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FELL DOWN NINE STORIES.
TERRIBLE DEATH OF A WAITER IN THE
GERLACII FLATS.

lie Missed His Footing on the Elevator and
Pitched Down n Hundred Feet to the
Brick Payement-Denth Resulted Instan-
Nnoou.Iy-He Had Been Warned, but
Did Not Heed.
in the Gerlach aparl mont house in West
Twenty-soventh street who was killed last
night by q fall down the elevator shaft, lay at
his room at "a Barrow street this morning
awaiting burial.
The Gcrlach is one Of the biggest of Gotham's
great Observation-Disclosures, and the elevator
shaft is considerably more than one hundred
feet deep. The point from which Gullick
fell was the ninth-story landing, and the
distance from there 10 the bottom is 1903 feet.
No one could fall that distance upon the solid
brick foundations below and escape instant
death.
Gullick met that fate, for every spark of
life was extinct when they picked up his
bleeding and mangled body at the bottom OF
the n aft after that frightful fall.
Gullick had always shown n fondness for
monkeyiug tn the elevator, and whenever
he got q chance he would steal a ride up aud
down IN the servants lift, operating the ina
chino himself.
The nst time ho did this he was warned
that If he repeated the experiment he would
DO discharged. This was enough to mako
him more careful. but lie still seemed to be
fascinated with elevator running, and used
to hang around the door of the car and chat
with the elevator boy. and whenever he had
an opportunity tnke a trip up and down with
him.
Last night about 8 O'Clock Gullick was sent
upstairs 10 the ninth floor to get an order
from the guest. and he stopped at the land
ing to talk with the colored elevator boy in
stead OF going about h 8 business.
He thought it would DO a good joke to start
| the car. and before the boy could interfere
he g abbed the lever aud turned II.
As the elevator began to rise he still hung
on TO the lever. 5 anding in the pen door
way OF the car.
The frightened elevator hoy tried TO make
him let go. and To shove him out in the hall
way before ! WIS too late. but Gullick would
not lot 20 till the car had risen about two
feet.
Then he swung himself outward into the
hall. hut instead OF landing safely on the
floor he pitched forward right through tho
open door of the elevator shaft, aud shot
down into the darkness with o scream that
rang THROUGH all the corridors.
Gullick wns an Alsac an and was twenty
four years old. He was unmarried, but has
friends living In the c ty.
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Caught an Alligator.

Ten years ago, when a Texas cowboy, /
used to fish on Great Jones Lake. in
Fort Bend County, Tex. One day 1 went
to look after my hooks set in the lake. and to
my great surprise I found a heavy alligator
hooked. / hurried back to the camp and
called my friends to help me, Pulling the
line neRr the shore, we succeeded In lasso ng
the big fellow by his neck and got him safe
q blue catfish still alive, weighing fully
seven pounds, besides a softshell turtle
half diges,ed already. The Ash tasted very
fine. The Fort Bend County cattle range
people will bear me out in this, as the skull
of the ive-foot six inch alligator hangs from
the roo of the FARMHOUSE of Jones's place.
JAMES MARSHALL, 1909 Park avenue.
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A Fortune In an Old Trunk.

broH the HdooH tGd Telegraph
One day the present week a gentleman sent
a trunk TO the factory, and on being exam-
ined there were found a lot of deeds, life
Insurance policies, stocks aud bonds of o
cash vn We of t92, OOn. There were bonds Of
tho Southwestern. Contra. and Georgia rail-
roads. all negotiable security of the par
value of s2s. 900. The &c tlemau had .ent
them down in blissful ignorance Of the fact,
almost paralyzed. 1t only goes to show how
careless people can be, and It would not be
a wonder II q COOL deal Of the missing
jewelry and like thingS about n honsr that
the poor negro servant gets credit for steal
Ing goes in n similar way.
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Oh! What au Eel!

