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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
MONKEY COMMITTED SUICIDE.
So Declares "Bo'sen Bill" of the
Ship Hancock.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL


New York. Feb. 2S-Her masts cut to en-
aple her to pass under the bridge, and with
menagerie Of chattering animals aboard.
tne Hancock entered the New York Navy
yard In the afternoon. In her zoo" are
Two silver gray foxes, two Brazilian cou-
cars, hve monkeys, two armadiiios, four
strange little creatures that seem to he a
cross between the monkey and the squirrel,
and a parrot that talks as necessarily as a
populist. ~ ="
The zoo is in mourning for Swab, chief
OF the monkey mascots, died and was buried
at sea Mrs. Swab. his mate, rather than
i've him, leaped overheard and was
owned Just as Swab's body was consigned
10 It's last resting place IN Davy Jones's
% this tale of the Vastly deep William
d,li, petty officer, known to his mates as
80 sen Bill, shall be the narrator
Swab had been cutting up didoes." said
the DO sen, land had been ordered placed
IN the brig. He broke loose Thursday morn
ing and, eluding the watch, managed to get
INTO the cooks quarters. There he filled I'M
on raw macaroni, and finding nothing In
IN, me way OF grog, quaffed large draught of
dead ie was
wrapped In a hammock ard weighted
win nolystone We bore him to the mort
SIDE OF the ship. Whining quite human like
beside the bearers of her mate. marcheI
N Swab. May never see port again
IL swab's mate didn't jump overheard with
an uncanny yell as we tossed the body TO
Davy.' ~
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
HE TRIED OLD GAME OF
SWINDLIMG IN CALIFORNIA
Alleged Prisoner in Jail With Fair
Daughter Attempted 10 Get Money
From disappearing Persons.

San Francisco, Call, Feb. 2S-Califor-
MIA is IA long way from Spain. but the
reputation If the State as a profitable
field for the operations Of confidence OPP
orators muss have reached the land of the
Dons. Orel III. Goldaracent. the Spanish
Consul in san Francisco, has been invysti-
eating a case In which an attempt had been
made TO fleece Californans. out he has not
yet found any who nave fallen victims to
the scheme.
lie has succeeded, however, in tracing
tine work TO swinuler VINO was driven out
OF Madrid about a year ago wRen the au-
tnorilles learned that ne was engaged IN
criminal operations OF considerable iEagni-
tuue.
The one who Is selected as possible VIC
I'm receives long anu palmetto letter from
~. Juan Cainpiila Pardo, VINO asserts d re-
lationShtp by marriage, stating mat ne was
formerly the secretary ana treasurer o.
Governor General Campos III Cuba, bul lost
ms position wnen Weyler suceeeued Cam
pos.
Being beset by plotting enemies, the writ
or joined the insurgents, anc after The war
returned 10 SPAN secretly to remove MS
young dauShter rom the convent in which
ne had lett ner when he went TO Cupa-
The Spanish Government apprehends him.
coh'icts MN OIL treason ana sentences nm
TO eighteen years Imprisonment IN d fort
ress. he realizes that the end is near but
before he dies ne wlsnes TO make provision
Tor his uaug nter.
When he returned to Spain he had in a
secret compartment OF his trunk cert lied
check tor SlU,0J, but the trunk has been
seized by the Government and hed Tor the
expenses or his trial, amounting to 1901.
lie intends 10 make his will in favor of
the one addressed, and will send directions
Tor locating the check. which Is payable TO
bearer. tie is enabled to correspond with
MS friends through the good omces Of the
prison chaplain.
In time letters are received from the
uaushter ana the chaplain, then a dying
note from the prisoner. After that comes
q long Will, BEAUTIFULLY engIossed IN S.an-
lsh, sealed by notar1es ana duly executed,
leaving one-fourth of all his estate to the
relatives ana the remainder to his daugn-
ter. VINO is 10 be sent to California ana ue-
come the ward Of the beneficiary
letter in mourning envelope from the
daughter announces the death OF the father,
and another from the priest states that it
Will be necessary to send $500 to redeem the
trunk and money enough to pay the pas
sage OF the daughter and her spiritual ad-
wiser TO California.
1t requires several months to unfold the
whole plot, and the strictest secrecy is en-
Joined lest the Government learn OF the
check and coniscate it," The correspond
ence is clever and convincing, but close eN-
shows that the letters are all
written in one hand. disguised TO TIT the
Since his enforced departure from Madrid
the swindler has been operating from Cart
aSena.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

