Pike County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 February 1893 — Page 3

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The Peoples’ Store.

Gram] Bargain Sale. Prices simply “not in It.” You are aware of the big advance in alt kinds of goods, if you want to do a good turn fbr yourself or family you cant miss this sale. Tbis.is a ehance of your life-time. Sale to begin Monday, February, 18th at 9 a. m. and to close February,'26th Everything Exactly as Advertised.

19c win be the price of best table oil cloth. 19c will be the price of Turkey red table linen, worth 86c per yd. 19c will buy a ladies’ cambric chemise, worth 40c. 19c will buy a pair of ladies’ cambric pants, worth 88o, 19c will buy a ladies’ corset cover, worth 35c 19c will buv a ladies’ nice'heavy ribbed vest, worth 89c. 19e will be the price ot children’s all wool red and gray vests or draweis, size 16 and 18. — 19o buys a size 90 or 2? childs’ gray merino rest or drawers. 19c buys a size 24 or 26 childs’ white merino vest or drawers. 19c for 3 yds very heavy muslin, worth 25c. 19c for 3 yds pretty gingham, worth 30c. 19c buys 3 yds nice flannelette, nice stripes, worth 30c. 19c lor 1 yd heavy silk veiling, worth 29c. 19c for S ladies’ hemstitch handkercheifs, worth 30c. 19c for a pair of ladies’ black cashmere hose, worth 35c. 19c for 2 pair of infants all wool hose, worth 25c 19c buys 5 papers of genuine brass pins, worth 95c. 19c buys a pair of infants shoes worked button holes in black, brown, tan etc., worth 40c. -1.„ M>c for nice bleached ready made pillow slips of best muslin, worth 25o, 19c buys choice ot 40 towels, worth from 25 to 60c. 19c for a pair of childrens rubber sandals, worth 25o. 19c for a bottle of Gilt Edge shoe polish, worth 95c ' _ 19c will buy a nice feather tip in any color, positively worth 38c 19c for cfcotce of any colors of wings for hats or any land of hand painted quills. 19c for one-half dozen of white napkins, worth 30c. 19c for 5 spools of Clark’s thread, worth 30c.

The Magic 69 Cents.

A nice Smyrna Rug 69c, worlk$1.00. A pair of nice window shades with spring fixtures. 69c, worth SI. A pair of nice lace curtains, 69c, worth $1.00. One black satleen skirt, 69c, worth 90c. One full size ready made bleach sheet, 69c, worth 80c. Two and one-half yds pure table linen, 69c, worth $1.00, Two yds cassimere for 69c, worth 90c Twelve napkins red or white for 69c, worth 98c. One pair fine Damask towels for 69c, worth $1.00. Ladies’fine night gowns at C9c. worth $1.00 to $1.23. Ladies’ kid button shoes,worked buuon holes, 69c,worth $1 to $1.26. Ladies’ gloves, tans, browns, 69c, worth 98c. Linen splashers and scurfs, 69c, worth 88c to $1.10. Ladies’ pure all wool red vests, 69c, worth $1.00. Three v*’ ‘best all wool flannel, 69c, worth $1.23 One-h Ven ladles’ or gents’ handkercheifs. 69c, worth $1.23. Ten y^ \ ,(co, new spring patterns, 69a, worth 80c. Nine ycre^J aking. 69c, worth 96c. Three yds Cl. silk all colors. 69c, worth 87o, Twelve yds bleached mu6lin, 69c, worth $1.00.

Srcrythijig as advertised. This sale for two weeks only. Don't miss it. See the lovely presents we give away. . « W. V. Hargrove & Co. THE PEOPLES’ STORE. 4 Immense i Bargains! 4 Why wear old clothes? Whv not follow the crowd to the Star Clothing House? Hera are Four Bargains that we offer commencing Saturday, February, 11th. just lasting two week. See these eye openers. Everybody can wear pants at these prices. Choice of all *2.50, *2.75. *3 00 and *3.25 pants for .*3 oO. Choice of all *3 35, *3.50, *3.65, *3.75 a nd *1.00 pan ts for ..... *.3.00. Choice of all *4.25, *4.35, *4-50 and *4 75 pants for. .t. 3.50, You will find these on separate counters, they consist of Tweeds, Cassimere, Worsteds, Cheviots, all nice new patterns and Dirt Cheap. Remember the earlier yon (tome the better the selection. Bargain 4. 1 Boys’ {Knee Pants Suits for boys >• from4 to* 14 years old, Nice new ) patterns, for the paltry sum of |S8c.Suit Our line of Mens’ Clothing is simply immense, You have no idea what wonders a tew dollars will do toward getting you a nice suit We have just received our (till line of Men and Bq^s’ Spring Hats!» Why buy old last seasons styles when you are sure of “The latest” when you bay of us We carry a full line of the famous J. B. Stetson Hats. See window display. / l - 1 Buy your outfit from firs hands. The only strictly Clothing House in town / Star Clothing House. See the Elegant Presents we Give away. Agency Crescent Laundry.

