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Six Instances in Which Women Have
Posed as Men.

1t is no longer uncommon for Wom-
Ell TO pose as men. Within the past
year, in the United States alone, death
has disclosed the real sex of six women
who had successfully masqueraded as
men, had married, and i'm some in
stances had actually posed as fathers.
Probably the most remarkable of
these cases and one that attracted the
most attention was that of Murray
Hall
He, or she, was a prominent politi.
ticlan, took an active part in all the
interests of the ward heeler, smoked.
drank and had the reputation of being
quite gallant. Among her friends
were leading New York men, and I'M
til her death no one even dreamed Of
the real state Of affairs.
civilian Howard" of Canandai.
qua, \. Y, died suddenly, and the
amazed friends and relatives learned
that the real name of the deceased |
was Alice Howard. Howard had been |
married" forty years, had lived hap
PLY with "his" wife, and had been in
Every respect a most exemplary "hus-
land."
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llfe " heu has
digestive and nu-
tntIve organs are
diseased Is equally
handicapped. In
the one case his
strength Is over
weighted, in the
other II Is under
mined Success
demands above
all else a sound
stomach.
Doctor pierce's
& al 4 e Il Medical
Discovery cures
disc 4 s of the
stomach and other
organs of diges-
uOu and nutrition.
When this l. done
food Is perfectly
d'geSted and as
simulated and the
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There not a land beneath the sun
Where man 10y man L. not OppreSt.
No, not the Fast. where life begun.
Nor tins, the triumph OF the We~;

With the war spirit and the spirit
of greed and selfiShness everywhere
triumphant, can it it be said that the
churches of God have performed their
duty to man or to God?
Why are the ministers of God vast
ing their ammunition in discussing
"predeslination,n "transubstantia
ton" "infant damnation," "the true
mode of BAPTISM 1.-The final perse.
verance of the saints" calling and
election" and hurting futile maledic-
tons at the frivolities and small sins of
society, while the spirit of war. the
spirit of greed, with all the awful mis-
cries they entail upon the human
race, stalk the earth in voluptuOus and
triumphant grandeur?
The Bible has passed through hu-
man hands and is liable to human or.
rOrs.
1t has been translated into numer-
Gus tongues, and in every translation
is liable to mis- conception and miscon-
SO why waste time, create
divide churches into creeds |
md sects by wrathful quarrels over
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-05-30
HA N0FCA Pied.

The man who started to nun race in
chains and letters would be visiblv hand
lcapPed. No one would expect him 10
succeed. The man who runs the race OF
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The OCALA BANNER.
FRAME HARRIS, E3itor.

MoTTo: The BANNER, BELIEVING
THOSE AT THE Top WELL ABLE To
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, HAS
TAKEN IFS STAND IN THE BARRI-
'ADES WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE,
AND MS FIGHT WILL BE MADE FOR
THE RETIREMENT OF THOSE AT THE
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-05-30

body receives strength in the only wav
IN which strength can be given-by the
nutrition derived from digested and as
simulated food.
The praise would like TO give your Golden
Medical Discovery cannot utter ia words or
describe with pen" writes James r. Ambrose
E~g OF I1oSiz Miftiin street. Huntingdon Pa
4 was taken with what physicians here
said was indigestion. I doCtored with the best
around here and found no relief I wrote 10
YOU and YOU sent me 4 question blank - al out
aud did 80, and YOU then advised me 10 use
lir. Pierce : Golden Medical Discovery. I took
three bottles and felt good that stopped
being cured have no symptoms of gastric
trouble or indigestion now
Accept no substitute for Golden Med
zeal Discovery" There is nothing riust
as good"
DIR. pierce's Common Sense Medical
sent free on receipt of stamps
10 cover expense of mailing 0Rir.
one one cent stamps for the
book In paper covers, or 81 stamps for
the cloth-bound volume. Address DR..
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo. n. Y.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
SIXTY EIGHTH BIRTHDAY
OF CARDINAL GIBBOHS
No Plans Arranged for Spe-
CiaI Observance.
The Cardinal is Resting Quietly at a
Country Resort Near
Baltimore

