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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1892)
8 HIE OMAHA DAILY BER ? MONDAY. NOVEMBER 21 , 1802. THEIR IDENTITY DESTROYED Btrango Experiences of People Who Low Cognlzitca of Themtclves , JUDGE CLARKSON'S ' CASE OUTDONE rccullnrStorj-nf n I'liymrtnii AVhoio Syinp- tomi Wrronnlne < iii4 to Tlimo ofllio .InclRc-How \Vonmu r < irc t HIT lliuli.kiiil. It Is a fact known only to n sco'fl of people Vn Omaha that iho myiterious Judge Clark- son case has bccu liitmshcd to the medical world In dupllcalo form wltulutno past two yearn rlKlit In this city. A llooit of light tmi bcon thrown on this nceullnr drama In nutunl lifo within the last tliroo day * . It li noco iry to aonl some what with ino personal History mill yrlvnto lifo of a Dromlticnt and succ'jsiful nliyslcliw of Omaha In order to set forth the facts In this cuso xvhlch deems to bo In . irmtiy re- ipoctn an oxaot ilupllcatu of thu p.ilnfiit ox- pcricnco of tno much respected Juilgo Clark- ton. ton.IA > ur years ngo thin physician , who then had n romuni-ratlvo ntut Brewing practice and was Inplily icspecicd with refiard to both his medical and ponnnnl worth , found It necessary to undergo n very severe treat- inontof his oyos. Ills nflllctlon was exactly similar to that which overtook Judge Clark- on , und ho consented , taihpr than to run the trotnonilous HSK of total blindness for the remainder of his days , to BUbmtt to the same severe treatment that brought about the mysterious and remarkable - able episode In the lifo of .luiltie Clarkson. The physician wus obltcccl to remain In a dark room for nearly two weeks utittprgoliiK torture that would huvo driven the average man Insane , but ho cuino out with oycslsht rostotoJ. It WHS the last hone anil the rcsutofthat which partoolc of the nature of n dreadful nut unavoidable experi ment was In his f&vor so far us the effects upon his optics were concerned. Hut ho cutto out of the dark room and from under the Influence of the treatment niliuin- islored utterly devoid of will power , as help less und aimless us a babe. Ho had not only losl hN will puwor but ho bnil lost all FCIISI of Ri-alltudo nnd natural affection for his friends and loved 01101 who hud done every thing in their powsr to restore him tc health and hupplness. llo hud been en- cnecd to a very cstimablo VOUIIR lady foi some time urlor to this misfortune und , In * deed , his ollllctlon had been the only hindrance ranco in the way of their marriage for soV' cral monUis previous. 1'dor to his entcrliif the dark room ho had been the personlllcu tmn of devotion nnd faithfulness to his love But what u chaiico marked Ills reanpearanci into the broad light of day. llo bo can to tro.xt , his liancco will Ibo im > st bhauieful disregard for hi : former pledges. llo seemed to despise hi ; formnr friends and they , not reallzlu ? hi : poculmr condition , naturally turned from bin in dismay end disgust * They hud oxncctoi dlffoicnt things from him unn thr.lr blue : disappointment soon aroused \\iiiiliilbcini tooling ot liatrcd niul tno most ininnso ro Bcutment of Ills InsuUiuc conduct towun them. Ills nffcotlonato anil faithful flnncco win hnd been overjoyed with the results of th treu'mcnt so fur as It pertuined to the resto ration of hU oycslRht , was completely pros tratcd by tno unexpected and iuoxpllcnbl trealmoiit she received at his bands. Will toar-wasliod fnco she pleaded with him t coiuo baclc and bo his former self , so true no loving nnd manly , but her pleadings wor nil In vaui. llo spurned her as ho migh Uavo Oono his Uittorest , enemy. All th efforts of their mutual f rlunds were alik unavailing and after a Jew wpelw of th most Intense agony ttio young lady tbrtn nsldo nil liopo and left thu city. She ontero a hospital In the city of Chicago \vhero Bh Is today employed as a professional muse. The uiilottuimto man's friends saw tha Bomcthinp must bo done for him or ha woul in nil piouubillty talta his life. Ito wn furniibed vvitli u travelini : companion un sent to Kurope. Whllo abroad bo was sin ply led around from place to place bv his con panion. llo scorned to have no object In life All ambition , nil RcU-conlrol bad vanished ( Jrudunllv his former disposition ucL-a to i s crt itself , however , and within Uvelv months from Iho time he departed fo Kuropo this man. whoso will power and nat ural nfj'cction hud upparcntly been v/ipeil ou \\-ai ncutn restored to Iho full enjoyment c Ids faculties nnd enino homo a xvcll