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THE REPUBLIC: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 1G. 1900. k mim jysGE saved by peruna INGERSOLL'S BOOKS GIVEN AWAY, Q-OOO 00H00H00HKHKKK THE RESERVE STOCK Hail Catarrh Nine Years All Doctors Failed. P, OF x Mrii Vli New IIuuipMiiiP Woman l-awxer Wants to (Jive Wider Gimilsi- linn to These Writings. ii.fi PETERSON sc HOMES I ll ADMIRED THE GREAT ATHEIST. (WHO ARE RETIRING FROM BUSINESS) (It iicioiis Donor Hears tin- Di-iiii' lion of ISeinj: (In- l'irt Woman to Attempt to Voti' in llu' t'liiUel Slate. si i) HON. GI.ORG1J KI.KbTI-N, OF CHICAGO. Hon. George Kertcn. i. well-known " nas afflicted with catarrh for nine jears. My catarrh was located chiefly In my head. I tried many remedies without avail. I applied to several doctors, but they were not able to cure me. I learned of the remedy. Peruna, through the daily newspapers. After taking the remedy far eight een weeks I was entirely cured. I consider my curj permanent, as It has been two and a half cars since I was cured." George Kcrsten. Till: Governor of Orcmt Is an ardent .; liiircr of I n.n i II kee p it co.i fnuullj In the t utic In a recent let ter t lr. Hartman l.o aj- "I "one li lit occT-ion to ue your Perutn niedieinc in mj- Unnl tor eiilds, and It proved to be an cvei.nt rundj I hni not had oreoUon to u-e It for other ail ments," AV. JI Lord Pen.na. Is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific Lc'lers of congratulation and commenda tion testlfjinc to the merits of re run i as a catarrh remedj. are pour I g In from every State in the I ulon Dr. Ilart tran Is receiving hundreds of such letters daily. All cla-e9 write the-e Utters, from the highest to tha lowe-t. Anj man who wishes perf.ct health must bo entirely free from catarrh. Catarrh is wcll-r.lgh unl-ver-il. almost ornn present. Pe runa U the only absolute sate guard known. A io!d Is tho begin ning of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Pe runa not only cares catarrh, but Mr Jan ir-is)n 3 K. l'th str-et 1 teron.. N J , iis "1 ha Riven t nm a fair triu, and I ft-il It to b. ji't KhAi v u lalm it t l. 1 .rn t pra so 1 to xnu h 1 have Vft d two botnes in try faruU t r coMs i ad tc thn ? lraasinabi-1 I couM ti )' t u'tsut it. I recom mended it to a ii.arrtcd slser of zri who tvis 8lu)s troubled with cld. bhe sas It has dono mor 1 r her than an doctor i.ould. 1 can tafel sa) that ou-ir-dlcin Is the bst I hae Pir U'td " Jam" i!onion prevents it. Ucrnard Kln of tho National Military Home, Lcacnworth, Kansas, also sajs: "I ilt write ou a few- lines for publication to make known what Peruna has dono for THIS PREACHER BELIEVES THE WORLD GROWS BETTER. Sau Francisco Divine Holds Good Has Increased in ItEPL'BUC FPECIAI. San tYancIsco. Cal.. Lec 13. The Itever end John Stephens, pastor of the Simpson Jlemorlal Methodist Kpi-vopal Church in this city, bliees mnnkinj eer advances, and that each Jtar finds t!-o world and Its people Improved In mind and morals over the prtcdirg jur. In a sermon on "Is the World Growing Better?" Doctor Stephens fcaid: Crank", p"ss!mljU and the misguided, ero the only people who can sincerely be liev.o that the world is running on the rroral downgrade. Such persons would measure, the world's progress only by U& material giins. Hut this is an error. "The world's progress cannot bo meas ured by the strides it makes In material j,ains. The progress of man Is the nrog-re-s of his character. If this be truo I need only itsk jou to contrast the men cf former agC3 with the manhood of to-day. fcuicly von who aro studci.ts or history wilt not iiszcrt that tho men of centuries gone were as noble, as hf-sacrlilcirg as the men we jostlo every day in tho street. President McICimcv's latest message to the. American people noted marvelous progress which wo as a, iuaion had made along tho mati rial lines of territorial expansion nnd increased population Hut the most Mgnltl- aiit utterance of tint messigo v.as struck when the President taid. Tho moral, industrial and religious sen timent of the countn has kept pace with, its i.Kijltrlj prowess.' "And this in the face of Dv.ight U. Mou ds's oft-repeated sentiments that tho world ALL RIGHT IN B!SCliiTS Hut u Poor Mt-ilicine. Commnn soda is all right In its place and indispensable In the kitciicn ai d for cooking and washing purposes, but soda wan never intended lor medicine and ptople who use it as such will son.e day ngret it. The coirmon use