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Newport daily independent., 1904-01-22

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Newport daily independent., 1904-01-22

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  For sale at Duttons Drug Store.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

as low as SO for the season. That is what
l pay here. My living-tent is Is by 30, the
canvas cost SIS and the flooring. SIS, The
canvas for the octagon-shaped kitchen
made the tents myself on an ordinary
sewing machine. They stand me $50. all
told. you see. They last me four years,
making the annual cost for tents sl2. To
moving in and out; so the net annual cost
of the camp is A1. a very small bill for
any tuberculosis expert treatment.
the floors should b raised two feet from
the ground. should be made OF good
matched boards. The tents should have
walls FIVE feet high. should have plenty
Of windows. and. most important Of all.
should have ventilation at the top. AS to
furnishing. 1t is entirely a matter of taste.
Couches or iron beds may be used and
partitions at night make dressing-rooms.
VIEWS ON CONTRACTION.
IT am glad to say that / have found
consumption to he not contagious. OF
course. We take all reasonable precau-
tons, but no extraordinary ones. The chill
careful examination of them was made the
other day. There has been a great deal
too much scare about the '~contagion' as
pect of tuberculosis.
In one place where we camped for a
hummer town near here-a neighbor
feared US because W. were c~onsumptives.
He actually tried to prevent US from
a petition. got forty or fifty of the neigh
bors to sign 1t and presented II to the
State Board Of Health. to have us re-
moved.
"Wt take care in the matter of diet. Of
course. We eat very little meat; vegeta-
bles. fruits. nuts. milk and eggs are best.
We take plenty Of exercise. not severe ex-
ercise. but Of the steady. easy kind that
goes with a days work. We stay in the
sunlight as much as possible. for sunlight
itself Is a germicide. We go to bed soon
after II is dark. and rise very early"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
$4,000 TO OLD employees.
Baltimore Company Shows Ap-
probation of Their Services.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Baltimore, Nov. 5.-As a reward for
many years of faithful service the Oldest
employees of the Weems Steamboat Com
pany will receive $4,000 Of the s1.o0o.0O
paid for the company's property by the
new syndicate Of Northern capitalists.
This money has been turned over to Mr..
Henry Williams. president Of the Weems
Company, to be distributed as he deems
best.
The suggestion was made by Mrs. viii.
Hams, wife of ex-President Williams, and
Mrs. Matilda Forbes. the principal owners
of the stock. and Mr.. Williams brought
the matter before the Board of Directors.
cided that ss5.So would be a suitabIe
amount.
Among those who will receive part of
the money are Captain James Gourley and
Henry S. Beale. who are the Oldest en-
ployes Of the company IN point Of service.
Captain Gourley is commander of the
steamer ST. Marys. and the senior captain
company for more than half a century.
longer than any other man in its employ.
Mr.. Beale has been with the company for
more than thirty-eiRht years. and is at
present general manager.
The names of several others who win be
beneficiaries of the fund were mentioned
by Mr.. Williams. Captain D.. N. Davis.
was u soldier in the Confederate Army.
and entered the employ of the company
shorty after war. Captain James Bur-
roughs of the steamship Lancaster has
been In the service for about thirty years.
Among the Oldest pursers are John Dare
of the steamer Middlesex. and Thomas
Gourley of the St Marys. brother of Cap
tain Gourley. Both have been with the
company for more b a thirty-1ve years.
Thomas Moran Is perhaps the oldest en-
gineer as regards length of service. hav-
ing been with the Weems Company for
over thirty years.
There are many others who have been
In the employ of the Weems Company for
fifteen, twenty and twenty-five years, and
these. too, will b compensated by gener-
Gus slices from the $4,000 lump.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

