20
TITT3 (TMATTA DATLV 71TCE: SrXDAV, S"EPTTC7i"RTC"R 0, 1000.
BEAT COLUMBUS MANY YEARS
Ohlness Navigators Said to Bo the Firat
Discoverers of America.
FACTS REVEALED BY ANCIENT RECORDS
VoyitRr of IIithI Minn lo AlnUn nml
l,mn In MpIco Aulliriill
cnlril Arcniint of Hip
(.'Inlnm of ( lilun.
China claims almost evcrythlriK In this
world, whllo the rest of the world Is mak
log claims In China. At loast the Chinese
haTe claimed almost everything that west
ern civilization has Introduced to them In
modern times gunpowder, tho mariner's
compass, printing from movable blocks,
playing cards, chess and many other
things, "Oh, wo had that a thousand years
to," has been their Inevitable reply upon
seeing these things" In tho hands of tho
foreigner. Hut their claim to the dis
covery of America, which Is believed by
erery man and woman of ordinary educa
tion In China, is well founded and worthy
of note. The records of China extend
back further than those of any other coun
try on tho face of the globe. Tho very
cHto corresponding to tho year when
Joshua Is said to havo commanded tho
un to stand still can be found on these
records. If wo follow down tho olllctal
chronologies to 93 A. I), we will find an no
count of one Hwul Shan, who In that year
returned to China with tho sUtcmcnt that
he had como from a country lying a great
distance to tho enm. His story so excited
tho Interest of tho government that tho
Imperial historiographer was commanded
to enter It upon his olllclal records. Al
though the Chinese and Jnpaneso both are
thoroughly familiar with tho Btory nf
Hwul Shan's discovery, tho celebrated Chi
nese scholar, Ma Twan Lin, searched tho
original records nnd made a copy of tho
Imperial historiographer's original digest
that It might be proved beyond tho shadow
of a doubt.
'I'lir CIiIiichp Ciiluinlius.
Hwul Shan was a Iluddhlst missionary
priest. With llvo brother missionaries ho
left China, sailing north by tho peninsula
of Kamchatka to tho Aleutian Islands,
eastward to Alaska and thenco to Kusang,
which Is tho namo of tho country ho tells
tho most about. He describes the people
he encountered on his voyage. Tho Aleu
tian Islanders, ho suld, wero a happy, Joy
ous pooplo, having tho custom of tattooing
their bodies, and they received ihe
stranger with a great show of hospitality.
East of theso Islands was the country he
called tho "Oreat Han," whoso Inhabitants
had no Implements of war, nor carried on
a war with any one, but were content to
llvo by hunting nnd llshlng. This descrip
tion of a people npplles truly to tho In
habitants of Alaska, the Esquimaux, who
nro a peaceable people, never having beon
known to have had wars of any kind.
Fusang, literally "The Land of tho Mul
berry Tree," Is described as being situated
twice ten thousand 11 to tho eaBt of
"Oreat Han." Ily a glanco at the map It
will bo seen that nn easterly course from
that part of Alaska nearest the Aleutian
Islands would bring the navigator to
Ilrltlsh Columbia, but then tho old Iludd
hlst missionary may havo been careless In
regard to his sailing directions, or the
Imperial historiographer may have care
lessly substituted cast for southeast.
"Twice ten thousand H" Is tig
tired variously between 0,000 and 7,000 miles
nnd that distance In a southeasterly di
rection from Alaska nearest tho Aleutian
Islands would bring tho navigator off the
coast of Mexico. Now, Hwul Shan's no,
count of Kusang and Its people, whole he
appears to havo tarried some time, applies
to Mexico. Ills particular attention was
called to the fact that tho Inhabitants of
tho country had no walled cities or towns,
which would bo the first natural observa
tion of a Chinaman arriving in a thickly
populated country from one where every
thing Is encompassed with a wall, a in
China.
Proof In the Olil Ilrrorcla.
