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LIFE AMONG LOWLY ITALIANS
A Vivid Pictnro of the Wretchedness and
Degradation that Provail.
I * ,
CHARCOAL MAKERS OF MT , PRATOMAGNO
The Hhnrp Contrast * ofNcnpolltnn I.lfo Tlio
Dazzling llemiljr anil Most Illilaau *
of the Women
Wnkomim'ft Letter.
LONDON , Fob. -Correspondence 1 ! ) [ of THE
Brn.j Ono of the most delightful experi
ences of my wanderings in Italy vv.is u night
p.issccl with the cliarro.il humors in the
mountains to the north of Florence. At the
village of Tosl I looked up the mountain of
I'ratomagno and saw lines of blue smoke In
feathery panellings against the dark green
of the massed mountain llrs.
"Thoso are the tatbonarl. They never
leave the mountain , s.ivo on fe.iHt-tlajs , "
said a kindly carrettajo. "When thcj como
toTosi forvvlno and oil , they aio so blaek
and dreadful , our children nm and hide.
But they do no liaun. " So with a vagiuous
Impulse of adventure , I turned aside from
tlio paved mountain way , and , with the cart-
man's son for a guide , skirted the mountain ,
coming In a two hours tramp through dense
forests of beech , chestnut and plno , with
hcio nnd there u blackened opening wheio
the trees had already been burned , or sunny
8P.1CO , where sportsmen and shepherds simro ,
the mountain birds , to the 'eliarcoa.- I
burners camp , and was hospitably received
for the night.
Thcso carbonari form a distinct class in
the mountains of Italy. They generally live
In the villages , the wlfo and daughters en
gaging In tno vineyards , gathering olives or
unestnuts , and often as shepherdesses with
small Hocks. The fathers and sons go fiom
ono forest to another as the owners cleslio
charcoal made. Iho landlord secures the
felling and tutting of the trees , ami the tar-
bonaro simply attends to building thepjies
and watching clay and night their smolder
ing progress. In this labor the Soils share ,
and regular watches ate taken The logs
mo stood on end In round piles of pcihaps
eighteen feet in diameter , covered and
chinked with mossj earth and then Hied In
a central hollow which has been illicit with
chips of dry timber , llr cones , chips fiom the
logs and dead leaves and grass
Uncu well n blu u , this llaming funnel is
covered with moss "and earth , and the pile
Is loft to smolder for Iho or sKdavs When
reduced to caibono or char coal thucarbomtio
delivers it to the owner , packed in sacks ,
two sacks compilslng a donkey load , for
w hlch ho receives about 10 cents , or about $ 'J
foroach burning jlclcling fortj sacks At
this camp , an unusually huge one , a score or
111010 carbonari were at woik , and as the
burning was to bo for an extended period
some six or eight of the carbonari had built
temporary huts and removed their entire
families to the forest
This gave lifo nnd plcturcsquencss to the
scene , especially at night A low iron cres
sets h id been fastened to the tree trunks ,
and the crackle and liar Ings of cones and
knots lent vvelid coloilngs to the motley
groups of women with daiillng teeth and
ejeaand men grimy and swarth bejond all
recognition. 1 could not repress tlio feel
ing that I was at my old wander
ings \vlth my gypsy friends again ,
und as the night gathered over
the majestic forest trees above , and ono by
ono some strnngo instrument of music was
pioduced from the shadowy huts , while mel
ody and dancing added their fascination to
the wild , strange scene , a thousand recol
lections of days with the Honiany swept
Jiack [ on 1'ratomagno'a darkened heights
Deeper still grow this feeling as I was
shown to a couch of llr branches for sleep.
It came not for hours ; for in the gentle
soughing of the lira , the calls of the watch
ers to each other , and hero and there
through the camp suppressed tones of
melody as these who watched grouped
together and reassuringly sang.low nnd soft ,
the atornclll of Italy , I was with my vaga
bond friends by their witching camp flics
in my own loved land. When the morning
came , after a breakfast of pan unto , or
bread fried inollvo oil , and many a kindly
"addloI" and "valet" from my grimy hosts ,
I found mv way back to the fr lendly villag
ers of Tosi.
The traveler In Italy will remember of
Naples itself that it possesses noonegiand
predominating p'.aco. thing or characteristic
of sui passing interest. This might perhaps
bo modified by saj ing It was a city of won
derful contrasts of the tremendously rich
and wofully poor ; of the oldest and best
Italian nobility and the most vv retched of
titled adventuieis ; of dazzling beauty and
most hideous hapgtshness In women ; of most
learned savants and the most sodden ignor
ance ; of the highest vhtuo and tlio most dis
gusting low ducss , so shamefared that oven
male devils accost ono everywhere with
printed tariffs for licentiousness ; of the latest
modes in dress , and garb among the lowly as
ancient as the time of Tlbcnus ; of frightful ,
notlvity and tropical siesta ; of deafen
ing din and solemn hush ; of the
shrillest and most ceaseless shriok-
ings day and night and nieanwhllo the
most sibilant and melodious of tender vole-
ingstof content and despair ; cruelty and
Itlndncartcdiicss ; loyalty and treachery ; and
Just as all Italy physically serins to bo In a
flower embowered heaven smiling over a
threatening -volcanic boll of hiughlng-ejed
humans w 1th he-iris In which the worst of
human passions forever brood , ready at an
instant's kindling for sedition , raplno or
murder.
In every part of southern Italy jou will
como upon u broadt grass-grown highway.
} t Is called the "traturo. " Tor twenty cen
turies It has served the samopurpose. On
this "traturo" oeoura the jearly spiing
exodus from the lower valleys and coastw isu
inoois and marshes to the Apulian mountain
summer pastures. In the autumn hundiods
of thousinds rctuin along the ancient wajs.
During the winter the heidsmcn and shep
herds live in town hovels , or In hutsnoartho
towns and villages. The herds and Hocks
nro then driven out to and' rotutncd from
dally grazing. But In the summer tlmo on
the mountain sides is the real outdoor llfo of
tno guardian of the flocks nnd herds
Whether ho bo hcidsm.in , goatherd or
shepherd , ho is usually given chatgo of a
Hock or herd of fiom fifty to 100 animals.
