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Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29

self Andrew J. WDt iis mind seemed
confused. He lived precariously, from
hand to mouth and seemed unable to give
any account of himself. In 1905 he was
sent to the Matteawan Prison for the
Criminal Insane, convicted of beating" a
board bill in Buffalo. The regimen seemed
to agree with him. He improved much
in health. Suddenly his mind cleared and
he announced himself to be George Kim
mel-the George Kimmel, of Niles, Omaha
and Arkansas City whose mother had col
lected $4,000 of his insurance money and
then was suing for $4,000 more in the
St Louis courts, declaring her son was
long since dead.
The case had received SO much pub
licity that Whites" announcement of his
identity attracted wide attention. His de-
scription of events In George Kimmel's
life were SO accurate that he was declared
sane and discharged. But return to-
his wandering life darkened his mind
again. He was presently arrested on al
charge of forgery, convicted and sent TO-
Auburn Prison on five years sentences
as Andrew J. White" But in Auburn
his mind again cleared Again his state
ment that he was George Kimmel inter-
fered with the efforts of his relatives to
collect his life insurance. When the St
Louis court decided that Kimmel was still
alive. his mother and slster-the latter
now Mrs. Edna Bonsett, of Chicago-vis-
tied Auburn to determine whether he was
George Kimmel or an impostor.
They would not recognize him; but
Kimmel, during a later interval of lu-
cidity, remembered whispering In his
mothers ear:
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29

They quieted him and he slept again
Mrs. Fox and her friend, Mrs. Maudt
Quigley also of Niles, were summoned
They solved the Mabel mystery for
nurse and surgeon. The operation was a
grand success! For the first time Kim
mel had recalled his one love romance,
pronounced the name of his old sweet
heart-all the rest must follow!
And apparently. so it has While kim
mel regains his strength in the hospital,
feadlng an occasional cheerful letter from
MRS. Lardner, his old sweetheart. whose
husband, his old chum, heartily indorses
an an her merciful attentions, the old George
hlnmel back again knits together the
raveiled ends of his memories and plans
future in which no one will DENY him
elther MS Identity or his material rights.
One detail of his convalescence is a bit
hard to bear-the feeling that the sur
geons knife, in relasing those Compressed
oraln cells. sent him back. presto! 10 the
nappy days of his love romance She was
an youth and charm, untouched bv the
years while his memory sumbered,
|; is bit hard to live through again the
incidents of his arrangement from MabaI
Flnley: the sweetheart Of his schooIdays
ana his early manhood
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29
CHAPTER Y

N4I III 7 EH Y.
Whdt the Surgeons Kntfe Revealed.
" IMMEL'S unconsciousness lapsed
N into healthful sleep lasting sew
eral hours. When he awoke a
nurse was leaning over his hospital cot,
kimmel looked into her inquiring eyes
and spoke for the first time since the
operation.
Where's Mabel?" he asked.
The nurse called the surgeon. Klmmei
could turn his head unaided He was
looking anxiously about the room.
Where's Mabel?" he asked again.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29

So George, bright and attractive youth,
left high school and went to work in :he
paper pulp mills at Niles He kept up
his acquaintance with his school chums-
the Platt boys. Sam Quimby, Harry Burt
AMI VIII Lardner The girls in their
crowd" were especially Celia Dean and
Belle and Mabel Finley AS children.
George and Mabel had been Sweet
hearts" She grew pretter and prettier.
and now, with George in the way of max
ing his own fortune. their love romance
began IN real earnest
There was no question that George was
desperately in love. Mabel's preference
for him was plain. 1t was an ardent and
pretty courtship. and before George was
twenty their marriage. as soon as George
was able to support wife, was accepted
as a foregone conclusion. To hasten this
delectable consummation, George secured a
position In the First National Bank at
Niles, of which an unce-William Stevens
was president, and his mothers brother
Charles A. Johnson. cashier.
In this position Georges prospects
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29
CHAPTER III.
Wnnderinns. Aanlnm. PRISON

