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Secrets of a spook House.

The former chief female wrath of
New York spoot house. otherwise known
as an emporium for spritualistic mani
festations, has sued her erstwhiie boss
Tor S25, 0G0 for alleged defamation OF caar-
acter. incidentally she wEs exposed some
of the secrets of the boss of the spooks.
The plaintiff is Mrs. Harriet e. Strick-
land and the defendant Is the Rev. d."
Hugh r. Moore, medium who has
place in West Thirteenth street. Mrs.
Strickland went TO Moore when she was
sixteen wears old and became q spook
NJ 81 a week. Another of the spirits
is a barkeeper, as was formerly Moore
himself; another was formerly an eleva-
tor man in a department store; third
was a cash girl in the same store; one Is
the servant girl of the Moores, Niobe and
Irna, We're pressed into the service ct
every seance held at the spool house.
Five materlalizatons are held regular
" each week at 81 for each person adj
mitted. Sunday nights the regular SER
vices Of the First Church of Progressive
Spiritualists is held at Berkeley lyceum
at % cents each Friday nights broad
light seance is given at the spook house
in West thirteenth street. This cost the
investigator 30 cents. All this money went
to Moore personally.
All went well with Mrs. Strickland IN
her role of spook for several years, Some
times she was sixty spooks at a single
ssance. one minute long dead sister
and the next larented wife. She might
have been spook vet II Robert Grove.
a hard-headed Scotchman had not come
TO one of the seances in search of the
spirit of his sister. Mrs. Strickland filed
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Fraunces Tavern,

The public will be relieved to learn that
there is to be no saloon in the recon-
structed Fraunces tavern. Instead of a
saloon a cafe ia to be installed on the
first floor by the Sons of the Revolution,
who now have charge of this historic
building.
This organization found the structure
In badly decayed state and undertook
to rebuild it. Rebuilding the structure
has not been an easy task. No authentic
pictures of the tavern-as 1t stood in the
days when it was the rendezvous of the
merchants of New York, or later still.
when it witnessed the parting council of
when its walls echoed the laughter of
the gambling, dashing British officers,
and even later. when 1t witnessed the
parting council of George Washington
and his generals-were extant 1t was
necessary for the committee charged with
drawing up suitable schemes for its re-
construction to gain an Idea of the orig
inal building by studying its appearance
today and filing in the blanks by
general study of colonial architecture.
Now. it is promised by the society that
when it is finished 1t will be in a man
ner exactly similar to the way 1t looked
when General Washington dined there,
and that it will have a permanent solid
ity it has lacked in recent years.
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Tobacco deadens the brain, stupeiies the
conscience, ruins the affections brings
the beast to the surface Most tobacco
users are the last ones in the race for
success. Business men nowadays are
looking around for men and boys who are
not tobacco slaves-for clear-headed,
strong-nerved helpers, who can be relied
on.
1t takes only ten minutes for tobacco
to change the beats of the heart. To
keep it UP is to tempt death by heart
disease, nervous collapse, tobacco can
Ger, and stomach liver or kidney dis
ceases.
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Easy to Quit Is a positive. absolute
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effects and it stops the habit to stay
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from the noble thought behind

tract from the noble thought behind
the deed.
One may read between the lines of the
will the pure devoted life led by the
little mademoiselle. Here is what a life
long friend says of her.
"She was intensely religious.
throughout her life she maintained
the Sabbath as a day of worship, re-
fusing to ride on street cars, or to un-
dertake anything in which the labor of
others was required save the bare ne
cessities of living. I have met her many
Sundays walking from Seventy-third
street to her church. She always walked.
even to her last years, for UP to tho
time of her death she enjoyed splendid
health and had wonderful vitality.
The development of her work was in
teresting to an observer. At first the
teacher of French-of all that was pure
and best of the French language, life
and traditions-her one thought was of
pity Tor the classes of her own people
who She believed had sunk low. AS she
grew older and became more part Of
America and Americans and realized the
influence Of the French upon this coun-
try she attempted in her way to combat
1t. both by teaching and aiding and adj
vlsing charity work. She forever depre-
Gated the French novel as 1t has been
known for a hundred years as one OF the
coarsest Of influences, and she inoculated
her own horror OF it into the minds of
the hundreds of children of cultured fam
lilies whom 1t was her good fortune to
teach. She used to tell me that she be-
The French on America could be eliminated
the French on America culd be eliminated
best by getting at the seat of the moral
, disorder, and she framed her will with
this idea as her sole thought. bequeath-
/ -. II.
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THE WEEKS TALK
IN NEW YORK CITY
Something About the Blind and
What They Have Done
A MAGAZINE FOR THEM
Exposure OF spook House Secrets.
Frances Tavern Being Rebuilt.
Woman Leaves Money to
Improve Morals.
BY sEWELL HAGGARD.

