of cruiser and Is a large,
speedy, protected cruiser, with l n-
foteeel and heavy armor. These have
In addition a band of vaterllne ver
tical armor and plate on her sides o"
from tbue to four Inches, just above
tho heavy hi It of the protected cruis
er. This waterllne armor Is placeel
amidships und roaches fore and aft
throughout the region occupied by the
machinery and magazines.
Armored cruisers are built for greet
speed, despite their size, the New
York and Pronklyn both having i-ee-ords
of over twenty-one knots. Th-
heavy armor protectloi. enable the
armored cruiser to take her Jtand In
the line of battle anil engage the slow
er but more powerful s-hlp? of the e-no-my's
tl"Pt. The especial service of the
armored cruiser Is tc ciuise the i-cas
and to attack any hostile craft less
formidable than a battleship.
SEIZED BY AN OCTOPUS.
Frightful Experience of a Man Oft
the New Guinea Coast. ,
From the World Wide Mai;azlin.
Tile gieatest enemy the divers had to
fear In the waters of Now Guinea was
I the dreaded octopus, whose piesenee
j occasioned far greater panic than the
I appearance of n mere shark. These
louthmnie monsters would sometimes
come and throw their horrible tentacles !
i over the side of the frail ciaft from
' which the- divers were working, and
' actually fasten one of the men them
I selves, dragging them out Into the
water. At other times octopuses have
1 been known to attack the divers down
' below, and hold them relentlessly un
1 der water until life uas extinct. One
of our own men had a terribly narrow
ef'ttipp from one of these fearful crea
tures. I must explain, however, that
i each evening- when the divers returned
from peail fishing they roped nil their
i little skiffs together and let them lie
astern of the stationer. Well, one night
I the wind rose' and rain fell heavilv,
l with the result that next morning ail
the little boats were found more or less
waterlogged. Some' of the Malays-i were
told off to go and bale them out. While
they were at work one of the men I
row ii in vslerlniiM-lrinU-lii! lilnrl.' t1.1r. t
j In th( st,n wnlpn so aUl.ac.tej i,S cur.
loslty that he dled overboard to find f
1 out what it was. lie had barely reaeh
I ed the water, however, when an Im-
mense ortotmi rose Into view, ami at
I once made for the terrified man. who
I Instantly saw his' danger, and with
. great presence of mind turned and
scrambled back Into the bout.
The terrible creature was after him.
I however, and, lei the horror of the on
I lookers, it extended Its great flexible
I tentacles, enveloped the entire boat.
man anil all, ami then dragged the
i whole down under the cistnl sea. The
t eliver's horrified oonuades rushed to
his asslstnnce. and an attempt was
. made to kill the oclopii with a hor
' pnon. but without success. Several of
, his more resourceful companions then
i dived Into tin water, with ti big net
I made of rope, which they took right
underneath the octopu.s. entangling
the creature and lis still living prey.
The next step was to drug up both
any to blister ins skin, it in most re
I markable that the man was not alto
gether drowned, as he had been held
j under water by the tentacles oT the
I octopus for rather more than two mln-
utes. But, like all the Alalays eif our
I party, this man curried a knife, which
, he used to very good purpii.se on the
' nionslei's body when first It dragged
I him under the water. These- repeated
I stabs caused the creature to keep roll
ing niiom em me suriace. The un
happy man was In this way enabled to
get an occasional bicuth of nlr. other
wise he must infallibly have been
drowned. The octopus had an oval
body, and was provided with an extra
ordinary number of tentacles six ypry
large ones and many smaller ones of
varying sizes. It wu.s n horrible look
lug creature, with a flat, slimy bodv,
yellowish-white in cedar, with blue-k
spots and a hideous cavity of a mouth
without teeth. It Is the tentacles or
the creature that are so dreaded, em
account of the Immense sucking power
which they possess. After this Incident
the divers alwuys took a tomahuwk
with them on their expeditions, in or
der to lop off the tentacles of any oc
topus thnt might try to attack them.
He Was Injured Infernally.
Fiom I'curnou' Wecklj.
"Isn't it awful?" said Mm. J.mks to her
husbaliil. '
"Isn't wimi awful?" uucrled .leaks.
"Houston's boj wus i mi over and re
ceived Infernal Injuries."
"Intel mil Injuries, vou menu.-'
"No. I mean Infernal. I know what I'm
talking about."
After a eiuariel of live inlniitcw, Jinka
produced a dicltoniny. and with i-oiishh-r.
cble trouble managed to Hurt "Infernal."
"There?," he exclaimed. "I totd vou so!
Infernal nieaiis relating to the lower re
Blous." "Well," replied Mrs. Jeuks, uud there
was a ring of triumph in her vnlcev-"Hla't
thnt when' he was Injured','"
The Man That Women
Write To.