Wdndertn0S. Asylum. Prison
IN 1904 haggard. addressed man. ap-
/ parenuy middle-aged. wandered from
one town to another in the northern
part OF New York State. He called him
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29

Where's Mabel?'
The lost link-the only complete lost
link--was restored Safely out from under
the surgeons knife, Kimmel was on firm
ground, with his courtship of pretty Mabel
Finley the sure and sound landmark from
which to accurately view his whole past
so lonS obscured
Following are the important chapters
in George Kimmers strange story, drawn
mainly from his own statements:
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29

Operation What am to call
you, If not 'mother'T
She looked at him
in silence, and then
whispered: When we are alone. call me
mother"
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29

ration on his injured head hv oi tba al oa1e ope-
Drated surgeon, DR.. Loren Wilde" "0 of Geie ne
A09ert Burns Hospital in Chicago " 'l'
he knew as he shifted the efho- .h.,
ene chances were very much against ' bis
ever s rega1ning consciousness in this
With his instruments DR.. Wilder tre.
pinned the sunken bit of Kinuneps skull
renewing renewing the pressure on the long be-
to bed unconscious, but physicallr "sien' Leu
perhaps to awaken mentally sound.
Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29

at Times, was astonish.
ingly lucid in describing
old-time happenings In
Niles, he gave no sign that
he remembered his old
love for Mabel Yet She
Mrs. William Lardner. of
Duluth-had Joined the
Foxes enthusiastically in
their efforts to rehabilitate
him. 1t was she, in fact
through a friend-who
who induced Kimmel to
take one chance in a thon.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
HANDICAPPED ON IsTHMUs.
Not Easy for Employees There to
Take Examinations.

The civil service commission recently
made decision OF considerable interes $.
to Americans employed by the isthmian
canal commission on the isthmus who
wish to secure employment in the federal
civil service in the United States. 1t ap-
pears that such employees are consider
ab.y handicapped by the law OF July 2.
1909. in regard to examinations for ap-
pointments in the civil service. That law
provides that applicants for such ap-
pointments shall be examined by the civil
service commission only in the state or
territory in which the applicants claim
bona fide residence. and that they must
have been actually domiciled there for at
least one year previous to the examina-
ton.
The apportioned service includes prac-
tically all c assified positions In the Dis
trict of Columbia. Consequently the ef-
feet of the.law has been to exclude Ameri-
cans on the isthmus from the competitive
examinations for positions in Washington
city. To minimize that condition, which
can be entirely removed only by action of
Congress. the civil service commission re-
Gently agreed that an employe Of the istn-
mian canal commission who wishes to
compete for a position in Washington city
may be examined in his home state dur
ing his annual vacation. special exam
ination will be authorized for that pur-
pose in case the regu ar examination Is
not held during the limited period OF the
applicants leave Of absence.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
THE MAN WHO INVENTED
THE GREAT PEANUT
PICKING MACHINE
Pushed His Invention and
Placed lit Successfully
ON the Markets of
the World.

