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In n.Philadelphia Toy and-Fire works Establlsltunent. THRU BODIES RECOVERED FROM TITO RUINS, iAND TnnEB PERSONS ARK UIS8IMO ? THH I FinEWAS ST'ARTIiD BY AN EX PLOSION OF FIRE WORKS AND SPREAD TOO RAPIDrA* TO BE v' ' jrASTEUED UY TIIE FIREMEN. V , ''BOMB NARROWESCABES-LOSS, wa.ooo. /PHIL ADE WHIA,, Pa? May It.? : Three'persona aro'ltnown to have lout ' their lives and it In, feared that otht>r? may havo porlshed, In a flre wb.ich ^.originated ih'the wholesale tor and Are works establishment of McCiidden . brothers, 619 Market aCred, about ll if' o'clock to-day. The killed are: Miss Caldwell* type writer. for McCaddsn Brothers; "vVllllam McCndden, a brother of the members of the'flrmj Michael Qtilnn* an employe. Three other persons are missing, the engineer,' the flrcmant and a porter. ^ There were about <ine hundred per* . cons employed in the McCadden store, and nearly ull managed "to make their ip. escape before the llaaies reached the jsj upper lloors. The tluree bodies were '?? found on the second lloor of the burned structure. On account' of the inflam . mablo nature, of tho contents the.big air story structure was a mass of flameb in less than hair an hour. The : . fire spread quickly to the building, on the cast occupied toy the Reading Hard s'; wane Company and the big building on the west occupied Jointly by the Na ?? ..tionml Wall Paper Company and the Bralnerd and Armstrong Spool Silk Co. ' 'The ftre department sunt In four alarms nnd in about an h?ou'r the lire i was gotten under control. Ther. Mc , Cadden building was comjpletely de stroyed and the other two were badly damaged. The'entlre'stoclC of the wo,11 paper company and Bralnerd and Arm strong Spool Silk Company is rendered Worthless by Bmoke and water. The damage to the stock of the- Reading Hardware Company is nominal, but the loss of the building amounts'to about v $50,000. ' 'The flre originated on the second floor of the McCadden Brothers build ing. The flames leaped- quickly to^the upper floors* cutting off the escape of the employes in the upper portion of the building In less than five minutes. Ther was a wild rush for the elevator and stairways and It is thought that not more than six persons at the outside . and possibly only the three whose bod ? ies have already been recovered lost I their lives. The total loss will reach about 5500,000, well covered by lnsur tt'rice. - A SLICK SCHEME Of a Charleston Lawyer, Showing How to Defraud the State-A Singular Clr nl?r-"riie Virginia Security Com pawy," Charleston Gazette: Considerable in terest has been aroused In the doings, or rather misdoings, of one E. L. Squire, the so-called charter attorney, whose practice, so far as can be ascertained is .the practice of beating the state out of $40 every 'time he obtains a charter, which Is every chance he gets. It will not be unlnlere?tlng then, to take a glance at the methods adopted by this man In -his operations preliminary to fleecing the state. Squire operates as the secretary of "The Virginia Security Company," a corporation which appears to have its principal ofllce in the secretary's capa cious pockets. Squire is a small man, but if permitted to continue his depre dations upon the state at the rate he has 'been doing for the past-six months, Jt wouldn't take him long to have the en tire earth in his pockets. But to return Tolthe "Virginia Security Company,", Its whereabouts and origin may be n-mys tery, but that.it Is in a state of perni cious activity no one can doubt. . Herp is a sample advertisement ap pearing in one of the' metropolitan dailies: -{"Start'-new year <by incorporating; charter $5; taxes $10; no liability; no meetings; we furnish signers, saving you $40; shares sold. Virginia Security pb., Charleston, W. Va." ?'