THEP1KE COUNTY DEMOCRAT. entered at the postofflee In Petersburg for transmission through the mails as second* class matter. MT* The Pike Ceaat} Democrat has the tor' asst elremlatiea et say newspaper pnhUshed in Pike Coast}! Advertisers wiU make a note of thiafhet: Call at this office and examine our fine line of business stationary. Piles of people bare piles, but De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve will cure them. Bergen, O. ft Co. 35 Shiloh's Cure, the great cough and croap cure is for sale by all druggists. Pocket size coutainsiwenty-five doses, only 25 cents. Children Love it. 35* Small in-size, great in results: De Witt’s Little Early Risers. Best pills for constipation, best for sickheadashe, best tor sour stomach. Bergen, O ft Co. 35 Head Qcaetebs—for real estate, farm and city property for sale on reasonable terms at the reliable realestate agency of W. H. H. Thomas, the leading real estate agency in the county. - 38-5 , Headache is the direct result of indigestion aud stomach disorders. Remedy these by using De Witt’s Little Early Risers, and yonr headache disappears The favorite little pills everywhere. Bergen, O. ft Co.35

Fine job printing is onp.-of the specalties of Tne Democrat office. Call ind see our line of new goods. Sweet breath, sweet stomach, sweet temper, all result from the use >f De Witt’s Little Early Risers, the 'amous little pills. Bergen, O. & Co.35 Karl’s Clover Root, the new blood purifier, gives freshness and clearness :o the complexion and eures constipation. 25 cents, 50 cents and 11.00. 35“ Horsemen will please take notice that The Democrat has the finest line of photographs for horse and jack bills of any office in the city. Cali ind see them and learn prices. T&e wind from the north blows ■harp and keen, and bad effects are teen. <■ •* Minute Cough Core so fafe and sure, will quickly perform a wondrous cure. Bergen, O. & Co. 35 For Sale—A dwelling of six rooms, good cellar, well and ci-tern, large lot, plenty of fruit, house in good repair and in main part of town. 11,250: a big bargain and sasy terms. 38-3 W. H. H. Thomas. For instance, Mrs. Chaj. Rogers, ot Bay City, Michigan, accidently spilled scalding water over tier little boy. She promptly applied De Witt’s Witch JIazel Salve, giving instant relief. It’s a wonderfully good salve for burns, bruises, sores, and a sure cdw for piles. Bergen, O. ft Co. 35

There will be a Ire lure at the Presbyterian church to-night. J. B. Young made a business trip to Olney, Illinois, last Monday. Warner Barrett was at Cincinnati! the first of the week on business. Mayor Thorpe, of Washington, was in the city Ihst Friday on business. Mothers like to take~Melol themselves on account of its palatability. James Wilson, of Boonville, was here the forepart of the week on business. L. B. Cook, of Velpen, was in the city last Saturday transacting legal business. Ei:-County Commissioner Reedy was in the city the forepart of the week on business. Misses Grace Gimbel and Selma Oppenheim, of Vincennes, were in the city this week visiting friends. Rev. Clark, of Union, will begin a series of revival meetings at Bethleham, ‘two miles northwest of Union during the coming week. Sol Frank leaves for New York and Washington City, Saturday. Ke' will witness the inauguration of Grover Cleveland before returning. The directors of the fair association held a meeting last Saturday. The fair Will be held the first week in September, commencing on the 5th. Henry Hollenburg, of Pikeville, has been adjudged insane and the proper steps are being taken to have him removed to the Evansville hospital. Shiloh’s Vitalizer is what yon need for dyspepsia torpid liver, yellow skin or kiduey trouble. It is guaranteed to eive you satisfaction. Price 75 cents. 35* W. H. Thomas, of Angueta, while transacting business in the city Monday, dropped into The Democrat office and made a deposit of the coin of the realm. Prentis Martin had the misfortune last Friday to lose the end of the right thumb, it having come In contact with some part of the machinery in his planing mill. The latest apportionment bill made np for legislative purposes puts Pike and Knox counties together both for senator and represenative. The bill wiil come up this week. Nothing so distressing as a hacking cough. Nothing so foolish as to suffer taoin it. Nothng so dangerous if allowed to continue. One Minnte Cough Cure gives immediate relief. Bergen, O. & Co. 35 There was a mistake in the item af last week about “Sabbath Observance” in the quotation of the law on that point, it should have—“Shall be fined in any sum not more than ten. nor less than one dollar.” Levi Lockhart, of Lockhart township, was arrested last Saturday at Littles by Deputy Sheriff Robinson. He is charged with larceny and is now confined in the county jail await ing the March session of the circuit court. , The following marriage licenses have been issued during the past week:

Leander J. Hoe to Emma Coleman, George B.Grim to Mary Taylor. acres, 9 miles {from Petersburg, 2 miles from market, 37 acres in growing wheat, 12 acres rye, 12 acres timothy, nice orchard. A bargain not often seen. $18 per acre if sold at once, W. V. IIarobove & Co. There occurred on Mullien Hill last Monday a scrap between two young ladies. It is not necessary to give the names of the young ladies as they have promised not to repeat the dose. One suffers the loss of a handful of front bangs, while the other has an optic in mourning. Charles L. Willis, living three mil^s south ot Petersburg, will sell at public auction on Friday, March 3rd, horses, hogs, cattle, corn, hay, wheat, farming utensils, household goods and other articles. After the sale he will movo with his famiiv to Arkansas for the benefit of his wife’s health. When she wmaCMld, she triod for Csatoria. When sh* became Wat, she clung to CaMcria. When sha had Children, she fare them CaWoria. Ex-Sheriff John Stilwell, of Stendal, was in the city the forepart of the week. John is getting to be a whopper and one would hardly know him since he left. He now weighs in the neighborhood of 300 and is still gaining. Bis friends were greatly pleased to see him, and to say that he had a good time while here hardly expresses it. The masquerade ball at the opera house Tuesday^evening was one of the social events of the season. Although the evening was very unpleasant s large number of masquers were present. It was a difficult matter to find out who was who, and when the masques were taken off there was quite a surprise. Quite a number of young ladies and gentlemen from neighboring cities were in attends auce. Notice.—All persons wishing to invest their money in building and loan associations can now have an opportunity lb invest in a home association, as the Petersburg .Building and Loan Association last organised has been made a perpetual association with the books open at all times for subscription. Those knowing themselves in arrears with said association are hereby notified to call and settle up. Books kept at the auditor’s office. Thomas Disney to Khoda J ones. John S. Copeland to Jj,ucy TisdaleFarm For Save.—A farm of 120

The schools of the several townships are drawing to a close. Henry King has the fonndatioti laid for a residence on Walnut street. Hilt Mitchell and family returned from Washington, Monday afternoon. Henry Wolf, of Wabash, was 0n the city this Week renewing acquaintances. ^ There are several cases of measles reported in the city. The attacks are very light. Wasted.—A girl to do general housework in a small family ; good wages. Enquire at this office. Do you suffer with itching or bleeding piles ? Take a few doses of Melol and you will not use external remedies. Henry R. Cassidav bought the for-ty-acre farm of Pat McNabb in Jefferson township last week. Consideration, $2,000. James Snrrant, of Marion township, tjgs in the city calling on friends and transacting business with the county officials. '- Henry Brenton and wife after a pleasant visit with friends near the city, returned to their home at Denver, Colorado, last Tuesday, Rev. Jones, ot Evansville, has been holding revival services at Little Zion, Clay township, for several days with a great deal of success attending his efforts. Captain Sweeney, U.^S. A., San Diego, California, says: “Shiloh’s Catarrh remedy is the first medicine I have ever fonnd that would do me any good,” Price 50 cents. 35* The council should at. once take some measures toward the sanitary condition of Petersburg during the coming summer. The city should be carefully looked after in this regard. Success in everything depends largely upon good health. De Witt’s Little Early Risers are little health producing pills. See the point? Then take an “Early Riser.” Bergen, O. & Co. * 35 By an ""advertisement in another column it will beseeu that a normal school will he conducted at Winslow this spring. Teachers should not fail to avail themselves of this opportunity. Col. Oliphant has received notice that he has been appointed a member of the agricultural congress, which will hold its session at Chicago during the world’s fair. His duties will- be to look after visiting members and exhibitors.

