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GOT INTO HER COFFIN ALIVE.
New Haven Woman Wanted to See
If 1t Would Fit.
(From the New York SUM


New Haven, Conn.-It came to the
knowledge of Prof Bartlett, of the Yale
medical school, who is the coroner's med
ical examiner in this city, that Mrs. Ma
RE Moore Humphrey, Aho died on Satur-
day at her home had been treated by
mail for the past four years by clatrv0y
ants and spiritualists and that even when
she became critically i'll, a week ago, her
husband would not call in physician.
The family is very well kpown III New
Haven. The healers who had been min
laid an eye on her the doctoring being
done through the mails and by circulars
The husband told Prof. Bartlett that
some time ago he made up his mind that
his wife could not recover, but he still
had great faith in the mail healing pro-
cess and continued it to the last.
Three weeks ago, when he was sure
that her illness would prove fatal he con
cluded to build three coffinS in the house
where he lived, one for the dying wom-
an, one for his mother-in-law, who is
ninety years old. and the third for him
self. He had been carpenter in his
day, but of late had been in the real es-
tate business The first coffin made was
for his wife. She on her sick bed watch
ed the work progressing on her coffin. Her
husband measured her body for fit and
when the coffin was finished, to make
sure there was no mistake in the meas
urements, he helped his wife get into il
and she lay down in the casket just a :
she would recline in death. Mrs. Hum
phrey, after settling her body down in
the coffin tried to twist her body a bit
and said 10 her husband that it was a
little too snug Her husband thought 9TH
erwise, but ii was decided to enlarge it,
Then the coffin was placed in the bed
room near the bed on which Mrs Hum
phrey spent her last days
There was one regret in the husband s
mind which he explained today as fol-
lows:
You see, | placed common chest han
dies on the coffin. They only cost 70 cents.
Nice silveT-plated handles would have
been MUCH better, and l am sorry now
that | did not buy some. Those chest han
dies did not look quite right. but | will
not make the same mistake on my coffin.
That will be all right and so will moth
ers. Mrs. Humphreys remains were
taken TO Fresh Pond, l.. l., today to he
Cremated. Her husband has already
placed in position in his parlor an urn
to contain his wife's ashes. Humphreys
said this afternoon that his aged mother
tn-law was placed in her coffin recently
and il was found to be just the right size
for her. His own coffin, declares. will
just fit him.
The Christian Scientists. Spiritualists,
and clairvoyants. who attended Mrs.
Humphrey by mail are in Stoneham.
Mass. Boston, and Battle Creek, Mich.
She weighed over POO pounds when they
began giving her advice and only 100
when she died.
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swell, Just as if conscious Of it's actual
power to brave the dangers of the deep.
and to carry the glad tldings of help and
hope 10 the Inflated passengers and crew.
gers on board thisLShip are familiar with
the little relief boat. IL So everyone
is waiting for the gun to come along to
the shore. and as il fires many jump into
the sea in expectation of safety There
is a brave sailor IA that little boat who
will soon put out hiS3head to look for
the struggling, helpless crew. But the
gentle reader must know that the sailor
does not leave the gun in seated posi-
ton. lie lies down at the bottom of his
canoe with his feet toward the stern,
enveloped i'm an elastic air sack, so that
he receives no injury when the gun is
discharged. Around him is a taTpaulin
cover which fastens to. the waist. thus
making him, as it were, part of his
canoe.
He has in the boat a long cord, to which
is attached a bundle of rubber bags con-
tanning compressed air, each having tube
and stopper, and these he cuts off rapidly
with his jackknife as soon as they are
pulled out of the hatchway; he then
throws them quickly about to the drown
ing people. By placing the ends of these
tubes in their mouths many of the pas
sengers are enabled to breathe and are
thus kept alive until they reach the eS-
cape line which fastens the boat to the
shore. By this line the little boat is
hauled in. when the sailor hoists his flag
the signal of pull the passengers to
shore
Several of these little boats and some
times an extra gun may be kept at
station NV belief is that with these
aids. in addition to the 1ifeboats now in
use. and the rockets for carrying a stout
rope to the ship. modern shipwrecks may
be deprived of much of their disastrous
terror, though at best they are very fatal
and dreadful
1t cannot be said that inventors of these
extraordinary devices are always men
tally unbalanced else would a bra hI
Lincoln be so pronounced. But they have
certainly mistaken their vocation.
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a well attended meeting of those inter
ested in the Belgian hare industry was
held on the evening of April at the show
rooms of the North American Belgian
Hare Company, when a permanent organ
fzatton was effected. r. B. Johnstone
was chosen temporary chairman and H.
Z. Gram temporary secretary. An cleo
tion for permanent officers viii take place
at the next meeting, Thursday. April II.
IL was decided to send a delegate TO the
national convention of Belgian Hare
Clubs, to be held at Kansas city. Mo.
May 20. the purpose of which is to de-
wise scheme of registration similar to
that of the American Kennel Club and
arrange show circuits throughout the
country.
The new organization adopted the
name of The United States Capital Bel
gtan Hare Association and a committee
Of five was appointed to draft the con-
Stitutton and bylaws.
The prospects for a successful organiZa-
tiOn are most encouraging.
Belgian hare dinner. participated in
by number of Washington newspaper
men, was one of the smaller social events
of last week. 1t was arranged by the
projectors that the menu was to remain
a secret until after the repast. when there
was to be a guessing contest as to the
piece de resistance therein.
1t was unanimously decided that the
meat Of the Belgian hare is far superior
The times., 1901-04-07
GHoULs IN A GRAVEYARD
\ Rcsurrcction Outrage Fifty Years
Ago Comes To Light.
D n Bl.tLn HnTaILl