-FOUR years ago this July l purchased a
Summer home at Belleville. N. j., on the
Passaic River. The first summer l caught o
large quantity of cells. moro than l could
conveniently use. Not wishing to replace
thom into the river, l braided them tightly
together and weighed them Gust forty-two
pounds); then threw them in a we'll at the
rear of the barn. We did not go to Belle
vii Q again until last Summer. Remembering
putting the cells in the we'll. ! thought It
would be necess lry to have the place cleaned,
but upon raising the cover, which had
not been moved in three Years. l heard a
terrible splashing as if the sides of the place
were fal ing in Tut when my ey,s became
used to the darkness ! 6ew that il was an
enormous eel making the noise. / had the
fish taken out and killed. II measured 7
feet long and 8 inches IN diameter widest
part, of %course). and upon weighing it l
found that 1t weighed just forty-two pounds.
The bunch was gone, aud the we'll was clear
and sweet. Hal the bunch Of cells grown
into one large eel, or lad ono loosened itself
from the bunch and devoured the rest?
o. r.. b,
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Last Summer, in Ulster County, while
fishing in Toga Pond, l contracted q cold
from which l have not yet recovered. During
the forenoon l caucht some $50 or $50
''speckIed Beauties heir weight averaging
about three pounds each. l kept four boys
busy carrying them to the farmhouse, about
one mile distant. l was about to reel my
line when I found that II had caught IN the
bottom of the pond. was using q stout
bamboo rod and exerted my utmost TO break
the line. In making one tremendous strain
1 felt the bottom Of the pond coming up. and
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CONTEST CLOSED.
End Of 1.-THE Evening Worlds" Fish
Story Competition,
The Prize to Be Promptly Awarded
by Fish Commissioner BlackfOrd.
Many Raro and Curious Tales I'm
earthed by our Angling Readers.
This Man Caush, pot,ed salnsn.

While TRAVELLING in the North Sea about a
year ago, of Lowestoft, Eng, myself and
two companions, made an extraordinary haul.
We had bcen out all day without success.
whom suddenly we found the net very heavy,
and 1t was much as the three OF ne could do
20 haul 1t in. On getting 1t aboard, imagine
our surprise on finding the anchor of q fish.
ing smack. hooked on to q case of potted sal"
mon, packed In Oregon, rs VIC found from
mark on the case. Need ,ess o say we en-
joyed. plenty Of salmon for hreak,ast for a
long time afterward. NJ 1t was in an excel emit
state OF preservation. The local papers all
recorded this wonderful catch at the time.
Y l.
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any longer, Mother, mother. speak to me.
/ have always loved you. speak to me onoe.'
and her dear lips moved and bent over hcr
and she whispered. 'Lucille-my-pretty-
one and then her eyes opened and her head
fell to one side. but she didn't sec; she was
dead-dead without one word to me, n !
loved her So"
Dido Morgan shared her own scant dinner
with Maggie that day. and the unhappy girl
renamed at work that she might earn some
money, which would help towards burying
her mother.
That afternoon Foreman Flint came in. and,
mailing n paper to the elevator shaft. told the
girls to read it, saying he'd teach them to dis
obey another time, and that next week they
would work harder or Il cir money.
In fear ana trembling the girls crowded
timidiy about the shaft to read what new
misery he foreman had in store for them.
They instinctlvely felt it was a reduction. and
the first glance proved their tears were not
unfounded.
Some of the girls began to cry, and Dido.
the brayest and strongest, spoke e1citedly to
them of the injustice done them. Even now
they were work ing for less than other tActO-
ries wero paving.
There is surely justice for girls as we'll -
men somewhere in the world, If we only de-
nland it," she cried, encouragingly. L
us demand cur riehtS We will all 90 down
and | will tol the proprietor that we cannot
live under this new reduction. II he promises
us the old prices, we wall return TO work. If
lie refuses. VIC will strike"
The drawer girls heartily joined the scheme
and the weaker ones naturally fell in. not
knowing what else to do under the circum-
stances aud frightened at their W boldness.
Dido Morgan. tax NC little Margaret WILL
Jams by the hand, naturally headed the line.
and The girls quietly marched down the AL
most perpendicu ar Stair after her.
Dido stopped before the g~round-glsss door
on the first floor, on which WAS inscribed; q,
,,.,.,.....,. ,...'.'..'''''''',
TuLNAN DIKE,
Private.
..,r.,,'','' ''''''''''
Her heart beat very quickly, but, claspin%
Masgie's hand closer, she opened the door
and entered.
(Coninued To. Morrots.)
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What Imasina,iou Does.

