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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 30, 1916. THE The story of a night in a haunt ed house with wild! noises ad about, high words and pi3tol shots Here u a ghost that is finally traced to its lair and forever laid at rest i By ELEANOR VAN HORN LOCA L historians used to call it Whitehall. That wag In the days when one of Washington's offi cers lived there. Then, for Immemo rial years, the village folk culled It the revealed tne Uhabltant of Whitehall Haunted House. It was a mansion of 'to have been a man of much adven ulateW hnlli annrnached from the , ture. He had roamed the wide world main road by a sweep of imposing youlhful analysis, but which marked him with distinction in sharp contrast to the gentle village folk. Vague rumors Altered Into the vil lage as time went on, which gradually driveway. It was large and square, ,,wlth a pillared porch. Its lofty front .windows looked out across a once- beautiful garden, laid out like the gar dens of Italy and France. But In the .years of mystery and desertion, the garden, like the house, had fallen from grand magnificence into gentle decay. ,'J'hcre were tangled masses of exotic ilowera run wild. The box borders Iiad been tl'ten out at Intervals by the Iiuugry winters of the past. There was b battered tun-dlM, a dead fountain, a nioss-covr"td marDle seat, and mys terious patli. n u was Ltre mat uie viuuge uoya aim I uaed to vlay when the sun shone cheerfully 124 the day was young. The house exerted its spell upon us. Wo peered fearfully In at the windows and uhook the strong old doors, then actir- I ried away with shrieks of half fright t oned ecstasy. The bouse seemed to ' submit to these familiarities patiently. . Unt it. never lost, not even In the sun shine, that aspect of cheerless, unholy 6o now that made It awful. Perhaps even then, subconsciously, I Jtnew thut I should spend a night of horror behind those white, unsmiling iv alls when I sCouId have become a man. II. ' Here let me tell you something about tho tragedy enacted there. A quarter of a century before my bltth, a wealthy bachelor, a grandson over: been in wars as a soldier ol fortune; had been Imprisoned, and had made his escape; was once an orna mental figure at the court of I'runce, and a destroyer of many a woman happiness. ills manners were these of a Ches terfield, although he was reserved and taciturn to the lust degree, and made no man his friend. He lived entirely within himself. He cumo and went about the village in that isolation of spirit that some are capable of build ing up for themselves, and which is as Impenetrable as the heart of a Sahara. He received no letters, but. many books and magazines and papers. He spent long days in his library. Occasionally he walked In his great garden, gather ing the flowers as If he loved them. Thus he lived until the dny of a tragic visit. In those days a stage-coach carried mails and passengers to and from the village. People came and went every day, and the coach was always sure to be well filled; so that when a mysteri ous stranger, with a striking face and a foreign accent, was a passenger alighting at the village there were many to carry the news. The strang er's flue, erect figure was set off by a military coat. His beard was cut after a foreign fashion. When he askr-d at the inn how he might reach Whitehall, t'ie word swiftly passed .'tlx Mi t'it the lonely bachelor was to hfiT a distinguished visitor. The ilxanfer gave the Innkeeper a princely it and was, In consequence, driven iut to Whitehall In the Inn keoper'B own private chaise by the Innkeeper's son. The great door of Whitehall win opened by the old jJiotisekec-pvr, mid the mysterious and attractive stranger Bwullowed from the sight of tho youth, who looked long ingly after him as he fingered the The room was In great disorder. Sure enough, both men luy dead, their laces bruised and marked. One, the stranger, had been strangled. As for the muster, he had evidently shot him self. He lay within a largo closet, the door of which stood wide open, and across the sill trickled a stream of crimson. Upon each victim was found a miniature of a woman of extraordi nary beauty, her lovely face smiling out roquettishly from within a frame of pearls in cue case and a plain gold rim in the other. Whitehall, after the tragedy, fell to some distant cousins, and they came to live there. They