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»THE SULTAN.
How He Lives and Eats—Habits of the Palace
and Harem—The Sultan as a Reformer.
Domestic Tastes.
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New York Herald.
And the man who rules this mighty
empire; what of him? That he Is a mas
ter of statecraft is generally believed.
But craft in his case may be defined by
Its subsidiary meaning of cunning rath
er than astuteness. He is shrewd, crafty,
wily. It needs all his craft and cunning
to keep his own dominions in order, and
even to keep his head upon his shoul
ders. It is notorious thafne is far more
afraid of his subjects than of foreign
powers. Foreign powers can only de
pose him; his subjects may assassinate
him. Loyalty to Islam means loyalty
to the sultan only so long as he actually
occupies the throne. He may be deposed
at any moment by a domestic revolution,
as his uncle and predecessor, Abdul-Aziz,
was deposed, and deposition in his case,
as in that of Aziz, means death. Much,
therefore, as he fears Greek and Arme
nian disaffection, Sultan Hamid fears
Mohammedan disaffection more. In his
terror of the revolutionary spirit which
has been .spreading through Arabia,
Syria and Albania he has allowed turbu
lent Moslems of the interior to set the
law at defiance, with the hope that they
may thus be kept loyal and contented.
Kurdish robber and Arnaut brigand
know that they are sure of pardon pro
vided they leave the children of Islam
unmolested. Woe to the Christian if he
resists the tyranny of his Moslem neigh
bors. Should he In despair smuggle arms
to replace those of whjch he has been
deprived, or find at last a limit of his
patience, the cry of revolt and treason
Is raised by the local authorities. Then
the mob swoops down upon towns and vil
lages, robs and plunders, Insults priests,
violates women and murders all who are
found in arms. Such was the story of
the Marsovan troubles; such appears to
be the story of the present Armenian
troubles.
Armenian Traits.
The word appears is u.pea aaviseaiy.
For, with all his excellent qualities, the
Armenian, to put it mildly, has never
been famous for truthfulness. His tal
ents for Intrigue, chicane and deception
are proverbial, and before the present
occasion similar stories have been cir
culated which independent investigation
has proved to be baseless or grossly ex
aggerated. This tendency makes it diffi
cult to accept Immediately the stories
of outrages at their face value. Yet,
even allowing for all exaggerations,
there is no doubt now in the minds of
all reasonable persons that a hideous re
siduum of fact remains.
It is also true that enlightened Mo
__ hammedans, in civil life at least, desire
to live at peace with their Christian
neighbors and would be glad to see the
guilty sent to gallows and convict hulks.
Hut their sovereign shrinks from sacri
ficing the ruffians. He shrinks not only
because his natural temperament Is mer
ciful and kindly, but bjeause he dare not
face the consequences to himself. The
sympathies of the army are with the
Kurds and against the Christians. To
make an example of some Kurdish dep
redator might fire a spark that would
lead to an explosion of revolutionary
sentiment. And that explosion would be
his own death warrant. Placed between
the devil and the deep sea he remains
stationary, not daring to flee from either
danger to Its opposite.
When he came to the throne which he
accepted with such reluctance his ambi
tions were high and honorable. "To the
soldier,” he Is reported as saying. “Al
lah has assigned the task of defending
the country; to me the task of restoring
his ancient glory." He determined to be
a reformer.
The Sultan as a Reformer.
Nor has he entirely failed. In spite of
foreign and domestic difficulties he may
fairly claim to have bettered the condi
tion of his country. He has Improved
its finances. He has strengthened Its
army. He has devoted himself to the
spread of education among his people.
He is a great patron of female education
and has ordered schools to be established
even for nomadic tribes.
As to his personality opinions differ.
By his friend and councilor. Osman
Pacha, he is described as a scholar of
wide reading and a statesman of the
broadest views. “He studies every ques
tion,” says Osman, "knows all about
everything which concerns his business,
and ever since the affairs of the Turkish
provinces have occupied the foreground
lie signs every document presented to
him, from the appointment of a governor
to the nomination of the lowest office of
the palace.” But this is the voice of
ministerial flattery. The general impres
sion about the sultan is that he is not a
man of large information and that
though he Is earnest in his desire to do
right, he depends upon chicanery and in
trigue rather than upon statesmanship
to forward his aims.