man. 11 is today u resident of Omaha and enjoys largo and successful practice. Hut many of his old-timu friends still n Tuso to associate or oven spcnk to hltu. The fctlll troastiru up against him his pccullu nnd in their eyes dosMca | blo , conductfollowlii tbo recovery of his sisht. Tnu case wus i mysterious and unusual that he , although physician , could not explain It to the sail faction of those who hud suffeiiu nv lease of his peculiar condition or even I his own satisfaction. Ho hn-i proforrc to remain ( [ ulot , hoping that snino du his former friunds would see thai ho was m uccountnblo for his conduct during tt months of silent suffering that ho endure after his sight was restored. The mists are uhout to rise , the day of h iclnstutcincnt appears to be ncur at han "Wnon the f'larkson case bocamu it matter i local history this Omaha im.vnician saw h opportunity. He wont to Postmaster ( Jlarl son the otltcr day with n very full heart ni with the feeling of n mnn who huil foui BOKO ono who could sympathl/o with him. " 1 can icll you exactly how Joe ( JlarliM bas suffered nnd how his peculiar condu lias been misunderstood , " the man Bald as I Btiook Major ( Jlarksoti's band. "I tin' passed through precisely the satno kind of t experience , -loo Claruson li not an ln ai man , neither was 1 insane , but there Is EOIII thing uboiit that paitlcular troatmui ol iho eyes that deprives u mnn of his w power andUU natural nffcctlon. ibould not huvu bcun huld responsible f ray conduct during the fmv months subs quonl to the recovery of my sight , a < id would clvo nil 1 huvo In the world to ha my lonncr friends iindoratand my aotu condition at that time and rcnll/o the oxti ordinary and distressing cloud that tout down over mo and did not rlto for nearly year. " Speaking of tha Jmlco Clarkson case I'o1 master ( 'larliRon said ; "Joo ( Jluikson Is BUIIU man today , 1 Know ho Is because has talked with mu upon it number of su Jccts Just ns sanely as ho cvor did , It Is pi Mblo that ha has not recovered c tlrely from the ertscts of that i vcro irciittnont , but wo liopo that will return In thu spring fully restored every faculty. Ho has talked to mo vc candldlv about his condition , and althou ttio case Is n most romarkubio one 1 bolla that medical exports will yet discover t exact ciilbo of that sort of derangement , received n latter the ottiar day from a ptiy clun in lialojoiuv , HI. , who Bald bo w mailing a special etudv of cnse.s o [ tins lilt Ilo was deeply interested In t case ana will doubtlcsi rind In It son thlug that will throw light upon that class mental iifillctluni. If wo had realized the ti condition under which Judge Clurlison u laboring prior to his mysterious depart ! both ho nnd his family < md all his frloi might hnvo been spared from Iho retulta this painful incident. " As the facts in this extraordinary ci coma mora and more into the light neo who were mclliioil to sneer at tha oxpla lon llrnt given bv Judge Cl.trkiou throu lUp columns or Tin : lir. & uru oopinniuc Uldo tticlr heads nrd bUDyboJIo * who seen anxious to got tuolr hands into the family wound nnd lacerate it ufrcbh i becoming ashamed or tuelr inhumauuy t their ultur want of coin mo i > sympathy foi fellow bolng lit distress. Dr. Tllileu llelli'vi'i tlio Story. Dr. George Tlldcn. who has boon ono tbo oommlbhloaorc of Insanity of DOUK county for the pastolghtOBii year * , bald t lie nccopled the story of Judge Clark : in lU entirety , and taut the only thlug t wuuli'l make him think that the judge \ wanonttno time of hit dUnppoaranuo wo bo the discover v of u motive that would hoe ficleut to show the willingness of a mac brlnu months of srM mid sulTorlni ? upon nuillr und friends ami to IOJQ a colon rcun' Uop ai a man , a citlion and a lawj * > 'tt M wu saue. " ho sold , " vhai mot roxild ho navel \Vhat warftnore for HMD gulul A aua uiau does sothlni : u'Uhoir motlvo , nnd there seems to have been no tnotlvo In this case save an Insnno mind , "I nnvo bad n great many cases of insanity to ( Jcal witn , and havo.Tot to find any two exactly alike. I do not now recall one that \vn of ] Ust this type , though thcro are any number of cases on record ot lost Identity. Tno humnn mind sometime ? takes queer froiiK , ana individuals imagine that thov nro Jesus Christ , or the dovll , or members ot the brute creation , Men think that they are kings , and woman bccomo Im bued with the Idea that they are titled queens , Plthor of Iho present or past generations. I do not pretend to