Tnot 0rOWe hdfr In u Single NlSnts
brated observation-disclosures Mt the head of the
great Altenheim Medical pispensary has
just made the startling announcement that
he has produced q compound that grows
hair on any bald head. The doctor makes
the claim that after experiments. taking
years to complete. he has ut last reached
the goal OF his ambition. To the doctor all
not be cured by this remarkable remedy.
truly marvellous. and were 1t not for the
high standing OF the great physician, and
the convincing testimony of thousands OF
citizens all over the country, IL would seem
too miraculous to be true.
There can be no doubt OF the doctors
earnestness in making his claims nor can
his cures be disputed. He does not ask
any man, woman or child to take his or
any one discs word for 1t. but he stands
ready and willing to send free trial pack
ages OF this great hair restorative TO any
Zone who writes to him for it, incloslng
2.cent stamp TO prepay postage. In sim
gle night II has started hair to growing on
heads bald for years. II has stopped fall
ing hair in one hour. 1t never fails, no
matter what the condition, age or sex. Old
men and young men, women. and children,
ali have proflted by the free use OF this
great new discovery. II you are bald. il
your hair Is falling out. or II your hair,
eyebrows or eyelashes ARE thin or short,
write the Altenheim Medical Dispensary,
S5Q2 Fose building, Cincinnati. o.. inclosing
a 2-cent stamp to prepay postage, for a free
package. and in short time you will be en-
tirely restored.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
SENT FREE TO men
A Most Remarkable Remedy That
Quickly Restores Lost Vigor
To Men.
a FREE Trial Package Sent By Mail
10 All Who Write.

Free trial packages of n most remarkable
rsmeoy are being mailed to all who will
write the State Medical Institute. They
cured 20 many men who had battled for
years against the mental and physical suf-
tering OF lost manhood that the Institute
mas oeciced TO distribute free trial packages
70 an VINO write. 1t Is a. home treatment
ana an men who suffer with any form OF
sexual weakness resulting from Youthful
FOLLY. premature loss of strength end mem
osy, weak back, varicocele or emaciation
OF parts can now cure themselves at home.
Inc remedy has a peculiarly grateful ef.
Iect OF warmth and seems to act direct TO
the DESIRED location, giving strength and de-
VeiopmenI just where 1t is needed, 1t cures
all the his and troubles that come from
years OF misuse OF the natural functions.
ana mas peen an absolute success in all
case siss .5 request to the State Medical In
stisute. ~ Elektron building, Fort Wayne,
IND. stating that you desire one of their
free trial Packages will be Complied with
prompt!s The Institute is DESTROYS OF reach
Ing tnat great class of men who are unable
10 leave nome to be treated and the free
sample VIII enable them to see how easy
x ID 70 be cured OF sexual weakness when
the proper remedies are employed. The In
ss,!use maKes no restrictions. Any man who
wntes WI oe sent free sample, carefully
sealed N e plain package so that Its recip-
lent need nave no fear Of ernbarrassment or
papiicity feeders are requested to write
Without delay.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
TEDIOUS JOURNEY OVER SNOW.
Mrs. Schubert Made Severe Trip in
Automobile.