To have the genius TO invent a machine that
viii do the work of many men and save mil.
lions OF dollars a year to farmers in the hire OF
labor is something that any living man nigh:
feel proud OF and count it God-given blessr z.
Nobody appreciates this more than ]. I.
Benthal OF Suffolk, Va. Mr.. Benthal is the In.
yentor Of the peanut picker a machine that
he perfected after five years Of hard labor. and
1t has revolutionized peanut picking, just what
IL was intended TO do.
or i've years. continued Mr.. Benthal, land You
While ] could think out things and knew eA-
actly what l wanted, when II came to draw
Ing the fnc lines I wasn't able to do 1t accl-
rately. and used to get my foreman to do
that for me. He knew about what I wanted.
and after I would explain II to him. there
would be 10 trouble. But you see it would have
been better Ii | could have done this work
myself
Up there in Suffolk saw In the papers that
Charles Lincoln Smith had returned to Norfolk.
SO made arrangements to come down here and
see IL he could do anything for me. Well, sir,
all ! can say is that am delighted. He has
done q great thing for My eyes feel all
right now. ] can see just good ever. /
eau read a newspaper without having my eyes
pain and burn me for the first time in a. out
five years, and I can read all the mail I & t
without any trouble. ! haven't any headache,
either.
r'You say for me that I consider my In
vestmcnt with Charles Lincoln Smith fine one.
for his method and prescription glasses have
done for me what nothing else could do
Evening star., 1912-01-07
WEARING OF GLASSES
NOT A FOOLISH FAD
Charles Lincoln Smith Gives am I'm
teresting Discourse.
AMERICAN INDIANS HAD DEFECTIVE EYES
Cultivated Glasses Have No Worse Eyes Than the
Hlliterates BUT They Realize Their Misfortune
The Eve Controls Other Disorders of the Body.

tically boundless. Disorders that apparently
have no connection with the eye can often he
traced to some optical defect either for cause
or aggravation. At Bellevue Hospital. New
York, and Rush Medical College it is believed
wise to investigate the conditions Of the eyes
IN sny attack of nervous disorder In head
ache. vertigo. st. Nitus' dance. ncnraIgia and
in all diseases betrayed by nervous symptoms it
Is claimed that more than q possibility exists
that help may be found in removing some un-
suspecting eye strain.
The relation between the eyes and the nerve
centers being intimate, the use of my method
of prescription glasses completely removes all
nerve irritation and sympathetic nerve disorder
and its train Of evils caused by error Of refrac-
tion of the human eye.
If you have blurrins dizziness neuralgia
headaches spots before the eyes, winking. trem-
bling spells, cataract. burning and smarting OF
the eyes. various nervous and brain affections,
cntailing not only positive injury to the sight,
but untold misery, call immediately
AS has been his experience In all the large
cities he visits, Charles Lincoln Smith finds u
continued and increasing demand for his serv-
ices bv the people of Washington and this Sec
ton who are troubled with defective eyesiRht.
and he will not be able TO leave Washington be-
fore the end OF another week. II is his Pur-
pose 10 complete the work he has begun with
many who have placed their vision In his care.
and in order for him 10 do this another week
will be necessary.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
SURGEON IS EXONERATED.
Army Court.Martial Decides He Did
Not Neglect Patient.

Maj Frank T. Woodbury. OF the
Medical Corps Of the army recently
was honorably acquitted by general
rt-martial Of the charge Of neglect
Of duty to the prejudice Of good order
and military discipline. The finding
OF the court was approved by Maj.
Gen. Grant, commanding the eastern
division, the reviewing officer.
The trial was held at Governors
Island. New York Brig. Gen. T. H.
Bliss. commanding the Department Of
the East. was president OF the court
and Capt Samuel T. Ahsell Of the in.
fantry was the Judge advocate. The
charge against Maj. Woodbury. was
based on allegations that while serving
as post surgeon at Fort Assinniboine
Mont, In March last he neglected to
give proper care and attention to Pri-
vate John A. Goneau. Company l. I'd
Infantry, q paralytic patient in he post
neglect it was specified that the bed
and clothing Of the patient got into a
filthy condition and contributed to the
development Of large bed sores on his
person.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
FOR PLACES IN ARMY.
Dates for Examining Candidates for
Commissions.

Between ninety and one hundred can
didates in civil life have baen author
ICED to appear before boards of army
officers next Friday for examination
for appointments as second l!euten
ants in the mobile army. Candidates for
commissions in the Coast Artillery
Corps will be examined at the same
time.
civilian cand dates for appointment as
second lfeutenants In the mobile army
and Coast Artillery Corps will occur
September 8 next At the latest can
vass, December 90. 1911. there were
249 vacancies in the grade of second
] eutenant in the mobile army. distrib-
uted as follows: Cavalry. "a: field ar
tillery. 70; infantry, 146. and about a.
vacancies in the Coast Artillery Corps.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
BOY SCOUTS WILL PARADE.
Big Turnout to- Be Made in Honor
of Gen. Badenspoweu.