Hwul Shan describes tho houses of Ku
sang as bolng constructed of adobes or sun-
dried bricks, similar to those of tho l'uc'ulo
Indians of the present clay, and then he
gives a faithful description of tho Mexican
Agavo, that most useful of all plants to
tho natlvo Mexican. He said thoy made
cordage and paper from Its fiber and nto
tho tender sprouts of Its young roots. Ho
speaks of a milk which was probably none
other than the fermented Julco of the
maguey, the pulque of tho present day. Mid
calls tho tuna, tho fruit of tho cactus,
which wo call a prickly pear, a red pear,
which, If not plucked, remains on the tree
throughout tho season. Tho pooplo had no
Iron, but used copper In a variety of ways
nnd gold was of no vnluo. Speaking of
the Inhabitants, ho sold tho children mar
ried nt a very young age, which Is
truo of the aboriginal tribes of Mexico,
llnililliu Itrllulou 'uiihiIimI.
The religion of Iluddha was founded In
Central India about tho beginning of the
Christian ern. No Jew, Oreck, Roman or
Urnhman lud ever thought of converting
nny one to his religion. Ily them religion
was considered a private or national prop
erty, with which no outsider had any busi
ness to Interfere. Hut Iluddha, tho founder
of Duddhlsm, commanded his proselytes lo
go forth with the doctrines and preach
them In every part of tho world. Thus
with rollglon Host Indian arts were carried
Into China anil Buddhism was- eventually
accepted hs a religion by tho Chinese, who
preserve In their records accounts of Jour
neys raado by various devotees of the
nuddhlst religion in 3S5 A. I).. 399. CIS and
629. These accoiinta aro all written by tho
Buddhists themselves, whereas tho ac
count of Hwul Shan Is chronicled by the
Imperial historiographer.
After tho destruction of tho dynasty of
Tsln In 420 China was divided Into two
empires, that of tho north and that of the
south. M Yen Chen, a Chlncso historian,
who wrote the history of theso two empires
about the beginning of the seventh century, Charnay, In his "Anclont Cities of tho New
gives an account of Fusang and describes World." gives a drawing from n photograph
how the land Is reached by sailing along of tho "Tomple of the Sun" nt I'alenque.
Kamchatka, the Aleutian Islands and tho and, opposite n picture of a Japanese
coast of North America. By this routo the temple. The one Is almost n counterpart
navigator Is out of sight of land but once, of the other, but Mr. Charnay limits his
and that but for a dlstanco of 200 miles, remarks to asking how this resemblance Is
The Vuen-kln-IuI-han. tho great Chinese to be erplalned and stating that a theory
encyclopedia. gives an account might be started with respect to tho prob
of tho discovery of Fusang by a Buddhist able Asiatic origin of the Toltec tribes,
priest, who arrived In the village of King In his beautiful work he does not nppear
Chow on his return from a voyage to that to have nny knowledge of Fusang nnd Its
kingdom. The artlclo Is Illustrated with a historical discoverer, old Hwul Shan, or. If
picture of n native of Fusang milking a he does, he Ignores him. Ho seems to be
hind with white spots, Its young standing ,lleve that tho Japanese carried on n steady
near, also spotted. The picture Is probably , traffic formerly on the coast of North
Imaginary, but It Is curious to note that this America, "as also by fortuitous Imtnlgra
sfeclcs of deer Is found In Mexico. tlons resulting from shipwreck." Later
Origin of .ltr.. fit lllfiitlmi. , compares the stucco has reliefs on the
We have It that Hwul Shan returned to
China, that ho was a missionary priest who
'ruined nunnery nt Chlchen IUa to Chinese
carvings. These ruins nro In tho truo
had been to some country far to the east, uu""" ,u' , ,. . ,
where ho had left his live companions to Elophants' heads on somo of tho Amer I
carry out the missionary work commanded, cnn nlln9 hnvo c,x,;llcd l,ho, wnder of ,n"
by Buddha, the founder of their religion. ,nrchaeologlsts. Where did they get the
Whatever became of these five missionaries elephant? hns been the universal query
wo can only conjecture. A thousand years ' An1 tlier? ,cou,d hav,e ,ecn
have passed since Hwul Shan arrived in the oni' I,Iarc ,ll0' cm,,d lmvf l ,rom
village of King Chow and related his wonder- and mat H '"clia. examine a drawing
ful discovery, and tho prows of the Spanish ' rc.-storc.-ci pniaco iu iuic...,uu ami
caravels plow tho Carrlbean sea and con'ipnre it with the temple of Boro Uudor
Mexican gulf. They find a people Inhabiting JttV wo wl" nml tlllU llu!' resemble
the mainland possessing a civilization nearly each other. Waldeck found the old temples
equal to their own. The Aztecs Inhabited "t Yucatan ntialogous to thoso of tho nuclei-
well built cities, possessed written records hist of l'egu. Ava, Slam nnd tho Indian
and maps and made paper from tho liber of archipelago, with tho same kind of niches
the Agave. Their advanced state of clvillza- 1" -which tho cross-lcgsed god Iluddha sits
tlon was marred only by their nbomlnablo Java.
