"CORRECT DRESS FOR MEN AND BOYS."
It must be a relief to newspaper readers to find one firm
advertising good clothing instead of cheap.
We started in business to fill a long-felt want in Richmond?
to have on sale the good and the bestof everything, at moderate
prices. We won't sell any merchandise where quality is sacrificed
to produce cheripness.
Our $25 Suits and Overcoats equal those made to order for
Forty Doliars.
Our $7.50 Suits and Overcoats are warranted to give entire
satisfaction.
Entire
E. Main
Opposit^Postoffice.
ALL ARE READY
FOR THE FRAY
Democrats and Republicans Put in
Hard Day's Work,
CHAiRMAM GORjOa'S ADDRESS.
HeAppeals u> Uie Voters to Support
tho Straight Ticket ou Tues?
day?Live Campaign
Notes.
The Democrats of Richmond did a great
deal of work yesterday looking to ihe get
ir.g out of a full vo:e on Tuesday.
The Executive Committee cf the City
fDemocratic Commif.ee htld a meeting in
the ofiice of Chairman Gordon anu ar
ranged lhe hnal deiatls for Uie work on
eieciion day.
Chiirman Gordon yesterday issue the
foUowir-g appeai to the voters of the city:
To the Voters of the City of Richmond: I
In several days a great political contest
?will end, ano a government, which has
ever prided itself upon being jus., will i
again be submitted to the consent of tiie
governed. Happiiy. no member of either |
great party has yet denied the wisdom of i
this frequent recurrence to the souree of j
civil auihority, as to ihe United States j
proper. In the light of rc-cent eveiv.s, it is
not pertinent to ask how shail this tiuie
honored principie go unchadenged, and
how soon will it be until the balance of
power, even ln our own country, will be
held against the "consent ol" the governed.
or by a consent extorted under duress of
one form or another?
But, in spite 01 broad hints at whole?
sale discbarges and predictions of national
disaster, every man still has the right tp
express his personal eonvietions, and the
exercise of this right is not only a privi?
lege, but a duty. No citizen is justilied in
repudiating tha; obligation, uu?ess he is
too weak to have eonvietions. Doubt is
not a sulficient excuse for any man who
has the inteiiect to decide.
(From time immemorial ihe right of suf?
frage has been exercised through the me?
dium of party organizations, based on the
principie of representation. Such organi?
zations are composite in their character,
and it Is unreason thle that any man should
expect to lind all of his individual fea
tures in the resultiag policles. It is for
him to choose the party which has repro
duced most of his own likenesses. The his?
tory of pure democracies is a colossal
monument of failure. ln a republican
government, the less must bow to the
greiit, and the principie is just as essential
within the parties as between the parties.
It is passing strange that many who ap
plaud submission to the majority in mat?
ters sociai, rellgious and nnancial, should
deny its wiedorri ln polltics. If there is
anything stranger and more inconsisient,
it is the attitude of those who, having ac?
cepted honorable office at tiie hands of a
political organization. seem to consider it
almost an insult wh< n they are requasted
to merely shout a word of encouragement
to other candidates of the party wlio are
etrugglins outside of the bomb-prbof:
DO THE BE3T YOU CAN.
But some will say, none of the parties
c-uit u=; ana -what must we do? Wc an?
swer at once. as we bave already Inti
matea, co the best you can. The man who
tits in sublhnatcd criticism on ali candl
da.:es and al! platforms is apt to be more
cf a cavalier than a patrlot ihere are
now seveh national tickets before the peo?
ple. with policles ranging from soclalism
to plutocracy, and with candidates hinug
the gan between McKinley ar.d Btyan
Roo'sevelt and Stevensom He mustbe an
individu.ili.-i. Indeed. v.h0 cannot find on
tNc -0-~ pathway a spot of ground clean
enough for his feet or a candidate worthy
of hi* company. Fellow-cltizens. for one
dav let the harmiess partrlfiges, and squir
rels and old hares enjoy their natiye free.
dom- and. on the Ch of November, direct
your ammunition against some political
evil and in favor of some civil good.
Even wild ducks can saftly and properly
be let alonel
We make this a-ppeal for attendance at
"he p"> - irrespt ----- of pariy lines, not
bocau3o"**'e are non-par4lsan, but we
? ii ,- .. ? is to '-i ? decided
reax.2
betwt
tion wil
that thi
dates shou.d preva .
., that aa honest.
in dated 4a-v
d investtga
conWnce every pairlot-j pJtizeh
Democratic poBcies and caaalr
Even those ciiizeas
who f-rA some-hng in each puro" *P. con
danm, shou'jrt make -a choice ot evi.s, anu
not allow the *bo4y pollUc to suifer we
ra*vag?s of a fatal ma'ady hecausc. per
ahan-cc, it is menaced by a tooth-ache.
From the foundlng of our nation two
priac:p'.<:>: of govcrnment have .strusged
for the must-ery- A'lexar.der Hami.t-r.n
-Qbvored a labera.1 construntion of -the- Con
h-tvtur.wn. Che aiiii'ci.i.! -*"E*v*is}bh of Boetety
into classes of h*gh and iow decree. and a
titled nohUity. He saw ia -the- great mass
of the pV-ii peop/e a dattger. narther Uian
a bulwark. to the State. His prefere ice
?for-nrJstocTa-tic tdeais, toosoon caused him
to forget the strasfflfi th.it the- colonies
"had just w-uged against the principles of
?the E-r-.-r'.'sh throne. He wished to mou"d
the new govcrnment in 'the o'.d pattern
and create a priv-.k-ged class, from- whose
bounty the h'.es-s'-igs of civiiization ahould
flesetr.d to all below.