bo nblo to tell by ti oaring of a cite Just whut the tpcntal stature of the Individual may be , nnd can not say what thu condition of .hidao ClacUson is or was wlfnout talking to him. Hn may still bo somewhat Deranged , which might explain some thine * ho would say that could not otherwise bo explained , Hh action at the liiko docs not not provo that ho was snno because II was the action of a snuo man , for insane men will net both as sane men and as victims ot in sanity. Their sanity or insanity cannot bo established by nn individual act. Insane persons frequently net with surprising shrewdness nnd cunning , nnd exhibit those traits without other rcuson than the prompt ing of nn uniound mind. The repu'atlon of Judi'o ClavKson for umitiostlonnd Integrity nnd honor during many years ot resi dence tr > this city induced many who knew him to wade that lake day after day , searching for his body when II wns not there , and It will convince them as It does mo that his action wus only the result of Insanity , If he wont away voluntarily as a sanu man , It could have been only because of a motlvo that would show hlni to bo an extremely bad man , und that It something that the pub lic Is not willing to believe and has no reason to believe. " _ Mr. Mooru Toll * nl H P.trullol CHIP. IJr. U. C. Moore said that ho was disposed to accept the story of Judge Olarkson as true , llo found the history of many cases of lost Identity In the medical worlts , nnd readily recalled n case that bo had treated hlnuelf , H was that of n lady who wus then and Is now a resident of this city. "Stio completely lost her identity , " said the doctor , "and all nor surroundings bo- caruo now to her. Shu not only had u now name for herself out for everyone of those with whom shn had neen associated for years. She itnow her husb.ind iu someone ono else , and ha WHS no longer bur husband. She did not know mo as the doctor , but as n altogether different Individual. Kvery thing was changed , nnd her conception of things was as different from Iho actual oxistlup state of affairs as anything that coulu bo Imagined. The trouble was brought on tiy a suppuration of thu middle oar that caused her Intense suffering , nnu by prolonged lac tation , for shu was nursing a largo , healthy infant. It bccamo so thai 1 had to nurse the woman myself , for i was about the only ono who could do anything with her. She tool : n decided nntipathv to her husband , and ho could not get along with bar at all. Bh made it mighty interesting for us some times , for she would take spells of slashing everything right nnd left , throw books or nnythlng that bhu could got tier hands on at tha iiimos.who wcro tried ono after another , and net HUe a person violently insane. Hut moit of Iho time it was slmoly a cuso ot lost identity , and then she would not manifest any of these symptoms. I took bar out driving in my buggy , and everything was r.ow to her. Tno motor trains uxcited her curiosity , und she luughad at them like u child. She could not understand what made them cru. and she called attention to the fact wo had hor.-ea to pull the carriage , nnd asked how Iho others mummed to pot along. She did not know what they were , and uskod what thosu things WCTO doing. In driving past the dry ecoils stores , she was attracted by tha bright colors displayed In the wlnaowt ) und outside , nnd pointed In them nnd talked about them , but had no idea what the tbincs were. She did not know what the simplest objects wcro , ami uscd more questions than n child. We Dually decided to toke her to nn asylum , and 1 tool : her away myself. When wo went Into the asylum she seemed to partially raid- i/o what it was , nnd bccamo frightened and begged to be taken away. That was the first thing that she hud .seemed to under stand In several months , and I told her that if she would behave herself 1 .would take horawny. Wo went from there tc n hotel , and as wo passed tbroutrh the ladles' cist ranco she noticed somu hangings la t doorway , and asked whcro wo were , remark' ing that she had been there before. Wo got a carriage nnd drove around the place , unc shu recognized a number of thing * , umont ether things the sign over n wholesale bouct whcro her husband had boucht goods. 