of totia tu r lltve heart burn nr.J sour stomach Is a lublt vhlch thousa-ids of people practiee. almost dail, and one which is fraught with danger. So da gives onlj leiuporarj relief, and In tho end the stomach trouble fctts worse and worje. The soda acts as a mechanical irritant to the walls of tho stomach a id bowels, nnd eases are on r cord where it accumulates In the Intestines, causing death b Inflam mation or peritonitis. Dr. Harlandson recoramenos as the .safest and purest t-uro fur &our stomach (acid dk lepsU) the daily use after mtals of an ex cellent preparation, sold by druggists un der the name of Stuart's Djspep.sU Tablets id.,Vb,k,s,.iaro ,aree -''J-S'"1" lozenges. ? mJ !i " Ule taste aR'l containlrg the natural peptones and digestive elements wJv . louRoJ digestion and which all weak stomachs lack nftrra's Ps'tW Tablets u-ed regularlv ?nnrn,,mhiaU, d;8est the focJ lTonlptlV .Hid mup nn ,'i J'" U hj" ""a ,u ferment, tem' PIso" the blood and nervous ss- andr'rSnrth s.,ntes that he invariably uses fets STSiiJrends fatua' Djspepsla Tab and fin,i .lfr1" of slnach derangement, Murlmva."rtaln "re, not only for y&jsftnsr the ac- MolriX rti!ot;. a cathartic and contain no stomach -but a intende.1 only for annSSir?!?186? and au'ty digestion, and MtabU ?curi5r.a5knowIcdBL,d t0 bftho most icerVfXfs'toamna'cht0mach troabIe ocpt InteatuSQISreP.es,la..Tablets nw enjoy an w,tt SSSS? and Popularity and United state. PSSS1' IeD-hera In tho u eiate.. Canada ana Great Britain, Jutle of the Peare of Chicago, sajs: me. I took a severe cold, which I neglect ed It dfcIoiul into catirrh and bron-thltl- nnd in a uhnrt time became chronic "I tried e v-rj thing I saw advertised, vvhlih did in' no good I saw the grcit tui io iPerunal advertised. 1 bought oni bottle I fount myself wi much bettiraft er taking It tint I wrote jou for advice, which jou kindly continued to give me frea of charge for five month" "Now I am happy to Inform jou and tho public that I am perfectly cured of catanh and unmihiti 1 m.ike this statement In hope that s-uroe of mv comrades will see It .ml le benefited therebj." I sing i'enina to l romntly cure I colds protects thu I f a m 1 1 y ngalnst (other ailments This is cictly what cery fami ly In tho I'nited I States t-liould do. Keep I'oruna in tho house. Use St for la grippe, colds, coughs and other cllmitlc af fections of win ttr. and there will be no other all in e 11 1 3 in tin house. All families ATVntiun. l'enn"la r!a. writes: i tut a tere attuck cif tatnlili. and atltr conutt.liirMs vlth and j le-rrlrtitn from four eminent th)l cian. 3our medicine Ha recommenced 1u r mo IhrouKU our dally zien Iaper. Uy using' Fix ttoltles acrordin to U rectloijs 1 was cotrplelp Ij cured I da tlureforo recommend lvnina t &n on Rfiilctcil v Itti cinrrh." W N Miller. should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. Hart man's freo book. entitled "Winter Catarrh." This book consists of peen lectures on catarrh and la grippe, dellv ered at -a ne iiartman Sanitarium. 1 1 contains ttia lat e s t information on the trtatnient of catarrhal diseases, Ad dreii Dr. Iiartman, Columbus, Ohio. That Evil lias Decreased and the Nineteenth Centurv. v as approaching a moral smash-up. from t'le nshes of which a new heaven and a new larth would spring with full being. Time Hides Punt Wickedness. "Pessimism is a great error. I am will ing to admit thtt the. world has not jet reached the state of paradise. Vice In its' hideous boldness and terrible strength sick ens unci frightens us. The stench of it tills our nostrils nnd it.s horrid cries iins ev-r in our ears. Hut the pastthe wicked, wick-tl past, with its nutreseeiK e. Its foirfn! i darkness overwhelms us till wo sink be heath its immensitj. Time has the fac- ' llltV llf llnsfn- iltr, r ftn.l mlahlnff ai... tho splotches' beneath the surface. It it not true that the t,ood men do dies with them and the evils haunt the years after. Ah, no! The past gives us Its best Its vices go down to oblivion. e see the (treat things of the past: its great mn .stand be fore us; but !f weaknesses. Us crimlt.als. 