Opposed to th s system was that of
Tho-mas Jefferson. -who favored- a rigld
edherenoe to the Consvitution and the
pr"T?c;p"es detjitrevl in th:- Dec'aration cf
Independenoe, tho eoua'Ity of al! men b?
forre 'the iaw? and Che con=entt of ths gov
ern*d as the ori'y pr*>->er toa-sls for the vx
trtffto of civil authorlty. Jefferson con
tend?-d that the ind'v'du-il e't'zen was the
uaH, of poltU-ca.1 ppwpr. -and that the State
?would he oontentaS a-rid1 prosperous Just
fci iproportloa as hl-o rights w?re respected.
The prtnciple* of Jefferson prei-ailed. and
have be?t pe<rpetunted by the Democratic
?paairy. The Repub'iican party itself haa
j*?t hcreooforc dcohsd thean ln th* letter.
a!Ithough it has frequently violated them
in spirit.
HAMILTON AND JEFFERSON.
The theories of H.imilton and Jefferson !
aro again squareCy at Issue in .Uie present '
campaign. The Democratic T_arty onco {
more uppeals w the Ccns-l.uUon of the ;
Un.ted States and the Declaration of ln- j
depend.mee, and calls upon every man j
who beiieves in th.se immortal d-o-cuments
to riso in their defense. lf the priac-jples j
which they enunciate were -worth the j
blood of patriots In 1-7G. are they not
worth the dollars of partibts _p 1900? Ani
even eonceding that Messrs. Carnegie, !
l-_-.l:e."e_.er & Co. ha\ _ full dlnirier.paiis. j
is net that question a suff clent argument ,
for all who bettove that those principles ,
tl-.ould be _______ita_ned? Of course, we do j
not expect, or ask for the vote of any man
in the city of Richmond who honestly be?
iieves 'that thc po_cy of the adm nistra
tion is in aeeordan'._e with the Constitu
tiort, but, before 'he arrives at that con
clusi'on, we havo the right to ask that
he give that instrument aa Intelligent
reading. ln faet, it wouid -not be amiss
if all of us would take time to read the ;
Constitution and Declaration carefully be- j
forc we go to the polls on the Gth instant.
Perhaps we -wouid find^some articles of |
our national fsilrh 'to which we have paid I
too 'little attfention in recent years.
The Republican party seems to thlnk ,
tha-t the doctrine of equallty before the |
law has been fu-iy satisfied when every j
man receives like treatment from the i
judicial branch of the government. This !
is not a correc: view. The. princip-e is
much broader. lt 4n.vol.yes liot only the ;
law in ils rcstrlcted sen.e aa iidministered ;
in the cburfcs of justice, but c-rnbraces tha
entire exercise of civil auChonty vested ln '
all three depantm.nts of our government.
It is hardly an exaggeraited ostlmate to j
say. that legslation touthes the citizen (
ten thousand -tiines .more frequently
through the executive than it does through I
the jud.c'ary. This ls iforcibly fllustrated |
_h the impo-atlon and c_.Il eecion of taxes.
It is the rlL.it of every citizen, not only
to equ.iliiv before the law in the protec?
tion of life, Dberty and property. but also j
ln the enjoyniei-t of all the advantages |
which the government has to bestow. Tne
Democratic party contends for this larger
equalltv, w__oh is as firee from partiality
in tlie haais of, legislat-on us it ls m the
courts. The Republican party does not say
in so manv words tii.it etiuality sha.l not
extend beyond the judleiary, (but it does
worse. It 1. con&cantly ertacting some
laws and failing to execute others m
suc-h a manner as to make that equ___.-ty
im. o--ble. _
DEPARTED FROM CONSTITUTION.
The Republican party makes no serious
attempt to justify its depaitures from the
Constitution, or the inoonslstencles of the
present administration. Its first, last and
onlv arsument can be summed up m the
words of old Trapbols, as he closes his
bonv and covetous flngers over the coin,
exciaiming in tremulous apprehension ot
its escape, "Me gold, me darling gold."
And as_m we. say, if there is any man in
the city of Richmond who thinks that a
full diimer pail and a fat pocket book
(eonceding that both exist) are a sufficient
price for broken faith and national dis
Jionor, let him vote the Republican ticket,
but, before he reaches that conclusion, let
him -justify it before the bar of his con
sciencf. -
lt is c-oncedc-d by many Republican-Demo
crats and a respectable number of Demo
cratic-Republlcai-S, that trusts. the spirit
of cdriquest, the Philippine war. the treat?
ment of Porto Uico. increased taxation, and
a large standing army are al! great evils.
We iiavc attf-mpted to show that some
of them are fand__mental in their charac?
ter. affecting the very framework of the
government. No one believos that our in
stitutions are in imminent danger of col
lapse, but we have the highest authority
for saying, that "The beginning of strife
is as when one letteth out water." To
WHAT CAUstlS DKAI ...--.SS
The 1-incipal Cause is Ci*r___l., T>nt
Generall.v Orc'rl--.__.< d.
Many things may cause deafness, and
very often is difficult to trace a cause,
Serne people inherit deafness. Acute dis?
eases like scarlet fever sometimes cause
deafness. But by' far the most common
'cause of loss of hearing is catarrh of the
head and throat.