1 biought her back homo , and it was bardl.v twenty-four hours from the time that then was thtj slightest evidence of returning reason until .she was practically restored U her senses. Dri"Aml so It frcquontlv happens that , some , neklent or littlu shock is the thing thu starts iho change that will restore the un settled equilibrium of the mind. There mai have boon something of that kind In till Olurkhon case. You can readily face hov similar these cases would huvu beeu if tnj patleiit hail not bcon closely watched , an < had gonn awav and hired out as a domestic I know about that cuso from the bcglnuini for I watched u all the way through , an < that woman is n warm friend of mine toduv t nnd frequently thanks mo fornavinir brough a her away from the asylum instead o her thcro. Her mental uubalancln was brought about by physical suffering an exhaustion just us It U clulmod ClarKson' was. Tha only thing that I can see tha tends to throw discredit on the story o Judge Ularkson is the fact that bo flxei everything ! the lakn tu clvo to tha worli tbo impression that ho was drowned.Vh iihould bo practice that deceit IVhcn I h bcc.uno Brail Uoollttlo , why was ho still it torcstcd in pur-suing Judge Clurksnn out c the world. If It was not for that fact , u should not question tt'.o storjr , but woul ui un tuna It as absolutely true ; In fact , I belluv i It , anyway. " Another Sliultr | : < 'ii < r. t Mr. l'H. . Kennurd of the ICennard Ol I Paint company , lolls of a case In the stale i I Michigan In which a lady disappeared on r did not return to her family for three year I She was engaged in cooking dinner at IK e homo , when the suddenly stopped her wor' ili put on her wraps , wont to the railroad nl i- tlon half n inilu from iho tiouso und took tl id d train. She wu ° utterly lost to her farail a nnd friends lor three years and at Iho end i that iluio she suddenly cumo to her senses I ta a small town in ICunsas , where she was 01 a gaged us a cook , Snont once romembarc , n Ilko a lluhh that she hud a husband In Miel j- gun and she wrolo htm. tie went atoned js s- Iho town where she recovered her mcmoi si i- and took her homo. ' 1 ho lady could not r i3' 3' member a solitary thing that had happcni IO to her from the time she left homo until si IOn n suddenly ivaiomberoil her Identity. The v was u complete hiatus of three yearn In h h life but otherwise she bos never iimnifesti o buy symptoais of nionUl derangement. 10J J HiMii.isnTON , i a. April , J,1331 , 1IS Dr. J. H , Moore Dear Sir ! Have be < IS troubled with cat a ITU In my boat ] nnd fu il. for three years at times < . \ai unublo to he 10 hud a constant ringing In my eari and f 0- two years wia almost deaf. Have tried se 0of cral so-callod romodlo-i nnd been treated JO regular physicians and noted specialists , b us fulled to gotanv rolief. I tried ono bottle ro Mooro's Tree nl Llfo'Gutairh Cure. It gu la immediate relief anil elleetnJ a pormano of euro. I licarllly recommend It lo all bulTi era ot this disouso nnd will cUoorlully gl so any furthur Information on baing address llOa at my homo , Xo. 'JJ.l Swotmay nvo. , Hurlin a- on , laFoi salt ) by all druggUi * . a5h to 3U Forcalo by all druggist } . Id NEBRASKA AT CHICAGO P/oparatlpJs for the World's ' Fftir Are Well in Hand , * NEWEST PLANS OF THELADY MANAGERS Mr * , llrlgcs * Iteppiit Visit" In Ciiininlstluiier .AlobU-y Hovlo the Mnilo In ( leltniB To- > clr.isk ' Mrs. .Inhn B. Urlgps , Nebraska's rcpro- sotitRtlvo on tbo board of Indy managers for the World's fnlr , bns returned from Chicago , whcro she attended n mooting of tbo board , and she Is enthusiastic Iu tier reports of progreRs. "Ono of the new things decided upon , " nald Airs. BrlgffS to a reporter , "la a scrlos of semi-monthly concerts in Iho women's butldlup , nt which only amateur fomolo singcrsvwho have boon residents of America at locst leu yoari will bo allowed to nppenr. Candidates for places will Do tested bv n committed end must ho satisfactory to Mr. TheoJoro Thomas. Permission to ap pear at thcso concerts will bo n mark of hlch honor , and I sincerely hope Nebraska will bo well represented , for J know wo huvo many slngcrsabundantly nolo. Iu thnt event I would also line to see Noomslta honor each of hot'representatives with u suitable medal , nnd If any private poisons wish to offer rewards for snch ser vice our board will bo glad to hoar from them. "Tho project of a family dormitory has been abandoned , but the plan for women's dormitories 13 considered practical nna excel lent. 1 ho time for maninc application for shares hi this enterprise expires the last of Deoambcr , and I can endorse the scheme os perfectly reliable. Work on the construction of the children's homo began Novembur t , when Mrs. Palmer turned the