human sacrifices. I In view or all this evidence It seems
The Mayas of Yucatan had attained even J that wo must accept Hwul Shan's dlscov-
a greater degrco of civilization than tho ery as that of America his "Land of tho
Aztecs, especially In arts nnd nrchltcctual Mulberry Treo" as Mexico and that his flvo
science, as the remains of their citlen and missionary Buddhists remained among tho
temples attest to this day. Tho Spaniards primitive races, teaching them tho arts nnd
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MAYO I'OTTKltV, SHOWING I lil.VKSIS UH1U1N.
A Kgenerous DRy
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, um,n" Dtr TEMPTING
Is most refreshing
delicious and satisfying.
The embodiment of
purity and goodness.
ORDER A CASE.
VAL.BLA'iUrtiJWIM 00., MILWAUKEE.
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TeleiiUour 11)81.
in their blind zeal for tho Catholic faith
dostroyed nearly everything they could get
their hands on which showed the peculiar
civilization of these people. Whenco they
got this civilization has often been asked.
The Toltecs appear to be tho first of the
aboriginal races who had attained any de
gree of civilization. They Inhabited the
valley of Anahuae (tho valley of Mexico),
built cities and temples nnd did not Indulge
any fiendish desire for human sacrifices.
The Aztecs, a fierce, war-like tribe, came
down from tho north, desolated their cities
and drove tho Toltecs south Into Centrul
America and Yucatan, and took to them
selves somo of their arts nnd Industries.
So that we see tho civilization of tho Aztec
was that of the Toltecs. Now wo have
the remains of tho Mayas In Yucatan, who
were evidently Toltec, and what do wo
find?
Ileum rknlilr II vlclciiec.
In the National museum at Madrid thcro
Is preserved ono of tho books of tho Maya3
which escaped the general auto da fe of tho
Bishop Lancia, who burned theso books
whenever found. Tho paper resembles very
much tho paper manufactured by the
Chinese, and It eonslnts of a long strip
doubled In folds between two boards like
their early books. Tho text consists of
hieroglyphics and picture writing, which
la tho only thing about It not resembling
the Chinese. It is, Indeed, a beautiful
piece of aboriginal book making.
In .Mexico there existed traditions of tho
visit of a Htrango peoplo to tho country
who taught many things, and Alexander
von Humboldt, In his "Views of tho Cor-
lllleras," mentions a number of surprising
coincldencles between the Mexican nnd
Asiatic civilizations. Recent travelers In
Mexico and Central America must have
noted the fondness displayed by tho natlvo
races for fireworks, which they manufacture
themselves, and set off In honor of their
Catholic saints, which wero substituted for
their Idols by the Spaniards. Now, where
did they obtain their knowledge of fire
works If not from the Chinese? Certainly
they did not get them from the Spaniards,
who caro nothing for fireworks, and, like
ourselves, If they ever had any got them
from tho Chinese. Another tiling which
tho modern Mexican Indian Indulged in
which Is peculiar to tho Chlncso la tho
straw, or rush mat. Thoy uso It in ono
form or another as nn umbrella, nn awning,
a curtain, n rug, and, finally, a cover to
their couch to sleep on. And what Is more
Jnpaneso or Chlncso than the suyueal of tho
Central American Indian! This Is a form
of waterproof cloak, made by stitching long
blades of tho palm leaf, ono over tho other,
like tho slats of a I'erslan blind, or the
shingles on n house. When not In use
It Is conveniently rolled nnd carried by
tho Indian on his Journeys, and upon the
appearance of rnln he unrolls It, holds ono
end up over his head, nnd, letting the rest
of it hang down his back, it Ehcds water
completely.