A prominent specialist on ear troubies
gives as his opinion that nine out of ten
cases of deafness is traced to throat
trouble; this is probably bvorstkted, but
lt is certaihly true that more than half
of ,ili cases of poor hearing v/ore caused
by catarrh.
Th. catarrhal _ecr etioh in :ho nose and
threat :is:_s :'-.-: way ;nto ;hc Eustachian
iub- ani by cloggipg it up ver. soon affeefs
the heating and the hardehin'g of the se
cretion makes the loss of hearing perma?
nent- unless the catarrh which caused
the trouble is cured.
Those who are hard of hearing may
think this a little far-fetched, but any or.e
at all observan: must have notlced how a
hard cold in the head wiil affect the hear?
ing and the catarrh, if long neglected,
wl.l certain!.. impair the sense of hearing
and ultimat.ly cause deafness.
lf the nose and throat are kept clear
and f:ve from the unhealthy secretions
of catarrh. the hearing wlll at once great?
ly improve and any one suffering from
deafness and catarrh can satisfy" them?
selves on this point by uslng a fifty cent
box of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets; a new
'catarrh cure. which in the past year has
won the approval of thousands of catarrh
sufferefs as well as physlcians, because :t
is in eonvenient form to use, contains no
cocaine or opiates and is safe and pieas?
ant for chljdren as for their elders.
Stuart's drat.-rh Tab'ets is a wholesime
combinaiion of Blood Roo:,_GuaIacol,'Eu
calyptol and similar antiseptics. and they
cure c3tarrh and catarrhal deafness by
action upon tbe blood and mucuous mem
brane of the nose and throat.
As one physician aptly expresses it:
"You do not have to draw upon the imag
?natlon to dlscover whether you are ge'
tlns benefit from Stuart'a Catarrh Tab?
lets: im!.ro-em.nt and relief are apparent
from the tirst tablet taksn.
All drugsists sell and re.omrn.nd them.
They cost but fifty cents for full sized
package and any catarrh sufferer who
has wasted time and money on sprays,'
salves and powders wlll appreclate to the
full the merit of Stuart'e Catarr . T _b
leU.
those who advocate the correc lon ?of these
evils at some indeiinite time in the futur*
we would say, that such a course b iHogl
cal and uhscientific in the extreme. *? hat
voutd an architect think of a man on
who deviated the perpendicular ln the
toundatlcn, hoping to correct his error at
he fifth story? And who does not know
that the best way to deal with an epidemic
is to preveht its appearance? There is
but one right way to treat evil, and that
is, to ccntest its lirst step.
ONLY ONE ARGUMENT.
There is only one argument advanced by
our opptnents against a prompt repudia
tion of the Republican policies?Mr. Bry?
an's views on the money question. That
thread-hare scarc-crow is fast losing its
last vestige of respe.ctability. In 1S96, it
barely served its purpose, and, no matter
what -may be the result of this election.
it will hardiy deceive those who intend to
use it in 1900. lt is pitiable to see men
who were in a frenzy of delight at the
success of Mr. Cleveland's tariff "policies;
now going Mr. Harrison and Mr. Reert one
better, ?nd upholding, either activeiy or
passively, not oniy the McKinley protee
tion tariff, but the Republican Porto Riean
tariff. It is almost inconceivable, that
men who have given their blood, their
money, and forty years of unremitting
toii, in protest against the violation of
the Constitution, should now be wiiling to
turn it over to its despoilers. It is useiess
for them to try and make Mr. Bryan the
scapegoat for such radical changes. They
do him too much honor when they give
him credit for controiiing the so'oer con
vietion of a lifetime. The whole truth
is. that the spirit of sordid commercial
ism is invading the South. and many,
who desire to go over to the Republican
party because of its class iegislation, are
using Mr. Bryan as an excuse fof trans
ferring their aliegiance. If the Republi?
can party is worthy of any confidence, it
can safely be trusted to cnact such finan
cial Iegislation in the next Congress, as
will allay the fears of the most timid;
laivs which Mr. Bryan has pledged him?
self to enforce. If it is unworthy of con?
fidence, it should be defeated. We have
no word of criticism for those who-have
?become convinced that Democratic princi?
ples, as we have defined them, are wrong,
and that Republican policies, as they are
openly manifeste-d, are right; but we do
not say,- that such a change of sentiment
de.rnands a frank disavowal of Democ?
racy, and an equally frank acceptance
of Republicanism.
Fellow citizens, if you love the sacred
institutions of the country, rebuke the
?party that is dragging them in the mire
nnd east your bal'ots for Bryan, Steven?
son and Lamb.
Now a word to all true Democrats. For
the next four years, our representation in
State and District Conventions will be
fbased on the vote that is east for Brvan
and Stevenson in this election. "We should
constantly strive to increase the number
of our delegates in those conventions, and
give to the c.Hy of Richmond the influence
to which it is entitied. The onlv way to
do this, is to get every Democratic voter
to the polls, and we appeal to vou to
put torth your whole strength.
Respectfully,
JAMES XV. GORDON.
Chairman, C. D. C.
STATE HEADQUARTERS
Chairman J. Taylor EHyson was busy at
headauartera yesterday winding up the
atialrs of the campaign, whieh practically
closed in the State last night. There were
a number of meeting scheduled for yes?
terday and last night, and speeches wiil be
made in the few counties to-morrow where
courts occur on that day. But the'dav will
be iargely ew6u up t0 getting ready for
pplllng a big vote on Tuesday and the giv?
ing of final Instructiohs to the lieute-a"ts
ol the several county and city chairmen
througnoot the State.