IFFOW HUUuTO ENTTeLI
The young man who does not believe in
the owe of imaginat on was trying TO learn
to ride the deceiving bicyc 0. He bad TN
duoed q friend to run alongside the machine
and keep him balanced. Everything went
we'll or o block and o half. then the friend
exclaimed: "tiond boy, good boy. Pete;
you've run o book all alone" The rider
looked back an saw that such was the
fact. Instantly the machine collapsed on the
asphalt aud the rider received such a fall
that he had to lie helped homo. He doesn't
say a wUrd about Imagination now.
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When a lad invested my spare cash in q
brand new fy-rod, having previously used a
sapling to haul out the specified beauties
from the burn back of the old house where
! was born. About q mile further down was
a storage dam. My ambition had been to
down there. remember ] had n red harkle.
At first cast q fish struck. He. came right up
with the reel close to the ank, then boiled.
aud my cast and hackle and three other fea-
tnered hooks went with him. made an
other oas ing line and Just rs ! had it finished
] noticed O piece of sedge floating strangely.
and presently q whale. to my distorted eyes.
made q jump to free himself from it I got
a Lit hook on my line aud threw for the
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Won't Lie, bu, Fishc. without n Bottle

Ancient fishermen we're the oldest sports.
Shades of our fathers! Who does not love
the sportS Aud why those who indulge in
this delightful diversion have fallen SO sadly
into diSrepute as to tru h and verncity is o
mystery thai II would be interesting to know.
The writer resided for manv years in IL beau
tiful and we'll watered section OF this state.
and has derived sufficient satisfaction from
wandering through the e%mbrowned shadows
of the tangled woods and undulating fields,
searching for the sea ed tribes, without SPIN
ming warns az to his experiences or tho wise;
or making such excursions q pretext for bac-
chanalian carousa S. | can truthfully state
that on such occasions | have never carried
alcoholic liquids or prevaric ted regarding
catch. X. n. Z. n.
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Mos. unsportsmannke sf All.

Many think there ia no fishing at Princess
Bay Sundays, on account OF the masses going
there or that day. l have been there many
times myself and did not get left. The way
l 10 is to take along q one-ga!lon bottle, fill
it with lime. have q slot cut in the cork so
that the water can get into it gradually, take
q line and make one end fast to tho boat and the
other to the. bott Q, then throw the bottle
overheard. Very soon there will be an eK-
dred yards of the boat they will be stunned
and float on top Of the water Tor o good eight
or ten minutes. All you have TO do is to pick
them up and fill your boat. JIM SMITH.
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The Ezra Mntrheh.

One day last summer 1 went fishing to the
banks. and took with me Ave raw eggs be-
sizes the lunch in the basket. After we got
there l went to eat one, when the boat gave a
roll and over went eggs. basket and all. and
l was mad. o. they we're extra Jerseys. Three
weeks later | went fishing again to the banks
and caught a Ave aud u quarter pound black
chickens N him that had just come out of the
eggs | had lost. The other two eggs were
missing. l kept the chickens two days. when
they died. +. j.,
lIl West Sixty-seve nth street.
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He Had Hopes.

from the Phiidd,IphIa PrsWl
Little six-year-old Jenny, being permitted
to see his newborn baby brother-ffth boy
in the family remarked
Mamma, l am SO glad it is a boy"
"Why. Jenny. are you glad il is a boy7"
Berause, mamma We will soon have
enough for o asehali team"
How many does it take ?" asked the
fond parent. when Jenny innocently re-
piled
Only nine. mamma."
Tn s is a correct report of the conversation
occurring be. ween mamma and little SON in o
village near Philadelphia recently.
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native village, o a ter her father wa buried
She came 10 New York.
She soon found that without experience
and references she could not get auy de-
sirable work in New York. At last, in des.
peration, she applied for end obta;ued a po.
sition IN a paper-boX factory. She learned
the work rapidly and III a few months WAS
able 10 eam aS much Os the best workers.
She repte a little room on the top floor Of Il
"rge enene emit house, where she slept and
cooked her food. Every week she managed
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Pad His Debt to O,Grndy.

! had the pleasure of charming a weakish
last Summer whose proportions would make
Izaak Walton urn green with envy. One
night I was fishing ON jana ca Bay by he
light Of n lantern. Moth ng turned up or
about two hours, and l made preparation 10
go home empty handed. 10 humor myself |
began to sing
Iowe ten dollars to o'Grady,
and suddenly | saw the we'll known CLEAN of
q weaktsh alongside of my boat. The fish
seemed quite tame. aud rs ] put my iani
into the water to catch him he did not stir.
Grabbing him and throwing lin into the
the next day ! epjoyed q meal worthy of a
king. The above can be proven by alp wing
TO AL HARVEY, Cha endUn Hotel.
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Low Comedian-Ah, old friend, have you
seen De Ranter in his new play?
Comic villain-No. by all things malt, I
have not. Do the gods look kindly on him?
Low Comedian--Well, he doesn't have
much to do IN the first or second acts; it's in
the third where he wins his laurelS and the
publ he lrt.
Comic VillAin-Ah, some happy stroke of
enius.
Low Comedian with a touch Of nature)-
Yes, lie don't come on at all.
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HUM nc JHIod9O ITIbuNe'I
Proud Father TO scnpegrace son)-you are a
disgrace, sir, to the N me of McSquillops. In
fact. you have not a s ngle McSquilIops char
acter about you, sir unless %(Scanning his
features close y)-unless it be vour nose:
Scapearace Son-and yet the boys all say
my lose is what gives me dead away.
Proud Fatuer-Bv its redness? Yes. sir.
II wears n permanent b usn of shame on &C.
count of its location on such a face.
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A. I. srEKARrs succEssORA
RsovaauIzatiSp 81 ShO Grsas DVy-0eOAs
FIrm-Judge BiItOn's SoB Comos In.

HooVGRnIBntIOp 81 The GVooa uVYIuo0Ne
F~irm-JudEe HiIton's SoB OsmoS u.
Judge Hilton's youngest son Frederic was Sat-
urday admitted to the firm Of Sylvester, Hilton
& Co., the SUCCESSORS Of A. 7. Stewart q %.
There are now two firms, the nsme given above
being that OF the Wholesale house, while the
retail business il to be done under the name Of
Edwin j. Denning x Co.
The members Of the new oopartneTship ere
Henry q. Hilton, John M. hughes, II. J. Dem
ming, Albert b. Hilton. Frederic Hilton,
The business Of both the old firms viii b set
tied at the old Office, Broadway and Ninth
street.
Mr.. SylveSter's retirement has been effected In
q most amicAble manner.
IL only twenty-five years old. He IL big and
broad-shouldered, and cast his first vote last
Nnyannhor E
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'
Iran N, T,yr. H1ut Enpy.ss I

tFroDt TIE Ttrre HIutc E1press1
Fweddie-Awful, wasn't 1t, about pooah
Chollie twving to hang himself lawst week.
Wondeh why the fellah wanted 10 di?
G~ussie-It's all II III stake about his twying
TO hang himself, don't you know. He was
only lwying to-ah-stwetch his neck to fit
his-ah-colluh, don't you know.
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No Danger OF IL.

Prom the DurlfaGtoA Free Prs1
First R~eporter-Well, Bob. how did you
enjoy your TRIP in the balloon
Second Reporter-Immtnse-but ticklish.
We got so near heaven that it almost took
my breath away. / never want to have such
a sensation aga IL.
won't,
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Pho Rish Was Sick.

On a fishing trip recently with my brother
among other fish we caught a fair. sized bass,
which must have been suffering from some
sickness. for it actually had a mustard plaster
tightly bound around It. This took place in
~wel:known fishing pond in Orange County,
N. Y, FINEY.
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The ReRAOu.

Iron drpers BdSdV.I
Bessie-I met Miss Shapely out shopping
to-day, and l never before realized what q
loud voice sue hos.
Jenuie-But you must remember, my dear.
that she was asking for a pair of No. 2 shoes.
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sedge. After q few attempts II I" caught ou.n
and after four hours tender manipulation I
landed a four-pound speokled beauty, re-
covered my red hackle and went home with
a proud air and q light step.
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Could Catch Up.

IFF0m We kpOch.J
Lady Cat Hantasket Beach. to native hoy.
den whose hair ribbon is dragging in tho
sand)-Excuse me, my little maiden. but
your bow is t ailing behind YOU.
Hoyden without turning her head)-Is he /?
WAL, he kin catch up ef lie wants ter.
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losing my balance I fell backward, bringing
the whole business on top Of me. For q mo-
ment ] thought mysolf n goner, but being a
good swimmer ! struck out, and can now re-
late this miraculous event.
A. @. BRAoKETT,
227 West Twenty ninth street.
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

a., RICHARD Tendw veil inl love with Penelope Howard. a pInlooHng, but wealthy girl, She
hkSpck, bntIefuses to marry him as he IL GtTa nrpoaeS Fellow having no pMeMMon%
in Central Pail is sateda younE oma who ySoOnd discover Rdad: Richard i suspected by
the pohceof knoWngo something's outher Penelope oaePtSo to marry HShardm olde he soNs
ttG oo %ydey H IF t Hs nS SeTng % "Gmrs f4t at q d s&G anne md UG@sSaSs Sym aa T%@@ne t Tmf @9a %R TmS
reservoir fence with the vdonth Intentions of drowning herself
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from IA. Somsrviu, journal !