These folks rarely Intermarry with other
classfs. When they do they Instantly do-
pal I from the Hocks , aio absorbed in lower
ciders of the cities , or become the most ilct-
por.itely hopeless of the human catttlo that
labor in the fields The pride In their own
descent , In the cxeluslveuc'ss of their class ,
in thuJong line of shepherd ancestry they
can trace , amounts almost to a passion , It is
practically the ono pildo they IMJSSCSS. This
isolation of blood and Interest has picscrved
Interesting traces In physiognomy. They
nro wonderfully Saracenic In tholr look.
The tall , slender , supple Jiguie , the oval face
I nnd shinning skin , the neck , tiny at the
throat spreading quickly and heavily in
protuberant muscles , llko a broad-butted
tree , to the shoulders , the jcllowlsh-bluo
tinge of the white or the eye , distended
nostrils , and the dazzling teeth all pronounce
the eastern oilgln am ! retained phjslologle.il
uftlnltlcs.
Stiarght as an arrow , this shepherd is clad
from head to foot in undressed skins. A
bifuicatod garment of uutnnned hides , fash
ioned after the pattern of that ono so well
known to American dress reform ladles ,
forms n sort of waistcoat nnd trouscis com
bined. Tlio latter are opened at the sides ,
below the knees , often dlsplaj'lng gaudj- but
tons ornamenting the sides of his half-gattcr ,
undressed skin boots. Over his waistcoat Is
a long , loose , millions Jacket of hide , pro-
\ided with numberless ] > ockcu , his ruin-
storehouse of meager treasures. A
unity , brigandtsh hat sits perkily upon
Is line , cuily head , and brings into
striking relief his ollvo skin , his largo , grave
ejes and crinkly , curly beard. Slung
from Ills right shoulder across his left hip
bv a broad band of hide , with occasionally
the priceless treasure of n polished brass or
btonzo buckle , la the Inseparable ciipaulla or
nlii'pluid'H pouch. A rusty carblno , which
Ih tuner dischargee ) , or n stout stall as high
ns his breast -but never the shepherd's
ciiwk of olden tnlos and modem tableaux
Vlvr.nts complete the pletuio And It is
nlwajsn picture ; for this follow with the
face of an nppstlo and thu ojcs of n saint is
JBO dfllciously languid and inexpressibly lazy
that his splendid form is forever in pose and
ifiwso
.Nearly every shepherd of soulhein Italy
is married. He mtirrlca yv.nig lie
roars , or rather there grows , soemlnnly
all unconscious to himself , n largo family.
The sons Blurry other shepherds' daugh
ters ; the daughters other shepherds'
MM Himself perhaps bom In the grasn-by
the sldo of tho' tnituro , " In the cleft of some
rock In the cdgo of n torrent B gravina , or in
some low hut on hill or moor , ho emerges
from childhood to manhood n nomad ; is n
nomad In youth and manhood ; ha mates ns n
nomad ; and never ceases a nomadlo llfo
( mill the qulckllmu of sonic village Campo
Santo consumes hU bones. So that to every
flock belongs a family.
The tatterdemalion group possesses no
homo but that of the dally grazing land of
the flock. The solo possessions never equal
& In value. Their total earnings do not ex
ceed 11 cents per day. Like Wullachlan
gypsies they squat anywhere for rest and
sleep , and cat nn > thing that will sustain llfo.
If they possess a single aspiration on earth
It Is that secret ono of so many other Ital
ian field and moor laborers to "take to the
hills , " that is. to become outright brig
ands. Universal Indolenconnd repugnance , to
effort are safeguards against this. The
Apullun shepherd himself is a picturesque
fellowrnough , despite your consciousness of
his vacuous ignorance , his unvarving cruelty
to this Hocks , and his Utter sodden , rather
than active , brutality to his wlfo and chil
dren , who servo ns his pick mules , like the
Ametlcan squaws , for transporting his slen
der Ixilongliigs to the hills.
On the mountain sides the llfoof this shep
herd family Is a changeless ono the whole
summer long , unless the tcrrlbln hall storms
of southern Italy lull uK | > n the mountains , or
the still more destructive wind storms , that
frequent ! } fling both shepherds and flocks
from the ciag to death , como whistling over
peak or howling through gravlna Then
the human marmot awakens from his
lethargy and accomplishes prodigious feats
of strength and wondrous acts of valor In
lescuing cndungcied members of the
Hock or of his own terrified brood. Ills
food is iwlcntu and chestnut-Hour bread. Ho
is the ono Itali in who drinks water instead
of wine His field-lore , though unconscious
to himself , is marvelous.
When spurred by extreme hunger , oil
mountain moorland blids are doomed where
ho sets his snare. It is a wild , strange , mel
ancholy land ho looks down upon , If ho have
the energy for looking His wife and chll-
dien around him are as voiceless as himself
and his flocks The very melody of the
sheep bells becomes a meaningless din Ono
caulcs away from his environment and com-
piiilonshlp with him only a luthotlc sense
of his hopelessness and dcgind.iton { You
can only remember him as anotheranim.il in
halrj hido. Insens Uo to the truinpotlngs of
eternal nature around him The sheep
browsing nt his sldo are his equals in intelli
gence , his superiors In demonstrable forces
and activities The lone kcstral wheeling
above this Apulian shepherd has a wider
horizon of view
Those who care for the flocks of Plcdmsnt ,
IvOinbardy and radiant Tuscan ) are a differ
ent folk of whom a sunnier picture can bo
drawn In the main they are the little
children and jouths ami wives of all the
peasantry. In northern and Alpine Italy
the beauty of the cities , quaintness und
peaccfulness of the villages and hamlets ,
the radlanco of the vallcsand the noble
picturesqucness of the forests and moun
tains , seem to have given a relic * peaceful-
fulness , sunniness and oven virility to the
people.
The shepherd is alvvajs ono of the vil
lagers. Ho or she shares their everyday
life. The feasts , cspousils , marriages , fu
nerals , all are theirs for enjoyment and con
templation Nearly every family has Its own
Httlo flock. Often several of these nro
merged into a larger flock and taken to the
highest mountain lands for the entire sum
mer. In such cases a shepherd and his
family accompany them , and they live
much as do their kind in Apulia.
In October the same flock will
bo driven to the moors a'ld marshes of Mar-
emmo , where the shepherd and his family
subsist almost entirely on snared w lid few 1
which comes hero In myriads to escape the
winters of the British Isles , the Baltic re
gions and the German forests
But tens of thousands of little Hocks led by
tens of thousands of little shepherds and
shepherdesses leuvo the village greggla or
shccpfold and homo every morning for the
higher glades. Sometimes a dog , often a
pig trained to heard a flock , goes with them.