Chairman EHyson is confident of the
return of a solid delegation of Democratic
members to the next Congress. and of a
large Bryan and Stevenson majority in
the State. He said yesterday ihat, whiie
the vote might not be as large as that
polied ir. some other contests, he was
sure the- Democrats wouid not suffer by
the falling off, as it would apply to both
sides. He said the Republicans had been
active in several sections of the State,
but their activity had been confined to
spots. and was by no rneans general. He
was serene as a May morning over. the
outiook, and says the party will show un
all right.
FALSE RUMOR.
ln some manner or other. the source of
whieh is not known. rumor has gaihert
currency that the Wm. R. Trigg Company
has offered an mdu'cemeht to their em
pfoyes if they wouid east their baliot in
favor u? McKinley;
Mr. W. C. Prestoh. counsel for th**
Trigg Company. was seen regardihg th:
rumor yesterday. "I don't know how such
a rumor coiiid have guined currency
There is not a word of truth in it. On th
contrary, the ma.nagement of the Tr'g
Company desires everyone of its employe
. to be entirely free in his exercise of th
rSght of suffrage and no indueement o
influence of any kind has been or will b
exerted upon any man in their emp'-iy t
oast. 'his vote :h any manner whatsoever
"Th\^, I know, has been the policy o'
Mr. Trigg during the m-iny year- that h
has been an eiwpdbyer of labor. and no man
is more anxious than he that all of hts
employes shnu'.-rj be absoiufely free in the
exerb'se of th-:r right of siif'rase."
The W. R. Trigg Shipbuilding plant wiil
.close at 3 P. M. Tuesday in order that ali
the employes may have ample time to
vote.
CAMPAIGN NOTES.
"Captain Lamb vi^itid the works of the
XV. R. Trigtr Company yesterday an"
during the dinner hour made a speech
to the emplovees. One hundred or mor*
listened attentively and appeared deeply
interested in the issues of the canvass.
Captain Lamb dlscussd' the "full dinne
pail." showed why prosperity had com?
and who lt had reached, and said tha*
the trusts were absorbing all the bene
f.f therefrom. He referred to the ship
vards as ar, enternrise th-it nnd mme h
stav. nnd exnresSed the bflief that tho
battleshb Virginia would be built by th*
Trigg Company. v-'v;*, , t ? ,
There has been a good deal of bettim
ln Richmond on the result of the presi
dentlal election within the last few days
The wagers, as a rule, have not beer
large.
[ Those who are taking tho Bryan end
! are beoomlng bolder, and more Bryan !
j money could be found yesterday than at
i anv time since the campaign opened.
Mr. J. Haskins Hobson, v.ho has been
istumping the State for the Democrats. was I
in the ci:y yesterday. He has been up ;
in the Tenth District, and is fullv con- I
vinced that Mr. Flood will be elected to '
Congrcss. He says Mr. Flood's chances
havo wonderfully 'improved within the
last week or two.
Mr. Hobson has an appolntment to
speak at Emporia to-morrow.-, but it is
probable that hc will bc transferred to
Powhatan.
General Edgar Allan has issued his re
plv to the eircular on his record. gotten
out bv- the City Democratic Committee.
Thc City Electoral Board me; yesterday
afternoon and named several judges and
clerks to till vacancies caused by resig
nation.
Captain Lamb spoke at Qulnton, in New
Kent, last night. He w 1! make his last
speech of the canvass at Ettricks to-mor?
row night.
The Repubiicans will hold their final
meeting in this city on Oregon Hill to
morrow night. General Edgar Allan and
Mr. Hugh Gordon Miller will bo the
speakers.
On account of the ran, tho Repubiicans
did not hold their contemplattd big rally
at Gayton yesterday.
HEARD ON CAPITOL HILL
Interesting lu-ms Gathercd fiomthe
talati. _i_li_.i-.-_.
The Depar_mer_t of J. _.b..c Instruet-on
ha__ appb_i_i_<i -viv_: Zo_..e G'-uiuurt, of
Gr_.-y-A.i__, and M.s_ __uey H_r,ow, c._
Aug-i-ta. -to y__w.ar_.-h:ips _n the Peabody
.\..i'.,j_i COiles- at .\u_avi,ie, Tenn., ren
d_rea vacatat by titoe ta___-_ of two of tne
Y-ig-zuu stuu-niiS to reLurn to tne colieye.
'i'tiL-su iwu young .Udies wci-e appointed
on 'tlie re_-u_.t of the comptsti Lu_ _x__m.r.a
t.oii ivc-.'u/ .-i_ t summer, -..a 01 them mia
ing more tr.an the r_qured average and
cumuig next after the suceessiui appti
ca-nts.
'i'iuj Ca.pitol and State Library buildings
wlll looK like "banquet .laiis deserted'
on Tuesday, as neafiy ail tiie State offi?
cers anu CicrKs wnl be absent, in order
to east tlieir votes ln the eieerion.
Cotonei Richard son, Treasurer Har
n on and Capta n K. T. MeLeod have al?
ready left tor tli_ir respective bomes,
and will not return until Wednesday or
'ihunsday.
