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IT IS CLEAR THE MEN IN AUTHORITY.
STATESMEN
PREPARE FOR
THE WORST
Conceded War Is Among
the Possibilities of the
Near Future.
Cases in Which the United States
Has Demanded and Received
Indemnity for Outrages by
Foreign Officers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.— One mem
>er of the Cabinet expects the receipt
>f a report from the Court of Inquiry
it Havana about the middle of next
week. There is reason to believe that
in the meantime, and to prepare for
the reception of a report that would
show the disaster to be other than the
result of an acident, some of the offi
cials of the administration have been
looking up the subject of indemnities
so as to lay the foundation of a case,
in the event it should be decided to re
sort to that method of settlement.
There are a large number of prece
dents which will aid the authorities in
shaping their action in this direction
when the facts are fully established.
While none of the cases show the fear
ful loss of life sustained by the Maine
explosion, yet they include many in
stances in which the United States has
adopted energetic measures to redress
the killing of American citizens in for
eign countries.
In a general way these methods of
redress have included demands for in
demnity, proclamations excluding the
warships of the offending nation from
our harbors, display of force, non-in
tercourse, withdrawal of our 'Minister,
reprisal and blockade. Some of these
steps border very closely on war, al
though they are regarded as the move
ments just preliminary to actual hos
tilities, and as amounting to a threat
that force will follow if reparation is
not made.
The case of the Waterwitch is consid
ered to be the most nearly analagous to
that of the Maine. The Waterwitch was
a United States ship engaged in 1555 in
surveying the entrance to one of the
rivers of Paraguay. ■ Without warning
and by orders of President Lopez of
.Paraguay a force of troops opened fire
on the Waterwitch, killing the man at
the helm. The President reported the
facts to Congress, and in his message
asked authority to make a demonstra
tion of force which would insure suit
able redress. In response to this Con
gress authorized him "to use such force
as is necessary" to secure ample rep
aration. Accordingly an armed fleet
was hastily assembled on a scale which
was regarded as remarkable for those,
days.
Th expedition included nineteen
armed ships, twenty-five heavy guns
and 2500 sailors and marines. Accom
panying this formidable outfit were ci
vilian plenipotentiaries prepared to
make the demands of the Government
and then enforce them by calling on
the armed ships. The expedition made
a formidable showing in the South
American waters and President Lopez's
Government was awed into complete
subjection by its presence. The Amer
ican Commissioners and naval officers
were received at Ascension with much
honor, and every reparation within the
power of the republic was given. This
included abject apology, a sweeping
disavowal and $10,000 for the sufferers
from the outrage. As the republic was
willing to grant full reparation the na
val expedition did not exert the force
it was prepared to use in case a refusal
had been offered.
When the facts of the expedition
were reported to the American Con
gress; the President stated that the dis
patch of this formal naval fleet had
had a salutary influence throughout the
world and had convinced foreign na
tions that the United States would pro
tect the lives of its citizens with all the
force at its command.
The case of the firing on the United
States ship Chesapeake by the British
ship Leopard is another case affording
a precedent as to the Government's
mode of action. The Chesapeake was
proceeding to sea, when she was hailed
by the commander of the Leopard
with a demand that British deserters
said to be in the hold of the Chesa
peake be surrendered. The American
commander refused to comply, where
upon the Leopard first fired a shot
across the bow of the Chesapeake, and
followed this with two broadsides. The
American commander was severely
wounded three sailors were killed out
right and many wounded. Being un
prepared for action, it being a time of
peace the American commander hauled
down his colors and surrendered
+h ™? c " d '? US Ct . Citement Prevailed in
the United States over the outrage
President Madison speedily issued a
proclamation excluding from American
ports all- British warships. He also
caused energetic protests and demands
to be presented at London; The Brit
gi' authorities promptly disavowed
the action, recalled the admiral mXr
7 h T« the outrage had be n pern
had
In a later case the ■ American shin
Prometheus was fired upon in the har
bor of Greytown. ; The ship had de
clined to pay excessive port chared
imposed by the King of the Mosaufto
then controlling " the country under
British protectorate. The King called
upon the British warship Exp? PS T to
sustain his demands, and the^press
promptly sent a broadside into the
Prometheus. There were no person!
killed, but ; the United , States mad! a
V^ V u demand for reparation. The i
British Government gave this in the '
fullest manner and without question
disavowing act and condemning
the officer of the Express. •
Displays of force were resorted to by
the United States in 1852 against Japan
and in 1858 against Java. b m the case
of Japan, American sailors had been !
severely handled in Japanese ports i
and the native courts failed to give
adequate redress. A naval expedition
was sent to Japanese waters, and this
had the effect of securing the fullest
apology and , also an agreement by
which every protection was guaranteed I
to American citizens and property in '
Japan. In the case of Java the Secre
tary of the Navy sent a large naval
force ti> the waters of Java to demand
that the native trial courts should give
the fullest protection to Americans.
