Evening gazette, Monday, June 14, 1897 · page 7

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For- Three Years He Suffered —— Could
Hardly Breathe at Night—One Nostril
Closed for Ten Years.

Mr. A. M. Ragey, of De Leon, Texas,
was a sufferer from Catarrh in its

worst form. Truly, his description of
his sufferings seem little short of mar-
velous. Instead of seeking his couch,

lad for the night’s coming, he went to
it with terror, realizing that another
long, weary, wakeful night and a.
struggle to breathe was before him.

DE LEON, TEXAS.

' Messrs. Lipfimmz Bras“ Savanna/z, 6a.,

GENTS: i have used nearly four bottles of
P. P. P. I was afflicted from the crown of m
head to the soles of my feet. Your P. P. .
has cured my difficulty of breathing, smother-
ing. palpitation of the heart. and has relieved
me of all pain. One nostril was closed for
ten years, but now I can breathe through it
readily. '

I have not slept on either side for two ears;
in fact. I dreaded to see night come. ow I
sleep soundly in any position all night.

I am 50 years old, but expect soon to be able
to take hold of the plow handles. I feel glad
that I' was lucky enough to get P. P. P., and I
heartily recommend it to my friends and the
public generally.

Yours respectfully,

A. M. RAMSEY.
THE STATE or TEXAS, $3: _
County of Comanche. " _

Before the undersigned authority, on this

day, personally appeared A. M. Ramse, , who,
after being duly sworn, says on_oath that the
foregoing statement made by him relative to
the virtue of P. P. P. medicine, is true.

A. M. RAMSEY.

Sworn to and subscribed before rm this,
August 4th, 1891.

J. M. LAMBERT, N. P.,
Comanche County, Texas.
CATARRH CURED BY P. P. P.
(Lippman’s Great Remedy) where all
other remedies failed.

Woman’s weakness, whether nervous
or otherwise, can be cured and the
system built up by P. P. P. A healthy
woman is a beautiful woman.

Pimples, blotches, eczema and all
disfigurements of the skin are removed
and cured by P. P. P. .

P. P. P. will restore your appetite,
build up your system and regulate you
in every way. P. P. P. removes that
heavy, down-in-the-mouth feeling.

For blotches and pimples on the
face, take P. P. P.

Ladies, for natural and thorough
organic regulation, take P. P. P., Lipp-
man’s Great Remedy, and get well at
once.

Sold by all drugglsts.

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Piano Lessons.

aseuouen W. BRADLEY. (daughter
of the late Wm. B. Nash.) gives efficient

and satisfactory instructions on the Piano 3 '

her home No.193 Main wrest. ,

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; .‘ .- __TH_E EVENING GAZETTE

NEW YORK LETTER.

C Under the Reform Admimistratior
New ,York has clean streets, and,
strikingly novel as this experience is
to Gothamites. they ' are being cou-
stantly shocked by other equally inter-
esting inovations in the Street Clean
ing Department. Everyone recalls
how, a year ago, the street sweeper:
were put into white duck uniforms,
which won for them the cognomen oi
“White Wings.” Later they were ac‘
corded universal praise from the car-
pcrs and supporters alike for their ap-
pearance upon dress parade—a thing
unheard of ’until Col. Waring an
nounced the scheme and issued his or-
ders for it. "

And now it has just become known
that a bureau of arbitration has actu-
ally been in working existence for a
year in the Commisi-oner's Depart
ment. With the confidence, which ex-
perience has given him, in the sense
of justice that prevails among all men,
001. lVaring made up his mind to rel-
egate the disputes to the men them-

 

He called upon the men—-sweepers
and drivers—to select from their own
numb-er forty-one representatives to
constitute a general committee for the
hearing and arbitration of disputes.

This committee was to hear all com-
plaints and decide all that they could,
referring others, with its recommend—
ations, to a higher body composed of
five of its members, selected by it-
self, and five representatives of the
Commissioners, including stable fore-
men, division foremen, and the like.

‘ This higher body was to pass upon all

matters which the lower body could
not in itself settle, and the final deci-
sion in every case rested with the
Commissioner.

After a year’s experience it is found
that of 345 cases considered by the
“Committee of 41” 221 cases were set-
tled by that committee without refer-
ence. All the rest were settled by the
higher board without strike or diffi-
culty of any kind.

The Commissioner himself has
found that the recommendations of
the two boards are in the main just
and right, and he has been able to act
upon them with a clear conscience.
The only conspicuous case in which he
has overruled them was one in which
he decided in favor of the laborer and
against himself.