/That is all. The advertisement begins with some now year advice. "Incorpo rate," it don't say what; it really don't make any difference; air is cheap, incor . porate that; the Virginia Security Com pany sells the shares. The main point la to "incorporates." The result of an<id. o\thl? sort is gen erally Immediate. TheNicpommodatlng secretary receive* letters from people anxious -to "Incorporate," falling over themselves In a wild, riotous desire to "Incorporate." In his voluminous cor respondence, the secretary sometimes receives letters from densely honest and gloriously guileless people asking him: "Incorporate what? In the name of heaven, Mr. Secretary, what are we to 'incorporate?'" Then the secretary sends them a little circular, signed by the "cornpany," and often accompanied by a letter which Is in his own handwriting?6uch a letter as happens at present t<? be in the posses sion of the Gazette. This circular ia a masterpiece In its way. "Tho expenses of obtaining a char ter," it says, "through this company are less than if you applied for ft yourself. .We save you $40 a year afterwards, by furnishing five residents of West Vir ginia to apply for the charter under the head of Domestic Corporations. A for eign corporation pays a license tax of $50 a year, but a domestio corporation only pays $10 a year. If you apply for a charter yourself you will puy $50 a year. Even if you claim Charleston as your principal place of business it has been decided' that, being non-resident incor porators, you fail under the head of for eign corporations. Be on the safe side and let us do right(1) "We furnish flve business men here who sign the application for charter, pay for the charter nndjlcense, hold tho flrst meeting as Incorporators and then Blgn transfers of the shares in blank. We adjourn to our ofllce, where you nnd your associates holding tho assignments of the corporators' shares, can hold a meeting and elect directors and olllcers. >Ve sign a record of our meeting and send It to you all complete." The document then goes on to say, 'For your services and the services of the incorporators we only charge a very I small fee." I The following Is tngonlous: "Tho laws or West Virginia, although liberal, aro dignified and explicit, and companies of i the highest grade, as well as companies of a speculative nature, aro being form ed by us from north, south, cost and west." The covert suggestion in these words ' the reader may discover at his leisure, j ?inirther ondown occurs the following re- 1 nrnrkable statement: "You do not have to pay in any capital ' ot nil at time of organizing. We organ- i ize for you and after you get the clwrter you can," etc., do most anything you Plense ,and "as compared with the pecu liarities of other Btatea you will bo Pleased to know that: 1 - "Xrii don't haw to keep any books or | papers In Charleston"?your" principal place of business 1. VYou "don't bare to pay any money be fore commencing business'.'?excepiithe "attorney's" fee. ? ? "You don't have ony personal liability" 1 thoiigh you may have.' a capital of $5,000,000, and be handling; n&t money of a. thourand ihnocenVhard working, gullible people. "If you have o copy of Weet Virginia corporation laws, don't be misled b>the clalma stating that corporatlona.can not buy undsell real estate, stock and bonda wltt/out special permission. Wo jput thoae privilege* In your charter bo as to coVerthat point." In view of the recent experience of Peter Sanchez, of New Orleans, with o/no of Squire's companies, the following 'extract from this circular la significant: "There are several different ways al lowed for laaulng stock. State to us In confidence Just what object you want to accomplish, anxl how you want to make your money out of the shares, and wo will tell'you Just how to proceed.it One way to make money out of scares la to give them away ua -the company referred to, did, and charge fifty cents per tranofer on a block of ten shares. Accompanying the circular Is a blank form instructing the caahler of .some bank'topuy toE. L. Squire $27 AO on tho receipt of certain papers, namely, charJ ter, treasurer's receipt, receipt of E. L. Squire for service#, Ave transfers of stock In duplicate, one copy of record of meeting.' Of the amount enclosed, $10 Is for license tax, $6 Is for the charter, $10 for Squire. "The remaining $1 10 la for your services and postage"?the postage presumably being ten cents, the*"'ser vices," $1. The form concludes by as suring the cashier that he Is "In no man ner responsible for the character and validity of said