£ G. Lindsey, who was sent to the southern prison nine years ago for incest, was released last Thursday. He was sentenced for fourteen years. For good conduct he was given fire ; years;time. He claims his innocence of the crime. He formerly lived here. Mark White and James Coourqd, two of the boys about t6wn, have “jined the show." They will assume le&duig roles in many of the most popular plays of the day and will no doubt win popular favpr at once. They are with the Negrotto-Langley comedy company. They will be back. The Democrat office has just received another big invoice of stationery, consisting of envelopes, letter, bill and statemeut heads. All choice goodB. Business mcu should not fail to call and examine these goods before laying in their supply. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction aud at prices to suit the times. Give us your next order and try the superiority of our job department. Connty Clerk Morgan still hopes for the future. On Mondav last he issued a marriage license to Thomas Disuey and Rhoda Jones. The groom who lives at Arthur has passed the eighty-first milestone of life, while the bride who lives at Yelpen is in her seventy-ninth year. They are both pioneers of the county and have seen the many changes and advancements that have taken place In Pike county. Tub Democrat extends the usual congratulations to the happy couple and that they live for many years. Notige.—Under the fee and Balary bill of 1891 the fee for recording deeds and mortgages will be $1.00 each, and a transfer fee of ten cents for each sub-division of land described in deed. Under the law the recorder will be charged by the county with all fees, hence the necessity of paying all fees in advance. This law will be in force on and after the 27th day of February, 1893. Persons sending instruments for record by mail will please take notice. 38 2 J. L. Sumner. On last Thursday evening at the residence of S. P. Hammond occurred the marriage of George Tucker and Miss Mollie Castle, Rev. Freeman officiating. The marriage was quite a surprise to their many friends in the city who were not aware of snch an ocgmrrence. Mr. Tucker aud his bride after the ceremony repaired to the elegantly furnished home which the groom had previously prepared for the event. T^e Democrat and its many friends join in wishing George and his estimable wife success in their journey through life. The board ot county commissioners met in special session, Wednesday, and allowed the Indiana Bridge company $2,276.00 for six bridges as per contract. If any one knows anything about when the contracts were iet, or where they may be seen, will they please rise and explain. There is no record of the fact on the connty records that such a contract was let that anyone is aware of. The board of couuty commissioners should unearth this contract and have It spread on record at once. It is time that the board ot commissioners make a few of their contracts during term time, and then let them be made to the lowest bidder. A large amount of bnsi

'he Babe Of Some Unfortunate Found. Floating in a Box on White River Last Friday Afternoon by William McQuery. Surrounded In Mystery Without the Least Tangible Evidence I Being Found. Infnut HeM and the Evidence of Dr. Banter Shew* the Child Died of Expmure. Wke I* the Iehmn Meeeter that Placed the Child ia the Bex aad Seat it ta Its Death! A babe found floating in a box on White river. Such was (he nows brought to the city last Friday afternoon by Henry Jones, who came in quest of the coroner. While William Querry and Jones were in a boat ou the White river Friday afternoon catching stray logs that floated down the river, they noticed a box floating downtlhe river some distance from them, and at first thinking it a beehive rowed out and brought it ashore. After taking it up on the bank, near the month of Pride’s creek, one of them secured an axe and pried off one of the boards of the top, when to their horror and amanement there laid a babe as if in peaceful slumber, although partly covered with thin ice. People in the neighborhood were at once notified and the coroner not living in the city, trustee Smith was notified and the box with the remains of the dead infant were brought toj the nnd^taking establishment of Trustee Smith that evening. A reporter of The Democrat made a visit to the undertaker’s in the evening and viewed the remains of the infant which ware still in the box. The box was made of poplar lumber, dressed on both sides was 28x10 and nine inches deep, and showed the work of a mechanic in its construction, being well put together with wire nails of various sizes; being as some say, strong evidence that a carpenter of some experience had

made the box. When the Ud oi tnc box was taken off and the .-reporter gazed into the little upturned face ol the babe that had met such an unnatural death, it looked to be only sleeping and with one little hand ni^r the mouth indicating that it had been put in the box ilive, and while floating down the river to its death, it had no doubt, as is the case generally with little babes, had the tiny thumb in its mouth, and then on and on down _ the river, while the cold water crept up and up in the box until at last it succumbed to death from exposure, with ice frozen round and oVer its body and solid to the box which contained it. j It was neatly dressed in a long infant's white dress, with embroidery about the neck and sleeves; a knit woolen vest of the finest texture and a gentleman's hemmed handkerchief for a “didyv’ It is probable trom the texture of the clothes worn by the infant and the mystery that surrouuds all, that it may have been the offspring of some girl who has moved among the “upper tens” in some neighboring city, and to throw off the suspicion it was put in the White river to hide her shame. What must he the feelings of that mother after hearing the news of the discovery of her little babe in the waters of the White river frozen and floating down the stream tossed hith- | er and thither by the remorseless waters and the ice then floating down : the stream ? And the person who placed the child in the box aud then in the waters, and who now stands in the eyes of the people a murderer. What is the status of his feelings as he mores about to aud fro about his work, ever thinking ot the time that he shoved aff the fatal box containing the baby ? Does not the cry of the infant still ring in his Cars? To think of it must set him crazy if he be not a brute. The inquest was held Saturday morning. Thomas Read, justice of the peace^ in the absence of the coroi ner, took np the duties of that officer and heard the evidence of William Querry and Henry Jones, who found the baby, and the evidence of Dr. W. M. Hunter Who made an examination of the infant. The evidence of Querry and Jones is substantially as given above. The evidence of Dr. Hunter was to the effect that the babe had lived after being born and no doubt after being placed iu the box; thp lungs were dilated to their fullest capacity and undoubtedly the child had cried lustily before death ; it was a healthy and well developed girl baby, dark brown eyes, black hair, twenty-two inches long and weighed eight pounds; birth of the child had been normal and natural and had been well cared for by the attending physician er midwife. The coroner has not yet made Tnown his verdict and the case will be held open for further developments. Several kind ladies of tire city iniereslfid themselves in the borial of H#g i.'i s-j

