OMAHA ILLUSTRATED ilEE.
Mny o, .1000.
Now in Chicago
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The Dr. Seymour Medico-Optical
Company WitlTTheir Splendid
Corps of Assistants.
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His Success in Omaha Makes
Change Necessary.
Dr. Seymour's Methods Endorsed
By Leading Newspapers and
Physicians Over the En
tire West.
Oiiiiilm hnH been thu homo of Dr. W. I.
Soynioiir for nearly ton yearn, during which
tlmo IiIh phenomenal succohh In thu aclon
title lilting of glares nml trtulniL'tit of eyo
trnulilt'H hy HiIh mciiti Iiuh niado him a rep
utnttoii which extends over tho entire wihI.
Many new mid scientific treatments
through tho medium of glasitm havo boon
donionHtrntiil hy him bi-yund a question of
doubt, and hla movo to Chicago waH to
Hocuro boiler facllltUH and onlnrgo bin Hold
of operation.
Ho now turn tho lineal Institution of the
kind went of Now York City, and tho physi
cians In connection am professor from tho
lending eyo and ear InllriiiurliM In tho
Unltul Static nml Europe who havo taken
up Huso now liH-thcdn ua being an Imprtivo
mont ovor tho froo uso of tho knlfo In old
tlmo practice. Their treatment!) nro con
lined to tho eye, and tho results obtained
In Htralghtoiilng crews eye, relieving nerv
ous troubles, headache, etc., and reatorlng
night to tho practically blind, aro llttlo abort
of marvolcus.
Tho particular renon for designating his
company as "Mmllco-Optlcal" Is to at onco
convoy tho proper Idea iih to tho Held cov
ered. IIIh work Is not limited to that of
tho optician, nor does It present alono medl
cnl knowledgo necoury fr proper truat
niont of all diseased conditions, but It Ih a
comblnutloii tf tho medical and optical
Bcloncoa and at onco places tho physlclaiiH
In coniiectloti with tho company far In ad
vance of tho ordinary ocullBt or optician.
l)r. Soymour Is pcwotially known to hun
drodn of our reader, and tho universal sat
Isfactlou hlB work In this city ban always
glvon Is positive aiiiraiico that his coming
visit will bo greatly appreciated by thoao
who know him by reputiitlun, as well as by
oxporletico, and may wlnh to consult him
with reference to their oyH.
Wo nro Informed that ho will bring many
now and scientific Instrument;), Including
mimo of his own liivcntLn.
lie will havo n suite of roonw udjolnlng
the j.arlors nt tho
ILER GRAND HOTEL,
MAY 14th, 15th AND 16th.
Hours from 9 a. in. until 4 p. in. each day,
and poo I ill apiiolntmcnts can be mndo for
tho evening.
As many appointments have already been
mndo by mall, he makes tho reiiuest thnt
thewo win 111 lib' to see him will write him nt
his Chicago address nt onco to Bccuro an
apiHilutmtmt.
Ho extends an luvltathn to all IiIb formoi
patients mid frlcuiU to call on him.
Consultation Will Be Free.
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DR. W. I. SEYMOUR,
PRESIDENT.
JAS. G. ROSS, A. B Ph. 6., M. D.
Medical Advisor.
W. CALVERT COX, M. D.
Recent Demonstrator of Ophthalmology
Rush Medical College.
The Dr. Seymour
Medico-Optical Co.
Specialists,
Oculists and Opticians,
52 DEARBORN STREET,
CHICAGO, ILL.
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A COUNER OP THfc BUSINESS OFFICE.