The expedition was successful in its
purpose, and all the assurances desired
were given.
In ISIS seven Americans were killed
and about sixty were wounded while
they were being detained in the British
] iri^iin at Dartmoor. This was brought
on by a clamor for rations, which was
resisted by the prison guard. The
United States demanded satisfactory
and suitable reparation, and the Brit
ish Government complied by an indem
nity for the support of the families of
those killed and wounded.
There are quite a number of recent
cases, the latest being that of the
German occupation of Kiaochau over
the outrages committed by Chinese on
German missionaries. In that case the
German Government acquired as in
demnity a large portion of Chinese ter
ritory, as well as one of the most val
uable strategetic ports of China.
The principle of money indemnity for
the' killing of foreigners has been rec
ognized in several recent cases in the
United States. One of these was the
killing of Italians at New Orleans by a
mob. In that case, while the United
States did not admit the responsibility
of the Federal Government for the act
of a mob, yet indemnity was paid out
of the Federal Treasury as a matter of
international comity and equity. Simi
lar action was taken in indemnifying
China for her citizens killed at Rock
Springs. In the case of the Virginius
a large money indemnity was paid.
Demands by the United States are
now pending against Turkey for the
burning of American missionaries'
property in Turkey during the Ar
menian outbreak. There are many in
dividual claims against Spain, includ
ing the Ruiz case and that of Dr. Del
gado, now pending.
President Buchanan adopted the pro
cedure of reprisal in 1859. This is a
measure just short of war. Mexico was
charged at that time with assenting to
spoliation along the United States bor
der. President Buchanan asked Con
gress for authority to send a military
force to secure indemnity, as diplo
matic negotiations had failed to bring
redress from Mexico. This course was
adopted by Congress, and the prepara
tions for the military reprisal soon
brought forth a satisfactory adjust
ment.
Non-intercourse with Great Britain
was one of the measures adopted in
ISO 9by what is known as the non-inter
course act, as a means of stopping as
sociations which up to that time had
involved many complications and em
barrassments. Embargoes have also
been resorted to as a measure of offense
against foreign nations, short of war,
the purpose being to prevent the ship
ping of supplies needed by the offend
ing nation.
IN CASE OF WAR
MANY WILL VOLUNTEER.
Mail of Governor Shaw of lowa Is
Flooded With Offers of
Service.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.— A Dcs Moines
special to the Herald says: Governor
Shaw's mail is flooded with offers of
service in case of war between this
country and Spain. A large propor
tion of those who offer their services
are veterans of the Civil War and ex
members of the National Guard. The
anti-Spanish feeling in Dcs Moines was
given an impulse by the arrival this
morning of H. E. Teachout and J. W.
Hill, prominent business men, who
have been making a tour of Cuba. They
left Havana before the explosion on
board the Maine, but from their knowl
edge of the Spanish feeling they are
certain that the disaster was not due
to accident. Interviews with them de
tailing the suffering of reconcentrados
and the insults to which Americans in
Cuba are subjected were printed this
afternoon.
Arrangements are being made for the
formation of a number of volunteer
militia organizations which will offer
their services to the State.
STABBING AFFRAY AT
SAN QUENTIN PRISON.
Armed With, a Knife, a Convict
Sheds the Blood of a Fel
low-Prisoner.
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Feb. 25.—An
other breach of discipline In the nature
of a stabbing affray between desperate
convicts occurred in the prison yard on
Washington's birthday. The. facts have
been suppressed and jealously guarded,
but they leaked out to-day. In conse
quence of* the affray a convict, whose
name is said to be Henry Bettencourt,
was tak-en to the prison Ihospital, where
the resident physician sewed up a gash
in his face.