the babe. It was neatly dresser in a white robe and placed in a white covered casket. The funeral took place Saturday noon,, ami (heremains interred in Walunt Hills cemetery, without the tears of a mother or a father, who niaj have been at some distance woudering at the time w hat 1iad become of their child, intumsu monsters that they are. Another mystery is added to tbe history ol crime in Southern Indiana, one which m»y never be solved. But very little interest seems to be manifested in ferreting out the guilty parties to the crime. The officers should do all in their power to find the guilty Ones, and should they be found the cbnrts should have no mercy on them. All is mystery. “Why don’t yo* atop that hiccoughing' said a gentleman to a frier d who for some moments had been subjected to the annoying convulsive movement of the diaphragm. “I wish I could,” gasped the victim, “but it’s no go. A fellow tried to scare me—said my coat was on fire—knew it wasn’t—swallowed nine times nine swallows of water—no go—feel like a washed ont hand engine,” he ejaculated angrily, having told his woes in disjointed utterances and between coughs. “Well, you are a chump,” remarked the first speaker. “Come with me.” And he led his friend into an adjoining saloon. “No, not here,” said the other; “people will sorely thinhTve been drinking.” But his protests were in vain. His friend led him to the bar and ordered a heaping spoonful of powdered sugar. “Come,” he said, “swallow this all at once.” . The victim did so slowly, an«. found to his intense surprise and relief when the operation was completed ■ that the hiccoughs had vanished. “Now,” remarked the first gentleman, “for teaching yon that remedy I'll take just one with you. It is not a part of the process, but it’s worth the price, isn’t it? As for the sugar, I have never known it to fail to core even the most stubborn esse oi hiccoughs.”—New York Herald. London's Fatal Fogs. The fog that enshrouded the town from November, 1878, to the beginning of 1880 ha4. serious results. The deaths from bronchitis increased to J531 per cent, above the average; thole from whooping dough to 831 per cent. During the fog of 1891-2 mortality increased almost as mneh. The particles prevent the perfect aeration orthe blood. Interfering w:>th the intenliffusion of gases in the lungs, they impede the oxidation of the carbori, and in weak organisms they cause a loss of vital heat that frequently ends in death. The effect of smoke fog on vegetables may be properly taken as an index of its effect on animals. Horticulturists in and around London tell ns that whenever the fog appears bads drop and many flowers are destroyed. Country horticulturists, on the other hand, say that the white fogs do not injure even conservatory plants. The fogs of 1890, 1891 and 1892 were unusually serious in their effects on flowers and fob age. During recent years the Wight caused by London fog extended to Maidstone, thirty miles away. It vrould seem, then, that the area of the smoke fog is sixty miles in diameter.— National Review.