An Atmosphere of Intrigue.
Certainly he Is surrounded by an at
mosphere that Is unfavorable to the de
velopment of sturdy manliness. Round
him moves a little world of marshals,
chamberlains, secretaries, dragomans
and eunuchs, who interfere in all mat
ters of state. The principle which guides
his majesty in the selection of these of
ficials may be guessed from the mixture
of slavish flattery of his mental abilities
and insolent trading on his weaknesses
which alone enables them to maintain
their posts and influence. All of them
have ups and downs of favoritism, but
“among them there are invariably two
or three sufficiently strong to get the
most important measures blocked for
weeks if it suits their purpose, and not
infrequently rejected entirely, even
though unanimously recommended by
the cabinet, the members of which have
gradually sunk into mere heads of de
partments. Against the power of this
inner council ft is futile to struggle, and
people dealing with the government and
palace must accept things as they are,
and pay court to the parasites, who rap
idly acquire wealth by turning their In
fluence to the worst account. Of the
sultan's nervousness, that tremendous
lever in designing hands, enough has
been written in the press, where every
body has read of the fortified seraglio,
and the mosque built at Its gate; of the
elaborate precautions against Imaginary
conspiracies and of the host of unscru
pulous spies.
Domestic Tastes.
Pious he is, and sober, domestic in his
tastes, loving to call his three daugh
ters around him, and rejoicing in the
music which they perform for him upon
the piano.
He does not even despise conjuring
tricks and puppet dancing. These are
the relaxations of his privacy. They are
not the business of his life, which is to
plot and scheme and labor to restore the
Caliphate to its ancient splendor and the
Ottoman empire to the ranks of the lead
ing powers.
Abdul Hamid is now about 53 years of
age. His slim figure would look tall
but for an habitual stoop. He has a
long, slim face, covered by a beard whose
original Mack tinge Is now slightly griz
zled. His complexion is a ghastly yel
low. His nose is large. His eyes are
restless and scorching, full of anxiety
and suspicion, but with no cruelty in
them. Those who have been admitted
to private Intercourse with him at Yil
dlz-Kiosk describe him as courteous,
though reserved In manners, speaking
slowly and deliberately and In an ex
ceedingly low tone, in harmony with the
silence of the place, where the walls are
covered with tapestry of richest fabric
and the floors by carpets into which the
feet sink by reason of its excessive thick
ness. precluding the possibility of any
sound reaching the apartments from
wituout. 'rtiey say that he possesses in
an eminent degree that charm of easy
acquisition peculiar to sovereigns—the
faculty of assuming interest in the inti
mate existence of his visitor—and wili in
quire in a spft and tender voice-for news
of the wfife and youthful fajniiy, which
charms thelistener into belief of the sin
cerity of the inquirer.
The Palace of Y iidiz-Kiosk.
The palace of Ylldiz-Kiosk, or the Star,
is a splendid monument to the .artistic
taste and genius of Abdul's eldest broth
er, Mahmoud, who is said to have built
it for a favorite of his harem.
The prodigal sultans of other days
strewed the shores of the Bosphorus with
a great number of beautiful residences,
in which favorite sultanas were en
shrined. Of all these Yildiz-Klosk is the
most enchanting. In the splendid coun
try round about Constantinople, where
nature has amused herself with bring
ing together a series of fairy-like spec
tacles unique on the globe, it would have
been impossible to find a more lovely
spot. From the windows of the edifice,
which rises majestically on the hill
where the. Janissaries once exercised
with botvs and arrows, in the days before
guns had come in, there is a magnificent
view extending from the blue sheet of
the Sea of Marmora and away to the
towers of the Hissars.
It is said that the strategical position
of Yildiz-Klosk was the feature that de
cided the present sultan to* choose it.
But its picturesque qualities are even
more striking than its military points.
The gardens w'hich surround it exceed in
beauty and in richness any others in
Europe or in any part of Asia with which
travelers are familiar.
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Abdul Is an early riser, though the ac
tual hour when he leaves his couch is
I variously stated as anywhere between 5
T and 8 o'clock in the morning. Six female
slaves are appointed to attend to the
mysteries of his toilet. They take from
the chamberlain the clothes which his
majesty will wear on that day. He never
wears them a second time. At retiring
they become the perquisite of the cham
berlain. The slaves enter the sleeping
apartment, and after removing the night
robes from the august body they pour
water into a basin. In the running w'ater
Abdul bathes his hands and face, and
then places his feet in the basin to be
washed and dried by the attendants.