Haggin OF New York. She took a thor
ough course in navigation. Ten years g
she and her husband sailed a long honey
moon cruis.. during which they had a.!
sorts of experiences. and the Countess was
left by the Count in actual of
their yacht.
A woman who pilots a boat on the Mis-
sississippi and now support herself was
the second to be granted a masters IL
cense. Miss Susan DE Forest Day. daush-
ter of the late Judge Henry Day OF New
T. Parker of No. II East Fifty-seventh
street. was the next to receive the coveted
certificate.
Captain Susan Day converted the tramp
steamer Scythian into a yacht fit for a
fairy and took command OF the boat with
the calm assurance of a tried skipper.
her sea life. but she built up physically
under the beneficent influence of the good
sat air. She furthermore published her
travels. which she picturesquely wrote In
log form.
CAPTAIN SUSAN DAY.
Captain Day was a graduate Of Captain
Patterson's institution. She navigated the
scythian all over the world and enjoyed
many adventures I'm chimes both hot and
woman navigator in history.
Miss Carrie B.. Hunter of Snow Hill,
Md. was granted a license by the Local
timore. There IS also a woman on the
Ohio River who S3rns her living by twiri-
ing the spokes and is a master mariner.
Mrs. Robert Goelet Is the holder OF q d.
ploma from the New York Nautical Col
lege. but rot a licensed master. She IS an
expert navigator. Mrs. Howard Gould.
another of Captain Patterson's pupils. had
intended to face an examination for a
Government license. but for some reason
has not done so.
Miss Morgan of Philadelphia. who is en-
titled to be addressed as Captain Morgan.
studied two years before she passed the
written and oral quiz of r. A. Sargent.
the local chief inspector at Philadelphia
Her certificate reading for .'all oceans is
the highest mark Of navigating skill. To
obtain a certificate 1t IL necessary to have
sailed as one of the navigating officers of
a vessel on deep sea or coastwise trips.
Miss Morgan had fulfilled this requirement
by having had several years practical ex-
perience on her fathers yacht. the Wal
turus. As a master mariner Miss Morgan
is empowered to take of any
vessel from a coasting trader to an ocean
liner.
NOTED YACHTSWOMEN.
Mrs. Hem. wife Of Lieutenant Hem of
the Galatea: Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin. Mrs.
George Gould, Mrs. Lucie Carnegie, wife
of tile late Thomas Carnegie and sister-in-
law of Andrew Carnegie, sometimes called
the dean of American yachtswomen: Mrs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
IRA sANKEY TO GO SOUTH.
Family Fear the Cold Will Prove
Too Severe for Him.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, Nov. 5-Fearful of the effects
of the Northern winter, the relatives of Ira
D. Sankey. famous singer of gospel songs,
are preparing to hurry him to the South.
in. the hope that his life nay be pro-
longed..
II rave just had a letter Prom mother"
said Allen l. Sankey. Of No. 1853 Park place:
Brooklyn, ''and we have decided to send
fathe to the South. We hope the warmer
breezes may preserve him to US. He is now
up the State. Just where I do not care. to
have published. because he is so sensitive.
We have hoped that his eyes would i'm
prove. but I may now say that he Is blind.
He will never see again.
In his decline the knowledge that he is
blind forever depresses him. He who sang
in front Of thousands now shrinks from
the gaze of sympathetic friends. In Sc
Occasionally In the evening on the pleas
ant countryside the notes of an old hymn
awake q memory. Then the wandering rus
tic hears again. as with an old world echo.
the o OF ."sThe Ninety and Nine" It is
Sankey singing his old favorite. Then the
venerable singer seems to forget his blind
ness.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
HEART IS ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
Worcester Youth Is Found to
Have Organs Transposed.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Worcester Mass, Nov. 5.-Local physi-
clans are much interested in Felix Brodeu
of No. 2 Austin street, whose heart is on
his right side. He has been examined by
E. W. Wilder, physical director of the Y.
n. C.. A. M by Doctor n. L McClusky.
Brodeur will be q years old in January.
Why his life blood should throb through
his heart on the right side Brodeur could
not tell, nor could the professional men
who have examined him..
When he used to tell his companions
that his heart was beating on the right
side they wo1ld laugh at him, although
they could feel the beat there distinctly
and could not note any pulsations on the
left side.
The freak condition has not affected Bro
deur in any way. He eats well and says
he has never been Ill enough to need a
physician.
Mr.. Wilder examined Brodeur at the
Young Mems Christian Association as he
does every man and boy who is allowed
the privileges of the gymnasium.
During the examination" said Mr.. Will
der. Il tried to find out the condition of
his heart and lungs. and in using my
stethoscope was astonished to find that
his heart was not in its normal posi-
ton"
Mr.. Wilder said he noticed that Erodeur
had a smile on his face. and when he got
over toward the right side. where the
hear Is, the youth said. II guess you
will find It over there"
Mr.. Wilder was amazed to find the apex
beat about one and a half inches to the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
HAVE VOTED EVERY
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Parent and Son, From The Time Of
Washington. Have Voted Their
Ballots "Straieht."
SPECIAL.