The Shah. The small set detail is submitted to the shah and is not decided except upon his authority. His ministers disavow all initiative and tremble at any executive responsibility. Imperious, diligent and fairly jnst, the shah is in his own person the sole arbiter of Persia’s fortunes. All policy emanates from him. He supervises every department with a curiosity that'requires to be constantly appeased, and his attention, both to foreign and domestic politics, is constant and unremit ting. There is a consensus c>f opinion that ha is the most competent man in the country and the best ruler that it can prodnce. Her will any one deny him the possession of patriotism and of a genuine interest in the welfare of the nation. It is no mean criterion of the strength and also of the general popularity of the shah that 1 e is the first Persian monarch who has ventured to leave his dominions and travel in foreign and infidel lands, not as a conqueror at the head of an army, but as a friendly visitor, if not as a volunteer tourist.—“ Persia and the Persian Question.” How Voa Moltke Looked. Who is this senior for whom the throng makes way reverentially—he with lean, wrinkled face, set mouth, yet with something of a half smile on it, ever with downcast abstracted eye and stooping shoulder, with hands clasped behind his back and with listless gait—this fleshless, tough looking man with the bushy eyebrows aid the long, lean throat? He ia worth looking at, for he is the greatest strategist of the age and has been the ruling soul of the victorious campaign. Moltke, for it is he, has been with the emperor and is probably on his way home ':o finish Miss Braddon’s latest novel, for when be is not devising strategy he is re ading sensational novels, and his abstraction, as like as not, is caused by speculation as to which of the two aspirants to her hand the heroine is ultimately to marry.—Archibald Forbes in Scribner ’S. 1 He Kept Grand XtdlelM. . £a a Scotch village, where a young doctor had lately started practice, a workman had the misfortune to get his finger bruised badly in one of the mills. A doctor was sent for, and on properly dressing the finger the man nearly fainted. Ete was asked if he would take a little spirits to revive him. “Mon,” he exclaimed with feeling, ‘"that wml just he the very life o’ me!” The doctor gave him a good glass, which pa greedily swallowed, and on recovering his breath his first words were, “Well, doctor, I kin unco’little aboot yer skill; but, mon, ye hep grand medicine;”—Detroit Free Press. ' Their hindering Fnpun. Ifls Kqjones, after an evening spent in the pari or, had returned to the family sitting rotm on her way up stairs. “Good night, papa,” she said, kissing the paternal Jones. x “Good night, dear,” he answered, “and pleatsaat cir—phew! What vile cigars young Ferguson smokes these daysr—Caicago Tribune. Yes, my boy, there are thirty-seven millions end seven hundred and forty j thousand neople in this country, cud you • are only one of them—just one! Think : of that once in awhile when you get to ! wondering what would happen to the world if you should die!—London TitBits. The cultivation of the janerppte S) the Bahamas is a very profitable undsrtak- ; ing. At vropenca each an wire of fias- | Only Gne. apples returns f2ti0 to $S50, . i