Socks and slippers are then put on the
feet, a fez upon the head, and the pray
ing carpet is then spread. With his
feet on this carpet and his face turned
toward the east, he stands erect and then
drops upon his knees and bonds his whole
body forward until his forehead touches
the floor three times.
After a walk in the garden breakfast is
ready for him. He eats this as he does
all his meals—alone. Then he disposes
himself to attend to the business of the
day.
The Dinner Hour.
This disposed of, the sultan says an
other prayer, takes a lunch and goes to
his bath, at which six other female slaves
attend him. None of these are wives or
concubines, but simply slaves. No man
is allowed to lay his unholy hands upon
the sultan's sacred person. After this
bath comes the noonday meal. The food
Is prepared by one man and his aides.
None others dare touch it. It is cooked
in silver vessels, which are sealed up and
opened In the presence of the sultan by
the chamberlain. As an additional pre
caution, the chamberlain takes a spoon
ful of each kettle before the sultan
tastes it. Each kettle is a course, and is
served with bread and a kind of pancake,
which is held on a golden tray by a slave.
It requires Just twice as many slaves
ns there are courses to serve a dinner to
him. He usually sits on a divan near
a window which looks out over the Bos
phorus and takes his ease and comfort
In a loose pem-bazar and gegelik, with
his sleeves turned up. After he has eat
en all he wants the sultan sips his coffee
and smokes his chibouk, lying back In a
quiet reverie, which he calls taking his
keif.
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palace makes It necessary to have hell
shaped felt covers to clap down tightly
over each kettle, which has been placed
on a tray. For the sultan and royal fam
ily there are magnificent velvet covers
which go over the outside of these, em
broidered with gold and silver threads
and pearl, coral or turquoise beads.
Those for others ore not so handsome.
The sultan Is served first and he al
ways eats entirely alone, nev^r under
any circumstances deigning to eat with
any one, and as soon as he has begun to
eat the harem Is served. The sultan
never uses a plate. He takes all his food
direct from the little kettles, and never
uses a table and rarely a knife or fork.
A spoon, his bread or pancake or fingers
are far handler. The whole household
Is at liberty to take meals where It suits
him or her best, and thus every one is
served with a small tray, with a spoon,
a great chunk of bread, and the higher
ones only get the pancakes.
Feeding of the Bubs.
After the harem the officers of the Im
perial body guard, the eunuchs, the
chamberlains and other high functiona
ries are fed, they usually be
ing seated around a table, an4
the kettles are offered each one,
who helps himself to two or three spoon
fuls of the contents of each. It is not
etiquette to take more, no mater how
nice the dish nor how hungry the diner,
but the number of dishes is always so
great that no one need go hungry.
After all the officers and others of high
degree are fed the soldiers and servants
get their food, and at the same time all
the men employed In the imperial stables
have theirs, and during the progress of
the meals any stranger, whoever it may
be, Is at liberty to come In and seat him
self and eat. As a general rule, 300 per
sons are fed every day who have no
earthly right except what the laws of
hospitality give. It is a sort of perpetual
free lunch, and beggars as well as rich
men avail themselves of this royal
bounty.
Once In a while the BUltan will drive
to visit one of his numerous kiosks, or
country houses, or go on an ostensible
hunting expedition. Sometimes the notion
will seize him to start for a kiosk In the
middle of the night, with one of his wives
following in another carriage. There are
always six officers whose duty It Is to be
ready "for these midnight occasions.
At bedtime the sultan finds waiting pa
tiently In his room the wife chosen for
him by the eunuch, and she must re
main standing until the six slaves have
undressed him and put him In bed. The
same six never perform the service but
once a day. Therefore, If the sultan un
dresses a dozen times there must always
be six new slaves to take their turn,
and these, with all the other slaves and
servants, make up an enormous retinue
of almost useless persons.
Attaches of the Palace.
In all there are some 6000 souls attached
to the palace. The cost of keeping them
Is estimated at about $41,000,000 a year.