It lie I ii I II mr milliliter.
Of course, If old Hwul Shan's account of
Fusang. Is correct, and that country Is
really Mexico, his flvo Buddhist mission
aries left there could not bo expected to
change tho physiological characteristics
of tho people, though tho effect of religion,
education and training Is evident In a
slngjo generation of our own people.
Nevertheless, tho Mayas of Yucatan closely
resomble tho Chinese. Some years ugo an
Kngllsh company, endeavoring to Btnrt a
sugar plantation in the colony of British
Honduras, Imported several hundred China
men, indentured for n number of years, to
work Its plantation. It was not long
before these Chinamen disappeared. They
had seen somo of tho Maya Indians, nnd,
discovering somo similarity between them
nnd themselves, had taken to tho bubh
with them. Among tho peoplo Inhabiting
tho lako city of Petcn, on tho southern
borders of Yucatan, tho writer of this
artlclo discovered a Chinaman whom he
did not distinguish from any of the natives,
although ho was generally called tho
"Chinaman." He waB one of tho survivors
of tho coolie traffic to British Honduras.
aud when questioned talked freely of the
llttlo he could remember of his past. Ho
did not seow to bo speculative enough to
discuss any affinity botween his own race
and tho Mayas, though he spoko their
language, probably better than ho did
Spanish. Ho showed me the wooden out
side door of a houso which ono of his
countrymen had artistically painted with
pigments and brushes of his own discovery
and invention.
Teat liuciny of the Temple,
When wo come to search the remains of
ho Toltecs, or whoever the builders of
those cities were, now scattered in ruins
throughout lower Mexico and Yucatan, wo
find In many places the counterpart of such
Uuddlst temples as are found In Java and
many other Astatic countries to which the
Uuddlst religion was carried. M
religion which tho Buddhist first carried
Into China. In tho thousand years which
intervened botween Hwul Shan's discovery
nnd tho discovery mado by Columbus the
Toltecs had ample tlmo to build such cities
ns wo find ruined throughout their land,
making uso of ami Improving upon
or modifying tho things they leurned from
tho Buddhists.
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During tho last year or two, reports tho
New York Tribune, thero has been a slow
but steady Incrcnso In tho price of conl all
over Kurope. In conscqucuco American
consuls In several largo titles on tho con
tlticnt have been pointing out tho oppor
tunity afforded to producers In tho United
States nt tho present tlmo. A number of
cnusen havo contributed to the existing
state of things, no doubt, but tho chief
one is that England, which mines consid
erably morn than half tho coal taken out
of tho ground In Kurope, was quietly put
ting up prices.
Tho following figures indlcato how com
pletely Kugland commands tho market.
In IS98 sho mined In round numbers 1102.
000.000 tons, Germany, but llttlo over 90,
000,000 tons, France, about 30,000,000 tons,
Belgium, 22,000,000 tons; Austria-Hungary,
ll.noo.000 tous; Russia, nearly 10.COO.000
tons; Australasia, 6,000,000 tons; Japan.
r.,000,000 tons, nnd British India, 1,000.000
tons. Belgium exported nlmost a fourth
of her output, (len.iany an eighth, Franco
less than a twelfth and Russia practically
none. F.ngland sold almost u quarter of
her output (IS.OOO.OOO tons) to foreigners.
Hence when for any reason stio would pro
duce thnl result nil over Kuropo, to say
nothing of Asia. Incidentally It might be
remarked that whllo this country mines
almost as much conl ns Kngland sho ex
ports less than a twelfth as much as that
country nnd little nf It goes acrosB tho
Atlantic. America has not hitherto bo?n
n factor In tho IJjjTopcau situation, there
fore. Tho continued rlso in prices has caused
uneasiness In England, n well as on tho
continent. Hut in tho former It Is possl
bio to discover grent differences of opinion.