New Haven, Conu-It has just come 70
light That the grave which was supposed
to contain the body Of Aaron Potter. Of
North Haven. who was buried half a
century ago ia that town, is really filed
with stones. put there in substitution for
P0ttCrs remains.
Potter according to the story that
comes ont tonight. was hanged for muir
der and was buried ia the North Haven
Cemetery.
Yale students were anxious TO get the
body for disseCtinE purposes, ard Pottcr's
friends were SO informed. For twelve
nights The grave where Potter was in
TERED was guarded. Then the vigil
ceased
Several years later many Of the bodies
were removed from this cemetery. among
them PJtteTs. II Is now recalled that Pot
ters coffin was surprisingly heavy. II was
stated tonight by the man who related
this story that the leader Of the party
OF Yale medical students that robbed the
grave is a prominent New York physi-
clan, and in his Office is the skeleton Of
Aaron Potter, given to him because he
led in The grave robbery.
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TO that of either turkey or chicken. and
the prediction was freely made that Il
but remains for the industry as meat
producer to become better known for the
Belgian hare to take a high place among
the best table deIcacies.
The question has been asked. "Is the
Belgian hare meat wholesome2' p New
York physician answers this query. briefly
but TO the point. as follows.
There should be hundreds OF thousands
of dollars worth of rabbit meat shipped
to our hospitals and sanitariums For di-
geStibility and nutritive value there Is no
meat comparable with that OF the Bel
gian hare. Beef gives 50 per cent Of nu-
triment. mutton s. per cent pork 20 per
cent. chicken % per cent while hare meat
yields 50 per cent of digestible nutTinent
far superior to any other meats If OBJ
tainable. rabbit meat should be prescribed
for fever patients. aged and enfeebled
persons, consumptives. and anaemic pa
tients.
An exchange interested in Belgian hares
tells the story Of grand ball and ban
quet given at the Hotel Oriente. Manila.
Philippine Islands. where. upon the elab-
crate menu card, under the head OF
Game" there was served Belgian hare
with red currant jelly" Evidently the
people of the tropics know a good thing
when they see it, as well as the American
epicure.
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A VIENNA SURGEONS WORK.
Fills Up HOIIoyvs in the Skin by
Paraffin Injections.
(From the london Telegraph }