llrst soil with a bllvor ypado. Nebraska bus abolitfCOof its quota of SlUOyct to r.ilso. "Right bcro I would Ilko to nnvvcr the many inquiries with re card to our stnto building , as the ttrprossion hero at homo so ? ms wid'j'proad Unit It Is very Inferior. How this has come about 1 am not able to suy. us usually the critics have not scon It und some disclaim nil knowledge ot It ex eunt , that It in very tad. The day wo vis ited It wo found it loeited. Therefore , lean only Judgii of its exterior , but 1 must cou- Bcionllously stiy wo were favorably impressed with its appsnrauco. Il has a line location , nn'U 1 expect to see it made by the daft tin- con of our Nebraska ladles and the state board ono of Iho huntlbomest on the fair ground , both within and without. Commissioner Seth P. Mooley of Grand Island reports steady and subst-intial pro gress In the preparation lor the Nebraska exhibit. Several carloads of tbo choicest cereals and imperishable products of the state hnvo boon collected and stored , repre senting the cropi of ib'Jl and IbOJ , selected .from every quarter ot Nebraska , and properly credited to the locality producing them. The collection Includes all iho grains und cereals , both thrashed and in the straw , all the crasscn , specimens of timber , ots. Mr. Motley is confluent thcro has already been collected no amount unit qualitr of ma terial sufficient lo make ono ot tuu very best agricultural displays at the greiu exposition. In the horticultural department , "loo. ar rangements bavo been made to have as flno a showing as can bo presented by any now state. In the educational department ho says moat thoronch and painstaking work has been done with the view of couvincinjr all comers tbat Nebraska stands well a * , the bead in educational advancement , which con stitutes her chief pride. Thu women of Nu- braslra , too , have been very active and have plans well mat u reel for a splendid showing i.f the tvork donp by women" to ad- vsnco both the material and ed ucational Interests ot the state. Tlio zani of tbo women having this branch of the ivorlt in charge ho declared riost com mendable and praiseworthy , their eirorts being highly appreciated by the commission. The apiary ann dairy departments nave been given special nttontlou by the most compe tent boo , butter mm oheeso exports in Nc- braslco , and Mr. Mobloy fouls warranted in sayltiE that no state in the union will uiauo abettor showing in those dt-partmonts. The Nobras.Ua Building hai been com pleted. It is largo nnd rather plain , moro substantial than ornami ntal , but withal ac- knowloditcd by all to bo ono of the best , build ings on thu ground for the monev invested , ns well as ouo of tbo most conveniently ur- ringed for the purpose intended. It is the policy of the Columbian commission to at tract the attention of the ponplo bv the excel lent exhibit of thu products of tho.stato rather than by exponslvo.irchitoctiiral display. Tha builillnc occupies a most conspicuous place and will bo used cblelly as a btuto headquar ters buildm ? nnd u resting place for Ne braska people nnd their friends and for con- duotlng the business affairs of the commis sion. It will also contain the tpeciul county case exhibits und decorative cereal panel ex hibits ot the vailous counties of the fctato , taking advantage of that opportunity offered tbo-n for Individualizing the snld countins In a manner impossible in the concral exhibit , where Nebraska as , u state will seek to shim as n ( In/zling slur. Mr. Mobley says arrancaments are nl ( being made to distribute in ono room of th ( Nebraska building , dainty delicacies in tbt food line In the form of souvenirs , showliif the possibilities ol the various food product ! of Nebraska. O/i / the second floor of the building , spasi has boon sot apart lor a general rendlnt room , In which Ulos of nil Nebraska news papers will DO liopt , and whcro will ho uiadi also the stuto newspapsr exhibit , tbo worl of which Is now well advancod. Coratnls sionor Cionoral Uarnanu had tbo good fortuni tOECCuio thoborvlcos of John C. Donrioll a special designer for the arrangement of th agricultural exhibit. That gentleman hu uoen ut work for rniny wocks propanng dc signs. Tuo scopu of the exhibit will un covorno to u great extent by the action of the coir ing legislature iu the mutter of un apprt prlatlon , llo says that to muko and main tniu a lit representation will ri'qulre the ai pr.oprmtton of at least $100,000 in aildltio to iho amount previously