IN honor of Gen. Baden-PoHeil of Eng
land hero Of the siege 81 Mai. king dur
ing the Boer war in South Afr ca. and
leader OF the Boy Scouts OF the British
Isles. who Is TO be in Washington about
February 13. big parade will be given
by the twenty-seven caunps Of Boy Scouts
of the District. Special endeavor is to be
made by the scouts. under .tae leadership
Of E. g. Mart n. the moysppent,s commits
s'oner for the District q. Columbia, as
well as leaders from other. parts Of the
country. to make Gen. Baden-Powelis
stay here q notable one.
This announcement was made at q
meeting of the scout masters and patrol
leaders school Of the Boy Seouts..of the
DISCREET. held last evening at the Public
Idhfsry. IL was stated that Gen. Baden
Pqkeu w.u be in New York February 10
aId accord ne to present arrangements
e viii come here about three days later
Capt John S. Fair. Z. 8. A.. at present
detailed as an instructor at the Arm,
Var College, made 7sA SddRess on Pa
Evening star., 1912-01-07
AN INIEKES CASE; AT
SEN ENiI DOES FANCY
WORM.

10 be able do lan>y se&is,s ~ so4rrc of
p.-ss4re to almost every Nol1an, even In he.
yc4ns.r uays, bat 10 be ctto.do rlis and of
worx when one has reached the .meiioa a OF
tBr.e sNoIe and ten IS exceptional and .dds pr.ue
20 the pAeasu.e. iben. 10 II a wyndes TIA
a ~oman can do fancy sewing at tie ag.
oI seventy. her fr.euas her ho.s she
ages to handle the needle so cautiously and
Nth such perfect results: ~
When my friends ask me howlf do su dne
work with Ny lie, e. said Slrs.-. pxrr.et; o.
Sor.olk, Va, her kindly Ia beatfnS With JOY.
II tell TEN thar l owe Il 3 Chat Is Ii :
colu smiths skill Sewn y.as, a,0 M cy
sight WAS not 50 good and ~O1l do very At
tie work Of deli ate natlre o read p4pe.
with any comfort. My eyes word ache an
pain me intensely. IL worried m and ca sed
ME and my family much trouble. My son, Hor
ace insisted that so 10 Charles Liucop Sni h
aud ! did 20. soon after 4 began using tn
mans great methed and pres. rip. ion sia ses
found relief: my vision grew more perfect; and
! was able to see better than I had for years.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
BUT SPECTACLES
CONQUER.

'-Bu, in the face of this intense prejudice the
conquest ~ our race by the omnipresent spec
,aces is one cf the maryeis of the twentieth
century. The remarkable increase in the use OF
glasses has given rise in some minds to an ap-
prehcnsion that the eyesight of the race Is SUI
fcrng deterioration; that civilization and modern
methods of life are weakening formerly perfect
organ. This fear Is unspounded. More glasses
ara worn because the eyes its peeds and Its re-
latiou to the brain are now understood TO de-
gree undreamed OF even three decades ago. The
study Of the eyesieht-teehnleally called op-
tometry-has progressed by phencmenal strides.
wing With the modern phases OF surgery.
There is commonly accepted assumption
that the eyes Of savage races possess DO defects.
We are frequently told that the American In
disn scanning the glooms of the forest or the
shadeless expanse Of prairies. had no need of
spectacles assist his matchless vision. This
is a popular hypothesis, but Q well known au-
thority makes the statement that four out of
i've American Indians were. affected by hyper
metropia. which means that they possessed the
rcwer OF adjusting the eyes for long distance,
hut not for short. In other words, that while
they saw naturally ut long range. their view
If near objects was deficient. With this asser-
tiop in mind the increasing punlber OF spectacles
need not excite apprehension.
Evening star., 1912-01-07