On tho one slda It Is nlleged that tho ex
ports aro Increasing, thnt foreign govern
ments aro storing coal to uso against Kng
Innd In war and that foreign manufacturers
arc accumulating stock In order to fight
Knglimd Industrially. It has been pro
posal, however, to Impose an export duty
of from ono to llvo shillings a ton, with
a view to checking tho outflow.
On tho other hand, tho Kngllsh nnd Welsh
mining companies, whoso sales would thus
bo restilctcd, offer vigorous protests ngalnst
tho tax. They declare that It Is iionscrmo to
talk about great accumulations on tho con
tinent for naval purpoFes, because soft coal
deteriorates when it Is stored. It Is ad
mitted that railways and manufacturers aro
laying In reserves, but theso nro said to lie
small and to bo meant to provide against
such emorgeiu'les ns strikes. It Is further
asserted thnt this practice Is resorted to by
Kngllsh corporations ns well us by foreign
ers. The mining companies asfcrt that If
an expert duty wero laid on conl Kngland
would lose tho southern European and South
American markets, probably forever. A fur
ther disturbance to trado would result from
tho fait that many vesecU which bring
merchandise of other klndB Into Kngllsh
ports take out coal for tho return voyage.
A cargo each way Insures lower freights
than would otherwise bo possible
1'reclEcly what 1ms led England to put up
prices it hard to say. Tho South African and
Ciilneso complications have impelled her to
adopt a policy of preparation for Increased
consumption by her nnvy. No doubt other
causes havo exerted an influence also, nut
from the figures given In English papers It
does not appear that thero has been nuy In
crease In the exportation. It is asserted
for Instance, that during the flrt half of
the present )ear 22,000,000 tons were sold
nbroad. This is certainly less than half as
much us was exported In ISltS.
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The Salvation nrmv him r,.fO chiclets In
KnuloiMl alnno TImmp nr, niinc neitoip In
their teens who havo pledgi'd thenisi-lves to
oeccime unimrH tn tno Salvation army.
lltshon Mnntcomerv of l.o Amrcles. Cnl..
who has neon annolnted an assistant lo
Archbishop IMorcluu of Han Francisco by I
uie pope, in u naiive or oiuttcKy, ami 11
pomilar with I'rnli'st.ints :m well us Cath
olic
IlNlion Gmmhnin. In the name of tin
Catholics of Klml'crley, lias sent an offer
ing ici me ciiurcn or me ttacrcu iie.111,
Montmaitrc, Paris, In ibanki-glving lor
their hafety during the four months' siege
of tho town.
Klilllt Immense mnnnlllln. nacli llftv-four
feet lung, are to lorm a semicircle between
the choir .1 ml the seven chapels that are
grouped around It in tho cathedral of St.
John the Divine, now building in New
1 orK city.
The Outlook ntutes "th.it (Inline: the Inst
twelve months the I'rosbyterlans have In
creased by nearly 21.000. There are now
nejlliv 7.ftlO nlerirvmnn In thnt llflllv 1111(1
nearly l,10j,MH) children In Presbyterian
Sunday school.
Rev. William Waltli, I'll. I.. of Lancaster,
N. V., stated cierK of tho Uuffalo presby
tery, bus Just entered upon tho fiftieth year
of his pastorate. Ills Is tho longest con
tinuous pastorate within the st'ite of New
York and possibly within the Presbyterian
church lu America.
A Chinese company has built n temple In
San I'limcisco and it will be soon rieciicale
with much pomp and ceremony. The now
temple Is of brick, cost 20.0i0 and Is onu of
the handsomest In the dt. Tho god il
war Is tho principal lmut;e within It. This
god. which stands about three feet high, U
made of wood, and elaborately garnished
with gold.
The Chautauqua assembly at Chautauqua.
N. Y., last Tuesday witnessed the laying of
the cornerstone or the II.ill of tho Christ,
me nrsr Btriiciure or Its kind ever designed.
The purpose of tho building, which Is also
desc ribed us "a memorlul to Christ," 1 to
furnish u hall for the teaching nnd discus
sion of religion which will be available to
all Christians without record to sect.