There's a man In Buffalo who has,
without doubt, a larger number of wo
men correspondents than any other
person, ninn or woman, In the entire
country. And yet not one In a thou
siitnl of the women who write have ever
seen the man they write to. For after
nil It's not Mm matt they write to but
the physician. There's no sex In medi
cine. The physician with this exten
sive correspondence Is Dr. R. V. Pierce,
chief consulting physician of the In
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute of
Buffalo, N. Y.
Undoubtedly Doctor Pierce owes his
great popularity among women to his
many and wonderful cures of that class
of dlseatvs known as "female troubles."
To the treatment nnd cure ot these dis
eases he hus given over thirty years of
his professional life, anil has estab
lished, himself up the specialist par ex
cellence In tho treatment of diseases
peculiar to women.
The esteem In which Dr. Pierce is
held by women is nut to ! wondered
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Pierce and
treated uv'i' a half a million women,
and with such success that nlnety-elghi
out of every hundred t rented have been
absolutely and altogether cured.
Doubtless there are other reasuiis
why multitudes of women consult Di.
Pierce by letter and as not the least
among such reasons women would set
down the friendly, evet) fatherly advice
which the ago anil experience of Dt.
Pierce enables him to give as supple
mental to the advice and Instructions
of tho physician. Women, ali-o, are not
slow to remember that Dr. Pierce,
tluiuigh his method of consultation by
ecu respolidenee, was the first physic
ian to offer them relief tiom the un
pleasunt questions, the offensive exam
inations, and the local treatment, gen
erally Inseparable from the treatment
of diseases of women by local practlt
loneis. Of coulee, Dr. Pierce hu hud many
Imitators, who steal the terms which
his advisements havo mude familiar, to
use ilium ns their "catch-words," and
so to draw the attention of women In
their direction, Tho most noticeable
feature of those imitations Ih thut wo
men with dnngerous discuses are urged
to consult by letter some one who Is
not a physician, nnd has neither the
educational ability nor the legal right
to tieat disease. And sumctimes-', be-
ailse it Is Impossible for these adver
tisers to lay claim to the title of physi
cian, they ralso a clamor of "write to
a woman." "Woman understands wo
inun," hoping doubtlewly by this ar
tifice to draw awuy attention from the
fact that they do not and cannot offer
the advice of a iiuulllied physician. But
women uro quick to see that a wonuin,
unless educated In medicine uud quali
fied to practice, can give no advice up
on disease that would not be liable to
bo as dangerous as the disease itself,
For there Is no place where Ignorance
is ho dangerous us when It undertakes
to meddle with u womnn's health.
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That class ot advertisers who raise
the cry of "write to a woman" uru
getting to b known as "bearded wo
men," because the 'woiiuin In the caw"
Is a mere llgurc-head, a stalking horse
to shelter the man who preys em wo
man's confidence. An example of the
peculiarly pteposteroiis claims made by
these people. Is found In the claim that
a "man can't understand a woman
Just because he m a man." The only
way In which this can be Interpreted
ns true Is by accepting the Htntcmeilt
In Its bare llteialncss as of man and
woman. But It Is to be noticed that
thete Is a. vast difference when you
eiuallfy the terms man and woman by
the- term physician. How caw 11 would
be for such advertise! s to say, "write
to a woman physician because a man
physician cannot understand a woman,
Just because he is a man." How easy
It would be fo do this if the "woman"
who invito corrofpondeiice could or
dared write M. 1). after her name, and
even then, how preposterous the state
ment would remain. For two thousand
years the practice" of medicine has been
entirely In the hands of men, ns It Is
In general today. Women In medleiii"
Is it new thing, so new that she hus not
entered to any known extent Into the
field of surgery. Whatever any wo
inun practitioner ban learned of medi
cine, she must have learned In schools
taught by men. and from books wrlt-
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Some of the Prominent
ten by men. What a paradox there
fore Is presented In the claim that the
man who has taught woman all she
knows about medicine, does not know
anything about medicine himself.
Women who are educated In medicine
would he the llrst to laugh at such
statements it's only the woman of the
advertisement!!, the 'woman" for levu
nue only, and who Is not n physician,
who can afford to make such amazing
and ridiculous claims.
But this side issue has led us some
what a-ileld from Dr. Pierce and his
great host of women correspondents.
To these the doctor stands a sort of
father confessor of things physical.
Every letter Is read pilvutely, answered
privately, and Its contents guarded an
sacredly a.s becomes .such e-enifeHsiolis.
And as many women are- naturally sen
sitive about their ailments, even the
replies are mailed, cuietully and se
em ey billed In U perfectly plain en
velope, without printing or advertising
upon It, that there- may be no thltel
parly to this correspondence.
