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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-05-26
1Oficial Publications.

[Official Publications.
STATEMENT of the condition of the
NATIONAL P PROTECTIVE So
Getty, of Bay City, in the State of
Michigan, for the year ending December
31st, 1898, made to the Commissioner of
Insurance of the State of Wisconsin,
pursuant to the laws of said State.
First-Balance sheet.
Amount of net ledger assets De-
cember 3lst OF previous year.. IS, 5l0 80
Second-Income.
Gross amount of membership
Assessments: Indemnity, s52.-
U5711 expense, So, 3l0 49,. ..... "a, 1857 30
Income from all other sources. 81 90
Total income ............ s1e4, 43s 80
Sum of both amounts -. s169. 94s 65
Embellishments.
Death claims paid, 81 400; disa-
bility benefits paid, S44,364.66.. 46, 764 Go
Total paid to members. SAG, 1874 So
Commissions, fees and salaries
allowed to agents =. s3.715 SO
Salaries and other compensation
of officers and Office employees IL, 207 SO
Taxes, rent, licenses and depart
ii Rs sPSa dss sx1sasss:::.::.:: 1 IIs s. 8
Total disbursements. S157, gu o.
Balance. ............... 81, GIT 81
Fourth-Assets.
Cash in Office and deposited in
banks. ............. 80, 439 IL
Assessments due on last call and
to become due. made within
sixty days. ........... l0, $50 10
All other assets. ............... 3, 53S ~
Total assets. ............ S22, T5S 81
Fifth-Liabilities-N
Sixth-Miscellaneo Wisconsin Business.
Policies or certificates in force,
No. J, 100 SlS4, lUU w
Losses or claims incurred, No.
Losses or claims paid. No. 49,. 2, 10 06
Premiums and assessments col
lected during the year. 4.i04 %
Insurance Department, Madi on. Wis.
hereby certify that the foregoing is an alb
stract of the sworn statement of the National
Protective Society, filed with the Insurance
Department OF Wisconsin, this lst day OF
March 1892
EMIL GILJOHANN.
Commissioner of Insurance.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

and after applying various tests l con-
cluded he was He did not breathe, nor
did he respond to pressure on the su-
perorbital nerve. Pressing on this
nerve, which is located just under the
eyebrow, is the last and final test
used by ambulance surgeons for detect
ing whether or not person is sham
ming unconsciousness. Finally /
thought | would resort to one more test
before [ turned the body over to the
Coroner l had with me a bottle of
very strong aqua ammonia. l held it
uncorked under the mans nose, while
the crowd wondered who he was, how
he died and what his family would do.
At the end of five minutes the corpse
suddenly arose and hurried down the
street The crowd looked on it as a
kind of miracle, and the policeman was
too dazed to arrest the fellow. He must
hour How he kept so quiet all that
time and had the nerve to resist the
other tests / made on him has always
seemed wonderful to me.
There was another fellow who was
admitted to this hospital suffering with
stomach trouble so he said, and his de-
scription of the general symptoms Of a
certain disease was so accurate that it
was decided to operate on him. He was
put under ether and cut open and eX-
amined, only to be found quite healthy.
1t took him some time to get well, and
things went easily with him meanwhile.
When the cut had almost healed he pe-
gan complaining again, and in the end
a second operation was performed with
no other result than to insure him a bed
and board for a month or more. We
found that man had a record. He was
well read in the symptoms of diseases.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
England's Little
Golf Champion.

carefully calculating every stroke, rolnpeu
in candidate for the finals.
It was a great match in the decisIVG
round Against Miss Hezlet was pltted
Miss Magin The first half was all IN
favor of Miss Magill who turned for nome
with two holes to spare. At TINS crllIcdi
moment the young girl was not dlSnay ed
one bit Playing determinedly, She graz 40
uallv crept up toward her opponent. Inc
twelfth thirteenth and fourteenth holeS
were hers after an admirable eXhlpltlon
of first water golf: The undapnted 1 +a mar si[
vel halved the fifteenth, took the SIN
teenth and. halving the seventeenth. was
thp n0ssessor of the ladies' open champion
MANY Of the spectators present com
Dared the playing of Miss Hezlet with
that of Reatrix Hoyt the American cham
Mon Miss Hoyt is 19 and has been LADY
champion four years. Miss Hezlet is II
and has won the championship for the
first time. In career the two girls are
much alike -. ..,,.,-
at the age of H. Her family were al
best. methods. They took turns in teach-
ing her. so she borrowed nerve from the
EPzIet bows and perseverance from the
Tjeziet women. She first distinguished
herself bv her clever lOfting in the teeth
.of a gale. She learned to avoid hazards
nv a new and original method, sometimes
o0iue long distances out of her way and
making up the space again when in fair
fields She got the trick of dressing for
the field and wore the StOuteSt boots and
the loosest coats. She also borrowed a
boys stride. which covers the fields with
the least fatigue; and so she acquired
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
ALNSHOUSE FOR ANIMALS.