'lime hides beneath his klndlv mantle. "I hen, again, we know the world as our fathers did not. The cablts and the news papers are ejes and ears to us. And vit ever- fact that we consider shows us that the stream of moral sentiment running through the vallejft of earth has never be fore ben i-o pure as now. It Is not yet clear as a (r)vtal, but, thank Ood. It has lost much of tho mud of a century ago. Tho March of Temperance. "Intemperance, that prolific sonreo of ever- human woe Is being combated to Its death. We no longer live in the dajs when a gin seller openly advertises to make a man dead drunk for 2 pence. Statesmen can no longer reel into our legislative halls and carrj- on the business of state while m.vil Iln with liquor, ns did Fox, Pitt and Wat pole. Had as our times may be. there is hopefulness In the fnct that In our last po litical campaign thrco of the great party leaders were acknowledged total abstainers. "Social virtue Is nlmo-t an Innovation of our centurv'. I am aware thnt we still have tho stage before us, with all its Im purities. I am aware that divorces -ire common talk In the socletj- of to-day there may be slime at the bottom and rcum ut the top, hut between the slime and the scum Is a clear, pure stream of moral humanity. "Humuuitarl-Lu Ideas of tho Nineteenth I Century are a vast Improvement on trie I butcherv- and blood-loving deeds of thJ past. Dueling is no longer a cloak for crime' the lives of men are respected the sentiments of the age are gentler Wars are no longer popular: arbitration nn mlttees and ieaie congicses are taking tl.t- plice cf wholerale butcheries Map l growing nrd will continue to grow tl.I he conies to the full stature of Je-us Christ; and ieace and love shall relgti supreme. The night is passing and the break of d.iy flushes all the world with Its beauteous ngnt. " ENGLAND'S HACK COI'ISSE. Kicm Collier'a eekly. ENGLAND, of all lands, has been one most devoted to pleasures of the turf. Ten mil lion pounds, it has been estimated, are an- nuallj- lost on English race courses. There are multitudes of paupers and indigent old people, as everjbodj- knows, in the United Kingdom, and there aro seven millions of children in its elementary schools. What charitable expenses this vast and forever vanishing sum m ght defray are not difficult to compute. The English are a strange peo ple. They frown down Sundaj' newspapers as impious; thej' denounce as groslv Im- , moral the gambling tables of Monte Carlo; I nnd jet they encourago reckless and pro-1 fuse betting at Ecora. Ascot and manv- another haunt of hazard, where the aris tocrats are often ruined, the middle classes flung into unpIUed povertj'. and the lower classes j et more deeply degraded. mr7spraguesays Ladles will find the Walnwright Delicates sen an attractive lunchroom. i 'mm9 VH ni:i'i'i!i.t" si fi'i u.. Husten. Mass, Dec IS -Mrs M.irllli M. Kicker has presented to the "hiinib rlaln Free Library of New Hampshire the com plete works of the late Kobcrt G. Ingcrsoll, unit sajs thnt sho Is ready to supply other libraries with the same writings upon re quest Mrs Kicker calls herself a "heithen," but her kindliness of nature and many charities contradict this, though she Is a devoted de clpte of Ingersoll. Mrs. Kicker Is vice president of tho National Legislative league, the object of which Is to obtain for women cuuality, municipal and Industrial rights through action by the national Con gress and the State Legislature. Mrs Kicker Is quite a remarkable worn m. and Is one of the best-known women Inw jits lii tl Is lountrj She Is the first worn in "who ever attempted to vote In the Unite! htates. This was in 1ST0. when she fortified herself bv preparing n constitutional argu ment for the Selectmen of her town, Dover. N It. the clolng words of which were: "So long as women are hanged under the laws, thej should have a voice In making them " Mrs. Kicker was biought up on a New Hampshire farm, was trained to teach the voung Idea how to shoot, graduating from '.n. Aniiifimi. mi.! i L'liinliir tills work at 1 I.. 1h.S ufcn tnir-flnal .iinl ll. en lti, !1 wldOW I In 1iS. acquiring a 1 irge property from her .. .. i .i .. -. i.nj.i I., Pusoanii ner uun uromcr wu w,icj J the Civil War. Left a widow at 2, and with means, he concluded to travel an I did, going to German) and Trance, whue she lematned two jtars and acquired the Uiiguuges. She. too. has traveled over her own eountrj'. nnd is about to start for Call- In 1S30 she applied for admission to the New Ituinpshiru bar and was admitted the first and almost the only woman to enter. Her tight against the directors of .,. .,-. x-.in.,ii lentilr nnd her success I In that suit Is a matter of hlstor.v. It proved i,r to In- n. woman of great acumen and perslsteno. flu- had a personal Ingres,. loo, Delllg a siocunuiue.. .u. ..