The man had been dismissed for
misconduct. Both boards found that
the dismissal was just. The Com-
missioner felt the threat of dismissal
had been punishment enough for the
offense—the man not having intended
to offend—and so he overruled the
board and reinstated the man.

The scheme embraces not merely
complaints, but suggestions for the
improvement of the service, and the
Commissioner has found the sugges-
tions are very valuable, springing as
they do from the practical experience
of the men, and from their disposition
to aid and improve a service in whic
they feel they have been admitted to
an interest.

He has modified rules in accord-
ance with these suggestions, and has
changed methods where the sugges-
tions pointed out the desirability of
change.

After a year of this experiment the
men themselves invited Commissioner
Waring and his representatives to a
celebration of its success. There were
no reporters present at the celebra-
tion, and this is the first account of it
that has been made in the newspapers.

It has been proved to the satisfac-
tion of all those who are acquainted
with the practical workings of enter-
prises, either public or private, de-
signed to relieve the poor, that al-
most everything depends upon the
manner in which the persons to be
helped are housed. No matter how
many beneficial influences are brought
to bear upon them from the outside,
they will seldom rise far above the
general tone of their home surround-
ings. That the average New York ten-
ement is about as wretchedly planned
a dwelling as could easily have been
devised is freely admitted by every-
body. Its faults are so deep—seated
that in the majority of cases an at-
tempt to repair them is useless. Some-
times slight modifications and

upon investigation it is found that the
only adequate remedy lies in tearing
clown and building up anew on a to-
tally dil‘ferent scheme. .

Although it has been pushed more
vigorously of late, and seems nearer the
desired fulfilment now than ever, the
idea of the model tenement is not a
new one. As long ago as 1854, what
was called a model building of the
sort was erected between Elizabeth
and Mott streets. It contained 348
apartments, and cost $60,000. At the
present day the features of this build-
ing would not commend themselves to
architects, and, when compared to
some of the later tenement structures,
it would undoubtedly seem a rather
poorly contrived “model,” but it was
good for its time, and the fact of its
interest taken
even then in this important problem.

Theodore Roosevelt, in resigning
from the New York Police Department
sent a long valedictory to Mayor
Strong praising him for his administra-
tion, and defending the record of the
Police Department. In a statement of
the press Mr. Roosevelt also gave un-

stintcd praise to the Health Depart-

ment. In neither letter nor statement
[lid he attack his enemies in the Police
Board. He simply ignored'them. The
only ,Police Commissioner whom he
picked out for commendation was Mr.
Andrews. He did not refer to Colonel
Grant or Mr. Parker. Of Mayor Strong
he said that people werenow realizing
that he has given far and away the
best administration the city has ever
bad. There could be no higher praise
than that. CYRUS Inner:

 

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provements can be accomplished, but 3;. ,_ _:
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CRANKS‘ COLUMN.

Suggestions that Emanate from Pens 0!
Bicycle Riders.

The latest wrinkle in bicycle attach-
ments is a concealed brake. It is. af-
fected by riders who realize that they
need a brake, but are too vain to ad-
mit the fact. They have an idea,
shared by most young riders, that it is
“girlish” to carry a brake, and if they
can have one that will be out of sight
until needed, they would be delighted
to use it. Unfortunately for people of
this way of thinking, out of hundreds
of concealedvbrakes now patented, not
one has been a success. They are all

complicated, easily get out of order,
and, in an emergency, fail to work.

 

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A member of the L. A. W'. says, in
the Bulletin: “Having toured in Eng-
land and other parts of the world, I
would say that $3.50 a day will cover
expenses in England, and one may do
even better by joining the Cyclers’
Touring Club. I should advise buy-
ing a thin rubber cape; it will come in
handy in rolling up luggage and dur-
ing the frequent showers. They can
be obtained anywhere in England, and
are made especially for wheelmen. In
general, I would say to my cycling
friends that England and Japan make
the best touring grounds. For cheap-
ness, comfort and beauty of scenery,
other countries must take a back seat.
Steer clear of Mexico and Yellowstone
Park, and don’t take your wheel to
Alaska, as I have seen some people do.
There are but sixteen miles of road in
all of Alaska.

English cycle critics are writing very
bitter articles about American bicy-
cles, and finding numerous reasons
why no one shOuld buy them. This is
pretty good evidence that some one is
buying them, and the sales will in-
crease if American makers will keep
up to the high standard they have es-
tablished. A hundred bad machines
sold in England will ,prevent the: sale
of a thousand good ones.

 

There had been a collision between
the street car and the bicyclist. The
street car had made the touch-down.
“How did this thing happen?” de-
manded the policeman.