papers." Accompanying the particular circular and form from which the above extracts are made, la a personal letter from Squire. It la written on the stationary of the "Virginia Security Company,"and Is signed "E. L. Squire, secretary." This letter, after stating tho Inexperi ences of obtaining a charter froim poor old West Virginia, concludes thus: "All you have to do Is to send us the information; the name of company and of capital stock you want privilege to Issue, size of each share. "What privi leges you want put In your charter. "We do the rest." A? throwing some further light on t/he methods uf'E. L. Squire, the charter at torney, the following communication will ?prove Interesting: "In-yesterday's issue of the Gazette appeared a letter from the attorney gen eral, E. P. Rucker, In which some very strong language appears with regard to a certain corporation chartered under t'ho laws of this state. I bdng one of the incorporators of the same I desire to make the following explanation: "Shortly before the granting of the charter referred to. I entered Mr. A. Burlew's office and there found E, L. LORD SALISBURY, PREMIER. He is Determined' to Stay at the Helm: Until Gladstone and the Queen Depart. LONDON, May 9.?Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, Lord' Salisbury, has made a resolve. It Iff that he will stay iiu ofllce as premier until Gladstone shall die or recover. "With the queen falling and- Gladstone at the verge of death the old statesman will hang on until matters shape themselves. Lord Salisbury was born In 1830. Ho was educated at Eton and Oxford. He Squire and perhaps some other persons and was by said Squire srhowi* *he ap plication for a charter for the "Alaska Mining Developing and Investment Co.," and being shown that four of the Ave names requisite to make an1 application had been secured, and being assured by Squire that If I would sign as the fifth member that It would cost me nothing, and seeing, also, that by the terms of agreement I could not be made liable for anything I consented to sign the appli cation, and dldjSo with no Intention of wronging anyone, believing that It was in every way a 'legitimate enterprise. And I further Btato that I had no knowl edge of any design on the part of the corporators to defraud any one. And If it <s so being used it is without my knowledge or consent "As I have stated, I signed the appli cation for chartcr for the reason only that I was solicited to do so In order to make up the required nurrJber of appli cants, without the payment on my part of a cent. I did not 'lend' my najnc for the purpose of defrauding either the state or any individual, and have not knowingly or purposely assisted. In fur thering any 'unprincipled transaction.' I am known by the citizens of this'city and county, and in view of my business interests and knowing that the strong terms of the attorney general's letter over-Illustrate any Intention or purpose of mine at any time, and in Justice to myself, I make this explanation. "Respectfully, . "A. T. CABELL." According to Squire's circular lie usu ally pays the "Incorporators," but in the case of Mr. Cabell, he seems to havo simply Imposed on good nature, or per haps the circular lied. THE Cuba* question and political is sues sink Into Insignificance with tho man who Buffers from piles. What he most desires, Is relief, PeWItt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles. Charles R. Goetze, Market and Twelfth streets; Chatham Sinclair, Forty-sixth and Jn con streets; A. IB. Schcchle, No. G07 Main street; Exley Bros., Pann and Jfiano street#; Bowlo & Co., Bridgeport 2 OAQTOIIIA. ilpaiut /'jfi, Ji!!5L ' WEST VIRGINIA CROPS, lUport ? t Thrlr Condition for thp U'trk . feuding Mmy 0, by th? tnited >(?!?? .;'a?parta?nt of A?rleuU?rr. PAJIKERBBURO/ W. Va., May 11 ? Following Is* tbe'report of the United States department of agriculture on the condition of the crops of Welt Virginia for the week ending May 9: The week opened with much warmer weather. High mid-day temperature#, with .abundant sunshine prevailed until Thursday. Cloudiness with showers and moder ate ruins, and much colder weather prevailed*the 'remainder of. the