Juc_ie John G. D_w will leave -for h.s
home in Kuig and Quveh to-day, and
Governor Tyier w.li g- to Puia___ to-mor?
row.
Attorney-GeneiaJ Montague will speak at
Ro-ky Mou-nt to-imorrow; Martinsville to
miorrow night, and wi'.l go on from the
.'atic-r place to Danville to vote. Secre?
tary Dawlless _un!_j Mr. Hanklns wili go to
th-ir home-s to-morrow n.ght, ar.d Co.onel
Marye and Air. C. Lee Moore will _? to
A-_xandr__ at the same time.
Most of the clerks in tli- otlices of the
Treasurer and First and Seeond Auditors
vote without the city, and w.li leave for
the-r respective homes to -norrow. So
there wiil be very little business trans
actcd in any of the State olliees on Tues?
day.
Librarian Scott, General Hill, Commis?
sioner Koiner and Dr. So'ithail aiso re
ta u their citizenship :n their respective
counties, and wiil be absent on Tues?
day.
The Governor has appointed Mr. N. C.
Mason, of Franklin county, a r.otary pub
iie.
The following charters have been sent
to the office of the Secretary of the Com?
mon wealth to be recorded: Keene's Ce
ment Co., Ablngdon, and South Boston
Electric Light and Power Company.
The fol-Oiw-ng anhwihcsments for Farm?
ers' li-Stitutes to be held in the Seeond
District have been made: Toano, Novern?
ber 13th; Big Bethel, 'Novernber 14th;
Ohtirchland, Novernber 13th; Ivor, Novern?
ber, l-th.
The Board of Sinking Fund Commis
sioners of the State of Virginia held a
meeting yesterday afternoon aud made
the toJ.oi.ng : uit-iKi-se-s of century bonds:
S_ott & Stringfeiaow.51O,O00@91.1O
John C. WiDlams .10.0001-_L1__
M. T. Cooke, Xort.-1-k .31,500@-1.^
Scott & Strkigfeliow . 10,000@91.30
Scott & Strlngfelloiw . _,000@9L_0
Totail ..75,500
In thc book or State papers, which Gov?
ernor Tyler wili soon undertake to com
piile, he pro-pose-. to include all the corre
spon-dence between himself an'.i the United
States Government offlcials ia regard to
Virginia's ixirt in the recent S?an_sh
American war. Tlie book wiM make inter?
esting reafdCng, cwid w_ll be after the order
of those issued by the Governors of many
of Uie States.
A FiEr.CE FIRE,
Large Tcnement House in Xewport
New- Pesiroy.ed.
(Special Dispateh to The Times.)
NETSTORT XEWS, V _., Novernber 3.?
The Eastman tenement building was
burned this afternoon in one of the tierc?
es: and most unmanageable tires ever
experienced here. The loss to the build?
ing is about live thousand dollars, fully
ins'ured. Loss of persunal property and
stock in stores on the first floor will equal
that amount; about two-thirds Insuredi
There were a score of tenants, and
some narrow escapes were had. A Mrs.
Ashburn, on the fourth floor, started to
throw her two-year-old child out, but was
restralned. and was finally gallantly res
cued by two ciiizens.
Mrs. Harry Gordon, who has been ill,
fainted in her room on the third floor, and
was earried out in the r.ick of time.
The entire block was barely saved from
the ilames. This whole square was
burned down ten years ago.
mi^i$i@M&
There is no poison so highly contagious,
so deceptive a:id so destruclive. Don't be
too sure vou are etired because all external
si_;ns of the disease have disappearcd, and
tlie doctor says you are well. Many per?
sons have been "dosed with Mercury and
, Pctash for months or years, and pro
i nounced cured ?to realize when too late
I that the disease was only covercd up ?
I . ? ? _? - t__driven from the
\lsks Begets Lsks. s.,rf,ceto break
I out again, and to their sorrow and xnortifi
! catioii find those nearest and dearest to
j them have been infected by this loatli
! some disease, for no other poison is so
surely transmitted from parent to child
as this. Often a bad case of Rheumatism,
Catarrh, Scrofula or severe skin disease,
an oid sore or ulcer developing in middle
life, can be traced to blood poison con
tracted JS s^n of tSiQ p3P0nta
m early
life, for it remains smoldering in the sys?
tem forever, unless prbperly treated and
driven out in the beginning. S. S. S. is
the only antidote for this peculiar virus,
the only remedv known that can over
come it'and driv'e it out of the blood, and
it does this so thoroughly and effectually
1 that there is never a return of the disease
! to erabarrass or liumiliateyouafterwards.
cures Cont3gious Blood
Poison in any and all
stages; contains no
inineral to break down
_ your constitution: it is
purelv ve?_table and the only blood puri
ner knovm that cleanses the blood and
at the same time builds up the general
health. , ., ,
Our little hoo\c or. contagtous blood
poisoo is the most complete and instruc
tive ever issued; tt- not only tclls aU
about this disease, but also how to cure
yourself at home. It is free and should
be in the hands of everyone secking a
cure. Send for it
THE SWIFT SPECiFIC CO., ATLANTA, 6A. /
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W A PRETTY SOCIETY GIRL
SCAPED DREAO CONSUMPTION,
Peruna Used in Time to Save Her Life.
All's Well that Ends Well.
It is the same oid s'tory of cxposure to
cold. The co'.d passing down the bron
chiad tubes to the lungs; tbe developing
of a settled coid on the lungs, coughmg,
expcctoTation. This is a short road to
consumption. Thousands of people have
traveV-d li. Thousunds more will trave!
it and the coming winter will develop an
untoid multitude of new cases.