New York March (spesiaL)-The
first number of the "Matilda ziesler
Magazine for the Blind" has just come
from the press. 1t is an interesting pub
location, but more interesting perhaps
from the fact that it calls attention to
a most interesting people We no longer
look upon the blind with pity. We look
upon them with admiration. \ woman
who takes a leading part in the work
on their behalf said in L speech in this
city the other day:
II believe that II Is not much of an
eXaggeration to say that the blind can
40 anything that we let them, but paint
a picture. and 1 have often said that
they could excel in artistic expression
the work of some Of our impressionists.
Helen Keller, the little Alabama girl
is perhaps the most eloquent example
of the happy and helpful lives that the
blind may lead. She has often said. and
she believes it, that to be blind is to
see the bright side of life.
History has proved that all the pllnd
want Is an opportunity. There are blind
professors. editors, judges, Il postmaster
general, d yacht builder, poets, phiio-
ophers, sculptor and even actors
"Oedipus" has been played with blind
men in the leading part.
The sculptor referred to Vas one OF
the best known sculptors OF animals. The
postmaster general was Fawcett OF Eng
land. who was said 10 keep an eye on
every detail when he was in office. Mae
terlnck declares that the classic author
ity on bee culture apicure was written
by Francois Huber. a blind man.
There are any number OF successful
blind men in this country. At least two
run newspapers In this city and Heres
hoff. the president of the company that
builds our cup defenders, is blind. 1t
was a British admiral who said to a
New Yorker.
England Will not carry off the Gun
from you; England will not again be mis-
tress of the seas until that blind Ameri-
can stops using his ten eyes
And the list of the successful and rev.
cred blind would not be complete with
out the name of Homer and Milton.
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Trial Package Sent Free to Prove It,

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them right now. Next week you may
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You can get rid of them just in time
nv taking Stuart's Calcium Waters.
These wonderful little workers have
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They contain as their main ingredient
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Remember this, too. that most pimpe
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DAYS after.
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Stuart's Calcium WATERS will make you
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Ne want to prove to you that Stuarts
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school should by all means have a SWIM
ming pool The reason for this is that
blind persons naturally stoop and the po-
sltion of swimming rectifes this tend
ency as it is impossible to swim very
far with the head under water Few
blind persons fail to take advantage of
the opportunities open to them. On the
contrary, as a rule, they are willing and
energetic. At the present time two blind
boys are working their way through CO.
lumbia university. One of them has abso-
lutely no outside aid and has to support
himself as best he can.
An example of our neglect of duty is
shown in the fact that Switzerland with
2107 blind people has five schools for
them and the state of New York with a
blind population of more than COCO has
only two schools for them
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Left Lung Almost Gone.

AS | am member of the Hull House
Women's Club, | was called out many
times when the weather was very bad,
and so caught very bad cough, and
doctors claimed that my lungs were at-
feeted; in fact, the left lung was almost
gone. but since | have taken your waltz
able DUFFY'S PUR EMALT WIilakhY
I feel better, and would not do without
it. | have not been taking 1t very long,
but [ am sure Of good results; nave
good color in my face and feel that | can
work with a great deal more ambition.
/ cannot praise it too much. nave
recommended it to several of my friends,
and they, too, are thankful for the
benefit they have already derived from
it."-MRS. VICTOR A. BEAUCAlRE zoo
Ogden ave-, Chicago, Ill.
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Weak and Nervous.

81 can certainly say your tonic-stlmu-
liant, DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY,
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81 was recommended to take DIT FFY'S
PURE MALT WHISKEY, which / did,
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II write you this, as l thought it was
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SOUTHARD, Woodmere, l.. l., Jan.
g. 1901
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Major Moffett Dies,

Columbus, Ca, March 9.-(Special.)-
With military honors, Maj. Charles j.
Moffett, who died yesterday at the home
of his nephew. Molfett Flournoy, at
Broken Arrow, Ala, was laid to rest in
Linwood cemetery. Columbus, this after
noon The City Light Guards, the conf
pany of which lie was commander dur
ing the war up to the time he was pro-
noted major of the Second Georgia bat
TALON escorted the body to the grave
from the union railway station. Details
from the local camps of Confederate vet
Grams and Sons of Veterans also formed
an honorary escort. The funeral services
was conducted by the Rev. j. o. A. Cook.
presiding elder of the Columbus district
of the Methodist church, who was chap
lain OF the Second Georgia battalion,
Major Moffett's command in the war.
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Spring Tonic and Appetizer.