appropriated , I. < luc.Uli > iml Superintendent FiUpitricK has received letter from U. N. Ilallnmn of the World' ' fair education1. ; ! commitloo urging the noco : slty of calling a meeting of all prcimnunt ec ucutors in the state to take action upon 111 question of a uulldlng f ir iho tiducalloni uopariinont at the fair. Mr. Hullmn says thfat-o is nroat daiiBor thnt tl bo.ird of' managers will not eompl with the requests of the educational us oci tlon for u separate- building unless thcro Is special effort mode all along the lino. I ! suggests the advisability of getting tbo leai ing newspapers to take the mutter up anu i this wav bring the hoard ot managers to sense of its duly In this particular. The llrst agreement was tbat tbo oduc tioual department should have 200,000 squa 'V ' feet ofupaeu , The monacora have shuvt itf thin allowance down to ( ! ( ) ,000 und that In > f callerv In machinery hall. The leaifii ' 0 educators uro Indignant and very much al 't ' couruged over the proipcct. o d "Chris and Lena" has stood lots of wo and tear , but Puior F. Bauer still ilnils In tbo vehicle for bis German character wor Tbo Eocrot of its long career probably lies ure mun of lab hat ton bat ra uld uf- i to bts did or. Ivo The only 1'urc Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia ; No Alum. L i lo a Ded iu Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. the ulnglng ot M * . linker. v hch ! scorns to please the masse. * ! Ills present company Is an imlKToront ol v but ttio audiences at the Fiirimm stiont tirrrttor nppoar to ilnd In Mr. Halter's char.ict ritaUon and tinging on abundant amusenujht. A XSMlfi C'K.11 KA TS. The dialect comhllnn , 1 eto Hnkor. In the comodv success " 'Ohrls und Lena , " at thu Faniam Street tbortlor tonight. " 15oo-Hur" at Wrt New Uoyd tonight , Thomas \V. ICoano , the omlnont tragedian , at the Now lIoydTThutsday. "Tho Convict's , Daughter" at the BIJou theater this \vrclt. The KOVornrneiitc.VDcdltlon which \vns miulu lust winter into Death valley In Noviuln ( or the purpose of exploring that coinparitllvcly unlnown roRion tins resulted In the dovolopinont of t-oino vnluablo inltiin < r litnils which were then illsoovorctl. 1'rospoctora were inter- cstod in the report of the explorers , anil Immediately mailo nrrnngornonls to RO Into the rcccB < c.s of * thnt terrible "DoiUh' ' valloy. Some rcmnrUnbly larpo deposits of noitl niul silver quart/ have been discovered , nnd covcrnl com panies have bconincofornled to develop them. Will euro Veil ) la a true statement- tlio action of AYKIVS Sarsuparllla , when taken for diseases originating in impure blooil ; hut , whtlo this assertion is true ol AYKU'S Snrsapaiilln , ns thousands can attest , it cannot be truthfully applied to other preparations , which unprincipled dealers will recommend , mid try to im pose upon you , as "just us good as Ayer'ji. " Take Ayer's Sarsaparllln and Aycr's only , if you need a lilood-pniilier and wouhl lie bcnvlltcd perniaiiently. This iiicdictnn , for nearly llfly yoiun , 1ms enjoyed n reputation , and made a record for cures , that has never been equaled by other preparations , AYEll'S Sar.sipurila : ! cintlicates the tnlnt of he reditary sciofula and other blood dis eases from the sy.sti'niand it bus , deser vedly , the confidence of the people. "I cannot forbear to express my joy nl the relief I have obtained from the nso of A YEU'S Sarsaparilln. I was alllictcd with kidney troubles for about six months , suffering jieatlyith pains in the small of my back. In addition to this , my body was covered with pimply eruptions. The remedies prescribed failed to help me. I then began to take AYEll'S Sarsaparilla , nnd , in a slioit time , the pains ceased and the pimples disappeared. I ndvlic every > oiingmaii In of .sickness ru--nlt- or woman , case - - - iiif ; from impure blood , no matter how lon < ; standing the case may bo , to take A YEU'S ' Sarsaparllln. " ILL. Jarumun , S3 William St. , New York City. Prepared by Dr. J.C. Aycr&Co. , Lowell , Mats. ARE YOU SUFFERING KUO.1 Female Weakness , L Catarrh or _ % * -i Rhcumitism , Consultation Free Tor lliuTre.ilinant of Chronic , Private anil Nervous Diseases , MALK A NO I--KMAM : . ALL. BLOOD AND SKIN DIS EASES. ORGANIJ vEAK - NES3 ANb DISEASES OF NO MATTER HOW LONGSTAND ING OR HOW OFTEN PRO NOUNCED INCURABLE. NERVOUS DEBILITY PILES , FISTULA , FISSURE Permanently Cured without the uss oj Ituifu , llc-iture or caustic. All maladies of a private or delicate nature , of oitbor sex , positively