There are no persons in the world
who are more tender toward domestic
animals than the Buddhists. For cen
turies the Hindoos have taken the ut
most care of all the animals that ever
came into their possession, and to-day
the visitor to India may see many hos
pitals and asylums in which sick and
aged animals are carefully tended. The
largest of these homes for needy ami
mails is at Sodepur, near Calcutta. At
present it contains $50 inmates-namely,
129 oxen, 307 COWS, III calves, 70 horses,
60 sheep, Is goats, 141 doves, 4 hens,
cats, monkeys and dogs. The COWS
are treated the best of all, for the rea-
son that they are regarded in India as
sacred animals.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

4 1LsLondon is telling the work of the
II --latest little girl golf champion,
f. Mary Elizabeth LinZee Hezlet, the
L little Irish lass who, fresh from u
ster. came over to Newcastle and easily
defeated the hitherto champions
81 little Girl Hezlet,' as Lord Rose5ery
called her gave previous hint of her abi-
;ty by winning a stroke competition with
a score of 94 She also won the Irish
chanfpionship; but no attention was paid
10 her when she entered for the ladies'
open championship of Great Britain. for
no one supposed she would do anything
i Among her opponents was Miss Magili,
another Irish golfer who is noted for her
nerve in trying situations. Then there
was Miss Dod who made that wonderful
stroke last year. And besides there was
Miss Carr the girl whose strength was
.prolr6unced wind proof" meaning that
She :could loft as we'll against q north
Wester as in calm.
" But Miss HeZlet Cutstripped them all
Not only did she play with remar aole
Sl,jll. bur when in several rounds mlStOr-
tune placed her in the rear in the early
:p2f1: OF the competition she summoned
her nerve and by courageous play made
u1 the loss and qualified.
. Miss Hezlet won the first round without
exertion and saved the second round rom
monotony by her dashing golf. Miss Carr
was her opponent. At the start the lat
ter secured a lead. Miss Hezlet soon
reached her adversary. and both were on
even terms after several haIVed holes al
The tegfnDing of the home journey.
o.. Every stroke of the Celtic girl was a
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
QUEER TRICKS OF ODD FAKERS

OF all odd occupations a middle-aged,
keen -witted Irishman named Dowling
has perhaps the oldest. His business is
heart disease, and it yields him a COM
Portable living. When he is hungry, or
cold, or in need of a bath or a hair cut
he simply has an attack and falls in a
heap on some convenient street corner
A policeman sends in a hurry call, an
ambulance dashes up and Bowling is
soon lying in cool hospital cot and
sucking broth through a straw. Some
time he is so weak that he needs a
glass of invigorating port wine to brace
him up. Not long ago he had such a
successful fit that clergyman gave
him blessing and sent him to the hos
pital apparently in a dying condition.
OF late he has been complaining Of hard
times. The police have come to know
him, and sometimes they do not appre-
ciate his enterprise.
Bowling is typical of a class of men
and women who love hospital life and
who actually enjoy being operated
upon.
I'VE have them every day or two"
said one Of the Oldest registrars of
Bellevue Hospital We could fill the
house with them. Nearly all of them
have specialties. Bowling makes
business of heart disease. Robert Nc
Mahon, who is one of the most original
of his class, is a specialist in epilepsy.
q. He has been in the hospital eight Or ten
times every year since 1886. That is his
Bellevue record, but nearly all of the
meantime he has spent in various
other hospitals. Several times he has
been discharged from the house. and
ten minutes after his discharge we have
had a hurry call to the drug store on
the corner, two blocks away. The am
buiance would rush down there and
bring back an unknown in an epilep-
tic fit l always make it habit to look
at all the unknowns brought in On
several. occasions l have found that Nc
Mahon had played a trick on US and
had himself sent back as soon as he
was put out. He has had himself sent
TO the poorhouse, to the insane asylum
and to every hospital in town. Prob
ably you will hear of him In the otnsr
institutions. He is a middle-aged man
and we'll able to work He was a florist
in his younger days and served some
time in the English army.
Bertha Ebling, Emma Dean and
Bessie Hammel are three of Bellevue S
would-be star boarders, although lately
Emma Dean makes a speciality of get
ting into insane asylums."
Rev. DR.. Baker of st. Luke's Hos
pital tells of a woman who was able to
raise what is known as a phantom tu-
NOR. She was admitted to the lnst1-
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