Z wish to tell you that last winter ]
had very severe time. l have bronchial
asthma of long standing, and as result
very weak heart. | had also a very
severe attack of the grip in January; it
left me in very poor condition. My
stomach and bowels were badly out of
order. / could not eat-my stomach
would not retain the food. The doctor
tried to relieve me. but did not seem to
succeed. l commenced to take DUFFY
PURE MALT WHISkEY in April and
am now very much better. l can eat all
that | need and Ii does not hurt me.
have been gaining ever since I com
menced taking it, and | shall continue to
take is as long as | seem 10 receive
benefit from its use."-CAPT J. II. WAR
REN, marlborough Falls. n. H., July
30 1906
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Mrs. Zieqler's Magazine.

The new magazine for the blind is pos
sibly the bullliest magazine in circulation
1t is almost square In shape about
foot and a half In breadth and height
and two inches thick. IN spite of the
thickness there are only fifty pages. The
reading matter appears in the form of
raised dots scattered over the pages with
the appearance of tiny fish roe.
The publishers announcement says that
the magazine is to have short stories,
a continued story, the news of the month
condensed. department of poetry, and
one OF letters from successful blind peo-
ple telling of their work There is to
be a page devoted 10 games in which the
blind can engage. \ page will be devoted
to humorous paragraphs, and later a
music column is TO be added. II enough
of the readers can read music a musical
composition is to be printed which will
be the work of some blind composer.
In the first number are letters from
President Roosevelt and exPresident
Cleveland, telling OF their interest in the
blind magazine. Il letter from Helen KEEL
Ter expressing her thanks to Mrs Ziegier
for establishing the magazine Is one of
the features.
An interesting feature is an article Civ
ing simple physical exercises, The story,
Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is
TO be printed In serial lcTili, anu tiiS ms
two chapters appear in the first number.
There are three pages of humorous par
agraphs from the newspapers Six pages
of current events follow. The San Fran
cisco school controversy Is touched on,
and a very complete account of the
Kingston earthquake is given.
In connection with the earthquake story
is a map of the West Indies and Central
America on which the city of Kingston
is pointed out, and the location of the
Panama canal also located. A whole page
is given up to an article on the American
flag, with half page reproduction of
the flag. This was considered one of the
most interesting features by the pub
fishers. as the majority of the blind have
never had any idea of what their coun-
trys flag was Ike.
Printing for the blind Is simple, but eN-
pensive The point system consists in the
use of six raised dots in various combi-
nations To represent the letters OF The al
phabet machine with keyboard like
a typewriter is used upon which inn
prcssions OF the letters are struck on a
copper plate. The pages arc then soaked
in water and the impressions made direct,
as an etching. The expense OF stereo-
tipping is thus saved, but the pages have
to be dried by stretching, and without
pressure, which is difficult and expensive
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A Spring Medicine

Last April | took a sudden cold, and
WAS laid up with neuralgia in my shoul-
der, which brought on fever and TOOK
away my appetite. but by usins DtF-
FY'S PURE MALT NHISKEY I came
out all right, and on Memorial Day l
was leading my band and playing, as
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Hoping your medicine will prove bene-
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ii as a valuable help.''-G. !. PAR
FRIDGE, Franklin, Mass, Sept. l. lal5
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The Things They Can Do.

Almost any blind person can do some
thing. If nothing better they can make
brooms, brushes, mops and cane chairs.
They make good carpenters and lock-
smiths and even become proficient as
photographers and typewr:ters. Some of
them are good shopkeepers and managers
of large business enterprises.
Abroad one of the occupations open to
them is piano tuning and graduates OF
the schools there that teach tuning
properly are in great demand.
In this country the treatment of the
blind is not what it should be. The
schools are far too few and those we
have are lacking in essentials for
proper blind school. A proper school for
the blind should equal in all respects the
kind of school for the seeing.
Teachers of the blind say that every
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the role of the sister admirably except
for an extraordinary welt on her hand
Grove thought the welt strange for his
sister had no such welt. He determined
to investigate and called on the Moores
outside of business hours. On this oc-
casion he met Mrs. Strickland, not as
a spook, but in her role as a member
of the household. lie shook hands with
her. There was that same welt. Following
the exposure the Moores got rid of Mrs.
Strickland and to explain her absence
they told stories rejecting on her char
acter. That's why she Is suing for $780,
000
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Tonic for the Old.