IFTOm ne SomeTufNs JJuTndI
That's q queer head line in the paper"
said Mrs. Schoeppenstedt. Lost. q For
tune and a Wife, 1 wonder which he missed
the mos ?"
tho fortune. probably" said Mr..
Schoep penstedt. heartlessly. IF he had the
wife 1t would be har for him TO get Rno her
for uno. but II lie had q fortune he could
easily get anuth,r wife,"
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The Only Alternative

IFfoDl he Epoch.
He-Wll you marry me?
She Geo dlv)-No; nor l won't be a sister,
either. You're too young.
He-will you be a grandmother TO me,
them
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The Usuni Preference.
Prom Hdrper's BaSdT.I
EDEN MUSEE 7 app' .~a.

Peddlers and some unscrupuIous groceTS
are offering limitations which they claim to
~ be Pearline, or " the same as Pearine."
KAAIQTH It's false-they are not, and besides are
IN w CNA dangerous. PEARLINE is never peddied,
but sold by all good grocers.
MANUFACTURED only ~ JAMES PYLE. New York
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CHAPTER ".

STORY OF THE GIRL WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE REsIHvoLE.
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From Oregon.

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TuLMAS DlKE,
Private.

Her heart beat very quickly, but, claspin@
Massie's hand closer, she opened the door
and entered,
Continued To. Morros.l
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THESPTANS BY THE SEA.
THE GOOD FOLKS THERE WON'T LET HIN
FORGET HIMSELF.

BHAiness ManaGer Stevens Very Happy
Mrs. bowers "StiII Talking" business
with MIR. !. M. Hili-Neil BurEers Hope.
fl or FulnIlinG HIs Characterization
per and Ne BasebaJl Gag In Glover.
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THE MYSTERY OF CENTRAL PARK.
BY
NELLIE BLY,.

Aunor or " Ten Days in a Mad. House" ana :" Str Months in As1toO.''
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Nobody seems to have noticed the fact that
De Wolf Hopper has not introduced a single
haReball gag" INTO Glover f." He says
that his part il good enough without gagglsh.
ness. This is the age OF reform, and it is
never too la;e to mend.
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Percy Hunting has given up planning to
accept the engagement 20 play leading bust.
ness offered TO him by Walter s. Matthews.
Thlngs look well for Mr.. Matthews's tour.
He will DO carefully managed aud he has q
papa with money. Pa! as with money are
particularly interesting in the theatrical
business. Mr.. Hunting will have a line on
the bills. ~ This translated into everyday
English means a Conspicuous mention on the
posters,
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ut Asbury Park. pays that Mr.. Burgess il COZ.
fdent that Le will be able to appear at the
I'm on Square Theatre as announced. He says
that there are two rather tough contracts
Standing in the way. but that they Will be
probably successfully manipulated. Tht SO
con racts are presumably those held by
Harry Miner for Helen Dauvlay. and by Mr..
Harriet for Clara Morris. Mr.. BurgeSs's
health In improving duly.
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INCONSISTENCIES M~NsTRELS. Good
lDPoaitively the last week OF Summer season Reserved
Evening 4 80. Saturday Matinee at 10. Seats
Mrs DiriMASiS PARTY and new bill. 80 cent?
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TERRACE GARDEN. 5Sth d. near 80 Az
Tonight add Tuesday, hrst time, b ask HussA
MinnG Goorgins Won JSnuschowSky.
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Col. John McCaull is being visited here by
his wife. On ia III, az night he look her
up to the Broadway Theatre to see The
Oolah, 4" and explained how much inferior It
was 10 Clover"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-01-17
Observation-Disclosures At,

The unthnking are prone to make game of
nervousness. Yet this is very real and seri-
GUS afiiction, the harassing symptoms of
which are rendered all the more poignant by
1idicule. The stomach is usually responsible
for these symptOms-ts weakness and disor-
der find reflex in the brain, which is the
headquarters of the nervous system AS a
not one can be pointed out so effective as Hos
letters Stomach Btters. In renewing vigOr-
GUS digestion, il strikes the key note of recov-
cry of strength and quietude by the nerves.
Headaches, tremorS in quiet sleep, abnormal
sensitiveness to unexpected noises-al these
modify and ultimately disappear as the sys-
TEN gains strength from the great tonic. Dys-
pepsia, bliouSness. rheumatism, constipation
snd kidney complaints are subdued by the
Bitters Alan. I'D to 10Th.