? In the case of Kelen Murphy, the end
ing was a happy one. She started on the
road to consumpt'on after eatch'.ng ccid
at a receptfon. Instead of waBting until
she became incurable. Peruna was resort
?ed to and her life was saved.
It is a pity'that every one else in this
wido land could not know of this very
effective remedy in such cases. The news
is spreading fast bu-t a great many people
have not yet heard that Peruna is n sure
cure in these cases.
Peruna eures acute catarrh and chronlc
catarrh: catarrh of the head and catarrh
of the lungs: cntarrh of the throat and
catarrh of the stomach. Whorever catarrh
may have located itself, whether in the
digestive organs, kidneys or peivic organs,
Peruna is sure to eradfeate the disease
prompily.
Another case wliere con-sumption was
cheated of its prey*occurred in the. State
of lowa. The report of the case created
considerahie attention at the time .and
-was funushed us unsolicited by Mr. Hen
rlckson. In a letter to Dr. Hartman, he j
sets forth some interesting dfctalls of his i
rescue from consumption. He made use
of the foilowing language:
"I have been for years a constant suf
ferer from chron'c catarrh of the head
and throat, which tinally worked down
into the air passage. In the spring of
1S9S, I took a severe cold and coughed al!
sunimer. T thought I had consumption.
Then 1 had a bar attack of Ia grippe.
After taking a course of Peruna I feel
cured of all these troubles.
Vvfieneve-r any of our children get sick
we give them Peruna and it never fails
to cure them. I most heartily testify to
-the value of Peruna ln cases of catarrh
and la grippe. I hope this may be the
means cf others suffering as I did to take
Peruna and be cured. We would not be
without it in the house."
IiEXRY HEN'RICKSON.
GeneraUy the first cold of the season
is caught in November. W- t?i some peo?
ple this lasts al! winter and lays the
foundation of chronic catarrh. In the
beginning a few doses of Peruna is suf
ficient to make a pennsaieait cure.
Send for Dr. Hartman's latest book on
Chronic Catarrh. Address The Peruna
Med*cine Co.. Columbus. Ohio.
GREAT DISPENSER j
HAS SHORT DOCKETl
Sidney Granger Was ihe Star of
Those Who. Stood Be?
fore Him.
Tho Great Dispenser. af.'.er casting a
few raflections at the vaear.t icat.-. 01 tii:
reporters, and moralizlng upon their
tardiness in spp-armg in thi-ir accustomed
places. caii.d evoylody to order. w.th a ,
frown ui-.o:-". his face.
And S.dr.ej Gianger was tne fir-?*","f
rc-;*-*io"d. Sidney has .1 long record, which.
started when he was a boy. an.t Comnn.n
wealth's Attorney Richardson remombcrs
;1".He was a little red-headed nigger,"
=a'd "Mr. Richardson, "and was ln *he
austin"s Court oti the charge of robbing.
He had no lawyer. and th. Judge allowed
him to conduct his own case. Judga
Witt was commonwealth's-Attorney at
that time. and' he and Sidney were the
eoposing couns 1.
?? "Call John Smith.' said Sidney.
-And John was called; and took tho
witness stand.
" -Did I do this?' asked Sidney.
" *Yas, you dund it.' said John.
?? -Wasn't I at tiome da air time?'
" 'No. you wa-n't,* replied John. lou
know vou dund lt.'
"Then Sidney stopped askmg ques
"^'do vou wish to ask the wltness any?
thing further'." asked the Judge.
' ",-Naw, sir,' sad Sidney, 'he s been
sawn sence I seen him.' CM??
Now history rcpeats itselt, for s,.dne>
is in a peck of troubie, and he has no
lawyer. and he refuses to talk h-m^.r.
Exnerier.ce ln the court has taught him
to 'keeo his mouth" closed.
Ho ls being held on four cnarges
steal ng a barrel of flour. a can of lard
and T5 cents from J. D. Dennis. taking a
tub of wash from Rosa Epps. appropriat
tn?* a carpet from Eliza Reddy, and
carrythg off a lot of tools belonglng to
Phoebe Pcf.c**.
Ho will answer these charges on Mon
?Ralph Carter and Willie Taylor, two
colored Individuals. were held until the
?Sth :r<*-tant. as suspicious charactors. and
John Pettus. a small negro boy, was sent
to the negro reformatory for eighteen
months.
SOCIETY TO MEET.
Association u> Prpvoti- CrueRy tn Chi!
dti-n (o Stnit siKiiild-'iu I'liml.
The officers of the Society for the Pre
vention of Crualty to Children, organized
this summer, are arranging for a monster
entertalnment, to be held within a month,
for ihe purpose of starting a building fund.
This society started out with a large
membership or" some of the most promi?
nent and influential ladies and gent'errien
Iri the city.
A meeting of the society will he held
this week. for the purpose of makins plans
for future work.
The entertainment wiil be cne that will
interest ail Richmonaers, as one of the
prominent business men will make his
first pubiic appearance as a prestidiglta
teui*.
Mr. Moses May has mastered th$
mysteries of the great Houdlni haiid-cuff
trk-k and the truhk trick. and h;is, also,
accompiished the great bowi of water
trick. introduced here by the Chinese
juggler Ching Dlng Foo. Mr. May will
perform these trieks just as they were
seen here in th hands of Houdinl and
'b'nsr T.ing Foo. Besiiies these trieks, Mr.