The Benarl cable Cue of Mr. Jo 9a W, Caadc r. A Helpless Cirip;»f« Ear Veara—'Treated by the stmlf at Hie T*h nto General Beifintl and I Isrcharg'd as Ineiajrahle—Tl e Slerj of tils ailirnenlcne Recaverg as Inreili* (a ted If an Empire ftiipirruew [Teronfo J:’i»pire:| For more .titan a year post the readers i f the Empire lave been riven the par tcula; h of some of tbo most remarkable cure i of tie I9th centnry, all, ot nearly all of them In de - es hitherto held by the n; out advance 1 med - cal scientists to be ncari ble The pmr ieuls s of these cases were vouched for by st»i h lcai iing newsciap ef» -an The iramiUoa S] matt r and Timer, The Halifax fle.rild, Perott0 Globe, he Monde, Montreal; Detroit liver i, Albany, NT.; Jint mat, A IDany Erpj ntar I others, whoso repntaUom placed fceyor d q'ue •- tlon the statement!; made. Hecently minors have been afloat nf a remarkable case In the pretty little town !>f Oakville, of a yoc ng man recovcrlt g after years of helplessness and agony. The Empire determined to subject the case to tie mc.it rigid investigation, and accordingly totalled one of oar best reporters to make a tl oron and Impartial Investigation into tl e ca Acting upon these Instructions opr i eportftr went to Oakville, and called npon M \ Jol n W. Condor i vho il was had so miratnli recovered)<aiid bail hot Tong been in ■ onve nation with him when he was convinced 1 thestatementamade were not only tree,! that “the ha f had not oeen told.*’ fhe porter found Mr. Condor at work in one j the heaviest ilepar imentn of the Oafcv He 1 ket Factory nnd w as surprised, in thi facejjof wimt be knew of tills cane, to be cot front by a strapping young fellow of good p lysiqtie. ruddy countenance and buoyant icarltfg. This now rujrged j onng than whs he 1 (ho 1 spent- a great part ofblsdaysuponas eksuffering almost untold sgimjr. When Empire representative announced the purpose of his visit Mr. Condor cheerfully v‘luntcered a statement 3t hts case for the benefit of other sufferers. “1 am,” s dd ir. Condor, “nu Engllsbms n by birth, aud came to this country with my parents wl en nine years of age, and f t t'.ist time was ai rug; ed and healthy is any boy of my age. I un n W 29 years of t.go, and It was when (boatill years old tin t the first twinges of iudamuiatory rheumatism came upon m\ and! during the fifteen years that intervened Twtwei-n that time ami my recovery a few months sjco tongue car. hardly telthow much I suflt-n d.jily trouble was brought on , 1 think through |uo frequent bathing n the cold lake waterylihe Joints of my body bega n to swell, 1 ic coVds of my legs to t*gh le.i, and the museli s of -:iy limbs to contract. I became a helph ss cifpe pie, confined to lied, a nd for three' muu| hr did not leave my room. The doctor who was called In administered preparations of Iodide of potassium and other remedies without i: ny material beneflehil effect. Af'cr some morlhs of suffering 1 became strong cnoagl to l - 'iv? the bed but my limbs were stiffened an| I was unfitted for any active vocation. T >jas then hampered Btore,or less for the follow ng nine years, when I was again forced to tiJke to my bed. Thisattack was in L8SS, and eras a great deal more sevc re than at first. My feet, ankles, knees, legs, arms,shoulders,; ha Intact all i arts of my frame were affecsed. My Joints a id muscles liecame badly Sweden and the disease even reached my head ."deface swelled to a great lie. I was ;mab® to open my mouth, my Ja ws being flxell together. I, of coarse, could eat nothing. My- tetli were pried upartjand1'quIJ food pccireddt'wn my throat. I lost my voice and eoqgd spjak only in husky whispers. Really, liam enable to desiribe the slate I was in dui ing those long weary months. With m,| sw.»9en limbs drawn by the tightening voids m; to my emaciated hody, led my wh< 1 fr; me twisted and contorted into lu<h scrib. hie shapes, I was nothing more than a leforfded skeleton. Tor three long weary i lontts I was confined to ted. alter whichr I was t Me to get up, but was a complete piiysii al wr ek hobbling aiound on crutches a helpless cripple. My sufferings were continuallyIntense and frequently when I would be hobb|ing along the street I would be seised w ih a | o-ism of pc in an I won Id fall uncon sciou the ground Duiing all this time 1 h:ui constant a-tendance of medical men,: their remedies were unavailing. All could do was td try to build up my « ysten the use of tonics. In the fall of 1889 and sp of 18901 again suffered . intensely sever tacks, and it las; my medical atten Ians, last resort, ordered me to the Toron o Ge&eralHospital. lettered the Bospita online 30th. 1890, and remained there until September 20th of the same year. But not withstanding all the eare and attention no ch onge -was in my condition, After using almost every available -emec y the hospital dictorij—of whom then were about a dozen—ca :ne to,the conclusion that ruy ca >e was incurs ble, abd 1 was seat away w 1th the understand .ng tt ut I might remain ail outside patient. Accordingly from September 1890to the emlof January 1391,1 went So the hospital onuea v eek for examination and treatment. At thlss.iage I became suddenly worse, and oiice more gained ad tllssioa to Use hospital, where s lay in a miserable suffering eonditior. for wo months or more. In t be spring of .891 1; returnedjto Oakvil te, and made an attempt; to do someth lag toward ray own st ppori, I was given'light work In the bask«t factory, bat had to be conveyed to and from my place of labor in a buggy and carried from the rig to table in the works on which I sat and performed my work. In August 1891,1 was again stricken down, nnd remained in s n utterly helpless condition until Jaunary 18*3. At}this time Mr. James, a hical druggist, stre’ig!y urged me to try I»r.1 Williams’ Fin c Pillii! for I’ale People. I was p rejudiced ag Unst pro