week. As a whole the conditions wero ths most favorable since the opening of tho season. , . , The warm and dry weather during the first half of tpe week permitted a rapid advance In the progress of farm work and corn planting. The latter half of the week all farm work wai stopped by wet, cold leather. Wheat advanced rapidly In growth and Is gen erally looking tine. Oats are coming up well, and have Improved greatly in appearance. Grass is growing fast and la rapidly recovering from the effects of the past cold weather. Potatoes are coming up well. Gardens are still back Com planting advanced rapidly over the eastern and western sections, but slowly over tho northern. The first planted Is coming up well. Meadows and pastures are Improved;. Fruit re ports continued variable, owing to lo cality, but It Is certain that tho early fruits will run short In yield. Straw berries, as far as reported, promise an abundant yield. Upshur?Very favorable. Corn most ly planted and potatoes coming up. Grass short, owing to weather. Oats showing well. Wheat remarkably line. Gardens poor. Fruit almost all killed. Calhoun?Most favorable week yet Vegetation developing rapidly. Corn coming up nlccly. Corn, planting push ed. Grass and wheat made, good growth. Oats coming up even and pro mise well. Promise of few peaches, small fruits and.appleV Wood?Fair and fine. Wheat looking fine. Plowing nearly done. Corn being planted; potatoes coming up. Grass looking fine. Oats coming up strong. Meadows thick, but short Early fruit killed; Jialf crop late. Jackson?Good growing weather, then cold ralnp. Wheat looking Well and grass and clover Improved. Corn plant ln'g.'belng retarded. Fruit more promis ing. Mason?Warm, then wet and cold. Grass and oats looking well. Wheat do ing fine.- Corn partly planted. Pastures Improved. Fruit prospect poor. Pota toes coming up. Big crop of strawber ries in prospect Wirt?Showery. Wheat and grass entered parliament in 1S53 and -went to India shortly after. On his return he Identified himself with the Conservative party, and In 18S5 became prime minis ter. He was succeeded In 1892 by Glad stone. In 1S95, on the defeat of the Rosebery party, he again became pre mier. He Is of distinguished family, and his wife is Identified with most of the charities of England, _ growing nicely. Onions and potatoes growing well. Corn planting In full progress. Apples, plums and peaches light crop. Putnam?Dry. then showery and cool. "Wheat and grass look fine. Corn plant ing is about over with. Gardens ad vancing slowly. Early potatoes frost bitten last week, most of the fruit kill ed. Kanawha?"Wheat continues to look fine; grass Is growing fast; corn plant ing progressing fnst as weather per mits; onta look well; gardens in good condition. McDowell?Everything growing fine ly until Thursday. Wyoming?Fine weather. Vegetation making good progress. Wheat and. rye are doing fine. Meadows and pastures looking well. Oats not ns large as should be. Corn planting bejng pushed. Fruit crops seem certain. Cabell?Wheat looks fine; grass good; oats getting nlong well; planting corn well advanced; small crop of fruit. Jefferson?Warmer, with" few light showers. Wheat and grnss looking well Corn being planted rapidly. Early gar dens mado. Fruit not so badly damag ed as thought. Berkeley?Warm, then cool nnij show ery. Wheat and grass doing fine. Good deal of corn planted. Gardens back ward. Peaches, apples and pours more promising. Morgan?Warm, then cold and rainy. Corn being planted, first planting up. Grass and wheat growing well. Fruit prospect still hopeful. Farm work re tarded some. Hard Warmer, with showers. Veg etation has made fino growth. Early planted corn Is coming up nicely, but much of crop to bo planted yet. Grant?Very favorable, Corn will bo planted next week,'many late owing to wet weather. * Very little apple bloom. Cherries look well. Everything looking nicely, ? . % 1 ? r Preston?Grass beginning to grow finely. Wheat looking well. Oats about in. Potatoes mostly planted. :No corn planted yet, plowing well up. Good proHpects for fruit. Stock mostly out. Pastures look well. Harbour?Warm, thon"showery. Good growing weather. Oats all up and look ing