May will, also, perform many of the Her
nuiin trieks. and the entertainment for
the society promises to be one cf the
most novel ever seen here in amateur
circles.
Pii" 1 C ii > ????? k r.
A special session o* the Pianola Club
wa.-> held at the C'ty Ha!l ye-*terday to
make final arrangements for the amoJc r
o-cxt week.
Prrsident C. H. Phillips presided and
upon motion of Captain Cunnlngham.
Co'one! John Murphy was dlrecud io aua
cr't a menu card 'for the banquet.
Ths eommj'ttee that wa*ted upon Captain
John A. Curtis reported that the president
of the "Windy Polnt Club had accepted
tha office to whteh he had been chosea
Miss Helen Murphy. a popular society wom..r_ of Oshko.-i. Wi-., ls an ardent
friend to Peruna. The following is a letter written by Miss Murphy. amd gives
her opinioa of Peruna as a preventive as well as cure for catarrhal .menes.
The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus. Ohio:
Gentlemen?"About three months ago I contracted a severe cold at an evenhq
reception, which settled on mv lungs and threatened to be verv serious. As mv mother
has used Peruna with good results, she sent for a bottl; for me and I fou.id that :t gave
me blessed relief. 8erore the seeond bottle was consunvd I was well.
weathe
me
"We f.eep a . o'.tle of it on hand all the tirrie and when I av_ been out in .ncl<*ment
ither, Itake o dosa or two of Peruna and it preveits my taSdng anv ro'd ani ke.ps
perfectlv weli." Yours very truly. HELEN Ml.iP.IY.
by the Pianola Club.
The question ot seeuring music for the
smoker was left to the Music Comm.r ? -
.... ssrs Jj-cob Relnhard-:. Moses May,
Thurston Cardoza and the City Hall
Quartette. Mr. Moees Mav, the prest -
digltator oi the club, was directed to do
hs hand-cut. tr'... k at the sanoker and
E!eetrl<_..an Sam. Crowde'r was told to ar
range spectatly effeetive etectrical effects.
Th_ club then adjourned.
I'ruj, rtv Tniiisfers.
The f-i'.'.."-.v-.:i_" : r ?penty transfers wet
recorded yesterday:
Richmond?Cnar.es E. Lowry's trustf
to Arthur W. Goddin, '.'1 feet on south ai I
Park Avenue, 27 feet west of Sycamo
Street, $381.50.
D. 3. McCarthy arttS *v-fe to Anderso
Knox, 4 4-1- feet on an aT__y between St.
John and St. Paul Streets, 52 feet north j
of Federal Street. $30.
William A. Moi-.cv.Te to S.irali V. Hard- !
ing 16 6-12 feet on east sld* Twenty- j
:'?- ;:?: b Street, !_ fee-t from <N Street, $710.
Robert H. Tempie to D. O'Sullivan, 6>> !
feet on west side Bightetereth Street, 'sl j
feet south,-of Grace Street, $3A6S.
Henr.eo?F-irmioiin/t Land Company to j
Enxmet J. Jenitmgs, __ 6-12 feet on w---r. ]
side Twenty-first Sireet betr.veen Fair- j
ncDunt Avenue ar.d R Street, $356.50.
Haw & Conn'er, spec-iai coranx-sslocers, !
to Christian G. Scbwalim, 1S0 feet on south |
sid*. Floyd Avenue, M feet from west side j
of Foush.ee Street. and 230 feet on north
sfcSa Marn Street, northwest corner
Foushee Street. $__43G.
Otho O. Owens, trustee for MozeV.e
Owens and in his own right, to Richard
Brown, _._ 0-12 feet on south s/ide Moore
Street, S4.0.
John H. Sweeney*s sunvivlng trustee to
Ri-.'hmond PerpeiXal Bu Iding. Loan and
Trust Ca.Tjpuny, lot li in square 1.1: lot 6,
m -?tiuare 3: tot S lu sguore 30; _ot tt in'
square 20, and lot _ iri snuaTe No. 12, ia
.plan of H ghland Park. $205.
'-? -?
Wanteil io Di .
A young woman, Mary W.llams, who
came here about a year aga from Balti?
more, attempted to commit su'eide at an
early hour yesterday morning by tak
ling corrosive subfimate. Th.- girl
has been the vctim of soell
of despondency for some time,
a-d twice before made an . ffirt
to end her life. She has been living in
a house on West Broad Str et.
The ambulance was telephoned for at C
o'clock yesterday morning, and Dr. Gills
treated the woman and left h r at het*
place of residence. While the condition
of the girl is seriou-, she has passed th_
fatal point.
Mr. ti. W.S..I-* III.
Of-Scer J- M. S-ile. cf tho Third District.
left "Friday nighrt for Durham. N. C, in
answer to a teiegram callins hl-m to the
. '.... ?-. ..-? als bro hor. Mr. George W.
.- >j >. ;.-.: South P?'??'? Street, who is
;.." . ,. h 3 hotel ih Durham and
. ?' \ to "-- Mr. George W. -
r __ long t :ne held a respoi
.."..'. tjje Amferioaaa Tofc__co Com
i ,'?:
WHITE-BREAD EATERS
l .n Their Taith to a S__'-?low_
-I was always a great white bread
eater. together with pastry. hot biscuit,
and generaily used coffee.