Bettencourt and the convict who did
the stabbing got into difficulty over some
fruit that had been sent to them by
friends on the outside. On holidays it
is customary to allow the convicts to
receive articles of food and smalf favors
from relatives and friends, and some
fruit had been sent to Bettencourt and
his assailant. They had trouble about
the division and came to blows in the
ot . l ' le Penitentiary. Blows were
v?it 8 and then the con
i ka d a knlfe from h 's pocket and
slashed Bettencourt In the face making
fredy m Whlch the blooh flowed
Pioneer Woman Dead.
SAN JOSE. Feb. 25,-Mrs. Kate Kiclv
a pioneer resident of Santa Clara, died
at her home there yesterday after a
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1898.
WILL BEGIN TO
DRILL FOR WAR
Sacramento Grand Army
Men to Prepare for
the Field.
Ask Governor Budd to Furnish
Supplies for Their Equip
ment.
Ringing Resolutions Adopted Amid
Wild Enthusiam by Warren
Post, No. 54.
Special Dispatch to The CalL
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 25.— One of the
most effective incidents which has ta
ken place in Sacramento since the first
suspicion of the cause of the Maine dis
aster arose in the minds of the people
here took place last night at a meeting
of Warren Post of the Grand Army
of the Republic. Those veterans of the
war, who rallied to their country's call
nearly forty years ago, are to this day
just as willing, just as anxious and just
as determined to defend Old Glory now
as they were then.
When the post was called to order
the routine proceedings were speedily
disposed of, and the folio-wing resolu
tions were adopted:
Whereas, In the destruction of the
I nited States battle-ship Maine, while
anchored in the harbor of Havana, en
tailing the loss of 250 lives, casts a feel
ing of gloom over our country, approxl
| muting that of 1861; and Whereas, present
indications seem to warrant the belief
that due caution was not exercised by the
Spanish authorities fur the protection of
said battle-ship and her brave crew
| while anchored in Spanish waters under
! bpanish forts, covered by Spanish guns;
I and whereas, present complications in
! connection with the deplorable disaster to
the Maine have so worked up the minds
of the American people as to render pos
sible very serious trouble, and, as Grand
Army men. wo hold ourselves as ever
, ready to defend the best interests of our
i country; and whereas, kindred organiza-
I tions of the Grand Array of the Republic
as al.so several patriotic Governors of
i various States of our nation, have ten
: dered our chief executive at Washington
thefr moral, financial and physical sup
| i>ort, should emergency require it; and
whereas, we are obligated by the prin
j ciples of our order to exercise a jealous
: watchfulness over our country ami flag
i which from IS6I to 1865 was defended upon
! more than 2000 battle-fields by the men
i who now compose the grandest organl-
I zation beneath the folds of "old glory,"
and for the defense of which more than
400,000 of the country's noblest sons gave
their lives; therefore be it
Resolved, That Warren Post No. 54.
Department of California and Nevada,
I Grand Army of the Republic, petition his
j Excellency James H. Hudd, Governor of
I the State of California, requesting a
I loan of fifty muskets, fifty cartridge
boxes or belts, fltty canteens and fifty
haversacks, for a period of ninety days,
to be used in our post room for the pur
pose of drilling in the manual of arms
and otherwise fitting ourselves for any
emergency that may arise; fcind be it
further
Resolved, That a committee of four, in
cluding the commander of this post, be
appointed to present to our Governor a
copy of these resolutions under the seal
of the post.
L. S. Geitner, post commander: J. S.
Jones, adjutant; George \V. Herr, quar
termaster; A. D. Jtiurd, officer of the day.
The cheers that went up at the close
of the meeting last night were loud
and long. To-day a set of the above
resolutions properly engrossed were
presented to Governor Budd.
WILL SOON HAVE
THAT POSTOFFICE
Secretary Spalding Reassures
the People of San Fran
cisco.
Report of Export Smith Will Not
Cause a Great Delay in tha
Construction.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,
Washington, Feb. 25.
The report of General Sooy Smith, the
Chicago engineer who was sent to San
Francisco to investigate and report on the
foundation for the new San Francisco
postofllce building, is still under consider
ation by Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Spalding, Supervising Architect Tay
lor, and Chief Executive Officer Kemper.
They decline to state the nature of the re
port, but a significant remark was drop
ped by Mr. Kemper to-day, when he said:
f "After the report is made public in a
day or two, I hope the newspapers will
not make a mountain out of a molehill."