Derby. Conn. Feb. 2s.--Determined that
she would erve her automobile TO New
York. whence 1t is to be shipped to Europe
Mrs. Paul ScnaEert, formecty Mrs. huIGs
w. Blake who has just returned from a
months honeymoon at Palm Beach. set out
on the trip Just after the recent stor>- be-
fore Hny attempt had been made to break
through the snowdrifts in the country
roads.
Mrs. Schubert waa accompanied by her
husband. who did not relish the undertake
Ing. as the mercury lowered about the zero
mark and "A piercing blast was coming from
the Northwest. He tried to persuade his
intrepid wife to abandon tho trip and send
the automobile by train. But Mrs. Schs-
bert stuck brarely to her post.
Where the snow was not more than q
foot deep ehe drove the hiG machine along
at nimble pace, but through the drifts
Progress Was very slow. Farmers along
the route Baxsd in wonder. but rejciced to
see path being made for them.
1t required nearly four hours to cover the
fourteen miles from this city to Bridgeport
the time in which Mrs. Schubert usually
whisks her automobile to New York. and
this circumstance disconnected her TO such
a degree that she consented to turn back
The return journey was still more arduous
for the wind was in their faces The auto
mobile has been. shipped by train.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
DREAM OF DEATH CAME TRUE.
Abner Greenleaf Tells How He Re
covered Friends Body.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Feb. 2S.-Joseph Mathers. u
Waterman on some scows moored in the
Hackensack River at Secaucus N. j., sud-
denly disappeared February 16. Search WIS
made for him In vain. The body was final
" found through a peculiar incident. Abner,
Greenleaf, who had searched persistenGy
for Mathers, says: 4,
II dreamed / saw Mathers attempting to
board one of the scows. from the south side
of the draw of the Hackensack bridge. The
plank on which he walked was covered
struck his head on the corner of the stone
pier. could see the body as II sank to
the bed of the river. After breakfast yes
terday I took an eel spear. visited the spot.
carefully worked the spear around upon the
bed of thel stream. and soon recovered
Mather,s body" 4
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
AGED CHAIR REPAiRER
DIED FROM STARVATION.
August Lnur-ut. IA Mysterious French
man, Never Talked hbout Him
self or His Condition.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Feb. 2S.-With neither food
nor fuel in the house, and too weak to
finish repairing baby carriage he had been
working on. old August Laurent lay down
and died from starvation in his miserable
little shop in No. col East One Hundred and
Eighth street.
Laurent was a Frcnchman. as reticent re-
garding his past life as he was hopeleSsiy
poor He had been there for about two
years5and all that was known of his family
was He had one son in the French Navy
who is in China. and another mill
tary Inspector In the army In Paris. He
never talked about himself or his condition
and was left severely alone. as he wished
to be. He was so years old and feeble. but
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

MISS FLORENCE ANGELINA DAVIS
ALDRICH.
OF New York. who Is said to have been de-
serted by he: husband because her grocery
bill for a month was SO.
ried at once, and would not stow a bride
away in some nat. but install her, into u
nice, new home. which she could call her
own. Out in the West! There young men
grow up with the country. What viii be-
come of her? Yours truly,
r. NJ. scHoLTz.
Cedar Rapids. La.
Il am afraid all men are alike now" said
Mrs. Aldrich. Il married in December, and
a month later my husband had left me be-
cause my grocery bin was too nigh / don't
think | viii even discuss the offer Mr..
scholtz makes. | am not anxious to take
any more chances"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

heads Of the plunging, kicking horses,
Inc prostraIe horse was got on ITS feet and
the landau pushed back. Meenwhile Under
Mood ana Dorsey had been helped into the
Morton House. An ambulance was sent
Tor and both men were taken to the New
York Hospital. The policeman Is suffering
severely from shocA, whrle dorsey has a
scalp wound.
The cross-town car contained several pas-
senSers. but none was injured. There was
no one in the coach
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

to keep warm until overcome with hunger
and exhaustion.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

The above photograph Of Miss Frances Marie
Knowltob shows what care, persistence and good
hair nvigorating tonic will do in the way Of pro-
dueing hair This little girl has had Danderine
applied to her hair and scalp regularly ever since
she was three months Of age, with the result that
she now has the longest and most bcautifi: head
Of hair ever possessed by a child Of her age.
Frances Marie is the daughter Of Dr.. Z. W. Knowl-
ton the dscoverer Of Danderiue, eeo Garfield boul.
Chicago. The doctor says that her hair continues
to grow very rapidly and he is sure it will be long
enough to touch she floor when she stands erect BY
the time she is four years old.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

Miss Sarah MacComb, whose hair
touches the floor when she stands erect,
says: my hair would not reach below
my waist when / commenced using
Danderine, and it is now over five feet
in length" (Look at her beautiful
hair and judge for yourself whether or
not she got the worth of her money!
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01

Miss May Densmore. now the longest
haired lady in the world. says: Il have used
your Danderine two years. and my hair has
grown over an inch in length every month
since commenced lis use. 1t surely con-
tains most remarkably insigorating quali-
ties" miss Densmore writes US under re-
cent date that Dandcrine had made her hair
grow three feet longer than it was naturally.
and is still growing.)
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
I" ] Grow Hair
In One Night. :"
Famous Doctor Chemist Has Dis
covered a Secret Compound That
Grows Hair on Any Bald Head.
his Startling Announcement, Accom-
panied by Absolute Proof of Won.
derful Cures, Causes Doctors
to Marvel and Stand
Dumfounded.
The Dfscoverer Sends Free Trial
Packages to All Who Write.

After half century spent in the labora-
tory, crowned with high honcrs for his
many world-famous discoveries, the cele-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
The Club Against the Home.

Club Life VS.. Home Life" was the
subject chosen by Rev. George White
man from which he recently delivered
a sermon in Buffalo, n. Y, He re-
ferred to the late tragedies in that
CITY, and drew a lesson from them
that should be remembered. Recent
events, he said, nave revealed the gay
irreligious life which many of But
falo'S more prosperous people live.
There is growing godleSSness among
many well to do persons. The type
of depravity among persons in the
higher circles is nften worse than IN
the slums of the city. This gay god
less way Of living often manlfests
itself in what is spoken of Us club
life. I admit that clubs differ in their
aims, but believe that that which is
mechanically called club life is oppos.
ed to the interests of the individual,
of the church and the nation. In re-
ferring specially to the Burdick MUIR
der he said "a murder is committed u
our city and two divorce cases are
revealed" These he said, have some
relation to club life. This is an aw-
full condition but the facts warranted
the charge. He closed by saying.
America is fast following in the steps
of the old Roman empire, the home IS
deSpised: children are an encumbrace:
a poodle dog is OF more value than
a baby. Wealth and pride consume
the life blood of the. nation and aristo-
cratic weakness saps democratic
vigor.'' This is a true Indictment,
and unless such warnings as these are
needed our country will perish as did
the great Roman empire did. Thought
less people will refer tu Mr.. Wideman
as a calamity bowler, but he is not.
He sees things as they are, and ne mas
the courage to denounce the sins OF
those who are rich and occupy a con-
spicious pla ;e in the public eye. The
hope of this great country IS fearless
ministry and an incorruptible press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
Shaky ESpe Bridges.

in the wilds Gf South America many
rope bridges exist. and in writing Of
them a trayler, who published through
Messrs. LSSgmans The Great Noun
tains and forests of South America,
says: There being no trees here. such
bridges as were necessary were usual.
u constructed Of a couple of ropes
stretched across Il chasm. upon which
was snread a rough kind Of Mating
made Of plant brushwood or Il sort Of
rush. Such bridges swung about fear
fully and cracked under the foot as if
about to give way. OftenI held my
breath while passing such a bridge,
momentarily expecting the rotten con-
trivance to part in the middle. There
was plenty of evidence in the skeletons
Of horses and mules Oh the rocks be-
low that accidents not infreQuently oc-
Cured, but was assured that not
many men We're lost which. Of course.
was an exceedingly comforting assur-
ance, especially as noticed that the
guides were careful TO see that either
l or George was the first to cross
these confounded structures. At one OF
these places we saw on the rocks 300
feet below the skull and bones of two
men who had been lost about eight
years before"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
The Human Body.

a French chemist, of particularly
inquiring turn, says the Medical
Journal. has determined by expert
ment that the body Of an average
man, of about so kilos, has all the
chemical elements represented in the
yolk and white of twelve hundred or
dinary sZedzeggs Of the common hen:
Properl% reduced, such body would
furnish 96 cubic metres of gas and
sufficient hydrogen to till Il balloon
with an a-;cenSional force Of 20 kilos.
Normally, the human body contains
iron sufficient to make seven large
nails. fat for thirteen candles, car
bon for sixty-fve gross Of pencils,
phosphorus to tip eight hundred and
and twenty thousand matches: to-
gether with the constituents OF salt,
tifty-nine Jumps OF sugar and forty
two litres of water. Would it not be
we'll to use some of our surplus popu-
lation to these ends. Let us diver
sity our industries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
A Heaven on Earth.