Mindanao, Richest
of Philippine Islands
ns tho state of Ohio. It may bo a few
square miles more or less, but no one will
know until our geological survey professors
havo been over tho ground. It Is more than
300 miles from horo to Matt, on the cast
coast, whoro wo havo Just stationed a com
pany ox tho Thirty-first regiment, and
(Copyright, 1900. by Frank a. Carpontcr.) togothor to tho government and can bo nnout 300 mM from north to south, whero
ZAMDOANOA. March 19, 1000.-(Spe:Iol opened up Just ns Undo Sam pleases. It f 10 Islan(1 J? widest. As you will see from
Correspondence ot Tho Hco.)-U looks llko a will bo one of tho subjects of cangresjloual i, 0 m?P Mindanao has an enormous coast
leg of mutton with n fat Bhank, n well- legislation when the war ends nud It will ?e,"8. s,orc.8 ,n P""b r" 'n and out
(rlmtnnil ufmn m.,1 11... Imn ullnUIni? mil - ., ., ,nni l . Hk tho teeth Of a SttW. It httS HUmorOUS
...... w ..... 0 - tui J l'U 1 a UUIU Ml 4 tit I'V I lUHIi UUIiU I It 1UU
llko a handlo, nnd It Is, In fact, tbo ricnest nows from this part of the world
and Juiciest pi ceo of mail In Undo Sam
Philippine Inrder.
I refer to tho Island of Mindanao. I am at Is very far out ot tho world, and Is tho near
Zamboanga, Just on tho tip of tho little end est to tho oquator of our American posses- cmnto ta Luzon
Ul UIU UU1IU, UUl 1 11UVU KU1IU IIUUUV ilU if.ia.M, B1U11H.
and from what I havo heard and seen can from
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mil juu cuiiiuiiiiiiK uuuui n. i Lilly IB UISUIIU irum 1 IllBUUlK, uim un mi .,, m,i,i ,,, i.-l-- ,v, ,'h- ,, ...i
you much, for but little Is knon. Th ?wy rom Aparrl. at the northern end of mlnotlng ln AIt. ApS, near the Qulf ot
h.uuiui jmn ui niu ibiuuu "Ko "v uuxuu, ua iiiu uioiuntu uvinmu i Davnno. Tho tOD of Mt. Ano Is morn than
plorcd. nnd It has many regions which havo i,kcs nnd the (lulf of Mexico. The whole ot uomlios atovothe sea Its peak can be
never been trod by tho foot of a white man. Mindanao Is more than 600 miles neater tha-Beon Dy our troops at the town of Davao
Tho Spaniards had tbolr Bcttlomonts only oquator than tho Isthmus of ranamo, nni u ,g nn nctivo yolcano, with vapor and flro
closo to tho const, nnd tbolr wars with tho Zamboangn la n little more than 300 miles comng from ta southern sldo. The most
Moros woro such that they did not daro to go fr0ni thnt so-cnlUHl hottest lino of tho globo. of tns muntaln Is wooded, only the sum-
nmong tho moro savago tribes of tho In- still, Mlndanno has not a bad cllmato. Ev mt bolng bare. Tbo other mountains of
torlor. Tho only men, In fact, who hnvo bean cry whoro tho troops nro stationed cn tho tho (aianj aro covored with a rich growth
Inland nro tho Jojult missionaries. They lalund tho surgoons tell mo that tho condl- f timber, trees 200 feet high and twenty
have nado maps of tho Island, and It Is tlons nro romnrknbly comfortable. There Is fC0t tbtclc being here and there found,
from their notos that my beet Information nttlo or no sickness among tho soldiers, Mindanao le well watered. It Is ao cut
comes. Those maps havo boon sont through and, considering that wo nro In tho tropics, up witn rivers and lakes that It is said
Oonoral Ilntos to Washington, and congress romarkably llttlo among tho natives. Hero that there oro tew places whore you cannot
will have an opportunity to publish them. at Zamboanga, on tho coast, I do not find It reach a navigable stream within ton miles'
I have loarnod enough, however, to mako raore hot than Washington city In June, und travel. It has about two hundred rlverc, a
me believe that Mindanao Is the richest and iQ the mountainous regions in tho Interior Urge number ot which are navigable for
best of all our possessions In the far east, the air should be better. small boats. The Rio Grande, which flows