eurod. Call on or addii'ss wltb " .tamp . for raia : i ouic AM > UK' ' KIITH. Dr. Seailcss seines , " 'Wui Nuxc iluiir in 1'nslollli'B. is stamped in tlie best watch cases made. It is the trade mark of the Keystone Watch Case Company , of Philadelphia , the oldest , largest and best- known factory in the \yorld 1500 emplpyeescapacity2OOO cases daily ; Its products are sold by all jewelers. It makes the celebrated Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases , now fitted with the only bow ( ring ) which can not be pulled off the case the Ask your jeweler for pamphlet. OF TEST IT FREE This ipnniler/ul , tjr < mtitte , Uf Specific Oxyp Wu IUTU nrt'pnrcd IMIIIII.I..S U , nut liurfii llio iiuxt .UilHj _ tlru ( lrn ! nttn ro tu M DltlO ( ' . fill IUAI.IV A Homo Iri'nlmrnt couKli. , fJTh'nil mtiirrl. , I .ilU . llrou.-i tl * . Aidmin. Conmtinillun , Nt < rvuuM lr Mrutlo -OXVI.VA rouit fiivit. cullor write , Thu bl'Kflf OiVOf.S CO. Bull * WU Slietljr lilock , Oai U , % uli , IS THE GRIP COMING ? livrrjtlilnc Imllentcs Its jipepdy Approach \\lmttlicliiillr.Ttloii * Arc Conccrnlnc It Abrnnil. Ileporls from Europe which nro uppoirlnu In the pnpprs ) IOIT tlmt tlio Brlpli broken nut lnntmi l Tlolent form In linsltirul.nnil ttielmliratlflns nro lint ltd commencing Its to.irtti anmn I lour of llio world Thp phyalclnni hero In Amcrlcn report ninny people surTerlnx from syaipt-mis nld h In'I'ills the coining nnof Ilils terrible scourge , Wlillo tlicro may nut ns 7et tie on r-pMcmlr , tiipro nro rnouuli r c < nnd cnnuitli srrlou * cn o toilumnml tlio crontcit corn niul rnut.on , Tha p-ovcrb , "In tl-iio of pi'ieo | ircpnro for wnr , " Is "no uf the mii < t Tnhi.ibto nln i pvor ut- tcrcd. ThoKrlpnlth nil lt tniplpi niitnp ! , wllli nl , Its 95ilon no , with nil Us ilmcorr ran be prcfcntcil ; If InHrn In llnio.ftittl If people promptly prop.iro tnr It' 'I hero Is but OIPI wnj to prcpiro for tlio romlnz on of llio urlp niut thnt I * to tune up tlio j-stcni , tiul'i ! up tlio pncrKle , Irpimtlipn tliollfo , n-ultliiis HTOI | | ll < > ntlnrk b > IH-IIIIS thouniuliljT propiireJ fnrlhetii. Thl cnnnot , liorpTvr , lipdonnotrppIninunny "Hint wi'5 l bj tlicii'euf tdiiip pure Mlimilnnt. vhldi wil Imlp Iho vllKl fono , Incri-iuo Ihp ilrriilullon nml Mrenullien the llfo Koneriilly. 'Ilioris l , limrcvcr. but ono ptlio niinllrnl Mllir.il.nit kluiflrn lo tlio tnoJIn' ' itorlil or tlioAmerlr.ii pcoplo. Thnt MlmuZirtt liis bcon liefnrn the public for ycnrs nnd Is pTicodlniitr popular wllh luifi men nml women. It Is ItiilT/'s I'nro Mult WhNkoy. It l not 11.1 orlln irwlilster. . but n pmu mpillrliml one. Hi impulnrlly h woiulerfiil , unit U Is rtuo onllrel ) to the fn ! ihil It Is supurlnr In pvery wny. Tor iirpvpntlnii the coming of llio ( trip It Isum-tiiin'o I , for It lortlllt-s the CJKIOIII tonlthstnml Itn ntltiek' . O.iro uliumil bo taken thnt iu > ilruuiilst or Kroeor soils joii ! < oaio other lil kt'y whleb ho mny clnlm to bo Jint at jtood. ' 1 ln-ro 1 nothing which cnn .Rko IU plnee. rittuie nun : . , & P. KID CLOVES Tlioabovo brands of < rlo\cs lot-salo by The Boston-Store N.V. . ( . 'or. lJth ( and Douglas , STon can rertnco your -weight from ten to tivcnty jioumlK a raontl ] , at home , with out starving , ut reasonable cost by tlio use oi Dr. Clarke's Home Treatment , perfected in many years practice , causes no Hlckni-Ks or injury tn the lirnltii , Ishljjlily Indorsed. Send for proofs nnd testimonials. DR. F. B. CLARKE , P. Q > . Drawer 133. Chicago , 111 , IVAXTIRP. _ THc- "LADIES' PERFECI1 SYUINGR The Only 1'orfcct Vnclnnl nnd llgutul SyrlnKO In tlio World. Is tlio only cyrlnzo over Inxon'ci ' ! Ity which vnKlnal Injections c.m In ) HilinlnN. tcriMl without It'a'tltu ; lid J Mjllliu ; tlu I'luthintf or nt ! < cuHMtatlnu thu 110 ol n vt3' tul , anil wlikli ( .an uUn bo u e < l lor ricta ! liiJeL'tluns or Irrlu-ulloii. MMT Ul'IIIJlJIt Iiri < ll AM ) HAKI ) Price S3.OO. AIill ; orders tml tclteil. llicAlocXPcnfoliU'o. IBth Street , NIJ.VI'TO t'OirOfKICK I'liyilctuin1 pri-sorlptlons arotully i > * * dlif3Ll ut lovr crlcos ll ( il ( I'otiUltrl.r Cured Ilr. > ! 