stayed hut a short time, however, departing suddenly and leaving a caretaker in charge of tho place. The carc-laken, in turn, lert hastily, declaring that he had heard weird sounds ut nif;ht, accompanied by two pistol-shots, und that he knew that the ghosts of the two dead men enacted the tragedy every night In the old library. Then the house was closed. The weeds sprang up in the garden and sprawled Into the trim walks, and Whitehall had, within a year, become that strange eery thing a haunted house. nr. When my childhood had passed, and I had traveled about a good deal In foreign lands and learned what flue architecture really was, I realized that the Haunted House was of rare beauty and excellence, a gem of architecture such as one does not often chance upon in our good land, and so I.looked upon its imposing frontage with long iug, loving eyes. . I spent several summers In Us vicin ity in my early thirties, and each day I nuila it the object of a pilgrimage. I walked about its choked and neg lected gardens, and examined Its poor, weather-worn door-carvlni'a with pity that would have penetrated to Its heart had It had one. For Whitehall seemed to me to be weighted down tained the keys and wandered Into all its rooms, gloatins over the rare wood work and the strong. Arm frame; and before I went away I had responded to a sudden inspiration, and had rented tho place for a year, with the privilege of purchasing. The price was ridicu lously low, tho haunting spirits that one was obliged to take with it being considered detrimental to tho real- estate value. I was to be married In July, and here I would bring my britlo. I knew what a wonderful and joyful surprise it would bo to Lydia for she regarded of that ntTlrer nf Wnshlnctnn'a nlrnailv large silver Coin In his hand . ... . ,. ., , And thut night was a night of terror referred to, came to live at Whitehall, L, , v1f,Ke Th(, , "holI1,eUeeper with an old housekeeper as his only had come runnlLg wildly to the near- alt indaut. Ho was not well known in I lie village, for tils youlh had boon tt'ipnt In foreign lands, and only till he i- iiin to live at Whitehall had the vll-'J-ce people ever seen him. Ilf was tall and Imposing, but his ( -iid ionio face bore clearly the marks i r i dissipated and tumultuous III'. A .':ir marked his dhfVk. He walked , with a alight limp from some old nil. II.. 'dressed carefully, and 1 ihc; i) ipr-i of a great gentleman . .vi of lim world, villi :m Intangible . j.c:liiii(j a'.;oul him that battled my burning. est house In her nightgown, with her eyes starting from her head und her ulghtcap awry. She was incoherent with terror and exhaustion, but it was gained from her boketi speech that a tragedy hud taken pluce at White hull, and that the master and his vis itor luy dead. Some of the village men run to the house, entered the door Hint had been left wide open by the frightened house keeper, and went up the stuirs to the room the muster dud converted Into a library, led by a light that was still PSS . "You trill hear and MMTMA mi t thing to-night." with mortification and deaDnir. Th :,n .nnwit:, ,;.i, n,. - aj juu imBai same us prigntest upon its windows, but they never could be made io nuve mat smiling look that the win dows of happier housss have. ine spring of the year that I bo- came engaged to Lydla, I paid a visit of a week to the old ton. and. of course, to Whitehall. It was a lush season; Nature was doing her very bravest, and the old gardens of White hall were struggllne to assert thm. selves. There were surprising clumps of fine, old-fashioned flowers here and there, holding up their beautiful heads, not proudly, but rather triumphantly after all the years of neglect. I grew more and more fascinated with the piuce; u appealed to me as never be fore. My being In love may have had a good deal to do with this; but euch uny was orawn to the old house, and apeui uoura about it, and even ob what a place for a honeymoon! What romance that garden offered, what do light was promised in those grand old rooms, still stocked with gems of an tique furniture, moth-eaten and dust- laden to be sure, but not beyond resto ration. I left directions for its setting in cider, and hired a brave man. to make trim the gardens. At last, we came to our own. The joy of those first weeks will remain a honeyed memory forever. We arranged and admired and recovered and re polished to our own particular taste