fino. Meadows and pastures doing line. Potatoes coming up, I^rult looking better. Corn Is belnr planted, atopped by rain. Taylor?'Wheat made good growth and (rata abort. Gardens coming on fltie. Oatf looking wall, gvrmlnatlng nicely. Some corn planted. Apple crop light; peaches and plums unhurt In places. Harrison?Fine weather on growing crops. Wheat and. tardea true* doing well. Meadows forward. Corn mojtlf planted. Marlon?Weather good. Wheat, oata and grass doing well Fruit coming out beyond expectation. Doddridge?Warm, then showery and cooler. Wheat, grass and oats looking well. Corn planting In full blast; stop ped br rain. Stock doing well on grass. Prospects Indicate scarcity of fruit. Brooke?Dry, then wot. Com planting In full operation. Oata up, need sun ahlnt. Wheat thin, but growing. Pota toes rotting some. Fruit fair. Tyler?Favorable weather, Whcat and oils doing well. Most of corn planted. Garden stuff backward. Work well up. Itoane?The first of week dry, warm and windy, excellent to burn oft nour ground; last cool lind wet. nitohlo?Corn planting retarded some by rain, but most done. Wheat looks fine. Meadows and pastures looking well. On highlands will be considerable of fruit. CINCINNATI MAY MUSIC FESTIVAL Ml" Alaclutjrra'a Amerlcnu l)rbn(-Nlno I DlMlngnlelied flololati. The Thirteenth May Music Feitlval In Cincinnati, May 24, 25, 28, 27 and 23, will be remarkable, among other things, tor the array of eololsts. Every one has been chosen with reference to his or her fitness for the parts to be sustained. MISS MARGUERITE MACINTYRE, The principal soprano,comes from Eng land to America Just as Edward Lloyd did six years ago, for the first time and expressly to sing at the Cincinnati May Music Festival. Few singers succeed equally well in oratorio and opera. Aside from Lilll Lehmann, this young Scotch woman Is almost tho only ex ception. While she has taken part most successfully in nearly all tho great English festivals, she has sung in opera in most of the European coun tries, being the only English singer who has appeared with success at La Scala, Milan. She is such a favorite In Russia that she spent the whole of last winter there, dividing her time between St. Petersburg and Moscow. She has sung with the De*Reszke? at Covent Garden for several seasons, holding at the same time the position of leading soprano in all the principal concert work In England. Some of her most conspicuous successes have been at tained In oratorio singing. She created the soprano part in Mackenzie's "Dream of Jubal," Dr. Parry's "St. Ce cilia's Day," and Dr. Stanford's "Ed en," and was selected to sing the lead ing soprano parts at the queen's Jubi lee last year. Miss Macintyre will sing at four of the Ave concerts and also at one of the two matinees. MR. BEN DAVIES. This eminent English tenor will be thrice welcome on the occasion of his third appearance as a May Festival so loist, he baring sung here In 1894 and 1896. Mr. Davies also comes to Ameri ca expressly Co sing at the May Festi val, lie being the one tenor best suited for the selected music. His powerful and attractive voice is well remembered and he will be heard here again with genuine pleasure. During his absence Mr. Davies has been singing in concert and oratorio constantly, with much suc cess, and he never was in better voice than at the present time. Mr. Davies will sing at four concerts and one mat inee. His rendering of the Handel aria, "Watt Her, Angels,'7 at the. Eleventh Festival, made such an Impression thac he will sing it thisi year again. His opportunities for use and display of his splendid voice will be more numerous and greater nt this Festival than at any of the others, which will he wel come news to his many admirers here. MR. DAVID BISPHAM. The principal bass and baritone parts will be taken by .Mr. David Bispham, a newcomer to May Festivals. Mr. Bis pham is an American. He is best known as the popular baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York, but his forte is pre-eminently concert and oratorio einglng. He is recognized as the greatest of baritones, and his services have been in constant deman in New York this season. As a singer he is remarkable