'lfl < > . It oan bo ci jcn la a cunot collcoor tea. or tn food. without tlie tnomlpdcn oclho patient. It In abnolntf ly harmleci * , and will oirect a pcrmaucnt and speed ? cure , wtiother the patient U n moilcrato drlohcr or uu alcoholic wreck. It lias been clvcn In thoumnds of caicr. and in cvnry instance n perfect euro hue fol- lowod. It nt\er litll . Tlioityatein once Impregnated nlth til n Cprclflc. u becomes an utter Impnctlblllty for thd lluuor appetite to exist. Ulll.HRN M'r.ClFlO CO. , ITop'n. rinelnimll. O. * H-nan luiofc nf t > rtl'"Ur free , To btf had of Kuliii & fo. nth niid DoiislnsPls. , ISlli nnd Ciiiuni-sU. Wliolo-J'ilo. ItiaUo. Itr it'o ti to. ! und Itli'li IIMSOII iiriiztin.Oni ilri N'ol ) llio htuniiih , liter and bowrl" , purl- fy Hie Wood , nio i lo und cllif tunl | J llio li.8tincimlni > knn nrorblllyufc- : ncftf , foitfliimlifiii. d > ! upila. f ( > nlQ In r/illi. IwMUru Inhe nrlliiirn , ! " . of npfH'lltc , n > nlnl di'pii w.l < > n , | > olnfulft dU'i'KtlDii. plniplri , mllow cmnnVi ; 1oiiniidpiiTydlM' M > rcbUltliiKir iii hy is it that Strictly Pure White Lead is the best paint ? Because it will outlast all other Paints , make a hand somer finish , give better pro tection to the wood , and the first cost of painting will be less. If a color other than white is wanted , tint the Lead with the National Lead Co.'s Pure White Lead Tinting Colors These colors are sold in small cans , one pound being sufficient to tint twenty-five pounds of pure White Lead the desired shade , Be Careful to use only old and well- known brands of white lead. The market is flooded with adulterated Paints , and "so- called" white leads. The fol lowing are strictly pure "Old Dutch" process brands , and are established by a lifetime of use : "COLLIER" "RED SEAL" "SOUTHERN" Tor cale by ( II t.iit class dalcr Jn Palnti. If you re t'Ointf to iialn * . , ft will p l vou to ccnd to us ( or a book conUlning li ' formation thct may save you mpny a dollar , will only cost you a postal card to do * o , NATIONAL LEAD CO. , St. Louis Branch , Clark Avenue and Tenth Street. St. Loutsf Mo. r O Our sales in the overcoat department Tor the past few weeks have been a sort of a surprise party even t purselves. Lot after lot of great thick storm coats heavy ulsters business overcoats dress overcoats heat producers of every conceivable kind and description have been piled out on our overcoat tables only to disappear like republicans "when the returns came in. " Great big stacks of garments rame and were gone before our salesmen had time to become fully acquainted with their merits. We have tUread.y sold more overcoats so far this season than * we ever before sold up to Christmas and still the good work goes merrily - rily on. Letter after letter telegram after tel egram has been sent to our New York reore- ' sentative. BUY ! BUV ! BUY ! BUY ! and buy he has. 'For the past week we've been receiving case ofter case load after load of overcoats bought under value of manufac- facturers who'd rat her "have money and room than winter goods. Today they go on sale at the verytime _ you need them most at Febru ary prices m November. Six hundred magni- cent genuine chinchilla overcoats lined with heavy double warp serge with full velvet col lar the same quality of garment which sold two weeks ago at nine dollars go out in the cold world at S6.SO- apiece. Twelve hundred beautiful overcoats for business or for dress cut in this season's length -in fine kerseys , cassi- meres and chinchillas in blacks , blues , browns , tans , modes , grays and mixtures-some double and some single breasted- ! some lined with phid cassimerc , others with serge , Italian or ! Farmer satin some with velvet and some with self collars all with full satin sleeve linings some of the same identical quail- ties which sold for fourteen and fifteen dollars a month ago : today any and every one at the uniform price of S9.OO- Don't forget we sell Fi r Overcoats. Corner Douglas and 14th Streets. , GvRr-wfijT r v * Mlfe Ask your shoe dealer for the lew Jersey EXCLUDERS , LUMBERHAH , THE NEW JERSEY SPECIALTIES have no ) equal. Price lists and discounts sent to dealers only. Big stock1. . on hand. ' ' " . T TTJ'HQTP'V" J. , Is romnrhablo among whiskies for Its Purity , Rich Quality , Smoothnons and Delicious Oouquot. Sold only at High-class Drinlcing Places and Driifi Stores , li your Dealer docs not keep it ID stock. Write to DALLEMAND A oo. . CHICAGO * > TUR PIBMAHEHTLY CURED Or KTO PA1 Wu IIKKIJK vou TO 2,500 PATIENTS. ] Financial lld'wnec : Nat'l ' Bank oT Commerce , Omaha. No IKTINTION : from btiBlnnss. No Oponitlon , ' InvcsllL'iiio ciur Mntliod.Vrlttiiu uuitrunteu to abao-j lutuiv Curuiill kinds uf Ulll'TDItnof bolh Kixe.s.wl' ma 1)10 ) iibu u ! Kiillo or Byrln u , no mattur of Liow lu Tlie 0. E. P/1ILLER / 307-30Q II , Y. LIFE BLDO. , OMAHA , HEB. rJond for fJirculur. Douglas Street , Omaha , Neb. - - - -