Tho question, as to whether women should
wear hats In church came up for discus
sion unions tho trustees' of a church In
Lexington, Mo., and one Ingenious in. in
suggested that the matter might he ad
justed by compelling the women to all sit
together on one side of the auditorium nnd
thus "permit them to view thn preacher
throutjh a Jungle of ribbons, feathers and
gewgaws."
The Baptist Standard denies the truth of
the statement often mad to the effect that
worklugmcii have deserted the cliurchtH.
"An examination of the membership rolls
of Baptist churches " says this imper,
"shows a larue proportion of worklugnvn
In some of the churches neirly all of tho
olllcers belong to that olass and evmi In
tho so-culled 'aristocratic' churches there
are quite a few worklncmen In the otflces."
Accordlnr to the eighty-fourth annual re
port of the American ltlble socrt r.h
has Just been ihsncd. th. lot.il cl.1.111 it.n
for the year at homo and abroad hH'mc w-d
tO 1.10li,01 liplOH. of Which MS.I'l? Wi fe .- ' I
outside of the fnlted HI s Mom tl .i
one-half of the Bibles were print. I ie V .
York and of the reinuinder n laiye p h i we
prlntcd In Japan, china, Syria and 'l'ur,
The receipts of the srnlety for lie .,!
wero JisT.lonoi, Including gifts Iron! in
dividuals, legacies, proceeds nf soles, etc
Itev. L. J. Copplu, colored, of lii.l'ii'el
phlu, who was recent I v le led bMmp ot
the African Methodist Kpiprnpal church I i
tho Transvaal, will sail for A 1 1 1 a mi
January. Ily that lime lb-, member., of th.
denomination hope to rnl-" ;n.(0o ,md win i
he arrives In the Transvaal there will be i
reorganization of the conference and wr
on tlm college will he commenced l!l-h"i
Coppin, who s about F"i years old. Is i
native nf Philadelphia and a era lunte of
the Protestant Kpheopnl Divinity s.-hool
Tho olllelals of tho American Km id of
Missions state in the Missionary ll.riid
that If the nations and th" men ol c oni
nierco hud acted innro In accordance wi Ii
thi spirit of the missionaries of the 140 I
tb terrible awakening of a sb opine; ci 1 I
might not have occurred. Modern rb ill
lion, Including the building of railroad- mi I
telegraphs, especially the rullro.i ! fr 'i
'iien Tsln to Pekln, was very off. nshe to
the Chinese.
Prof. Merman von Ullprecht has written
tho I'nlverslly of Pennsylvania that he
discovered the great temple lllirar and
priest's school of Nippur, which w 0- b -stroyed
by the Mlamltes '."JS II C. II.- sus
the library consists of 10,ixk volumes v-h-ten
on stones, and covers the entire theo
loglcil. astronomical, llngul-dii ,,iel muihe
iDiitical knowledge of tho'e ibivs At the
same place there bus been unearthed n I
iccii i, of lttcr and olllclal iloiumeit-.
making, with tho templo library, u
books in stone.
Nevt ye ir will be diamond Jubilee year
of the Congregational Home Miss, ,nary
society, and plans aro nirendv heln ; formu
lated lo ruli-e a large sum of m mv during
next winter for 11 worthy rolo'nrution. Tho
noelot was organized on April 1, I'L'ii. mil
was tho llrst of tho societies fop home
work. Formerly It embraced the pnsiv.
terlun work of tho snmo kind, on! r,Si
churches linve been nrgn.ilzeu tv ihe -o-cietv.
of which l,5cW are Pi esbyterlan The
diamond Jubilee will be celebr.it d next
June ut th annual meeting In llo-ton.
The advance figures for the lat eccle
siastical your In tho Presbyterian church
huvo been announced by the Itev Dr. Hub
erts, stated clerk of the general assembly
For the llrst time In the hl.storj of tl.e
Prebytrlnn church the membership ,'ise.
the l.uuo.o" mark, the whole number of
communicants being l,)7,tiM -an Iutcum- of
23.7M over last year's Ukuib'. or 2 per
cent. Thu church has now 7.4 i" m:ul-t. 1
und 7.7rjn churches, of wiib h Iti'i weje ..1
iranlied during the hut p.ir There w
67.1KI additions 011 examination .ind fi.'i'o
by oertllluite unci the Sunday school mem
bership amounts to l.ouS,fl61 Tho contribu
tions for congregational purposes were III.