there?' co. said I, that appears to be
a serious case and 1 told him of the
tests / had applied. Serious. nothing.
he said. Then he walked up to the
woman and said, Now, look here. Mag.
you can't fool me! Get up out of there
and get out, Go along, now?' To my
great surprise the woman did get uD
and cursed him roundly for informing
on her. She had fooled that surgeon
once, just as she had fooled every new
man. But her ability to withstand the
pain I must have caused her aStoniShed
me-"
Dr. David T. Marshall of Gouveneur
Hospital relates how the house physi-
clan of one of the City Island hospitals
got rid of a man who feigned paralysis
of the legs. The man affirmed that he
could not walk, and lay apparently
helpless, at the mercy of a tremendous
appetite. One summers day when the
man had to be wheeled out on
veranda, the physician rigged up
hose at the foot of the paralytics bed.
fixing the nozzle in such a manner that
a stream of water from the hose would
strike the man near the neck. That
night, while the patient was asleep. the
faucet connecting with the hose was
turned on. Several doctors were in the
office awaiting developments. Almost
instantly the yells of the man awakened
nearly every one in the hospital. and in
a moment he was jumping downstairs
three steps at a time. He made a great
outcry but the authorities did not have
to persuade him to leave. He went Of
his own accord and nothing but
padded cell could have held him back
In the Presbyterian Hospital they tell
of an old woman who used to fall ap-
parently unconscious on the street
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

He knew just how to act in order to
give the impression of suffering. He
had been operated on a number OF
times and always in manner TO lay
him up for various periods of time. Did
it hurt him? No. The anesthetic dead
ened the pain. He knew that as well as
we did. He simply wanted to nVe IN
hospital and be waited upon. In fact, 1t
is curious to find how many people
there are who have a mania for being
operated upon. We have some women
who almost beg us to cut them open,
when really there is no necessity for 1t.
Some of them doubtless believe they
need the cutting. 1 believe much OF TINS
desire for treatment comes from lily
digested reading of medical works.
Dr. w. L. Stone of Cornell Medical
College relates the following story or
a womans ability to withstand pain.
"Once," he says, Il received hurry
call to attend an unconscious woman
who had been brought into police sta
ton. I was just graduated from college,
So, for fear of exposing my undue zeal,
/ resolved to make some very severe
tests on the woman when L found her.
She manifestly belonged to the lower
half of society. / thought she might be
shamming Inconsistencies.
II raped the soles of her feet. She
did not seem to mind it. l jammed a
pin into her arm muscles-and sud
denly, too, but she did not vince. Fin
ally l pressed my finger nall hard on
the superorbital nerve. 1t never
pleased her Then concluded that her
case was serious and l rushed her Off TO
the hospital. When we got there one or
the regular ambulance men looked at
the woman on the stretcher. laughed
and said: I say, Stone, what have you
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