-. .... was to show up tho real culprits. HIS MAGIC FAILED. n. e i. funniest thlncs that ever hap- rened to me," said an old magician, who 1 ' . . , i..t.,.An rtinne tu renresent- ntlve of the Detroit Free Press, 'occurred a number of jeara ago, while I was making it tour of the- eountrj'. At that time my favorite card was the box trick, -vhere I allowed ni)self to le put In a sack, alter which 1 was locked in a box. which was tied up nnd put in the cabinet from which 1 emerged a moment later, bowing and smiling. It alwa)s brought down the house and was a pubpect of discussion long after I b id h ft . , , . Well I gave my pcifnrmnnce ore night ! at a smrll town, and after the? ahow was i iivvr 1 went to the little hotel and retired for the night, the old man who -teiit the hold showing mo to my room with all the deference that he would t,lvc to a King. The bed in the room was a folding one. and I no sooner was I in it than it closed up like n Jackknife. Fortunately for me, I I realized what was happeutlng In time to mil in one side, so thnt when the bed closed It left my head out. But otherwise! I was powerless, and thre was nothing to do but ell for belie which I did tu the best of my ability. I'iuall). I succeeled In making tho landlord hfnr me, nnd he came to the door and wanted to know what the mattrr was. " 'This cussed bed has thut up and caught me In ltl' I shouted. " -Wul, why don't Je git out?" be drawled. "'I can't!" I bawled. " 'Humph! A feller what kin git out of a. park after he has been put In a box and locked up ought tcr be abl to git odt of a bed.' he answetcd. "It took fifteen mlnutis' steady argument on my part to convlnu- the old man that my skill in gcttlrg out of difficult places did not Include folding bid-, and even then he seemed to think 1 had laustd him n lot of unnecessary tiouble. "All he sutd when at last he released me wa: " 'Humph! Ye ain't as big a man as I thought je was!" HAT CASE FIvO-M PAlts. Iroin the linden l.irrefB A verv churmlng wedding present, bought at the Paris Exposition, has been recently tent to a society bride In London. It is a novel form of w hlte-enamelsd hr.t case, something like a wardrobe, wlthglas and dust-proof doors. In place of shelves a series of stands are provided, on which all the lints and head gear a woman owns are- ranstd in Ci'iity rows. Tho effect sen through the glass is Just like a delightful s,.ci0 0r a Ho-ij. strtet milliner's sh-jw -window. At a private view of her wedding present the lucky bride In cucstlun displayed to admiring fcmlnlie friends twenty charming trouseau hits, "all In a row" or, rather, in four row h In her new Parisian tup board. Uencath the hats three shelves wero fitted up to display to the best advantage htr etock of slippers, gaiters, and every fc.im of footwear. Alas! for the extravagint requirements of the modern maid, who takes unto herself a husband, there were twenty-five piirs of shoej ard slippers beneith the nmy of hats and bonnets In the upper rase. There were gold-embtoldeied lull sbpp.T?. Japanese hath boot", shooting gaiters and snow overalls. It looked as though a bootmaker had been given carte blanche to send a sample of his stock-in-trade. There was "something to wear" on the feet from aV-ourt pres-er.inlon to an expedi tion to the North Pole. Jut as there v.as "something to put on the head" In the top row from a sable toque to u. hady rose cevcred leghorn. This bedroom novelty fiom Pails would rrove a temptation and a snare to the .iver nge woman. So mnnj- would not he hi'py till they could hang a hat on ever) heok. unit range a shoe en each Imh sf the shelves. And to accomplish this argues the large bank halanco which belongs only to tho favored few. who marry a South Afri can millionaire or an American .-ailroad king. ( ' KOKG E WASHINGTON. 1J".1 rt 1""'n' of the Knsllh Peoi.le" "W l.hc r(,Jectfon or the efforts at re conciliation began the great struggle which ended, eight jears later, in the severance of tho American colonic from the BrttUh cronn The l ongreia of delegates from tho t oloniul legislatures, at once voted mean ui.s for guieral defense, ordered the lvy if an army," and set George Wa-hlngtoii at lis head. ,o nobler figure ever stool In tho forefront of a nation's life. Washing ton was grave and courteous In addwj"" h! manners were pimple nnd unpretenllng. his Mlence and the serene calmness of his temper spoke of a perfect cir-ma--tery; but there was little lu his outer bearing to re veal the grandeur of toul which lift his figure, with all the simple majestv of an nncient statue, out of the "smaller p'assions. the meaner impulses of the world around him. 1 hat recommended him for command was simply hl weight among hto fellow landowner of Mrginla. and the experience of war which he had gained by service In border contests with the French and the Indians, ns well as ln Uraddock's luckless expeditions against Kort Duquesne.It waa only s the weary tight went on that the colonists learned, little by little the grcat nei or their leader, his clear judgment, hi heroic endurance, his silence under difficul ties, his calmness ln the hour of danger ind defeat, the patience with which he waited, the aulcknera and hardnesB with nhich h struck, the lofty and "terene sense of dutv I that never swerved from its task through ' resentment or jealousy, that never through war or peace felt a, touch of a meaner am bition, that knew no aim stve that of guarding tho freedom of hl fellow eoun trj men, and no personal longing save that of returning to his own fireside when their frdom was secured. It was almost uncon sciously that men learned to cling to Wash ington with a trust and faith such aa few other men have won. and to regard him with a reverence which atlll hushes us in presence of his memory. John Richard Green. Will All Be Brought Forward for Sale This Week. - It is now well known that this Immense Stock of China, Glass, Silver, Fancy 1 House-Furnishing Goods Was bought at 40 cents on the dollar by Who, helving no Peterson & Homes Store, 406 - X ranging from 50 to 70 per cent less rt J line line 9 included in this lot. v H0KKK)0KM0)HHKKKX)K0W I " m-.m--mmm----mmm-mm---Mm----------m LEWIS NIXON'S Achievements Will He Add to His Remarkable Record by Reorganizing Tammany Hall? I.ewls Nixon, once of Virginia, now or New Ynrk. ha an unusuil rciord. lie whs dfslgner of the Oiegem and builder of the Holland torpedo boat He terved ns Cov ernment Naval constructor. He whs Cramps's "uperlntrndcnt, with GOuO men under lilin, and th n builder of ships on his own aceount at Kllzibethport He Is now spoken of as the protective n organizer of Tamrmnv on a businss bjsls because Nixon has won honor and fame as a model buslne's rran. And so It Is iafc to ;a that Lewis Nixon Is one of the mot Interesting nnd potent personalities In Greater New York tu-daj'. Mr. Nlxo.i has pnbably crowded more of successful attainment into tlilrty-nlnc. jears by reaon of his brains nrd force of char acter than nlmost any other man In the eountrv. Graduated at the head of his olisi at An apolls wh.'n pi iced In competition with pltked men f'om all parts of the Union, he was sent abroad by the Navy Department to take r.n advanred course )n naval ar chitecture, engineering and ordnance at the world's rrratest rnglniering school, the Hojal Naval College of Trngland. where tha flower of the KriglMi Nav j- are educated. He was Kmduated at this college, and during tho three years he was In Kurope was ordered to Inject the dockjards, ar mor plants and gun shops of Kngland nnd France. And thus he laid the foundation of that knowledge and Judgment, which a few jears later enabled him to perform signal fccrvlce to Ms country by designing ln ninety d-is the vessel which of all our r.av- Is nearest to the hearts of the Ameri can people, the battleship Oregon, nnd her sltr ships, the Indiana and Massachu setts. This to his credit nlone would be sufficient to have mada or spoiled many a tnun. Mr. Nixon served In both the line and the taff of the navj. and owing to the fart th it le was ordered to duty ln connection with the Roach ships when building at Crestt'r, las been clotely connected with everj 1 base of the great national upbuilding of the navj After he had risen to the oc casion which camu to him In the chance of a lifetime, to design our first battleship, he resigned from the navj-, he became the superintendent constructor of that great shipyard, emplovlng 6,() men. He remained with them while they built the Indiana, the Massachusetts, the Ilrookljii. the Iowa, the New York, the Minneapolis and the Colum bia: aNo the St. Louis and the M. Paul, and manv other vesst-K He then reslgi.ed from that position, but Is still retained as consulting naval architect by the Cramp. Then he went to New York, leased tho Crescent shlpjard at Hllzabethport, on Staten Island Sound, nnd began building vessels on his own account. He has doubled tho size