BALTIMORE, July z3.-Cardinal Glib
bo1s is celebrating today his sixty
eighth birthday. He is at present spend
ing a few days in the country, and there
viii be 10 special observance OF the day.
James, Cardinal Gibbons, was born in
Baltimore Of Irish parents July %, 1884.
In early youth he was taken TO Ireland,
where he received a liberal education.
On his return he entered St Charles
College. Maryland, where he graduated
with high honors in 1857. He was or
dained q priest from St Mary's Semin-
aTy in 1861. and was assistant at st
Patrick's Church, under Father DoIan.
Next he became pastor of St Bridget s
Church, Canton, and at the same time
acted as pastor of St lawrence :
Church. Locust Point. He was conse-
Grated bishop in 1868 and was installed
archbishop at the Cathedral ten years
later He received the red hat March
L. 1887
The cardinal will celebrate his silver
jubilee as Archbishop of Baltimore
February 10 1868 Even now the pro-
gram for the celebration is being ar
ranged Solemn services. q street pa
Tade and banquet will probably make
the occasion a notable one in the his
tory Of Baltimore.
The Cardinal is a familiar figure on
the streets of Baltimore Each after
noon, unless the weather is unusually
disagreeable, he takes his daily walk
Every other person he meets speaks to
him. and all receive a gracious bow in
return
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WON HIS BRIDE AT THE
POINT OF A REV0VLE7
Persuaded Sweetheart's Brother That It
Would be Best Not to Interfere.

CUMBERLAND. No, July 23-Consid-
erabIe romance is connected with the
wedding OF Luther Samuel Fletcher. of
Cross Junction. Va. and Miss Eta May
Whitacre. OF ParrishvilIe. Va. which
was solemnized at Cumberland yesterday
by Rev. William a Melvin, pastor OF
the Methodist Protestant Church.
The brides father frustrated an at
tempt at elopemeat some weeks ago On
Sunday Miss Whitacre was escorted to
church near her home by her brother,
Dudley Whitacre, and Mr.. Fletcher took
another young lady. While the choir
vas singing Mr. Fletcher gave Miss
Whitacre a signal and both leaving the
church jumped into buggy The girls
brother attempted to follow and prevent
the eIopement. but Fletcher drew pis
toI and its argument was effective that
it would be folly for the brother to fol-
low. Fletcher. after driving nearly all
night with his sweetheart, arrived here
yesterday morning, the marriage follow
ing. Fletcher is a farmer. twenty-6ix
years old. while his bride is eighteen.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
DIDN'T RELISH DIET
OF CHEESE AND ONIONS
Steamers Crew Rebelled and Threat
ened to Use Up the Captain.

PHILADELPHIA. July 23.-It was only
the quick intervention of the police that
prevented a bloody scene on the decks
Of the German steamer Manhattan. at
Point Breeze this morning.
The members OF the crew had reyelled
Their grievance was that for the last
ten days they had been fed on nothing
but cheese and onions. This was diet
they could not stand, aad rather than
be subjected 10 Il further they braved
the wrath Of the skipper and local po-
lice.
The uprising OF the crew alarmed Cap
tain Walters, Of the Manhattan The
seamen threatened him with all sorts Of
dire things and we're even ready to duck
him IN the river
This resulted in the swift dispatch OF
patrol wagons to the scene and the ar
rest, at the instance OF Captain Walters,
of seventeen of the dIsafected. The sew
enteen were all taken TO the Office OF
the German consul. 50 Walnut Street
Not one Of the arrested could speak
word Of English. They were. strange to
say, all Italians. and they were all mad.
The consul poured oil on the troubled
waters. so that the result of the incident
was that every man was given $3.50 and
the promise OF plenty Of food in the fu-
ture.
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AN UNENDURkBLE ITCHING.

7 suffered for three years with Eczema
on the lower part Of MY leg and ankle,
and It became SO badly swollen that I
could not wear my shoe and was pzacti-
caIIy I cripple most Of the time. spent
a good dc1l Of money without relief, cnd
had about given up hope Of ever getting
rid of the torr1euting disease, which at
times itchcd almost beyond endurance.
When Ely attention was called 70 S. s S
decided to t-y It and began to improve
at once, and IL short time was cured
Thc S S S also built UP ny general
heath, and feel better II every way
III convinced S. S. S. Is the greatest
known remedy for Eczema
H D SWEET,
no Palmetto ST. Chattanooga, Tenn.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
CIVIL SERVICE IN THE
INSULAR DEPENDENCIES
Commission Announces Examinations
to be Held in Hawaii and Porto Rico.

The Civil Service Commission, in a re-
Gently issued supplement to its manual
of examinations, announces that the
scheduled examinations held al various
places throughout the United s ates will
also he held at Honolulu, and, HiIo.
Hawaii. and at San Juan. and Ponce,
Porto Rico. Appointments to Federal
positions in Hawaii and Porto Rico will
be made CT the same basis as appoint
ments to similar positions in the States
and other Territories.
During the coming fall the following
examinations viii be held for positions
in the Philippine service: Bookkeeper.
age limit, eighteen years or over; de-
partmeRt assistant, age limit, eighteen
years or over. stenogTapheT, typewriter.
junior translator (Spanish), age limit.
eighteen to fCrty years; stenographer.
typewriter. translator (Spanisb). age
limit. eighteen to forty years; transla-
tor (Spanish). age limit. eighteen to
forty years.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
STRIKE OF NEW YORK
PIE CONSTRUCTORS
Places Easily Filled and Threatened
Famine Averted

NEW YORK. July 23--The strike Of
the members Of the Pie Bakers Union
has not resulted in a pie famine.
Boss bakers had been warned ara
we're prepared TO fill the places of the
strikers.
Pie bakers go to work at midnight.
The union wanted to have the hour
changed 70 7 O'Clock In the morning, so
1t voted to fine every member, SO who
went 10 work before a n. yesterday
The bakers had not the support CT
the wagon drivers. who objected to de-
liveTing goods late in the day. This
had demoraIizirg effect. and the en-.
ployers say they found no difficulty in
sup. lying the places of the strikers
with competent men.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
PHYSICIAN CELEBRATES
NlNETY-NINTH BIRTHDAY
Dr.. Helfrich Still Practices His Profess
sion and is Hale and Vigorous.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, July 23.-Dr. Hen
~ HeIfricE, the oldest citizen Of Allen
town and Lehigh county, and probably
the oldest physician in the State. yester-
day celebrated the ninety-ninth ami
versary of his birth.
Notwithstanding his advanced age. Dr.
Hei:Tich is still vigorous In mind and
body.
DR. Helfrich is q native of Lehigh
ac;Inty and has spent all his life in this
section. In his DAY he was noted ply
sician, and even now he occasionally
prescribes for patients. He retired from
active practice, however, many years
ago and deyotes most of his time to his
extensive real estate holdings
The evening times., 1902-07-23
WOMAN PLIES WHIP
WITH TELLING EFFECT
Alleged Man Said She Posed For Sen
sational Pictures.

PITT5BURG. July 23.-Exasperated by
reports that she had herself photo
graphed in Sensational pose, as also
had her sister, and that reproductions Of
these had been distributed among a Sc
lecJ few, Mrs. Henry Watts, Of Carue-
gle, determined 20 horsewhip the man
who circulated the stories
She claims that Henry Breedon was
the guilty man. Yesterday she waited
for him outside the Office. and when he
emerged she used the lash across his
face. cutting 1t. and piled it literally
about his body.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
KILLED S0N-lN-LAW
WHO DEFENDED WIFE
Father-in-Law Was Drunk, But Could
Work the Trigger.

BELLEFONTE. Pa, July 23.-Last
night David Miller, aged sixty. living
near Osceola, came home N a bad state
of mind and began abusing his aged
wife. she being helpless, called to her
aid her son-in-law. Robert Roach, liv-
ing next door.
Miller secured a rife and fred at
Roach, the ball going clean through his
body The wounded man died this
morning at 2.30 o'clock Miller gave
himself up 10 Deputy J. W Coffey, Of
Osceola. who brought him TO BeiIefon-e
and lodge1 him in jail. Miller says he
was drunk when the act was committed.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
Mr.. FORAKER OUT FOR
ROOSEVELT FOR 1904
No Other Candidate Is Con-
sicered, He Says.
Nomination and Election Assured
Giving the People Broad Minded,
Patriotic Administration.

CINCINNATI. July Ex-senator For
aker has given out the following state
ment regarding the Presidential n5mi-
nation IN 1904
No one is considered but Roosevelt.
He is giving the people a broad mind
ed. American and patriotic administra-
tion. The people are with him and his
nomination and reelection are as
suredr
Mr.. Foraker says he regards the
canal legislation as the the most i'm
poTtant passed by Congress He regrets
that reciprocal trade laws for Cuba were
not passed and strongly indorses Presi-
cent RoOseveIts position on that sub
iect.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
BEES MAKE HIVE OF I
TELEPHONE CABLE BOX
Crippled tie Wires for Two Months,
But Lineman Cot Loads of Honey.

MORRISTOWN. y. J. July 23.-For
the past two months there has been
trouble in some Of the telephones and
wires in Madison.
Yesterday Lineman Gardner found that
the trouble was caused by swarm OF
bees in a cable box on pole outside
TIE town Protected by net and gloves.
he climbed the pole with sulphur and
burned paper ne soon dispersed them
and then proceeded 10 clean out the box.
He filled four water buckets with the
honey.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
LABOR LEADERS, WIFE
USES PISTOL ON SELF
Iu-kealtk Causes Woman to Make At
tempt at Suicide.

BALTIMORE. July 23.-Mrs. Cecilia
NJ Sullivan, twenty-six years old, wife
OF James H Sullivan, weIl-known la
Dor leader. living at 1911 Riggs Avenue.
while in her bedroom yesterday morn
ing at 7:35 o'clock shot herself three
times in her left breast. Mrs. Sul;i-
van has been a great sufferer from
trouble for the past two years.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
AGED GRANDMOTHER
loses LIFE'S SAYINGS
Granddaughter Defendantin
Suit for $25,000
OPENED HER DEPOSIT BOX
Old Lady in Philadelphia Obliged to
Live on Charity-Gave Up Key to
Young Woman, and Now It Has All
Disappeared.

PHILADELPHIA, July 23.-An aged
woman's efforts to regain possession Of
certain securities valued at about s25, COG,
all the property she has in the world,
has brought to light a tale of a grand
mothers misplaced confidence il a
granddaughter.
Mary a. Parker. who for many years
was matron Of The Episcopal Hospital.
has returned TO that institution to live
pending the result of a suit begun by
her in common pleas court No. yes
terday. TO regain possession Of the bonds
and securities. which, she says, she de
posted with the Fidelity Trust Company
fer safe-keeping, but has been deprived
Of the use thereof through the miscon-
duct of her granddaughter, Katharine
Kintzle.
In order to protect herself in the own
ership of the collateral against any
claim Of her husband. Thomas c. Par
ker. she had the safe deposit box regis
tered In the name Of her granddaughter,
Katharine KintzIe. and the latter exc
cuted q power of attorney giving her
right Of access to the bCx, and she was
provided with q key.
Deposit Boz Empty.
In February last Mrs. Parker's hus-
band died and the trust company refused
to open the box containing her posses
sions She was told that her grand
daughter had, on July 2s, 1898, changed
her name on the company's books from
Katharine Kintzle to Katharine X
Smith. and had also Cancelled the power
Of attorney. and had a new lock placed
on the box
When Mrs Parker explained her posi-
tion the officers Of the trust company
had the box opened in the presence of
witnesses and its contents noted. Mrs.
Parker says she discovered that on the
same day her granddaughter had re-
moved from the box and converted to
her own use the securities it contained
and had then left this country. She vas
last heard of in Paris, France, through
letter received by Mrs. Parker on
March II last, containing 800.
Written by Her Granddaughter.
While this letter was addressed in an
unknown handwriting. Mrs. Parker feels
that it could have been sent by no one
but her granddaughter
Mrs. Parker is sixty eight years old
and has = means Of support while de-
privvG u H. property, which represents
years < sarirs
The court S ashed to decree that Mrs.
Parker is the rightfui v.--N- ef the Sc
curities ard make whatever order may
be necessaTy TO restore them to her The
trust company and the granddaughter
are masls d=fendants to the suit. and the
court {s a:Esd TO order that service OF
suit be maie on the latter by pu5Iica- /
ton
The evening times., 1902-07-23

The Civil Service Commissions bureau
OF Information is the place provided for
doing a wholesale business in questions
and answers. II is or the first floor. and
there is man ready for all questions.
The number OF inQUirers who find their
way there IN q day is frightfuI, and the
range OF qvest!ous would dismay a Phil
Gdelphia lawyer. People who want to
be everything from Secretary OF the
Treasury 10 charwoman and esh-dumEer
20 there 10 find out about IL. The best
talent in the bureau is detailed for that
business
The evening times., 1902-07-23
Mail and Telephone Service.

The $50 rooms Of the hotel will all
be renovated and refurnished. One hun
dred and twenty baths viii be put in.
and every floor viii have all the latest
conveniences n the way Of mail and
telephone service
IN the basement. dropped beneath the
depressed portions Of the new gentle
mems cafe viii be the storage plant
and new electric light plant. Another
cold storage plant will be put in be-
meath the main dining room. Provision
has also been abundantIy made for Iaun-
dry. dynamo, and cellar necessities.
Portions Of the Il Street pavement
have been torn up 20 facilitate he re-
moval OF earth from the former base
ment on that side. When the work is
completed crates and rejecting prism
lights viii be put in the whole length
OF this side of the hotel to brighten the
gentlerien's cafe and other rooms on
tnat floor.
The evening times., 1902-07-23
THE


eando
unlike that produced by other disease
the broken
with blood Scratching
eek 0 when the ichin gtegn
ain
o. infam
The evening times., 1902-07-23
CHEROKEE WON THE
WELTER HANDICAP

LEICESTER, England, July 23.-The
selling Welter Handicap of
200 sovereigns, run here today, was won
by Cherokee, 100 to s, with Lewis up
The evening times., 1902-07-23

which dries and hardens
into scales or bran-like par
ticles, or forms into great
sores or scabs. These
highly inf1ammatory pois-
ons break down the pores
and g1aEds Of the skin, and
cause it 70 harden, crack
and bleed. This is one of
the most inveterate and
painful forms of this disease.
Eczema attacks the head,
face, arms, chest, back, legs
and feet-in fact, any and
every part of the body. It
may come IN sparcely scat
tered patches or break out
III large spots, but whatever
The evening times., 1902-07-23
IMPOSING SHORBHAE
IN Place OF OLD HOTEL
Improvements to Cost $780,
900 Beng Made.
ENTIRE PLAN TO BE CHANGED
Magnificent Lobby 40 by IA Feet
With Marble Columns and Wainscot-
ing-Mural DecoraticnS-Ove1 Hun
dred New Baths-Ladies' ParIor

Rapid progress is being made on the
Shoreham Hotel improvements, which,
when finished. will result in practically
a new hotel fer Washington An ex-
penditure of a $250.00 Will be made. and
every convenience known to modern
hostsIries VIII be introduced.
The entire plan Of the Shoreham is to
progress The old Darterre floor on the
H Street side viii be done away with
entirely, and the space formerly includ-
ed in the two floors there viii be used
in one room of equal height with the
main dining room of the old hotel, and
on the same level. The drug store at
the corner viii be removed, and that
space, with all the rest Of the Il street
side, turned into high ceilinged apart
ments
The former cafes on the level of H
Street viii be sunk beneath these new
upstairs apartments. so that they will
be very much on the style of the New
Willard grill room, and the entrance
viii be in similar fashion, at the cor
Ger Of Z and Fifteenth Streets. On this
lower floor there VIII be also handsome
lavatories. gentlemen's lOUnging quar-
ters, barber shop, and buffet.
Cafes and Music Room.
On the main floor. when the a1tera-
tions are completed. will be ladies'
parlor. at the corner Of H and Fifteenth
Streets. in dimension, u feet square;
next, on the Il Street side, will be the
main cafe Of equal width, and 10S feet
long: next to this a music room. and at
the extreme western end of the n
Street side the ladies' entrance. with
street awning of ornamental design.
Tn former ladies' waiting room on the
Fifteenth Street side will be retained
with improved interior arrangements
The office previously used viii be ex-
tended many feet to the westward form
ing an imposing lobby. 10 by life
on one level, with marble columns,
marble wainscoting. and handsome mo-
safe tile floors The main dining room
at the north end OF the Fifteenth Street
side viii be much enlarged. and will be
adorned with CoTinthian columns and
arches. and ornamental beams.
SWift-running electric elevators will
be installed, four 10 number Two of
these viii be adjacent 10 the main lob
by, and the other Two viii be nearer the
Street entrance Ornamental cleo
treliers will be placed throughout all
these apartments, adding greatly to the
general beauty OF marble, and tile, and
mural work
The evening times., 1902-07-23

the form, or wherever located,
is overheated, is almost unbear;
if a permanent cure is effected.
itching aud burning to some
circulation of the accumulated
irritating eruption disappears,
becomes soft and smooth agaf
Acid type, restoring to the thin
again. All parts of the syste
The evening times., 1902-07-23

Mr- Nimrod Y. Bond occupies one OF
The obscure corners Of the General Land
Office. but he has an important section
Of the public work He keeps the rec
ords Of patents OF the Land Office, and
all the land grants made there go
through his hands. Mr. Bond is q most
pleasant and capable gentleman. and is
one OF the o!d-timeTs in the Office He
is native OF Maryland. and was ap-
pointed % the General Land Office in
1861
The evening times., 1902-07-23
ToRKENTED FOR FIVE YEARS.

The doctors said had pustular Eczeus,
it would break ont in small white pus.
tules. mostly on my face and hands,
disehargiug 4 sticky fluid: crusts would
form and drop of, leaving the Skin red
and iaaamed. I was tornented with ttz
itching and burning characteristic of the
disease for five years, and during tha
time used various nIedicated soaps, oints
1nenrs and washes, but these applications
seemed to make ne worse After taking
S. S. s short ti.-ie began 10 improve:
the itching did not worry me so 1nuch.
( continued the medicine, aad soon aIa
me ugly eruptiors disappeared and my
skin IS now Gs clear as aay5ody's; 7 havs
not been troubled with Il since.
z. e KELLY, Urbana. Q.
The evening times., 1902-07-23

Hr. Fenton Gall. examiner il arith-
metic and bookkeeping for the Civil
Service Commission, has gone 10 his old
home IN Ohio for a short rest.
The evening times., 1902-07-23

NJ. Albert Thomson, of Florida, who
came TO the War Department several
years ago. and who has been transferred
20 the Office Of records and pensions, was
recently promoted by an order Of the
Secretary.
The evening times., 1902-07-23

The Society of Soldiers and Sailors Of
the Government Printing Office will take
an outing on Saturday evening. The
members and their fal lilies viii go on 2
trolley ride to Berwyn and Hyattsville-
At HyattsvilIe there viii be some exer-
eises and refreshments, and Corporal
Tanner viii make an address. This so
ciety is one OF the most fiourishing or
ganizatiOns OF civil war veterans IN the
city.