tuition suffering apparently from a
small swelling which was diagnosed as
a tumOr. She occupied a bed in a ward
for some time while various means for
the reduction of the lump were prac-
ticed. Finally it was decided to Ope-
rate and the patient was under ether.
When the doctors leaned forward to
make the first incision, loi and behold
the tumOr was gone. They thought
this rather curious and decided to post
pone the operation. When the woman
was allowed revive and was Ques-
had the tumor and pointed to it in
proof Sure enough it was there. She
was put under the influence of ether
again, but this time the swelling was
watched, and as the drug began to take
effect it was seen slowly to recede The
patient was therefore put back to bed
and the hospital authorities attempted
to look up her antecedents. After some
research it was found that she was
known in nearly every hospital in Lon
don and to a few in New York She
could raise the lump at will merely by
exercising certain muscles, and she got
her living by the imposition on hos
pftal authorities.
man mentioned by DR.. Baker was
admitted to the hospital because he
complained of terrible pain in his left
foot. Finally the pain became so great,
as ne claimed, that at his request it
was decided to amputate one of his
toes. The operation laid him Up for
some time, but when he was convalces-
cling the toe next to the one just taken
off began to pain. In the course of
time the second toe was amputated,
and later on other toes were taken off
Finally the doctors were compelled to
call halt, as manifestly the man was
losing his toes Intentionally for the
sake of an otherwise easy living in the
hospital.
AS soon as the subject was mentioned
to House Physician Maloney of ST. Vim
cents Hospital he referred immediately
to RoberS Mcmahon as the king of ma
lingerers. He said the man had a de-
preston in the back of the skull, evi-
IDENTIFY the result of an operation, and
well calculated to fool ambulance sur
geons who do not know Mcmahon.
After speaking of McMahons we'll
known ability to withstand ordinary
surgical tests, DR.. Maloney said:
Il once ran across a fellow who
eclipsed Mcmahon in his ability to
stand all tests, except one. l remen.-
| Der I was called in hurry to Bleecker
| street where a man had been found
unconscious. When the ambulance
reached the call point l found a group
| of passersby and policeman gazing
down at man lying on the sidewalk
| The bluecoat said the man was dead,
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

every Thanksgiving eve. She lived in
EiChty-seventh street, and for years
the ambulance surgeon of the hospital
would wait for that call. 1t always
came without fail the day before
Thanksgiving. Nothing ever was found
to be the matter with this woman. nor
could the hospital authorities ever find
out why she made her periodical visits.
The pet remembrance of the Mt Sinai
Hospital doctors is of a woman who
avowed she could not walk She STAYED
some weeks in the institution and the
physicians knew she WIS feigning sick
ness yet they could not make her stand
on her legs. Finally the head physician
said one day to his assistant in front of
her. Now, to-day we will give this pa
tient electricity. Start on a small cur
rent. If it is not strong enough give her
more until it is, and apply it to the
soes of the feet She will walk. l
think" A faradic current was used
and a metal brush electrode was ap-
piled to her feet. The current coming
from every strand in that brush was
like the pricks of so many hot needles.
The woman stood the torture for about
one minute. Then she hoped out of
bed and fairly danced up and down
with rage, while she heaped curses on
the heads of her prosecutors. She
donned her clothes and left the house.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

gradually that skill which serves her so
well now.
Like the American, Miss Hoyt, Miss
Hezlet is extremely modest. After she
had received her trophy she went away
and hid behind the clubhouse because she
did not want to shake hands with so
many people When discovered she was
eating candy. She has the big waist and
the divine complexion Of the English girl.
and nothing seems to mar either-not ex-
erciSe or candy.
Miss Hezlet will compete for the next
worlds championship.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

1t is said that Irish girls have the best
eyes, the keenest wit, the brightest COM
plexiop and the most beautiful hands of
all the women in the world. the hands of
the American girls being declared too
narrow and too long, those of the Eng
lish girls too plump, German girls hands
too broad and fat, while the Spanish fem
inine hand is the least graceful of all.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

hole Miss Hezlet was entitled to compete
in the third round. The third round was
played TO the accompaniment of rain and
But the elements did not hinder Miss
Hezet's clever work in the least. She
qualified for the fourth and fifth with
plenty to spare.
Miss bod was the opponent of the EN-
erald Isle golfer in the semi-finals. She
made a pluCky effort, and for a time the
issue was in doubt. But approaching the
finish Of the round Miss Hezlet rallied and
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02

Justin HuntIy Carthy, who has been
lecturing in the States on Omar Kayyam,
lecture in Brooklyn member of the audi
ence thanked Llm Ior his exposition, and
added: Il never before knew the differ
ence between Omar KayyaE and Hunyadi
JanOS'
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02


Jackets-26 jackets; miscellaneous lot, good
for camping or vacation trips; not exactly up
10 date in style but not bad you would be
ashamed of them: sold as high as $40;
tan brown or black mixtures; part silk
lined; these are we'll tailored; the lot TO be
closed out at...................... 1.5O each
Tailored Jackets-55 in the lot, light and me-
diunl weight: mostly all silk lined; fly front
or button; tan, brown. black or mixtures; these
Jackets sold as high as $15 each; the lot to be
closed out beginning tomorrow. 500 each
Tailored Suits-Deep cuts throughout the
Cloak Department; tan. gray and blue mix
lures; covert and cheviOt cloth suits, with tight
fitting or fly front jackets; full silk lined; 3-
piece skirts: thoroughly lined; well made and
a perfect fit these sold from S20 to S22 80 a
suit; to close them $1,000 each
Fine Percale Wrappers-Stock-taking time
found too many 81 90 ones; % dozen in the most
desirable patterns; a neat little wrapper that
fits perfectly; these will be closed out at.
............ .......................-...$1. 80 each
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
Neckwear Snap.