“I don’t know,” replied the cycler,
earnestly; “I did everything I could.
I rang my bell and yelled for the
blamed old car to getout of the way,
but it didn’t. That’s all.”——Cincin-
nati Commercial-Tribune.

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contemporory says that a man must
now be round-shouldered to be in fash-
ion. ‘We suppose the bicycle hump is
responsible for that, though even less
dignified reasons are given, ‘such as
the wearing of high collars or the pe-
culiar cut of the coat—Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle.

The proposition made by E. C.
Bald to ride a series of races against
any professional for from $1,000 to
$5,000 has aroused the ire of Tom But-
ler, the Boston expert. The latter ex-
presses his willingness to meet Bald,
and seems to be anxious to clinch the
match at once. ‘

The House of Representatives is to
employ two bicycle riders, at $5 aday
to carry copy and proofs to and from
the Government Printing Ofiice. Here
are excellent chances for a pair of
statesmen who may happen to be out
of jobs—VVashington Post.

Medical—They say nowthat a bicy-
cle cures consumption.

“Yes. I can’t expect three meals a
day until I get mine paid fen—De-
troit Free Press.

A match-box attached to the han-
dle bar is the latest device. Its chief
use will be for women, who have no
handy pockets, like men, in which to
carry matches and other necessaries.

It is not meet that bicycles should
greet each [other with clasping of
hand. Rather let them pay ‘31 formal,
distant greeting, one to [the other.

 

 

 

BLIND‘T‘OMlS'OLD AGE. '

HlS CHARACTERISTIC DlVERSlON AT
HIS HOME IN JERSEY.

Like a. Child in litany Wayse-—Selfish in
Some Respects and Deeply Religious in
Others. Desire for the Com-

panionsliip of his Relation.

“What has become of Blind Tom ?”

This question is often asked by old
theatre-goers, who remember the days
before the war, when..tlie gifted musi-
cal idiot was the star attraction in 1y-
ceu‘ms, town halls and lecture rooms,
with which the simpler tastes of most
amusement seekers of those times were
satisfied.

Tom was only a lad then. the slave
of a Georgia planter, and his mental
weakness, together with his blindness,
served to increase the interest of those
who saw and heard this ignorant little
fellow, with unerring touch, draw
from the piano-forte its sweetest and
most melodiousstrains as well as its
grandest and most solemn harmonies.

The question as to Blind Tom's
whereabouts can be answered best by
a tall, broad-shouldered, neatly dressed
colored man, whose gray hair and
sightless eyes increase the impressive-
ness of his. appearance, in a comfort-
able cottage at the Highlands of Nave-
sink, on the New Jersey side of the
lower New York bay. This elderly
colored man is the Blind Tom of to-
day, and for several years he has
lived there in case and comfort with
his guardian, Mrs. Eliza Lerche, who
was appointed ten years ago by Justice
Andrews of the Supreme Court as
committtee of the person and prop-
erty of the musician. She was then
the widow of John G. Bethune, who
had charge of Blind Tom for many
years, and the old man was given in-
to her care only after a long legal
struggle with her father-in-law, James
N. Bethune.

then Mrs. Bethune took charge of
Tom she found that his popularity as
a public attraction had greatly waned.
owing to the fact that he had been
before the public many years, and that
his former managers had made all the
money they could out of the peculiar
musical talent of the simple-minded
colored man without preserving his
value as an attraction by replacing
his worn-out repertoire with. more
modern musical pieces. Tom was also
getting old, and was physically worn
out by the night and day travel con-
sequent on one—night-stand perfor-
mances. He had been,handed over
to Mrs. Bethune with no money and
no property, personal or otherwise,
out of the hundreds of dollars which
he had earned during the previous
quarter of a century. So it was
necessary to keep him at work a
while longer to provide for his future
maintenance in case he became dis-
abled by age or infirmities, and also
to enable him to take care of his old
mother, who was still alive in one of
the Southern States, and looked to
Tom for support. .

More than three years ago Mrs. Be-
thune, ~who was then Mrs. Lerche,
having married Albrecht J. Lerche,
the lawyer, who had fought her legal
battles in the courts, had saved enough
money to warrant the temporary with-
drawal of Blind Tom from the amuse-
ment world, so that he might recover
his health, and, at the same time,
familiarize himself with modern mu-
sical compositions.

Has no

Tom enjoys his long rest, after so"

many years of incessant travel and
work. He does very little visiting
among his neighbors and receives few
callers at his cottage. He finds suffi-
cient companionship in his piano. He
passes hours at a time at the piano,
playing his old pieces and practising
new ones.