-For some years there was no notfee
able effects from- this diet, out nnalij the
inevitable happened. My Strength. * -gaa
to fall. mind grew dull and stupld. *
could eat but little food and could not
' uigest that. . ? ,
"I had always been of a bappj and
sunny dtsposltlon. but now tecame morcse
and miserable and very cranks to me
other members oi tbe famdy.
??One morning a new food 9***J***?
Nuts.' appeared on tbe tabl. I ^?]^
It had a different taste ??? ^J"??
health foods. There was J rich. p.ca.ant
flavor that seemed to sat.sty me P?^>;
I became fascinated with -.rape-Nut.
? __ have now used this food three months.
my strength has increased greatly. my
mind __ now as 'clear as a f*??}^
go through the wear and __ar of a da_
without feeling at all e.-hausted. I aleep
! pe.-fectly. and have galned upwards of 10
nounds in weight. . ? ?_
i Ttav. notlc- - that -trong h?__thy
people enjoy arap.-SuM "I^**""**
people. and it seem* to furn.sh more
nouriahment than meat or arty food I
have ever seen. You can publish this. but
pleasa omlt my name." -. Platts
raouth. Neb.. P- O. Box SSL This man s
name wlll be given by the Postum Cereal
Co I_td-."a_ Battla Ceek. Mich.
A GRAND CGNCERT
NOVEMBER 13TH
Great Success AwrJts the Grcve
Avenue Benefit, Eeiig Goiten Up
by Miss Gay R?giand.
The concert be ng arranged by Miss Gay
Academj >? Music Tuesday, Ko*vember
;:;ih. for tne benefit of Grave-Avenue Bap?
tist church, has arou3ed greai Interest i-*'.
this city, and the chan es are tha; thera
will be a very !ar--.- attendar -..-.
The price of ticki ta aB >v rthe house
is uniform, but those ; " ; :: ?'?' ??
taken to thf- Aeademy nexl Tuesd .- a ul
exchanged for reserved-s< I - _
The com og concert *??. ? '?'- ? ?'?
b.-st iii many days tha - ? '' ?" '
given here. Miss rtaglai. '?'?'? '
has made her sought aJl ?-????-' ihe coun?
try, and she will be supported by artlsta
,. the most decided talent among iheiu
Mr. Charles W. Hu.-it.-r. who has -
a g neral favorite and whose .-;?-? '? I
??- ighted .- ? many; Mr. Ctmway
Mrs.' Durrett. Capt. Frank W.
.-:;.igham, M.ss Lilluan Taylor and ol :
A feature of 0 ? iccaslon will be Ihej
excellent mus ? ot tb - Aca U my orcneatra.
under ProC Moses Steht.
Iardella's R- L. I. Blues* Band will a Bo
be present, and dlseourae some d Ughiful
mu-tc.
Mr. Pofk Miller ls down on the btla
?Manager L atb has : ;-- n " - Aeademy
mcc any compensatfon for their s'er
WAS AN ACCIDENT.
Mortorinan Lewi- Was f"*ischa**rg*?cl by
Ju-t .?:e * ; iilibti <l.
Mr. D. H. Lewis; the motorman on tha
Traction car that ran over - ?l.?
little colored child Robert Brai . ?
day nigiit. was dismissed by Jusi j
Crutchfield last night.
A special session of the P - \ Court
was held yesterday evenuig iman
after the Coroner's inQuest was coi
A number of citizens w-rre examined, antl
the testlmony was to tho efl -"
fender of tne car caugh: tho child -ap and
then threw it out under tho car.
The witnesses were ur.d-.r the .-**: ressi :;
that the car was under ao greater rate
o-" speed than usual. hut that the eh.ld
ran acroas the *ircet dlrectly. tn front of
the car, and that the tn rman could
not have stopped th i c be: - i - tg
killinj
i ;c-obec i>e t'1
T"-? re-ort of the cierk of the Board of
i ricj.vtl ? '* -?*- ;' trfrttw m \nr*i
deatbs than durm*s tne p-^^ ^"T"
The aumbar of wh te maiea were 39.
W .? 4! white females died during the
unoatlv Otie tcrtal numiier of colored rnaks
waa 15. wh2a oaJy 26 femaiea of thax race
Chicauo B??** Mi-wimr.
Major Howard has bc-en a^ked to look
out for a 12-year-old boy named Walter
Moses. who has been mh-sing for sotne
time frcm h.U home, No. 2foT Langley
Avenue, Chicago.
Oeiiveru Lfc?ur?*.
Mr. Emil von Kramer wiil deHv??r a lec?
ture- Friday nigat a: North Skie Town
Hall. Chestnut HQt, beginning a: S:l*
o'ciock. His subject will b?: *'My^ Fir->t
Impressior.s of America." Mr. von Kramer
is a very attractive speaker. ar.d doubtleisa
a Urge crowd wil! gather to h-sar hita.
>l.-dic>?l ?'ot'ose.
The contract f3r wirlr.s the aevaral
buildinss of th- Medical Co'.leg* of Vir?
ginia for eiectrtc hsbta has saan award?4
'to tha SmUh-Courway Oompar.y. Th4
work ls to "o? begun m or.c?. Other im?
provements a: the buldings will b? made
durlnj tha next few months.
Mr. Trigg and Captain Webater. of th-a
Wm. Trigg Company. returned yesterday
morning. the trial of the Stockton havin*
beea poatponed on accouat of bad we*ehtr*