Assistant Secretary Spalding was asked
why General Smith, a private citizen of
Chicago, was sent to investigate and re
port on the foundation, instead of the de
partment sending a regular agent of the
Treasury- Secretary Spalding said;
"Because we had confidence in him as
a very expert engineer. This is a matter
involving engineering problems merely,
and as the Seventh and Mission streets
site has already been bought and paid for,
and the work of excavation completed,
the building will, of course, be erected
thereon."
This remark of the Assistant Secretary
naturally created an impression that
General Smith's report will say that the
foundation Is infirm and will require a
great deal of piling and at great cost. The
Call correspondent asked Secretary Spald
ing If the material to be used would de
pend on Smith's report. He said:
"Not at all. We have already decided
to use granite. The people of San Fran
cisco need not fear that there will be any
great delay in proceeding with the work
of construction on account of General
Smith s report. The work on tho super
structure will be pushed rapidly as soon
as the bids are advertised for and tho
contract awarded."
Tr,»n?^ re H Sma X Loud was at the depart
ment to-day, but did not succeed in get
ting any information other than that
given to The Call correspondent
NEW ERA FOR EDUCATION.
Colusa County School Trustees Form
an Association.
COLUSA, Feb. 25.-A new era for the
schools of Colusa County was opened to
day by the organization of a Trustees'
Association, designed for managing the
schools on a more uniform plan Super
intendent H. L. Wilson called a met.
ing of the trustees and they came from
far and near despite the rain State S™
perintendent Black was present. Super-
M. Crilley and J. W. Goad vice-presi
dents, and Sheriff E. W. Jones secretary
Go to O'Brien & Sons for modern style
nigh-grade surreys, phaeton* and buggies
SJi«« w^ p 2 c Corner Golden Gate ave
nue and Polk street. •
TWO TEN-INCH
GUNS SOON TO
BE MOUNTED
No Time Is Lost in Preparing the
Defenses of San Francisco for
the War That Seems
Near.
The two ten-inch rifled breech
loading guns for the fortifica
tions of San Francisco which
were delivered at the freight,
yard^s of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Thursday will be moved to-day to Fort
Point, where they .will be at once placed
in position, along with other high-pow
er guns of the disappearing battery.
The contract tor transporting the rifles
was closed yesterday. In view of re
cent orders from the War Department
the military authorities of this depart
ment will lose no time in getting the
guns in place.
Each gun of this pattern weighs
thirty tons. A large truck drawn by
thirty-four horses will haul each gun
from the freight yards to the point of
destination facing the ocean on the
bluff near Fort Point. The contractors
will begin the work at an early hour
this morning when the streets are com
paratively free of traffic. The easiest
grade to the Presidio will be sought.
When a rifle of similar size and weight
was moved some months ago the truck
went along Van Ness avenue, from
Market to Lombard street. It is pre
sumed that the contractor this morn
ing will follow the same route ap
proaching the avenue along the easiesi
route south of Market street from the
freight yards. The truck tire is fully 10
inches wide, so there is little danger of
damage to the street pavement.
' Word comes from the Ordnance De
partment that other high-power guns
will soon be ready for shipment by rail
to this city. The Engineer Corps is
keeping pace with the Ordnance Corps
in preparation for coast defense.
Colonel Charles R. Suter, U. S. A., is
the division engineer of the Pacific
Coast, and the construction of works
for the defense of the harbor of San
Francisco is under his immediate direc
tion. He is executing a plan devised by
the Board of Fortifications, and it may
require six or seven years' time to fully
carry out the plan as adopted by that
board. Colonel Suter declined to talk
on the subject yesterday. He said that
so far as the Engineer Corps was con
cerned the strictest secrecy was en-
Joined, and therefore he was not per
mitted to disclose the nature of any
plans for the defense of the city. He
was not advised as to the shipment of
any more highTpower guns from the
East, as that was something that per
tained to the Ordnance Corps, of which
General Flagler was the chief. No in
formation could be obtained from
Colonel Suter regarding the proposed
battery at Point Bonita. From other
sources it is ascertained that the plan
adopted by the Board of Fortifications
provides for a formidable battery of 12
inch rifles at Bonita. The works there
will doubtless be of unusual strength,
as they would be exposed to the first
fire of a fleet of hostile ironclads.
Colonel Suter was very courteous In
his refusal to impart information re
garding the work in contemplation.
When a direct question was propound
ed he remarked: "You should not ask
me that question because all officers
of the engineer corps are required to
observe secrecy regarding the location
and strength of engineering works. A
commander of a department is allowed
some discretion in giving out military
information to the press, but the. rule
in the engineer corps is absolute
against giving out any plans."