Il have been using your DUFFY s
PURE MALT WHIsKEY as tonic
stimulant for the past two years and
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= am now over eighty years of age
and since [ have taken DUFFY'S MALT
WHIsKEY | have taken no other medi-
cine ISAAC =. JADD, Albany, |. Y,
Ar q 1QOG
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Always Cures Grin.

For thirty years DUFFY'S MALT
WHIsKEY has been my one medicine. l
have always used 1t as prescribed and it
has proved a valuable aid, as IL has not
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of DUE Ely S MALT WHISKEY. w. A.
stage, 1868 Pacific. street, Brooklyn,
N y
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Night SWeats and Chills.

II have taken DuFFY'S PURE MALT
WHISkEY for three months for lung
troubles. When ] first commenced ] was
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the doctor of our town said that nothing
would help me, but DuFFY'S MALT
WHISKEY did what the doctors could
not do. | had night sweats and chills and
weighed SO pounds [ weigh 100 pounds
now. the chills have left me, and the
sweats are also gone. | am looking for
great results" Mr.. JOHN BENTLY,
Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 10 1896.
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Strong at 90.

ut is true I have used your whiskey
and like it the best sof all | have ever
used | was 81 ON June 9th. Among my
other presents was some of your Malt
Whskey from my nephew. | know
that ! would not be alive today did l not
take it regularly in moderate quantities
as I do not have much appetite. MAR
SHALL PIERCE, Putney, y Aug. T.,
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a Temperance Doctor.

81 indorse DUFFY'S PURE MALT
WHISKEY as a medicine and for medical
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perance and favor all laws that ten to-
ward the suppression OF drunkenness. ~
r. p. PALMER, NJ. D., Riyes, Tenn,
Aug O. 1906
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Best of Spring A.

Il am a veteran OF the var,
served three years, and am years of
age.
81 take DUFFYS PURE MALT Wills
KEY before each meal and find it the
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only at such times as | need it.'-C. II.
CADY, ISL Park ave- Worcester, Mass,
Sant / 1gH6
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and in numerous business letters In her
own handwriting which l have received
from her during that time
1.-The amount of Mrs. Eddy's property
has been grossly multiplied by rumor and
unfounded report. She is not possessed of
large wealth. Her sole income for many
years has been from the copyrights of
her own books, and the amount from this
source has been grossly overestimated.
Mrs. Eddy's business affairs have been
managed by herself with the aid of Mr..
Frye. her devoted and loyal servant, and
under the oversight and personal audit
of another gentleman, whose name has
not been mentioned, but who stands for
all that is honorable and of good repute
in financial circles in Concord.
Accurate accounts of all her property
and investments as we'll as of her annual
income and expenditure have been care
fully kept and frequently audited.
1.-THE last audit WAS in October, 1906.
None of the defendants named except Mr..
Frye has any connection with the man.
agement of her property or investments,
or has any knowledge whatever in refer
ence thereto. nor has any OF said de-
PENDANTS ever received any property of
Mrs. Eddys to hold in trust or otherwise
except in one instance for the benefit OF
her relatives.
, enquiry has been made whether the
various defendants would accept service
of the proceedings | cannot say as to
that. With my partner, Mr.. Allen Hollis,
| / am counsel for Mrs. Eddy alone. While
! tho defendants would undoubtedly ne
| guided largely by Mrs Eddy's wishes
with respect to these proceedings, | can
not, as her legal representative, under
| take to speak for them"
| Mr. Alfred Farlow, at tine head of the
| Christian Science publication committees
| made the following statement to the Bos-
| ton Post:
ut is not true as alleged that Mrs.
| Eddy's business affairs have been cared
| for by agents acting without her knowl-
| edge She has instituted and directed all
| her own business affairs with the exeep-
| ton, perhaps. of some details about
| household affairs, which have been m
| trusted by her to her servants.
IN answer to the question, In what
respect will this affair injure or benefit
| the church, convinced as | am OF the
| final and absolute. triumph of truth, II
would be natural for me to prophesy that
| the growth and prosperity of the Chris
| tan Science church does not depend upon
! the conduct of those outside of the church
| but upon the spiritual growth and strict
| adherence to right on the part OF those
within the church"