until our artistic sense was completely satisfied" We worked and dreamed away the hours and talked much of the history of the place, laughing at the absurdity of the haunted idea and pitying the narrow beliefs of the sim ple people; but, at the same time, re joicing over them because of the wealth of beauty they had contributed to our lives. In September, Lydia was called to the bedside of her sister. She took the maid with her. The cook, who was left to take care of me, went to her own little home each night, so that I was quite alone in the house after nine o clock. I was lonely, as a new bridegroom would be sure to be dur ing such a separation, but I was happy enough in my own way. The day before Lydia returned I received a call from one of the old residents of the town the oldest in habitant, I fancied, from his shriveled and faded condition. I welcomed him as a character. He came In the bright afternoon, but seemed wary about en tering the house, even with the glori ous sunshine pouring in at the win dows in a flood, and said he preferred a seat in the garden. He walked feebly, leaning heavily on a stout stick, and breathlessly assured me that he would not have mn.de so great an effort had he not been Impelled by an over powering curiosity as to whether wo had been troubled by ghostly noises, and also by the desire to tell me that this was the anniversary of the trag edy. It was a windy September night that It happened, he said, and he quite remembered how Aunt Sally Waiie shivered and shook In her nightgown when she brought the horrible news. I cheerfully assured him that we had not seen or heard anything of a disquieting nature, and had no far whatever. He waved bis palsied flngerB warn- ingly, and feebly shook his head as he said impressively: "You will yet, young man, you will. It's never failed to come on the night of the anniver sary. You'll hear and see things to night. This house has been ha'nted for nigh onto fifty year, and them that's lived here has always heard wild noises groan3 and curses, high words, struggling, pistol-shots two pistol-shots!" Then, with, a dramatic fervor that seemed like the good old man's last effort on this earth, he graphically re hearsed every detail of the ancient tragedy. In Bpite of myself, I folt all its horror and its reality. When he had finished, he departed, creeping slowly away with many a backward look and ominous shakings of the head. I have to confess that he left a depressing effect, and I felt very lonely without Lydla. The golden days that we had reveled in seemed very far away; and much as I disliked to think of tho gruesome past, I could not refrain from dwelling upon it with an awful fascination. As night u. near, I found myself a prey to all the terrors of my youth ful imaginings. Whitehall again be came the Haunted House; and in spite of all of my efforts to stave it off, I was fast falling into a fit of the blues. By tho time that the cook left I was genuinely depressed. The wind sprang up and moaned and sobbed dolefully about the house, sighing In the chim ney and shrieking wildly under the eaves. I read very late, plunging into tne lively action of the spirited VI comte do Bragelonne, and hoped, like Stevenson, to carry tho thread of that ep'c into my slumbers. When midnight struck, the brands of the fire flashed up. Then went out. I laid down my stirring romance, stretched and yawned, and decided to go to bed and sleep off my hapless mood. I got up and moved about the room noisily, whistled and sung, swept up the hearth, locked the doors and win dows, and tried not to hear the fiend ish wind. But I could not deny it. I was the victim of such a disquieting nervous tens'on.as I had never before experienced In all my life. When I got to bed I huddled under the blankets and watched the cold moonlight flooding across the floor the very floor, I thought, upon which the tragedy took place; for my bed room had been the unfortunate mas ter's library. I was happy to find my self really growing drowsy, and was Just on the verge of slumber when I was suddenly shocked wide-awake by a sharp report near at hand. "A pistol-shot!" I whispered, my flesh creeping with an anomalous spe cies of terror; for the sound cams from the large closet in which tho un fortunate inhabitant of Whitehall had died. It was now used as a storage closet. I had half decided that my over stimulated fancy had been playing ma a trick, and was