In spite of his advanced years and
his reserved, formal demeanor in com-
pany, Tom is merely an overgrown
child. and has to be carefully watched
by a male nurse, specially hired for
that purpose. He has all the selfish-
ness of a spoiled child, and is jealous
of any attention paid to any one else
in his presence. He has little natural
affection and cares only for those
who minister directly to his wants.
He is willing that his mother should
be taken care of out of the money he
has earned, but he does not wish to
have her or his brother and sisters
near him, for fear that they may an-
Loy him or prevent his being the sole
object of the attentions of those around
him. With the exception of this child-
like selfishness Blind Tom is extreme-
ly moral and religious in his habits
and disposition. He never cats with-
out first offering a prayer, and on
Sundays will'only play church music
on his piano. He will have nothing
to do with any one who drinks liquor,
and will quickly order from the room
any person who uses profane or im-

proper language in his presence—New"

York Sun.

 

For the Reputation of the Sex.

A stylishly attired young woman
boarded a, market street car and stared
haughtily over the occupants. A
young man arose and offered his seat.
She sank into it without even a glance
o‘r nod in acknowledgment.

A white-haired, kindly-faced old lady
who sat opposite looked surprised,
then pain-ed, then rose, and with a bow
and a smile, said to the young man:

“For the reputation of our sex I
must thank you for your courtesy.”

The young lady flushed, and fixed
her gaze on the opposite sidewalk.‘
San Francisco Post.

The maid-headed man stroked his
pate. “I was a football player once.”
said he. “I raised a lovely shock of
hair—just for novelty’s sake, you
know. No-w”—th~e bald-headed man
stroked his pate again-“the novelty
cm ms to have n'trn 01f.” Spare Moments.

 

 

 

 

A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.

Alexander the III Stood in Constant Fear
of Being Assassinated.

Alexander III. of Russia was inces-
santly haunted by the fear of assas~
sination, and he had good cause to feel
anxious. On several occasions his life
was saved by what seemed the direct
intervention of supernatural power.
Once, says a contemporary, his life
was preserved by the second thought,

.itself an inspiration, of an ofiicer of

the Czar’s body guard. Shortly after
General Gourko had been called from
Odessa to act as military governor of
St. Petersburg, a policeman, posted at
the top of the Nevsky Prospect,
caught sight early one morning of an
equipage coming. up the thoroughfares

at a trot. It bore armorial devices fa-

miliar to everybody. It was driven by
a. coachman recognized as a servant
of Prefect Genrko, and on each side
rode the regular escort of six mounted
Cossacks. General Gourko and his es-
cbrt—for the guardian of the peace
had easily recognized and hastily sa-
luted his chief, the new prefect of po-
lice—made their way to the massive
\Vinter Palace, and the General alight-
ed and rang. To the doorkeeper~an
ofiicer of the bodyguard—he briefly
stated the object of his visit; he de-
sired an immediate conference with
the Czar. The hour was early, but his
business brooked no delay, for it con-
cerned the safety of Alexander him-
self. The janitor was at first inexor-
able, expostulating that his imperial
master had been in bed only an hour;
but at last he yielded. Up the broad
staircase they went together, pausing
in their ascent only when they had
reached a landing giving access to one
of the capacious saloons. At this
point General Gourko was instructed
to wait. At this point, too, the Czar’s
guardian seems to have repented of his
decision. Closely scrutinizmg the pre-
fect of police, and preceding in the di-
rection of the emperor’s sleeping
apartments, he did not arouse the
Czar at all. What lie did was to as-
cend to the guard room and despatch
a messenger. During his absence the
Czar calmly slept on. A quarter of an
hour later the messenger returned. _He
had been sent to General Gourko‘s
residence, and he brought back the in-
formation that the prefect of police
was at that moment in bed. The ear-
ly visitor, therefore, was an impostcr.
He was something more, for from his
pockets, after he had been seized and
pinioned, was drawn' forth a six—bar-
relled revolver and a two-edged hunt-
ing knife. The Czar‘s life had been
saved, yet ithad hung for a few min-
utes in the balance. The made-up
Gourko—the prefect of police imitated
down to the minutest details of hair,
complexion and wig—might have de-
ceived even the Czar himself. Not a
whit less perfect was the art which
had reproduced the Gourko coach and
escort. Only the sham prefect was
secured, however; his cout‘ederates es-
caped. '

 

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Secretary Carlisle once issued an or-
' tell remarkable stories of his physical

der that no two members of a family
should be employed in the United
States Treasury Department at the

same time. This order caused several 2

dismissals and forced resignations,
and one young woman, whose mother
had been forced to leave, entered an
indignant protest with Logan Carlisle.
the Secretary’s son and chief clerk of.
the department. She pleaded, threat-
ened, and finally said: “\Vell, Mr. Chief
Clerk, it’s a poor rule that won’t work
both ways. Both your father and your-
self being here, the rule is violated,
and I think it a shame that such fa-
voritism should be displayed!” Lo-
gan drummed on his desk with his
pencil, and assumed a far-away look.
Finally he said: “Well, I guess the old

mauaviil have. in .go.’_’,-—_—,Sa_n,.Franclsco '

Not- Particular.