II could do anything ] wanted to do. and no
matter how long read or sewed my eyes would
feel as cool and free from pain and that burning
sensation as II was possible for anybody's eyes
TO feel II has been great comfort to me- l
certainly think that Charles Lincoln Smith knows
more about the eyes than any mani ever met.
Fe deserves all the credit that can be bestowed
upon him
II say this because l tried other glasses ana
had many other specialists work on my eyes. but
did not find anything but temporary relief until
my visit to Charles Lincoln Smith.
Now, this was seven years ago. but during
all that time have been able TO see perfectly
There have been no headaches nor pans OF any
kind, and lite has been real pleasure to me.
l lind that In my old age may. need other
glasses. and l have. again placed my eyesight
into this mans keeping.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
APOLICE SERGEANT'S WIFE
Tells OF Fearful Experience and
a Final Triumph.

Mrs. f. J. Brooks, wife of the popular anu
efficient sergeant OF police. tells OF an expert
ence through which she has recently passed,
that was fraught With suffering throughout,
which was finally terminated by the skillful ap-
plication Of science In the right and proper di-
rection.
Ms Brooks, who resides at us East Franklin
street. Iii hmond Va, was sufferer for years
with headaches and neuralgia pans to such An
extent that she could not venture out OF tle
house in vet weather. She applied to special
lists for relief. and ber experience Is best de-
scribed by herself:
''At first II WAS thought that had throat
trouble, and for wnlle was treated Tor that. .
she says. This failed to give me relief. ana
1t was next announced that had catarrh. Tne
treatment for this failed. and ms ears. were nett
attacked and I suffered torrures while beiug
treated. Then an oculist examined me and put
glasses on me, but this gave me no relief. ana
only intcrfered with my vision.
II learned OF Charles Lincoln Smith and de-
termined to try hIn. l called upon nim at his
private parlors In Murphy Hotel Annex, and
the result In my case has been astonishing
His method Is different FROM any tntng
had ever seen. and especially from what had
been through, while his prescript on gasses have
given me perfect vision and removed all Of the
headache and neuralgc pains.
II consider his work grand, and would not be
parted from my glasses for any amount"
Evening star., 1912-01-07
LIFE WORTH WHILE
TO A RAILROAD MAN.

Probably everybody connected with the gen
erai Office OF the chesapeake and Ohio railway
knows Wesson e. Ragan Of Richmond. Va. Mr..
Rsgan has been in the employ OF the railway
comuauy for about ten years; in fact. ever since
ue was a boy. and IL yer, popular with his as
sociates. .
Of late years he has been suffering the most
intense Ia ms with his head and smartiag SEN
satiou OF the eyes. So bad bad MS trouble be
,ome that IL was impossible for him to use nis
yes at ALL only when his work demanded It..
Although he has resorted to several reuedie,
for relief there was nothing that could he found
TO a,I the bill until Charles Lincoln Smith paid
a visit 10 the city. Mr.. Ragan. heir.ng the man
con plimentary remarks made OF Charles Lin
coin smith method and prescription glasses. de-
| After doing 50 and wearing the glasses fol
two DAYS he says. Il never saw anything like
it in MY lie and feel that life has become
worth WHILE"
::Wuy, last night I took up book aud read
until m 'dnight. Something I have not been able
to do before for two years. Am ! satisfied with
my Investments" he remarked. Well. ] shou' q
say yes even II I lost nv glasses now. aftel
having them but a week. But would want an
that he had not worn the glasses an hour before
he noted a change In his eyes. and he Is e
euthu .iastic over this good fortune that he don
like to talk Of anything else.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
NARROWLY ESCAPE INJURY.
Mrs. Agnes Hayes and Daughter
Thrown From Buggy in Collision.