about tc settle back upon my pillow, when another report, louder, clearer, sharper, came from the region of the closet, and made ma jerk back to my sluing position. "Two pistol-shots," I said to myselt In an ominous wM .ner, recalling ths old man's words. , All of a sudden I grasped hold of my senses and got back my munbood, a keen disgust of myself hastening mf actions. I jumped out of bed, lighted! I he lamp, and mado my way toward, I he closed door of the closet. I held the lamp rather high, and its light shed itself sharply downward upon th. floor where my eyes wcro attracted to sbtustl.lng within its rays. I stooped spreading slowly out across the sill from beneath the door was a crimson stain. , "Blood!" I whispered hoarsely, and my own ran cold. My terror returned. I felt a sudden ghastly fulntness, and I nervously moistened my dry lips with my tongue. The hand holding the lump shook as with an aguo, and this seemed to arouse me to a sense of my weakness. I felt as if 1 had disgraced myself by the weak fears and nervous vacillations of this night, and, sud denly stung back into strength and courage by shamo, I put out n steady ; hand and turned the knob. The door was locked. I shook it loudlv ami i peered into the keyhole. There waa ' no key within. However, I wns now determined to ' fathom the mystery, and, shivering u . my thin nightclothes, I gathered keys from various doors up stairs and tr.cdl (hem in the lock. The lant cna crated! a little nnd then slid back, und tha door was unlocked. I set my teeth ;i little and held my breath with exclUi mcnt. as I swung back the door, iiold- Ing the light well forward and peering ' within. For a moment I couiu. sea nothing, nnd then meeting my eager gaze was a row of preservc-jars, two of which had broken from fermenta tion and sent forth a criinscu stream of fruit-juice! Lydia s preserves! I said, and. Eel ting tho lamp down on the nhelf, 1 gave myself up to a fit of upronrious laughter. It Is Lydln's chief story. She reveil In the telling of it, but I do not mind. It gave me an interesting night, r.v, 1 we pndo ouraelves upon hc-inj; In.) owners of one of the meat icaulilu old lio;i3C3 in ihc laud. , (Copyright. The Freak A. .'iiiu.-v C:i TO WORK WITH NATURE is the successful mission of HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters It is for rmligestion, Dyspepsia, Crumps and Muhiria. "Your honor," said the lawyer who win pleniliug lii.i case lengthily mid with many involved arguments, "do yon follow me?" " 1 have so fur," returned the justice wearily, "hut I'll wiy frankly tliivl it 1 thought I could find my way hack J M quit riijlit here." Fiiglisliinen from the South African sessions are leaving in large numbers to jn home and join the army, an out Htn tiling rei'cnt example being that of tin. in a a who gave up a jolt worth .V.'.I.UOO a year to serve king nnd the country. It isn't the f:ivt young inuu who Keeps up nilh his good intentions. No Weakness Develops In Financial Market eifw York, Sept. 2:1. The financial longed into 1IH7 the steel mills of the markets presented evidence during the ' country will continue to have lo choose earlier davs of the week of u tendem v ,,11't V'1'" b"-;CTS' T,'!1nu1,!,'"-i.,, n .. . , , . whole seem to ngren with this view. An on the part ot some ol the large inter- nhm)t j,i(.ti,.l position seems to npply ests to take profits that had accrued ns to copper anil, in fact, to nearly nil of u result of the recent sustained rii-c in ' the various divisions of the metal iniir- lh stock exchniiiie price level. Soiling ' w""'" "! s0 representative yl NEW HOUSTON HOTEL Sixth and Kvorott streets, Port land, Ore., 4 blocks from Union Station. Under . new manage ment. All rooms newly deco rated. SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK OR MONTH. Rates: COc, 75c, $1, $1.50 per day dust r.v us a whole. Wall Streot Wants Tariff. riie national political campaign ho of this cliiirai'ter, not unnaturally, .served us u temporary check upon the enthusiasm and strength that so dls- ....cry er. .ne u-inures or me preceu- Kilnlil,K , utlrn,.t attention as a market Miff week Hut del. into weakness, how-, flu,tor of imlortlll,OP. T10 tlll.ifr is be. ever, did not develop. Soulier was,; r n(,,lipU,a from tho matM ,,,. there a corresponding reaction in the ilt tHturi) of C0Ilt)fntiOUi volume or business 1 he market seem- lniJ ,h(, pr0ltpwtft ot ,,0 rivB, call(ii. ed, or the moment, to l.nve est its ,atos 8() flr m o , imuatrinl sparkle and declined moderately, ft 8t0cks are concerned, ncuuire imiortnnce change suggestive ot a necessary .eud-lj,, 1)roporlion n9 tlipy Ziggt the elec justnient that did not esesntuilly alter , ,ion of ft hi or ,jw tu,.i(.f a(lv0l,nte more distant projects, 'llu.t such a with n lmtiolllli l(.gislture so proper view was justified was ind.cn ed by the ti(m0(, ,0 t ,,im 0nr e,,nll,ltry sharp and general advances that smbso- u vorv (arUl,M'e thil, VPnr iu hnviug qi.ently took place choice between two s'ucl, good camli- Money Is Abundant. llntM moil who nll.oniv hav , ,,, r umiiuiit'iiiiii i tnitin uuin nuu iitu These tiny CAPSULES re superior lo uaisam of Copaiba, Cubebs or Injection, and X RELIEFS In (MIDY) 24 HOUaS tha N ' lime diseases with out Inconvenience. JSotJ by all tlrutHhit. mo im .i,d i trice u broad proposition, used in the im mediate localities; they must be shipped where needed and must pay for the ser vice. There apepnrs to be quite a reac tion from the fears that first were ea tertuinyd us to the real effect, of the ue.v eight hour railroad law. Railroad employes are beginuiug to see that the new conditions nre not all in their favor, and that, tor example, a literal interpre ttitiou ot the new act muv menu a n. people ii nd who are well known by their cfnialt of favred positions occui.io.1 bv It also is pleasant to recall that lmlllv. ot tho older meu in the service. for a fine complexion you must do something more titan use cosmetics. You must keep the blood pure, the liver and kidneys active and the bowels regular. You must also correct the digestive ills that cause muddy skin and dull eyes. ..I..........1 i i nu ..eiieneiiu the stimnlou nf ,,,l,nill..,l in.' .. " . . I'"""' IIIIIIIV-of tho older meu ill :!., ,. ?, . , . line campaign is uot one or ireuK issues! tlul.oa. Hold that is not needed is com- .u..,...i i. ,i, .....:.,.. ,,: .. ,, New Etnlifc Hour taw. . . , , , , i ii inniuiru m uir iHiiuu.1 miun ill til 1 - ing forward in a s endy stream in pur- have ,,epl ,,, diltt url.iiijr features of ! This new law does not become effectiv tinl payment, for the pr.ducts if Amei- rilllipniKnl, ia hl paijt. llutil .Taminrv j. It ig llot impossi,,, Tl .. "'i ,71: . "n Increased interest is being taken in tl.nt some attempt may be made nt the titoturiil nr Audi in vnviihlrt ttvniti thur . ? . ... J ... QeewwDS offer you the needed help. They are mild in action, but quickly strengthen the stomach, gen tly stimulate the liver and regu late the bowels. They put the body in good condition so the organs work as nature intend ed. Backed by sixty years of usefulness, Beecham s I'ills , are worth considering Irrf Wbl Vlast Wm vtArmv tav 314 nwi worn. U bwM, life, lb. iiiviiiii-u ui Biu-ii in uiiiuiu ii iith .uu. i,A ,na,,,n l DAi..tv. ti.i.. they leave largo profits, not nli.no iu the ,..-,., :.. ..:,.. uf . " M(1 ' tllnl hands of the muuu'fnctiirers but in those nre approaching the end of the Kuro- oi iinuir nun or uu liueresis connocieii i;:,t.,,;.... 4 : with them from the point of production , "hB7hn. been n e'wthe o that of final de .very abroad, ...clud-, s p oT ,,, (s0,nt.t,ig over ing land a d sea transportation, insiir- jM,r,on,(iuO,000 of America., securities. Jtr"!.l.?in f . 1 "Tl"'' Thu".1m;"'y cl.iofl.v of our railroads, have been sent re luting freely and is ava.lulde for ,,B(.k Mr0M , A , . d ullstr,,(j liuu. es and necess.ties t home, . this , Am,fB11 invnU) B9 tll of wny becon, ng responsible for a domes- ' t , Tfc. , tMMom iy"!.Me nrat: wr. isrr -irf iou ,,hr conditions that will confront the world) '"oe,ncnt has shout ended, nt large at'ler the present stupendous . England Making Fortunes. mnssnere onus. At tho moment, unfor- Whatever of otir luunieiv, mere is lint uliglit encoiirnge' t u uu. ever or oar securities are still nnroiiit are, as a broiul proposition de ment for any expectation that peaco is posited with the British treasurv and in sight. In torn this suggests an ob- ure to be used us collateiul for loans in sconce of inducement to believe that the ' stead of being sold outright. Fortunes inflationary movement to which 1 have 'are being mnde abroad out of the war's just referred Is fulminating. -More like-' necessities quite ns freelv as is the case ly will it proceed still further and in the at home here. These fortunes nre not long run include to a more general ox-' onlv being