= bL1 81 I|SiAA.
Unionport. Pa. Nov. San unbroken
record of father and son having voted for
every Democratic candidate for President
from the beginning of the Government up
to the present time is perhaps held by no
other living man h a Joseph Hayden,
aged % years. of this place. who Will on
November 8 support the Democratic can
dfdate for the eighteenth time in a presl-
Dental election and making a browning
record Of father and son voting in thirty
different ~quadrcnnial elections. extending
over the entire history of the United
States Government, from George Wash
ington to Alton b. Parker.
This aged Democrats father. John Hay
den. was a Revolutionary soldier, and
from the beginning of political parties In
the e United ,hs States T ;c.s a pemoe ths f and
election. in 1923. up to his death. July q.
1896. the same year that his son. Joseph,
was first old enough to vote In " nresi-
Dental election. and thus carry forth IN
interrupted the record OF Democfat.r sot-
IT have always found reasons enough
for s1 JDpepS Eax the D nsms .Sa,f tie ao 70
again this year. ! ave never believed in
a tariff. No poor man ought to vote for
a tarln-that is good Democratic doctrine.
paigns / have never regretted my support
of the Democratic standard bearers.
MY father had twelve sons who lived
to be old enough to vote, and we received
Democratic teaching at home In the time
Of Andrew Jackson. n my brothers and
myself started as a full dozen of Demo-
cratic voters, though two of m brothers
afterwards Joined opposition parties. ]
was a great admirer of "Old Hickory"
and 1t was always a regret of mine that 1
was not old enough to vote when he was
running for President
But / started as a voter in 1866 by sup
porting Martin Van Buren,. and I have
never since missed an election and have
voted for Polk. Cass. Pierce, Buchanan,
B~reckinridge, Mcclellan. Seymour. Gree
.ey. Tilden. Hancock. Cleveland and Bry-
vote for Judge Parker. and I hall con-
tinue to vote the Democratic ticket as
long as / live"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
SIX WOMEN HAVE
SEAMEN'S LICENSES
Miss Jane Morgan of Philadelphia
Last to Secure Master Mari
ners Certificate.
SHE is NOW A CAPTAIN.
Countess Festetics. Mrs. Thorn.
dixie Parker and Miss Carrie
Hunter Are Also Enti-
tied to Be So Called.
REpUBLIc SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Nov. 5-The success of Miss
lane Morgan. daughter of Randall Morgan
of Philadelphia, in pursuing her studies in
navigation to the practical point where
she recently passed a successful examina-
ton before the local United States steam
vessel inspectors. and was granted a mas
ter mariners certificate, good for all
oceans. has directed attention once more
to the subject of full-f1edged women skip
pers.
Not counting the y~achtswomen of Amer
lea and Europe. Of whom there are many
wealthy and prominent examples. Captain
Howard Patterson of the New York Maui
teal College. Nos. 1870 and 1872 Water street.
says there are only. six women in the
world holding masters licenses.
The first woman to get a commission
from the United States Government as
sailing master was the Countess Festetics
de Toima, the wife Of Count Festetics Of
California. and daughter of MI. and Mrs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
At Melrose Highlands There Is a
Camp Arranged Specially
to Be Airy.
MALADY'S ADVANCE STOPPED.
Man Tells of Losing His First
Wife by tuberculosis and Now
He Is Trying to Save
His Second.
REPUBIlC SPECIAL.

