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ABSOLUTELY FREE.
Doctors Mccoy and Snow Are the
Pioneers of This Plan of Treatment.
IL Docsn't Cost You n Penny TO Find
Out What Z, the Matter with You
Thorough Copsuitatios, Advice. Treat.
ment and Medicine without II Penny
TO Pay.

doctors McCoy and snow are tho pioneers Of
Free treatment. For thu past yea they have
given everybody who applied n Tree test Of their
plan OF treatment. Since they inaugurated this
plan they have been initiated all overthe country.
SO that Mt the present time they have many imi.
tators OF the Free Test plan. ''Imitation Ia the
sinccrest fRttery, - hut Doctors Mccoy and snow
would prefer not to have been nRt,ercd.
Their offer to suffering humanity IL n free test of
their plan ct treatment for the c ire Of catarrh and
nil other chronic diseases. This IL n test which
the patient eau make use of without riskinu n
single cent for examination, tho first treatment.
consultation, advice or medicine.
All who apply In person will be examined, pre-
scrlbed lor and treated upon their first visit free
OF all charge. In addition to this, thorough con-
sultation and advice will he given to all who mp.
ply, without q penny to pay.
Doctors Mccoy and snow offer this free test to
the public as the surest and inirest way of con-
vlncing everybody that their plan Of treatment
IL the very best known to medical skill. II is mn
honest, straightforward way of becoming ac-
quaiuted with the great number OF persons who
have blindly bought and paid dearly for their ex-
perience.
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taminatjon of baser clay and the same
individual had an uncomfortable idea
that may be Mrs. Westover had been
actually tolerating them all his time
for the sake of her husband. He didn'
mediate long In tina. line. however,; It
wasn't pleasant.
Another thing that made the people of
the place wonder was Mrs. Westover's
mail. They knew that her husband had
married her while he was travelling In
Europe-in fact, while he was studying
In Berlin. and she CHANGED to be spend
ing Il few months there, He had mar
ried her within a short time after their
meeting, and had brought her back to
his old home. where his youthful ambi-
ton to be and to do seemed all at once
learned and progressive scientist he had
promised, he suddenly and without n
apparent reason, deteriorated into a mar
row, easy-going. country druggist The
postmaster's wife (she had charge OF the
office while he continued his labors as
proprietor Of the one hoteD had long ago
announced that Mrs. Westoyer's letters
came regularly from England. and at the
time OF her divorce an unusual number
had passed through the office. How
tempting!-but they. always bore good
heavy wax seals. A few months after
the trouble there arrived one day a thin
letter addressed in a fine, masculine
hand, which had never come before, and
when, three weeks later Mrs. Westover
uIODltu INTO NI' b'N aA Nts"A'J N'f''
letter addressed TO n strange name,
"Capt. Arthur Worthington Hall,"
some elaborate address In London, sur
mise ran high. The letter was answered
promptly, and this time had more In 1t,
and before two months the communica-
lions never failed to appear regularly
each week, with "A weight that betrayed
many words within. And Mrs, West
overs fine round hand bore back each
Monday mornlng an equally full envelope
TO " Capt. Arthur Worthington Hall
II was noticed about this time that
Mrs Westover's beautiful lips. had a
swecter curve in the more frequent
smile which shone for JEANNE alone.
The gowns were still black, and the
snowy hair which trimmed her lovely
face looked more than ever Inconsistent
into the rounding cheeks. II was scan
dalous. they all declared, for her to 80
openly show her new love when
One bright September morning, eleven
months after the divorce, the editor OF
the Weekly Dispatch received a long
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letter from his old friend, Charles J.