for rich, sym pathetic voice, perfect enunciation, and magnificent phrasing. Mr. Bispham has a refined and engaging personality and a high conception of what oratorio singing should be. His flexible voice, clear-cut execution, and excellent enun ciation will be given abundant oppor tunity for display at the Festival, as he also sings ut four evening concerts and at one matinee. Mr. Bispham is sure to be a favorite with Festival audiences, as he Is certainly a singer suited to the occasion. MRS. CORINNE MOORE LAWSON. This Cincinnati lady, whom Festival audiences delight to honor, has had the reputation she enjoyed at home, of sweet and finished vocalist, confirmed l>y the Judgment of New York concert goers, in which city she has spent the winter and sung\many times. Mrs. Lawson will sustain the principal so prano part in "Paradise and the Perl," and, to the gratification of her admirers, will sing more frequently than at any previous Festival, in several of which she has assisted. MISS GERTRUDE MAY STEIN. Contralto parts ilso will be sustained by Miss Gertrude May Stein, whose voice is wondorfully sympathetic and well trained. It has more of a mezzo soprano quality, perhaps, than a con tralto, and is exactly suited to the se lections made for her at the Festival. The confidence in her ability is shown by her assignment to the great contral to part in Grieg's Olaf Trygvasson, to bo sung at tho Festival for tho first time in Cincinnati. She will sing at three evening concerts and one matinee. MISS HELEN WRIGHT. This lady ranks as tho leading so prano In Boston, a city , whence have come eomo of the be3t May Festival so loists of past rears. Her musical edu cation has been of a thoroughly broad and exacting nature, She has a mag nificent voice, and perfect enunciation. In "Paradise and The Peri," eho has a part especially suited to her, and in which she will acquit herself to the great pleasure of her auditors. MRS. JOSEPHINE S. JACOBY. Mrs. Jacoby's powerful voice is pure contralto in quality and timbre, and she possesses tho dramntlo fibre which Is so rare, and also tho lyric qual ity which has mado her so popular In all symphony concorts in tho east, nnd also In Cincinnati and Chicago. For a number of yearn she has boon the con enness !At?oIutcly and permanently cured in 9 days Jby a new scientific and Invigorating treat ancnt. No publicity?no injections ?no (restraint. Can be given secretly. No "free treatment1n 8ch?nc. JfieCiESLSJi""* R. A. OUNN. M J>., 41 Cast 2lst StrceJ, New York Ctty^ GENERAL* JOSEPH WHEELER. The President Has Given Him an Opp ortonlty to Try Army Life Acair_n. Is to Re-earn His Title of "Flghtlns Joe" In Cuba. Congressman Joseph Wheeler, of Ala bama, is to try arpiy life In Cuba. . He told) MfcKinley that he would like to re sign his seat and go to the front, and the President told him to do so at once. No Confederate but remembers Fight ing Joe In the civil war. He was a per sonal friend of the officers of the Con federacy and fought for the south with ferocity and abandon. He has, Mr*i the rebellion, served his state la Waik; Ington and has proved himself as aKt In peace as In war. "Are you ready to go to the fronts asked a man of "Fighting Joe" Whetii , er the first day that shots were ?? changed. "Yes, this minute," said th* congressman. tralto of the great Temple Emnnu-El at New York, the leading contralto po flltlon in any congregation in the coun try. She -will be heard frequently, as ?he sings not only In the Mass and "Paradise and The Peri," but has an aria at one of the afternoon concerts also. 4 \ , ' MR. GEORGE HAMLIN. This gentleman, who' sang at the Twelfth Festival, has sung with contin ued success during the past Reason, and will return here with added laurels. Mr. Hamlin's voice is a pure tenor of charming quality. He sings with taste, and is wholly trustworthy. MR. JOSEPH S. BAERN6TEIN. A newcomer to May Festivals in Cin cinnati is Mr. Joseph 8. Baernsteln, the bass singer. Mr. Baernsteln has a mati ly, musical, vlbmnt voice, directed by strong Intelligence and used with fin ished artistic discretion. His appear ances at the Festival will be frequent, as he has parts in no less than