REPUBIIC SPECIAL.
Boston. Nov. 5.-Iiving in tents at Mel
rose Highlands is a family which Is Sue
cessfully fighting consumption.
Everything about the camp has been
thought out with regard TO the necessity
for air. plenty of air, fresh air all the
time. The peak OF the tent is open. with
wcatherflaps secured by halliards leading
down inside. Windows arc cut in the side
walls of canvas. and these are not glazed.
but Hlled With mosquito netting.
The Kitchen tent contains a range, an
oil stove for use when the heat of a range
is not needed. an ice chest and a mixing
table. Water is piped to within fifty feet.
and a trapped sink drain leads to a cess
pool. No housewife in the cottages whose
roofs, can be seen all around on the lower
slopes of the hill has been half so COM
Portable this summer. cooking in a hot
X..caen. as the tent jewellers on the crest
II lost my wife and two children six
teen years ago from tuberculosis says
the proprietor of tho camp, simply be-
cause I didn't know. They had the best
ordinary remedies then prescribed for con-
SUM sui,,p,s,o or,s liver sr oil hyPopi,osphites,
der care they could have did not save
them. The doctors finally said, Well. you
k;toH. 1t Is consumption. and that is in
curablc.'
HOW A GIRL WAS SAVED.
rISnt years & i ran a boys camp
on Lake Winnipesaukee. A girl Of Is
came to the camp suffering from con-
sumption. She had been given up by her
doctors. who said she might as well die
al Tho lake as anywhere. n told her to
have as good a time as possible during
the three months allotted to her. She
took. no medicines. but in eight weeks
gained fourteen pounds. Later, she spent
n year under a doctors care, but made no
perceptible gain. She is living with us
here now, and has made good progress
each NM II I had known how to
treat consumption and had got this case
earlier In Its progress i could have cured
her entirely.
-Four years ago my second wife de-
yeloped tuberculosis. She lived four
months in the State sanitarium In Rut-
land. Since then she and all Of US have
lived In tents from the first of May to
the first Of November each year. My twin
YOUNGSTERS have never spent a summer
indoors.
my wife Is practically cured: the other
case has benefited 80 much from outdoor
life that her relatives will not believe now
that she is afflicted.
The expense Of this sort Of life need rot
be great. There are plenty of hilltops
round about Boston within reach by, a
scent ride, where ground can be rented
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

Sarah Drexel Falls. Mrs. George Lewis,
Miss Eloise L. Breese. an associate MEM
Der of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht
gan. Mrs. E.bridge T. Gerry and her
daughter: Mrs. L. D. Morgan. Miss Coralie
Coudert. Mrs. Almeric Paget. Mrs. Penn
and many OF the I~oveliest women of King
Edward Wis court. and the Princess Bat
tenberg of Germany are ideal Yachts
women. clever at handling one or more
types of craft but are co-licensed navi-
gators.
Seven women are now entitled to fly
the burgee of the New York Yacht Club.
being enrolled as flag members. namely
Mrs. Charles Thorndfke Parker. formerly
Miss Susan De Forrest Day: Mrs. Robert
Goelet. Mrs. A. s. Van Wickle. Mrs. L. C.
Carnegie. Miss Eloise L. Breese, Miss
Alfalfa w. Thayer Inc Mrs. Hervey de
Blois Gibson
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

right of the right nipple and about half an
inch below. He said.
Il later discovered tina his liver and
stomach We're o the other side OF the
body from that on which they Usually
arc. The liver is on his left side and the
stomach on the right side. Thus his en-
tire internal riga are turned round"
Mr.. Wilder says that Brodeur's case il
the second of the kind he has found in his
experience extending over seventeen years.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
skeleton stop. Dreaser.