Arty sick woman c-nn have the benefit
of consultation by letter with Dr. Plere-e
absolutely without fee or ehuige of any
kind.
Alore than half a million Invalid
women have been successfully treated
by Doctor Pleice, ulded by his staff of
skilled speclullslP. through the medium
of correspondence. In this way dls
agreeublo eiuestlonlligs and abhorrent
examination ami "local treatnii'iits"
an- avoided. n.
The wot Id at large knows of Doctor
Pierce, chiefly as the Inventor of thu
two .well-known remedies, Dr. Pierce's
(iolden Medical Discovery and Doctor
PlerceV Favorite Prescription. Ami it
Is probably the case, thut -In general,
Dr. Pierce's remedies are classed with
all the other "patent medicines," and
Dr. Pleice himself ranked with those
"doctors" whose degrees are purely
honorary or assumed, mUi no more
stand for medical knuwledge or expeil
ence thnu the familiar title of ".Major"
in some sections of our country slgnl
ties that tho btwur of it. Is familiar
with siege nnd battle. Dr. lierco does
nnt belong to the class of doctors whosb
titles are by courtesy only. Ho Is a.
doctor by choice, it doctor by education,
n doctor by practice and experience.
He is mure than that, for although
there uie no olllclal grades and ranleH
In the medical profession us In the mili
tary, which are tnuiked by titles and by
chevrons, yet as a man advances In thu
practice of medicine, as his knowledge
becomes exact itnel certain, as his skill
becomes developed und perfected, so ltd
achieves rank among his fellows and is
held In honor by the public. Such rnnl
Dr. Pierce' has achieved, and as it spe
cialist In the 1 1 eminent of diseases of
women he stands at the head of lii.t
profession 111 the Flitted States.
Dr. Pierce's remedies differ from most
medicines. In the fact that tliev con
tain no alcohol, whisky or other in
toxicant, and are absolutely free from
opium and every other narcotic drug.
For tin other medicine prepared ex
eitislvelv for the use of women, as Is
"Favorite Prescription." can such a
claim be ttiithfully made.
The dllference' between Dr. Pierce's
establishment and u'l "oatenl liieell
elue" I'stnbllshnieiits Is very remark
able, and Is appaieiit at once to every
person who has bad the oppoituuity oC
actually comparing Dr. Pierce-' labora
tory with that of any other Institution.
For instance, since Dr. Pierce bus ad
vertised to give- free consultation by
t&,'?h Ji.
VtrVit "--J',.
Specialists of His Staff.
letter, many have Imitated the advice
nieiits ami make an exactly similar '""-fi'i-.
As far as the advertisements go
they make .lust us good a showing i..-
Dr. Pierce. But go to these other ef
taLii.simieiits and ask to see tho "doc
tor," who gives medical advice, and
you'll find, nine times out of ten, tlu i
tln-iv Is no doctor connected with tho
establishment. Where there is a doc
tor he is probably some medical fail
ure, Bellini; Ills plofessionul title lo tho
medicine firm fur a email consideration.
Cnmpuro this with Dr. Pierce's Institu
tion, the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, with Its staff of nearly .i
score- of graduuted and expiTlcn. ed
doctois, busy every day In actual prac
tice. Its great special laboratory und
dispensary, from which special nu'dl-clne-s
and auxiliary treatment are sent
out dally to all parts of the country, its
hospital with Its surgical and tin--chiinic'u!
appliances und operating
rooms. In such u comparison you
at a glauco thut there is no Institution
equal to Dr. Pierce's In the whole coun
try; that for uny one else to offer wh.ic
he offers is to piomlHe whut cannot be
pertortned; that no other Institution
lias equul facilities feu- the treatment
of chronic ellseaSHH.
In the work of the World's Dispen
sary, and Invullds' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, there is real plillanthiop. us
well as veal medical and surgical skill.
The best i-pcugnition f tlm philan
thropic uspi't-t of this work" conies from
lhe citizens of Buffalo, Dr. Ph-i.'n
home' town, who eli-cteel him Ntute sena
tor, and later gave blin a seat in con
gress. From the latter position l
Pierce it-signed before tin- cxplratio.i
of his term. That he shuuld ureter i
give' up a high uud honorable position
lu the councils of the Nation, lo serv
the sick, is conclusive evidence of h s
devotion to their Interests and of fo
lor his profession. Perhaps we can oi
fer our renders no better simimlug up
of Dr. Pierce and his work than time
of President CJarlleld, who sulil. "He is
olje of tlio bcjst nndi Initio world, and
he is at tho Iiml of out! nf the best In
stitutions in tho world,"