Everything was quiet along the Pre
sidio line of works yesterday. The
usual guard is maintained to protect
the high-power guns from injury. Am
munition has been distributed and
placed In the magazines. Officers jind
SKETCHES IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL.
Reproduced from a Sketch Made in Havana by a Special Artist of the New York Herald.
enlisted men of the Third Artillery are
confident that a declaration of war
would not change the station of that
regiment, but the same confidence is
not entertained by the members of the
First Infantry regarding the station of
their regiment. The enlisted men con
jecture that the regiment would be or
dered to Key West at the beginning of
operations, and a readiness to go at
once is expressed by the men. While
the officers of the First Infantry, Third
Artillery and Fourth Cavalry do not
regard war as imminent they perceive
that the war feeling is on the increase
throughout the country and that a con
flict with Spain is among the probabili
ties. An officer of the First said yester
day: "I do not believe this regiment
would be ordered away from this post
if war were declared. The chances are
that we would be ordered to serve as
artillery in the forts of this harbor."
Speaking of affairs at" the Presidio
yesterday, Colonel Evan Miles, com
manding the post, remarked: "Every
thing is quiet here. The force of ar
tillery is ample to man the guns now in
position. The orders advising extra
precaution in guarding the guns and
.magazines are observed. We have not
received supplementary or additional
instructions. Visitors to the Presidio
are allowed to come and go about as
usual."
A board of officers will meet at the
Presidk) next Monday, for the 'mental
and physical examination of such can- j
didates for the West Point Military
Academy as may be authorized to ap
pear before it. The following officers
have been detailed for the board: Major
Robert H. White, surgeon; Captain
James S. Pettit, First Infantry; Captain
Euclid B. Frick, assistant surgeon;
First Lieutenant John D. Barrette,
Third Artillery, and Second Lieutenant I
Thomas G. Carson, Fourth Cavalry.
The examination will be conducted in
accordance with instructions furnished
the board by the Superintendent of the
United States Military Academy.
The following transfers of officers In
the First Infantry have been an
nounced in orders: First Lieutenant
Charles B. Vogdes, from Company *I
to Company B; First Lieutenant Rich
ard C. Crofton, from Company G to
Company I; First Lieutenant Francis
E. Lacey Jr., from Company B to Com
pany G. There will be no change of
stations of these officers, except Lieu
tenant Lacey, who goes to the Presidio
from Benicia barracks.
Payments to troops on the muster of
February 28, 1898, are assigned to offi
cers of the Pay Department as follows:
Lieutenant-Colonel Frank M. Coxe,
deputy paymaster-general; the Presi
dio, Fort Mason, Benicia Barracks and
Benicia Arsenal. Major John S.
Witcher, paymaster — Angel Island, Al
catraz Island, Fort Baker and San
Diego Barracks.
San Bernardino Merchant Dead.
SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 25.— E. R.
Cartwright, a leading dry goods mer
chant of this city, died this afternoon of
diabetes and blood poisoning 1 . He was
65 years of age, a native of New York
and had fifty years' experience in busi
ness, the last sixteen years of which
were spent here. About a year ago he
had a leg amputated for gangrene, but
the disease remained in his system.
Knocked Off a Wharf.
VENTURA, Feb. 25.— W. A. Walker, a
resident of this city, while standing on
the Hueneme wharf this morning, was
knocked off by the steamer Coos Bay
striking against the wharf while land
ing. Walker fell into the water and was
drowned. ,
The fac^nUe : ynf y^T^T is on every , wrapper
YET FEAR FOR
THE SAFETY OF
THE VIZCAYA
Navy Department Officials Greatly
Worried by the Movements
of the Holland Sub
marine Boat,
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.— A Washington
special to the Herald says: It is not
denied by the administration officials
to-day that great alarm was expe
rienced yesterday and to-day for the
safety of the Spanish armored cruiser
Vizcaya. The movements of the Hol
land submarine torpedo boat which un
derwent a trial yesterday were respon
sible for the scare. Considerable relief
was consequently felt by officials this
afternoon when a dispatch was re
ceived by Acting Secretary Roosevelt
announcing the departure of the Span
ish cruiser from New York. The an-
nouncement of the departure of the
Vizcaya was made in a dispatch re
ceived from Rear Admiral F. M. Bunce,
commandant of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. Beyond the mere feet that the
Vizcaya had sailed the telegram con
tained no information. It is believed
by the officials that the cruiser is gone
to Havana, but it is proposed to keep
a sharp lookout along the coast so that
in case she anchors in any one of the
Southern ports adequate provisions can
be made for her safety. It was admit
ted to-day that the department was
considerably worried yesterday as to
the safety of the Vizcaya.
During the afternoon Rear Admiral
Bunce informed the department that
the Holland submarine boat had left
Nixon's shipyard early in the morning,
ostensibly to undergo a trial trip. It
was evident from the character of Rear
Admiral Bunce's telegram that he
feared the boat had fallen Into the
hands of Cubans or some irresponsible
person who proposed to destroy the
Vizcaya.
The telegram was received by As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt, who at
once laid it before Secretary Long. In
structions were then prepared to Rear-
Admiral Bunce, directing him to close
ly watch the submarine boat, to search
for any explosives and to have her
taken in charge by a naval guard in
case it should develop that her officers
and men intended to use her to destroy
the Vizcaya.
This instruction was subsequently
laid before the President, who approved
it, and it was at once telegraphed to
Rear-Admiral Bunce.
At a late hour last night the depart
ment received a telegram from Rear-
Admiral Bunce stating that the boat
had been found and examined, but
nothing of a suspicious character had
been discovered. It is believed by de
partment officials that the Holland
boat was under surveillance last night
and to-day. The course adopted by
the department with regard to the
Holland makes it apparent how sus
picious the department has been of
everything which might seem to have
any possibility of developing into a
plot to destroy the Vizcaya.
The department went on the theory
that the Cubans in this country orsome
persons crazed by the loss of the Maine
might have made an attempt to send
the cruiser to the bottom of New York
harbor, and it was against any such
contingency that so many precautions
were adopted.
TORPEDO-BOAT GWIN
. MEETS REQUIREMENTS.
The New Vessel Will Probably Ex
ceed the Contract Speed of
Twenty Knots.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-A Newport,
R. 1., special to the Herald says: The
torpedo boat Gwin had another build
er's trial in the bay to-day and it was
given out officially to-night that she
made her contract speed, twenty knots,
easily, and that therefore the Herres
hoffs will notify the Navy Department
that she is ready for her official trial.
This is believed will be ordered for
early next week, much sooner than M:
was thought the boat could be got into
condition. Navy officers say the Gwin
will exceed her contract speed by at
least one knot, and in all other respects
she will meet requirements. She runs
with slight vibration. The official speed
trial will consist of a continuous run
of two hours.
I had but one "^k p oor c|rcu|a .
I had hut one \l p oor c j rcu [ a _
a hundred ounces 1. + :"_■"■ • v' j
II of Wood in his I tlOn gj? bad
V body. Jm enough, but when
you have a small
«*^^ amount of blood
in your body the case is infinitely worse.
Here is a man who existed for many
months with less than half the proper
amount of blood in his veins. It Is in-
deed a curious and a thrilling story.
What seemed to affect him most was a
desire to be let alone. He found most
pleasure when in secret. . His face was
drawn and thin, and he walked . with un-
steady limbs, yet no one would ever have
dreamed that he had so deeply erred as
to drain nature of more than half her life-
giving fluid. But it was only the truth.
The eyes . were unusually bright,: and
there was always a worried look on the
face. At the Mining Fair he was asked
how he felt— and he expressed it in one
word, "Bad." As a matter of interest
some one took him to the Hudsonian
Institute and begged that his friend
might be examined. The request was at
once acceded to, and immediate steps
were taken to place him on. his feet
rapidly. This, it seems, is being done
very certainly with the "Hudyan" treat-
ment, but when this man is thoroughly
strong and well again he will long
remember the • ,
days when he i^^^^^^W
had but a hun- mV-o " /\^
, , , mf Recovered vlk
dred ounces of if all the lost vl
blood in his whole ; |{ vital fluid in a II
system. • V. very queer man- It
This is by no means the only case which
has come to the knowledge of the Hud-
son Medical Institute, which is at the
junction of Market, Stockton and Ellis
streets. In the cure of 20,000 people who
were suffering from nervous debility of
some nature, they have come across
chscs of all types. "Hudyan" cures them
all. Convincing circulars and testimonial*
are sent Jree on application. And the
aflvice of the physicians is placed at th«
uisposal of the entire world, too— and ab-
solutely free. Write if it ia incoveaitnt