“I suppose,” she said acridly, “that
you would turn up your nose at cold
victuals.”

“No, ma’am,” replied Meandering
Mike. “You’d be surprised to see how
good-natured I’d take it if you was to
ofier me a Roman punch or champagne
frappé.”——Washington Star.

 

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IN EVERY PAcKAcE.

THE DRUM MAJOR.

For Show and not for Use as Generally,
Supposed,

“The drum major as he used to ex
ist, the pride of the band and the glory
of the procession, is a thing of the
past,” remarked a bandmaster. “In
his place freaks of all kinds are new
popular, from small boys with their
twirlingbaton to fellows who carry a.
musket to go through all kinds of
fancy evolutions While the band plays
on. The drum major plays but little,
part in a band except for show...
Though the small boys thought he led
the band in its music as well as other-
wise, he has no more to do with the
music than has the letter P as far as
sound goes in the word pneumatic. The
brass band is lead by its leader, and
the only thing that was expected of
the drum major was to look as import"
ant as he could. The fellow who led
the Pittsburg Band in the inaugural
parade drew a larger salary for his
ability and skill at handling a. musket
he carried than did any of the players
in the band outside of the leader, who
is always the financial as well as the
musical manager of the ban ”—Wash-
ington Evening Star.

 

Striving to Please.

“One of our oldest subscribers,” said,
the foreman, mailing clerk and adver-
tising solicitor of the Plunkville Bu-
gle, “has written to say that he
wouldn’t be found dead' with our
measly sheet on him.”

“We’ve got to win him back,” said
the editor. “Put in an ad. to the ef-
fect that we will give $8 accident in-
surnnce to the heirs of any man who
dies with a current copy of our paper
about his clothes.”-—Iudianapolis Jour-
uai.

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Undeniable.

“A woman doesn’t really have any
brains until she is over twenty-five
years old,” said the men who knows
it all.

“She would have if she needed
them,” said the admirer of the sex,
and none could say him nit.—Indian-'
apolis Journal.

 

A Tenner. ‘

“Yes,” she said to the young man, “I
have been present when you acted.”

“Indeed?”

“I think you were with an opera
company. Your voice is a tenor, isn’t
it?”

“No,” he answered, “I guess you are
thinking about my salary.”—Wash—
ington Star.

 

Gels Home Earlier Now.

“The days are getting longer,” re-
marked Mr. Vivvies whose habits
have developed a vein 0f sarcasm in
his wife.

“Yes. The sun rises much earlier.
And I'm really sorry for your sake.”

“I don‘t see why.”

“It compels you to hurry so to get
home before daylight.”—Washington
Star.

 

The Czar’s Feat.
Physicians who have been instructed
to deny reports of the Czar’s ill health

achievements. They say that he is out
every morning as soon as it is light,
and keeps himself in- condition by run-
ning a verst (1,160 yards, or about five
fut-longs), watch" in hand, to see that
he can do it in his average time.

One of his amusements is said to be
shooting from a bicycle, and he can
bring down a crow even when he is
going at a good speed—New York
Journal.

 

 

Banana ' Leaves.

Banana-leaves serve many purposes,
for of them are made tough paper,
from the thinnest tissue to thickest
cardboard, clothing, hats and brushes,
mats and hammocks. Millions of
pounds of banana fibre, misnamed
Manila “hemp,” are each year brought
to the United States or taken to Eu-
rope, and spun into cordage from the
fineness of silk up through the size of
twine to the bigness of mammoth ca-
bles; and many a dainty handkerchief
and bit of fine lace has been woven
from the fibres of banana-leaves by the
deft fingers of the women of South
America and of the far East.

 

 

 
 

 

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lights the
nickel-plated—no tin; outside oil-filler; cotton
packed oil fount; double convex ground'photo-
lens; burns kerosene, throws a light 90 ft. and
weighs but 12 ounces.

Three years a leader, and three years’
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