There are no less than 300 ladles who
claim the honor of being sultanas. Abdul
had one great love in the mother of his
daughter, who Is now dead. His favorite
at present, and the autocrat of the ha
rem, Is a mysterious French woman,
whose name Is unknown.
This may account for the strong per
sonal sympathy always professed for
French people by the sultan, even when
his ministers, after Sedan, showed anti
Gallic proclivities. But another reason
is that Abdul Hamid has traces of French
blood in his veins, for his father, Abdul
Mejld, is a descendant In direct line from
Mile. Dubuc de Rivey, who, captured by
the Algerine pirates In 1788, became the
favorite wife of Sultan Selim. Mile. Du
buc was a Creole of Martinique and the
first cousin oi Mile. Tascher de la Pa
gerie, afterfvard the Empress Josephine^
whose daughter, Queen Hortense, was
the mother of Napoleon III.
The Sultan’s Outings.
Once a week, he sultan
shows himself when he
leaves the palac. _ e ceremo
nial public prayers at his own mosque,
a few hundred feet distant. Once a year,
at the great Feast ef Belram, he jour
neys as far ah the Mosque of St. Sophia
for the veneration of the relics of Mo
hammed. On Fridays he drives, but on
the Feast of Belram he goes on horse
back, accompanied by all his ministers,
and returns to the palace of Dolma
Batche for the ceremony of kissing
hands, which is held in the great hall,
the largest in the world. Here the min
isters and high functionaries of the state,
of the army and of the navy approach in
all humility to kiss the white scarf held
by the grand vizier before the august
visage of his majesty. With these out
ings he is content, and on few other oc
casions does he show himself to his peo
ple or leave his palace.
This is to be a sovereign In three conti
nents, ruling over nations and lands
conquered by his ancestors, of which he
sees less than a donkey boy in Cairo or
the owner of a caique on the Bosphorus.
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PLANT SYSTEM.
Time table effective September 15, 1895.
Southbound. | NoT58. | No. 367
Lv Montgomery. 7:40 pm 7:10 am
Lv Troy. 9:14 pm 8:50 am
Lv Ozark.10:27 pm 10:10 am
Lv Bainbridge. 1:12 am 12:50 pm
Lv Thomasville . 2:27 am 2:10 pm
Ar Waycross..%.. 5:25 am 5:25 pm
Ar Jacksonville.. 7:55 am 11:30 pm
Lv Montgomery. 7:40 pm 7:10 am
Lv Dupont . 11:27 am 10:23 pm
Ar High Springs . 2:26 pm 1:35 am
Ar Tampa . 8:00 pm 8:45 am
Ar Port Tampa . 8:30 pm 9:40 am
Lv Montgomery . "7:40 p"m ~~7:10 am
Ar Waycross . 5:25 am 6:25 pm
Ar Savannah . 8:45 am 8:50 pm
Lv Waycross . 5:36 am 9:00 pm
Ar Brunswick . 7:30 am 11:00 pm
Northbound. No. 67. No. 33.
Lv Jacksonville . 6720 pm 8:00 am
Lv Waycross . 9:05 pm 10:35 am
Lv Thomasville .12:09 am 1:55 pm
Lv Bainbridge . 1:12 am 3:05 pm
Ar Ozark . 3:48 am 6:45 pm
Ar Troy. 5:07 am 7:04 pm
Ar Montgomery. 6:55 am 8:45 pm
Lv Port Tampa .10:00 pm 7:30 am
Lv Tampa .10:40 pm 8:20 am
Lv High Springs . 5:40 am 4:30 pm
Ar Dupont . 8:43 am 7:36 pm
Ar Montgomery . 8:45 am 6:55 am
Lv Savannah . 6:00 pm 7:55 am
Lv Waycross .. 9:06 pm 10:35 am
Lv Thomasville .12:09 am 1:58 pm
Ar Montgomery . 6:55 am| 8:55 pm
Lv Brunswick . 6:40 pm 8:00 am
Ar Montgomery . 6:55 atq 8:45 am
Trains Nos. 33 and 36 carry Pullman vesti
bule sleepers between Jacksonville and Cin
cinnati.
Trains Nos. 67 and 58 carry Pullman vesti
bule sleepers between Jacksonville and St.
Louis.
Double dally Pullman sleepers between
Montgomery and Jacksonville.
Double dally Pullman sieepers between
Montgomery and Waycross.
Free reclining chair cars through between
Montgomery and Savannah on trains 57
and 58.
Double daily Pullman sleepers Montgom
ery to Dupont and Dupont to Port Tampa.
Train leaving Montgomery 7:40 p. m. con
nects at Port Tampa with the Plant steam
ship line for Key West and Havana.
Any Information regarding routes, rates
and schedules over the Plant System will be
furnished on application to any agent of the
company or to
B. W. WRENN, P. T. M„
Savannah, Ga.
H. C. McFADDEN, A. G. P. A.,
Savannah, Ga.
L. A. BELL, D. P. A.,
j Montgomery, Ala.
EAILEOAl) TIME TAELE
ARRIVAL ANDDEPARTUREOFTRAINS.
Trains marked thoa (*) run dally. Thus (f)
dally except Sunday. t
LOUI&ILLE AND NASHVILLE.
In effect November 18, 1894, at 7 a. m
l rains Soutn. Arrive. Depart.
•No. 1, Limited.i.... 3 45 am 3 53 am
•No. 3, Fast Line D. 3 12 pm 3 32 pm
tNo. 7, Decatur Accom. 91 5 am.
tNo. 9. Montgomery Accom. 5 20 am
Trains North. Arrive. Depart.
•No. 2, Fast Line...11 35 am 11 55 am
♦No. 4, Fast Mail.12 01 am 12 09 am
tNo. 8, Decatur Accom.... 3 20 pm
hNo. 10, Montgomery Acco 7 30 pm.
BIRMINGHAM M1NERAL RAILROAD.
Trains South. Arrive. Depart.
•No. 43, Bldbton Accom. 3 15pm
•ifro. 45, Oneonta Accom .. *9 55 am.
Trains North. Arrive. Depart.
‘No. 40, Blocton Accom.. 9 30 am. ,
tlfo. 44, Oneonta Accom. 3 30 pm i
Alabama Great Southern
Railroad Company.
(Queen and Crescent Route.)
Short line to Cincinnati, Louisville and
Lexington, and to all points reached through
New Orleans, Vicksburg and Shreveport.
Schedule in effect December 1, 1895.
Northbound. No. 2. | No.6.
- Lv Birmingham. 5:40 ami 2:15 pm
Ar Attalla. 7:12 ami 4:01 pm
Ar Fort Payne. 8:13 am| 5:12 pm
Ar Chattanooga.. . 9:40 am 7:00 pm
Lv Chattanooga. 9:55 am 7:20 pm
Ar Lexington. 5:05 pm 4:30 pm
Ar Cincinnati._7:35 pm _7:15 am
~Southbound. | No. 1. No. 3.
Lv Birmingham. 10:15 pm 3:30 pm
Lv Bessemer. 10:40 pm 1:02 pm
Lv Tuskaloosa.11:43 pm 5:35 pm
Lv Akron.12:28 am 6:28 pm
Lv Eutaw.12:43 am 7:05 pm
Lv Livingston. 1:29 am 8:05 pm
Lv York. 1:50 am 8:25 pm
Ar Meridian. 2:35 am 9:30 pm
Ar New Orleans. 8:45 am
~ | No. 1.
Lv Meridian...| 6:00 am
Ar Jackson...I 9:55 am
Ar Vicksburg.11:35 am
Lv Vicksburg.11:45 am
Ar Shreveport.. | J7j50^ pm
Trains Nofe. 1 and 2 carry Pullman and
Mann sleeping cars between New Orleans
and Cincinnati, and between New Orleans
and New York via Chattanooga and Bristol,
and between New Orleans and Atlanta in
conjunction with the Southern via Birming
ham.
For information, sleeping car reservation,
etc., apply to R. L. NEWTON,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
No. 7 N. Twentieth Street.
Telephone No. 848.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY CO.
Time table in effect Sunday, September 15,
1895.
8:55 a.mILv.. .Birmingham.. .Ar 6:00 p.m
10:39 a.m Ar.. .Childersburg. ..Lv 4:10 p.m
11:02 a.m Ar.Sylacauga.Lv 3:50 p.m
11:40 a.m Ar.. ..Goodwater.. ..Lv 3:13 p.m
12:08 p.m Ar.. Alexander City ..Lv 2:38 p.m
J2H7 p.m Ar.Dadeville.Lv 2:00 p.m
2:00 p.m Ar.Opelika.Lv 12:55 p.m
3:30 p.m Ar.Columbus.Lv 11:30 a.m
7:15 p.m Ar.Macon.Lv 7:03 a.m
5:45 a.m Ar.. .. Savannah .. ..Lv 9:00 p.m
Daily Except Sunday.
9:30 a.mj.Lv.. ..Colilmbus.Ar 8:30 p.m
1:30 p.mjAr.Americus.Lv 4:00 p.m
__Sunday Only._
11:15 a.mILv.Columbus.Ar 6:30 p.m
1:33 p.mjAr.Americus.Lv 4:00 p.m
Close connection made at Macon for Sa
vannah and all points East.
Sleeping cars on night trains Macon to
Savannah and elegant parlor cars on day
trains.
For further information dall on or address
J. C. HAILE, SOLON JACOBS.
Gen. Pass. Agent. Commercial Agent.
ALABAMA MINERAL RAILROAD COMPANY
Effective June 10, 1894.
AIFTALLA tocalera.
south—lie mi do Wti I noutii—Read up
iso. No.
85. 86.
- STATIONS. --
! L’ve Arr.
a.m. p.m.
8 30 . Attalla.~ ....77 5 30
9 65 .Gadsden. 5 15
1116.Duke... 3 25
1135.Alexandria.. 2 4o
1160.Xeatherwood.. 2 25
p.m. Lve
100.Anniston. 2 00
130.Jenifer. 106
150.:.Ironaton. 12 47
2 lo.Talladega. 12 27
a. m.
247.Sycamore.... 1152
c 05.Sylacanga... 1136
3 26 .Fayetteville. 1115
3 31.Talladega Springs. 1110
1:55.Shelby. 10 48
4 12.Spring Junction.10 32
Air.
; 4 2L .Calera... 10 20
BIRMINGHAM, SHEFFIELD & TENNES
SEE RIVER RAILWAY COMPANY.
E. A. Hopkins, Receiver.
South—Read down. | North^Read up.
No.llSTATIONS.|No.2
a.ra| Ip.m
9.25 Lv.Sheffield.. .. .Ar 6.30
9.37.M. & C. Junction. 6.18
9.49.Spring Valley. 6.04
9.51.Passing Place. 6.01
10.03.Llttlevllle. 6.40
10.12 .Good Springs. 5.39
10.22.Russellville. 6.30
10.33.Darlington. 6.17
10.49 .Spruce Pine. 4.57
10.59.Phil Campbell. 4.47
11.12 .Bear Creek. 4.34
11.30.Haleysville. 4.17
11.40.Delmar. 4.07
11.58.Natural Bridge. 3.60
p.m.
12.11.Lynn. 3.38
12.27.Nauvoo. 3.23
12.42.Oakland. 3.10
12.50 .Saragossa. 3.02
12 57 .Gamble. 2.65
1.15 .Jasper. 2.40
3.16 _Birmingham, K. C., M. & B_12.40
P. CAMPBELL, General Manager.
BIRMINGHAM & ATLANTIC R. R. CO.
Time table In effect Nov. 24, 1895, 6 a. m.
Dally except Sunday.
W. Bd. | I E. Bd.'
No3|No 1|_|No2|No 4
p jn|a _m|_STATIONS_| m. |p m
3 00 '8 00 Lv. Talladega .Ar|12 00 6 20
. |a m
3 04 8 04 . Isbell's ill 55 6 18
3 20 8 16 . Barclay 11 45 6 08
3 40 8 30 . Renfro 11 35 5 59
3 42 8 32 .Cook Junction. 11 18 5 57
3 49 8 40 . Moxley . 11 10 5 51
3 65 8 45 . Ragan 11 00 5 45
4 10 9 06 . Stemley 10 35 5 30
4 15 9 10.Coosa Valley. 10 30 5 25
4 25 9 20 _Walker’s Crossing_ 10 20 5 IS
4 35 9 35. Cropwell 10 10 5 OS
4 45 9 45 Ar.Pell City.Lv 10 00 5 00
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“Cotton Belt Route,”
(St. Louis Southwestern Railway.)