of his plant la a few jears, and has built vessels for the Arctic seas as well as for the tropics, his shipyard being one of tho few tint have successfully com peted with the nngllsh and Germans fur tho South American trade. His last vessel Is No. 57, and In this number Is embraced ererj- tjpo and kind of craft Mr. Nixon built the oiilv s.lctCssful sub marine boat, the- Holland, and his jard is now tho great shipbuilding school for the naval architects of the not Id. who come tu study the six new IIoll.uil boats he Is build ing. Ho has besides these now under construc tion the cruiser Ch.ittanoou i. the monitor Plorida, mounting sixtj--tnn twelve-Inch guns: the torpedo boats NIchoNon an I O'Brien, four Russian torpedi bouts and flvo other vessels nineteen lu ull. Some of tho Quickest work ever known was done by him, as when he built fourteen vessels for the Klondlkn trade on the Yukon River ln elghtj--rhe dajs, and during tho war built three waterboats in ninety dajs. " An AII-round .Vlnii. When one considers that everj- calling, profession and trade contributes to the building of a ship. It must bu an all-round man a genius who can create and direct the necessrj" organizitlon In a waj- to challenge admiration and still tlnd time fur doing work that would tax the edpabllitUs of two men besides, one must eonclude ths.t lila executive ability is of the highest order that he Is a true, up-to-date American. Mr. Nixon is president and a 1 irge stock holder of the International Smokeless Pow der and Djmimlte Companj. During the jt two jears under his direction this com pany his put lu a, plant eoverlng an area two miles long and nearly u mile wld?. He Is prtsiuent of four other companies and finds time to keep his mind full of their details, and Is director ln seer.l others. His administration of the lohtical olllce he holds, president of tho East River ItrUge Commission, has won the high rc:peei o" commercial and business men. Mr. Nixon is rlso a trus-tee of Webb'n Academy and Homo for Shipbuilders, .1 member of the Council and Executive Com mittee of the- Institute or Naval Arcnltcots and Marine Engineers and a member of ths Chamber of Commerce and of the Hoard of Trade. And now comes his political career. Ills friends believe that he will be of great serv ice to the Democracy. All aSTee that he Is an honest man. of marvelous business ca pacity and energy. He Is hailed as a tjplcal roan of the times, with a genius for work and organization and strong In the confi dence or the communltj When ln the navj Mr. Nixon was ordered to the Rrookljn Navy Yard lu 1589, and lived then at Twentieth rtreet and Broad way. New York. Having been born a Dem ocrat ln Virginia, he naturally allied him self with the Democratic party, and joined the organization of the Twenty-fifth A. mCfrm m m fm maim room at Sixth 01 r.rNvx.CjO, njcjnuNu- ctiiu. vjr.o oiuvno are a tf LEWIS NIXON OF semblj- District, and since that time he has alwajs claimed New York as his residence, and has never cast a, vote lu unj- other place. How came Croker to disevr Nixon? A personal friend s.ijs that while thu Tammany Chief was seureiilug the eountrj for a man who would commuid the conll dence or men or wealth and business he waa struck by Nixon's forcible and earnest efforts In behalf of tlio new deep channels Into New Ycrk Bay. Nixon hud made i studj- of tho commercial and maritime In terests of this harbor, and bj- writing, speaking and his Individual work had cre ated a deep Interest in the movement and Its Interests. He so Impressed Mr. Croker that the latter wrote one of the strongest Utters ever sent to the Tammany congres sional delegation, to spare no efforts n be half of the bill for the deepened channels, and this letter was published lu the Con gressional Record. A visit to Nixon's shlpj-ard at Klizaboth port gives one a more vivid idea eif ' re markable constructive and organizing nbll-Itj- than could be expressed ln columns of description. Here ftjo experts aie at work on all kinds of craft ln various st iges of building .steel e misers, monitors, steamships, submarine and furface tnrpi-dn boats, gentlemen's jacht.s. steel tumuli tor se-wers or rapid translt.s, under rivers and cities; guns and armament", and the- latest type of those wonderful tubular boilers that get up steam In a few minutes ufter fires are lighted, giv ing a pre-ssure of LV pounds tu the square inch and propelling warships or actus at an If test speed. Here are six