If a maiden has charge of the Hook , she will
have her spindle or knitting , and will work
and sing and tend her Hock the whole day
long. If a lad or stripling lead a Hock , ho
will lot the pig or the dog tend the sheep ,
with an occasional mornt'nt of execu
tive observation , and the rest of the
day ho gathers mushrooms , hunts the young
of birds , nil of which nro eagerly eaten save
those of the swallow und hawk , snares forest
fowl , or pipes on his Huto In idle fantasy.
Both must bring a backloacl of ferns , grass ,
oak , elm or vine loaves , with the HOCKS at
night. Some of this is for temporary use ;
but the winter store Is thus chiefly gathered.
I have counted rnoro than 100 of these little
flocks descending from the mountains u 1th
the shepherds at eventide. Thovallojs are
volccful with thousands of tinkling bells ,
with the notes from hundreds of shepherds'
flutes , with the trill of scores of shepherd's
son ? s. Then , as the shadow s fall softly upon
the hamlets , comes the housing of the sheep
In the grcggla , and the pastoral yields to the
presale while "Itavolla" and "Nencla" gain
now strength for the morrow from their
bowl of steaming polenta , or porridge of
crushed white beans.
The fairest possession of all Italy is sunny
Sicily. Yet Sicily has no homes for tholowlv-
of the countrysides as wo know and love
ov en the lowliest homo. Nearly all Sicilians
are serfs 6f the few. Doubtless 2,500,009
souls out of Sicily's entire population of
2,53-1,000 inhabitants hold this relation to the
nobility , governing classes and ecclesiastics
An infinite compassion flres ono's hear t for
the hopelessness of such a people ; and when
interest in tremendous natural phenomena
classic regions and dead-ago remains lessens
the pathetic side of llfo begins to possess and
hurtjou. Any land boasting no progressive
farming population , masters of the soil they
till , or without a fairly contented peasantry
possessing secure and well defined rights in
their holdings , is doomed to desertion and
decay. In the entire length and breadth of
this island , from the hlghwajs not half
and hundred "farm houses" will bo seen.
These are not farm houses us we know them.
ICaeh Is a desolate stone structure , inhabited
by the family of some soprantendento or
overseer , w hero tools are stored , and in the
busiest seasons of labor a gang of wolfish-
faced men and women are fed on slops and
herded at night on stone benches for sleeu
The montanaro , or mountaineer ; the atoto ,
or plowman ; the pecorajo , or shepherd ; the
vignajo , orvlnearosscr ; the vondemrniatoro ,
or grapcgathcrer : the rnlltero , or reaper , ana
every manner of human animal that labors
w Hh flocks , or in vlnoj aril or fields , is in tact
n contadlno , or villager , living in low and
poisonous hovels in cities or hamlets , from
out of w hlch hollow-oied crowds pour before
daylight , munch ng their food as they drag
themselves to their flocks in the mountains
or their toil In the vineyards and fields.
UDCUU L. WAKKMAN.
Dr. Cluck treats catarrh , Barker block.
A Vciml 1'ediiKOguo.
Detroit Free Press : One ( lav , ns I rode
nloni * the bunks of the north fork of the
Kentucky river , I came to a log school
house , an institution usually conspicuous
by Its absence In Unit bootion. It was
about 1 o'clock , and tlio teacher , a lank
strip of humanity in homespun clothes ,
sat on a lop , watohini : a lot of noisy chil
dren at pltiy.
"How aie you ? " I wild , as I pulled up
nnd the children gathered around.
"Howdy ? " ho lopllcd , driving the
children nwuy.
"Aio jou the school tcachor ? "
"Yob ; I reckon I am.1
"What kind of n school have you ? "
"Only fair to mtddlin1. "
"You haven't much competition ? "
"No ; oddlcatlon ain't popular in those
parts. "
"Don't the children like books ? "
'Not unless they can tear the leaves
onten 'om. "
! ! ' * J' ° u niako them study ? "
1'vo quit tryin' . "
, . w s have you con teaching
"Tills makes the third term. "
"And you can't muko them learn ? "
"No. "
"Then what do you teach for ? "
"Well , mister , beln1 as you're a
stranger in the o parts , " ho said , In a
half whisper , "I'm wllliii1 to bay I teach
for $27 a month und board 'round , and
not another darn thing , " and the unam
bitious pedagogue turned on his heel
and went in after his facholarg.
The Actor Has Boon Brushed Aside by the
Modern Stage Oorpentor.
EVIDENT DETERIORATION OF PUBLIC TASTE
A I.ocnl Critic Condemns tlio Avorngo IMajr
Urging That It Shown a Lninontnlitu lio-
cllno from Older anil flutter bland *
nrd--\Vhlther Do Wo Drift ?
There Is no way of getting round the fact
that the drama Is not what It was once.
Kuan , John Philip Kemblo , Junlus Brutus
Booth nnd lidwln Forrest passed away long
ago. Their mantles hive been worn with
more or less distinction by IMwin Booth ,
John McCultough , Lawrence Barrett nnd
Thomas ICccno. But no\r that two of these
nro dead , another retired , and the last
named has almost outlived liis usefulness , it
would seem that legitimate drama ii almost
at the und of its rope , for there are none to
t.iito their places
In the matter of theatrical productions the
present is truly an uncritical age. Almost
overi thing goes -on the stage Scores of
"attractions" como to Omaha that , Judged
from n dramatic standpoint , have no right to
exist j but they do exist , and , strange to say ,
they escape mob violence. The demand of
the times seems to bo for something cither
light and airy or black and bloody. Wo nro
told that nowadays people go to the play to
while away a tedious hour , not to learn a
moral lesson ; they go to bo arnuscd , not to
study the pci ploxittos of human llfo. They
care not what the play is nor who plajs It ,
so long as it leads their minds from worldly
care and anxiety. In these piping days of
bustling trade , severe competition and over
wrought business life , the nvcrago theater
goer never thinks of a play until ho stops
into the m trble-tiled lobby , and It never en
ters his mind nftor ho comes out.
The classic-browed jouths of ancient
Athens would sit for twelve hours at a
stretch listening with rapture to the imp is-
sioned lines of bophocles , the rj tlnnlu strophe
andantistrojihoof Alschylus , the plaintive
lilies of I'lmlar and the mirthful music of
Aristophanes , but wo of the nineteenth cen
tury Omaha feel aw fully boied If a play lasts
more than two hours , oven though the at
traction is the best to bo had It is true wo
have not the same stjlo of entertainments
that the ancients enjoyed , and it is well
for the profession that such is the
case , for philosophy spouted from the stage
would not bo tolerated now Instead of
Greek have "realism " in
tragedy wo , piaeo
of Pindaric odes wo have skittish songs b.\
high-kicking soubrottcs , and in lieu of
Aristophanes' comedy wo have horse play in
all dialects Edipus Tjr.innus has taken a
back scat for "Tho Vampires of Ilobokcn ; "
the IIv inn to the Grrccslms been crowded
out by "Do Bowery" nnd "Gilhoollgan's
Twins"nnd the comedy of The Frojis has
been ignominlously displaced by "Moiearty's
Mishaps "
Stacro realism has run mad. It has not
been so very long since people vveie s itlsfled
with the comedies of Goldsmith and Sheri
dan and the tragedies of Shakespeare , with
out any mechanical effects and stage set
tings : but now It requires two car loads of
machinery and a master mechanic to keep
an ordinal. ; play on the road for any length
of time Wo have had so much of this real
istic effect business that It is becoming sim
ply nauseating In the last two or three
years an endless procession of machine pla\s
has boon passing through Omaha. Wo
have seen saw mills , flour mills ,
lire engines , steambort and \nuni . to
explosions , circus parades , pile drivers , iail-
road wrecks , locomotive races , horse races ,
rafts in midocean , log Jams'and balloon as
censions , all presented with astonishing rne-
ciianloal accuracy. There ha\o been , other
features equally as startling that do not
como to mind , nnd the question is Where
will this fad for realism end ? It is not be
yond the range of possibility that vvo may
snmo day sco a stage representation of the
divorce mill at Sioux Falls , a legislative war
in Kans is , nn Amazonian revolt In Dahomey ,
or a Ij nching bee In Texas. A few months
ago there was a play nt ono of the theaters
in which two noted safe breakers , ex-con
victs , appcired and cracked a safe in the
latest and neatest style known to modern
burglary. Prize fighters and heroines of
celebrated divorce cases got on the stage as
soon as they can learn their parts. If prog
ress is to remain the watchword of the cen
tury , w o may expect to see soon a horde of
thieves , counterfeiter-9 , anarchists and mur
derers turned out of Sing Sing and Jollot
nnd exhibited on the stage , where they will
ply their vocations to chilly music before the
gaze of admiring thousands. When that
thing comes , prepare to bo disappointed if
announcements something like the following
do not appear in the newspapers :
A Drama of the Greatest llumiui Interest ,
"THE PIG S11CKEKS OF KANSAS CITY'
Quo weuk only , commencing Monday Night.
Don't fall to sco the great slaughter house-
HCt'iio , with the H.iusiige-umliln process In
full v low of aUdlonco.
You will feel like kicking your sf ! If you
don't hear the celebrated Butcher Uojs iiu
tot In the latest topical ROIIRS.
Jim Hondor , the rofornic'd murderer , and
Trunk James , the noted train robber , will per
form specialties In tholr rosncctiv o Ilia's.
Mubsof delicious boiled ham will bo dis
tributed ninOng the audience free of chuigu
between the acts.
It is not alone In the direction of realism
that the stage is showing a dec-lino from
older and bettor standards Ono of the most
popular forms of entertainment is the 01-
travaganza or burlesque opera a daz/llng
conglomeration of music , gaudy scenery ,
scintillating colored lights , fairy fig in es and
rainbow hosiery ; a sort of musical com
plexity bathed in red llro and dreamy tinsel.
A show of this kind is usually accompanied
by a w ell drilled cor ps do ballet , a Par islan
dnnscuso , occasionally ( though not often ) a
comedian of fair ability , a quartet of mala
puppets forwoodon dialogue and a miscel
laneous assortment of gangrened Jokes and
cheap rouge The last net Is followed by a
transformation scone , previous to which the
house Is darkened for no other reason than
to Imptcss the audience with the fact that
something startling is going to happen.
Then there are the farce comedy and the
Irish play , many of which should have been
called in long agobut by the good graces of an
indiscriminatlng public they are still with us.
Oh , how tired one grows of seeing the ob
streperous intruder thrown down an imagin
ary llight of stairs , followed by n noise like
the report of a Galling gun lired off in an
empty hall ! When v\ill there ever bo icliof
from the sporty individual who wears
a diamond shirt stud bolted to
his back ? Who is there among us who
will earn cnduilng fame by everlastingly
sandb tgglng the loquacious policeman w ho
spills sand out of the end of his Jimmy and
dances on it ? What will the record ing angel
sot down against the poverty-proud charac
ter who always dlsplavs a standing collar
without any shirt ? Will not some dire dis
aster over take the sentimental gossoon and
the sickly smiling colleen who gush llko a
weaned calf over its first bucket of milkt
A lack of 01 iglnallty characterizes the lat
ter day productions. Old pin j a aroworkcd
over and presented as now , and HO have the
' eleventh edition" , und the "nineteenth
scries" of that. Fresh verses are added to
the same old songs und the vvi inkles are
smoothed out of the same old Jokea. 1'hero
Is an unwritten law that something
good must bo Imitated by something
bad of the same class. Ole Olcson
Is followed by Pete Peterson , nnd Pete
Peterson will probably bo followed by Kuuto
ICnutson. There are war plays , naval
plajs , Swedish plajs , Gorman plays , south-
urn plaj sand vvostorn plavs , but there is a
woeful scarcity of good plays ; plajs that
your mother would enjoy seeing , nnd plays
in which intelligent beings could Jlnd.some-
thing to bring honest tears or smiles.
But a truce to thesounuleasant reflections.
The conditions nro ours and vvo make them
what they are. The day Is coming that will
witness a reaction against this riotous dis
sipation Into which tlio stage has plunged ,
and in that day the spirits of those who
gave the drama its now forgotten glory will
walk the earth In the persons of ( heir
worthy successors. At. S ,
o
Modleska begins her engagement next
Thursday night at Bov , el's now theater , pre
senting her superb production of Shake
speare's "Henry VIII. " This play has 10-
cclvcd unusual commendation where It has
been presented this ) cur , as she has mounted
it n * . sumptuously as , tmn < J taste will permit ,
costumed it with rnro historic1 fldelltj of design
sign and coloring , rthd IfitOprots the charact
ers with a cast iMnlnchtl.v suited to the various
parts On Mmljeska'nlpart it has required
keen nnd srholnrh intolllgcnco ns well as a
thorough knowledge Of stage art to know
what to present and whatto omit , and that
she has done her j + orlt with raw skill has
been generally concejloVl. This bill will bo
repented nt the Sat4iiraoy , matinee On Fri
day night It will pleiso many of the great
actress' friends to know : that she will present
a Camlllo which , ls regarded by many as
her greatest Interpretation. On Saturday
night the engagement will close with her
familiar role of Marv Stuart.
i
nanija > \ Manner.
If a body meet n 1x > dy
C'otiilnit through the rye
If a body M s a body ,
Need a iHMly cry ?
Doctors s-iy dNeuso perms travel
Through tlio xea of bliss ,
Swimming where thu lips are lingering
In ecstatic kiss.
If ono cerm should moot another
Coinltm thrum : ! ) a Ulss ,
Would lliuy stop and talk sweet nothings ?
Would they light and hiss ?
Must the kisser ask tlio klssco.
Most delicious miild ,
Vt hnsu red lips the kiss Itiv Ited ,
It she Is afraid/
Tin : 1111 : nr.itv.
Today Hopkins' Transoceanic Star Spec
ialty company w ill close Its engagement at
Io > d's theater by giving two ot Its excellent
performances. Tno pel formnnces of this
brilliant -galixyof v.uioty stars appoir.to
have caught the fancy of the Omaha theater
going public , and the business has been sur
prisingly peed for anew attraction The
great Tiowoy , with his wonderfully clover
tricks , Is alone worth the price that it costs
to see the whole show. A special matinee
will bo given at 2:30 : this ( Sunday ) after
noon , at which the price of admission has
been fixed at the remarkably low price of 50
cents to any part of the house. The engage
ment closes w 1th the performance tonight.
This afternoon ut the matinee at the Far-
nam street theater "Mr. iPottcr of Texas"
begins a five nights engagement , with a
matinee Wednesday It Is claimed that
"Mr Potter of Texas , " astdo from all other
points , is eeitainly ono of the best con-
stiuetcd plajs on the stage today It Is , at
all events , a time tried success and while
"art" critics find plenty of fault vv 1th It ,
from n literary standpoint , all practical
critics speak of it us a marvel of construc
tion The first two acts are devoted to
arousintr the interest in the story and the
motive of action of each character ; the third
act Is devoted to action , the last act to the
consequences or denouement Man.v
people feel a desire to w rite a play , especi
ally after witnessing u thorbughlj bad one ,
and regret that there is no text book or
school of dramatic constlurtlon To all such
' * MI bo said , "experience teaches " Head
the novel , sketch the play to convey thee
o , . , < and introduce the characters ; then
r-'ininrotho work with the master's own
flnlihed play. Mr. Guntcr's works mo now
concedel to be original , but his earlier works
are not entirely so and would-be playw rights
aio advised to follow the usual course , to
elaborate some other author's idea until
some original idea is found to bo more avail
able "Mr Potter of Texas. " the uov ol , Is
almost a play us it stands , which may bo ac
counted for frOm the fact that it was first
written as a play and afterwards vv-as novel
ized , i ,
The first performances pf "Tho Crust of
Society" at Boyd'h theater on tomorrow and
Tuesday nights w lllVr.altjj a more than usually
interesting event. Here Is n play by Dumas
that has lam dormant fdr over twentj years
nnd which in France lms , alwajs been con
sidered his mastorpluoo. Mr John Stetson
had the play adapted for the American stage
by Miss Loulso Iinfacen Gulnoy , well know n
In the literary cJlVlea of Boston , and Mr.
William Seymour , . stage manager , and It
was presented at tlio Glibo ) theater. Boston ,
and afterwards at the Union Squat o theater ,
Now York , under the mime of "Tho Crust of
Society , " meeting vVlth the greatest of suc
cess In both cities. [ Thcs. criticisms were in
all cases very favorable w It , while the com
pany that Jifr. SteUpiij has engaged for the
presentation of the case is said to bo the
best. The story , of course , Is thoroughly
French ; it deals with an adventuress
masquerading as a widow , who has been the
innamorata of two of the chief persons in the
drama ana has just been deserted by her
last admirer but ono and wtio has decided to
establish herself in good social standing by
marrying n gentleman of fortune and family.
Ho has fallen in love with the adventuress ,
but is ignorant of her character and cher
ishes for her an honest lovo. It Is the sav
ing of this gentleman from the clutches of
the adventuress that forms the business of
the plot. The engagement Is limited to two
nights.
Unusual Interest Is felt In the forthcoming
engagement at the Fa-mam street theater
of James J. Corbott in "Gentleman Jack"
Friday and Saturday next , with matinee.
Unlike other men who have shown tholr
povvdrs to excel and conquer and tholr su
perior physical development , who have ap
peared upon the stage , Corbett has gone
about things in a more rational and business
like manner. Instead of appearing in any
sort of an excuse for n play , In which he
mlgnt show himself , ho secured the services
of ono of the most experienced playwrights ,
Charles T. Vincent , ana had that dramatist
weave an interesting comedy drama around
much of the story of Oorbott's own llfo. He
next secured nn unusually capable company
to support him , and had the play dressed in
the most suitable scenery and other en
vironments , and named It "Gentleman Jack. "
Assurances have been offered from
critics of reputation in other cities that if
the attractive personality of Corbett was
withdrawn entirely the play of "Gentleman
Jack1' Is of sufficient strength to reign
as ono of the dratnatio successes of the cur-
ion t theatrical season Another peculiarity
which has not stronely evinced itself in per
formances upon the stage in which other
famous pugilists who have preceded Corbott
have appeared is the largo patronage , espe
cially at matinees , of ladles. Altogether.
Champion James J. Coi bott is of unusual and
interesting composition. A tall , handsome
follow , with a face that Is the very picture of
health , polite and considerate , never loud or
boisterous In his methods , either on or off
the stage , a neat dresser , Champion James
J. Corbott , the rather phenomenal record-
breaker in many wajs , will undoubtedly
stand out as one of the most striking and
prepossessing characters in the history of
American pugilism.
The most renowned company of vocalists
that has over been presented to the Ameri
can public will appear at Bovd's theitoron
Wednesday evening next. The company is
composed of Mme Lillian Nordica , primu
donna soprano , Mmo. Sofia Scalchi , in him
donna contralto , Miss Louise Engel , mezzo
soprano , Sicrnor Halo Ciimpanini , pt ima tenor ,
SIgnor Guiseppo deliPwjnto , prima baritone ,
HerrEmil Fischer , tvssiij , and Air. fsidoro
Luckstonc , pianist , nnd , musical director
The company is styled Oho Nordica Operatic
Concert company , and laiunder the direction
of Mr. C. A. Kills , juan.iger of the Boston
Symphony eercertsy,12ach of these artUts
has a world-wlao replication , and although
some of them have "bVert heard in Omaha
sop irately an opportunity of hearing such a
magnificent aggiepallonW talent has never
before been prescnfvu , our inuslo loving
people , and the Oj-jpoJijtunlty will not bo
slighted , Judging froiHitUo Interest already
manifested The following is the program
that will bo rendered by the Nordtca com
pany ut the Boid orf "Wednesday ' night :
Piano Solo IIunRurhtu Rhapsody , No. 0 Llzt
Mr. IiiickMonu.
Aria The Jewess . . . . . . Ilalovy
Mr. 1 Uchur.
bong Adelaide . lleethovuu
Mr. Cump mint.
Cavatlna Nomlo blcnor , from Leg Huguo-
uotH . , : , . . Muyerbcor
Mmo.hoiilchl.
Bone- Toreador , from Oiirmim . Illiet
Mr. Del 1'uunto.
Polonaise -Mlgnon .k..j . . . . A.Thomas
.Mmo. Isordlc'ft.
Song Trumpeter of Suckluscm . Ncssler
Mr. llscher.
rimilo to Act II. , UIOIB..S. . . . Donizetti
Mine. Nordica , MlssJ.unulnnd MSI. C.iuipanlnl ,
Del 1'uoutu and I'lschur.
PAHT II.
Masca8nl' boautlftilowra0avalleili | Has-
tirana , " In concert form und aunu In Italian.
hintuz/u . Mmo. Itonllru
Irflo . i . . . . . .Mine. S-alchl
Lucia . . MIsiKiiKCJ
lurlddil . MB.rainpaiilnl
Altlo . . . . . . .bik' . Del I'ncntu
The sale of scats will open tomorrow morn
ing.
"Champagne that has the least alcohol Is
a stimulant and restorative , " says lr. Pavy ,
Use Cook's Extra Dry Imperial.
LIFE INSURANCE ANTIQUITY
The "Higher Criticism" Applied to the
Genesis of the "Soliciting Specialist. "
SAMSON'S WEAPON THE INSURANCE MAN'S '
Ilnninroiu llomtly nnd Kxremllnclr Krudlte
by HOT. VVrlcht Itutlor lion. A. 1C.
Cndjr on Iiisarnnre From m
1'ntrlotlo Standpoint.
The list of toasts at the oanquct of the
Nebraska Llfo Underwriters association
was so long that several of the best re
sponses \vcro not heard until time had
tut nod Into n now day , nnd the birth of an
other offspring from the mighty Press could
notbedelajed for oven so Instructive nnd
alluring attractions as the feast of wit and
eloquence and leason spread for the under
writers and their friends. Some of these
speeches wore too good tone lost nnd are
woithy general periml. This Is w hut Uov.
S. Wright Butler of St Mary's Avenue Con
gregational church had to say of the unsus
pected antiquity of the insurance man :
Mr. President and Gentlemen- a
"soliciting specialist" ( for that is , I believe ,
the euphonious title prefencd for the voca
tion of the llfo insurance agent ) for nn Insur
ance whoso premiums ate "without money
and without pi ice , " and whoso policies give
"promise for the llfo that now Is and that
w hlch Is to come , " I feel much nt homo In this
company , nnd am most happy to be j our guest.
"Life insurance" as discussed by the
speakers preceding me , has been presented
characteristically according to the vocations
of the gentlemen speaking , the magisterial
by our worthy mayor , und the legal and
Journalistic by representatives of those pro
fessions i'ou w ill allow and expect mo to
treat Til v topic , "Tho Origin of Life Insur
ance , " characteristically us a clergyman in
fact it would bo quite impossible for mote
treat it otherwise , us the dray horse , al
though In the procession , docked with ribbons
bens and accompanied bv , bands of music ,
vet shows the eh illng of the harness of his
humble toil , so a minister will unconsciously
reveal the harness mail : of his calling
To date the oucin of llfo Insurance to the
close of the eighteenth century , us the en-
cvclopodlas do would bo the boldest empir
icism on ni\ part , nnd to dismiss the sublime
subject with an unworthy haste
I shall proceed to Dhow jou that this ban-
j an tree , w hose vast propoitions shelter so
numerous and wide a constituency , ramifies
Its rootlets Into centuries remote and times
prehistoric
In searching them for the origin of llfo
insurance , I shall appeal tn sacred scholar
ship , und examine tlio subject as becomes a
minister , under various heads , aicluoologlcal ,
philological , sociological , exegetical , hoinl-
lotical , with the aids of modern interpreta
tion , involving both the lower and higher
'criticisms.
First , nrchnjologloally Doubtless in the
preparation of jour Sundaj school lessons ,
gentlemen , you have seen Illustrations of the
hieroglyphics and engravings upon the
monoliths and tablets exhumed from the
sites of Assjria urttt Babj Ionia nnd
have noticed the reputed bas icllef of
reputedly ancient conquerors Sen-ichor Ib
or Xobuchadnc77ar , with uplifted index fin
ger holding , in shivering awe , a flguio
reputed to bo u Judcan captive , but in the
light of modern science it is now known that
the story figures of triumph and subjection
wore emblematic of the soliciting
specialist , hjpnotizlng his victim to the
writing of a policy upon his ciidaneercd llfo.
In fact , the petrified man of Chadron and
the Cardiff giant are no doubt subjects
turned to stone by the Medusaliko o\cs of
the life insuianco solicitor. Indeed , the
human remains ot the Caucasian defiles ,
mingled with thcfee of the cone bear , and the
ancient lake dwellers , whose homes were on
spiles at the center of the Swiss lake ,
instead of antedating Adam , are , in the light
of the higher criticism , found to bo allegories ,
teaching the presence of the life insurance
agent in times prehistoric , for is not ho
always a bear on the life market ,
talking it down , and of old ns
in modern times to climb a tree Is the onlj'
method of escape from the indefatigable so
licitor.
Secondly , the argument for the antiquity of
the origin of life Insurance from philology ,
or the study of language But hero vvo meet
n dlfllcultj' . The philological argument
seems to collide with the archaeological. It
is well known that as vvo recede into the
past the lingual facility of the race rapidly
declines. Our present vocabulary' is en
riched by about ' . ' 3,000 terms Shakespeare
Used about 10,000 , vv hllo all the old testament
has to say was written in less than 5,000
terms. Probably in ancient times the lan
guage of the race reached but a few hundred
words , and yet who remembers anj' soliciting
specialist for life Insurance w hose vocabu
lary did not exceed250,000 terms ?
And jot this seeming conflict of the
archaeological and philological argument Is
only seeming. Were there not prehistoric
Silurian times when the pleslosaurus ,
the icthyosaurus and many other
"saurusos , " together with the pter-
odactj'l and other festive fowl , were
denizens of those unrecorded dayst Does
not the scripture refer to a mj'stle era when
"the sons of the Gods loved the daughters
of men and there were giants in those days , "
and did not , mavhap , those monsters have a
monstrous vocabulary and might not the
lost art have been recovered by the rustling
fraternity represented hero tonight else
how can wo account for the voluminous ver
bosity that outruns all present vocabularies
and Is peculiar to the llfo insurance agent ?
Lot mo now como to mv specially familiar
resource , viz : sacred literature , and trace
j'our ancestry along the fines of men und
events that are salient in tliQ saving pro
cesses tint have uplifted the raco. As
the Masonic brothcrn claim all the great
of sncrcd history as patrons of their craft ,
lot mo show jou jour noble piedecessors In
lifo insurance. * .
In the epistle of James ho asks , "What Is
jour llfo ? " Has not that a familiar sound ,
and docs it not indicate the acquaintance of
the first bishop with life Insuianco ?
Isnlrli's Injunction to Hozoklah , "Set thine
house In order for thou shall die and not
live , " is rich in its suggestion of jour noble
and beneficent vocation.
Pharaoii , tlio child of the sun , wearer of
the double crown , said to the patriarch
Jacob upon meeting him "How old art
thou ? " no doubt intending to compute an
expectation of life , looked to an issuance of
a policj no record of such issuance is given ,
as no doubt the rate was too high , con-
sideling his confessed longevity when ho
answered. " 130 jcars old am I "
But , in pissing , it is quitean error to ex
pect earlj demise as contingent iiK | > n great
ago. At least so thought the ccntemuian ,
who being told upon his 100th birthday an-
ulvoisary that ho could not expcctx to stay
much longer , replied. "Oh. I may live
another 100 j ears now ; certain I am that I
begin the second 100 u good deal stronger
than I did my first. "
It is well known that the longest lived
classes are first gentlemen and second clergy
men , If only ono could find a cleigj man who
was also a gentleman , no doubt ho would
live foievcr
But to return to the research for the
origin of llfo Insurance from sacied lore
In the book ot Judges wo find recorded of
Samson , the hero of Isi.icsl , that when the
sport and Jeer of the Philistines , who , after
making him captive , brought him into the
temple of D.igon to muko sport for them In
his mlsfoi tune , ho , clasping the supi > ortlng
pillars of the dome , tore them from their
places , ' 'killing more In his death than ho
had clone in his life , " Nowaccording to the
higher criticism , wo may feel that this Is an
allegory of the Joe-rings of poverty nnd ad
versity , und that huving'tukcn out a llfo insurance -
suranco policy for a largo amount
ho died , nnd by the pajment slow
more of his creditors in death
than he had dona in his life. Some persons
are so lucky , und tholr posthumous earnings
fur exceed those ofthoyearsofttiolrvlt.il
effortH Probibly John Wanamaker with
his million and a half pollcj' , If he live not so
long will , by dj Ing. strike u bigger bargain
than ho has over found or offered at a bar
gain counter.
But to return to Simson's remarkable
feat , recorded In Judges xv. , 15 , when In a
rage Of pitrlotiocal ho caught us nearest
at hand fora weapon the Jaw bone of un ass ,
nnd with it "slew u thousand men. "
This sometimes dlftlcuU statement becomes
clear when v > e compare It with experiences
common , perhaps , to your reunions , when
vuu soliciting agents meet after a cam
paign nnd relate your victories In placing
thousands ef dollars In policies , and some
times Is It not dona with the llko Instrument
that Samson usedt
There are no traces of llfo Insurance In the
garden of IMen- rather the opposite. And
to your credit , gentlemen , bo It remarked
that the old scrjKjnt , the deceiver , reversed
your perpetual reminder , sajlugj "Thou
shall not surely die. "
Heaven will have its larger happiness from
the entire absence of both our vocations.
There vv 111 be no clergymen In heaven , for It
Is written : "Thero was no temple therein. "
Neither will there bo n llfo Insurance nniclal.
Ills occupation will bo gone , for "they die
no more. "
Gentlemen , were jou to visit my church
you nro too much gentlemen to talk shop and
seek to persuade mj * pttrxmngo. I have
sought to reciprocate , and In jour gatherIngs -
Ings I have not pressed my persuasions.
Wo have , I repeat , much In common jou
represent various companies , The Muuirl
u'fe , Omaha Life , Veimont Life , Now York
Lifo , and I am n hustler , u soliciting special
ist for the "Immortal life , " nnd I trust and
desire that jou all hold policies In my com-
pany.
Iimirunrn 1'rcim n Patriotic Standpoint.