(frOm the London lelesTapn-)
The well-known Viennese surgeon and
director of the RudolDhinum, DR.. Ger
suny, has been lately occupied with rfedi-
cal experiments which will doubtless
cause intense interest BY a simple, pain
less injection. which is performed with
out the least difficulty certain external
defects, such as cavities and hOilows in
the skin, are fully removed, and these
disagreeable inequalities restored to full
roundneSs. DR.. GerSunys experiments
are purely professional, and have nothing
to do with cosmetics. But though Dr.
Gersuny restricts himself TO medical
operations there is great possibility Of
his discovery becoming extremely useful
in other directions. The doctors idea
for instance, was to restore 10 its original
form badly injured nose, or 70 MI up a
sunken cheek caused by the removal of
part of the Jaw. In such operations his
discovery has been highly successful
The doctor takes syringe, such as that
used for injecting morphia, fills it with
medicinal paratin heated to certain de-
gree, and injects IL beneath the chin into
the follow cavity till this is rounded to
it's original form. The paraffin fixes
itself firmly beneath the epidermis and
remains immovable. Very little un-
pleasautness is caused to the patient by
this operation, and all DR.. Gersuny's at
tempts up TO the present have succeeded.
Another report upon the Gersuny discOv-
cry says: The professor published an ac-
count of his experiments at the very COM
mencement, and since then he has become
very expert in injecting vaseiine, with
very satisfactory results. 1t has been
proved that paraitn, when melted to 80
degrees Celsius. and injected beneath the
skin remains quiet, causing no local irri-
tation. Gersuny occasionally uses this in
lection to form a small swelling, and he
obtained very successful results with the
obturatOr muscles by forming a sort of
valvular flap when the former were lost
which proved valuable substitute for
them. lie found it also eXtremiy useful in
relaxing stiff muscles and in improving
the articulation in cases of the so-cailed
wolf Jaw, or open split in the roof of the
mouth Ii has still to be ascertaiued
whether Or. Gersuny's discovery can be
made useful for beautifying the human
face. as up to the present the paratIin
hardened after injection forming no soft
flexible support. The professor himself
strictly confines these injections to sursi-
The times., 1901-04-07
THE RECORD
more restive under the religious restraints

more restive under the religious restraints
of the fathers.
Their eccentric style of dress their
manner of cutting the hair their unshOrn
boards, and the primitive simplicity of
their religious ceremonies are all calcu-
lated to make the Dunkards conspicuous
especially I'm communities in which there
is some display OF fashion. The elders
are no longer sensitive TO the scrutiny
of the pleaSantries of their dissirnilar
neighbors, but the boys and girls de-
mand some notifications in dress and
custom. In obedience to this demand
many changes have been made from the
original seventies. In some of the Eas-
tern communities these departures are
quite radical, and men wear expensive
clothes and women costly silks, though
they still cut their garments somewhat
after the old Dunkard patterns
1t is not strange that the secet is los
ing strength. II is not the kind Of inSti
tuition to make converts among brisk
Americans Then too. while marriage is
not forbidden, celibacy is encouraged. It
The times., 1901-04-07

is said that the aggregate membership OF
the church in the United States does not
at present exceed 10000, while at one
time il was 30 coo.
The Dankard Society was formed in
Germany in 170S. IL was there called the
bunker Church, the name meaning dip
per, and referring to the mode of bap-
tiSm, which was by immersion. After sore
persecution in their native land the
Dunkards came TO the United States in
172O, and settled mostly in Quaker dis
trictS of the East To them the Bible Is
the infallible word of God They interpret
the Scriptures literally. This accounts
for one of their peculiar ordinanceEthat
of feet washing. This ordinance is al
ways observed in cOnection with the Sac
rament. AS is we'll known. their religion
fOrbids their taking of an oath. the car
rying of arms. the use of intOxieants or
tobacco. and the Indulgence in litigation
They are. however. a thrifty class Of ag
riculturists and they make good citizens.
No law and order societies are needed
among them
The times., 1901-04-07
A PREVENTIVE OF pNEuMoNIA.

Owing 10 the prevalence Of colds and grip
there have been many eases Of pneumonia dur
ing the past few months. IL has been OBJ
served however. that the grip never results in
pueum0uia when Chambcrlaiu's Cough Remedy IS
used Among the tens Of thousands who used
the past ten years not one case has been re-
ported that did not recover which shows that
rcm,dv 20 be- certain preventive OF pneumonia
and uualua.ed as a cure Tor colds and grip.
For sale by Henry Evans wholesale and retail,
and I'll druggists
The times., 1901-04-07
The SOCIETY OF DUNKARDs.
Changes of Location for the Benciit
of snmm. ifrmbers.
lE,rnm - kln.l. liIA Star.l

(i'rOm the Kansas City Star)
Two trainloads of Dunkards passed
through Kansas city last week from
points in Missouri and Kansas to rev
homes in North Dakota. Similar move
ments of these quaint people have taken
place every spring for the past four or
i've years. Just as they came to the Mid
die West years ago from the old settle
ments in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Nir
ginia, and other Eastern States. so now
they seek new fields rather than remain
i'm well developed States, Their clannish
instincts their physical hardihood, and
their simple regimen tit them especially
for pioneer work Doubtless however. the
principal incentive to this periodical mi
grafton is the desire on the part OF the
elders to remove the youngerS farther
from the temptations OF those of other
sects, or those of no sect at all. IL has
developed at every annual convention OF
the Dunkards for the past 1--WE years that
the young people are growing more and
The times., 1901-04-07
WHY IT CURES MEN.
Why the Frgfu Tension OF Structure Dissolved Like Snow
Beneath the Sun-IN FIFTEEN DAYS.
Why Weak Men Restored by the Magic St James Treatment
Applied Locally and Directly to the Affected Parts.

TO IRRITATE THE MEMBRANE. NC
INTERNAL DRUGGING TO RUIN THE
STOMACH. The St. James treatment is
local. direct. and positive
The st. James treatment is prepared in
the form of crayOnS, very narrow. smooth
flexible and wholly soluble. which are in
serted into the water passage at night
where they dissolve and deposit the medf-
cation in its full strength upon the Pros
tate Gland. contracting and strengthening
the ducts and FOREVER STOPPING
DRAINS AND EMISSIONS. and curing
while the patieDt SIeeps
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EDUCATIONAL.

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NA%TED-A few more pupils for the French;
private Instruction AT pupils homes; terms rsas-
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BELGIAN HARES'.

SEND 55c for Poultry and Belgian Hare STAN
dard, one year, famous midsummer edition and
two others; also Standard Belgian Hare Book, I75
pages STANDARD, r. Hall Bldg, Kansas city.
The times., 1901-04-07

mol treatment which must pass through
t .iat tCn,arb and urine before IL reaches
the ti,e seat of disease The seminal duets
.iI,iact ~ into the urethral canal through
The Prostate Gland and d, are, are easily
reached ny LOCAL TRt.Hl lf--' ..,I,,nIa
RdTries viii dissolve. digest, and forever
The times., 1901-04-07

We answer the
questions briefly. If
you cut an artery
in your arm you do
1Ot take internal
medicine to stop
the flow of blood.
YOU USE LOCAL
APPLICATIONS.
Similarly when the
urethral duets be-
come weakened and
relaxed il is ridicu-
lous 10 take inter
The times., 1901-04-07
TRANSATLANTIC Mails.

Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, via Vancouver,
close here daily az 200 p. m. up 10 April 9. in
elusive. for despatch per S. 5. Empress OF Japan
Registered mail must ~ directed VIA Naneou-
Mails for TAHITI and MARQUESAS ISLANDS.
via san Francisco. close here daily at 200 p. m
up 20 April 10, inclusive, fOr despatch per s >
Mails for CHINA JAPAN. HAWAII. and PHIL
IPPINE ISLANDS. - via san Francisco. close here
daily at 90 p, Ia. up TO April y inclusive, for
despatch per s s. China. {o)
Mails for AUSTRALIA Except West Australia.
which j. forwarded via EuTOpe). NEW ZEALAND,
FIJI. SAMOA aud HAWAII. via san Francisco,
close here daily mp 10 April I3, inclusive, for de-
5uatah per s.. s. Ventura. (O)
Mails for CHINA JAPAN. and PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS - via Tacoma. close here daily at 100
D. m up to April Is inclusive. for despatch
per s. s.. Duke Of Fife. (ol
Nails for CHINA JAPAN. HAWAII and PHIL
TPPINE ISLANDS, via san Francisco, close here
daily al 100 o.. no. up to April 20, inclusive, for
despatch per g. g. Doric (o)
Mails for Hawaii via san Francisco, close here
daily al go p. M. mp TO April %, Tor despatch
per s. S. Mariposa. to) ,-,,,,-,
Mails for CHINA JAPAN, and PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, via Seattle close here daily az f;vJ
D. lu. 10 to April 2ad, inclusive. for despatch
Der s s. To-a Msru Registered mail must be di-
rcctcl Via seattle toj
Mails for AUSTRALIA Iexcspt West Australia
which goes via Europe aud New Zealand: which
goes yi3 san FraHci-ro} and FIJI ISLANDS, wa
Vancouver. close here daily az 700 p m, after
April 3D. and up 90 April p, inclusive, for de-
spatrh per s.. s.. AoraHgi fo)
sNails for COCHIN CHINA are forwarded TO
New York for connection with European steam
eTS
s'PHLIPPINE ISLANDS Military MaiD. de-
rugtghad % san Francisco an all closes for that
Office. 10 connect with Government transports the
,ailing- Of which irregular.
Ca1 Registered mails close at I p. m. same day.
(c} Registered mails close at p. m. same day.
Cdj Registered mails close al : a. m. same ddy.
(e) Registered mails close at p. III. previous
Saturday.
% Registered mails close at p. m. previous
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day.
d. Registered mails close at p. m. previous
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Uncle Sam Don't Wear

A truss but he carries the Aii
e~sS7-1" cushion TruRs all over the Uaited
states. hen, women, and children
Uear and like them. The Air Cushion Pad holds
with co-saort; nothing else will. Consu.tation
and two weeks trial Tree Lady in attendance fof
ladies. Office. parlors. waiting, and consultation
rooms on the saine floor Catalogues free 1hE
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VariCOCele.

Naricocele is an accumulation Of sluggish
blood in the veins of the scrotum. due
solely to- imperfect circulation. and mas
its origin in diseased and torpid Pros
tate Gland. Operations in this disease are
only temporary. and no mechanical device
yet discovered has cured a single case
Gran-Soivent heals the Prostate and re-
stores healthy circulation. Varicocele dis
appears and the sluggish accumulation is
replaced by pure. healthy. red blood.
Thousands of men strictured weak
wasting. and despondent We're cured ana
restored by the ST. James method Iast
year. a vast army Of men IN whom ths
light or life has penetrated the eaFfuI
nightmare of structure and Seminal decay.
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FOREIGN MAILS.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. POSToFFlCE NOTICE.
auy time.
FOREIGN MAILS are forwarded TO the ports OF
sailing daily and the schedule of closings IS ar
ranged oB the presumption OF their uninterrupted
overland transit. For the week ending April l3.
1901. thc last connecting closes will be made rom
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Transatlantic NniIs.

M0NDAY-(c) At Il:n5 p m. Tor ITALY, per 5;
s. Duchess III Geneva, from New York Mail
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s. S. New Work, from New York, via Southamp-
ton
tc) At 1l:05 p. ~. for I'll ROPE, per $ $. Ger
manic from New York. via Queenstown.
(c) At l1.05 p. IN. for BELGIUM direct per $.
$ Southwark. from New York. Mail must be di-
rccted per $. r. Southwark
WEDNESDAY 90 81 7:15 p. m. for EUROPE,
per S. $. AuguSte Victoria from New York. Mail
Tor FRANCE. SWITZERLAND. ITALY, SPAIN,
PORTUGAL TURKEY. EGYPT GREECE, BRIT
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