Short Line to Texas, Arkansas and
Indian Territory from the
Southeast.
The only line with through oar servioi
from Memphis to Texas, thereby avoiding
vexations changes and transfers en routo.
Two daily through trains from Memphis.
Reclining chair cars (seats free) on all
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C. P. RECTOR, f0
General Agent,
No. 808 Main street, Memphis, Tenn,
Dr. Dozier & Co.’s
Simon Block, Nineteenth Street, Birmingham, Ala.
A famous and successful institution for the cure of
Chronic, Nervous, Blood, Skin and Private Diseases of both
sexes. Ulcers, Blotches, Sore Throat, Scrofula, Erysipelas,
Eczema, Psoriasis and ugly eruptions of every character are
permanently cured after all others have failed. Syphilis,
Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Urethral Stricture, Lost Powers and result
of self-abuse and all disorders of Genito-Urinary Organs
quickly cured by the latest and most successful methods.
.
O. T. DOZIER, M. D„
PRINCIPAL.
Our Specialties.
DISEASES OF THE BLOOD, Kidneys
and Bladder, Constipation. Chronic Diar
rhoea. Rheumatism. Catarrh; all froms
of Skin Disease, as Eczema. Ulcers,
Blotchfes. Ugly Eruptions, etc.
SYPHILIS in evry form effectually
cured and the poison thoroughly eradi
cated from the blood. Gonorrhoea,
Gleet, Stricture, Cystitis, etc.
NERVOUS ' DEBILITY—Spermator
rhoea, Impotence, Seminal Losses, Fail
ing Memory, Lassitude, Gloominess, De
pression of Spirits and all effects of per
nicious habits.
All irregularities and cases of ■weakness
in woman.
Dr. Dozier gives his individual study
and efforts to the diagnosing and treat
ment of every case, prepares all medi
cines and gives all directions and advice,
thus securing to every patient the high
est professional skill and privacy as well
as security against mistakes and the use
of inferior drugs.
We make a SPECIALITY of ALL
MANNER of CHRONIC DISEASES of
the THROAT, LUNGS, HEART,
BLOOD, KIDNEYS and of the Genito
urinary Organs, and do not confine our
selves to PRIVATE DISEASES alone;
hence we are patronized by the best peo
ple of both sexes, and any lady or gen
tleman can visit our office with perfect
propriety.
CONSULTATION FREE and private
matters sacredly Inviolate.
Easy payments and liberal terms to
all, especially the poor.
Persons who cannot visit us in our of
fice can. by sending us their name, re
ceive our “Perfect Question Blanks,”
which will enable us to TREAT THEM
SUCCESSFULLY BY MAIL.
OFFICE HOURS—k •»- m. to 12 —2
p. m. to 6 p. m. Sunaays, 9 a. m. to 12 m.
Send 2 cents for question list and
“Book for Men Only."
Send 2 cents ror question list for /■*
males
TAKE NOTICE Hist W.E WRITE NO
PRESCRIPTIONS, but prepare and fur
nish from our own Dispensary all medi
cines to our patients.
That we publish no individual testi
monials or letters, though we have thou
sands of the most flattering on file In
our office.
That WE CAN TREAT YOU SAFELY,
SUCCESSFULLY AND PRIVATELY
BY MAIL.
Dr. Dozier & Co.,
P. O. Box 112. Birmingham, Ala.
Clippings From the Press.
The Daily State.
Dr. O. T. Dozier, the specialist physi
cian of the Southern Medical Dispensary,
is one of the most successful practition
ers of the south. He is a man who loves
the world and his fellow-man. Patients
learn to love his ever sympathetic na
ture, as they respect and confide in his
consummate skill.
Age-Herald.
It always affords a public journal
pleasure to testify to merit where it is
deserved. It is therefore with pleasure
and pardonable pride that the Age-Her
ald Jons with its brethren of the press in
testifying to the merit, skill and reliabil
ity of Dr. O. T. Dozier, Principal of the
Southern Medical Dispensary of this city.
Dr. Dozier has resided for many years in
Birmingham, and each successive year
has added to his reputation, to his use
fulness and to the esteem in which he is
held by our best citizens. His long rec
ord and approved abilities entitle him
to the proud distinction of standing at
"the head of his profession."