submarine torpedo boats of the Holland tjpe, each 1 reet I Inches long and 11 reet 9 Inches beam, making them 13 feet longer and IS Inches gre ite r In diamet r than the original Holland boat: ,ilo having twle-e the displacement and three time's the power of the Holland. The new cruiser Chattanooga Is well un oer aj Its length overall Is JW f.t. v.ith 41 feet beam. The new auxiliary jacht Genesee, build ing for Mr. Watson of Hochester. for deep sea pleasure cruising. Is neurlj nulshol 1: is Hi feet over all, X feet beam, H i.e. draft, Tu tons of le-id billust, with u s.rt.ill steam etgtne capable of seven knots i er hour speed. The monitor llorlda Is 212 feet long, v.ith V. feet beam ard 12 feet draft. The new coasting steamer Old Dominion is shown In the nccompanjlug pleture. Its construetlon Is one of tne quickest on re -ord, onlv five weeks elapslrg between the laving of its keel nrd Its completion. It is 1SI reet long. It feet beam, 6 feet draft, with a spee-d or IS miles an hour. V Municipal Olllclnl. IjUer. when the opportunity occurred, M-ij'or Van Wj-ck placed Mr. Nixon :il th head or the commission charged with tnu building or tho great new Hast River briuse. which will be twice the capacity er the old one. Thl appointment has brought him In close toucn with municipal affairs, so that, he has acquired practical l:nov ledge or el'v administration. Since that time Mr. Croker ar.d Mr. Nixon have become well known to each other, and. while Mr. Nixon's friends claim that he is in no sense a politician, he has come to be known as a Democrat .ho Mands high In his party, though he lu? hosts of admirers among Republicans. Mr. Nixon's writings In the magazines and for scientific and technical societies have at 1 1 acted International attention, and they aro MISSOURS GREATEST STORE. and Olive, are now selling at the 408 North Broadway, at prices than Peterson & Homes' prices. NEW YOlJK. generally directed to commerce and fiade centering In New York, whether by canal, railroad eir ocean, or to the navj- and mer chant m nine. And what about Mr Nixon's personality? Like Holiton. he Is a routherner, alo ,i tall, athl-tle, hardstirne mn and a born genius 1 r everjthlng pertaining t the navy and dlthcult prublems In unknown phases of en gineering. Mr. NKou is feet hKh and weighs 2u0 pounds, and shows bj- his car riage his early military training. Ho has a dark, ruddy complexion, with very black l.alr and hazel eyes. He Is eiulck In move ment, and quiet in speech. And now. politi cians audTammnnj men. listen to this; Tho nplcal Deir.otrat Mr. Croker has s, lected nnd Is pravlng for day and night as he falls on his km es before the Tammany Ma dontri Is u practleal t-mperance mau. He neither drirks rur smo'tea. Ho Is a good tjpe of tho new representa tive American, and no man seems better qualified to forecast tho great possibilities of tho future development of this port, nor could any one be more untiring In efforts for Its betterment. The life of sueh a man brings out many lrcldents and associations. As a student the honor ran of his class nt the Nava Academy. In social life presented at court lu London, and here a member of New York's most exclusive club, the Union, and or tho Rtttonhouse Club or Philadelphia, and the M tropolltan or Washington; In busi ness, president of hair a doxen companies and director In us manj- more; In politics a vlie president of the Democratic Club and president of one- r the most Important com missions under the eitj- government. In the summer he spends his time upon his steam jacht. the Loudcun. named after his native- eountj- In Virginia, and generally an chors In the upper baj-, where he can watch and study thu maritime conditions of the port. He belongs to the New York and At lantic jacht dubs and the Itlchmond County Ccuntrj" Club. He exacts the most rigid performance on the part eir his men, but onlj- last week advanced their wages Z per cent. Mr. Nixon would not discuss the work of the cnmn.ittee that is now attracting so nn. eli attention. He sajs he- will have- eom n ents to lit tke-. but th.it he Is not jet rettdj to talk Iluvv He Would Itnn 'lt. To a man who often eIoes verbally, and acts without waiting for formalities, con tiaets amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars, a certain amount of Indignation does not appear unseemlj. but Mr. Nixon evidentlj- believes that the best wuv to run a cltj Is to put it upon a. business bis's bread and liberal enough