It has the advantage of belonging almost al- xhs Island of Mindanao Is About as tig Into the bay of Ulana, In tat southern part
bays and many good harbors. It Is, with tho
Beforo I doscrlbo Its resources and people ' T!hC"lern
I wmilit llkn In show vnu lust whoro It Is II " '"S1"" ul ""u iu ui
u J, ?f??nVf?jA lZ iJVl.'nl equatorial currents, and although tho rain
fall Is heavy it Is said to have a better
illmnln lli.n t ...n. T'V, 1. .. ,
, Hero nt Zamboanga I nm as far south unnd Ts ro I n g. Th s a ate o U
Manila In a straight lino as New lork cau(J f from nort
Is distant from Pittsburg, and us far lhn m.V rnnff , ihn Mat ,, ,'
of tbo Island, la about two hundred and
nlnoty miles long, of which 100 miles aro
navigable. Tho Dutuan river almo3t bi
sects tho eastern end of tho country, ris
ing near tho gulf of Uavano nnd flowing
northwnrd Into tho bay ot Dutuan. It has
two largo lakes, and thero aro other lakes
scattered through tho Island. Tbo word
Mindanao means "tho man ot the lake" It
probably comes from the large lako In tho
center. This Is known as I.lnuo. It has an
urea of 160 squaro miles. Another lako,
known as Lako Manlt, has about thirty
squaro miles, and It lies In nn extinct crater.
Just south of tho town of Illlgan, and con
nected with It by the river Illlgan, Is tbo
lako ot Mnlanao, This Is tho only one ot
tho lakes which tho Spaniards attempted
to control. They brought gunboats, taking
them In sections to It, much to tho surprlso
ot tho Inhabitants. In tho province ot Cot
tnbato thcro aro two lakes which feed the
Itlo Grande river. They are united during
tho rainy season, when the whole country
Is flooded.
The '.one of the Sloros.
Mindanao la In Mohammedan land. It Is
tho zone of the Moros nnd Its people are
far different from those which I have de
scribed living ln the northern part of ths
Phlllpplnos. Tho archipelago may bo di
vided Into threo rones, according to the
predominant races which Inhabit It. Tho
northern zone embraces Luzon and Its neigh
boring Islands. Here live the Filipinos, with
whom we have been waging war, and of
whom the world knows most. They aro
the Tagals, Tagalos, or Tagalogs. The
names all mean the tame and are used
Indiscriminately. Tho Tagala aro poihara
tho best educated and tho most civilized ot
tho Inhabitants ot the Islands.
Bolow Luzon and north ot Mindanao Is a
pnllnptlnn nf irAnrl.D .(Ul Inlnn.tn ..'1.1.1. ..
. . ........ w. buuu'Dim lamuua nuiuu UJA
bo called tho mlddla znnf. Thin Inplmln.
i-iinay, iegros, ueDU, ueyie, snraar, oto.
Tbcso Islands nro Inhabited chiefly by Vlsa
yans, who nro much llko tho Tagals, al
though they nro a llttlo more quiet and not
bo courageous. They aro civilized, having
their plantations and rlco fields and, nom
inally at least, working for a living.
Our cvl-l)imr .Vi-IkIiImii-.
Below the VIsayan zono lies the third and
last zone, which may bo called tho zono of
tho Mohammedans, or Moros. This Include!
tho great Island of Mindanao, the pearl
Island of Basllan and the hundreds of islands
of tho Sulu group, which may be seen pop
ping up out of the water on tho map, look
ing llko a series of stepping atones, all th(
wny from Zamboanga to Borneo, which,
strango to say, Is our next-door neighbor
out here In tho southern Pacific.
Thoso zonos, It must bo remembered, are
not Inhabited entirely by tho above-mentioned
races. Each Island has Its eavage3
of various tribes, who Hvo In the mountains,
nnd there nre many dlvlstona of tho pre
dominant race, tbo TagalB in somo prov
inces speaking a dialect which could not bo
understood In the Tagal provinces of a differ
ent part ot tho samo island. Thero sre
Tagals living among ths Vlsnyans and a
largo number of VIsayan among the Moros.
The Tagals and the Vlsayana are Chris
tians. The Moroi, 0f whom there are also