Bessemer Weekly.
There Is probably not a more highly
educated physician in this section than
Dr. O. T. Dozier. He is a specialist of
many years' experience and successful
practice. He is not“d for his thorough
mastery of the deL is and intricacies of
his profession, and for unusual scientific
attainments.
(Daily News, Birmingham.)
Dr. Dozier, the head of the institution,
is a physician and surgeon of education,
skill and experience, a man of culture and
high literary attainments and a gentle
man respected by all who know him. He
can be relied on in all matters pertaining
to his profession. The News commends
him most cordially to all those in need of
his services.
Weekly Mirror, Selma.
The doctor is highly recommended by
the press of the state as being a reliable
practitioneer.
(Masonic Guide.)
Dr. Dozier comes from a family of
prominent physicians, and with his full
store of medical knowledge and his va
ried and large experience in his profes
sion, Dr. Dozier can be relied upon to
l treat all diseases in the most successful
manner.
Sumter County Sun.)
Dr. Dozier's reputation as a specialist
nas overstepped the bounds of Alabama,
and he is known all over the south. Dr.
Dozier is not only an eminent physician,
put a brilliant writer and poet. His work
in this line has ben compared to that of
the late Father Ryan, the priest poet.
(Labor Advocate.)
Dr. Dozier bears tne reputation of be
ing one of the most successful practition
ers in the south. A personal acquaint
ance with the pmcipal warrants the La
bor Advocate in giving the institution the
warmest recommendation to its every
reader.
(Bessemer Journal.)
Dr. Dozier's reputation is a brilliant
one. He is a specialist of nearly twenty
years experience in active practice and
Is strictl3r reliable and has the confidence
of the public and indorsement of the
press. The doctor is a distinguished
graduate in every department of medical
science, and his success with patients la
wonderful.
(Winona, Miss., Times.)
Dr. Dozier is a specialist of great repu
tation and has been unusually successful
In his practice. He never undertakes a
case unless reasonably sure of a cure. H*
is a high-toned gentleman and can be con
sulted with the utmost confidence.
(Atlanta Constitution.)
Dr. O. T. Dozier, the head of the South
ern Medical Dispensary of Birmingham,
Ala., is a specialist of nearly twenty
years' experience in the treatment of
chronic, nerVous and private diseases and
his uniform success has given him a lead
ing position in the medical profession In
that city.
(Sunay Morning Star.)
Dr. Dozier’s success has been simply
marvelous and has elicited the most en
thusiastic words of praise and gratitude
from the dispensary’s many patrons from
al! over the state.
(Eutaw Whig and Observer.)
While in Birmingham recently we had
the pleasure of meeting Dr. Dozier and
found him to be an interesting and genial
gentleman. He has not only the reputa
tion of being a fine physician, but is a
writer of considerable character.
(The Southern Odd Fellow.)
We cannot add anything to the reputa
tion Dr. O. T. Dozier has already ao
quired in the line of his profession, but
we know him to be a brother Odd Fellow
that can be relied on to carry out every
promise he makes to those needing his
services.
(Mountain Home, Talladega.)
The press of Birmingham and all over
Alabama speak in.tiie highest terms of
Dr. Dozier as a physician, surgeon and
gentleman, and we have no hesitancy in
recommending him to those of our pa- .
irons who need his services.
(Alabama Christian Advocate.)
The Southern Medical Dispensary is
the leading institution of its kind in Bir
mingham and has been instrumental in
effect ng the cure of many serious oases,
and thus carrying healing and happiness
to many homes. Dr. O. T. Dozier, head
of the Southern Medical Dispensary,
gives his entire time and personal super
vision to the work, and brings to bear a
careful medioal training In the best col
leges of the land and a long and valua
ble experience In the treatment of special
diseases. HJs professional standing Is
unimpeachable and his character as a
gentleman and citizen is above reproach.
(Anniston Hot Blast.)
Among the most noted and successful
specialists in this country are Dr. Dozier
& Co. They have extended their business
from year to year and the patronage
given to them in the several surrounding
states is most gratifying. Dr. Dozier
is a high-toned, polished, Christian gen
tleman and has many warm persona)
friends in Anniston who knew him yearf? ..
ago when practicing in Rome. Ga.
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