Hon. A. K Cady , In response to the sen
timent , "Insuianco from the Standpoint of
Patriotism , " s-iid-
Bj * genc'ial consent Insurance men me ns
signed a place ainouc thu professionals , and
vet in contrast with that given his profes
sional brethren , it Is questionable If he re
ceives the ciedit that Is really his clue The
doctor attends our ills and bleeds us here ,
thocleigjman uttc-nds to the hcieafter and
the law\eis divide the estuto , while the In
surance man alouo takes the vcrj prosaic
p.ntof pajlng the bills
And vet to the unthinking or malicious It
may appearthat the association of insurance
with patriotism Is an invention of the
ubiquitous agent But the fact is that the
agreement of modem civilization that to In-
suto is n patriotic duty was merely the In
fluence that converted so many talented
gentlemen to the sei v Ice of patriotism by
making of them insurance missionaries
Every missionary within the hearing of mv
voice , as well as the many who are unavoid
ably absent , will 1 am sure bear cheeiful
tcstimonj to the truthfulness of mj state
ment
'L'hrro Is n popular fallacy that patilot-
Ism means to bo heioic In some way the
pitriot has become associated with seivlco
to country , deeds of valor und milltai j glorj ,
nnd while it maj be-true thnt the man who
is willing to go out and bo shot nt to settle
some dispute about taxation or the removal
of u boundary line that only exists in Imag
ination , whllo it muj bo true that ho Is a
p itilot. It is not tiuo that ho enjojs the ex
clusive distinction
The real goim of patriotism in its higher
sense Is unsclllslmess , the w illingncss to
denj or saerlllco to benefit another Pa til-
otlsm docs not ncccssullj wear n unifoun ,
nor is It adorned with a badge It is not
nei'cssaiilj assenting or demonstrative The
greatest tragedies are not enacted In the
glare of tlio footlights vv ith the tinsel and
trappings of a mock heroism , and the loftiest
patriotism maj bo both modest and obscuie
I believe the man who insuics his llfo for
the benefit of othcis Is not only a benefactor
but a patriot. I don't know Just how manj'
kinds of putilots there nro , but ho is ono of a
kind that in common vv 1th insuianco men I
like 1 like him because lie lias indicated
ono of the possibilities for good tint men
possess Ho has shown how a man can
ieae.li the summit of human goodness by
uttcrlj forgetting himself In his unselfish clo-
siic to benefit othcis I like him because he
is possessed of that holiest of nil ambitions ,
tliodcsiioto leave the world better for his
having lived in it , for when a man , sur
rounded bj * nil tlio stiife , the avarice and
allurements of the world , can dollberatolj'
plan for others u benefit In which ho not
only will not participate , but which
will only accrue with his final departure ,
that man has born unconscious testimony to
the fact that ho had inhciited the true spirit
of a patriot.
Ono llfo does not contribute much to the
world's welfare ns n whole , but If ovciy man
became- possessed of a desire to leave some
benefaction , a gift , a memory or a hope ,
something that would lighten the burden
and make lifo brighter and hotter to those
who were to follow , what an Inviting place
this would be for a permanent residence.
Perhaps in the fulness of time this may
como to pnss , but for the proscnt its apiuoci-
matlon 1 bcliovo lies in contemplating insur
ance from a patriotic standpoint.
A commission has been received by Dona.d
Burns ( who recently presented the late John
Hooy's fine collection of swans to Central
pirk , Now York ) from John D Rockefeller ,
to arrange for a swanncrj'at his palatial
residence on the Hudson. Mr. Burns says
no expense will bo spared to make the Rock
efeller swannery one of the finest In the
world , not excepting the famous ones on the
Thames or In the gardens of the Luxem
bourg at Pails.
Lived
Shams
Are those ignorant pretenders who ,
without any qualifications , any ability ,
any experience , any skill , claim to
possess the power to cure all the ills of
the human raco. But their want of
worth soon becomes apparent to their
would-be dupes , and these conscionco-
Ie-S3q.uac.ks are soon consigned to the
oblivion they so richly morit.
In strange and strong contrast with
these miserable boasters is the quiet ,
dignified yet courteous demeanor of
hose noted leaders of their profession ,
Who , during the past 27 years , have
abundantly demonstrated their ability
to effect speedy , perfect and permanent
cures in all the worst forms of these del
icate sexual maladies embraced within
the general terms of
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INSURANCE COMPANY.
lfll ntitl IfiH Itraatlwnyt ffovr VorJr.
Irmirancoln Force , oror ft'l.WOOX ) W
Total Payments to roller-holders , orrr MOUO.OUU W
THE YEAR IQ92 SHOWS :
INCIlKAMi : IN ASBHT8.
1XOUKA8K IN INS. IN KOI1CK.
INCIIKASU IN INTKllKST.
INCttKAHi : IN I'ltKVUUMS.
INCIlKASn IN I'AVVin.Nld TO POLICY IIOI.OKIII.
Total Incumailiirlnx 18JJ | 3T1'.M > * > l U
Total lilsburnomenls J.W.3C.I M
ASSETS.
ItcnlKstato 11,070,101 OJ
Hr < t VtorlKiigo txiatu cm Hail KslMo 3HI,7'.M ) M
United States Hinds and other iccurl
ties 3.1W25100
loauson I'ollclosln force TlMUSI HI
l.o-uis on utocrin aiul boiuli . , nW111 U
I'rcniliiiin tn Course of Collection ntiil
TransmUslon ( ultur dciluctlni ! A ) per
cent ) . . JOI.713 M
Cash on hind anil In Hanks ami Trust
companies at Interest JOil8--VICK )
Interest nctnicil aiul all olhor iirciportr 2jS,5nOT
TOTAL ASSETS. 313,293,778 II
APPORTIONED AS FOLLOWS :
llenorvo on Policing Now York Hlato
htanilaril ( I per cent ) lets Deferred
1'remlums tll,6U3 3 00
Allother llahllltlos Sb..SW 04
SURPLUS SI,138,584 O5
13WJ,778 11
VVoherebjrcortlfj that w hare carefully oxain-
Ineil In detail the assets as shown ubovo , and th
thor are correctly stnteil
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Good mon wan ted to net us district ,
local nnd trnvolinir iifjonts , to whom wo
can olTer jjood contniet- * .
JOHN MADIIIUA nnd LOUIS KIJLLS ,
Agency Supui intonilonts.
PROTECT YOUR EYES
USB
and Ilyoglassca
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Meyer & Bro.Co. ,
Solo AcmiU for Otnihn.
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Tooth Extracted Without Pain or
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There Is u Hiiro Bnnclllo modlclno TO 1'HE-
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The Cure of Them
when they huvo not run boyonJ hum tnroaoh
Write to
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If In iiood of any treatment , and you wlllllnd
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DR.
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THB SPECIALIST ,
la imBnriiaused In tli
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ant. HWetkneuiirii
and Dliordtri of tnLn
18 jatua experience-
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