Alameda, CAL, Nov. ga portion Of a
human skeleton Vas recovered from the
estuary in q most peculiar manner. being
drawn through the pump OF the dredger
Alameda shore and about $50 feet west Of
the foot Of Chestnut street
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
Lonesome: Called Fire Department

Lonesome; Called Fire Department..
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Lima. o.. Nov. ST was lonesome and
wanted company" was the excuse given
by Jesse c. Winegardner. when he called
the two city Fire Departments out Of bed
at 3 o'clock in the morning for a two
mile run to the outskirts.
Winegardner was ~adjudged insane and
sentenced to the Toledo Hospital. He is
married and has a family.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
Are You Weak?|
- - l
Read this Letter from Geo. 8. Beck
The WORKOUT Mans Best Friend"

Dear Brother: Please give me your attention while
I tell you OF the Great Nerve Food and Tonic th.e
cured me years ago when l, Ike you, lacked the "
tAlity and strength withou, which a person b = man
only in name: and which has brought Strength. vigus
and Vitality to more than 6oocoo "xhaustsd men
since / first started in business in this city SIX ysars
ago. This greatest Of all Mems Remedies 10
BEcN'S W0HDER. w0RHElS FOR Mn.
Its myriad and wonderful cures has built for h much
the largest maiLordcr medical business IN the world:
and TO any man who is weak where perfect men are
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sacred honor as a man, thxs l do not believe there 10
a case Of Nervous Debility. Varieoce]e, Kidney ns,
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on Garth (no matter what the cause, Of how Ioag
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Simply used at home, or At your WORK, one tablet at
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cents. Please ma,ion tbs popsr, the publisher q
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Assuring you that the use OF my Wonder-W0fk-
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I am sincerely your friend, GEORGE s. BECK,
1916 MAIN ST.. SPRINGFIELD, ONO
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

W8s WubCn 0noWu tueb tuo
lee41e4y 11seaoe 3 coming. Il viii cost o
1tas . ~ u csssd. esnd no money-en
Evening journal., 1904-08-10
WORK STARTED TODAY
/. ON NEW FREIGHT HOUSE
Proposed Building Will
Simplify the Handling OF
Merchandise

After much talk regarding the new
freight house of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, work was started this morning
on the new building at Third and Pine
streets and when completed the build
ing viii be one containing many adj
vantages.
The structure win be 40 feet wide and
272 feet long. IL viii be two stories
high at the Pine street end. The Sec
ond floor will be devoted to the offices
for the chiefs and clerks. The new
building will be usde solely to handle
the bound freight while the present
house viii be utilized for storing mer-
chandise billed to people in this city.
The plan has been carefully thought
out BY the superintendent of the local
freight department. j. F. Casperson.
and viii simplify the handling question
greatly.
The freight yards now along Third
street viii be removed and the space
between the main tracks and the Chris
tiana between Third and Fourth street
will be converted into a freight yard.
Evening journal., 1904-08-10
SCENIC OUTING TRIPS.
Majestic NIAGARA Falls.

Niagara Falls is one of natures mas
terpieces Of scenery and few ever visit
ed it without an earnest desire to re-
visit il again and again. 1t seems inn
possible to realize the wondrous beauty
and strength of the falls and rapids at
first and the more you gaze at IT, the
more its majestic grandeur impresses
you
Formerly many visitors were satis-
fed with viewing the falls only. to
view the rapids requiring greater out
lay of strength and time than many
could stand, but in these days Of cleo
trio roads the visitors miss considerable
enjoyment If they omit the ride by the
Great Gorge Route to Lewiston.
Near the cantilever bridge the deer
sullen waters which from the falls
above are thus far smooth and un-
broken enter the narrow confines OF the
gorge and begin their descent to the
whirlpool. they have been moving
slowly in solemn smoothness as though
resting after their terrific leap and
here rise like maddened horses and
with irresistible force are suddenly
lashed into fury indescribable.
The special ten dollar ten day Mag
ara Falls excursions via Philadelphia &
Reading-Lehigh Valley Route. Aug
.ust 90, September 8 and Is. and Oc-
tober give those desirous Of visiting
the fails a fine opportunity at the mini
mum cost. Excursion tickets good go
ing on train leaving Reading Terminal
Philadelphia $50 a. m. or its connection
and good to return within ten days on
any train. only ten dollars
For particulars as 70 stop-offs and
other privileges, rates from other
points, etc, consult ticket agents OF
address Edison y Weeks, General Pas
senger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa.