TH TTlIE WED l RDA Y JANTTARY I WTT ii tni NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS Setet ry Shaw Designates a Commission of Expert Accountants to Consider Improvements in the System of Keeping Accounts in the Treasury De Secretary Spaulding and Others Off for New York Coin and Bullion I partmentAssistant ConventionGold TREASURY DEPARTMENT Secretary Shaw has designated a cont missfoii of expert accountants te son skier questions relating to the improve ment and perfection of the accounting system of the Treasury Department The is composed of the follow- ing members J D Terrell chief law clerk In the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury W H Lemon auditor of the Treasury Lee St Funk auditor for the Interior G H French law clerk in the office of the auditor for the Navy- E F Bushaell auditor of the State sad other departments David H Fenton law clerk W C Eldridge auditor for the War Department The commission has hen instructed to visit each audi tors office add the office of the Comp- troller with a view to discovering If improvements can be made and if any evils exist which ought to he cor rected Gen O L Spaulding Assistant Sec- retary of Treasury R B Armstrong and E T Chamberlain Commissioner of Navigation left Washington for New York today to attend the customs con gress of the American republics Sev- eral of the ministers of the American republics who are also delegates will be present at the formal opening of the congress when addresees will be made by Secretary Shaw and Lord commIssIon the Maid I ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes is entertaining Col and Mrs C R Anderson of Danville Ken at his apartments in the NormfcBdie Secretary Shaw has abolished the of- fice of shipping commissioner at Mo- bile Ala and the duties of that office will hereafter be performed by the col- lector of customs Capt John Wilkie Collins of the Revenue Cutter Service of unusual size It was sent to him from the revenue cutter Bear which has been cruising in Alaskan during lat summer and fall i Some people are born stupid some acquire fctupMity by living ia a rut and others have stupidity thrust upon them by others said a Treasury official yesterda- yA case in which the first two meth- ods of becoming stupid occur is that of the postmaster of Lower Grant Isle Me Ever since last September the officials of the customs dfvj have eadeavorad to get an explanation df the words re- fused tp deliver written across the form aec hat pins postmarked Canada sent by this postmaster to the Washington customs office As there is a duty of 60 per cent ad valorem on jewelry the officials desired to know whether the postmaster had really refused to deliver or the consignee had refused to receive No less than four letters were written and replies sent before this simple question could DS answered The wheels of the grind slowly but thegri d- exceeding The woman to whom inchief has ts a present waters the lon lIytIlZ a paelcae of here mall engineer T received 5 polar bear- skin brasu ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ the accept them Hence refused to deliver was the t r a nK Gold coin and bullion to the amount of 6200984345Z is deposited In the United States Treasury and SMbtreasuries The total Treasury receipts for January IS ewre 1S4 814 2 of which 90406305 was for customs 38751193 Internal revenue and KJM Miscellaneous Total expenditures for the day were 1265000 of which IW5000 was civil and miscellaneous expenses 110 000 war 265000 navy 10000 Indian 1375000 pensions 1SOOOO interest Sx cess of receipts over expenditures I 8181402 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY- H W Newell returned to Wahi gtea today after a trip through Needles of the Colorado River had been sent bad reuliOO the u plus as re- ceipts t ¬ A P Dmvfc i wise in of Jfaydrograpfalc work in the Colorado River region reported at the office IB Washington this morning J R Ellis who has been doing work in the vicinity Jackson and Vlckaburg Miss h returned to Washington He will remalu here dur- ing the winter POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT William S Sballenberger A8ttnc Postmaster General been elected president of the Second Army Corps As- sociation j baa been ebrge topo- graphic of has ¬ ¬ Benjamin Franklins ledger the first ever kept for the Deportment of the United States is on exhibition at the Postoffice Museum Franklin was elected Postmaster General under the Continental Congress in 17 He was year In those days however there yore only thirty postofflcja In the col- onies and though they covered large territory yet their total business did not amount to that of a ftrstcJa post olflce of today There are sow over 77000 poetoaces ia the United States Pot to receive the large salary of a l J L01 < < ¬ W O wheary been appointed postmaster at SimpaonviUe Howard county Md BUREAU OF EBGEAYEKG AND PRINTING Day Watchman Richard while attempting to board a car on the corner of Ninth and F Streets yesterday slipped on the icy asphalt and sprained hue ankle He carried part way to the Bureau but the intense pain in his ankle oflp iitod Mm to return te has L an1 t was his resI8PUb On L oq tre WAR DEPARTMENT General Greely Chief Signal Officer of the Army has completed arrangements for the return to the United States of all officers and men who have servfd three years in the Philippines been a rule in other departments of the army for some time owing t the small force of the Signal Corps and the great amount of werk under way n the Islands it has been necessary until now to retain the detaehment there for an indefinite period This caused the ill health of many of the corps and the limiting of the service to three years is considered a good move The failure of the Senate toactilfwn officers especially In fh branch has caused the War De bid J a large number of olt tment nomInathee ymiag ttUery serious concern The delay has caused numerous annoying complications and If their nominations are not confirmed at tills session of Congress the young officers will be legislated out of the Secretary Root yesterday sent t the House an additional estimate of 256 000 for barracks and quarters in the Philippines General Davis command- ing the troops in the archipelago rays that the need of an increased appro- priation is due to the fact that the cost of native labor has advanced army ¬ ¬ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Attorney General Knox returned from Beaufort S C this morning much im- proved In health PENSION OFFICE Francis T Hawser foreman of the laborers will resume his duties tomor- row after a three leave of ab- sence which be has heel spending at his home in Lanhara Md Stephen A Cuddy law clerk is con- fined to his house on account of sick George C Stewart is acting in his stead PATENT OFFICE Commissioner Allen Appeared before the House Committee on Appropriations yesterday In regard to aa item in the urgent deficiency bill providing for air I day meaL ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ increase of appropriations for the re- production of photolithographic copies of patents John E Walsh of this city was grant- ed a patent yesterday on his locking system for mall boxes BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY Prof McGee who has bees ill past two weeks with an attack of grip is reported to be rapidly improving Sues Company Using It for Infringe- ment of Copyright EDISON OBJECTS TO G USE OF HIS SONS NAME fOrth ¬ ¬ ¬ NEW YORK Jan 14 Once again Thomas A Edison is hi trouble through the alleged sale of the Edison name by his eldest son Thomas A Edison jr The assistance of the United States Circuit Court has been invoked or the plaintiff who asks that The Thomas A Edison jr Chemical Cyspa p f 14 Stone Street Manhattan be enjoined front a further use of the title The complaint of Mr Edfsoa states that his signature was copyrighted as 1 trademark for electrical and scientific goods February 15 1897 and that it is well known both in this country Eng land and the Continent aad is a vain able asset that ta eirjMHftttyn com- plained of is manufacturing a produc- tion on which is placed the name Thomas A Edison Jr in 5mittion of that of the Thomas A Edison trade A i marL ¬ ¬ ¬ Attached to the zietitipn is an davit made by J P McCoy who tate that C F Stillwell told MaK of his name had bees purchased Thomas A Edison jr who was paid 10000 in the stock of the Edison jr Chemical Company and a salary of 6i a month that Edison had been elected vice president of the company and was getting what be could for the use of His name that he also had the right to use the name of Thomas A EdiSon after the death of the inventor for all time McCoy said be expected that Mr Edi- son sr would only live a few years PEOPLE tIe WASHINGTON alit haL th roUt AT NEW YORK HOTELS JUtor f V Degraw C Keen C C Tebbette J B Collins B tJ J W HurtiK i iV R Bent H S Lowry Broadway Ontwl E B Smith Fifth Avenu Mrs Pawdscm X M Herald W C Oi tey IRjfwwn J W Dinwoodie- Jt T rre W II Tapley Vmrn Avenu M Woodhull Waldorf W H Bocke T JAR E W homes Mn K P Mr sad Mrs J Cropper W R Mm A R M P- ruwn Mm T H A hton Mus H XorrU Her Shoulder I f Square c Jackson Merriam Dislocated B ua < Mrs Johanna Soderholm of Fergus Falls and dislocated her shoul- der She had a surgeon get It back in place as soon a possible but it was quite sore and pained her very much Her son mentioned that be bad seen Chamberlains Pain Balm advertised for prain and soreness and she asked him to buy her a bottle of It which he did It quickly relieved her and enabled her to sleep which she had not done for several The son so much pleased with the relief it his mother that he has since recommended- It to many others For by Henry and retail all IUDn fen days was gave dr1ItIStS sale vans wholesale and ¬ NAVY DEPARTMENT- The North Atlantic Squadron upon its completion of evolutions In the Car- ibbean will not go directly north but will make an extensive cruise In the Gulf of Mexico including other south- ern ports The squadron consists of the JKearsarge flagship Alabama Iowa Indiana Illinois and Massachusetts The fleet may b T joined by the Texas the monitors Puritan Miantonomoh and Amphttrlte and the torpedoboat destroyers Decatur and Chauncey The Pearson hazing at the Naval Academy has led to the arrast of twelve midshipmen who line been confined to the Santee the prison ship Most of those confined are third I class- men ¬ ¬ BUREAU OF STATISTICS O P Austin chief of the Bureau of Statistics has accepted the invitation- of New York University to present his course of lectures on commerce recently presented at Columbian University He will present these lecture in March AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Assistant Secretary Brigham left the city last night to attend the Ohio Agri- cultural Convention at Columbus Ohio He will make addresses before the con- vention and before the students of The Ohio State College Colonel Brigham in speaking of the problem said that in Ohio it hard to sell live cattle over 2 and 259 per hundred pounds In fact there Is altogether too much meat He still maintains that the local dealers could lower their exorbitant prices which t meat was ¬ would result in their selling more neat sad deriving just as great a profit la- the end NATIONAL MUSEUM Prof Ridgeway is away on a leave of absence for two weeks which he Is at his home in Braoklad He will resume his duties January 26 The California condor which the mu- seum received from the Zoo last week fceen properly prepared and will be- fcejpt until there is a place in the cal sPending leetIoi ¬ Dr Mearns has sent to Prof Paul Dante curator of the shell department a collection of small shell found In the National Park Mr Humphrey and SCr Haynes of the MonaWa Line Transportation Gampaay of TeHowstone National Part are in Ute City and say that there were crowds and better business during the year at the park than ever before MORGAN MAY PURCHASE DANISH STEAMSHIP CO Negotiating for Control of Line toj Yellow toDj larger Ias West Indies j j COPENHAGEN Jn 1 said here that negotiations are under way looking to the acquisition of the United Steamship Company of Copenhagen by the International Mercantile Marine Company Two steamers of 10000 tuna each are just about to be added to the present fleet of the United Company and four more such vessels will be added within three months This line run to the Danish In dies and was started recently in hopes of making the colonies prosperous and peed table to the mother nation JOHN HOWARD MCARTNEY PROVIDES FOR HIS WIFE Will Filed for Probate in the Dis- tfict Court HIt Vest j James R McCartney by his will JUly 1 1901 and which has been Med for pFobate directs the of his estate to dispose of sulftclent of his real property to realize JlX QOO und pay the income from this sum to his wife Edmonia R McCartney for life Upon her death the principal is to be divided between children John How- ard McCartney and Edna McCartney Muaeaster He also leaves premises 967 Sixteenth Street northwest to his wife for life and all his household furnishings to her absolutely Upon her death the I I executors his ¬ homestead 907 Sixteenth Street is to revert to his two children He leaves the remainder of his estate to his trustees for the benefit of his children and directs that the income shall be paid ithem in equal shares until January 1 1 14 when trust shall cease and they become the absolute owrtsrs of the property His John Howard and his wife Bdmonla R McCartney are named as trustees WILL REACH MILLION Postmaster Merritt of the City Post office estimates that the receipts for ihe office this year will aggregate more than a million dollars The sales of stamjm for December amounted to over one hun dred thousand dollars and so far in this fiscal year the receipts equal the post masters This record is deemed a fine one wb n it is considered that more than half the mall sent out from the omen comes from the PostofBce Department Congress and other branches of the Government C A S T O R A and Gaumi- TJiB Kind You Have Always Bought I the sOn estimate I for IIIfaat5 ¬ ¬ Gen Grosveipr Thinks the Partys Future Dim HIS OPINION COMBATED Keprasentative Clark of Missouri nihes Statistics to Prove the Contrary The future prosirects of the Demo- cratic party was the subject oa lengthy debate in the House yesterday afternoon in General Grosvenor of Ohio and Champ Clark of Missouri were the prin- cipals The debate out of a con- troversy which has been waged be tweea the two representatives in the newspaper It entirely good na ttued and the members of the House applauded and cheered the speakers in discriminately whenever either scored a I NOTED DISCUSS DEMOGHAGY t I which greg Wag telling point PUL1TI1AN Fur ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ The army appropriation bill be fore the House at the time and General Grosvenor took the occasion to prove that the Republican party still had tha support of the country at large and that the last had tended tc show that the Democratic party was dwindling away To this argument Mr Clark replied the assertion the elections lat fall showed that the Democrats wets gaining ground steadily aed tha the party would enter the for President next year on even terns with the Republi- cans Reviewing the Situation General GrosWnor reviewed the politi- cal situation In different Stale and endeavored to prove by figures his con tention that the Democrats were being wiped out J r Clark had an equally imposing array of statistics on hand which he quoted extensively to show that such was not was e ctionS ght the the ease with bat conclu- sively ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ when Mr Fitzgerald Dew N Y asked a question regarding New York returns General Grocveaor retorted that he would be able to reply more intelli- gently If informed whether Mr Fitzger- ald belonged to the Hill wing of the Democratic party that proposed to eir the coal mines or to some other wing I will reply to that responded Mr Fitzgerald If you will tell me whether- on the coal question you are a stand pat Republican or some otjfer kind of While Mr arguing tSat w thousand votes in certain States w 5ld sive Democrat the Presidency Mr Waehter Rep Md asked While you are making those changes our hands on our No retorted Mr Clark you wlH I the armpit ji t where they always r Why Sherawm Fathered Measure The gentiemau from Ohio Mr Gros venor said Mr Clark continuing is fond of declaring that the antitrust law is a Republican measure that John Sherman Its father There is not a syllable of truth In It I will tell you what John Sherman did It for sot be- cause he hated the trusts but because he bated Russell A Alger who was one of the principal owners in that r Republican Was the the r do you we will be sitting with haVE Vcrc IIaaJS Iii the treasury up to J H- was big ark ehangS ot nuppoe lapel anse ¬ ¬ ¬ < ctory they got after j Mr SrcsveaorrI wilt state upon the honor of Russell A Alger who recently j made the statement with his name signed to it that he never owned a cent I mtch of stojk in the Diamond Match life Mr Clark Well John Sherman thought he did anyway After remarks by Mr Swanson Va and Mr Gaines Tenn In favor of the tarlft reduction and free coal the House- at 515 p m adjourned COL BiCKFORDS BODY INTERRED AT ROCK CREEK Services Conducted by Comrades of the GrJKLAT yof the Republic The funeral of Gel Fred Bickford who died Sunday after a prdtracted Illness took place from his late home at 2 oclock this afternoon The Rev Dr Miller pastor of St Pauls M B Church of which Colonel Bickford was a mem- ber conducted the services At Rock Creek Cemetery where the interment was made Ulysses S Grant Post Grand Army of the Republic under Commander- F I McKenna held services were conducted by the chaplain of command which Compan labia I till ¬ Colonel Bickford was a wellknown journalist He as born In Linden Vt in 1338 At the outbreak of the civil conflict he enlisted in the Signal Corps of the Union army After the war he accepted a position with a telegraph company and later he was the local cor respondent for the New York Tribune He became United States Senate representative for the Associated Press and a such In charge of the grers stall of Associated Press He represented the United States Ag- ricultural Department at the Paris Ex- position and on nis return to this coun try he was appointed secretary and executive officer of the government board of the Vorlds Fair at Chicago He also served on the boards for several other expositions in this country SCHEME FOR FREE COAL Representative Thayer of Massachu- setts has introduced inf the House bill providing a rebate or drawback on coal imported Into the United States equal in amount to thajt paid by the Im porter the rebate is to extend over a period from the passage of the act to July 1 19 W Bears tho Signature of j was Con a for J J t 4 4 then corre- spondents 9 ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CITY CONSCIENCE FUND Stranger to Represent Mysterious Millionaire Makes v c Big Payment I 4 Supposed NEW YORK Jan thou sanddollar bills new crisp and yellow were put into bands of E R L Gould city chamber lain yesterday by a stranger sup- posed to represent a mysterious mil- lionaire It was the largest donation ever added to the conscience fund of the city Tire stranger explained that it represented the sum due front the person he was a payment on taxes due last year At the rate In force it represented an assessment of nearly 250000 Only per- sona with large fortunes were assessed at this figure The stranger appeared first at the of- fice of Chamberlain Gould Monday af 14Fiye the for of mass It it HIS repre- sented arrears personal i BiRTHDAY GUESTS ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ WILL BE 125 WIDOWS Syracuse Millionaire Proposes to Be Only Man at His Entertainment I SXRAbUSB N Y Jan U Alfred A Howlett a millionaire banker has plan ned a unique party for eightysecond birthday February 17 The guests to be 125 wIdows Not a man nor aa old maid will be My guests will all be women Mr Howlett The musicians will be women the waitresses will be women and I will be the only man in the whole place I just want to bate that party because we are going to have a good time Mr Howlett gave a party on his last birthday but his guests numbered only ten widows The banker a Tepttta lion years in length a host He i are Invted as his says hag ¬ more than a millionaire BOSTON SCIENTIST DISSECTS A JAG SVai Symptoais Familiar to Tipplers Sxplfined by Prof Bowditch BOSTON Mass Jan Had the tip- pler of Boston beet present at the lec- ture of Prof Henry Pickering Bowditch yesterday they would have been inter- ested for the professor technically de- scribed the process of obtaining a jag Prof Bowditch says that the face be- coming flushed with alcohol is evidence that the body is cooling off The man who drinks before going on a sleigh ride does not understand its properties The reason a nan double when carrying a jag is because of the In- ability to control the muscles of the eye Alcohol affects the entire nervous ays tem and brefefc up control f the emo ttonrtseultH Prom Inability to con trol the muscles follows a state of coma sees I ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ternoon and made rn engagement for yesterday He looked like a lawyer but the chamberlain te a never seen te man before Promptly at the appointed boor ya terday the stranger returned and ex- plained his mission- I o set te have any questions aaked he said and I Jflake this pay- ment wita the proviso that Ion do n t try to find out anything about ft The chamberlain and out the following receipt at the dicta- tion of the stranger Jan 13 iNS Received from unknown party 15006 for arrears of personal taxes Carefully examining the receipt tho stranger tucked it into his pocket and departed JUDGE RASH ADMITS HE SOLO APPOINTHEfiTS Took Money foe Campaign Expenses Seads in Resignation 1 PlOB lJro agreed wrote n vest had care ¬ ¬ EVANSVILLE lad Jan 14 Jvtgt Louis Ranch who recently elected to the circuit esrart heath of Vanoerburg county accepted the suggestion of the local bur association and forv rd d hi resignation to Governor Durbin He was charged with selling appoint Wents in court and admitted that Jut had received sums from prospectrre ap pointee The judge said he only intended that his subordinates should help bear his campaign expenses He has been prominent In politics for many FALL PREVENTS WEDDING was has his years ¬ AND CAUSES DEATH Prospective Bridegroom Killed at At N J Jan 14 result of a fan which caused eon cession of the brain Qorse T Oarside a Trenton newsdealer died denly Monday night at the home of nance Sadie Consolloy to whom h was te have been married next month Garside and hts sweetheart who is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank CoHSolioy of Massachusetts Terrace have been engaged several years The prospective bridegroom came to City Thursday to mat Seal arrange for the wedding On Friday he preparing to return to his when he slipped he en tered tie bathroom fatting and strut lug his The injury was rather se- rious and a physician waa called The injured man soon recovered however and was about te start for home when he became delirious and dfed front a Mood clot which formed at the point where head was struck antic City ATLANTIC CITY his monte as bead his As- a and Atlan- tic was homeS yes- terday ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ WENDS THE TRUSTS State Benefited by l He Says TRBNTON N J Ja 14 A dJ5ti fiw the openfn of session I rending ftt both bosses of th governors la foil To be sure It was i tes thr toemnent but In view of the fact that no governrr ha the Sa ha had la twoacore years ha had mor with the lawmaking l Jy double significance attaches to his foc What be y cf the iriM the via erter of which bad loga origin in NeW Jen y would ther ror eem to b Mars than ordinarily significant a- Irfeda the governor say the trusts aro otavOt bncabors cs nra p p 9 would try to them Joe war to set ashamed of thf mr ut hop g of tbem may romp way To utterance en tilts live icpir has eme Of foremost shakinar their h aU 4- NIW JERSEY GOVERNOR fIC the Jersey was th etaaI and tons their words paint hAt ew he alrI1 h lear 11 whiIa ue are hhc In 11 measly j c ij Corpora- tions non the New Legislature mosstge very indu ace ns more aroused surIdespresd atoni Republican potty oonr ber upholding the ezeettire rm l > ° CCWltS WOO Care Bn ah Tiger a campaign document H rr- suace T the aaer I g sn tho lion ttt thirty yeara ha beers so has so won the eonfidenoo cr that corporations to the numrfr thousands bave taken advarn laws to incorporate under ht UM impression Of some who r of the facts that the corDnriM of liew Jersey are and that corporations organize RfoXeeljl m prlal r the jOt 0- iuo oCd i5 Sta Ire r 1 e pl1h or n j I gIwr Dl eSP Ldi u- nit Oe uauaal and pehljj unw H- rneanse seat rat The ieIe1Mio a r1m rnaiv of a literal < powers TH is not so The New Jersey law iho- right of property to protection It ror well the right of pie to equal protection It a i lows na- T the people by th orporat- tOD It allows ao unjust assault m o the corporation by the propi to tx nj- teettve It carefully jusriy guarls the interest of both Most cf its fea- tures have been passed upon by th j courts than whom none stand higher in the land for probity and learning AaI suite a important as the law and ih porting both a sturdy and vigorous pub- lic Sentiment throughout the would qtrickly call to account any Legis- lature that should infringe upon h rights of either Corporations that want to do a dishonest business have a hard time of It under the Xew Jersey law Corporations that derire 10 conduct their business as honest mn conduct theirs aca prptccted A fuiiy and com- pletely as is itfcy Individual to the Stat but not more izes ogn ho 10 J11 nl and courts there is back or both 2nd su S ate tba regn as t j s > ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ > I 111 I When the cold wave flag is up it means the beginning of winter in earnest cutting winds rain sleet snow slush It takes just such weather to produce and develop Catarrh and out all Its humiliating one while the discharges from the nose are most offensive and sickening As the inflammation extends further into the head and the delicate of the ear 1 is attacked there is a continual buzzing and in the ears and frequently the hearing is partially or totally Headaches are almost sometimes cute pains in eyes and the nose becomes so plugged up that the patient must breathe thr ugh the mouth while the filthy secretions are forced back into the throat requiring lmos con tinual hawking and spitting to dislodge them At certain stages of the odor of the breath to the Qent n Little little the aGewat of My suttrtan with a swfei case of foul matter finds its way into the Stomach ruining Catarrh I had the symptoms accompany the digestion and a most miserable form of dyspepsia this diseasdsueh as assess dropping in the throat or Catarrh of the Stomach is the con constant desire to feeling of sequence The blood becomes contaminated by the upon the morning seJw terming t the nose distributed through the body and Catarrh is then a deepseated dangerous constitutional or systemic dis- ease and its effect upon the general and system the disease frequently settles some vital or terminates in Bronchitis or dread Consumption times causing the nose to bleed and leaving me with a siok headache I had thus suffered for five years As soon as heart from yen I commenced te taken three large bottles i Mtieed a efcange for the better Tints encottraged I Mutimwd take it and in a short while was entirely owed While the use of sprays and other local remedies give temporary relief chronic Catarrh suf Ytwsirrfy know that they possess no curative properties J0 A BELLAM and fail to reach the true source of the trouble and Main and St BtellillIHl YE all the benefits received from such treatment are swept away the first breath of winter To cure Catarrh permanently the blood must be purified and the system cleansed of the accumulated and for this purpose nothing equals S S S It reaches cases in this wav that seem almost hooeless and the reach of medicine S S S not only purges the blood of the effete matter and catarrhal secretions but at the same tithe invigorates and builds up the entire system and as pure blood begins to circulate through the body the inflamed membranes and parts of the system affected by the Catarrh begin to heal the mucous discharges grow and finally cease and all the disagreeable gusting symptoms of Catarrh disappear S S tones up the and stimulates all the vital organs and keeps blood in such a state of healthfulness that one is not so susceptible to cold or so liable to contract Catarrh even when to bad weather Cold wave cause 110 anxiety to those whose systems are nourished and strengthened by rich pureblood S S S is a purely vegetable and can be taken perfect safety old and young or persons of constitution Write us about your case and our physicians will advise charge SWIFT COMPANY ATLANTA GAS I r and slight cold becomes a I I I I fearfl Maenter Va S 1901 mortification and embarrassment of and wrote yes time age dISgust of all who come near them that a hawk and spit dryness the throat ud spItt rising in foul and unhealthy matter and these are WHich required mush eWort to out some I I L are gone ake the S S S as yo advised and after I had I ill I ferers J without THE SPECIFiC i stubborn FfraCted constants March the sufferers I some in I in coeli secretions blew is soon and strength and Vies ¬ ¬ ° ¬