Mrs. Agnes Hayes and Miss Agnes.
mother and daughter. residing at 14O L
street northwest, narrowly escaped Sc
GUS injury yesterday after noon alb ut $50
o'clock, near Pennsylvania avenue an !.
John Marshall place, when the bu gy in
which they were riding was struck by q
heavy team belonging to the Allegheny
Coal Company and demolished. Samuel
Taylor, 90 r street northwest was In
charge Of the team Of the coal company.
Fortunately for the women. their hor e
made no effort to run away. end T. e
re!ns were quickly grasped fy a pe les
trian before il had a chance to do 50.
When the collision happened d the
women were seen falling to tie. pave
ment It was thought by persons near by
that they had been seriously hu t. ana
one bystander telephonei for the a y
bulsnce from the Emergency II ital.
Il was soon at the scene Of the acct ent.
The physician In charge wanted Mrs
Hayes and her daughter to acco- pany
him to the hosrital, but tkey sa d they
were not hurt and refused the offer Of
hospital treatment.
Evening star., 1912-01-07
SUFFOLK HARDWARE MER-
CHANTS LITTLE .DAUGH-
TER.

To have the eyesight Of bright little daugh-
ter become so defective that 1t Is necessary for
uer to stop school and give up her studies. be-
cause Of the severe headaches that accompany
her every effort to see is distressing to any
parents who love their children. and to have
this eycsignt restored with disappearance Of
those headaches is always a cause for delight
an occasion for rejoicing. That is the condition
that exists in the household OF Thomas j.
Eley OF Suffolk, Va; and it brought about
by the great benefit that Ernestne Virginia
Eley, the twelve e-year-old daughter Of Mr. Eley
has received from Charles Lincoln smiths meth
cd and prescription glasses. sir. Eley Is con-
nected with the E. l.. Folk Company. hardware
dealers, Of SuLol3. and he has an interesting
family, In which little Ernestine is one Of the
IDOLS.
My little girl is IL years old" said Mr..
Eley. he aIectfonately brushed back Err
4ea.ine's ha.r. ''Sne has suffered with her eye
sight for several years. Sue would have awful
leadacnes and often would have TO come home
froli school on account Of them. 1t kept gett.ns
worse and worse, and although We bought glas ses
and had specialists examine her eyes. she re-
eeivcd no Leuehu troui them. and frequently told
Us that the giasses did her more harm tnan
good. She got 80 after awhile that she had to
stop school altogether. She would Iry siudy :.
but the light hurt her eyes so tnat she would
have to bury her head in her arms. and 1t was
useless and painful for her 10 go anJ longer.
physicians examined my little girl. because
II was thought that there was something tle
matter with her spine or her liver, but nothing
brought her any relief. and ! was about TO 81. e
up Ill lope when somebody advised me to bring
Ernestine down to Norfolk, where Charles Lin
oln Smith had In the Monticello Hotel.
! took the advice. and ! want to tell you l am
mighty glad I did That mans skill has done
SO much for her eyesight and has brought her
| so much comfort that ] hardly know what to
say to tn. nix h M"
Yes" interposed the little girl. Il can see
all right again now. My eyesight Is just as
good it was, and don't have those aw-
ful heada hes any more. caG read and write
without having my eyes TO pain or hurt me, an ]
feel like different girl. have been away
from school for u.ore than a month. but am
going tack next Monday. and ! certainly will
be glad Now l know ] can study, and not have
% suffer like ] did,"
| Mr.. Eley vouched for every word that bis
daughter had said, and added:
Il am well pleased with what Charles Lin.
coin Smiths method and prescription glasses
have done for Ernestine that placed my own
/ eyesight In his care. and he has done great
] deal for me. He has given me glasses that
make my eyes feel cool. and can see good