The ancient mogul buildings in the
palace Of the kings Of Delhi are mar
wells Of beauty. Two Of these = the
Diwan-;-a,n, or hall Of public audience,
and the Diwan-i-kl:aS. CT hall Of prl-a
rate audience-were built by the En-
porar Shah Jahan about two and a
la:f centuries ago. when the mogui
style cf architecture had reached its
nio.;t decorative period. The smaller
CT i....c two, the Diwan-i-khas. is fa-
nous for its jewel-like finish. and it Is
round the walls Of this apartment that
the Persian inscription runs, eff there
is a heaven on earth, it is this" The
larger hall contains the great mogul
throne. Both buildings are Of marble
inlaid with designs in precious stones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
A Irving Moment.

She was a nice little cousin from the
country, and she had come to city
luncheon given by some swell friends,
says New York paper. She was hay
ing beautiful time and chatting away
merrily when the salad course came
on. and the butler passed small
cream cheese. 1t was on a dolly placed
on a fat plate, and silver knife lay
by it.
The country cousin was busy tGlhng,
and without an instant's hesitation she
took the plate, cheese end all, and set
It down by her own salad plate. The
butler gave a decorousiy repressed
start of horror, the other guests began
to talk very fast and the little cousin
suddenly approaching what she had
done, turned scarlet and sat and gazed
at that cheese in dumb agony and
wished she could die then and there.
But the hostess, who sat by her, said,
gently putting the action to the word:
"Do let me cut you piece OF the
cheese"
And then the plate was passed on,
and everybody began to breathe once
more. But the cousin didn't speak
again for ten minutes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
Insurance Ha. IT'S Rumor.

An enterprising insurance agent in
duced an Irishman to take out an acci-
dent policy for his wife. A few days
later while conyersing with friend in
his Office he was startled to see the
Irishman rush in, brandishtng fercely
a stout cane.
''Ye rascalw he yelled, springing to-
ward the agent. aye wanter cheat
me?'
Fortunately the enraged man was
disarmed and held fast by the agents
friend, who was a powerfully built
man. The Irishman, struggling to get
free, shouted:
''Let me git at the spalpeen! Think
ov It, chargin' me foiye dollars fer an
acshident ticket fer me ole woman, an
she jest broke her leg a-fallin' down
shtairs! Wot's the good Of the ticket
anyhow
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
Snakes Waste Little Time Eating

Snakes Waste Little Time Eating.
a serpent will so for weeks. somcT
times even for months without feed
ing. Then it may take three rabbits or
ducks, one after the other, at 4 single
meal and afterward become torpid
while digestion proceeds. When, after
a sufficient period Of fasting. it gets
disposed to eat and rabbit happens to
be introduced into its cage. it may
plainly be seen that the rabbits pres
ence is quickly noticed by it. The
snake will begin to move slowly about
till it has brought its snout opposite the
rabbits muzzle. Then, in an instant, it
will seize the rabbits head in it's
mouth, simultaneously ceiling its pow
erful body around it and crushing it
to death at once.
The action is so instantaneous that 1t
Is impossible for the rabbit to suffer.
Certainly it can suffer no more than
when killed by poulterer. The snake
does not Immediately uncoil its folds,
but continues for time to hold its VIC
tim tightly embraced, sometimes rock
ing itself gently to and fro. Then it
slowly unwinds It's huge body and once
more takes the rabbits head in its
mouth and swallows it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25
Snaed of the Pulse.

The rate Of puLsation depends entire
" on the movements Of the heart, each
beat representing contraction OF the
left yentricle. The normal pulse OF the
adult male varies from sixty TO eighty
beats in the minute. The range OF the
individual variation Is, however, very.
great. The range In females is even
greater, some having a pulse rate or
over eighty. others less than sixty, the
majority showing a higher rate than
males.
In children the rate Is more frequent:
At birth, 12S to IA; first year, l2O to
1870; at sixteen years. ninety. IN oio
ace the pulse is usually above seventy
two but often also between fifty and
sixty. The pulse rate is higher In short
than tall persons and also varies some,
what with the time Of day, independent
Of meals and movement, diminishing IN
the forenoon, rising in the afternoon,
sinking during the night and rising IN
the morning. Habitual pulse rates be-
low ffty-six and as low as forty-six
have been observed in healthy adults,
but they are rare exceptions. We know
Of no case on record Of a healthy pulse
so low as thirty.