four concerts. CHORUS AND .ORCHESTRA. The Chorus will be the great feature of the Festival. The established May Festival Chorus has been trained by Mr. E. "W. Glover, and will be aug mented by the Apollo Club under the direction of Mr. B. W. Foley. The Chor us never has been so good as it is this year. The Orchestra will be the The odore Thomas Orchestra, being the magnificent-body which has been so successful thlB year wherever it has given concerts. It 19 confidently ?? pected that ? the Thirteenth Cincinnati May Music Festival will be the mctf perfect of -the series. The Music Festival Association hit issued an eight-page pamphlet, eon* talning portraits of all the nrtlsts, dla. grams of Music Hall, programmes la detail and all other information. Oopl?i may be had free by applying at mtnlo istores or by writing to the C. M. P. A, 502 The Pike Building, Cincinnati, 0. THE sales of Cook's Imperial Cham pagne exceeds all the native wine* puf together. Wry? It's the beat. Relief In llx Ho or*. Distressing Kidney and Bladder dli ease relieved In six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It Is a great surprise on account of Its exceed-' ing promptness In relieving pain in blad.' der, kidneys and back. In male or fe-!. male. Relieves retention of water, al-' most immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this Is the remedy. Soli by R. H. List, druggist Wheeling TV; Vq. _ ilka ONE MINUTE is not Ion?, yet relief' is obtained in half that time by the us* of One Minute Cough Cure. It pre vents consumption and quickly curei colds, croup, bronchitis, pneumonia. U grippe and all throat and lung trouble* Charles R. Goetze, Market and Twelfti' streets; Chatham Sinclair, Forty-sixth, and Jacob streets; A. E. Scheehle, Nx 607 Main street; Exley Bros., Penn lii Zane streets; Bowie & Co., Bridgeport. 5 m I M? t ? * ?> ' ? ? The magnificent vict&ry that attended our navy at Manila, the valor of our sailor boys, the heroism that surpasses the brave days of old, has agitated with patriotic enthusiasm the great popular heart, and has tremendously and laudably increased desire to know as much as possible about our Navy, our Army, our fortifications, and the military resources of the nation. This ambition is being gratified by our beautiful portfolio publica tion, "UN,CLE SAM'S NAVY," No.7, which appears iW.ednes day, May 11. and contains: Firing Tubes of the Vesuvius. ' x A Four-Inch Rifle, Side View A Four-Inch Rifle, Breech View. A Four-Inch Rifle, Showing Recoil Cylinder. Rifling a Thirtcen-Inch Gun. . A Driggs-Schroeder Rapid-Fire Gun. . A Maxim Automatic Gun. A Saluting Battery at Washington Navy Yard. Ship-House and Torpedo Boat, [Washington .Yard. A Hospital Cot on the Helena. Breech Mechanism Shop, Washington Arsenal The Lehigh at League Island. The New York, now Called the Harvard The Paris, now Called tlie Yale. 1 Protected Cruiser Olymo'" Gunboat Wilmington. ^ :[? ?js TERMS OF DISTRIBUTION. ?* Every reader of the Intellgencer is entitled to participate in this distributionof Uncle Sam's Navy Portfolios. Bring or send to the Intelligencer Portfolio Department 10 cents in silver, together with an order cut from the Inteligencer, which will be found in another column of this paper, and you will receive Portfolio No. 7, containing 16 Photographic Reproductions, 11x13 inches in size, of the several ships of Uncle Sam's Navy. It will be impossible to obtain these pictures from any other source, hence the value is beyond estimate. No such opportunity was ever offered. Address all mail to the Intelligencer Portfolio Department, Wheling, W. Va. Favor vour friends who may not be regular readers of the Intelligencer by informing them of the particulars of this unrivaled distribution Ml Buck Numbors of Portfolios Con Still be Secured at 10 C?n Each, and it By Mail Add 2 Cents Each for Postage. + + ^ ITbo front remedy for nervoos pro#tr?t1on ?f seneraUT# organ* of cltUor **x. such *? Norton* \Tfoibrtl ly* orlxyiNiuiUooO, Impotonor.NtiiliUy taCJ lUntaj Worry. oxctuUo ujo of Tobacco orTjnlun. MwpUonandlnwnUy. Withprorjorftf wa *? Tar ? 1. K- Trrm o ~ ?Or ^OTT*" CIMUtI ICAIjCO..' MlQ bjr Will a. Dlotoon'a McLui* Houaa Pharmacy. 101