Here's a saving Read it through
every word-there's something in the
lot for you.
Neckwear-Broken lines of the most popular
stocks; stock-taking showed many broken
lines; too late to recorder; too irregular to carry
over; some in good condition; others slightly
soiled; prices in accordance.
Lot One-Ladies' and children's Irish point
embroidery collars and sets; silk and satin
shield bows; lace trimmed, chiffon and ribbon
trimmed net collars; fancy silk puffs: black
satin r-in-hands; childrens sailor collars;
velvet stocks; fancy wash ruffing yards in a
box; everything in the above lot to be on the
center tables beginning tomorrow at...9c each
Lot Two-Ladies' linen bolero cape collars:
fancy fronts; chiffon and liberty silk neck
pieces; silk and satin stocks and bows; empire
wash scarfs. etc; all the tables beginning
Silk Tuxedo Mesh Veiling-In plain and dotted
effects; 500 yards in the lot IS inches wide; the
remaining colors, blue and brown, to be
closed out yard
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
Everything for Home.

The store that mother Iikes"-whoIe families trade
here-they buy everything at Hales and send their
friends here too-thats what mikes this big bus sness
bigger
In 15x29 inches closely woven
weather rundown towel; you WI nee1
of work. all pure linen; one
cloths each set good
25 be closed this week
S-4 $3.50 8-12 size SS.OO set
$40 $5.25 S-l4 900 set
with colored borders and frlnge
cottages; dozen 14inch
doyles each
Beached Sheetng-2 wide double beds
muslin 2212 inch grade slightly Soed 70
be closed this week at Siru
Figured SiIkone white cotton filled
double bed comforter S1Zo each
Baby Comforters- the little
silkone, covered PLAIN
edch
Pique2S wide before stoc1taing it was 2Oc
the price Will be yaru
Fish just in
stripes; wonderfully large
sortnent
up CSC a yard according to quality.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
Underwear for Everywhere.

Going where it's cold We've what you want Or
where it's warm Here, too Ever Try OemeI linen
mesh underwear? Expensive, Dut saves doctors bills
324 Ladies' Vess-L N N s.. white body with mn
taon lace effect trimmed in pink blue ana
lavender; be closed out at.'.Ioc each
$50 Ladies' N s., fine quality Jersey
ribbed and shaped blue pink and lavender
trimmed neck and arnlets zoe
l56 Ladies' Summer Vess-L N s s. Rcheleu
neck and armets' the
regular be closed out each
crochet neck and arfns
the % closed out QUO edcI
Pairs Imported TghtsEcru and black
good heavy weight ribbed ankle LENGTH regular 81 70
ones to be closed pan
HoseMade of fine Maco Cotton
Richeeu ribbed heels and silky finish regular
o closed 10 @-'tc
474 Pairs Le Hose in tan and brown shades
Rembrandt ribbed, silky finish double
SOC value to be closed out at5 I"c
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
Hale's.
KnOckabOut Jackets.

Vacation comIng-not SO much style,
but a whole lot of comfort and very
little to pay.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
Rale's.

New Catalog-Get!ing up the
mailing Iist-send US the names OF
out-of-town foIks-we'II send it ire.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-12

All persons indebted to us are re- quested to call and settle, as we desire to place our business on strictly 30- day cash busls.
 THE SULTAN MERCANTILE Go.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-12

The finest baths in town at Towle's barber shop.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-12

Lessons given on all stringed and brass instruments. Piano tuning a speciality.
 PROF. THos. VINCENT.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-10-12
leoblsel the Grave.

startling incident, of which MT. John Oliver of Philadelphia was the subject, is narrated by him as follows: "I was in most terrible condition. My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunk eu, tongue coated, pain continually in back and sides, no gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Forth pately, n friend advised trying Electric Bitters; and to my great joy and sur prise, the first bottle made decided improvement. continued their use for three weeks, and am now n well man. know they saved my life, and robbed the grave of another victim. !" No one should fail to try them. Only 50cts., guaranteed, at Hitchcock drug store.