acquired by Knglish and tent than nt present securities ns well French nnd Kusnian subjects, but bv ns commodities in its Influence. Tho those of Holland, Scandinavia, Denmark iron nnd steel industry never hns been and Switzerland, as neutral countries so nclive. A local trade authority, re-, are piling up wealth on a largo scale, viewing steel trude conditions, declares American securities huve been favorite that the drift not only is toward higher investments abroad for severul gcucra prices but toward greater difficulties in turns. Thev will unquestionably be delivery.. The situation, it adds, is thut among the first to be repurchased when Curope will take wlmtever amount of . peace wlinll fortunately arrive and the steel American mills will agree to de-1 world's financial affairs shall begin to liver when wanted, and that domestic return to noruiul conditions Mean- inijers nre providing lor itieir wants in, while we cannot hnve prosperity in ou tho first half of 1P17 at prices they ow n country without a full pnrticipntioi r were unwilling to consider two months of our railroads in such nrosnoritt- ( onsumers are acting on the more Transportation is the life of industry. mans unit w.ia (ne war pro. rroiiucts of industrial plants are not, tu ago detinue short session ot conuress, which con venes in December, to give this subject the attention its importance merits. There will not nt that time, nt liny rate, bo an incentive for hasty action based ou political expediency. A similar crisis has just been sutisfactorilly settled in the affairs of the British railways by State of Ohio. City of Toledo, l - I.ucas County. f Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is tnlor partner of the firm of P. J. Cheney Co., doing business In the City of To ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pav the sum of ONE HUNPKED DOLLARS for each and ev ery case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HAM, '8 CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENKT. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1SSI . (Seal) A. W. OLEA80X, 9 Notary Public. Hairs Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHKNET CO.. Tolelo. O. Sold by all Drmrirlsta. T5o. Take Haifa Family pills for conitlpatlon. STENOGRAPHERS . Wny Not Us Columbia QUALITY Carbons? Mad in Oregon 100 Copies Guaranteed froa Each Sheet OolimbU Carbon Pa?w Hff. Oo. 3rd ft Broadway, Portland, On. grunting to employes nn additional bon us to continue throughout the period of tho war instead of permanently advanc ing wages. In this way the post-bellum railroad situation can bo handled on its merits. This plan might be a reasonable compromise to adopt as a substitute for the eight hour law. Copper stocks have been favorably in fluenced by reports that announcement is snou to be made of large additional sales by American producers to Kurope. The strength and activity in I'nited Stiites Kteel are suggestive of the im portance of the interests who nre buy ing these securities. The third quurter of the year is now about closing and there seems every reason to believe that the quarterly statement, when finally published, will show an even greater de gree of profitable activity on the part of the corporation than was the case in the June quarter. Gold coal inns to come forward in large volume and is adding to the perm anent ease of the general money situa tion. Tho financial requirements of the crops now have virtually beeu arranged and there appears no reason to believe that the money situation is to eater ns an adverse market factor. . The generul market seems to promise excellent returns fot intelligent in and out trading. Large interests are un doubtedly operating actively and will be inclined to take profits ut intervals as thev accrue. HENRY CI.KWS. Colonel Will Talk af Battle Creek, Michigan By J. P. Yoder. (I'nited -Press stuff correspondent.) New York, Sept. 20. Colonel Roose velt, ex-president, will appeal for votes for another man Charles K. Hughes for the place of president, iu a speech tomorrow at Buttle Creek, Mich. He was ready this afternoon to leave at 5 o'clock and due at Battle Creek in the morning. The spectacle of a former executive stumping for a presidential candidate has been witnessed in recent years only in the ISHtl McKinley cam paign when Harrison spoke. Kn route. Kooscvelt will confer with Ralph D. Cole as to an itinerary for further campaigning. Places now named for this swing include Indianapolis, Cleveland, Columbus, Chicago. Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. l'oul, though the final program may eliminate some of thou. Some consideration is also given to a Pacific coast tour. ARRESTED FOB MURDER Mountain View, N. II., Sept. 29. Fred I.. Small, formerly of Bostou, was arrested today, charged with murder ing his wife and setting their summer residence on fire. H The house, which is situated on the short's of Ossipeo l.nkc. was totally de stroyed at 11 o'clock Inst night. The body of Mrs. Small wns found with a rope tied around the neck. It is believed she was strangled and burned alive with the house. Use the Journal Want Ad Way. A BUFFALO INSTITUTION Known All Over the United States. Dr. Richard C. Cabot, who is head of the Massachusetts General Hospi tal, has been writing for the American Magazine, April and May, on the sub ject of "Better Doctoring for Less Money." He says that "A new era has come in the practice of medicine, but most people do not know it yet. We have begun to emerge from that stage of medical work in which the doctor ?as a peddler, selling goods from house to house, into the more advanced and sensible era in which the doctor stays at his place of business, like anyone else who has goods to sell, and the people who want these goods come to rum. The shop where he has his goods to sell is generally called a hospital and he has associated with him there a body of men and women similar to work people, foremen and managers of any industrial plant or dry goods store. He has there some beginnings of a satisfactory division of labor and specialization of function. Therefore, he can give the public a much better article for less money. "The 'article' I refer, to is sound medical advice and treatment." This is just what Dr. Pierce has been doing at the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, New York. Dr. V. M. Pierce has asso ciated with him Dr. Lee H. Smith, who is vice president and head surgical director and operator, and there are a dozen other physicians and special ists, as well as four chemists, and the poor and the very rich get the best medical attention. As Dr. Cabot has properly said, "When you go to a doctor's office you may complain of nothing more abstruse than a head ache or a stomache-ache, yet for the solution of the problem represented by your suffering there may lie needed an X-ray examination, chemical tests such as very few experts are capable of mak i.ig, the consultation of experts in diseases of the eye, the ear and the throat, and the study of the improve nient or aggravation of symptoms at different times of dqy and tinder dif ferent diets and temperatures. This stuay aemanas tne conditions found in just such a hospital, and nowhere else to he had without great expenses." It is also true that the "family doctor does the best that he knows how, and con sidering the difficulties under which he works, makes a wonderfully good estijrj mate of the nature of the patient's dis ease and the treatment to be adminis nut as an accurate diagnosis simply cannot be made in a considerable num ber of cases without the co-operation of a number of men, each expert in his own field, what we ask the family doctor to be is an 'all-around' specialist. This he attempts, but one cannot truth fully say that he succeeds, for the at tempt is obviously an impossible one. Medicine is today far too large and complicated a field for any one man, no matter how wise and experienced, to cover." .We have not the space to speak in dividually of the professional men com posing the faculty of this old, world famed institution, but will say that among them are many whose long con nection with the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute has rendered thent experts in their several specialties. Advantages of Specialties. By thorough organization and sub dividing the practice of medicine and surgery in this institution, everv in valid is treated by a specialist-one who devotes his undivided attention to the particular class of diseases to which the case belongs. The advantage of this arrangement is obvious. Medical science covers a field so vast that no physician can, within the limits of a lifetime, achieve the highest degree of success in the treatment of every malady incidental to humanity. m CAPITAL JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING YOU RESULT! r.