372,341 and thofce for benevolence U.W.'JU.
making u total of J1D.0C1.201.
111
THOUSANDS TELL THE SAME STORY.
A fcankrr la Nfr Yolk City wrlto "Whanontha Terr of
Cetnsaittlof; tniaid, baciala of my wr.knt. I romruf J tba
tn ol Wa'ar.kar1ir( ! coil, think God, I tin nlltelj ntll."
A PRESENT
FOR WEAK MEN
I will put m EXTRA WEEK'S SUPPLY in each box
of Waodnr-VVoikari told darln( Hill month to men who rotmlon
tblj advertisement and iblt paptr wben tbey c.rdr the madiciae.
vvorkers
There Is not a case, of NFRVE WEAKNESS, SEXUAL
DEBILITY. VARICOCELE, IMPOTENCY, LOST MANHOOD,
NIURASTHENIA, OR ANY DERANGEMENT OF THE NCRYOUS
SYSTEM ON EAR III TODAY (no matter what tho causo
or whether the man be old or young) thot "BECK'S
WONDER-WORIfZRS FOR MEN" will fall to CURE EASILY
AND QUICKER AT LESS EXPENSE than any other prep
aration made anywhere in tho world, if simply uod
ONE TABLET AT A DOSE THREE TIMES A DAY.
Hack'a Wonilor-Woikera for Men are called 'Tin Worn-Out
Mar.'t Beit Friand" by mora than zm,tm men who hav bnea
itiiorod to Psrfeet VI(or and i'ull Mtabned by thalr Din, f.'o
loan who atr Died them failed to get wall, 00 matter what lilt
age or nhat earned Ida w talneit. Core jounelf at lictae.
Beware of frauds who imitate my Wondor-Workera
and steal my advertisements.
t.kt.1. noiktt io in.1 contain any Phciphornt or Spanlah I'lr, or an? olhnr of th win
nran, eiutaota or poliona ckat make ih die tieitrueia told j ho fraud aod quacki ao dacir
out to human life, and it n I'c.'fectly Safe to uio tueru under anjr clrcumitancta.
I have more than 30,000 testimonials from Men who havo been Cured.
Rtid My Affidavit of Protection.
I JiOSOI.RUHI.Y HWBAnthatlaH thantbra
weali1 ma af UaoV:'n Wonclr-Wprkr I
ice waanfttlT'tjar rtara ol f.cI a (Tufa pf
k'ladccaiiaatei! nlth their tale. QSO, . JJKCK.
Sworn to In 3prlncfleld, Ohio.
CEO. A. UCAltD, Notary Public.
The Price of My "Wontkr.WorKeri."
Th price of ViO.NDtR-VfORKtltS I Ooly On
Dollar per boa, ulry cath with tk order, by
etpreavat your epne. It wM coat yoo 23
(ant to lilt It from ) our eapree Mce. If yaat
aeod tl.U I W aand tkani by nail prepaid,
the Mting you ten cant. All Oiocta Scat In
ritin farlag the aame day order It facatVad.
I am the '-nly man lu ilia medicine builnin who hn lemaly eori that the medicina h
jilh 1 'red timiinir, aud that the namea ef all weo buy will be held aacied I am the idle owner
and pripneior nt "rk, Wancfrt-Werlera lor Men," and 1 Dover have had, do not neit nor
n ver il have aaj atallationa in n way wlfa tba "C O I) ' bhckmailiti, "Doctor by Mali"
ri jKuicn, ' V ''- Trill" Immbuia, "Mactnfllc" fakln, or "Divine Healer ' tcautie, everyone of
v 10m ate uuportriy of the patrair,o o! any uan If yen have any doubt abent rat writ") lo Mr
A. R. C 1 uan; Cat'aiar ef th Pint National lank of Dili city (the bask of uttlcn Ex-Governor
Uuirtgall, ot OUj, la rreiideat), or lo any f your frienda who may IWlns, here, tiinccrely
GEO. S. BtCK, 420 South Market Strs.t, SPRINGFIELD, OtHO.