MISSIONER, erstwhile druggist In the
sleepy little eown, now .Pharmacist IN
therein was %oun that the cordial
MIR. Westover had taken unto him "A
new wife and asked for CONGRATULATIONS
from his old friends Moreover ne
Parker, the dentists assistant, who II
was remembered now had frequently
gone to the druggist on the p~retonse OF
Who had left town about a year before,
presumably to take a more lucrative
position in the West. The editor was
staggered for a minute, went home ana
Ing ears of his better half, slept over II
and sent out next days paper with Il
coolly composed recital Of his old-time
friends new happiness, dilating upon
good wishes for the future and diplo-
matically avoiding any reference to the
former wife or present suspicious, The
cue from the willy editor and not a
word of condemnation was breathed
from one end Of the town 10 the other.
"P1or dear mani sighed little Jeannle,s
this venture will prove to him that there
is such n thing as u good woman and
n happy marriage"
Jeannie said nothing to Mrs. Westover
when she came in that afternoon, and
Julia was afraid to put the paper on her
mistress's table. Therefore, II was dark
when the abandoned wife happened 10
see the little sheet on a shelf In the
corner. and. with an amused smile, drew
1t towards her, as she sat down for a
long evening with a new novel and her
piano. She glanced over the columns
wherein the trifing incidents of the week
were noted. when all at once a headline
caught her eye. Her lips twitched a
little tighter over the closely shut teeth,
and as she read the color died out of her
cheeks. leaving them as ashy white as
her hair. once, twice, thrice she pc,
rused the story and then her clinched
hands dropped heavily In her lap and
her proud head fell-oh. the humiliation.
the whole lying thing! How contempt
BILE, how unfair they were! And he.
how he shamed her! This Is what II had
come to-that she should be cast out de-
iiberately for a little slip of a girl whose
English was mangled. whose ways were
shallow, whose character was void! She,
u true, good, aspiring woman. who had
married him In faith and had tried 10
live n pure and lofty life-she was cast
or-this vas what her honor, her
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womanhood. was counted-this was how
he had shamed her.
An hour later she crossed the room to
her desk Az she wrote. her breath came
eagerly from her h~alf-parted lips, inc the
pink turned red in either cheek. and
this Is what she penned: .
MY Dear Arthur: can tell you that
now. To-. YOU never shall be Mr.. Fla to
me again. The inclosei miserable little
newspaper clipping will explain all, so
that YOU may, in your noble, fond heart,
hands, He never was of my people, Ar
'"ur, bLt | did not know 1t TIL | mar
ried him and he had brought me here.
| thought that ] loved him-you know
You know, too, that did not love
hiT as did you. so wholly, so dearly,
but thought that l could trust and re-
soect him, and he seemd to love me So
out even n %good-by, and how should
l know hat you cared for me, even ever
20 little? of course, when you wrote
tina he told you at Mrs. Austin's tea
tnat ne was engaged to me, l saw II
all, but could never marry, you, |
man to be his Wife iii death and
] meant to remain true to him, So ]
received your letters as n friend. and
tried not TO let you discover how all my
for youth now Now it is all changed.
II She is his wife, what am 1? II
am his wife. what has he done to her
| am lone with IL all. | am ready 70
arop it all behind me as a horrible
thing to be loathed. and-and..
will you come for me?
There is poor Jennie here, of whom ]
always write you She will miss me, l
know, but l never shall forget to write
her often. She Is the only thing in
America that l want TO hear OF again.
She thinks my little home here a par
adisc, and | shall give 1t TO her-all Of 1t.
lust as IL iS-and pray that Ii may make
her painful life a triie happier. AS !
write have taken OFF my wedding ring
/ am welded no longer, II this new
woman be his wife. l shall drop 1t here
! in this little iron box. where my mar
riaGe certificate is, n ! lock 1t h and
toss the key into the fire. l must keep
them, but shall give them to you as soon
as we get home, and you will never let
me see them again, win you? AS for the
entirely gone from the town. for over
the dingy little drug store Is the new
name, John Martini and ] shall leave
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Ions se1ee Tor t this new ns Ny Woman has de-,
throned me. There falls a tear; you
land, can you? l han her from my
me to your"
guessed, but Mrs. Westover puzzled them
more thar ever now, When they did
see her, which, was not often, for she
seemed strangely busy of late. there was
an air of new ~gladness about her that
transformed her into an even greater
enigma. Her beauty, which always had
non-appreciative eyes, and surmise ran
high when the postmaster's wife an
nounced in a wild whisper one morning
that the Englishman must be coming 10
postmarked New York. There followed
one from Philadelphia. and curiosity
knew no bounds, At last late one octo-
amazed 10 see descend from the Eastern
train a tall, handsome man, with an
elegance which stupeiied the poor boys
simple brain. The stranger stepped into
the homely vehicle without a word, close
ly followed by an attendant heretofore
unknown TO the countryman's expert
enee, a real English man" with bags.
Difference, dropped his and all. The, pro
prietor of the old hotel strove vainiy 20
keep his hand from shaking as he TOOK
on the lips of the whole town-"Arthur
Worthington Hall" mas
Darkness had enrapped the little
surged dismally along the deserted
streets the dry leaves rustled ominously.
Across the street in the tiny house
,Jeannie peered eagerly out OF the
row window, with a hint of eager color
rising every now and then to her thin
cheeks. At last 1t came-the doorway
moment, just long enough to reveal q
tall, manly form bending over the white
hatred woman within, and then 1t was
lonely little girls brown eyes swan In
tears, she was glad. unutterably glad.
for her friend. but the glimpse OF Para
its gates are forever closed 10 him.
Slowly the brown head bent TO the tabie
and the quivering lips sobbed out:
and / am the only one OF all the town
to be there, and-and ] am so glad she
is happy,"-chicago News.
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church every Sunday and raised her
sweet voice only In the devout hymns.
On fair mornings she drove out in her
bright phaeton, always with the white
proved JEANNE, and on stormy lays her
tall, black-robed figure could be seen fire.
auentiy far out on one of the many
country roads. the little figure bearing
| bravely amid the swirl of wind n rain,
and the finely poised mead held loftily, as
though a certain feeling of power came
from the triumph over the elements, On
regularly appointed days she went down
town, another OF her English ways"
they said, and bought at the two mar
kets the best, to be carried home by
Julia, the maid, who was stupidity nom
communicable In the face OF
light work and good pay. Mrs.
Westover's gowns. too, were always
seautiful, though never varying a triiie
from the deep black she had worn ever
since the time OF her divorce. She had
plenty OF money and spent all she
wished to satisfy her tastes. and thus
he merchants and tradespeople were
compelled to show her respectful cour-
,esy or else to lose her gratifying pa
tronage. The simple-minded people with
their few necessary wants and with no
desire for luxuries marvelled at the
beauty of her dainty rooms and qucs-
toned the pleasure to be derived from an
open wood fire. even though II were
a rainy evening III October. Such n
prorusion OF pictures, softly shaded
lamps. daintily bound books and, above
all, a tea table in the parlor, were be-
You'd their appreciation, though they
didn't say much. for everything she
bought was to their good. II rather
CALLED them, moreover, that she seemed
to thrive without their society. to find
sufficient company in weak JEANNE and
her books. flowers and music. In fact
It once struck a more logical member
of the church that Mrs. Westover even
acted as though she were rather glad
than otherwise to shake on the con-
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STlLLWELL'S SENSATION.
Il Divorce Case Which Startled o. Quiet
Little COmm1Wnity.

Stillwell had It's share of marriages,
consequently a goodly proportion of
births, n deaths slipped in every now
and then to fill the community with tear
ful awe. But not since old DR.. Carter
mad fled the town. the year after the
war, bearing away with him the youth
1ul daughter Of a ~neighboring farmer,
mus necessitating his relict-as 1t were
10 begin legal proceedings against him.
mad the turbulence of a divorce disturbed
me placid matrimonial courses of any of
etllwaPs citizens. Consequently, when
the Inhabitants of the pretty little town
a"oke one morning to the fact that Mr..
Snarles j. Westover, druggist, had not
ohiy sued for divorce. but had every
nope or the success of the undertaking,
mere was no end of clamoring. The
"hoie thing had been 30 unexpected that
" mn days wonder continued to thrive
even beyond that time. In fact, until
zee Monday morning the little Weekly
Despatch came out with the diplomati-
.ai'y simple notice at the head of its
'ocai column that, the decree had beer
Granted, the plaintiff claiming-and eyi.
ueh.y proving-"incompatibility of tenn,
per-" N'
ihen the women all at once remem.
nered that several times they had hear
we sound Of loud talking coming from
large house on the hill. and it'll.
sseahhie Willitt. when a couple OF tn,
naSt g~ossippers dropped into her invalid
anhner to tell the news. reluctant,
su9htted that one Winter night a yea
A". Westover had come over aftel
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10 O'Clock asking II she might stay there
all night. as Julia, the maid, had gone
to her mothers, and Charles had been
detained at the store and might not be
home at ALL" In vain did charitable little
JEANNE plead that the druggist had been
kept really at the store all night, for It
was the time that the Western passenger
ian into the freight at the lower end of
town and the drug store had been con
verted into a temporary hospital for the
wounded-indeed. the terrible accident
might have accounted for the fact that
Mrs. Westover had been crying, for
there was no doubt that she was a ner-
vous woman.
"Oh, yes" chimed In the caller from
he second house: ITS all very well for
her to play the timid innocent. She hasn't
been able to entirely pull the wool over
my eyes. II she did other people's-'still
waters always run Deep
Ind I'll confess, now that she's shown
In her true light. that I've always mis-
trl sted that good way of hers. II SHE
isn't guilt why didn't she fight thu
case instead of calmly sitting down ant
letting him have It all his own way
Oh, It's all very well. but these awfullI
good people win bear watching ever!
time. Poor MIR. Westover, too! Jus
think how he has stood and stood he
hectoring for these Ave years n neve
betrayed her at all till he couldn't STAN
|, any longer!"
II wonder what the church will do?
came from the first speaker, as 300
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as she could get In a word.

as she could get In a word.
Il don't suppose II can do anything"
was the dubious reply. Hes too noble
to make any further charges against her
and she's too sly to confess anything. I
wish we were members of another sort
Of a church for a little while, and then
We wouldn't have to sit in the mex seat
to a divorced woman"
II do hope" said little JEANNE, that
the church, too. won't give her up. She'll
need 1t more than ever now"
Yes" came the tart reply, at will
take several years of piety to stamp out
all her pest SINS"
Don't" and the tears slowly welled
INTO the big. wide eyes. you don't
know-you are just guessing how bad she
Is. Why not give her the benefit of the
doubt?"
Doubt? There Is no doubt. Why.
she doesn't even deny It,"
Maybe she feels that she will not try
to keep a man after he has ceased ia
love her." was the reply, with such a
ring in 1t that the two %neighbors left
rather precipitately, finishing their con.
versation on the corner, and not forget.
ting to drop a sigh for poor JEANNE, who's
getting a little weak in her mind, as WEI
as her body, 1t seems"
At last 1t had blown over. Mr.. West
over, with an abused droop to his head
pleaded It grieved him too much to remain
so near the place of his sad humiliation
for 1t was a humiliation. he insisted
and soon after the drug store passet
into other hands and the sorrow -lader
man departed for the far West. The one
time wife lived quietly In the big hous'
on the hill, Stunned by every one excep
the patient. tender JEANNE In the tin!
brown house under the naples across tn
street. OF course, Mrs. Westover mad
: and received no more calls, and at tn
little tea parties" where she used to 81
an honored guest, her name was neve
mentioned except with a kind OF scorn
full condescenslon. She went regularly
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English metropolis. 1t met with much
success there about six years ago.

English metropolis. It met with much
success there about six years ago.
Little Miss Lille Langtree, OF Tony
Pastors, who calls herself Langtry when
in London, Is having her doings in this
country vigorously Photographed abroad.
IL appears that she had a terrible bad
soon as the ship touched American
huge horseshoe of pink roses.
A story is told of a anage who had
a company on the road, and who was
Of salaries. When some of the actors
and actresses protested, he adopted a
novel system of discipline. He sent
them back to New York and let them
ness. Then he extended IN invitation. to
them to join him, and they were glad
enough to accept 1t and TAX chances.
Don Giovanni" was sung for the first
time this season at the Metropolitan
Opera-House last night, although Nine.
Nordica, who was announced for the role
of Donna Elvira, was unable to appear.
Her place was filled by Nine. Kate Rolla,
who saved the management from an
embarrassing predicament; The other
roles were interpreted by Nine. Fursch-
Madi, Nine. Seigrid Arnoldson, L.assalle,
Edouard de Reszke, Carbone. Vaschetti
and De Lucia. The audience was not
large.
They were discussing the merits OF
1892" as they came "a Of Palmer
Theatre the other evening He wore a
things theatrical. She was girlishly en-.
thusiastlc, but tried to conceal II under
a know-it-all air. Did you like the
play, Georgeg' she asked. "Ye-es," hi
didn't like the woman who took the par
of the Queen. though. Seems to me she
was too masculine for the part That.
just what I thought" gurg!ed the sweet
young thing. Her voice. too, vas very
coarse for a woman. I'd rather see Mari,
Jansen or Lillian Russell take that part
and the loving couple hurried to catch &
Harlem train, with their programme.
clutched c~onspicuously in their hands
Tears fell from the eyes of a photograph
of Richard Harlowe In the corridor.
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DIED.
DINNER TO JOHN II. v. ARNOLD.
Democratic Club Officers Honor the
SurrOgate- Elect.

A dinner will be given to Surrogate
elect John II. V. Arnold at the Demo-
cratic Club House, 617 Fifth avenue, this
evening at I o'clock by John Fox. Henry
A. Gildersleeve. William e. Curtis, Bar
tow s Weeks. Roger Foster, A. A.
Alling, L. ID. N%eustadt. Hamilton b.
Tompkins, Gilbert ID. Lamb. q. Willett
Van Nest, Orlando 3. Potter. John ID.
Crimmins, Charles +. Allen, Thomas O..
Bell, A. Walker Otis. George 7. David
son. Rollin NJ. Morgan. ]. Rockwell Fay,
jefferson H.. Levy and +. II. Chaplin. .
These gentlemen are the officers and
governors of the Club and Mr.. Arnolds
associates, present and past, upon the
Board of Governors of the Club.
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IVY CITY RACES SEEM DOOMED.
Owners Making Preparations to
Move to New Orleans,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-It Is believed
here that the racing at Ivy City is over
for this Winter Tit more influential of
the owners profess to believe that racing
will not be resumed. and are making
preparations to move to New Orleans.
D!strict-Attorney Birney's move was
a grand coup, as they say on the race
track. He can delay matters now until
Engeman becomes discouraged and gives
up the hight.
President Engeman still has hopes that
he may be abb to resume on Jan. 4,
when he feels that the matter will be
decided. Even II racing IL resumed. Mr..
Engeman can hardly make up his losses.
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INCOMING STEAMERS.
U TO-DAY.
oevenum, Lisbon Nov. 20.
Italia, Gibraltar Dec. 4.
Rotterdam, Rotterdam Dec. II.
Hermann, Antwerp Dec. 3.
Egyptian Monarch. London Dec. 8.
Nomadic, Liverpool Dec. 1b.
America, Bremen Dec. IL.
Manitoba. London Dec. IL.
Rugia, Havre Dec. Is.
Rhynland, Antwerp Dec. 16.
Ems, Bremen Dec. 10.
Virginian, Liverpool Dec. Is.
Peruvian, Glasgow Dec. 16.
Chicago City. Swansea Dec. IA.
U TOMORROW.
Germanic, Liverpool Dec. 20.
Schiedam, Amsterdam Dec. l6.
Darmstadt, Bremen Dec. 16.
Gothia, Havre Dec. IL.
FOREIGN PORTS.
By Cable.)
ARRIVED.
GIBRALTAR, Dec. 2s.-Arrived and proceeded,
steamer Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm. New York
for Naples.
BORDEAUX. Dec. IS, -Arrived. steamer Psna-
ma, from New York.
SAILED.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2s.-sailed. steamer Brit
annie, for New York.
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Coming Events.

The West Morrisania Club. composed of resi-
dents Of the Annexed District, will give a vocal
and instrumental concert In connection with n
stereopticon exhibition this evening, on the occa-
sion OF the opening OF their new clubhouse, East
One Hundred and slxty-third street, between
Fleetwood and Morris avenues.
The Hawthorne society's second assembly. Sixth
season, will take place Thursday evening. Jan.
4. 1894 at 0 o'clock, at the Eilesrsle. SO West
One Hundred and twenty sixth street.
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PARK BOARD DID NOT MEET.
Death of Commissioner Clausen's
Brother Causes a PostpOnement.

DHOtHer NuuSCH :" ! ostPoHcIftVHI'
A meeting Of the lark Board
was to have been held to-
day to consider the construction OF the
second section OF the Harlem speedway.
Owing to the death of COMMISSIONS
Clau3en's brother, Henri who died last
night, the meeting was postponed.
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nm Columns Of Special Features in the
sill Sunday Worlds New Years Number
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defeated by. Solly Smith and Johnnie
Van Hest, knocked out Al Ncist in the
presence of $50 spectators. Neist.. who
Is n graduate from local amateur circles.
was on the defensive throughout. Daily
was unmarked. Neist weighed ll5 pounds
and DAILY 1872 pounds.
Father Bin" Curtis reiterates his de-
termination to resign the presidency OF
the Metropolitan Association the first OF
the year. NJ. a. Cunning and Barstow 5.
Weeks are spoken of as his successor.
The Weeks or regular faction In. the
New York A.. G. Is doing some lively
campaigning for the annual election.
As mse SS" "f th mef E. 4. Gf 'S Win H be Reid
in Louisville Feb. IS next.
Columbia now leads in the college
chess. tournament, Yale and Princeton
are tied for second place, and Harvard
follows: /. Hymes, Columbia, vs. Ewing,
Harvard; ). Libaire, Columbia, VS..
Skinner. Yale; 4. Roberts, Princeton vs.
The Lone Star Boat Club will give a
reception next Saturday evening.
The Boxing and Wrestling Committee
of the Metropolitan Association OF thu
A. A. y. has decided to hold the remain,
der OF the championship programme
some time In the latter part of January.
All the competitors Will be given al
least two weeks notice before the finals
are announced.
f. j. Stewart. - The ace would be
higher, unless otherwise stipulated be-
fore drawing.
present.
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nm Columns Of Special Features In the
SIIN Sunday Worlds New Years Number
WV Next Sunday
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SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NEW YORK.

ARRIVED.
Steamer Nomadie, Liverpool Dec. IL.
Steamer Geestemund. Rotterdam Dec. 0.
Steamer George W. Clyde, Aqua Dec. IL.
Steamer Rotterdam, Rotterdam Dec. II.
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HAMMERSLOUGH BROS.

1t isn't so long ago that
the wearing Of a full dress
suit (unless you were a
waiter) put you on record as
a dude. Times have changed.
and a full dress suit TO-DAY
has become an important
part of every g%entleman's
wardrobe.
Fourteen grades here, III.
Guiding TuXedos. and every
garment like a fashion plate.
Expensive at most stores,
but inexpensive here. We're
selling them. and all our
goods. at strictly wholesale
prices,
SALE AT oUR WHOLESALE PREMISES
ON ~BLEECKEE ST., COR. GREENHOUSE
WEST OF BROADWAY.