pnetary medicines as i oauspeui noiuj »«»* possessed on numerous highly reco numended so called remedies I hisd taken in a my system large quail 1 tie* o; different. family medicines. 1 tad exhaust 'd the list of liuim mts, bat all in 'min, and I '.tan therefore reluctant to take M r. dames’ advice, I, how aver, saw strong testimonials as to the valie of Dr Williams’ Pink Pills as a bipod b dlderl and nerve tone, anal thinking that if I could »uiy get my blx>d In gooci condition ny general state of health might be Improved, I resolved to give th a Pint: Pills a trial. Wltl i the oarage born of dlsjair 1 bought a box, but there was no ncticeahle improvement, n id 1 began to think that it was like the other remedies I bad used. But urged ;m by friends I ccguaUtued taking Pink Pills and after using fovcn boxes was rewarded by noticing a derided change for the ijetter. My appeUb>returned, my spirits began to :ii*e and. I bad a iiiistle deer use of my muscles and limits, th,) old troublesome swelling*sabaMing. I co: dinned the remedy until I bad used l wenty-fiy e boxes whin I eft off. By this ime I b;-d taken ou considersbl t ilesfi, and heigh d as much as .60 pounds. This was a gain -.of H> pounds in a few weeks- My-joir.ts ass nnid their normal site, m; muscles bee une f rrner and in fact 1 Has anew man. ]ly I was able to golo won in the basket iurtory. and now l can work ten hoots s dayflwilh any man. 1 cften ttny on dut • uve. time without meting any l ed effect*. 1 play aaseball in th i ^vet ings rail can run Maes -with any of th e boys. W by 1 feel like c ancnfit lor very Jov at the relief (rostt abject misery I (Uttered so ionj:- Many a time 1 iraye ! for leath to -eleaso me root my suf erings, hut now that is all -gone aid I enjoy heath as Duly he < an wtto suffered for yeirs. 1 gave you a bri ti online oil my suite rinj s, but from what 1 havetalo you can guess the depth my gist tude tor tlie- great- remedy v hick has resto :ed *f to k ait & and strength. Wislili g to mhtteui late the trut.. o Mr. Condor’s remarkable story the Birpirt rs-pre lenative railed upon Mr. K. W. ifiuti, the, Uakvilie druggist feftwbed toahov< .Mr. James fnily cor-oboratsd its statements of Mr. Con. lor. When eke lat er had tlrst taken liy. W iiihu f Plnlt Pi hr he- was w un re ske leton —a week of humanity- The perpie tT the town bad Iob» given him ttp ft.J as good as lend, and won Id ha) Uy believe tl e man «<|ai rovery uatilliiey saw atm them* jives. JMK fume of >his cure is now spread throarlfCTTf the sccti m aud the Irani: is aneu xnHstjt, uf Pink flits. “1 *1 u-dozeu-and-i.-iujlr boxes of Pink Pill, every, day,'* naipr Mr. Jutnes,‘,aiMl this is l eiaarkable :< ajdwn the sire of Oakville, dm) iahler stjl th*ygi”~ perfect -itiirli'ctU,) " air Janies reukrj numerals instance td remarfchW Mtntes other remedits had fades* Mr, V - ertson, t-h® tikes »»' 4 >’ «J be*S * 'tii lliK in,» do !us trouble twiU aeth- _ J irmo-hiito fcr about * yearn, has A'aBtedftwIBdtBiBurPtttk Pi!K.**r< ier pi* rsfcii iis UaiHitd hi pi 11 ere Max no'

ore «2£ionn* inruter. ai r. Koeen«»n says hlH a >pet?tt nacl railed completely, but eller takli (fwvcn Ik»!:w of P^nk Pills he wtu ready am watting for each mew. He regards his mse a a renmrfcnhteoue In fact I)r. Willj lams Pink Pills nr* leco-p teed as one of tie ! great es* modern ingthrines—a perfect blood \ bulk •’rend perve restorer—curing such dte-; ea'tes rheumatism, iieuiiaigiik. partial paralysis, locomotor at«ilrt/St. Vitus’ damt, nervous head»ehe. mjvocs prostration and the tired feel Iris resulting therefrom, diseases depe .ding upon humors in the blood, each itt sc*.of:iia, etwvnleerysipelas, etc. Pink Pills restore pale anc! sallow c».mp!exionrto the glow of health, is«d are a specific for ail the t troubles peculiar to the female sex, while in the case of men they effect a radical cure In a tier -<es arising from the mental worry .overwork or excesses or wliatfevt f nut lire. * The Empirereporter *1m> csihd upon Mr. JC. Kunl,, isrefntetor of the Oakville Basket Factory, iii which Mr. Condor*is employed, Mr. l’ord s-ttd he knew of ;he pitiable emdl* tion Condor bed been in fbr years, and he had thought he would never ree»g#r. The tore wns evidently a tbomugh one for Condor I worked steadily at heavy labor In The mills I nnd apparently stood It ns well *»s the west t t the employees. Mr. Ford said Le thonrjit i* grntl deal of the >< ni»r man an*i was ph ased at his wondemus deliverance from the gravu and tits- restoration to vigorous health. !ln order to slid further verity the statement made by Condor in the above interview, the reporter on his n tnra to Toronto examined {Jlie General Hospital records, and found j then It. the entries fully bearing out all Mr. Comior had said, thal leaving 1*0 doubt that this axe is or e of the meat remarkable mi record, ireu all Hie mere remarkable because it had buffed the sniil of t ie best phyx>«hin* In Toronto. Tfreet? pills are manufactured 'bjLjh®'-Br. WiUiuj»»V'3ff«tr<'i;)fr^»-T«r.y. Schenectady. >i.Y., mid hmc.viile, t >»t. and me® &;!« 1“ boxes (never in loose form by the dozen «tr_ hundred, and the public are ca t toned agalnet •_ nurm rmis Imitation; sold in this Shane) at i* cents ft Ims.nr six boxes for <2 ■'*>. and niny he had of all druc.leiR or direct by mat! from I)r. William*' fledtclneComunuy from either address. The pi lee at which these pill* era sold make a course of treatment comparatively inexpensive as <ton pared with other remedies or medical treatment.

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