to suit the ne-eds and even the pre-Judices of our great como polltant population. Oni near to Mr. Nixon sajs: "Were Mr. Nixon asked to advice In mu nicipal or national matters, his mind would naturally run In the channels that have enabled him to obtain successful and hir monious results rrom thousands of mei and control trem to a common end. Such a, m-in would never exp-et the impossible, hut with his keen Insight Into humin na ture he would soon learn what men were capMe eif, ami then bj- force of example Irsplre them to their lsst efforts. Just as he has done all through life." His friend added: "If such a man cannot rest secure In the confidence of the people, who can? Evidentlj- what he does du will bo practical. and a he sajs he now believes he can accomplish permanent good, he should cer tainly not be eondtmned ln advance." In his home life Mr. Nixon Is the most domestic or men, and Is never happier than when at his winter home ln tho city or on his acht. the Loudoun, In summer enter taining his friend;. In which he Is most charmingly assisted by his wife. Sha Is handsome and a. remarkable woman, was Miss Sally Lewis Wood, a daughter of the late Colonel Wood of the United States Army, and a direct lineal descendant of General Andrew Lewis of Virginia, th Colonial Indian fighter and friend of Wash ington. Mr. and Mrs. Nixon are Ilk chums, always happiest when together, and her advice and aid are his sweetest In splratlcn. OLDEST NEW YORK PRIEST IS DEAD. Pastor, ami Physician, Eighty-Six Ypais Old, Succumbs to Pneu inouin. HBPIT? Ie" PrKCT.vT.. New ork, Dec. 1 Oldest of the Catho lic priests in the New York archdiocese, and for fortj-ilve jears priest of th Church or the Natlvltj-, at Second avenue and Third street, the Reverend Father William Everett died of pneumonia at tha lectory last Friday night. 1'ather Everett wns k6 jears old. and be sides being the oldest priest in the sxch euoces he was one of the oldest physi cians ln the city, having been admitted te the practleet of medicine before taking holy orders in Maj-. 1SH. He practiced medicine for only one ear. but ln that time became n member of the Medical Society of New York Countj-. He then entered the Epis copal ministry, and had parishes In lsllp. I. I., and New Canaan, Conn., and for a. jear was an assistant to the Reverend Sir. Howland of this eltj He lert the Episcopal Church at th time of the Oxford tiactarlan movement, and ln 1V2 was ordained a priest of tha Roman Catholic Church, after preparation at the old St. John's) Seminary, at Ford ham. Ordained ly Archbishop Hughes ln the old St. Patrick's Cathedral, In Mott stret, he was successlv elj assistant priest at St. Peter's. St. Joseph's and St. Ann's e hurches In this city, thence going to tha Church of the Natlvltj-. one or the oldest churches ln New- York City. Of late Jears he had been feeble. So far as known Father Everett had but ono reritlve living. Horace Everett of IhU-adelphl-i, now ln Pasadena. Cal. The funeral was held on Tuesday at 10 o'clock. The Reverend Father Michael 15-ille- nf Vpielmrir w.is celehrant of a sol- 1 rmn requiem mass. The Right Reverend ered a funeral oration, and Archbishop Corrlgan gave benedlctlem. The burial was made at Calvary Cemetery. BLOOD POISON. A Trial Treatment Sent Free to All Who Suffer From Any Stage of the Disease. Cures Cases That Hot Springs and All Other Treatments Failed to Even Help. There has been discovered by th State Medical Ir Unite. nZ r.lektrun Bldg. Fort Wayne. Ind . the most remarkatle siyphilli cure aver heard of. It has cured all such Indications a mocou p itchfs In the mouth, sore throat, copper-colored . K. ROBINFO.Y. M. D CM. MMIeal Olrectcr. pots, charnrft-. ulceration on trw bndy. od la; hurtJrM of fiw whr the half and ybroir i natf raiim out. aifi in- wnoie exin wa a roan or loll, punr and ulcers, thl wontWful peclflst ta rurrpiMfly tUanctM the whole body Into a ci-an. r'r'T- "wiiu'iB ot piiyEicu nvaii Kvrv railroal runnlne Into Fbrt Wayne brlnr f.corfs, of uffe'ers frkin- thU new an! narl oux cur, ami to nfchl ihoie who cannot traTal to realize what a truly manrlous work the laatl-ict- ! accompllhlnc they will arirf frw to arrr aulTerer a freo trial treatment so that erery oo can cure themselves In the privacy of their ow 1 ome. Thli is the onlv known cure (or aarnbiUa Do not hesitate to write at once and t tn ill" X Wmmr-K W WMmwfws -vJy ufammmmmBirmmmmjk7l v ItsV' 11 t -- i uiA u v Kui acsutru a PM-u I wi